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There's a difference between getting better results (an unknown) and our young players being better for the experience.
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That may be the case - but my point is we lost a game we should have won because of the start we gave Sydney. And the reason they got a good start was because our defenders weer giving bewildering match ups. No one has countered and said they were good match ups. Their answer to that observation is to tell me to eff off. Which really means they agree with me.
Totally agree, what an absolute class act he is, and so happy that he is the face of our footy club. We certainly lucked out when the club appointed Fly as senior coach. I'm sure he will also attract opposition players to our club.
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He will certainly move into the midfield, but I love to know how many goals he set up from the backline - it would be quite a few.
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Key forwards win finals. It's ain't new.
Noble has been outstanding all year. He has proven himself already. He had a quieter game today as did many. That's it. How does that wipe away a brilliant year and often in pressure cooker games?
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First commiserations, you guys had an amazing season and were very unlucky in the end, particularly with that Papley push in the back that wasn't called
Have watched your whole finals series, and if there is a weak link I can see its your number 9 (Noble?). I get that he tries hard, but his skill level just isn't up to it
Congratulations again on a fine season
Have watched your whole finals series, and if there is a weak link I can see its your number 9 (Noble?). I get that he tries hard, but his skill level just isn't up to it
Congratulations again on a fine season
Understand what you are saying but really the only gauge that matters is flags. We missed a chance and no one knows what will happen next year
But we threw the house at a ruckman already
There were reasons for those match ups. Franklin was playing too far away from goal for Moore to go to him, we needed him deeper so he could cover multiple options.
Before the game you'd assess Reid as the more dangerous aerial threat anyway, which is who Moore went to.
They had three tall forwards, it's always a bit of a scramble for us in that situation. In any case it wasn't the back half match-ups that were at issue for me. The easy, quick ball movement into the 50 was more of a problem. We'd have struggled to defend that no matter what, as we have all year.
Not sure we can say the defensive match-ups were corrected in the 2nd half. Reid going off made things easier and their midfield ran out of legs.
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Nope. For someone who has been watching Collingwood for about 150 years, you know surprisingly little about the game.
Our backline was under extreme pressure because Sydney were able to waltz the ball out of the front of stoppages at will in the first half, mainly because of the insipidness of Cameron. It wouldn't have mattered what the matchups in the backline were.
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The best available forward at the moment is McStay
He's had a good year but in the heat if finals he freezes. How many times did he look like a deer in the headlights tonight?
Home and away games are irrelevant . Only finals matter.
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He wont agree with that!!
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Yep, and at the time I said it would cost us. Huge salary dump incoming
Noble is definitely not our weakest link
We played three finals. He was good in two of them. The tackling and pressure was top drawer. He is fine.
I'm really not convinced that's the real reason.
That's what stings the most, another opportunity down the drain and the fact that some of our senior guys are getting more closer to retirement. We just have so much sh1t luck in finals
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Agree. That's why I laugh at the Blues supporters who think it will automatically happen for them next season.
I reckon if cloke wasn't allowed to wear a glove to assist in marking, then the Swans shouldn't be allowed to lubricate themselves like a hooker at a bucks party with oil all over their arms.
They broke so many of our tackles where their arms would slip from grip, and get a handball out.
I know oil has been used for a long time but is there any difference vs a glove?
It was tactic used by them to assist them to break our pressure.
They broke so many of our tackles where their arms would slip from grip, and get a handball out.
I know oil has been used for a long time but is there any difference vs a glove?
It was tactic used by them to assist them to break our pressure.
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