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Game day v #lolNorf

Good half think we took our foot off actually we obviously took our foot off.

Stupid frees coughed up again.

TV will try and get Martin and Grimes rubbed out.

Tommy lacking touch and timing somewhat still.

Caddy gone.

Goldstein and Higgins the only comp out there ............ tag Higgins and shut them down.

Jack Higgins needs to move the footy faster, wasted two good attacks by not giving off when he should've.

Jake Aarts needs to convert his opportunities they don't get much easier than that second one. Yes hes nervous understandably wanting his first goal but gotta convert those.

Bolton ... burning best for Tigers by a mile best on ground.

Chol, Broad, Vlas, also good.

Egg and Noah also doing well.

Jackmond, lacking touch dropped a sitter and then muffed a simple handball in the one passage of play.
 
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Once again we live keeping teams in the game. Contest shoukd have been done and dusted.
Aarts is just a poor man's Castagna. Not sure we need 2 Georges in the team. Rioli still going half arsed. I'm sorry Jack but it's time. He's done.
Pickett needs to learn there are 4 qtrs in AFL footy.
North are pathetic yet they get the first goal in the 3rd and its game on. Very frustrating. Could have killed the game in the first qtr.
 
6-14 frees in favour of North
We need to get our clearances and contested ball up
Clearances 17 Roos 13 Tiges
Contested 58 North 37 Tiges
 
Were getting royally buggered by the umps.

Jack higgins got pinged for holding the bloke holding the ball.

6 frees to 14 in a domination? How does that work?
 
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two things in our favour. the disparity in the free kicks.umpires will even that up next half,9 tackles by our forwards in the 50 .North zero.Keep that up and we will get a couple of goals for this effort.
 
Great half by Bolton. Chol very good too. Continue to be staggered how Rioli keeps his place. You'd go a long way to see a softer more half arsed effort than he put up it the North kick in late in that quarter.

4 goals up but should be at least 8 goals up. Missed a couple of sitters. Aarts needs to kick those or he'll find himself on the outer very quickly.

Game should be over but North still have a sniff because we didn't bury them. Kick the first 2 of the 3rd quarter and it's over Tigers.
 
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Postives:

- Bolton. Electric in the middle. Our Edwards replacement.
- Egg. Silky smooth skills. Potential Houli replacement long term.
- Balta. Charges out of defence similar to what Rancey used to do. Must pile games into him. Im a big fan.

Negatives:

- Higgins. Give the first option mate. Makes some bad decisions that kill momentum.
- Riewoldt. Fumbling like crazy. Just cant seem to find that touch this season.
- Rioli. Where has the intensity gone with him? Looks like he is going at 50% whenever he appears on screen.
 
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Misses like the 2 Aarts has had can kill ya.

Nothing ends a contest faster than scoreboard pressure, Tigers just cannot kill sides off.
 
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We played really really well, but our conversion going inside 50 is atrocious..
Bolton was the only one to compose himself and hit up a teammate.
The rest are either bombing it in or just choosing the wrong option.
Hardwick needs to get that forward line open.
He needs to move some out to create space