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Dave The Man
Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Location: Someville, Victoria, Australia
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Effort was nothing Short of Disgusting. Just going thru the Motions.
No One Tried to Hard _________________ I am Da Man |
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bally12
Joined: 30 Sep 2010
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So disappointing. Essendon showed how to beat these guys, and that's to go at break-neck speed. Not once did we try to play like this. We had more possessions but just kept on kicking it to stationary targets, not playing on enough...that decision by Reid not to kick it to Fas in a 1on1 was the worst one. Reid is very slow even for a big man, and I suspect the end has come quickly for him.
The decision to drop Shaz was disgraceful. The kid needs more games into him and is infinitely better than Langdon, who is a slow in every aspect and burns the footy. He couldn't keep up with any of the Port small forwards, and just goes backwards all the time.
Grundy has no idea how to hit tap-outs to advantage.
Crocker is not up to the standard. Kirby would be a much better option but that would require our coaches to make a bold selection decision.
Brown not ready yet..no 2nd or 3rd efforts.
Aish is underweight and has no explosiveness over 10metres.
Thought Fas, Pendles, Howe, DeGoey, Greenwood, WHE were our best.
Buckley claimed that he selected the team based on the opposition, but they had 4 pacy small forwards, and we didn't have not one match-up player for them.
Smartest thing to do from now on is play all the kids and get a high draft pick next year. |
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Pies4shaw
pies4shaw
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
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Raw Hammer wrote: | It's full tank mode now. We need to get as high a draft pick as possible. We need Reid from Sydney. We need SMART, front & centre players. |
We're going to finish 14th, whatever we do. |
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Donny
Formerly known as MAGFAN8.
Joined: 04 Aug 2002 Location: Toonumbar NSW Australia
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piedys wrote: | Donny wrote: | Adams (93.1%) bettered that. |
That -6.9% must have been his pox grubber in the first quarter across half back that got them rolling on the scoreboard.
Love to see Langdon's. Must look like Mitch Marsh's batting average... |
Langdon 79.2% _________________ Donny.
It's a game. Enjoy it. |
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Pies4shaw
pies4shaw
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
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bally12 wrote: | So disappointing. Essendon showed how to beat these guys, and that's to go at break-neck speed. Not once did we try to play like this. We had more possessions but just kept on kicking it to stationary targets, not playing on enough...that decision by Reid not to kick it to Fas in a 1on1 was the worst one. Reid is very slow even for a big man, and I suspect the end has come quickly for him.
The decision to drop Shaz was disgraceful. The kid needs more games into him and is infinitely better than Langdon, who is a slow in every aspect and burns the footy. He couldn't keep up with any of the Port small forwards, and just goes backwards all the time.
Grundy has no idea how to hit tap-outs to advantage.
Crocker is not up to the standard. Kirby would be a much better option but that would require our coaches to make a bold selection decision.
Brown not ready yet..no 2nd or 3rd efforts.
Aish is underweight and has no explosiveness over 10metres.
Thought Fas, Pendles, Howe, DeGoey, Greenwood, WHE were our best.
Buckley claimed that he selected the team based on the opposition, but they had 4 pacy small forwards, and we didn't have not one match-up player for them.
Smartest thing to do from now on is play all the kids and get a high draft pick next year. |
We should trade our high draft pick to Hawthorn for their coach. |
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Millane42
Joined: 18 Aug 2000 Location: Sydney
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Pies4shaw wrote: | Outs: Brown, Crocker, Aish, Broomhead.
