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Going to disagree here.
He's very much a fringe player whose days are numbered with the likes of Dowling and Taylor coming on.
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He's very much a fringe player whose days are numbered with the likes of Dowling and Taylor coming on.
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Murray was recovering from an ACL so we had to adjust (as we did from R 19 last year) as he wasn’t coming back until July this year.
So we had two injuries for Round 1.
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The guy we’ve given limited midfield time to and just dropped? That’s a clutch
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We lost to the Gold Coast because we waited until the last qtr to attack, we played so slow.
Geelong we allowed Stewart to run amok after stupidly trying Pedlar on him and then giving up “he’s too good to stop”, until the world beater McEntee showed how it’s done. Plus we played a vanilla midfield Nicks defended.
We lost to Melbourne at home “they are a very good side, we did well to get so close”.
He’s just a flog
Geelong we allowed Stewart to run amok after stupidly trying Pedlar on him and then giving up “he’s too good to stop”, until the world beater McEntee showed how it’s done. Plus we played a vanilla midfield Nicks defended.
We lost to Melbourne at home “they are a very good side, we did well to get so close”.
He’s just a flog
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No mention of the Freo game which I believe has since been written into medical journals as the cure for insomnia.
He is a coach who is scared of losing badly.
We concentrated on an ultra defensive game plan during pre season, not to make finals, but because he thought hed have to earn his contract extension so he wanted honourable losses if he had to lose. So he prepared the side to lose well rather than win. Now he is safe, he has resorted back to the open all out attacking game plan we had last year. Its no coincidence. But he screwed us out of finals. How does a side that isnt our best 22 from the beginning of the year and had two new players in it play better than a side that had virtually the best side he thought we could put on the park.
Fair, but Tex and RT were two key pillars of our forwardline in 2023 and that changes your structures massively on the eve of round one. One of those two play GC and I think we win, Gollant was absolutely non-existent and Burgess not a heap better. Confidence from a round 1 win can't be underestimated.
Anyway, not excuses for the entire season, we've had Tex for long enough since then to be in a better position than this.
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Similar to Murray we had time to adjust our structure over summer with RT out.
Our bigger issue was having Burns as forward coach.
I felt he expected Tex to continue on and threw Himmelberg or Burgess in as the 3rd tall- because that's our structure. Had an opportunity to design a 2 man structure
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Rash kicked 3, Ranks 2, Keayes 2... you'd think we won that game...unfortunately that was about it.
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Sadly he's just not very good
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We’ve lost to the bottom team….
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The even more frustrating thing about this statement is that we’ve also beaten three teams in the eight and lost by less than a kick to two more.
There is actually plenty to work with here for a new coach/football department/administration, however are board will more likely see the first paragraph as evidence to keep Nicks and co.
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Technically I guess they weren't the bottom team when we lost to them, but regardless we made them look like peak dynasty Richmond.
Rankine is certainly not the AFL's most popular player. Let's say he decided to walk away from the game. I would fully support his decision. (I know he won't be walking away from the game but just saying). I feel he hasn't gotten fair treatment at times. He was always going to be suspended at least 3 weeks minimum (make it 4) and there is no point in fighting the charge, what difference does it make during this miserable season even if he played the next 4 games. If he starts having issues with getting suspended more often in the future. Wasted talent or is he just hated by some? The bump was unfortunate and Starcevich came off a lot worse for wear. I doubt he (Rankine) would have gotten this bad of a suspension if he played for Collingwood or if he was Daicos, etc. I have my concerns. What happens if we become a better team in a few years time and he gets suspended for a big game late in the season all because of a mistake. We aint Hawthorn or Collingwood, we don't handle things well. I know I sound like a confused mess but I am!
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When they had plenty of injuries, including Dusty & we were at home.
That game should have been a coach killer, if our club had any semblance of a killer instinct rather a mediocre one.
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I think we should get it to lower than four.
Reality is he should get weeks. It was on off the ball bump, resulting in a head clash that caused a concussion. It’s a little bit stiff, because I don’t think there’s malice in it, he was just trying to break a tag and his shoulder connects perfectly fairly.
However the precedent has been set that if you bump and cause a head clash you are responsible and therefore wear the penalty.
I do have an issue with it being graded intentional. I don’t see how a head clash can be considered intentional. It should be reckless which should get him less weeks.
It also highlights the issue with the whole grading system that a swinging arm with a likely clenched fist is deemed a quarter as bad as a hip and shoulder with an accidental head clash.
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Its fecking annoying that the only other team to do so was Sydney.
So keeping with the thread title, we are obviously shit enough that Mark Keane wants out, going on the interview on radio today. So ****ing sick of losing players. I hope we play bloody hardball on this - Collingwood’s pick 26 or he stays.
Was it confirmed? Didn’t hear anything
Nah not confirmed but if you heard his comments today, it may as well be…. Not even a skerrick of keenness shown indicating he wants to stay at AFC.
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Mark Keane coy on future at Crows amid reported Collingwood interest
He continues to be linked with the Magpies.
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Mark Keane coy on future at Crows amid reported Collingwood interest
He continues to be linked with the Magpies.
“I’m contracted here for next year, but just holding off on stuff until the end of the season,” he said on SEN SA Breakfast.
“We’ll see what happens there.”
Some recent reports have suggested that Keane is open to a Magpies return, however, the Irishman stopped short of dropping any hints regarding what’s next.
“I’m not too sure how that kind of stuff works so I’ll hold off on that and wait until the end of the season,” he added.
“I just want to focus on playing footy, so we’ll just see how that goes.”
Gone.
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Yeah he gone.
Still, we’re pretty well stocked in that position, if we can get something decent in return then it’s not the end of the world
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