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The break out in the last 10 was due to only having one ruckman - and a backline with some inexperience.
I like the kids, but Roosy has to give some thought to either Crouch or Matthews...we have one too many newbies who were looking for nanna in the last 10.
On Channel 10 - the sly digs will keep coming after the Swans complained about Lane - maybe a petiton to the AFL is in order - but it would have to come from the the membership base.
ONE LAST THING - ITs "shot AT goal" - dont be cretins all your lives and follow some mindless old WA slob who decided it was clever to say "on"...exercise your education/intellect - people will respect you more for it.
and thanks for the commentary.
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So many observations on today's game but I believe it was winable if we had kept our composure at "those" moments.
Some poor disposal from almost everyone and the speed at which Geelong closed in to tackle when we needed to get rid of it a step earlier, the Perps were:
Birdy
Craig
Goodes (running into goal)
and there were others
Leo was superb, played a captain's knock. Hope Barry Hall took notes on the kinda ticker that he used to have and let go. I wished he was there. He would have been able to contest with Scarlett under the hard earned 50 entries.
Nick Davis may indeed be relegated to the ressies again. He was shown for his lack of everything apart from a dead-eye set shot kick. It's not good enough, he can't jump, can't run and didn't have his footing at vital times. One small defensive effort and a single goal was all that was memorable.The Pain of Discipline is Nothing Like The Pain of DisappointmentComment
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My point about David ws, that today was his chance to shine....and he didn't.
Goodes had some good patches....plus we know how well he, and Mickey, can play.
It's hard to tell from watching a TV game, but Davis seemed lazy and just not good enough.Comment
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Davis gave a couple of free kicks away for hands in the back at very very costly times.Adam Goodes: Rising Star 99, Brownlow 2003, 2006
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I don't know that Davo was lazy. I think he just lacks a trick or two in his bag. Those he has are very very good and have got him to where he is. But he has almost no jumping ability, and he's also pretty ordinary at using his body to create an advantage in marking contest. He reads the ball pretty well so if he manages to get in front in a one-on-one and the ball is slightly to his advantage, he's a pretty good contested mark. But he doesn't seem to be able to turn a 40/60 contest into a 60/40 one in the way the best forwards can.
In a crowded forward line, with hapharzard delivery forward, he's always going to struggle in the air.Comment
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Nick Davis may indeed be relegated to the ressies again. He was shown for his lack of everything apart from a dead-eye set shot kick. It's not good enough, he can't jump, can't run and didn't have his footing at vital times. One small defensive effort and a single goal was all that was memorable."As everyone knows our style of football is defensive and unattractive, and as such I have completely forgotten how to mark or kick over the years" - Brett Kirk
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Nick Davis may indeed be relegated to the ressies again. He was shown for his lack of everything apart from a dead-eye set shot kick. It's not good enough, he can't jump, can't run and didn't have his footing at vital times. One small defensive effort and a single goal was all that was memorable.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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Did Cheese play the second half? I hardly sighted him therefore I suspect he may have been off injured (could be wrong)."As everyone knows our style of football is defensive and unattractive, and as such I have completely forgotten how to mark or kick over the years" - Brett Kirk
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I don't know that Davo was lazy. I think he just lacks a trick or two in his bag. Those he has are very very good and have got him to where he is. But he has almost no jumping ability, and he's also pretty ordinary at using his body to create an advantage in marking contest. He reads the ball pretty well so if he manages to get in front in a one-on-one and the ball is slightly to his advantage, he's a pretty good contested mark. But he doesn't seem to be able to turn a 40/60 contest into a 60/40 one in the way the best forwards can.
In a crowded forward line, with hapharzard delivery forward, he's always going to struggle in the air.Comment
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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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