Ins: Mayne, Cox, Blair, Ramsay. |
First out is Langdon, 2nd out Langdon, 3rd Langdon and 4th Langdon. _________________ Most of my favourite bands start with "M" - Mars Volta, Mastodon, Megadeth, Metallica, Midnight Oil, Misfits...except King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard ~ |
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doriswilgus
Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Location: the great southern land
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Raw Hammer wrote: | It's full tank mode now. We need to get as high a draft pick as possible. We need Reid from Sydney. We need SMART, front & centre players. |
True.But Hine and Buckley never never never recruit those sort of players. |
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Raw Hammer
Joined: 11 Sep 2008 Location: The Gutter
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VFL Today
Cox 5 goals
Mayne 4 goals
Kirby 3 goals _________________ Est. 2002 |
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Adam Treloar 3 Votes
Joined: 09 May 2017
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Just for a change there are a number of Nicks Posters claiming the sky is falling down <snip>. In truth the loss was much less and really a result of a disfunctional forward line today, we need changes at selection. I table. Crocker and Brown don't belong at the level yet, time for a spell in the resumes. Time for another look at Cox and Mayne. _________________ People forget that our last premiership was only 2010 and rebuilds take some time. 2018 we play finals again. |
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Raw Hammer
Joined: 11 Sep 2008 Location: The Gutter
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doriswilgus wrote: | Raw Hammer wrote: | It's full tank mode now. We need to get as high a draft pick as possible. We need Reid from Sydney. We need SMART, front & centre players. |
True.But Hine and Buckley never never never recruit those sort of players. |
Because it's all about the 'process' and 'structure', blah blah blah!
Buckley honestly thinks Crocker and Blair, etc. can produce the same output as an Elliott based purely on effort. He hates flair and natural talent. He'd probably overlook Robbie Gray. _________________ Est. 2002 |
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MatthewBoydFanClub
Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: Elwood
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Any analysis of why we lost should be confined to the first half where we had the same number of forward entries as Port, yet kicked half their score. The game was over half way through the third quarter when all the sting was out of the game.
I think the reason we lost can be traced back to the last quarter of the GWS game when Moore starred in the ruck in the last quarter and our brains trust decided that it would be a good idea to play Moore as back up ruckman for the rest of the year. Our "small" forward line worked against a Hawthorn side in rebuild mode. It worked against a thin young Brisbane side. It almost worked against a Melbourne side that had its two big guns in Gawn and Garland out.
So today we have a bean pole young gun forward in Moore who has to cover when Grundy is off the ground, against Ryder and Trengrove in the ruck and the huge Westoff playing a defensive role in the back half and a huge Dixon playing in attack. I hope everybody watching our game noticed the run of goals kicked by Port in the third quarter, occurred when Grundy went off the ground and Moore was playing in the ruck.
Well guys. You wanted a small forward line and you got it, courtesy of the coach. But wait, it only gets better. We got the return game against Melbourne with Gawn back and games against big hardened bodies against Adelaide and West Coast to come.
It need not have been like like this. Moore kicked 3.0 today as the part time full forward. Imagine what he might have kicked in the full time role at FF. Anyway look forward to having a new senior coach in 2018. Derek Hine can accompany him out the door together with our forwards coach, Brendon Sanderson. |
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DT
Joined: 06 May 2007
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Raw Hammer wrote: | VFL Today
Cox 5 goals
Mayne 4 goals
Kirby 3 goals |
6 goals to Coxy. Top win _________________ Daicos, impossible angle ... Goal! |
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Collingwood Crackerjack
Joined: 28 Jul 2008 Location: Canberra
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Member 7167 wrote: | Is this going to be one of the seasons we don't turn up in the second half?
Just asking! |
Just a slight case of clearance nutting, nothing to be concerned about, the leg should grow back in a couple of weeks _________________ "The last thing he expected WAS THE FIRST THING HE GOT!!!!!"
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Adam Treloar 3 Votes
Joined: 09 May 2017
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^ Millane42
Did you even watch the game? They kick 93 and we kick 62 and you point the finger at defenders? When was the last time a grand total of 62 won an AFL game? _________________ People forget that our last premiership was only 2010 and rebuilds take some time. 2018 we play finals again. |
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Damien
Me Noah & Flynn @ the G
Joined: 21 Jan 1999 Location: Croydon Vic
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Port still haven't beaten a top 8 side. They're average. We're just averager. _________________ 'Collingwood are the Bradmans of Football'
The Herald - 1930 |
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