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1 hour ago, MurDoc516 said:

Quick thoughts:
- Nobody played well (No Chandler PR please)
- Count the broken tackles and fine them a $1000 for each one. 
- Count every turnover that led to a scoring shot and fine them a $1000 for each one ($2000 if Comben was the one who intercepted it)
- Count every attempted fend off or shrug off that didn't break the tackle and fine them a $1000 for each one.
- Gawn can't 1 man ruck anymore
- 4 seasons with no key forward trades
- I'm so glad we traded our first round pick for no reason
- Why Langford is omitted for Spargo/Woewodin I'll never know

All money accumulated from fines can go to Jim Stynes foundation. Season's over and it's round 2 but what did anyone expect. Our premiership hopes relied on a forward line of Daniel Turner and Jacob Van Rooyen.

No Chandler PR? What are you talking about. Only bloke out there having a massive crack. 

 

Also worth stating that I was bitterly disappointed in Rooey’s game today.. it says something when we really missed AJ, a first year mature age recruit. When it was clear the ball wasn’t coming to him he just needed to be hitting packs, bringing the ball to ground and giving us a chance inside 50. Failed to do it.. felt like he was looking for the easy option a lot 

 
2 minutes ago, watchtheeyes said:

Also worth stating that I was bitterly disappointed in Rooey’s game today.. it says something when we really missed AJ, a first year mature age recruit. When it was clear the ball wasn’t coming to him he just needed to be hitting packs, bringing the ball to ground and giving us a chance inside 50. Failed to do it.. felt like he was looking for the easy option a lot 

Id give him a spell in backline

3 minutes ago, 48 Year Now said:

No problem with that but give him support

You mean like Brodie Grundy, Tom Campbell and Aiden Johnson support?


4 minutes ago, Deebaser said:

Poor form by Goodwin, just say Gawn had an off day. All this does is create gossip.

Agreed thats a coach doing the opposite of protecting one of is best players. Instead he's now opened up Gawn and everyone around him for media hassling. Not to mention the pundits will be all over his comments. Was such an easy one to diminish and move on.

I'm sure he didn't mean this and was probably frustrated but not a good look.

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2 minutes ago, Deebaser said:

Poor form by Goodwin, just say Gawn had an off day. All this does is create gossip.

Yeah and now poor Max has to deal with speculation.  Now slime bag morris & McClure will do some digging 


The turnovers from Langdon and Bowzer were jaw-droppingly bad because they were just plain lazy and resulted in easy goals and seemed to deflate the team.

An appalling performance.

We had the ball on slingshot repeatedly in the third quarter (when the margin was still 2-3 goals), and I reckon Viney had it 4 times on those slingshots and his entries were not AFL standard. Long kicks to the advantage of a 2 or 3 vs 1 in our forwardline. 

We then proceeded to have a starting midfield in the first 10 mins of the last that was Sparrow, Chandler and Viney. We are not going to win many games with those guys in there.

Viney needs to play majority forward, bring his pressure and his surprising goal nous, but his ball use in the midfield is a killer.

And the way we dropped away in the last 40 minutes of football was alarming.

Chandler played well, Howes did a couple of good things, Bowey (aside from that clanger) was good, Spargo was handy at times, and that was about it.

The missed tackles (particularly in the midfield), the poor groundball (with the exception of Clarry).

The leadership group need to have a really good hard look at themselves. When momentum went against us not a single player stood up.

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11 minutes ago, praha said:

Oh for gods sake..  this is not only poor by Goodwin but absolutely disrespectful to Xerri who absolutely pansted Gawn. Just own it and move on.

If its personal then don't mention anything and just say he had a bad day at the office.

Watch every journo all flock in at once to grab a headline.

Just now, chook fowler said:

The turnovers from Langdon and Bowzer were jaw-droppingly bad because they were just plain lazy and resulted in easy goals and seemed to deflate the team.

That attempted bounce and subsequent fumble by Woey with a man right in his face… good lord!

38 minutes ago, Supermercado said:

And it was a fantastic lead and kick to him. As good as any of either we've done in recently memory except for the all-important bit about holding onto it.

Plus he got a great block on Corr who was all over him all day. So frustrating.

JVR should not be out number one key forward.


8 minutes ago, watchtheeyes said:

Also worth stating that I was bitterly disappointed in Rooey’s game today.. it says something when we really missed AJ, a first year mature age recruit. When it was clear the ball wasn’t coming to him he just needed to be hitting packs, bringing the ball to ground and giving us a chance inside 50. Failed to do it.. felt like he was looking for the easy option a lot 

He's an ok young key forward, but he has always struggled to create separation. Our kicking to him a part of that but he doesn't know how or when to lead. Doesn't quite have the burst the best forwards have, and beyond that doesn't kick goals enough ways to be a 50-60 goal a year forward. If he isn't getting set shots, he's not in the play. 

Has time, but needs to start improving. 

2 minutes ago, fr_ap said:

He's an ok young key forward, but he has always struggled to create separation. Our kicking to him a part of that but he doesn't know how or when to lead. Doesn't quite have the burst the best forwards have, and beyond that doesn't kick goals enough ways to be a 50-60 goal a year forward. If he isn't getting set shots, he's not in the play. 

Has time, but needs to start improving. 

Sort of my point really.. if he’s not getting separation then at least don’t get outmarked. Put your knee in the back of someone.. just don’t let them mark it and bounce straight back out. 
 

From what I understand about AJ, you can rely on him to do that!

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12 minutes ago, Deebaser said:

Poor form by Goodwin, just say Gawn had an off day. All this does is create gossip.

Desperate plea to "leave us alone" , a coach who isnt under pressure doesnt do this. 

Like to hear thoughts on our forward line positioning. I think the way the forward are being forced to set up is disgraceful and has destroyed all their confidence.

2 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Oh for gods sake..  this is not only poor by Goodwin but absolutely disrespectful to Xerri who absolutely pansted Gawn. Just own it and move on.

If its personal then don't mention anything and just say he had a bad day at the office.

Watch every journo all flock in at once to grab a headline.

It’s like buying a packet of lollies, showing it to your toddler and saying ‘hey I’m going to hide these in this draw, I’m not going to say anything else about it’, haha


1 hour ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Goody said we might experience some ‘teething’ problems early in the season. 
Reckon we might be looking for our dentures.

Need a new set of implants

16 minutes ago, Phil C said:

No Chandler PR? What are you talking about. Only bloke out there having a massive crack. 

Um Clarry?????, and yes Chandler good...

 For a change!

 

Unless Trac has Sphyilis or the like I do not excuse that performance 

Just heard Goodwin presser only a portion was played around Gawn having a personnel issue but wouldn’t  go into it saying everyone has a back story 

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