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    The Real Slim Shady… Will our role players stand up?

    Will the real Slim Shady please stand up?

    Finals and Grand Finals are not won by your top half a dozen players, but players 18-23.

    Do you have confidence our bottom half dozen will stand up when needed?

    I must admit I have a nagging concern that some players won’t stand up when it is their time. If I am being really honest I have a lingering doubt or two that players who had AA years may also go missing when the heat really comes.

    Will they compete 100% of the time, will their decision making stand up in the heat of battle, will skill execution let them down?

    Don’t get me wrong, the whole team is under pressure to perform. I hope players like Wood, Dale, VDM, Hannan, JJ, big Timmy English, Schache, Roarke Smith all compete and keep things simple when it is their turn.

    If everyone plays their designated role we will be a happy bunch this time next week.

    Without being too negative is their a particular player who has you worried heading into the GF?

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    Re: The Real Slim Shady… Will our role players stand up?

    I still worry about Gardner when he has the ball in hand and his disposal, especially short passing. Similarly Roarke's left foot which looks like Cordy's left foot. We can't turn the ball over in the backline, or anywhere, as Melbourne will make us pay.

    VDM's goal kicking is dicey, as is Naughton's.
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    Re: The Real Slim Shady… Will our role players stand up?

    My concerns are:

    Bailey Dale is a great attacking half back but still suspect one on one.

    Roarke has been amazing but sometimes still doesn’t take the first chance.

    Stef - age and lack of fitness could be really telling in a high stakes match.

    But there are often grand finals where an unassuming type has a blinder while stars are comparatively quiet. With both sides well matched contested, not pretty, footy, will be what wins it.
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    Re: The Real Slim Shady… Will our role players stand up?

    Interesting Az, you've mentioned players as in plural of our AA contingent that may go missing. So who of Bont and Jacko are you most concerned about, if I take for granted that one of the players is Dale?
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    Re: The Real Slim Shady… Will our role players stand up?

    Libba & JJ struggle with a tag and Treloar struggles in big games. Hope they all fight it out until the last second and don't drop their heads
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    Re: The Real Slim Shady… Will our role players stand up?

    Quote Originally Posted by boydogs View Post
    Libba & JJ struggle with a tag and Treloar struggles in big games. Hope they all fight it out until the last second and don't drop their heads
    He does? I know he was quiet in the SF, but when else has he had a stinker in a big game?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mantis View Post
    He does? I know he was quiet in the SF, but when else has he had a stinker in a big game?
    He was also really good in the 2018 GF.
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    Re: The Real Slim Shady… Will our role players stand up?

    Quote Originally Posted by jeemak View Post
    Interesting Az, you've mentioned players as in plural of our AA contingent that may go missing. So who of Bont and Jacko are you most concerned about, if I take for granted that one of the players is Dale?
    Thanks for readying my post so closely

    I was trying to be a bit diplomatic. FWIW I don't think Bont and Jacko go missing in big games.
    Last edited by azabob; 20-09-2021 at 09:51 AM. Reason: Jeemak
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    Re: The Real Slim Shady… Will our role players stand up?

    Quote Originally Posted by azabob View Post
    Thanks for readying my post so closely

    I was trying to be a bit diplomatic. FWIW I don't think Bont and Jacko don't go missing in big games.
    So by the use of this double negative you DO think they go missing in big games?
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    Re: The Real Slim Shady… Will our role players stand up?

    Quote Originally Posted by azabob View Post
    Thanks for readying my post so closely

    I was trying to be a bit diplomatic. FWIW I don't think Bont and Jacko don't go missing in big games.
    I think Melbourne will 100% tag Bailey Dale.
    What should I tell her? She's going to ask.

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    Re: The Real Slim Shady… Will our role players stand up?

    Quote Originally Posted by jeemak View Post
    So by the use of this double negative you DO think they go missing in big games?
    You needed to use red font for the full school teacher effect.
    More of an In Bruges guy?

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    Re: The Real Slim Shady… Will our role players stand up?

    Quote Originally Posted by mjp View Post
    I think Melbourne will 100% tag Bailey Dale.
    Melbourne tagging Dale does worry me. Massive test for him and Schache this Saturday night.
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    Re: The Real Slim Shady… Will our role players stand up?

    Quote Originally Posted by azabob View Post
    You needed to use red font for the full school teacher effect.
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    Re: The Real Slim Shady… Will our role players stand up?

    Melbourne will tag Dale and we'll tag Salem.
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    Re: The Real Slim Shady… Will our role players stand up?

    Who Melbourne should really tag though is Daniel. If you were going to have a guy in our backline to sit on it would be Daniel, because he more often than not is the one who gets us out of the tight space and into the hands of Dale/Williams or the mids.

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