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My 3 word player analysis V Adelaide, the dumb crowd and the dumber umpires

joeboy
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Gawn - great without dominating 

Viney - great first half

Petracca - class above everyone 

Salem - not always convincing 

Fritsch - classy ten minutes 

May - brave and impressive 

Lever - continued excellent season

McDonald - turned career around 

Neal Bullen - some impressive moments 

Sparrow - is becoming elite

Howes - maturity belies experience 

vanRooyen - was almost exciting

Langdon - running game returns

Oliver - lacked smooth transitions

Rivers - was mostly classy

McVee - career best game

Windsor - a smooth operator 

Petty - slowly finding form

 Brown - was rarely sighted

 Chandler - great first half

Woewodin - had limited opportunities 

Billings - wasted easy conversions

Pickett - exciting but undisciplined 

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    Billings will not want to watch that game again.  Snatching at chances is one thing, but that attempt at a tackle on Rankin was not our brand.

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    Just now, Buzzy said:

    Billings will not want to watch that game again.  Snatching at chances is one thing, but that attempt at a tackle on Rankin was not our brand.

    Needs at least a few weeks at Casey

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    Joeboy.  👏👏👏


    Take the win !!

    Played 3 quarters. 

    Bank 4 points 

    Umps killed us 

    Trac was best 

    May so courageous 

    Tired in last 

    Lever the rock 

    BBB physical wreck 

    Fritta nailed goals

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    joeboy - nailed it convincingly 

    As an encore for the last Saturday’s heroics not an easy watch. Bayley Fritsch’s cameo almost worth the cost of admission.

    Back to regular away game service from the adjudicators. The team within the local team.  Holding the ball, incorrect disposal simply erased from the rule book. Either serial non- decisions, a crow ‘rewarded’ with a free kick or balls it up.

    Steven May - man of steel

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    I can't remember doing the double against the Crows and Powa in the same home and away season, this seems to be a first for mine.

    Stand to be corrected.

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    Crowd umpired the game.

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    Joe boy. Whata hard job.

     

    dont agree totally

    but well done

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    9 hours ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

    I can't remember doing the double against the Crows and Powa in the same home and away season, this seems to be a first for mine.

    Stand to be corrected.

    In 2022 we beat Port in round 4 and then Adelaide in round 16. Both in Adelaide.

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    23 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    In 2022 we beat Port in round 4 and then Adelaide in round 16. Both in Adelaide.

    We did too.

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    10 hours ago, Tarax Club said:

    joeboy - nailed it convincingly 

    As an encore for the last Saturday’s heroics not an easy watch. Bayley Fritsch’s cameo almost worth the cost of admission.

    Back to regular away game service from the adjudicators. The team within the local team.  Holding the ball, incorrect disposal simply erased from the rule book. Either serial non- decisions, a crow ‘rewarded’ with a free kick or balls it up.

    Steven May - man of steel

    Fritta only needs to play about ten mins a game to change it's trajectory.

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    Oliver: not sure which one:- 

    • party time again

    • couldn’t attempt spoil

    • pulled up short

    • very average game

    • team carried him

    • hand troubling him

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    On 05/04/2024 at 09:15, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

    Rivers - pushed in back, in the last

    And the 7 commentators didn't mention it once.  

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    1 hour ago, deegirl said:

    And the 7 commentators didn't mention it once.  

    Brian Taylor  useless facile mistakes

    Brian Taylor  reads from script

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    MacDonald  continues with commitment 

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    5 hours ago, H_T said:

    Oliver: not sure which one:- 

    ....

    • hand troubling him

    Definitely an issue. Many would have seen him grimace (at a training session?) when a fan went to shake his injured hand.

    I'd like to know the exact problem. A broken bone? Does the club expect it to heal over the bye?

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    3 hours ago, IRW said:

    Brian Taylor  useless facile mistakes

    Brian Taylor  reads from script

    BT

    doesn’t know anything,

    only asks questions 

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    MacDonald  continues with commitment 

    He started as a backman, but his disposal was diabolical.

    Moved to the forward line where he just had to kick at goal! His disposal has improved 100%. 

    He has got slower, so getting the ball and turning towards goal is no longer feasible. Much better defending/attacking the ball without have to turn. Good on him!!

    Re BT. Total fool. "Wowee" and "no trouble at all" seem to be his favourites.

    Re King. He flip flops so much. Someone referred to his "inane overanalysis". That description was spot on! 

    The one commentator who loves the Dees is Montagna.

     

     

     

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    6 hours ago, H_T said:

    Oliver: not sure which one:- 

    • party time again

    • couldn’t attempt spoil

    • pulled up short

    • very average game

    • team carried him

    • hand troubling him

    He had a great last quarter 

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    16 hours ago, Tarax Club said:

    joeboy - nailed it convincingly 

    As an encore for the last Saturday’s heroics not an easy watch. Bayley Fritsch’s cameo almost worth the cost of admission.

    Back to regular away game service from the adjudicators. The team within the local team.  Holding the ball, incorrect disposal simply erased from the rule book. Either serial non- decisions, a crow ‘rewarded’ with a free kick or balls it up.

    Steven May - man of steel

    Those pesky umpires caused Billings to miss 3 goals why didn't they just let him have them again I say....

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