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Week 1 Finals: the bowl splatter games.
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A few years ago Patrick Dangerfield played in an exhibition match with a few of the big boys of the game - Dustin Martin, Trent Cotchin, Shane Edwards. Big-city players. Clangerflop's game before and after that has been greatly reduced in its effectiveness by a relentless bombing of the ball 60m to anybody. It's not the worst plan if you're breaking the line but it's not the best.
Nathan Fyfe played in that game too. The Big-city boys were showcasing their elite ball movement and understanding. The hicks were bungling apace. Any student had to wonder if the hicks were watching. Turned out Dangerfield was. He lifted. And he found players with the ball. He handballed. (Fyfe just got dumber.)
Tonight we saw Dangerfield handball. And his game went up a level. So easy. Why did it take so long?
Nathan Fyfe played in that game too. The Big-city boys were showcasing their elite ball movement and understanding. The hicks were bungling apace. Any student had to wonder if the hicks were watching. Turned out Dangerfield was. He lifted. And he found players with the ball. He handballed. (Fyfe just got dumber.)
Tonight we saw Dangerfield handball. And his game went up a level. So easy. Why did it take so long?
My current take on Rozee, Merv, is that he's not very smart. And I think he's batting too high. That's why Ports have to bring in another above average mid. To take the heat and win the ball.
Wines got respectable numbers. He was *smile* awful. Ploddy and plundered. Plodders who can't break a line. Who wants em? Always under pressure. Wines is big enough but he's not up to it.
I think it's a talent thing. JHF might be a champion but he aint yet. Butters is elite but 67kg (and badly coached). And Rozee's values have looked bad all year. Real bad. Would not hit Butters for months. Overdoes it. Fair enough for the coach to stretch these guys but they have to learn instant use of the ball.
No way! Not after the way his family dissed RFC, the club that won him a flag, Don't mind Evan, but for me, never.
Josh Carr doesn't seem to get the whole idea of pressure, Bryan. What it is. How to do it. NFI. He is riding for a fall but I worry that the Port fans will cut Hinkley up and put him in milk cans and steal his pension cheques when Carr is really the genius behind their season.
$3.30, eh. You were on pretty good terms for 500 posts on the thread. Nobody would give me $1.01 about your backing the Pussois.
I'm ok with all roughies in this round. Except Hawthorn. If I liked Footscray at all I would unload. I'll do more form.
Syd/GWS? Kingsley can defend. Green and Kelly hurt him. (Green really hurts him.) Pace profile. Why does Bedford look so good? FWIW I have Sydney clear favourite for the flag with their best player slowly returning to form. GWS a little thin for talent but so well coached.
Carlton's midfield is intact. It's the ruck who has been missing. He's easily the best ruck in the game when he's not *smile* up all over the joint. And he's doing less of that. Prince Harry is back. Blues so slow. Williams is quick. Pressure. Hmm. Pittonet* is still named therefore either McKay or DeViking is not fit. Voss has shown his hand.
If his team was right Voss would get away with this. RFC fans are howling for the blood of the fitness guy. Are Carlton fans watching?
$3.30, eh? Should you always take the margin if you love the roughie? Tri line. I only bet tri line. On roughies. And I believe there is no such thing as home ground advantage, or away. That's how the favourite is $3.30.
And that brings me back to the idea that if De Viking is sound he will wipe the floor with Oscar in the Brisbane birthday quarter. Can Williams hunt Zorko? The Baners haven't got many stars. I hate Weitering and Le Young in the same team. Again, Voss shows his cards. He's not confident in the soundness of his talls.
At least Scott hasn't walked out on them.
At least there CEO stayed.
The problem with us is, after 2020 everything fell apart (1982 repeated)
Geelong seem to ride bad times and get on with it. When Melbourne beat them by 10+ goals in the finals in 2021, they could've taken the similar path we did. No, they brought in kids that are highly skilled, and they run all day.
Max Holmes is a gun, and that's again through our arrogance, we traded them the pick they used to get Holmes. The question needs to be asked why weren't our guys aware of Holmes calibre??
The kid from Werribee, what a player.
I've always said kids that have missed out in the draft and still fight there way back into the afl seem to be good quality footballers.
Hopefully now we have a good group that find kids that can hit targets and run and hunt all day.
Geelong have done extremely well.
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1 thing I find with Scott is, he isn't scared to play kids.
And he doesn't bring in players because of their names.
The vilking, Stewart and Hawkins didn't play.
Hardwick wouldve picked at least 2.
Our team from Aug 2017 to September 2020 was basically the same.
The funny thing is that the Kids of 2017 turned our fortunes around, Rioli Castagna Bulter alongside Dusty Cotchin Edwards Lambert etc.
Kids, hungry kids lift a club.
We need to get as many kids in doors and regenerate. We can do it.
AT you said Humphrey isn't a star.
He reminds me of Waganeen
Quick question
Did Port/Hinkley think they were a chance for the flag with Ratonmygear in there side?
P.s Geelong are such an arrogant club.
Narkle played for Geelong for several years
Stengle was the only one that stopped to talk to him. While Dangerfield high 5 team mates around him.
Did Port/Hinkley think they were a chance for the flag with Ratonmygear in there side?
P.s Geelong are such an arrogant club.
Narkle played for Geelong for several years
Stengle was the only one that stopped to talk to him. While Dangerfield high 5 team mates around him.
Pricks have been to old n to slow and falling off the cliff next year for the last two decades. Still don't look anywhere near that cliffs edge.
Dangerflog was remarkable last night. Played like he was 10 years younger. And how many flags would GWS have if Cameron stayed? Add their smalls, their role players. Their chilled personas. The sea air is good for them. There's alot to like at Geelong, even if I hate their guts. Whingy Scott can *smile* off though. Don't care how much they win by, I can't bring myself to say a single kind word about that sooky la la
Thatcher set the tone in the first few minutes when he shat himself.
When those 2 flogs plus Dog Stewart are gone then i may acknowledge what a great club they are.
Developing seems to be the key.
They have a blueprint and they stick with it regardless of what people say.
Your here to win flags not make it to the 2nd last week.
Seems like the prelim is what a finals win for Ess and a Port home final is for Geelong.
Imagine being a cats supporter.We felt it in 18.Now just multiply that by what 5?
