Everything posted by beelzebub
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That's no go..... he won't fit in......
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That's brilliant.... funnier even in her accent. Gotta love them Stats !! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Hardly takes an Einstein of any football experience...recent or otherwise to understand we're making the game harder than need be by being in the wrong spot.
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Great analogy...was exactly what we did in Nepal... Clarry might not like it but those jets need testing before use.. He's paid to play footy... The fitness gurus are paid to get them there. Method in the madness ;)
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Bizarre isnt it... Occams Razor... If they're doing it time after time after time.... with no remonstrance from the bench.....I'm going with instruction ;)
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Nup...been our undoing ( well a big part of it ) all year. Hopefully a roof helps ;)
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Thankyou.... it's not the who....it's the how.
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Yep... simple as that.... Bubbledomes facilities aren't ours.
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Considering we were playing a fairly in form ( though a couple missing ) Collingwood we went ok. Id argue our style was more akin to that earlier in year... we brought it into the corridor a lot more... we didn't blaze away into the pockets....we lowered our eyes. We CAN do all those things.....just not often it appears.
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We played a very different style of game v Collingwood. That was enormously successful . Why have we reverted to rubbish ?? I'm genuinely curious. I bet I'm not alone
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His kicking in the dying moments ....summed us up... couldn't hit a paddock, let alone a barn. He's a little hit and a lotta miss. Sadly....not alone.
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I think we're unfortunately quite similar in so much as I think our Ladder positions flatter us somewhat. Yes we're 4th and 5th... but atm I'm thinking that's as much because of the "support" of the teams immediately below us If we were a peleton you'd have to say we're losing ( indeed lost ) touch with the leaders....theyre pulling away... We're slipping back. The Saints somewhat more precarious than us ( but perhaps only marginally ). 5th and 8th...one game and a sprinkling of % difference. Our % keeping us afloat but that was all banked earlier on and our current kicking woes are helping us immensely (not ) . Those feral [censored] hav a fairly gifted run home. Be aware. Make no mistake...neither the Dees nor the Aints can afford a loss this week. Our forms are not dissimilar... you wouldn't bet your left one ...your house...or too much of anything on either. Both teams have dour defences....one team has managed more than 8 goals recently. Dont get cocky Melbourne
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In my minds eye the problem is not that Lyon's commentary/analysis is encroaching on savant, it's more that he's Captain Obvious. He's just examplifying what any number of us are saying. Up da front we're shizen. And as if to make it worse it's by design. The design has seen its day, its moment in the sun, its now very yesterday. Those that proffer we change the magnets around i can only say it wont matter what you name your pieces if youre trying to play draughts not chess. We have the right game at one end....the wrong one the other. If we dont change it.....why would there be a different result ? We cant rely on the weather (save sat )...and then we get to play upon the shifting sands ..otherwise known as that less marvellous colosseum .
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Hes highlighting an issue thats been our bug bear for most of the season. We're clueless forward. Intuitive forward craft gets burnt by what must be a directive. The spotlight is now firmly again on us as we're faltering....again. Yes the media love a beat up often. They look around for easy targets mostly.....and by christ we make ourselves an easy subject for commentary. How exactly was he supposed to be more 'balanced'....is that some form of 'affirmitive journalism' ?? Like saying...well Melbourne are [censored] up...but it's forgivable because...X, Y or Z ? He, and many others, are unfortuntaely just being very matter of fact about it.. It's invariably we supporters that add a tint to our observations...Take that away... it's not pretty
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Im struggling to understand your miff . Is it you simply dont like Garry Lyon. You have a grievance? Are you oly prepared to give weight to comments if the source is amenable? It in many ways is irrelevant who or why the comments exist , though there's an argument possible to voracity applied by people according to whatever litmus.That said the comments can be viewed in their own right and critiqued. Just about everything that was highlighted is spot on. And thats the context is should be viewed ..imo Was what was said correct or not irrelevant of who said it . If we were to broadly disect our game into 3rds. 1) back half ( defence ) 2) middle/guts and 3) forward 50.. scoring , then i don't think it a stretch to suggest that we get Defence pretty right. It works ad well. It wobble occasionally with selection but over all, it's good. We're ok through the middle . Our mids on a par with most good teams. We're at times brilliant, at times lamentable..overall... a pass.. we're ok and generally effective. Our Front half..... and this is where all the concern.is, this is where all the current talk emanates. Its a mess. I was to suggest there's no system, but there is... kick it ( bomb it ) into a crowded contest..apply manic garbled efforts...hope for best. Whereas our defence and transition through the middle shows skill, adeptness, thought and coherent style, once it gets forward that all disappears... there's nada. As a game style we're bipolar.. Jeckyl and Hyde. The description and critical clarifications as offered by Lyon were well founded. Its rather ageist to suggest someone has little idea, or irrelevance because as you put it he's so long out of the game. He played 226 games in red and blue. He has some idea. He's not been too far from the game ever since There's a lot of commentary out there by the media from people who as far as i know have played stuff all footy at a high level. I don't simply afford Garry automatic accolade . I dont suggest what he says is either better or worse than others simply for his past efforts or allegiance. Ive simple looked and listened to his evaluation and considered it upon merit. I can't see where he's wrong and he's explained it , to me, quite effectively as I would expect from someone who spent a lot of time playing footy in that same said forward 50 paddock. He was a very good forward and knows what he's talking about. The essentials of the game haven't changed. That said if someone else had presented the exact same review i would still agree with it for the simple reasons the fundamentals are acurate.
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Strangely, perhaps, for some, Spargo is one of the few ive noticed with enough acumen and awareness to slow or stop and allow the opposition wave to pass ( momentarily) sufficient to open up a team mate. Kozzi can also. Langers can. We just dont play the "game" to provide for these smarts ...imo..
