Earl Hood
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Why are we drafting these types, small forwards who don’t kick goals and don’t have too many tricks, that is X factor?
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Three first round picks in the last draft! Looks like it’s transformed the team. I also note how well their no name backline played because they are organised and work as a unit. And we coughed up 3 first rounders for 2 key backs who can’t get on the park. Just an observation.
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Rosee the new Brett Heady?
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On that north performance, bottom is where we belong until we get our act together.
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Umm they are looking a lot better than us with 4 minutes to go.
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North actually going OK in the last quarter or so. Looking more organised than us. Of course Rosee is putting a nail in!
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Who else, there is not much in the Casey cupboard?
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But how come they are always cashed up? Everyone plays for peanuts down there. O’Meara, Mitchell, Wingard, “he who shall not be named”, McEvoy, Chip, are all on Newstart. Smith, Roughy on the pension?
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Let’s go to the draft for some early pick potential talent for a change.
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Can’t blame Taylor completely but our trading strategy is starting to look second rate. We have coughed up 3 first rounders for key defenders obviously believing we had the other bases covered, e.g. no need for some leg speed, outside run, I.e. quality wingers, small defensive forwards. We now seem to have deficiencies everywhere and with our injuries, no depth at all. Looks like it is back to the draft and hope to find a first round gem.
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He might get angry but a lot of this is sitting on his shoulders. Our game plan, systems, cohesion is [censored]. Professional, full time footballers playing together like they are a group of wheat farmers up in the Wimmera who are lucky to get to training once a week during harvest time.
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Frustrating to watch full time professional footballers play like suburban amateurs. They are trying but the skills are deplorable and they work together like a group of tradies that get to train once a week together, if they have the time. There are no systems down back, up forward and now our midfield group doesn’t seem to have any cohesion.
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YES!
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Flood gates will open in the third I am afraid. No system at all that quarter, just hanging in there.
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Can we sustain this intensity in the second?
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Over ran a ball, then missed a handball, otherwise going well for his new contract negotiations!
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What does connect mean? When your key forwards can’t take a mark and you have zero crumming ability when the ball hits the ground and no defensive ability to stop the ball comming straight back out, you will always fail to connect.
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That reminds me of Brian Wilson kicking 6 against us in 91 and they beat us by a few points. Don’t think he played another game. That said Kent asked for a trade for more opportunities. We did the right thing by him, not sure about our club.
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Not so sure he failed, he was injury prone usually just as he got some form. I did qualify my praise by saying he could be good in a dominating side. He always had some defensive deficiencies. But gee we have some small forward deficiencies at present, no crumming, no forward pressure. Forward set up is a mess and Goodwin seemingly won’t pick Jeffy because he doesn’t meet our contested ball at all costs mantra.
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Wrong call, yes I want too see more but he tried today and was the least of our problems.
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Spot on JM we had a win against Sydney only because it was on a smaller ground against a similar contested ball side. That win changed nothing in terms of our inability to play the wider expanses of the Gee against quicker sides. Yes We have no crumbing forwards and no defensive composure. The game plan is not working at all. Last year we dominated contested possession, clearances and inside 50’s, we depended on this to win. This year it’s the same plan but we aren’t dominating the midfield, we aren’t defending well through the midfield and our backline is a mess.
