And pressure/chase downs, and getting the ball to ground for the crumbers. Also great on quick transitions, a few of which yesterday broke down.
A fully fit and confident Cameron would give us some of this but he appears limited at the moment.
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A fully fit and confident Cameron would give us some of this but he appears limited at the moment.
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It's the knock on affect to Close and Stengle that is the biggest impact.
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Guthrie still 4 - 5 weeks away, according to the last injury update I read.
Would be a bold move to play him in finals.
Scott's going to earn his pay cheque solving the midfield dilemma.
Would be a bold move to play him in finals.
Scott's going to earn his pay cheque solving the midfield dilemma.
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Felt sorry for Cameron last night seeing him close up in the third quarter just before he took a mark and goaled he was in a contest 15mts out from goal and looked all at sea trying to breakaway from an opponent that's when I thought this bloke's only out there on heart.
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Think we are home.
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I think our season is toast and I thought it a while ago (certainly doesn't matter what I think though).
I understand we can and probably will still limp into finals, but If Cameron is truly carrying an injury that needs surgery... then It's even more toast than I thought.
I understand we can and probably will still limp into finals, but If Cameron is truly carrying an injury that needs surgery... then It's even more toast than I thought.
Carlton won, Sydney won, St Kilda won, Richmond won, Melbourne won, GWS won, WB won
we are not feared, what a joke. When the whips are cracking the tuff get-going.
We look like it is unlikely that we will miss the eight.
Call it a combination of the following .....slow start to the season, injury-riddled run, lack of desire, hard run home and bad coaching
they would all be banking on counting the points against if they were playing us.
we are not feared, what a joke. When the whips are cracking the tuff get-going.
We look like it is unlikely that we will miss the eight.
Call it a combination of the following .....slow start to the season, injury-riddled run, lack of desire, hard run home and bad coaching
they would all be banking on counting the points against if they were playing us.
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Stewart did well. Even got a clearance. My problem with it was he wasn’t playing as a midfielder, he’s just starting there. As soon as the ball cleared he would run back to defence, this leaves the lions plus one in the midfield so if their’s another ball up around the ground the midfield are a man short.
I agree on this point.
We were one of what will be 11 sides to lose at the Gabba this year. Geelong and Melbourne were the only two sides to get close. And we were pretty poor. Who knows what's to come. It's a very even comp at the moment between about 10 sides that include us.
Rohan is not a big forward, and as pointed out frequently on this site, he goes missing for large junks of the game. Not what you want from a key forward target.
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I reckon Geelong will win 3 of it's next 5. That will leave us on 50 points or 12.5 wins. We might just miss the 8. I think we have to win 4 of our next 5 to be safe. If things go to plan a we will finish 7th or 8th. No home final but not an option given the delay in finishing GMBH stadium. The problem is we will have to go full bore to win some of these games and will be buggered going into finals. Not opportunity to rest players like last year.
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Richmond and St Kilda stumbled over the line against bottom 4 sides, Carlton had the bye v WCE and GWS played at home v GC.
Do you think Brisbane away is a tougher proposition than any of those other opponents?
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Nah, 12.5 is in.
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He's not a big forward but he's the only forward who gets to contests and brings the ball to ground.
the point is they won.
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And this week we will beat Freo at home while most/all of Carlton (v Pies), GWS (v Dogs away), Richmond (v Melb), Sydney (v Essendon away) all lose.
People are entitled to be frustrated / disappointed in how we played for three quarters v Brisbane but nobody should be surprised we lost in a game we were significant underdogs in.
I'm sure he must have, but I did not see Stanley tap it to one of our mids once against the Lions. Not once. Our mids "problem" starts and ends there. Its impossible to say how good they are if they continually never ever get first dibs on the ball. For years we have put a premium on rucks with second and third efforts. But its their bloody first efforts that count that we suffer from.
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I reckon Sydney could snatch a win.
Exactly. We don't have a big forward.
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6 times according to the stats.
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It would probably be better for us if they did, we’re two points ahead of Bombers and four points + % ahead of Swans.
If this is indeed true, then thats us done for the year if we aren’t already.
Need a fully fit Jez if we were to go deep.
What a completely wasted year.
I mean, against other teams in the top 8 at the GABBA they beat the Demons by 11, the Pies by 33 and against teams just outside the 8 they beat the Tigers by 81.
So it was a shit loss, and we should have done much better, but its not like they spanked us like they have done to Richmond.
And they don't travel.
Weeks ago when we looked at the fixture, I had us down for losses to the Brions and the Pies, but the manner of the loss is both at the same time concerning because we were dogshit for a half, and also gives me some hope because when we put the foot down we nearly ran over the top of them.
But another week of the midfield getting smashed, thats our glaring weakspot at the moment.
And we have no room for errors now. We simply have to beat the Dokers, the Paer and the Bulldogs at home, beat the Saints at Colonial Stadium and put up a good showing against the Pies at the G.
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