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Oliver - prolific but irrelevant

Langdon - a runner only

Bowey - can’t intimidate opponents

Rivers - continued downhill spiral

Salem - slow and wasteful

Gawn - couldn’t inspire teammates

Petracca - intensity without purpose

Langford - only shining light

Viney - time has passed

Sparrow - what’s his purpose?

Fritsch - what’s gone wrong?

McDonald- showed some heart

Chandler - very limited game

Sharp - not a wingman

May - passion without effect

Petty - was rarely noticed

Billings - why select him?

Henderson - provided little value

Melksham - had limited input

Howes - nothing to admire

van Rooyen - seemingly without passion

Johnson - experiment has failed

 

May - failed to dominate

Petty - doesn't seem interested

Howes - far below standard

McDonald - off the pace

Rivers - struggled under pressure

Salem - hitting skids now

Bowey - lively and productive

Lindsay - really bad luck

Viney - poor distribution again

Gawn - on the decline?

Langford - skills are promising

Billings - selection a mystery

Langdon - wasted on inside

Oliver - too many errors

Sparrow - just lumbered along

Petracca - seldom in game

Sharp - lacks necessary skills

Henderson - just a plodder

Chandler - good work rate

Fritsch - useless at everything

Johnson - VFL standard strongman.

Van Rooyen - never troubled defenders

Melksham - had little influence

 
16 hours ago, Dee-tonator said:

May - failed to dominate

Petty - doesn't seem interested

Howes - far below standard

McDonald - off the pace

Rivers - struggled under pressure

Salem - hitting skids now

Bowey - lively and productive

Lindsay - really bad luck

Viney - poor distribution again

Gawn - on the decline?

Langford - skills are promising

Billings - selection a mystery

Langdon - wasted on inside

Oliver - too many errors

Sparrow - just lumbered along

Petracca - seldom in game

Sharp - lacks necessary skills

Henderson - just a plodder

Chandler - good work rate

Fritsch - useless at everything

Johnson - VFL standard strongman.

Van Rooyen - never troubled defenders

Melksham - had little influence

May. First game back

Petracca Tragic injury effect

Van Rooyen Not enjoying forward line

Langdon Back to wing

Viney Needs tough coach

Max. He is human

Melk. First game back

Oliver Good and bad

15 hours ago, Witches Hat said:

Bit harsh on Bowey and Langdon Joeboy. I thought they were clearly our best two.

Problem is .... you're both right...

They might have been our best.... but they were quite ineffective in the greater scheme of things.


Bowey was our best.

 
On 30/03/2025 at 08:42, 48 Year Now said:

Van Rooyen Not enjoying forward line

Not Pythagoras but.....

On 29/03/2025 at 16:20, Dee-tonator said:

May - failed to dominate

Petty - doesn't seem interested

Howes - far below standard

McDonald - off the pace

Rivers - struggled under pressure

Salem - hitting skids now

Bowey - lively and productive

Lindsay - really bad luck

Viney - poor distribution again

Gawn - on the decline?

Langford - skills are promising

Billings - selection a mystery

Langdon - wasted on inside

Oliver - too many errors

Sparrow - just lumbered along

Petracca - seldom in game

Sharp - lacks necessary skills

Henderson - just a plodder

Chandler - good work rate

Fritsch - useless at everything

Johnson - VFL standard strongman.

Van Rooyen - never troubled defenders

Melksham - had little influence

Good summary per usual JB.

You mentioned the very few God efforts so it's nice to see some positives.

Jvr had gone so far backwards and having an anti break out year. More like a breakdown year.

But we are in serious trouble with marque players serving up some of that.

Fritta is really on the fritz.

And yes Sparrow just keeps plodding along. For five or six years now. Surely after all this time and little effort we can play someone else.

Petty now failing in his old role as well.

May gets a mulligan in his first game.

Billings should be billed half his salary back.

And I love Rivers but he's caught the I've forgotten how to play big as well.

I thought Salo was your only error.

Max...I just love the bloke too much to criticize but suffice to say he's had always been a barometer of the club each game.

Milkshake will be back. See May.( Mulligan,)

And young Lindsay is just heartbreaking for the kid.

But again it's the big names with big salaries and experience that sem to be the issue.

Goody...Check your contract


On 29/03/2025 at 16:12, joeboy said:

Oliver - prolific but irrelevant

Langdon - a runner only

Bowey - can’t intimidate opponents

Rivers - continued downhill spiral

Salem - slow and wasteful

Gawn - couldn’t inspire teammates

Petracca - intensity without purpose

Langford - only shining light

Viney - time has passed

Sparrow - what’s his purpose?

Fritsch - what’s gone wrong?

McDonald- showed some heart

Chandler - very limited game

Sharp - not a wingman

May - passion without effect

Petty - was rarely noticed

Billings - why select him?

Henderson - provided little value

Melksham - had limited input

Howes - nothing to admire

van Rooyen - seemingly without passion

Johnson - experiment has failed

100% agreement joe boy.

1 hour ago, old dee said:

100% agreement joe boy.

Agreed geriatric Dee.

Sorry I've probably taken that way too far.

You can spell the last word in my username with B of it makes you feel better.

But JB was pretty dope on.

My only detractions would be Salem and Fritta. The latter just a little because he certainly improved and got his hands on the more and increased his tackle count of only two to a lot more from his previous ones of zip. The only issue being his once very realable kicking at goal has kicked the bucket.

Perhaps a sequel of Daniel Day Lewis's film of "My left foot."... to 'My inaccurate foot."

But the team as a whole was atrocious. I forced myself to watch as much of the replay I could physically stomach and it looked worse

It really seemed like a training.match with a team with no games under their belt v a team that had a dozen.

Constant unforced skill errors , terrible accuracy by foot, endless handballs missing their targets and fumbles galore.

And the main problem being this was mostly being done by our more " seasoned players". In fact many of these highly paid veterans looked more clumsy with the ball than a high school boy fiddling with his Beau's undergarments in the back of his 60 Chevy.

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