Three Things I've Learned - Round 16 Edition

[Twodogs]

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1. Part of a young list, add 50 games to every young kid today and there is no way we would get the same result.
2. our forward line teases so much yet is the youngest part of our team.
3. I dunno whats up with Disco Stu, but he is half the player he has been the last 2 years.

50 games ago we would have been beaten by 12 goals in a game like that and everyone was saying " wait 2 years and those games will be a lot closer" "it will be ugly but we'll be able to go defensive, keep it close and maybe pinch it". Well we did. We dint pinch it yesterday but we did in the two games beforehand. In 50 games time we'll be beating teams like that by 12 goals.

We're on track.

[LostDoggy]

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1- Despite leading the competition for tackles we never seem to be rewarded. We must rank very low for total free kicks this year.

2 - Matty Boyd needs to stop reading articles that say he's the best kick in the game. Didn't have many kicks today but when he did he went for way too much.

3 - Roughy is playing with no confidence. Dropped marks, inability to get a fist in. Worst I've seen him play.

[westbulldog]

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1. Too much negativity when it was only an 8 point loss, without the Redpath miss and the Grant turnover we win, give the kids some slack.
2. We will play finals and we deserve to.
3. Caleb Daniel has made the grade.

[merantau]

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Thanks for posting. I put my hand up - guilty as charged. Must remember: they are, for the most part, a bunch of young kids and we have to be patient. In my defence I can only plead that, at times, patience is not my long suit. But next year I celebrate 60 years as a supporter so, with permission, I'm cutting myself a bit a slack too!

[westdog54]

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1. Too much negativity when it was only an 8 point loss, without the Redpath miss and the Grant turnover we win, give the kids some slack.
2. We will play finals and we deserve to.
3. Caleb Daniel has made the grade.

If anything winnable games are the worst, particularly when we dominated as we did in the 3rd and couldn't capitalise.

I still think we'll make finals, but I don't believe we'll "make up the numbers".

The biggest problem is that West Coast, Hawthorn and Fremantle are so far ahead of everyone else its not funny.

[Mantis]

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The biggest problem is that West Coast, Hawthorn and Fremantle are so far ahead of everyone else its not funny.

Agree with the Hawthorn call, but not sure on the other 2.. Especially Freo who struggling.

[whythelongface]

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Agree with the Hawthorn call, but not sure on the other 2.. Especially Freo who struggling.

Agree. It is Hawthorn and then the rest.

[Eastdog]

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If anything winnable games are the worst, particularly when we dominated as we did in the 3rd and couldn't capitalise.

I still think we'll make finals, but I don't believe we'll "make up the numbers".

The biggest problem is that West Coast, Hawthorn and Fremantle are so far ahead of everyone else its not funny.

Now looking back the West Coast win in Round 1 was a very good win. Nearly beat Freo but unfortunately we lost by a lot against Hawthorn. Beat the Swans who were last years grand finalists.

[Happy Days]

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1. Our forward line is not reliable enough to kick consistent scores and too dependant on heroic freak goals

2. Koby Stevens is incredibly important to our side and a genuine gun

3. The red kit needs a bullet in it

[Eastdog]

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3. The red kit needs a bullet in it

Yep I have the same attitude towards it as well.

[I'm Not Bitter Anymore!]

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It's cursed have we ever won wearing it?

[Bornadog]

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It's cursed have we ever won wearing it?

I couldn't work out who was who sometimes, in that colour

[Mantis]

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1. Our forward line is not reliable enough to kick consistent scores and too dependant on heroic freak goals

Our forward line would function a whole lot better if we didn't miss quite simple set shots.. The misses by Redpath, Stringer and to a lesser extent Grant are inexcusable.

[Ozza]

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Quite ridiculous that people would think that one off game for Roughead is definitive proof that he isn't a backman.

I don't think he played well, he was uncharacteristically pretty ordinary in the air...but then again, I was only watching on tv, and without being at the game - have no idea how many times off-camera Roughead's defensive work meant that the cats couldn't go to Hawkins.

[Ozza]

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1. At 16.1 for set shots this season, Dickson really shows us how its done inside 50. He is also the equal of any player we have in a one on one marking contest against a similar sized opponent.

2. Barring Mitch Wallis' attack on the contested ball, we aren't absolutely ferocious and ruthless enough in the midfield at the moment.

3. Luke Dahlhaus and Jackson Macrae have both been able to work through some small flat patches in their season, and are doing everything they can to help us win games of footy right now.