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03-24-2018, 11:23 AM
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(03-24-2018, 09:58 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Martin and Caddy again showed we lack the physicality we need to stop these types influencing games...too many of our players throw one arm out only when tackling and I actually saw 3 players try and tackle Caddy and he shrugged them off to get the ball away..
Firstly, can you name any player who can go man on man with Martin on his day?
Secondly, should we consider the flip side, why can't some of our near 200cm type powerhouse icons like Cripps or Casboult shrug off tackling players like that?
I think I've seen Williamson and Macreadie shrug off more players in just a handful of games than Casboult has in a decade! What is it that our club lacks, either in training or attitude that seems to leave us with this shortfall? it cannot be strength training, doesn't Casboult hold some sort of AFL bench press record? So it must be above the shoulders.
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03-24-2018, 11:41 AM
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Couple of key moments in the 3rd quarter:
1. About 15m mark (remaining). Paddy Wow receives a handball and is clear running into an open goal about 35m out. Sprays it...oobf. Would have been a 10 point lead.
2. About 5m later Weitering has the ball on the left wing (free or a mark...), the dumbo Tigers guy runs too close behind and it's 50m awarded. Weiters should have been about 30-35m out but the ump gives a short 50. Weiters sprays it.
3. Few minutes later. Marchbank gets tackled around the neck, no free. Throw up or whatever. Richmond score... WHEN mARCHbank would have pumped it into our I50.
And by God, how biased are the comme ntators, putrid.
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03-24-2018, 11:51 AM
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And not one mention of the effect of losing Kennedy (effectively before quarter time) would have on our rotations....
Contrast to the PEDs game last night when Merrett went down, every second comment was on that very topic.
Now for the last quarter,
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(03-24-2018, 07:13 AM)Jack Burton link Wrote:Agree re tunnelling, happened more than a few times, including a bizarre one in the forward pocket when Cotchin got a free kick for tunnelling???
That was so blatant yet the ump missed it >  > > > >
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(03-24-2018, 11:51 AM)flyboy77 link Wrote:And not one mention of the effect of losing Kennedy (effectively before quarter time) would have on our rotations....
Contrast to the PEDs game last night when Merrett went down, every second comment was on that very topic.
Now for the last quarter, This goes to show who is the favourite and who is not. Disgraceful.
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(03-25-2018, 12:19 AM)crashlander link Wrote:This goes to show who is the favourite and who is not. Disgraceful.
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Back to the game.
It was a very even contest. Even at the start of the 4th.
We ran out of gas....not surprising in the circumstances - no kennedy, Kreuz down, Dow a bit lost in his first real game....
Anyone who thinks Dusty had a better (or more influential) game than Cripps, well...need I say?
That said, can't fathom why Daisy wasn't paid more attention by someone on our team...
Guys like Lamb and SOJ found it hard to get involved but that happens sometimes. Like others, was a good chance for Bolts to throw Jack in the guts, but alas.
Didn't think Weitering or Murphy were bad at all.
Some of the turnovers we coughed up, nothing the defence could have done....
Portends well for a great season.
Very, very impressed with Cripps, Marchbank, Plow, Garlett (of the young/new guys). Charlie too, of course...
Kennedy too had a real influence before being injured.
Need to win next week!
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(03-25-2018, 12:28 AM)cookie2 link Wrote:Project "Resurrect the Bummers" in full swing! :
That will be followed by the magnificent Melbourne charge to the top.
This narrative thing is really starting to become predictable. What a worry.
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(03-25-2018, 01:26 AM)flyboy77 link Wrote:Back to the game.
It was a very even contest. Even at the start of the 4th.
We ran out of gas....not surprising in the circumstances - no kennedy, Kreuz down, Dow a bit lost in his first real game....
Anyone who thinks Daisy had a better (or more influential) game than Cripps, well...need I say?
That said, can't fathom why Daisy wasn't paid more attention by someone on our team...
Guys like Lamb and SOJ found it hard to get involved but that happens sometimes. Like others, was a good chance for Bolts to throw Jack in the guts, but alas.
Didn't think Weitering or Murphy were bad at all.
Some of the turnovers we coughed up, nothing the defence could have done....
Portends well for a great season.
Very, very impressed with Cripps, Marchbank, Plow, Garlett (of the young/new guys). Charlie too, of course...
Kennedy too had a real influence before being injured.
Need to win next week!
It's amazing how different the game can look when in the absence of initial emotions the replay highlights the stupidity of the commentary team.
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