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Almost impossible to see us winning on form, Melbourne's win against Hawthorn was terrific and they followed it up with an easy win over Port in Adelaide.
St Kilda smashed us then got taken apart by Sydney and we just lost to a very poor Brisbane.
The form says we should be about $4.
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(08-14-2016, 11:25 AM)blue4life link Wrote:Almost impossible to see us winning on form, Melbourne's win against Hawthorn was terrific and they followed it up with an easy win over Port in Adelaide.
St Kilda smashed us then got taken apart by Sydney and we just lost to a very poor Brisbane.
The form says we should be about $4. But we also know that this time of the year, crazy sh!t happens.
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Can you imagine what Gawn is gonna do to us!? If anyone is still alive in SC - lock him in for Captain.......
Melbourne will smack us.......absolutely smack us......
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(08-14-2016, 11:25 AM)blue4life link Wrote:Almost impossible to see us winning on form, Melbourne's win against Hawthorn was terrific and they followed it up with an easy win over Port in Adelaide.
St Kilda smashed us then got taken apart by Sydney and we just lost to a very poor Brisbane.
The form says we should be about $4.
This is Melbourne we a re talking about though. They can turn to crap at any possible moment. If i were a supporter I'd have as much trust in them as I done in us. We are due actually, while after lots of promise and getting their supporters hopes up Melbourne are due to let them down again.
Am I tipping us? Of course
....not....lol.
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(08-14-2016, 12:10 PM)Brettie link Wrote:Can you imagine what Gawn is gonna do to us!? If anyone is still alive in SC - lock him in for Captain.......
Melbourne will smack us.......absolutely smack us...... Well I hope our blokes (especially Kruze) rip right into him and work him over. Guaranteed BB will put the acid on the our two fellas this week. Lets see how they respond.
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(08-14-2016, 12:10 PM)Brettie link Wrote:Can you imagine what Gawn is gonna do to us!? If anyone is still alive in SC - lock him in for Captain.......
Melbourne will smack us.......absolutely smack us......
Calm blue sea Brettie, calm blue sea!!!!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"
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(08-14-2016, 12:56 PM)Gointocarlton link Wrote:Well I hope our blokes (especially Kruze) rip right into him and work him over. Guaranteed BB will put the acid on the our two fellas this week. Lets see how they respond.
Happy to just concede the ruck, drop one and pick a runner instead. We'd have to do better.
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(08-14-2016, 01:36 PM)laj link Wrote:Happy to just concede the ruck, drop one and pick a runner instead. We'd have to do better.
My thoughts exactly. No ruckman we have or combination of them will beat Gawn if he continues his current form, so just plan to rove to him instead, and play another runner.
Meanwhile I think our problem over the last 2 weeks (apart from matters we can't address on the fly such as lack of talent, structure and personnel) is more than anything tiredness so I'd take advantage of the NBs bye this round to promote anyone who even borderline warrants promotion - at least they'll be fresh after a weeks rest and we need that on the big ground especially against the Dees who have good run. Perhaps the slower guys like Whiley and Graham may miss again (unless Cripps is rested in which case we would need one of them for the grunt factor) but otherwise give the better performed seconds players a shot. If nothing else it gives the dropped players a needed rest before the last round and if the incoming players don't perform they can get dropped for those guys to come back, if they do perform we may have found something we didn't know we had.
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Kreuzer did OK to nullify Martin, halved Martin's average output over the last five games.
If you want to know the consequences of entering a game without a viable ruck division, take a look at Brisbane's two games prior to ours! Bolton knows that when the big men play well others follow, what we need is more of them in form and firing not less of them spread thinly in honourable losses!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"
(08-14-2016, 03:16 PM)ianh link Wrote:My thoughts exactly. No ruckman we have or combination of them will beat Gawn if he continues his current form, so just plan to rove to him instead, and play another runner.
Meanwhile I think our problem over the last 2 weeks (apart from matters we can't address on the fly such as lack of talent, structure and personnel) is more than anything tiredness so I'd take advantage of the NBs bye this round to promote anyone who even borderline warrants promotion - at least they'll be fresh after a weeks rest and we need that on the big ground especially against the Dees who have good run. Perhaps the slower guys like Whiley and Graham may miss again (unless Cripps is rested in which case we would need one of them for the grunt factor) but otherwise give the better performed seconds players a shot. If nothing else it gives the dropped players a needed rest before the last round and if the incoming players don't perform they can get dropped for those guys to come back, if they do perform we may have found something we didn't know we had.
Yep
I reckon it's time to send those who need them off for the minor cleanouts and operations. Get ready for the pre-season.... and give the likely delistees a last couple of games.
Rest Cripps and Weitering, who've probably been carrying injuries.
We look tired and sore and the intensity we displayed against the top sides a couple of weeks back has now disappeared.
We're long odds against Melbourne but a shake up will give us a better chance than just going through the motions.
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