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    3 or more things we already know, but no one will do anything about.

    1. We won't play a seasoned ruck
    2. We won't play more than one key defender
    3. We think one key forward with 6 games experience as a key forward is a good idea
    4. We can't fix our goal kicking
    5. Our MC smoke something bad before the selection meeting
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    Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023

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    Re: 3 or more things we already know, but no one will do anything about.

    6. Sorry to steal more, but we won't use a stopper or tagger in real time to stop players dominating the centre and clearances.
    Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023

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    Re: 3 or more things we already know, but no one will do anything about.

    1.2016 was a fluke. A glorious, beautiful fluke, but a fluke nonetheless.
    2. We are unable or unwilling to fix our VFL 2s level kicking.
    3. Our so-called leadership group should surrender half their pay for the season. We don't have anyone that says "Nah, stuff this, I'm not putting up with this shit". Not one. We have triers, sure, but leaders? I'd have to look up who they are.
    4. I thought losing to GC was the worst. I was wrong.
    5. I can't count.
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    Re: 3 or more things we already know, but no one will do anything about.

    Quote Originally Posted by AndrewP6 View Post
    1.2016 was a fluke. A glorious, beautiful fluke, but a fluke nonetheless.
    2. We are unable or unwilling to fix our VFL 2s level kicking.
    3. Our so-called leadership group should surrender half their pay for the season. We don't have anyone that says "Nah, stuff this, I'm not putting up with this shit". Not one. We have triers, sure, but leaders? I'd have to look up who they are.
    4. I thought losing to GC was the worst. I was wrong.
    5. I can't count.
    Where is the unlike button when you want it.

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    Re: 3 or more things we already know, but no one will do anything about.

    Quote Originally Posted by Bulldog4life View Post
    Where is the unlike button when you want it.
    Based on evidence of the 3 years since, it's the only conclusion I can reach.
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    Re: 3 or more things we already know, but no one will do anything about.

    Quote Originally Posted by AndrewP6 View Post
    Based on evidence of the 3 years since, it's the only conclusion I can reach.
    Well it is a ridiculous conclusion. Which game was a fluke. 1,2,3 or 4. Or were they all flukes. We are all hurting after today but that is crazy talk.

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    Re: 3 or more things we already know, but no one will do anything about.

    Quote Originally Posted by Bulldog4life View Post
    Well it is a ridiculous conclusion. Which game was a fluke. 1,2,3 or 4. Or were they all flukes. We are all hurting after today but that is crazy talk.
    To each his/her own. If it was just today, I wouldn't have said it.
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    Re: 3 or more things we already know, but no one will do anything about.

    Quote Originally Posted by AndrewP6 View Post
    To each his/her own. If it was just today, I wouldn't have said it.
    But today has absolutely no relevance in stating a case as to whether or not 2016 was a fluke.
    As Bulldog for life said, which finals game was a fluke? We won 4 in a row... and I don't think anyone can mount even a semblance of a defense that any single one of those 4 games was a fluke, that we didn't deserve to win.
    Our performances since, don't diminish what was achieved in 2016. I have to listen to this dross from friends, and the general public, never expected to hear it from Bulldogs people.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yankee Hotel Foxtrot View Post
    But today has absolutely no relevance in stating a case as to whether or not 2016 was a fluke.
    As Bulldog for life said, which finals game was a fluke? We won 4 in a row... and I don't think anyone can mount even a semblance of a defense that any single one of those 4 games was a fluke, that we didn't deserve to win.
    Our performances since, don't diminish what was achieved in 2016. I have to listen to this dross from friends, and the general public, never expected to hear it from Bulldogs people.
    I'm not in the mood to debate. Agree to disagree.
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    Re: 3 or more things we already know, but no one will do anything about.

    Dont think it was a fluke, but i think we've really overated the team.

    Yeah we were an average team that just had a great month of football.
    The curse is dead.

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    Re: 3 or more things we already know, but no one will do anything about.

    1. There is a real disconnect between the senior MC and the VFL - eg: what more does Lipinski need to do to get a game ahead of some of the pretenders in the 1sts.

    2. There is also a disconnect between the senior MC and the structures required to compete consistently in the current AFL environment.

    3. Luke Beveridge has the media bluffed. He may be a good motivator (see 2016), but he is tactically inept, way too reactive, and lets emotion and stubbornness control too many of his decisions (eg sacking Stringer, playing Hunter & Wood in the 1sts, playing too many players out of position).
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    Re: 3 or more things we already know, but no one will do anything about.

    1. I’m really starting to believe that since the start of the 2018 season, that the players aren’t willing to play under Bevo.
    2. The media really need to apply the blowtorch
    3. Was the appt of Lloyd based on the fact he could kick straight at Richmond ?
    I will never see #16 the same!!

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    Re: 3 or more things we already know, but no one will do anything about.

    Quote Originally Posted by chef View Post
    Dont think it was a fluke, but i think we've really overated the team.

    Yeah we were an average team that just had a great month of football.
    Better than average Chef. At the end of the season we finished with 15 wins and 7 losses and 2 games off top position. If that is average give me more please.

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    Re: 3 or more things we already know, but no one will do anything about.

    Quote Originally Posted by Bulldog4life View Post
    Better than average Chef. At the end of the season we finished with 15 wins and 7 losses and 2 games off top position. If that is average give me more please.
    So including finals we won 19 games for the season and had a horror run with injuries. Fluke? That’s crazy talk.

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    Re: 3 or more things we already know, but no one will do anything about.

    Quote Originally Posted by Bulldog4life View Post
    Better than average Chef. At the end of the season we finished with 15 wins and 7 losses and 2 games off top position. If that is average give me more please.
    No doubt we had a great season, but it wasnt a great team as shown by the bigger sample size.
    The curse is dead.

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