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Shame re Jvr.

Gone from being a really promising player to a liability.

Has tried but only amassed two marks and zero goals.

Now there is a question mark over Jefferson but early days for him.

Melksham and Petty fwd would have helped.

Oh well.

I think this may be our season finished

But I liked our pressure for three quarters.

Kicked ourselves out of it with the umpires not helping as well but we had our chances.

Just a continuation of no decent fwd line.

Same old same old.

Why Turner wasn't moved fwd I don't get.

Goody gets set in his ways.

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    Absolutely lost thisgame at selection. Fwd line abysmal

    Jefferson, Fritsch jvr all useless today


    Season over.

    You don't score on your dominance this is what you get.

    Dorks are pretenders don't care what anyone says.

    Fed up with 5 years of atrocious goal kicking, we waste every time.

    We should've won the game.
     

    Another game and another dysfunctional display by our forward line. It’s the same story every season.

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    What a disappointing end to the game. Level at 3Q, in it. 5* goals loss and out without a whimper. Lame. Can’t blame that on umpiring.

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    Just now, leave it to deever said:

    Shame re Jvr.

    Gone from being a really promising player to a liability.

    Has tried but only amassed two marks and zero goals.

    Now there is a question mark over Jefferson but early days for him.

    Melksham and Petty fwd would have helped.

    Oh well.

    I think this may be our season finished

    But I liked our pressure for three quarters.

    Kicked ourselves out of it with the umpires not helping as well but we had our chances.

    Just a continuation of no decent fwd line.

    Same old same old.

    Why Turner wasn't moved fwd I don't get.

    Goody gets set in his ways.

    Yep Turner moved forward way too late and the Kolt should have been on earlier

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    Season over.

    You don't score on your dominance this is what you get.

    Weren't brave enough to take the game on in the 3rd.

    Dorks are pretenders don't care what anyone says.

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    Just now, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

    Season over.

    You don't score on your dominance this is what you get.

    Dorks are pretenders don't care what anyone says.

    Worst thing this happened in 22,23, 24.... And so on.

    Nothing [censored] me more than seeing an opposition player get stuck into one of our young players and not a single teamate coming into help.


    When are we sacking our 'High Performance Coach'

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    Oliver clearly not up to standard, we can’t keep covering for him means everyone else working twice as hard and we are cooked by the 4th qtr

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    Just now, Red But Mostly Blue said:

    What a disappointing end to the game. Level at 3Q, in it. 5* goals loss and out without a whimper. Lame. Can’t blame that on umpiring.

    I agree our goalkicking was atrocious and we were generally sloppy but with better umpiring we’re up by 2+ goals at half and we are absolutely not tied at 3q time.

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    Just now, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

    Season over.

    You don't score on your dominance this is what you get.

    Dorks are pretenders don't care what anyone says.

    Worst thing this happened in 22,23, 24.... And so on.

    2 minutes ago, Random Task said:

    Nothing [censored] me more than seeing an opposition player get stuck into one of our young players and not a single teamate coming into help.

    What happened?

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