Game Day Opening Round vs. GWS, Giants Stadium, 7:30pm Sat 09/03

[TW Sherrin]

Lipinski still sleeps with the light on

 

[HenrikLundqvist]

Ash Johnson and Mason Cox

46

Mason Cox

Age

33

Ht

211cm

Wt

110kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.7

2star

K

5.2

2star

HB

3.5

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

1.6

4star

G

1.2

4star

D

6.0

1star

K

3.0

1star

HB

3.0

2star

M

2.3

2star

T

0.3

1star

G

1.0

4star

D

9.0

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

2.4

4star

G

1.8

5star

can't play in the same forward line.

 

[Go Woods]

Any chance Ash Johnson could show some presence.

 

[Rustin Cohle]

These new ruck rules are a ******* disgrace. Zero protection for the player going for the ball.

Briggs isn't even trying to win a tap, just charging straight for the body, not looking at the ball.

 

[cwoodgal]

Hope fly rips in to them, we look scrappy as hell

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[Cousin of Daicos]

This is legitimately the worst we’ve defended since the Buckley days

 

[bucksisbest]

GWS giving us a lesson on the importance of having good tall guys in attack.

Is it just having tall guys in attack, or also tall defenders actually playing on and nullifying their opponents?!

I would suggest their talls particularly Hogan have been given far too much latitude

 

[GreekLunatic]

This zero round I hope is scrapped

 

[Pies_10]

Just lost our intensity from previous years.

It's game one ffs calm down

 

[mblack42]

Well I guess that answers the question of who got the good Callum Brown

In the words of one Homer J Simpson:

Man that's one fine looking Callum Brown.

Why couldn't ours play like that?

 

[TradeDraft]

Nick Daicos been our best player by a Country Mile.

Rest of Team been Average at Best

Might get a Flogging here IF we can actually play some good Footy

 

[frizzle]

Pendles missing the 2 practice games is showing. Probably should have played Fin tonight.

 

[cwoodgal]

Any chance Ash Johnson could show some presence.

He is always a let down when it matters

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[TradeDraft]

Back to the good ol days of letting some spud kpf look like buddy. How tf does cal brown kick 4 goals in a half?

Dean having a Shocker

 

[ksardog]

We can’t go into a game with both Cox and AJ, especially when they are both spudding it up. Reef has to come in next week. If AJ doesn’t mark it, he offers nothing at ground level.

 

[PIEWITHSAUCE]

I believe whoever said Murphy is our most important system player in D50

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

I’ve underestimated the losses of Howe and Murphy.

Need more from Elliott, Johnson and Hill up forward. Schultz looks okay but will take time to completely adjust to our system.

 

[whiskeytown]

9 more inside 50s

Definitely short the extra tall in Frampton… hence one of hogan, Cadman, brown getting a hold of us

Shaping up so far like demons the other night…

Johnson useless unless in his hands

 

[Soups]

Pretty soft footy from us in the first half. Need to ramp it up if we are any chance in the second half.

 

[barrackers]

Tall defenders or tall forwards misfiring more?

I’d switch Cox and Cameron, as Cox hasn’t looked likely inside 50

 

[thebaldfacts]

Pendles hardly sighted. Maybe should have been rested due to injury last week.

 

[lenny20]

Ash Johnson is losing his position very very quickly tonight. It's a shame because I like him a lot. But he's very suspect in high intensity games

 

[Harry O]

First sign of a premiership hangover - defenders refusing to defend man on man

Second sign - midfielders not going as hard as their opponents at the contested ball

Third sign - players wanting to do a lot of Hollywood plays and not just execute the straight forward bread and butter

 

[ottoman]

Our defence has been putrid.
It's doing my head in.

 

[parano1a]

Sub on Noble at half time for Pendles?