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GAMEDAY: Rd 10 vs West Coast

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We look so far off it 

 

Big dopey forwards that love to take pack marks sure do find their way to every single team except Melbourne. And always seem to tear us up. 

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    1 minute ago, praha said:

    Much like against Carlton I feel like we are letting a team that isn't really playing that well to take advantage of their moments. We're very lucky the Eagles aren't 7.0.

    We don't deserve top 4, the way we are playing and the luck some of the other teams have (see Port and Collingwood). We will be lucky to play finals. 

    Unless things change drastically we are not a contender this season, simple as that.

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    1 minute ago, ElDiablo14 said:

    If he wasn't ready for AFL level intensity, then don't play him.

    Cupboard was bare dude. Back your players. Rubbishing a first gamer is poor form. 

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    1 minute ago, praha said:

    Big dopey forwards that love to take pack marks sure do find their way to every single team except Melbourne. And always seem to tear us up. 

    Well we had a chance to recruit McKay or Curnow, yet we decided to draft Weideman.


    Someone give a Clarry a rocket. Or a hug. Whatever works. Just get him to wake up please. We’re getting killed.

    1 minute ago, Mel Bourne said:

    Cupboard was bare dude. Back your players. Rubbishing a first gamer is poor form. 

    It's nothing against him, this is on the selection. I was also not that sure we had to rush Salem so we'll see.

    Not that far behind on the scoreboard and plenty of time left in this. We'll still win from here, but there are some serious problems we need to address if we're going to compete for a flag again this year and the next few. Our midfield has been horrible this year. Horrible. Our forward line doesn't have the right personnel, but the midfield does them no favors.

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    Really think it's time to go past Ben Brown.  Hope he proves me wrong for the rest of the game but I think he is cooked.


    4 minutes ago, praha said:

    Much like against Carlton I feel like we are letting a team that isn't really playing that well to take advantage of their moments. We're very lucky the Eagles aren't 7.0.

    We are allowing them the moments to shine 

    Just now, P-man said:

    Someone give a Clarry a rocket. Or a hug. Whatever works. Just get him to wake up please. We’re getting killed.

    Perhaps the umpires should see how he is manhandled!

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    Low energy and premiership window rattling.


    Pathetic attitude not turning up ready to go from the opening bounce.

    We are on the back foot right from the start of most games. How about a little bit of proactivity?

    Just now, Lexinator said:

    What's with all the no HTB calls?

    We dont get them

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    It’s a long game, and I’m very patient, but this quarter was simply not good enough. To be smashed in the contest against a bottom 4 team is unacceptable. 

    I understand we are trying to change the way we play, by being more attacking off half back, but we seem to have completely lost our strength in contest and clearance. 
    May without Lever is also a concern. Waterman all over him. 

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    To the ‘we will/must win this by 6-7 goals, minimum’ crew - is that still the projected margin?

    We’re being embarrassed here. Should be down by more. 

    Every single team thinks they can beat us, and there’s a reason for that. Here it is. We have our moments, no doubt, and our best can beat anybody, but we don’t do it often enough anymore, and there are far too many threatening teams on the up. Really sad actually. 

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