What opposition are saying about us 2012

[Ghost Dog]

Brad Scott

"When you look at the quality of Boyd and Griff, they were a huge concern for us, even before the bounce today. "

"The plan we went with today to curtail those two today clearly didn't work.
They are quality, top line, inside midfielders. "

"Picken is a very good, dour tagging player. I thought Picken did a very good job on Boomer."

"Particularly from Boyd and Griffen, we were taught a lesson today. "

"Their ability to pressure us around the ball was palpable."

Scott Thompson " At times it looked like we were kicking the ball to Brian Lake, not Drew Petrie."

[Eastdog]

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Brad Scott

"When you look at the quality of Boyd and Griff, they were a huge concern for us, even before the bounce today. "

"The plan we went with today to curtail those two today clearly didn't work.
They are quality, top line, inside midfielders. "

"Picken is a very good, dour tagging player. I thought Picken did a very good job on Boomer."

"Particularly from Boyd and Griffen, we were taught a lesson today. "

"Their ability to pressure us around the ball was palpable."

Scott Thompson " At times it looked like we were kicking the ball to Brian Lake, not Drew Petrie."

Great praise from Brad Scott for us who clearly thought we were too good for North today.

[Rocco Jones]

Re: What opposition are saying about us 2012

I hate saying I am proud of something I don't directly affect but if I wasn't like that I would say I am very proud of them at the moment. Two games where our endeavour has been awesome.

[Bornadog]

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I hate saying I am proud of something I don't directly affect but if I wasn't like that I would say I am very proud of them at the moment. Two games where our endeavour has been awesome.

I thought our endeavour in the first three quarters against West Coast was pretty good, except we gave away four free kicks in front of goal and lost by a good margin in the end. The Adelaide game was also pretty good, we hit the front at the start of the last quarter but couldn't sustain it. Other than the Saints game, we have been very competitive and the boys are starting to learn how Macca wants us to play,

[Dry Rot]

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I thought our endeavour in the first three quarters against West Coast was pretty good, except we gave away four free kicks in front of goal and lost by a good margin in the end. The Adelaide game was also pretty good, we hit the front at the start of the last quarter but couldn't sustain it. Other than the Saints game, we have been very competitive and the boys are starting to learn how Macca wants us to play,

Did you hear about Macca's message to the players as they came out for the third quarter? (According to ABC radio)

"BE RUTHLESS!"

[LostDoggy]

Re: What opposition are saying about us 2012

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/135645/default.aspx

We just ground them to a pulp with the contested possessions , they just did,nt have an alternate plan to reverse the situation

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[Rocco Jones]

Re: What opposition are saying about us 2012

I thought our endeavour in the first three quarters against West Coast was pretty good, except we gave away four free kicks in front of goal and lost by a good margin in the end. The Adelaide game was also pretty good, we hit the front at the start of the last quarter but couldn't sustain it. Other than the Saints game, we have been very competitive and the boys are starting to learn how Macca wants us to play,

I just love the manic workrate. Hard work is great but it is a league full of hard work and talent. I think you can make up for talent but it doesn't require hard work, it requires being manic.

[Dry Rot]

Re: What opposition are saying about us 2012

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsartic...5/default.aspx

We just ground them to a pulp with the contested possessions , they just did,nt have an alternate plan to reverse the situation

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When your FB is your best player, you know you're in trouble. Thompson sounded like he played very well under siege.

[Dry Rot]

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I just love the manic workrate. Hard work is great but it is a league full of hard work and talent. I think you can make up for talent but it doesn't require hard work, it requires being manic.

Only heard it on radio - how did our effort today compare with our effort for most of the Pies game?

[Rocco Jones]

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When your FB is your best player, you know you're in trouble. Thompson sounded like he played very well under siege.

I had our FB as our 2nd best player

[Dry Rot]

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I had our FB as our 2nd best player

Yes, but poor old Thompson had no mates playing well. Sounds like we kept him busy.

Re Lake today, how often has Petrie given us grief? Good to see him kept quiet

[Bornadog]

Re: What opposition are saying about us 2012

Only heard it on radio - how did our effort today compare with our effort for most of the Pies game?

Take it this way, we should have won by ten goals. We had 63 more disposals, 10 more clearances, 50 more contested possessions and 11 more inside 50's.

[Dry Rot]

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Take it this way, we should have won by ten goals. We had 63 more disposals, 10 more clearances, 50 more contested possessions and 11 more inside 50's.

Thanks.

The ABC radio guys thought we were well on top. Moreover, they pretty well thought North didn't turn up to play in the first half.

[LostDoggy]

Re: What opposition are saying about us 2012

When your FB is your best player, you know you're in trouble. Thompson sounded like he played very well under siege.

They actually dropped a player back to give Thompson a hand at one stage , did,nt really work very well it just made them want to hand pass even more instead of kicking to a target , our pressure just cut off their field vision , we just forced them to change the way they played , a North player in possession was faced with players running toward him to accept a handball , Thomas and Anthony became their most dangerous players as they were prepared to run and carry to try to create something or score themselves they had 3 goals assists between them

Any team who saw the match knows that week by week as the game plan gels we are going to be harder and harder to beat unless you can control the contested possessions

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[Dry Rot]

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They actually dropped a player back to give Thompson a hand at one stage , did,nt really work very well it just made them want to hand pass even more instead of kicking to a target , our pressure just cut off their field vision , we just forced them to change the way they played , a North player in possession was faced with players running toward him to accept a handball , Thomas and Anthony became their most dangerous players as they were prepared to run and carry to try to create something or score themselves they had 3 goals assists between them

Any team who saw the match knows that week by week as the game plan gels we are going to be harder and harder to beat unless you can control the contested possessions

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So our forwards put on great and consistent defensive pressure?