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POSTGAME: Rd 16 vs Gold Coast

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33 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

I’m off to drink wine

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I’m continuing, started round 5

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    IMO it would be good to leave Jeffo in the side for the rest of the year. Then we'll have an answer about his ability at AFL level once and for all. He was very, very quiet today, at half time I wasnt sure he was playing 😳

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    2 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    Congrats to him but shame that Melksham kicked 5 goals. He's not the future

    I don’t quite get this. His absence is not going to mean JVR kicks 5. If we don’t have the young forwards to replace him than the shame is only on the recruiters, not on Melksham.

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    3 minutes ago, Dees1911 said:

    I disagree, probably didn't get to enough contests, but when he did, brought it to ground.

    And he actually leads at ball carrier, apart from melksham all others ran away from ball.

    Need to persist.

    See how he and JVR go next few weeks.

    I'd absolutely persist with Jefferson. You can see the development, a lot more maturity and understanding of his role - even if little of it came off. Not saying it's going to pay off, but with the season where it is and the cupboard as bare as it is he keeps his place - especially with Petty out.

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    We were totally unprepared to start the season. This should never be.

    The football department needs complete overhaul.

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    1 minute ago, Stiff Arm said:

    IMO it would be good to leave Jeffo in the side for the rest of the year. Then we'll have an answer about his ability at AFL level once and for all. He was very, very quiet today, at half time I wasnt sure he was playing 😳

    I have an answer for you - and it won’t cost us gifting any more games away.

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    14 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

    So after quarter time we kick 12-12 to 10-7. Typical

    Suns had the cue in the rack, game was done.

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    2 minutes ago, bing181 said:

    I'd absolutely persist with Jefferson. You can see the development, a lot more maturity and understanding of his role - even if little of it came off. Not saying it's going to pay off, but with the season where it is and the cupboard as bare as it is he keeps his place - especially with Petty out.

    Correct !!!

    One thing you can say is that he has improved, might be minimal but can't say that about 90% of our list

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    6 minutes ago, BigBadBustling said:

    What was the hold-up?

    When you’re right, you’re right!

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    Gameplan is cooked, players look uninterested or not up to it, forwards constantly looking for cheap kicks out the back, midfielders playing undisciplined footy and giving away dumb frees, team selection is abominable etc etc

    This club needs a circuit breaker, not sure how many games I'll attend for the rest of the year but unless the kids ask to go I won't be bothering. Waste of time.

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    I've been Petty's harshest critic but he was having a crack today, shame for him and the team he copped that knock. Gawn was out on his feet after halftime with no backup option, lucky the coaches are smarter than us dumb supporters and had a plan to go in with only 5 players big enough to ride the rollercoasters at Dreamworld.

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    Melksham goes around another year. There is no one to keep him out of the side whether performance or leadership wise. Ironic for a player who was washed up in our premiership years now holding up what’s left of our forward line albeit he’s only a bandaid solution.

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    Melksham and Pickett were really the only two shining lights. Other than that it's hard for me to think of too many positives. A few junk time goals made it look far more respectable than it really was. Gold Coast could easily have been 10 goals up at quarter time.

    We would have been absolutely [censored] if Melksham wasn't playing. It's really not a good sign that we basically had to rely on an injury prone 33 year old to carry our forwardline.

    We desperately need a change up fast. Our gameplan just isn't holding up. This club seems to have this delusion that we can keep doing the same thing every week and get a different result.

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    We have gotta be the dumbest team in the league with the worst habits we cannot ever shake. Inaccuracy asides, how do we consistently allow opposition sides to get a massive jump on us?

    This year, it was St Kilda, Gold Coast, Geelong and Essendon.

    Last year it was Carlton in that humiliating scoreless first qtr, Brisbane at the G, Dogs at Marvel (something like 4.7 to 1.1 in the first), Fremantle at the Alice and even though it was a dead rubber in the last round, the Pies kicked 5 or 6 in the first.

    There is something seriously wrong when the season is on the line and you come out and put in a performance like that.

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    2 minutes ago, jaydenh10 said:

    don't end up like steven!

    He started before round one, hence why he’s so unfit and every average FF kicks bags on him every week.

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    embarrased and disgusted by that performance today,ok boys take the money and run

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    26 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    That first Q was putrid. As Jono Brown said it was the worst quarter all year from any team

    If we put in any effort in that Q we win. so damn frustrating

    It’s embarrassing that we are so bad spuds like Ben Dixon can sit in commentary and laugh at us

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    Goodwin stating in his presser how proud he is of the group in how they responded after quarter time makes me want to vomit. I just can’t take him seriously anymore.

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    20 minutes ago, Stiff Arm said:

    IMO it would be good to leave Jeffo in the side for the rest of the year. Then we'll have an answer about his ability at AFL level once and for all. He was very, very quiet today, at half time I wasnt sure he was playing 😳

    The problem is the way we play we’ll never know if Jefferson is up to it or not. Our forward line is like the Mt Everest death zone for young forwards

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    22 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    Congrats to him but shame that Melksham kicked 5 goals. He's not the future

    No but he is hands down apart from KP our best fwd . Better than Fritta.

    He's very inconsistent though. Always has been and why he was never a superstar. Shows occasional glimpses of freakish talent.

    Losing him in that Swans game cost us another flag.

    But the fact he's our best fwd at his age is actually a real indictment upon us.

    Not sure what the future for this club is.

    It's frustrating.

    I want someone to blame but I don't who .

    At least the one on charge of goal kicking is a start.

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