Posts posted by joeboy
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3 minutes ago, Fanatique Demon said: Taylor - didn’t seem fazed ?!
More like “deer in headlights”
That’s his normal resting face
12 hours ago, JOHNNY DEE said: ROO
LAST Q ATTONEMENT
JOEBOY NO CLUE
Judging by your spelling and your comment I suspect you have NFI what atonement means… just sayin’ for a friend
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There has been an obvious vacuum beyond Gawn and Viney… up until now, and it’s been a serious worry because of aged or inexperienced applicants.
HOWEVER
In the last few weeks, and particularly after yesterday’s game , I have great faith that there’s excellent work being progressed by former Melbourne Storm champion Ryan Hofmann in the leadership development area and a number of younger players have now presented themselves as viable and worthwhile options:
Turner, Chandler, Bowie and even Sparrow ( whose last 2 years have been forgettable ) would all be worthy additions to leadership roles for the next 10 years.
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Gawn - important without dominating
Langdon - important running game
Fritsch - some inspiring moments
Turner - aggressive and inspiring
Chandler - wonderful second half
Windsor - missed crucial tackles
Mihocek - vital bullocking work
Sharp - impressive first half
Lever - the defensive general
Tholstrup - come of age
Heath - limited game time
Petty - crucial brain fades
Taylor - didn’t seem fazed
Culley - more rounded performance
Langford - seemed more assured
Steele - huge man crush
vanRooyen - last quarter atonement
Jefferson - an almost game
K Pickett - excellent team focus
L Pickett - some genius moments
Howes - silent but deadly
Laurie - sadly without influence
Sparrow - wonderful tagging game
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Also not sure why MonizWakefield hasn’t come on,they’re blissfully unaware he’s missed a year of football 🤦♂️
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Do the commentators know something we don’t, as they’re concerned about what happened to the ‘Casey’ Demons when they move to Caulfield
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I noticed at training yesterday that BM wasn’t moving freely at times, and I wouldn’t actually mind the club making the call to include Jefferson, Heath, and Kentfield in a devil-may- care statement for the future. All 3 players deserve to be selected .
Even if BM’s not injured, I feel neither he nor JVR should be retained this week anyway.
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35 minutes ago, picket fence said: Tell me joeboy, how do you appraise J.VR s form and ability?
Has provided virtually nothing for 4 games .. how else?
Hard to know what his actual ability capacity is. He’s an enigma
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10 minutes ago, dees189227 said: Our forward line has to step up & we can't just let Harris Andrews dominate
Not sure we have a choice other than shooting him before 1/4 time.. just sayin’
14 hours ago, picket fence said: Hopefully this is correct, Jeffo is a class above at Casey and with X.T deserves a gig Now!
Jeffo is a slightly above very average Casey footballer, nothing more nothing less.
I’m sorry PF but you’re delusional
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17 minutes ago, Swooper1987 said: It makes sense to play Taylor when you consider none of Bowey, Jiath, Salem or Rivers are available. Go well young fella.
Jiath was training fully with the main group
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Almost certainly Taylor will be debuting this week, judging by his defiant and imposing training performance this morning.
On another note, Heath is such an imposing size and seriously made JVR look puny when standing next to each other.
For those concerned about Fritsch’s fitness for this week, he was training unhindered with the main group, as was Bowie, though it’s unlikely the latter has the conditioning yet to be considered for senior selection
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7 minutes ago, joeboy said: Rivers training with the main group and seemingly unhindered
I spoke too soon as he’s taken aside for some stretching work
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Just now, GawnOfTheDead said: Yep I think he was mentioned on the podcast this week as being a poor ball user.
In saying that, we would have been facked without him.
You mean MORE facked?
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13 minutes ago, GS_1905 said: I am starting to see this translate on field. The number of passes Kozzy and Trelly do by foot is astronomically more than previous seasons. It comes off a fair bit of the time as well.
On the contrary, I thought Kozzy missed a disturbingly high number of targets on the weekend
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33 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said: Essendon fans turned out in force and they were on a 17-game losing streak, AND they travelled to Adelaide. Carlton fans, Richmond fans, they all turn up. Yes they have bigger fanbases but this is more of a reason for our fans to turn up to every match regardless of ladder position or recent results.
If I had a dollar for every time one of our players says they love hearing us fans I’d be a rich b!ttch.
It matters to them.
I love your work Ghosty but I have a serious question:
Who needs whom more to ‘show up’, the supporters or the players?
The players are paid extravagantly for playing a game, the supporters buy pies and hope for a happy ending
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30 minutes ago, MrFreeze said: By the end of the year XT will have replaced TMAC in the 1s. Developing nicely.
I agree about the replacing idea but no idea how anyone can know if he’s developing nicely .. sample size is almost non existent
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Selection this week will be a real eye opener.
Will King be ruthless in a way that Goodwin rarely was, much to the supporters’ chagrin?
Will he hold firm on most of those that all supporters think have exhausted their use by date?
What message will it send to those who are retained , and those that are dropped , bearing in mind that there’s probably around 7 players we all have expectations of being demoted because of inappropriate form/performance ?
Salem, Mihocek, JVR, LP, TMac, Culley and Windsor must all be seriously considered for demotion… but does the coach bite the bullet now, or keep selecting the ‘nice guys’ to avoid the ripple effect?
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Gawn - tireless
K Pickett - inspiring
Lever - hesitant
Langford - unfit
Turner - determined
Steele - relentless
McDonald - immobile
Windsor - underperforming
Sharp - limited
Sparrow - uninvolved
Culley - Casey
Mihocek - invalid
Melksham - uninvolved
Petty - usefulish
Fritsch - irrelevant
Chandler - limited
vanRooyen - contradiction
Howes - reliable
L Pickett - powerless
Lindsay - meh
Langdon - wasted
Tholstrup - schoolboy
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My 3 word player analysis V Brisbane
in Melbourne Demons
You may be significantly more knowledgeable than NFI but you still haven’t responded to my question, so for the time I’m still agreeing with your wife.