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Game Day RD 17 - Tigers V Suns
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The perfect word !
Complacency and Arrogance also come into play when losing a game in that fashion, some players need to reassess their own game's and what they want from their career's right now
Hard to argue against that one ...... we have some Mental demons, no doubt about that.
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Common sense suggests that if we play 2 good quarters and 2 bad quarters every week. We are deserving of around 8th or 9th spot. It is sadly where we are at. The difference between our best and worst is poles apart, and that is the incredibly frustrating part.
Ryan has been playing well but our line up with Ryan rucking is going to be a huge challenge. Next week vs Goldstrein'll be a bloodbath. Then Freo, then ??? We won a flag with Balta as back up ruck, hope he's up to that role again. Martin and Cotchin will be good INs. Martin has played a half of good footy. Any chance of winning depends oh him. Vlas IN too. Allows Baker to play elsewhere.
Thanks to the optimum18 over at bigfooty
CBA
Prestia - 24
Bolton - 22
Nank - 21
Dow - 19
Short - 17
Soldo - 9
Graham - 8
not 1 for baker or pickett hmmm
CBA
Prestia - 24
Bolton - 22
Nank - 21
Dow - 19
Short - 17
Soldo - 9
Graham - 8
not 1 for baker or pickett hmmm
Oi. Even I'm not watching that rubbish again. Maso is one thing, having a mental death wish is entirely outside the realms of normal.
Gibcus blows up his man as he can up and down the ground so we'll already while miller isn't this type of player
Probably a bit of all those factors. Brain fades that produce suspensions or dumb free kicks and 50m penalties that give the oppo goals are all signs of a self-centred attitude by players who don't worry about the team result any more. Too many players have lost their focus and those who do try are wondering 'why should I bother?' when they see Vlastuin in the stands rather than on the ground helping the team. What happened to the Richmond man team first attitude? Got any answers Dimma?
Yep Dow was a poor choice, did very little. Does he have enough to warrant his first round draft selection?
The irony in all of this is that we are 3 games behind the top 3 teams. It shows that at our best we can compete. But we don't play our best for long enough or often enough. 3 games is remarkably close given our performances.
Last night was a shocker.
This year could have been wide open for us but we have blown too many games we should have won.
One comment above I reckon is indicative of where we are at. The comment about kicking the ball straight to MRJ when he is on a tall opponent. This is stupidity, MRJ can run but is not tall. It needs to be drilled into the players that they kick to our advantage - if we have a mismatch in height then yes you kick to the player, if we have a mismatch where we are at a height disadvantage you kick to where the player can run. This sort of stuff is basic for a professional footballer and should be ingrained. But we don't do it.
Still pretty p!ssed off about last night's performance, we just should not have lost that game. The pity is we have lost a few others this year in exactly the same way - big rush of goals from the opposition based on centre clearances. We need to perform better at this when the opposition gets a run on, not necessarily winning clearances but pressuring opposition clearances would be enough to at least slow the tide and hopefully start to shift the game.
DS
Last night was a shocker.
This year could have been wide open for us but we have blown too many games we should have won.
One comment above I reckon is indicative of where we are at. The comment about kicking the ball straight to MRJ when he is on a tall opponent. This is stupidity, MRJ can run but is not tall. It needs to be drilled into the players that they kick to our advantage - if we have a mismatch in height then yes you kick to the player, if we have a mismatch where we are at a height disadvantage you kick to where the player can run. This sort of stuff is basic for a professional footballer and should be ingrained. But we don't do it.
Still pretty p!ssed off about last night's performance, we just should not have lost that game. The pity is we have lost a few others this year in exactly the same way - big rush of goals from the opposition based on centre clearances. We need to perform better at this when the opposition gets a run on, not necessarily winning clearances but pressuring opposition clearances would be enough to at least slow the tide and hopefully start to shift the game.
DS
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