Three Things I've Learned - Round 10 Edition

[F'scary]

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Yet they sit third on the ladder!

their wins have mainly been against the teams in the bottom 6 - see the Age summary of the match.

[F'scary]

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I despair over Minson's season. Not questioning his effort but I simply don't want to see the ball in his hands anymore. Of all our players Will might surprise and fall off the cliff faster than anyone. I sure hope not but it is possible that the modern game could go past him very quickly.

He has never been able to take a mark. He has zero impact up forward as a resting ruckman. This is not new. But the story of this season has been that when he does get his hands on the ball he butchers it something awful. Stark contrast to last year when his AA was based on his inside ball getting and creative feeding of it out to teamates.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

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1. Improvement is not necessarily linear, especially when we've not yet built decent depth within the club to cover personnel losses in key areas. We were always going to struggle replacing half of our forward line this week in Jones, Williams and Dickson.

2. Gold Coast are no longer just a collection of inexperienced kids. Their cream is rising to the top, as it should now they've had 4 years to get miles and games into the legs of the multitude of young talent at their disposal. The talent differential between them and us was clear to see today.

3. Our club still has a lot of work to do at the end of this season to try and find a way to address the talent & I fear in some cases attitudinal deficiencies at our club.

[always right]

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1. Improvement is not necessarily linear, especially when we've not yet built decent depth within the club to cover personnel losses in key areas. We were always going to struggle replacing half of our forward line this week in Jones, Williams and Dickson.

2. Gold Coast are no longer just a collection of inexperienced kids. Their cream is rising to the top, as it should now they've had 4 years to get miles and games into the legs of the multitude of young talent at their disposal. The talent differential between them and us was clear to see today.

3. Our club still has a lot of work to do at the end of this season to try and find a way to address the talent & I fear in some cases attitudinal deficiencies at our club.

Agree.....a capitulation like we saw in the third quarter is more about mental fragility than any talent differential. We retreat faster than an Italian army when the opposition get on top.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

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Agree.....a capitulation like we saw in the third quarter is more about mental fragility than any talent differential. We retreat faster than an Italian army when the opposition get on top.

Agree, hence point 3. I think it's clear what Macca expects from our guys, and he said as much post game, that guys with 4 or 5 years of experience under their belt should be able to fight it out when things get tough. Its all down down to mental attitude and taking the game on when the opposition lift instead of retreating into their shells.

[Bumper Bulldogs]

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We miss a real running defender (Gilbee/Harbrow)

We miss Ward a lot more than people realise

Our bottom 6 platers today wouldn't get a game at too many other clubs.

[LostDoggy]

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It's going to suck seeing the Plastic Ronald McDonalds win a flag soon.
Ablett is a whiny little pussy-cat. Loved the ump's reply, “nothing in the rules against double teaming mate.”
Patience is the toughest virtue to attain or keep.

[Twodogs]

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their wins have mainly been against the teams in the bottom 6 - see the Age summary of the match.

The AFL will be doing everything possible to get them a top 4 position at the end of the home and away season. Especially given the poor form of GWS. They will want to be able to point to at least one of their shiny new toys being successful.

[Twodogs]

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1. Improvement is not necessarily linear, especially when we've not yet built decent depth within the club to cover personnel losses in key areas. We were always going to struggle replacing half of our forward line this week in Jones, Williams and Dickson.

2. Gold Coast are no longer just a collection of inexperienced kids. Their cream is rising to the top, as it should now they've had 4 years to get miles and games into the legs of the multitude of young talent at their disposal. The talent differential between them and us was clear to see today.

3. Our club still has a lot of work to do at the end of this season to try and find a way to address the talent & I fear in some cases attitudinal deficiencies at our club.

A well thought out post. Agree on each point, especially #1.

[Remi Moses]

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1. We've got to many plodders on our list
2. We hide like the French in two world wars to often
3. Gold Coast are more than an "Okay" side, and they're going to get even better. It's been assured they've been given a winning lotto ticket.

[soupman]

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3. Gold Coast are more than an "Okay" side, and they're going to get even better. It's been assured they've been given a winning lotto ticket.

You realise when you look through their lineup at the likes of Lynch, Bennell, Prestia, Dixon, Smith, Swallow etc. that any of them would be in our best 2 young prospects and players we would look to be building a side around. Instead they have 4 of them in each position.

Yesterday was the first time it has really clicked for me just how much elite talent they have been handed.

[SlimPickens]

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1- Yesterday was bad, but it wasn't nearly as bad as people are making out. Guess I'm just a glass half full kind of person.

2- It was great seeing Clay Smith back out there, his performance wasn't great but to be playing senior footy 9.5 months post knee reconstruction is a credit to his work ethic and the fitness staff at the club.

3- Our inability to get the game back on our terms at any level in the third quarter was concerning. We responded in the last but the damage was done. Do not know what the centre clearance stats for the qtr would of been but the ease in which the gold coasts moved the ball through the middle well and truly threw our defenders under the bus.

[G-Mo77]

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1- Yesterday was bad, but it wasn't nearly as bad as people are making out. Guess I'm just a glass half full kind of person.

Over a full game you're right. That 3rd quarter was one of the worst I have seen in a very long time. It was embarrassing to watch.

[LostDoggy]

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1. We desperately need a target to straighten us up
2. Our plan A is most team's plan B i.e we are the least attacking team around
3. We cannot cope with teams who have descent tall forwards

[always right]

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Any chance we can stop a team kicking a goal within the first 30 seconds of a match? Three of them off the top of my head this year....Darling, Cotchin and Dixon. Puts us innediately on the back foot.