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(04-04-2018, 12:56 AM)Shakin77 link Wrote:It's really not that hard.
Kruezer out lets bring in a Ruckman.
Phillips returning after a long term injury is at least 2 weeks away.
Lobbe is out.
De Koning? He is 90kg dripping wet. Will get slaughtered. Might has well concede the ruck and play an extra mid.
McKay will be smashed in the ruck and form hasn't been great. Extra mid?
McKay could've played forward though with a run in the ruck. Only have Charlie there to take on the whole defence was a bad move.
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(04-04-2018, 01:04 AM)madbluboy link Wrote:Everyone said it before the game so it's not a hindsight thing. It was a terrible decision and it cost us any chance of winning and now Bolton for the first time in his short career has a little bit of heat on him.
BB gets the heat.
I don't think the old money floating around Carlton can be described as "a little but", that is where the heat will come from. The Judge must have a hot ear after last weekend.
Even though it may not be solely BB's fault, this has to be an MC issue, BB's the man with a plan!
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(04-04-2018, 01:16 AM)laj link Wrote:McKay could've played forward though with a run in the ruck. Only have Charlie there to take on the whole defence was a bad move.
Beyond stupid.
Harry was clearly the go to guy in the circumstances of no Lobbe and Philips....he is a forward who can ruck....
Insted we threw Polson in?!! WTF. Not even ripping it up in the 2s.
With Weiters out of sorts and Dow a bit roo in headlights, we essentially played the game three players short.
Outstanding effort from the MC.
Finals, then 4 in a row!
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(04-04-2018, 01:41 AM)flyboy77 link Wrote:Outstanding effort from the MC.
Given how apparently obvious the selection requirement was to everyone before the actual game, what could be happening behind the scenes to cause this?
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(04-04-2018, 01:44 AM)LP link Wrote:Given how apparently obvious the selection requirement was to everyone before the actual game, what could be happening behind the scenes to cause this?
surely one must assume that - for whatever reason - Harry is quite out of favour with BB, the MC -or both?
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(04-04-2018, 01:44 AM)LP link Wrote:Given how apparently obvious the selection requirement was to everyone before the actual game, what could be happening behind the scenes to cause this?
That's the thing that has me buggered.
It was so obvious a strange selection decision....what were they thinking?
What is the secret 'plan'?
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That game was lost because of lack of midfield impact, poor mindset, and horrid skill errors. Kruezer + Kennedy is 2 very good midfielders. If Lobbe or Phillips were playing and all the other factors were equal, we still would have lost.
The emphasis on the ruck is misplaced IMO. Teams win games and lose the ruck contest every week.
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I read the report on the website about our NB players and comments from the coach about their game on the weekend. I don't know specifically why, and maybe it's more about what gets talked about on here, but what was said about McKay suggested to me that they are not overly happy with the way he is going.
"It was a step in the right direction for 'H', but the next challenge is building consistency."
I dont know. I just reread it and it didnt sound bad the second time.
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I have it on good authority that when Harry first landed on our shores and bunked up initially with one of our more senior players (and his partner) he was quite the spoilt, lazy brat. Expected to have everything done for him and was exceptionally rude and ungrateful. Apparently he was moved on from that place when patience wore thin.
Not sure if this is a reflection on his current work ethic but maybe he thinks he's a bit better than the rest?
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(04-04-2018, 02:53 AM)rocky link Wrote:I have it on good authority that when Harry first landed on our shores and bunked up initially with one of our more senior players (and his partner) he was quite the spoilt, lazy brat. Expected to have everything done for him and was exceptionally rude and ungrateful. Apparently he was moved on from that place when patience wore thin.
Not sure if this is a reflection on his current work ethic but maybe he thinks he's a bit better than the rest?
I guess the SOS Character Meter was set to Snooze Mode when they interviewed him.
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