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I didn't drive up for the match.
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Shame - you missed a pretty good game of footy. Considering there was just one win between the 2 teams I thought it was a pretty good standard - damn sight better than the Freo-Crows @@@@e I watched last night.Originally posted by ROK Lobster
I didn't drive up for the match.Comment
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I was carrying some very hot chips for my son and just as I got back to our seats I tripped and nearly tipped them all over him, but after a bit of a juggling act I was able to only spill just the one chip.I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his timeComment
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Didn't go up to Sydney for the game. Feel confident to book an OS holiday for August and September - wont miss too much.---------||--ANNE--||----------Comment
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Play of the day.Originally posted by stellation
I was carrying some very hot chips for my son and just as I got back to our seats I tripped and nearly tipped them all over him, but after a bit of a juggling act I was able to only spill just the one chip.
Regarding giant's comment, it was a good game in patches but the Swans should have buried them. At times we still look lethargic and confused.
As for other positives, I thought Schneids looked good (but how accountable was Davey?) and it was good to see the Irish back.Comment
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Agreed...and also they look scared to make mistakes. When they ran the ball confidently through the middle they looked so good, you have to wonder why they don't try to do it more often.Originally posted by ROK Lobster
At times we still look lethargic and confused.
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I made a similar comment early in the game - dare to win instead of being scared to win.
I'm on the Chandwagon!!!
If you cannot compete for the premiership, it's better to be young and exciting than middle-aged and dowdy.
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Kennelly Kennelly and Kennelly. It was such a stark contrast between the side when he was on the field and when he was on the bench. He provides some direction when we're running out of the back line.Comment
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Positives:
- Return of Kennelly
- Chambers showed he's not completely useless
- Malceski getting more involved in the game
- Very good game by Schneider
- I'm less upset than I would have been in previous yearsCaptain Logic is not steering this tugboat.
"[T]here are things that matter more and he's reading and thinking about them: heaven, reincarnation. Life and death are the only things that are truly a matter of life and death. Not football."Comment
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Agree about the running through the middle bit, the team looked fluent, positive and capable of winning during these passages of play. I believe the negative game is stifling. Also the othe teams are displaying a higher work rate because they know that's where a lot of Sydney's games were won last year, so games can't be won on endeavour. The smaller ground sometimes encourages the stifling mode of play.LIFE GOES ONComment
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Is that because we played better than we had all year or is that because we have a shinny metal cup sitting in our boardroom?Originally posted by NMWBloods
- I'm less upset than I would have been in previous yearsOnce was, now elsewhereComment
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I'll take option 1 thanks. That shiny metal cup is SO last season.Originally posted by robbieando
Is that because we played better than we had all year or is that because we have a shinny metal cup sitting in our boardroom?
No I saw the game today too and while the loss hurt, I was comparing it to the corresponding game last year vs the Dees when we were basically smashed. Hopefully this is a good sign that our trademark "recovery after form slump" will come a little sooner this year.
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The latter.Originally posted by robbieando
Is that because we played better than we had all year or is that because we have a shinny metal cup sitting in our boardroom?
It's still very frustrating because I don't really rate the other sides too much so the opportunity is still there. Having said that, if West Coast had one key forward and the Bulldogs had Darcy and Minson, I don't think we'd be much of a chance.
As for how we played, marginally better but still crap. I think that Roos saying the coaching staff was pleased with the way we played last week was a mistake - we were crap last week and only won because Carlton were more crap.Captain Logic is not steering this tugboat.
"[T]here are things that matter more and he's reading and thinking about them: heaven, reincarnation. Life and death are the only things that are truly a matter of life and death. Not football."Comment
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Not sure there is much comfort there. Last year we were beaten by a red-hot team. This year we were beaten by a struggling outfit. And both times we get zero premiership points.Originally posted by sydfan83
I'll take option 1 thanks. That shiny metal cup is SO last season.
No I saw the game today too and while the loss hurt, I was comparing it to the corresponding game last year vs the Dees when we were basically smashed. Hopefully this is a good sign that our trademark "recovery after form slump" will come a little sooner this year.
I'm not doom and gloom by any means - but it is just so frustrating seeing the difference within a game between very very good and puzzlingly tentative.
The main positive I see from this game is that they won't need to change tapes to remind themselves what they do that wins games and how they lose games. They will have it all laid out within the one game.Comment
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