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All those posters saying we have half a team in today and using that as an excuse are absolutely delusional.
I'm not at all critical of the kids. It's our senior players out there today that are simply bloody awful. Their skills are deplorable! Well below local footy standard which is a bloody joke. Missing target from 20 metres more often then they hit them.
I'm no coach but Why the heck do we waste a spot on our list with these players that will never amount to anything!!
Jones
Thomas
White
Kerridge
Graham
Armfield
Lamb
Smedts
Boekhurst
Buckley
Palmer
That's a fair chunk of the team that played today and an insight into how deep our woes are.
And why the hell you would draft Parmer over Barlow is beyond me.
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I can only think that BB MAY have used this and last game to show players just how far off we are as an AFL force and how much work we have to do? Dispel any possible complacency. If that was the aim then it has been very successful. :
If that was the idea then it was a cr@p one!
Reality always wins in the end.
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(03-04-2017, 05:23 AM)Robblues link Wrote:Bruce has 7 , how can one player kick almost twice as many as our whole side?
Well let's see. You have s ruckman rucking to strong speedy mids, who kick it to any number of lead up forwards. Real forwards, who know how to kick straight ^-^
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I keep thinking about how Richo and his cohorts have managed to turn the Saints around and into a highly competitive young outfit in such a short time when we are clearly really struggling.
I can only think that we made such poor recruiting and contractual ballsups that it is just taking us much longer (far too long) to shed the dead wood and progress the rebuild. That should be our new theme song - "Oh the Deadwood Stage is a comin' on over the hill"!
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Well that was pretty soul destroying.
I didn't expect much with the side we had in, but the effort and intensity from the mid tier players is what disappoints me the most. The basic skills on display were horrible. Our tackle pressure was non existent, and we turn the ball over with terrible decisions and awful execution.
I could name names but I won't waste my time - we all know who they are.
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Well, I'm glad I follow the Patriots in the NFL. They give great value even though they've been hobbled by the draft and penalties. The only thing I can see that's anything near similar from the Blues is that Bill Belichick and Brendon Bolton have the same initials.
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(03-04-2017, 05:23 AM)Robblues link Wrote:Bruce has 7 , how can one player kick almost twice as many as our whole side?
Same way Adelaides top 4 goal kickers last year outscored our whole list.
2017-16th
2018-Wooden Spoon
2019-16th
2020-dare to dream? 11th is better than last I suppose
2021-Pi$$ or get off the pot
2022- Real Deal or more of the same? 0.6%
2023- "Raise the Standard" - M. Voss Another year wasted Bar Set
2024-Back to the drawing boardNo excuses, its time
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(03-04-2017, 05:39 AM)cookie2 link Wrote:I keep thinking about how Richo and his cohorts have managed to turn the Saints around and into a highly competitive young outfit in such a short time when we are clearly really struggling.
I can only think that we made such poor recruiting and contractual ballsups that it is just taking us much longer (far too long) to shed the dead wood and progress the rebuild. That should be our new theme song - "Oh the Deadwood Stage is a comin' on over the hill"!
Keep in mind Richo, Mitchell, Worsfold, Lyon, etc., etc.. were all at Carlton and judged not to be up to our standard.
It turns out our standard was the problem! :o
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