Everything posted by bing181
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Just Kick the [censored] Thing!
Not for want of trying? One of the advantages of lingering around the bottom reaches of the ladder for a few years is you get to load up on kids with very good skills - who you then mould into the players you need. Good luck with turning the likes of Trac, Viney, Clarrie, even Rivers, Sparrow etc., into skilled exponents of the modern move the ball quickly/turnover game. You only have to look at the kind of kids we've drafted of late to see that the club recognises the issue and is at least trying to do something about it. Similar discussion around some of the positional moves, e.g. Ed Langdon onto the ball to give us more run, or Fritsch further up the ground to give us more skill delivering the ball forward, or Windsor to HB to give us more speed off half-back etc. etc. Not saying these moves are working either, but once again, not for want of trying.
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Time to go Goody?
You're assuming that that's what they're instructed to do. Was pretty clear from Goodwin's presser that that's not the case.
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Time to go Goody?
And before them, Goodwin and Stafford were responsible. And before them ... If you change the coaches and get the same result, then just maybe it's not the coaches. In any case, from my incredibly uninformed POV, it's not entirely the forwards that's the issue, it's the delivery into the forward line. i.e., the players further up the field who for whatever reason just can't move the ball quickly enough and then can't hit targets. Alongside that, you can't underestimate the impact of the players who are missing up forward, nor the lack of experience.
- POSTGAME: Rd 02 vs North Melbourne
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POSTGAME: Rd 02 vs North Melbourne
Lots on here kidding themselves about the quality of the list, and the impact of injuries. Someone commented on playing Henderson straight in from the VFL, and what it says. What it says it that the 4 (or more) guys ahead of him - Pickett, Tholstrup, Melksham and probably McAdam based on pre-season form - are all unavailable. As for the list, one of the downsides of having A-graders (and we still have a few) is that to keep them you have to pay them big bucks. Which leaves you with little cap space. I was surprised that we were even in the race for Houston as I'm not sure how we could have afforded him. While I'm not all that optimistic, at least with McVee, Windsor, Tholstrup, Melksham, Pickett and May back in the side we'll be not just a bit more competitive but faster and a bit more skilful - which is where the game is heading.
- GAMEDAY: Rd 02 vs North Melbourne
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- PREGAME: Rd 02 vs North Melbourne
- POSTGAME: Rd 01 vs GWS
- PREGAME: Rd 02 vs North Melbourne
- POSTGAME: Rd 01 vs GWS
- POSTGAME: Rd 01 vs GWS
- GAMEDAY: Rd 01 vs GWS
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- GAMEDAY: Rd 01 vs GWS
- GAMEDAY: Rd 01 vs GWS
- GAMEDAY: Rd 01 vs GWS
- GAMEDAY: Rd 01 vs GWS
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NON-MFC: Round 01
Oh they'll make the 8. Only question is how high they are in the 8 and how deep into Sept they go. They're better than last year through natural progression of the younger players, and then adding Barrass and Battle shores up their backline and leaves Sicily to play where they need him. Impressive and will be hard to stop once they get their tails up.
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PREGAME: Rd 01 vs GWS
Yes and no. 3 of those changes have been forced through the unavailability of Kozzie, McVee and Thostrup, all of whom would have certainly been playing, plus probably Turner. Not to mention the departure of ANB, without even considering Melksham and Spargo, both injured/not ready. Not quite the radical shakeup, we actually have a lot of injuries and are just covering them. Not complaining either, but not sure how many of these debutantes will be able to hold their spots once the regulars are available.
- PREGAME: Rd 01 vs GWS
- PREGAME: Rd 01 vs GWS
- PREGAME: Rd 01 vs GWS
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Christian Petracca
Exactly. Not part of the old boys' club, she's there on merit.
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PREGAME: Rd 01 vs GWS
Not sure what I feel about this - Twomey stirring the pot? Would have thought that Johnson was ahead of Jeffo, who they didn't even take to the Fremantle match. Maybe he's been setting the house on fire in training or in the Casey match that no-one saw, but I'd be surprised if it wasn't Johnson.