Or we could play stanley cos he is our best bet in the ruck anyway.
Review Rd 21 Cats stone Crows by 5 points
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66 to 78 disposal efficiency.
And I thought our pressure was good enough, but Adelaide used the ball very well tonight, and have some formidable marking targets.
That, and in Q3 Dempsey's poster should have been a better kick and Cameron's unpaid mark/free. We were very close to shutting the gate in the third.
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To be fair i think people are just unhappy bc they can see how wide the door open is. With sydney falling in a heap and a bunch of average teams behind theres the best chance there has been to pinch a flag in years and we need to make the most of it. But i agree we are a team that is undergoing a lot of turnover and is going ok considering that.
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Therein lies the problem on this board, you could have asked me why do I feel this way or explain further. Instead has cast aspersions about the person resulting in multiple gullible people to agree (be better). An erroneous dispersion as well. Where did I say I was unhappy about the season??
2022 left me contented and largely happy with what has occurred since. This year has highlighted there is a large group of players in need of being pushed aside, and mostly have earned the respect to be spoken about in revered terms, but in 2024 they're now contributing little. Stanley, Blicavs, Tuohy and Hawkins fit this bill.
The 18-25 group are the ones not yet warmed to, for the most part, there are a couple I quite like, but not many that I'd be confident at this stage could be in our next premiership team.
Damn shame that Neale hasn't been able to slam the door shut on Hawkins returning, has well and truly left that ajar. Ollie Henry must kick his 2-3 a game to justify his long periods of going missing.
Could in depth on most of the players this year but now feel as though more holes have opened up in the team as the season has gone on and that Bailey Smith alone will barely move the needle for us. Retirements in 2024-25 will only open up more holes yet to have replacements present themselves, either internally or from another club.
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That was so poor.
Bruhn had a great second half at least.
Bruhn had a great second half at least.
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Hes at the very end and got very little left in the tank but now with sdk injured we will have to play him theres no choice. The real question is what we do at FB because at times henry and kolo are getting dominated.
Game turning moment. Gave them momentum whereas another goal from JC would have taken the wind out. They were pulling stuff out of their backsides after that, and our guys were flat.
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It was last year too they were talking something about loose knee but they had asessed he could keep playing risking structural damage. So yeah i assume he has some floating body in the joint?
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Its true but we have to be better at wresting momentum back when that happens.
He is at the end and should retire post season. But still think he is our best bet for this season going off tonights game. You cant win flags without a ruckman
He is much more suited to the MCG
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There have been times this year when that was the problem. Tonight was not one of them.
That soccer kick from the midfield that landed with three unmarked Crows was all arse, as were a few mongrel scrubbers that seemed to miss everyone and wind up with Rochelle or someone running into an unguarded goal. Tillthorpe reminded me of Darcy and Lobb for the Dogs, just a big bloke who seemed to just pluck marks hither and yon against our defence, although the opening goal of the 3rd quarter saw three Cats just watch him mark it. Crows kicking efficiency tonight was remarkably high, 2nd quarter was it 85%??? Not sure they can rely on that every week. But our mistakes were costly, and they seemed to find open players aplenty, they had a heap more uncontested possies and marks.
But, we won, that's all that counts. Beats the feeling like against Port and GWS with narrow losses at KP.
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Cast a dispersion?
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He will retire at years end wanted to last year but we talked him into going again to support conway. Hes a good servant but hasnt got much left. We just have to hope he can keep going for another 6 weeks or so.
Absolutely. And the same thing applies to 1997. The cats went to water on both occasions. I was just hoping for a relaxing win today instead of swearing at the tv.
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autocorrect. Aspersions.
Look we mocked Essendon and their complaints about game turning umpiring decisions a few weeks ago, so we can’t use that Jezza non free as an excuse for dropping our bundle.
Dempsey also missed a goal from a metre out to bury them too.
That was a horrible 15 minutes of football.
Dempsey also missed a goal from a metre out to bury them too.
That was a horrible 15 minutes of football.
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Credit to the Adelaide Crows; they were one clearance away from consigning us to oblivion.
Their tall forwards challenged us; Jake Kolodjashnij, who is a great match up for no less than Charlie Curnow, struggled all night long whether opposed to Riley Thilthorpe, Tex Walker or Darcy Fogarty.
SDK looked in decent touch early, and Jack Henry nullified a number of potent Crow thrusts, but we looked troubled and vulnerable in the D50.
Fortunately our own dangerous forward line looked puissant from the moment the team entered our F50.
O'Henry threw himself at marking contests with reckless abandon, Shannon Neale provided some serious shape and spine.
Their workrate and discipline afforded Jeremy Cameron, Tyson Stengle and Ollie Dempsey the license to probe and attack.
For the duration of the match I wondered and weighed as to whether Jack Bowes should have been assigned the Sub role; with Dangerfield, Stewart, Bruhn, Atkins and Bowes all in the rotation (+ Blicavs, + Holmes) for perhaps the 1st time this year it might well have overwhelmed Adelaide earlier.
Their tall forwards challenged us; Jake Kolodjashnij, who is a great match up for no less than Charlie Curnow, struggled all night long whether opposed to Riley Thilthorpe, Tex Walker or Darcy Fogarty.
SDK looked in decent touch early, and Jack Henry nullified a number of potent Crow thrusts, but we looked troubled and vulnerable in the D50.
Fortunately our own dangerous forward line looked puissant from the moment the team entered our F50.
O'Henry threw himself at marking contests with reckless abandon, Shannon Neale provided some serious shape and spine.
Their workrate and discipline afforded Jeremy Cameron, Tyson Stengle and Ollie Dempsey the license to probe and attack.
For the duration of the match I wondered and weighed as to whether Jack Bowes should have been assigned the Sub role; with Dangerfield, Stewart, Bruhn, Atkins and Bowes all in the rotation (+ Blicavs, + Holmes) for perhaps the 1st time this year it might well have overwhelmed Adelaide earlier.
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Neale has slammed the door shut. He offers more now.
Unfortunately I missed this game. I'm assuming we get torched on the spread
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I’m sorry, if Kolo was ok then I should be playing AFL
He got slaughtered by 3 different opponents throughout the game
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