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Nice duck there Team somewhat consistent : good against weaker teams struggle against better teams/coaching

Sue...if i may, A good way to stay sane, grounded and reasonably happy ( other than the assault on our demeanor made by the MFC during its annual comedy parade ) is to just not indulge the media by reading/watching any of it. It's just about guaranteed to be 99% recycled garbage . The only publishing i personally take much notice of are ...the results Anything from clubs is especially chancey ... anything from players...meh Anything from 'experts' invariably requires a spray of dettol. Each to own of course

A question...to all and any. If this were the case then EVERY team above us will have beaten us. They will have done so because they nullified out "game" and played theirs. We have NO plan/game B Why would anyone presume any success ? Its just a question. I think a valid one. Do some subscribe to different outcomes for same scenarios ? Einstein had a thought about that ?

Need to fix quickly. London to a brick any tean we meet in finals ( if ) will have already played us and already know how to turn us inside out. Our 'brand' is faulty.

The man knows how to handle a club....

Now ...ppl have to look away Its not about Oscar per se Just our defence as a whole Currently..it sucks

Hope some of you chaps and chappettes are right otherwise a somber sept awaits... A little over that

Where were you ?

And yet we haven't beaten any ONE team currently above us. The law of average might suggest we might have accounted for one or any of the games those teams have lost...but no. There's a very simple reason we haven't Occam says hello

Andy....you and I both for us to play finals...let alone in any meaningful manner we need a lot of things to go right...and in a very particular pattern. Again we fibd ourselves ( imho ) reliant upon outcomes of other teams to pave our way. We've abdicated our position of self determination by losing games we ought not.....or losing some by too much. into the laps of gods go us...again. Gods have never favoured Demons

Taking a positive view ... it's an opportunity to rejig that areavof the park. Possibly make less restrictively formal in setout...introduce a copse or two...really green it up. Currently the swathes of carpark lawn are mundane and underutilised.

Its not about competing...its about Winning. The real question is....can we beat the best ? So far.....no

Hard to write a team sheet til we see who's available. Im not assuming ANYTHING. from here on in. Strangely enough id rather play the Aints at that marvelous place. Strange days

The defence rest me Lud !!

Im curious .. perhaps surprised ...how many gloss over the game against Freo in Darwin. This looms . We have had stuff all success there. Freo do well. Dockers travelling sort of OK...bit under the Radar. This might be where we stumble.. and stumble badly.

No...we need the best 'efforts' on the park. Its abit like the dif between a team of champions.. and a champion team. Better a B grader trying /playing flat out....than a supposed A giving 25% return on a game and going missing. Drop him... make a statement. Make it LOUD

If only Trac were more Flower and less Dorian Gray.... we'd have a bottler. All fizz at present.

Another thought....put car parking under the new oval. Why use valuable leasable/ usable building space ?

As part of the beautification and making the new oval meld into its hosting environs plant lots of trees of suitable types to encircle the grassed surface...giving the new ground a permanent image of being guarded and watched simultaneously. How many trees got knocked for Tennis ? Its not like theyd need to take out that many. The new ' Forrest' will compensate

We share aami Its notlike we can use it whenever the lads want. This has at time needed players to find their own facilities to do out of session work. NOT under the watch of our med/fitness guts. Amateur hour really. Time to leave motel8 for the Hilton

A very fav film btw Im sure folk will find the place without too much difficulty... It'll be right next to some other ground of note ?

I mentioned in another thread.. we were goalless in last qtr.. That's not really finishing it off too well...is it ?

This to me is indicative of our culture...the idea that playing finals is an achievement. It's not really....it's an opportunity...an avenue to an Achievement. Playing a GF is an Achievement...winning it an even bigger/ better one. Playing finals is a means to an end only. No one cares who comes 2nd 3rd etc.

To any and all who are comforting themselves with the idea we would a beaten them had it not be for XY or Z decision....or another other subjective hypothetical... may I just offer a reminder of our sterling scoreboard pressure of that last and very important quarter.. My lord ....I offer into evidence...point 1...and point 2 and not a single goal Gone from attacking the record number of winning qtrs .... to not even snagging a sausage !!! Not a good time of the year to start getting the wobbles.

Clarko would presevere with him in the Magoos....wouldnt have started him in the 1sts till was actually developed..is..had a tank...had the right mindset. Reputation means zilch with Alistair....you earn your spot. Christian currently holding a golden ticket