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Newnes back on.

He is out with Gastro.

Self reported apparently. I am sure the Coach is in a good mood about it. Most players are not Einsteins, unfortunately they are not even Pavlovian Dogs.

Visited a friend apparently.

If true, hope Bedford comes in.

If the low scoring of last night becomes the norm, the game will be shooting itself in the foot. Last night was similar to a soccer match. However, it was the first game after a long break and it was slippery according to the players. On that basis we need to wait a few rounds to see if it was the new norm.

Stop talking sense.

Then Reiwoldt with a shot 30 out fails to score.

BT did and said it was wrong and Carey sought of agreed with him.

Obviously not the vision.

If Tigers win by under a goal the headline will be that video decision giving Higgins the shot.

Don’t think his Dad is with Nine anymore. He married one of the richest women in Australia, Rhonda Wylie, a few years ago.

Bloke with the biggest smile this weekend could be Jason Taylor.

I think mine is funnier. Seriously, I missed the earlier post.

I wonder what he sees in you?

Wrong thread.

Hertz USA has just gone into Bankruptcy protection, so hope Hertz Australia is a separate Company.

While I don't want to be considered an apologist, some factors make the loss a bit easier to take. We know of the external factors that affected the game, like the competition being cancelled 30 minutes before we played, the hotel shift where the boys obviously had a disrupted sleep, the threat of being stuck in WA and playing at the Eagles dung heap. I can't wait for JnrMac to attack me over mentioning them. However, aside from a wasted first quarter we matched the Eagles for the rest of the day. We again were wasteful with our ball use and while we seemed to miss every opportunity that we had in the first quarter, the Eagles grabbed every one of their limited ones. I think from memory that once again we had more inside 50"s than the Eagles, but just wasted the chances.We missed set shots and snaps while they seemed to roll them in from everywhere. We also played a couple of debutants, who actually showed something and remember they are a very experienced and successful team playing at home. Our effort in my opinion was reasonable and nothing like the 2018 PF which was crap. We have a season to build on and IMO the loss was neither unexpected or terrible. We must fix up our forward 50 entries and ball use if we want to succeed long term. I wonder what the result would have been playing at the G with the same external circumstances affecting the Eagles.

If we blow the next 4 games it is probably curtains for 2020. Hopefully Weid finally makes it as a consistent key forward, or Jackson steps up to help, even though he is young and slight.

Great that footy is back, but personally, with the virus still with us for ages, I am finding it very hard to get excited. However, it looks like the TV is going to get a bigger workout.

That is a bit simplistic. This is how I see it. When you play a WCE, who are probably the masters at intercept footy, you don't kick the ball high to two Eagles on one Demon, which we did continuously. How often did we kick it to Fritsch, who had McGovern and Barrass/Hurn on him? That is just lazy and stupid footy. For a start we have a loose man in that situation and we ignored him. We also had some pace down there in Kossie and Bedford and you a least give them the chance to get it, by either finding them with a kick, or by kicking it wide of McGovern and his mate, which would see the ball on the ground, giving us a chance to get it and score. I am astounded at how dumb some footballers are to keep doing what is clearly not working, over and over again. I don't know what the Coaches are doing or teaching them, but if it was me Coaching, I would tell them that the next bloke who kicks to 2 on one as above, is going for a run after the game. Get the message across to them. The other problem we have is a general lack of skill with the ball, which sees us miss passes and handballs. That is a killer in today's game. Having 2 big blokes down forward is not the panacea to our problems.

With all this talk of tools, I feel like I am in a "Home Improvement" episode.

Fowler was 3 times B & F in the BP.

At least we still have mirth.

Well according to Don Scott, Matthews was pretty much a loner and kept to himself. I am not sure he would have changed our culture.