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Kicking skills again

Basic skills are going to cost us this. Doing a lot right but.

Soft free kick.

Oliver is going ok today, he clearly is still a long way from being able to gut run all day like in the past. His hand still looks like it’s effecting his handling of the ball to. But we have far bigger problems than Oliver today but he seems like a pretty easy target.

Great that Chin kicked that but should have handballed that off.

That’s amateur stuff right there.

Very good teams like Brisbane have the ability to rip open games very quickly. We would want to stop the momentum quickly after quarter time or this could get worse than Essendons performance last night.

We are actually going ok, some bad kicking but that’s nothing new.

Great start at set shots there.

This is pathetic from Essendon, I mean I am enjoying it but wow.

I could handle Essendon getting flogged tonight

Pretty uninspiring performance

Is it just my dodgy internet or is anyone else having issues with the broadcast?

Looks to be like JHF when at the Roos can’t wait to get the hell out of his current club.

Is Cal talking about this year or next?

Good luck with that Ghosty.

Yep he has been pretty average tonight.

I find it hard hearing the commentators calling Watson the wizard but he is quickly turning into a very good player.

Well I think he’s pretty good and has a very good future.

Hard to see GC missing finals this year, the way they are playing.

I acknowledge I am a grumpy person but it does my bloody head in that Marvel tenant clubs play home games at the MCG and we have to play a home game at Marvel.

For me if one of the youngsters is remotely close to selection I am picking them in front of one of May, Lever or McDonald if he needs a rest or form drops off. I will probably be on my own here but I am not sure Lever is an automatic choice in our best team anymore.

Overall I think rucks are overrated and the last three premiers have all had below average rucks in the grand final. Not saying the clubs didn’t worry about rucks though But I think rucks like LJ and TDK are incredibly important in the modern game. They are probably two of the most important players at their clubs and I would love either of them at Melbourne.

Why? Don’t we have future picks to play with?

I love your optimism but I just can’t see it happening. I think we are actually heading in the right direction but for me we clearly aren’t fit enough and doubt that is going to change this season. Mentally I don’t think this group is ready to grab and rise to the challenges and overall I think we have too many question marks. I hope you’re right though.