[B][COLOR="#0000CD"]Our club was born in blood and boots, not in AFL focus groups.[/COLOR][/B]
I thought Jones contested well, he was too much for Maxwell one on one and Mick had shifted him to the forward half.
The only blight on Jones game is the missed opportunities and could have had 3 goals against his name and maybe needed a bit of patience so he didn't kick into the man on the mark.
At this stage I would keep Jones in and drop Grant who hasn't marked the ball in awhile.
Don't piss off old people
The older we get the less "LIFE IN PRISON" is a deterrent...
Face it, we're rebuilding and our window of the last three years appears shut. I'm happy to be playing the kids, it's the only way they'll get better at this level because in two/three years time the 150+ gamers will not be there. Too late to give the kids a go then.
I'm not sure I agree with this. Even with one player not firing, it can really cause a blow out. It's like a tug of war. when one person craps out, you need someone else to work twice as hard to take their place. But you can't do that for 4quarters or on a paddock where one player who goes missing leaves a huge hole.
Not having a pot at you, and I've thought about it myself...but
Are we that much worse than Carlton? Their season is still alive.
Are we much worse than Hawthorn? Were a few points behind Freo and nobody seems to think they're rebuilding.
I do feel a bit cranky about last night, but still believe we can win more than we lose.
You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. ― Epicurus
It was interesting how the last quarter panned out, we Sub Roughead for Moles and Minson has to shoulder the ruck himself, now Minson is being dragged from pillar to post and his tank is running empty, we can't park his ample backside in the goal square to give us a target as Roughead is off, now our forward line is empty , our forwards are up the ground , Murphy and Lake are thrown forward , now our backline is exposed , Brown goes forward bangs four home, the Collingwood smalls are now given too much space as our backline is tired, they bang some more home , we get punched by 48
Now, is we Sub Hill for Moles, Roughead and Jones ( 197cm ) take the ruck , Minson parks his ample backside in the goal square , Sherman and Grant stay in the 50, Lake and Murphy stay in the backline , now the hypothetical final score is ?????????
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Last edited by Before I Die; 02-05-2011 at 08:44 PM. Reason: Gazumped by Westdog54
I missed that point, hang on a minute , I,ll go back to the drawing board , drawing board still blank, no still blank , it does,nt matter which way I switch it around , well, it might have made a difference if Sherman and Grant stayed in the forward 50, Jones helps Minson in the ruck , no , I,ll cop the 48 point loss and move on to next week
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Sorry but I'm really a bit over that call. We've played quite a bit of dumb 'hard'footy.
What we really needed was to slow it down a bit at certain stages and be a bit efficient.
Instead, we have Boyd, bombing it without even looking into their hands. Now I cannot ever question his cahoonas. but it just happenes all ....the.....time.
Others have cited the diving on the ground, not keeping the feet. Sometimes there is no other option but we do play a lot of 'knee ball' The slow motion footage of Krakouer dancing around our guys as they fell over was like something out of a bad dream...
You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. ― Epicurus
Not sure on this, I still think we have a good group of players and we will get better as the season goes on. I think from memory we had 13 under the knife at the end of last year and having the bye so early is not ideal.
We have some quality to come back in and with Lake, Cooney, Gilbee and Higgo all needing games under their belt we should improve week on week.
We will win enough games to make the final 8 and if we peak with no injury's sides will want to miss us in the finals draw.
BB.
Looking forward - Naughton, Darcy and JUH. It will be the envy of everyone.