Everything posted by Redleg
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Congrats Jordan Lewis on 300 games
Congrats and well done on the 300 Jordan. A great AFL career to look back on.
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Dangerfield Stages
The rule is ok as it is there to stop a team wasting minutes when they are ahead by deliberately giving away points like Hawks did in a GF a while back. The problem is the interpretation, it was wrong as were many frees and resultant goals to the Cats like the ruck free, the Harmes 50 and even the failure to pay Harmes the kick in danger and Brayshaw in the back in the last minute, the Hogan mark/ arm drag in the goal square and the Jeffy hold the man in the goal square when he was thrown down without the ball. Any of those gives us the win.
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Mr Jones
I know it is not fair to knock Max after his last few years, but just looking at the Cats game it was not his best, which didn’t help us. Also as to leadership or quick thinking, which we don’t have a lot of, why didn’t Max just spit out the blood in his mouth or call the trainer on and rinse and then close his mouth. As the guys on the Couch said, you don’t go off for that in the last minute when you are 2 points up. It also appeared like Tom Mac alerted the umpire. Even if the umpire says blood rule you just wipe it away or close your mouth or call the trainer to rinse. The rule is flowing blood. It was in his mouth not flowing. Just dumb with disastrous consequences. WTF is in their heads, it clearly isn’t smarts like Dangercheat.
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Dangerfield Stages
I wonder what happened with our meeting with the umpiring bosses?
- The No T$ No B$ Thread
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Andrew Gaff
Yes but he is in it and available free. If you got Gaff and Wallis, you would be gaining better players and with experience, to help our young midfield.
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Andrew Gaff
He can handball and kick to a team mate for starters. He can make a decision within 2 minutes and not get caught holding the ball. He can kick a goal, 3 recently in a game. He can take a contested mark. He is a better player than Tyson.
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Changes vs Adelaide
Your view is shared by some of the Coaches.
- The No T$ No B$ Thread
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Andrew Gaff
Wallis has skill Tyson doesn’t.
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Dangerfield Stages
Brayshaw labelled the free as coming from an under 12’s footy game and basically said it was ridiculous. Luke Darcy and whole Talking Footy Panel ageeed it was a disgraceful rule and a blight on the game. The 50 m and goal against Harmes was as bad. Might have cost us finals and certainly the double chance.
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Andrew Gaff
Not sure the club sees that as a priority. Oscar, Frost, Lever next year, Petty after a second pre season and Keilty is a fair bunch. Tim Smith can also go back and Joel Smith though a bit shorter can also pinch hit. Assuming Pedo has retired and if not he is another who can pinch hit. Who would you be looking at?
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Andrew Gaff
I think we should be targeting Mitch Wallis, who is a year older and on the outer at the Dogs apparently and will come a lot cheaper. If you can get both great.
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Cats to ask for home final
Maybe that is part of the problem if it comes to pass. How do you bloody get in when the Cats have more members than seats.
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Andrew Gaff
Nic Nat I think is only contracted until end of 2019. His next contract will be well south of $1m per year and he will accept it, as he has been heavily paid while injured. WC have been good to him and he will repay them with a reduced contract.
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Cats to ask for home final
Would there still be umpires?
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Chris Judd in the Age
Pity. I was hoping the Port game would be our turning point.
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POSTMATCH DISCUSSION - Round 18
We are apparently querying the Danger free and I hope we query a few others as well, but in reality the best we will get on some of the decisions is, “yes sorry we made a mistake”. A fat lot of good that will do us. I agree though the umpires have cost us 3 games with multiple mistakes mainly resulting in goals to the opposition and goals denied to us. If the Scotts coached us, their heads would have exploded on TV.
- POSTMATCH DISCUSSION - Round 18
- POSTMATCH DISCUSSION - Round 18
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POSTMATCH DISCUSSION - Round 18
After watching the game again, I noticed another thing that helped cause our loss, weak leadership. Look who stood up for the Cats, Danger, Ablett, Hawkins and Selwood. When the game needed to be won they stood up and led. With us, who of our leaders stood up? Who led the way? Who directed the others? Who took the mark or laid the tackle or made the hard gut run to set the example and/ or create the game winning/ saving piece of the play? I think our leaders were merely observers. We lack quality leadership.
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POSTMATCH DISCUSSION - Round 18
Keep posting Kevin, people are just extra upset, in fact gutted, as many have said, over what we see as inevitable failure after supreme efforts by the team in adverse circumstances. Murphy’s Law flourishes at the MFC, where something often happens and seemingly only to us, to cause major disappointment.
- POSTMATCH DISCUSSION - Round 18
- POSTMATCH DISCUSSION - Round 18
- POSTMATCH DISCUSSION - Round 18