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Gawn - was surprisingly monstered

Viney - take first options

Petracca - only in burstsĀ 

Bowie - great until injured

McVee - loose and fumbledĀ 

Sparrow - fumbled and loose

Oliver - great despite adversityĀ 

vanRooyen - had no impact

May - important but limited

Fritsch - our only forward

Lever - poor under pressureĀ 

Salem - promising first half

Langdon - had little involvementĀ 

Billings - had no impact

Neal Bullen - couldn’t get involvedĀ 

Windsor - a promising debut

Howes - lots to like

Schache - little to like

Spargo - rarely got involvedĀ 

Chandler - nothing to impress

Tomlinson - played his part

Rivers - performance to forget

Laurie - never inspired confidenceĀ 

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Ā Howes - very very goodĀ 

Viney - heart and soul

Petracca - in and outĀ 

Bowser - great until injured

McVee - good game tonight

Sparrow - fumbled and loose

Oliver - we love ya

vanRooyen - tread water tonight

May - important but limited

Fritsch - our only forward

Lever - poor under pressureĀ 

Salem - promising first half

Langdon - had little involvementĀ 

Billings - why the sub

Neal Bullen - did his roleĀ 

Windsor - a promising debut

GawnĀ - beaten by Grundy, Ā physically tiredĀ 

Schache - FAR TOO SOFT

Spargo - NEVER EVER AGAIN

Chandler - NEEDS TO IMPROVE

Tomlinson - played his part

Rivers - performance to forget

Laurie - FUMBLED ALL NIGHT


joeboy great start to the season, agree with much of your pithy triplets. Reality is a dish best served up cold.Ā Ā A trifle harsh on Judd McVee (Jekyll and Hyde). Some excellent moments with a few diabolical lapses. Ed Langdon on my viewing had a (blue colour performance).Ā 

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Edited by Tarax Club

MFC. Insipid, uninspired, sheethouse

billings/ Windsor/Howes.

Not the best/worst

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3 hours ago, joeboy said:

Gawn - was surprisingly monstered

Viney - take first options

Petracca - only in burstsĀ 

Bowie - great until injured

McVee - loose and fumbledĀ 

Sparrow - fumbled and loose

Oliver - great despite adversityĀ 

vanRooyen - had no impact

May - important but limited

Fritsch - our only forward

Lever - poor under pressureĀ 

Salem - promising first half

Langdon - had little involvementĀ 

Billings - had no impact

Neal Bullen - couldn’t get involvedĀ 

Windsor - a promising debut

Howes - lots to like

Schache - little to like

Spargo - rarely got involvedĀ 

Chandler - nothing to impress

Tomlinson - played his part

Rivers - performance to forget

Laurie - never inspired confidenceĀ 

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Very balanced comments after a loss Joeboy. Sometimes there is nothing positive after a loss but not in this report. Good work Joeboy.

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9 hours ago, Bates Mate said:

Schace - never again please

I'm not one to bag players, and was more than happy to be open to the idea schache might be OK.

But as we saw with weed, if a player hasn't got instinctive grunt and fire they rarely can develop it.

Slippery night, so the talls get a pass on marking, but his lack of second efforts and inability to hold his ground are woeful.

Both were on display in a contest where Grundy marked on the wing, on his chest. Weak effort by schache. They got a goal as a result.

And those attributes means it hard to see him making it as a second ruck.Ā 

3 minutes ago, jumbo returns said:

Let's dump on Schache

Yay!! A whipping boy!!

I just did/was.

But you make a fair point.

There were plenty of others who played worse.

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5 hours ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

Langdon was one of the few bright spots in an otherwise horrid night.

Except for his kicking.Ā 

Well I thought Shache was good vs Carlton, but a week is a long time in footy so here goes

Shache Only in emergency

Spargo 97 lucky games

Laurie Back to Casey

Chandler Back to Casey

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12 hours ago, Bates Mate said:

Schace - never again please

Sadly we will see him again.

It's what happens when key fwds are out from serious injuries for several seasons and the club just sits around doing nothing about it.

Oh sorry we recruited Grundy for a season. My bad.

11 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Neal Bullen - did his role

Really think we need more from Nibbler.

He seems to have lost a lot of his form.

As has Langdon, Lever and Rivers.

Time for Chandler to find himself at Casey and Laurie should never have left them.

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2 hours ago, binman said:

I'm not one to bag players, and was more than happy to be open to the idea schache might be OK.

But as we saw with weed, if a player hasn't got instinctive grunt and fire they rarely can develop it.

Slippery night, so the talls get a pass on marking, but his lack of second efforts and inability to hold his ground are woeful.

Both were on display in a contest where Grundy marked on the wing, on his chest. Weak effort by schache. They got a goal as a result.

And those attributes means it hard to see him making it as a second ruck.Ā 

I'm hearing you, but to be fair to Schache, Grundy cannonballed into him and he's much bigger and stronger

He's not a 2nd ruck

And while we're on it, Grundy ran into Gawn ALL night and Gawn did nothing to allay the tactic

Dumb play or dumb coaching?

Ā 


31 minutes ago, jumbo returns said:

I'm hearing you, but to be fair to Schache, Grundy cannonballed into him and he's much bigger and stronger

He's not a 2nd ruck

And while we're on it, Grundy ran into Gawn ALL night and Gawn did nothing to allay the tactic

Dumb play or dumb coaching?

Ā 

I think this is the most glaring example of the club/coach/captain’s stubbornness I’ve ever seen.

Grundy rendered Gawn almost useless from the very first bounce and we had absolutely nothing up our sleeve to rectify it.

Ā 

36 minutes ago, jumbo returns said:

I'm hearing you, but to be fair to Schache, Grundy cannonballed into him and he's much bigger and stronger

He's not a 2nd ruck

And while we're on it, Grundy ran into Gawn ALL night and Gawn did nothing to allay the tactic

Dumb play or dumb coaching?

Ā 

Dumb play

Lever - an absolute stinker

Laurie - can not execute

Viney - the umpires friend

Howes - an excellent debut

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4 hours ago, jumbo returns said:

I'm hearing you, but to be fair to Schache, Grundy cannonballed into him and he's much bigger and stronger

He's not a 2nd ruck

And while we're on it, Grundy ran into Gawn ALL night and Gawn did nothing to allay the tactic

Dumb play or dumb coaching?

Ā 

BOTH!


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