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I am sick of the JVR bashing on this forum. You try performing in a.forward line that bombs it on top of your head week after week, and being coached by a backman who teaches him no forward craft. Don't be surprised if the way he is playing IS due to the way he has been instructed to play.

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    So we’ve stopped trying until half time

    now we just are rubbish for the whole game
     
    4 minutes ago, Disco InTurno said:

    2 goals in a half.

    2 GOALS IN A HALF?!

    And one of them was from a class kossie bit of magic. Everything looks hard once it gets to the forward 50.

    4 minutes ago, DeeZee said:

    We are unwatchable, bottom 4 for sure this season .

    Coach absolutely has to go now.

    Just now, Deesprate said:

    Thank god Eagles are in it. Maybe our only win for year.

    Not confident we can beat WC at all. We are the worst team in the comp atm

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    It says a lot on a top deck, perfect for footy, not a breath of wind and we’ve managed just 2 goals.

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    Just went out the shed and blew a dart.
    Looked up at my '21 GF poster.
    15 Premiership players we've got out here tonight.

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    Fumbly, sloppy, indecisive, none of them seem to know what they should be doing. It is unbelievable to think this was the team to beat a couple of years ago, they look like headless chooks out there.



    7 minutes ago, nextskipclaz said:


    When we had Roffey who was a great President because she offered something different. Green and Jones are Fanboys and they are not football intellects wide-armed person people (as Roffey was).

    A lot of the reasons why we are in the mess we now find ourselves is due to Roffey’s ‘leadership’.

    Her complacency as president is as great as Goodwin’s as coach.

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    6 minutes ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

    Who knew that when you play one key forward who is only 193cm you won’t take F50 marks…. Oh that’s right every demon supporter and person other than the coaches.

    Worst move he's made since Omac up forward

    Sigh. It is all looking too familiar.

    Scrappily keep ourselves clinging on in the general play but completely failing to take the opportunities when we manage to send it forward.

    Gradually falling behind... and then...

    The shoulders drop and there's a 15 minute period where we give away multiple goals.

    Sometimes the cycle repeats twice in a single game, sometime the slump period just runs out the rest of the game like against Geelong.

    It is almost the exact opposite of our 2021 experience - grinding away with a slight steady advantage, until the opponent can't keep up and we shatter them at some stage of the second half.

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    2 minutes ago, inanunda said:

    I am sick of the JVR bashing on this forum. You try performing in a.forward line that bombs it on top of your head week after week, and being coached by a backman who teaches him no forward craft. Don't be surprised if the way he is playing IS due to the way he has been instructed to play.

    100%. JVR has shown he is a player, we are absolutely ruining his development.

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    15 x 21’ Premiership players out there tonight.

    15….

    Just let that sink in.

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    3 minutes ago, Deesprate said:

    Thank god Eagles are in it. Maybe our only win for year.

    Remember last year? Don't count on it

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    When you are watching it live you get a true appreciation to how substandard the skill level is , including routine short passes! The number of times kicking to opposition players!! Woeful !!

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    3 minutes ago, inanunda said:

    I am sick of the JVR bashing on this forum. You try performing in a.forward line that bombs it on top of your head week after week, and being coached by a backman who teaches him no forward craft. Don't be surprised if the way he is playing IS due to the way he has been instructed to play.

    I'm with you 100%


    3 minutes ago, inanunda said:

    I am sick of the JVR bashing on this forum. You try performing in a.forward line that bombs it on top of your head week after week, and being coached by a backman who teaches him no forward craft. Don't be surprised if the way he is playing IS due to the way he has been instructed to play.

    Playing on the best defender every week aswell

     
    Just now, Dr. Gonzo said:

    100%. JVR has shown he is a player, we are absolutely ruining his development.

    As Nick riewoldt said on the agenda setter, Melbourne are turning van rooyen into weiderman

    Trac w

    3 minutes ago, Fork 'em said:

    Just went out the shed and blew a dart.
    Looked up at my '21 GF poster.
    15 Premiership players we've got out here tonight.

    Only one person responsible for this debarcle

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