Doesn't anybody care about the spirit of the game?
If it is inside the rules then it is inside the spirit.
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Doesn't anybody care about the spirit of the game?
Spooky!If it is inside the rules then it is inside the spirit.
If it is inside the rules then it is inside the spirit.
Essendon* don't play by the rules!
I'd normally agree with you but in the example listed, they did no wrong ................. unfortunately.
Fake 'concussion' test anyone!
They had a concussion test, then shredded the evidence of the concussion test so it couldn't be used against them.I'd normally agree with you but in the example listed, they did no wrong ................. unfortunately.
They had a concussion test, then shredded the evidence of the concussion test so it couldn't be used against them.
Plus they told chappy that it wasn't a concussion test, just some random test which they got from some dodgy test provider who created it from some dodgy tests he got from an online source from China.
Fake 'concussion' test anyone!
When Byrne came on and got his first touch, he looked like he wanted to explode, running and supporting and wanting the next kick so desperately... No-one else showed that energy, everyone looked so slow and tired even from the start... I'll say it again MMs game plan is not for us, we need to stop bombing long and start controlling the game from the back, get the guys that can kick to run around the back and get the cheap hand ball whenever Rowe Wood etc take a grab, this is elementary sh!t... Can MM not see this every single week? It's so repetitive, kick long mark, kick long mark, opposition teams must love it..
Well there you go.In the last quarter after Essendon had put the cue in the rack for next week then certainly. But even then there was no structure, with players bombing the ball at the sticks and hoping for the best.
But for the 3rd week in a row, we capitulated in the 2nd quarter. Faced with a 1/2 time deficit they failed to respond, again.
Mick and Barker say they're not going to rush the kids when the current group clearly ain't up to it. If subbing Curnow for Byrne is any indication, they should be a hell of a lot more bold when selecting the team.
Geez, that is impressive.Byrne winning a couple of 1 on 1 contests in the last, against Goddard, was pretty impressive. By that, I don't mean he just spoiled the attempted mark. I mean spoiled, won the ground contest and took off to create play. Very composed - last line. Well done.
Kicking long is just being lazy and it will never work, we need to learn to kick short and absorb the pressure when we are under the pump, no point kicking long and getting a boundary throw in every time, what does that teach us? We end up copping a goal anyway, might as well learn to kick short and make everybody create an opition, not just wait on the wing thinking oh yeah they'll bomb it long here...Is it any worse than our regular attempts to kick short around half-back, only to drop the ball 2 feet short of the target and put them under immediate pressure resulting in a fumble, turnover and opposition goal?
Other teams can get away with playing possession footy - we've got too many blokes who lack the footskills to do it effectively.
Geez, that is impressive.
Goddard is a campaigner but can certainly play and is a hardened veteran who would make many young players look very silly in the same situation.
Latest two Irishmen in Byrne and Sheehan seem to really have something.
Surprised we haven't already tried it with Zach... especially given he's as dangerous as anyone in the comp when it comes to bombing a goal from outside 50.I'm hoping that 1 of our three Irish players can play as a mid or HFF.
Surprised we haven't already tried it with Zach... especially given he's as dangerous as anyone in the comp when it comes to bombing a goal from outside 50.
Essendon* putting the cue in the rack and/or fading out like they have recently I guess was certainly expected.
If you take your mind back to the games we lost with Ratten in charge there was plenty of bombing it long into the forwards line as this side has never handled numbers behind the ball. It always used to be Eddie trying to out mark 2 guys bigger than him.When Byrne came on and got his first touch, he looked like he wanted to explode, running and supporting and wanting the next kick so desperately... No-one else showed that energy, everyone looked so slow and tired even from the start... I'll say it again MMs game plan is not for us, we need to stop bombing long and start controlling the game from the back, get the guys that can kick to run around the back and get the cheap hand ball whenever Rowe Wood etc take a grab, this is elementary sh!t... Can MM not see this every single week? It's so repetitive, kick long mark, kick long mark, opposition teams must love it..
Yeah, once again, a 2nd quarter demolition.Carlton trailed by 41 points, six minutes into the final quarter. So we rallied but the Bombers were never concerned about the result.
3 goals to 7 in the 2nd quarter killed the game by ½ time, effectively.
Who cares if its a new problem or not, we need a coach to rectify this and obviously MM isn't... This is not us and we don't have the player's to do it, btw we I remember we used to bomb long to eddie 1on1 and it was hilarious that he had to out mark Rutten or someone like that, our issue is that we now do it from the backline from kick outs and then again at HB if we were lucky enough to take the grab in first place... It's as if Mick has said keep doing it guys, doesn't matter if it doesn't work...If you take your mind back to the games we lost with Ratten in charge there was plenty of bombing it long into the forwards line as this side has never handled numbers behind the ball. It always used to be Eddie trying to out mark 2 guys bigger than him.
This is not a new problem.
If it is inside the rules then it is inside the spirit.
Carlton trailed by 41 points, six minutes into the final quarter. So we rallied but the Bombers were never concerned about the result.
3 goals to 7 in the 2nd quarter killed the game by ½ time, effectively.
To be honest if we actually kicked accurately we could have given them a fright.
Carlton considering a cheap goal to end the match was a fairly appropriate given how the match played out for us.
Wait'll Fev finds out his 8 goals in our greatest ever comeback win in the club's history was all due to an * fadeout.Well there you go.
Essendon* putting the cue in the rack and/or fading out like they have recently I guess was certainly expected.
Overall, even looking over the last few years, we rely on "making a comeback" far too often. We just shouldn't be getting so behind in the first place and unfortunately it shows that in the true heat of the game we're just not good enough.