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Sigh.....He was my pick for having a breakout year.......There's still time...

There's also potentially more risk picking 17yo's that may not make it or develop as per expectations. They will have some talent but it is still going to be hard going for them. And getting all their picks in pretty much one year is going to dilute their standard somewhat you would think.

But Josh is a premiership player!!!!!

JUNIOR AIN't GOING ANYWHERE!!!!

Clubs started to take us seriously and it isn't hard to work out how to beat us. It's not like we have three or four game plans. Shut down a couple of our stars and put pressure on us and we crumble....

Darwin was pretty wet.

Yep and Miller has played 130 games. We definitely know his best output. Can't say the same for Dunn.

Careful Cameron. Don't get sucked in to responding to every post- you'll go nuts. Altho with 4 posts in 15 months that probably ain't going to happen. Keep up the good work, I like your whiteboard Wednesdays!

I checked this and the 50m was measured correctly. He was around 10-15m outside the 50m arc when hit. But someone else should have taken the kick as he was groggy.

We have the MOST handballs out of any team. Ratten's plan (and he and Riley know us well) was to pressure our young players early and we would cough it up. It worked well, It's hardly rocket science but we need to be more prepared to counter it with some bold moves. Perhaps start Davey at CHF to run in to the centre square, Back pocket etc. We gave a stupid free kicks (most were actually poor decisions) but we allowed ourselves to get sucked in to retaliating and getting caught just a fraction high etc. The umps are looking to impose themselves on the game (aaarrggghhh) but that is the way it is. We need aggression at the ball and the ball carrier. That's what we did when we were winning. We also played on at all costs particularly from kick ins. C'mon Dean give us something!!!!!!

Great effort Gys. You have shown up a few of our other boys in your first two weeks. I'd like to see how you go in a winning team!

This is effectively his first year.

ALL the good kicks drop the ball low to the boot. Hodge, Eagleton, Hunt, Davey etc Bruce drops it from around 4ft in the air. This is not a Bruce bash but you reckon the coached can fix this. I reckon Frawley was a poor kick and has changed his style markedly. He now is very deliberate and holds the ball very low, close to his foot. A lot of Geelong players now do that. Its very effective.

We handball more than any other team in the comp. It was Ratten's plan to pressure our young players and they would cough it up. His plan worked a treat. Carrazzo hounded Davey all day and he played his worst game for a while.

What the Hell was Watts wearing on his feet????? He fell over dozens of times today. How hard is it to wear screw in stops on a rainy day FCS?!?!?!?!??!

Thanks guys - we love this stuff. Very much appreciated.

I love posts like this - Yeah, he's just given up. Get a clue.

Total unsubstantiated bulltish. Do you always make stuff up??

bummers plenty of the ball but seem to be wasting the breeze Casey 8.9 57 Bummers 5.3 33

Jordie McKenzie has a corky. Heavily strapped but is going back on the ground... well that's what the commentators suggested from the strapping

Goal to Casey (McReady?) Casey 8.8 56 Bombers 2.1 13

Maybe more astute player and game management??? We didn't kill our percentage because we played a loose man in defence most of the day. With possible winnable games coming up that's a smart move.

Rising Star for me so far this round.

The most frustrating part for me. Continually outnumbered in the fwd line. Seems to me like they were playing a man behind the ball as they didn't wasn't too much damage to our percentage - I guess I can understand that.