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(04-21-2018, 11:51 AM)Brettie link Wrote:Agree to disagree......no poise whatsoever, absolute panic-merchant, makes bad decisions & his disposal is fair at best. How he got picked @ #3 in any draft, words fail me. Just a plodder at best, give me a fix Alex Silvagni over that spud any day of the week.
Yes, I noticed you've had him in your gun sights the last few weeks. He finished 7th in our B+F last year, which I accept doesn't mean much to some folks.
At any rate, I've seen him play some very good games.
And I'm a big Alex Silvagni fan.
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(04-21-2018, 11:47 AM)laj link Wrote:Yes, Eagles only played 20 min good footy, all in red time of qtrs.
Indeed. Q1,2,3. To our credit (although game was won) we took the red time honors Q4.
Lots of very encouraging signs.
Looked to me like Our boys came to play tonight, and did so leading by example. It started with Jonesy's clean spoils. He's the master of 1%
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(04-21-2018, 11:27 AM)laj link Wrote:Going back to they style we know best helped. We may have tried to take it a step too far the way we tried to alter our game plan.
100% spot on, the change in gameplan was clearly obvious.....it may not net us many goals, but geez it limits what the opposition can achieve on the scoreboard. Liam Jones is clearly comfortable with it....a much more accountable game from him.
Lots of positives for a nice change, but O’Shea, Garlett & Plowman yet again failed dismally. 5 mins in the 3rd quarter cost us, but geez some of the decisions our blokes make at times.....the mind boggles @ how plain dumb some of their decisions are ????
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(04-21-2018, 11:59 AM)PaulP link Wrote:Yes, I noticed you've had him in your gun sights the last few weeks. He finished 7th in our B+F last year, which I accept doesn't mean much to some folks.
At any rate, I've seen him play some very good games.
Shows you how well we’ve been travelling if he can finish in the top 10 of a B&F......
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(04-21-2018, 12:05 PM)Brettie link Wrote:100% spot on, the change in gameplan was clearly obvious.....it may not net us many goals, but geez it limits what the opposition can achieve on the scoreboard. Liam Jones is clearly comfortable with it....a much more accountable game from him.
Lots of positives for a nice change, but O’Shea, Garlett & Plowman yet again failed dismally. 5 mins in the 3rd quarter cost us, but geez some of the decisions our blokes make at times.....the mind boggles @ how plain dumb some of their decisions are ????
They were certainly our weakest links today imo.
Btw, I'm normally critical of Kerridge but today I thought his game was OK - certainly better and more solid than when I last saw him play seniors.
Reality always wins in the end.
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(04-21-2018, 12:07 PM)Brettie link Wrote:Shows you how well we’ve been travelling if he can finish in the top 10 of a B&F......
5th Simpson (103 votes)
6th Wright (96 votes)
7th Plowman (95 votes)
Credit where credit is due. He finished only 8 votes behind simpson and played 1 less game.
You going to bag out Simmo to help your argument or are you going to concede that Plowman isn't as bad as you suggest?
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(04-21-2018, 09:58 AM)Professer E link Wrote:I queried his diminutive size when drafted but Fisher has proved to be an astute selection.
Dow will be the same, the little blokes who do well against bigger bodies.
btw., Dow must have had at least half-a-dozen clearances today!
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Watch McKay's second goal. His mark was from a beautifully delivered ball from Fisher, off one step in congestion.
DrE is no more... you ok with that harmonica man?
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(04-21-2018, 11:51 AM)Brettie link Wrote:Agree to disagree......no poise whatsoever, absolute panic-merchant, makes bad decisions & his disposal is fair at best. How he got picked @ #3 in any draft, words fail me. Just a plodder at best, give me a fix Alex Silvagni over that spud any day of the week.
Plowman has been average all year IMO, looks disinterested at times......Alex Silvagni gives us some grunt but is at the end of his career, as is Rowe but we look better when they are playing and giving guidance.
Rowe was good today and freed Jones up from the stress of JK but thats a short term strategy, dare I say that Weitering out also made us look more composed down back....bad enough with Plowman out of form, and OShea kicking the ball straight back to the opposition, but if we added Weitering to the mix we might have lost by a lot more.
Thomas has added some experience down back and Mullet wasnt anything special but I didnt notice him stuffing up as much in the past and he did hit a few targets...
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Haven't seen or heard the game, but from all accounts positive besides the loss. Love your thoughts on. Did Jones regain his for partly from having Rowe back, bigger bodied defender? Daisy again had good numbers how was his game? Dow seems to be doing well early, but faded? cheers
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