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RudeBoy
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| Grundy was one of our best players, but it's too much to ask him to ruck pretty much alone for whole games. Witts must come back in next week to give us 2 proper ruckmen, and allow White to concentrate solely on being a key forward. |
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Dave The Man 
Joined: 01 Apr 2005
Location: Someville, Victoria, Australia
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| Neil Appleby wrote: | | Grundy tried his heart out but was beaten pretty conclusively I thought. |
We are going to Lose/Break Even in the Ruck for another 3 or so Seasons unless we Recruit a Mature Age Ruckman in that Time.
Though Seeing how we Recruit I highly doubt we will
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Dave The Man
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roar
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Glad I chose to go to Vic park instead of docklands. I had a great day at the footy!
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Hiss 
Joined: 09 Jul 2003
Location: Geelong
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| Dave The Man wrote: | | Neil Appleby wrote: | | Grundy tried his heart out but was beaten pretty conclusively I thought. |
We are going to Lose/Break Even in the Ruck for another 3 or so Seasons unless we Recruit a Mature Age Ruckman in that Time.
Though Seeing how we Recruit I highly doubt we will |
Well said DTM. When we got Jolly we won a flag. We need a big hit out ruck man right now or at least a versatile tall man like Luke Breuster at Hawthorn. He can play ruck and forward. How come we keep missing out on these? Something missing here.
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Doc63
Joined: 06 May 2004
Location: Newport
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| Hiss wrote: | | Dave The Man wrote: | | Neil Appleby wrote: | | Grundy tried his heart out but was beaten pretty conclusively I thought. |
We are going to Lose/Break Even in the Ruck for another 3 or so Seasons unless we Recruit a Mature Age Ruckman in that Time.
Though Seeing how we Recruit I highly doubt we will |
Well said DTM. When we got Jolly we won a flag. We need a big hit out ruck man right now or at least a versatile tall man like Luke Breuster at Hawthorn. He can play ruck and forward. How come we keep missing out on these? Something missing here. |
The Old Corio has kicked in early today, hasn't it?
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Hiss
Joined: 09 Jul 2003
Location: Geelong
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| Doc63 wrote: | | Hiss wrote: | | Dave The Man wrote: | | Neil Appleby wrote: | | Grundy tried his heart out but was beaten pretty conclusively I thought. |
We are going to Lose/Break Even in the Ruck for another 3 or so Seasons unless we Recruit a Mature Age Ruckman in that Time.
Though Seeing how we Recruit I highly doubt we will |
Well said DTM. When we got Jolly we won a flag. We need a big hit out ruck man right now or at least a versatile tall man like Luke Breuster at Hawthorn. He can play ruck and forward. How come we keep missing out on these? Something missing here. |
The Old Corio has kicked in early today, hasn't it? |
No old darling. drinking Captain Morgan rum and coke today with Bertha celebrating the Richmond loss.
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AN_Inkling
Joined: 06 Oct 2007
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Three big defeats for home teams against interstaters this round.
So, who's worse: Collingwood, Geelong or Port?
And who's better: Sydney, Freo or Adelaide?
Have these games had an impact on where we view any of these teams? I think Port will be ok but that the transition from exciting young team to genuine challenger won't be as inevitable as some thought. The Cats, to me, are on a downward trend, they're not contenders anymore despite their attempts to remain so. The Pies, as expected have taken another step backwards, this had to be the case with longtime first teamers Lumumba and Beams being moved on, finals look a remote possibility.
On the other side of the coin, Sydney will obviously be right up there again and Freo don't look to have lost anything from last season. Adelaide are the interesting one. I think they're the only team that can genuinely challenge Sydney and Hawthorn (Freo and Port lack the firepower). They have the strength, experience and scoring power and by the end of the season I expect our loss on Saturday actually looks meritorious.
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Doc63
Joined: 06 May 2004
Location: Newport
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| Hiss wrote: | | Doc63 wrote: | | Hiss wrote: | | Dave The Man wrote: | | Neil Appleby wrote: | | Grundy tried his heart out but was beaten pretty conclusively I thought. |
We are going to Lose/Break Even in the Ruck for another 3 or so Seasons unless we Recruit a Mature Age Ruckman in that Time.
Though Seeing how we Recruit I highly doubt we will |
Well said DTM. When we got Jolly we won a flag. We need a big hit out ruck man right now or at least a versatile tall man like Luke Breuster at Hawthorn. He can play ruck and forward. How come we keep missing out on these? Something missing here. |
The Old Corio has kicked in early today, hasn't it? |
No old darling. drinking Captain Morgan rum and coke today with Bertha celebrating the Richmond loss. |
I'll drink to that!
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swoop42 
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Joined: 02 Aug 2008
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Essendon doing well so far.
Regardless of today's result I've always had a suspicion that Hird can coach.
Probably why I wanted him sacked.
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Doc63
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| swoop42 wrote: | Essendon doing well so far.
Regardless of today's result I've always had a suspicion that Hird can coach.
Probably why I wanted him sacked. |
Me too. Which makes what they did all the more baffling.
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Kosh
Joined: 25 Apr 2013
Location: Carlton, Melbourne
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| roar wrote: | | Glad I chose to go to Vic park instead of docklands. I had a great day at the footy! |
Honestly Roar, I will be doing a bit of this myself again this year. I try to get to both matches but, over the past few years have got much more enjoyment watching the Scoobs than the firsts.
Having said that, I really hope that Scharenberg and Marsh make it because they will be a treat to watch on the the big stage. I loved watching the grass catch fire under Marsh's feet when he took off from half back at Victory Park last year. |
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ThePieMind
Joined: 11 Apr 2009
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| swoop42 wrote: | You always need the right coach in place though to get the full potential out of a list otherwise it wont occur and you will be serial underachievers.
Very unwise to think young players becoming older will naturally mean we will become a finals force once again. |
What's more unwise is to question the ability of a coach while ignoring the impact of youth and inexperienced on the performance of the team. |
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ThePieMind
Joined: 11 Apr 2009
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| dunkers66 wrote: | | If you want evidence of what a difference a good coach with a good plan can make, just look at crows AND dogs. |
When they win 10 in a row as we did in 2013 or are 8-3 as we were last year ( before being crippled by injury) then I'll concede they are approaching Buckleys competence. |
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mackasmatt
Joined: 19 Dec 2007
Location: Perth, WA
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| Defender wrote: | | Piesnchess wrote: | | Defender wrote: | | Cloke is our biggest concern, I'd drop him TBH, he's stunk it up for long enough, and I don't buy into the "who's going to replace him" crap, for the amount of opportunities we give him our return is pathetic, and he's $£$%^%%$ dumb, as dumb as they come, every part of his game is so predictable. |
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I think its time we rolled the dice with young Darcy Moore, up forward, I recall Len Thompson played his first game, a final, at only 17, reckon its time we gave this kid a run, and give clokey a run on the wing, further up the ground.  |
I think it's time to call a spade a spade, send him to the VFL and play him at CHB for 6 weeks, his days as a forward are over IMO. |
Is too big to turn around, would be like a more useless Firrito (and that's saying something).
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