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Laurie best game so far, showed something to work on.

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On 28/07/2024 at 09:48, DeeZone said:

The umpires certainly saw it that way last night, never missed an opportunity to reward them then blatantly refused to pay identical free’s for us. Grrrrrr.!!!

It all started with Kozzy not paid HTB run down tackle in our goal square in first few mins of the game 🤬

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5 minutes ago, loges said:

Laurie best game so far, showed something to work on.

Showed a lot more than Billings. Got to give him a run of games to see if he's up to it. He showed a few good moments with extracting the ball and handballing out of congestion.

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3 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

@Redleg

giants players moving on the mark was very frustrating. I called it a few times and was amazed we didn’t get a few 50s our way 

There was one against Petty that was a 50 mp always.

I recall one against Kozzie the other day where he was a cm over the mark and pinged.

The inconsistent application of different rules has been very frequent this year.

The umpires are all over the shop and as hard as it is to watch, it must be very difficult for the players.

The ducking issue is as big as it has ever been and the Afl needs to come down hard on players like TG who have a decent history of doing it.

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33 minutes ago, loges said:

Laurie best game so far, showed something to work on.

Agreed. He's hardly had whole games and he was fairly good given the amount of game time he's had. Some positive signs from the youngster for sure.

Bowey on the other hand is a worry. Since he came back from his shoulder injury he has been nowhere near his best.

Windsor characteristically quiet despite one or two classy acts.

AmW still going ok and like Windsor I predict a big future.

Jvr didn't get going and had a disappointing day.

Mcvee is traveling very nicely.

A shame Disco didn't get a full game as many of our fwds didn't do much.

 

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40 minutes ago, FearTheBeard said:

Didn't realise that I am paid to be slow, weak and the contest, miss regulation 2 metre handballs and be a bad kick.

It was your intelligent constructive analysis of the boys game that caught my attention.

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1 hour ago, leave it to deever said:

There was one against Petty that was a 50 mp always.

I recall one against Kozzie the other day where he was a cm over the mark and pinged.

The inconsistent application of different rules has been very frequent this year.

The umpires are all over the shop and as hard as it is to watch, it must be very difficult for the players.

The ducking issue is as big as it has ever been and the Afl needs to come down hard on players like TG who have a decent history of doing it.

The Toby Green one when Viney tackled him is everything wrong with the game.

Player puts his knee on the ground to make it impossible to tackle him, inexperienced umpire sees a star in the comp get touched a little too hard and blows his whistle. Same happens with Daicos, Bont, Cripps all the time.

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36 minutes ago, loges said:

It was your intelligent constructive analysis of the boys game that caught my attention.

Given this thread is about having 3 words, not sure what you are expecting. They are basically snap judgements, if you disagree that is fine, but no need to start abusing other posters.

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2 minutes ago, FearTheBeard said:

Given this thread is about having 3 words, not sure what you are expecting. They are basically snap judgements, if you disagree that is fine, but no need to start abusing other posters.

Pretty sure you abused the player not sure I abused anyone you hipocrit.

Posted
1 hour ago, Lexinator said:

It all started with Kozzy not paid HTB run down tackle in our goal square in first few mins of the game 🤬

Umps seemed to blow the whistle and give giants a free just when we had started to build momentum. It's like they were often doing whatever they could to slow us down and stop us from scoring.

Obviously I'm a bias Dees supporter but I did watch the replay ( well half of it) and there were definitely occasions when Gws were paid some very iffy frees when it looked like we had arm wrestled some control of the game.

I know it's a tough job in real time but honestly the umps either have an agenda( which is very hard to comprehend) or are they are simply just incompetent.

I think more training is required and certainly more experience. We need to raise the standard of umpiring as I think 2024 has seen the lowest grade ever.

 

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On 27/07/2024 at 22:04, 640MD said:

Turner  useless as Sub

I reckon that's where we lost it, he should have started up top.

Made an immediate impact as soon as he came on.

Kynan should be in this team.

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Posted (edited)
5 hours ago, dice said:

May - body is shot

 

4 hours ago, Little Richard said:

May might be one that finishes his season early to go under the knife. Send Petty back, bring in Jeffo and see how he goes. Purely speculation at this stage though.

It seems that Maysie is already under the knife by some “supporters” here. 
But a serious question, Little Richard - just what operation, as opposed to R&R, does he need? Certainly NOT a heart ❤️💙 transplant. 

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4 hours ago, forever demons said:

There is no way May would want to pull the pin early.Dont forget the GF when he played a blinder with a ripped hammy.He would still to scrape into the 8

I agree re his tenacity but he's getting on in age these days, him and the docs have to make sure he's looking after his body to make sure he's primed for next year. As I said though it's purely speculation on my part about him actually needing work done

cc @monoccular

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2 hours ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

I reckon that's where we lost it, he should have started up top.

Made an immediate impact as soon as he came on.

Kynan should be in this team.

I think so as well,  wasted sitting on the pine,  you just get splinters or piles if its concrete.

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Posted
6 hours ago, loges said:

You are.

 

6 hours ago, loges said:

You are.

I agree with Loges. I thought Laurie was ok. First game in midfield, give him more!

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57 minutes ago, Farmer said:

 

I agree with Loges. I thought Laurie was ok. First game in midfield, give him more!

Agree I thought it was Bill’s best game to date, he like all players need continuity to build belief and win the trust of teammates. Same with Woey I kept an eye on him Saturday night he was making position all night to provide an option for our kick ins but no one used him, thinking it’s a lack of trust in his ability to find the next target.

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On 27/07/2024 at 23:01, Dee-tonator said:

May - below his best.

Lever - rock solid showing.

Bowey - lacked physical presence.

McDonald - slowing up rapidly.

McVee - usual calm display.

Langdon - ran heart out.

Windsor - offered little threat.

Moniz-Wakefield - showing good signs.

Oliver - energy was encouraging.

Rivers - held his own.

Neal-Bullen - tireless but ineffective.

Billings - back to VFL.

Pickett - glimpses of class.

Van Rooyen - never got going.

Gawn - showed some spirit.

Viney - good contest work.

Woewodin - needs to improve.

Petty - unsure of role.

Fritsch - couldn't find space.

Melksham - quiet all night.

Chandler - classy late goal.

Bailey Laurie - jury still out.

Bowey will never have physical presence 

 

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2 hours ago, DeeZone said:

Agree I thought it was Bill’s best game to date, he like all players need continuity to build belief and win the trust of teammates. Same with Woey I kept an eye on him Saturday night he was making position all night to provide an option for our kick ins but no one used him, thinking it’s a lack of trust in his ability to find the next target.

He's a great overhead mark for his size.

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19 hours ago, demonzz said:

Bowey will never have physical presence 

 

A fact that opponents have unfortunately recognized as a weakness that can be exploited despite his other positive qualities.

 

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