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I didn't think Laird would make it. Just thought he was too small with no real outstanding attributes.
If you're going to put something in quotes, it's prudent to quote correctly. It's also wise to quote the whole statement, unless you're looking to deliberately alter context. Rounding it out with some condescending drivel was the giveaway though.
In any event, if you're happy with a record that we used to laugh at other clubs about, then keep sipping away mate. In terms of years since last flag, we are basically neck and neck with North. Neither club looks anywhere near it. You're happy with that? Sure, ok.
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That's the "spirit".
Just nothing in the range of, say, a Chateau d'Yquem dessert wine, or a Louis XIII Cognac, ok?
A bottle of Wild Turkey for me.
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A bottle of Gun Powder gin.That's the "spirit".
Just nothing in the range of, say, a Chateau d'Yquem dessert wine, or a Louis XIII Cognac, ok?
A bottle of Wild Turkey for me.
You?
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Not really. It’s just hard to understand why people who clearly hate everything about the club, keep following. It’s as if they deride pleasure from watching us struggle? And really, we are still IN the rebuild, yet everyone is expecting us to be magically better than we were when we were wooden spooners - just two seasons ago. The impatience is honestly ridiculous. Nicks and co are making mistakes - they are learning too. I have no idea if hes the one to see us achieve success or not, but I’m willing to give him a chance. two and a half years into a start from scratch (essentially) rebuild, and we are about where I expected we’d be. The youngest, least experienced team, yet not bottom. Me? I see hope. I see potential. I also still see mistakes. From both coaches and players. It’s all part of the learning curve.
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I bought into Cornesy's "Bryan Bienke has a sense of destiny about him".
He's not going to hide it, our coaches have been using that as a reason to reward poor performance for years. It's a core strategy/selection philosophy.
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Oh please. What rot.
“Clearly hate everything about the club”. Who? Do you think if that was the case we’d be on here discussing them daily? “Deride pleasure from failure” * off
What you see is frustration. Frustration at not winning a flag for 25 years, for the massive mistakes this club has made over recent years, frustration with rookie mistakes made by senior experienced coaches. You brush them off but you’re an apologist who gets cosy with club management. You used to back Trigg too remember.
We’ve made a lot of good off field changes but on field we’ve got coaches making dumb decisions.
Drugs is spot on with his comment.
honestly, in terms of our total performance, what negative impact could Newchurch over Murphy possibly contribute? 2 goal greater loss would be the absolute maximum. How, in a rebuild, do you choose an out of form and very limited player ahead of debuting a kid in great form, in a role of need, in order to try and stop an 8 goal loss being a 10 goal loss.
And what of 'selection integrity'? Where did that s**t that was swallowed as if chocolate by the apologists go? Per usual, it's just another excuse, in a line of them, to explain why out of form or injured seniors get a game. If it works against them, they've got 'experience' or 'continuity' to fall back on. Only a matter of time before one of the dolts rolls out 'non-statistical role'.
nor has he been dropped, when his performance deserved it.
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Do you want him to come back so they can drop him?
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Melbourne could be without a recognised ruckman on Saturday.www.zerohanger.com
If Jackson doesn't get up for the Dees, they will have no recognised ruck. Their other players to record a hit out stat this season have 31 hit outs between them - Weidemann (16 from 7 games), Tom McDonald (15 from 9 games) and Ben Brown (1 from 11 games).
Hopefully we can at least win one of the stats.
Also, we have won at least one quarter in every game this year. I hope we can keep that stat going.
Unfortunately we're incapable of cashing in on tap advantage. ROB is not great at directing to advantage, but even worse, our mids are flat-footed by design, so even if we knew we were winning the tap, we're not going to see ROB hit it down the throat of a mid on the move and us clear the pressure area on foot. Oppo mids will just rove to ROB and they'll be on the move when doing so. So I expect hitout dominance, clearance break even and the routine destroyation in terms of clearance quality.
Sloane is tier 1, Newchurch is a Crusher, doubtful he gives a crap either way. It's hard enough caring about Backboners that aren't a direct threat to his role.
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That tells you everything you need to know about the culture at our club. And it's meant to a rebuild and he's meant to be the captain.
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Quality contribution. You happy with Murphy?
And this is the exact terminal philosophy that guarantees we'll never genuinely contend outside of the odd 1 season spike. That we find a way to select Murphy over Newchurch in a rebuild in a certain loss anyway, is all you need to know.
The reason that Crouch and Brown aren't in is purely because they make us worse, its still a '4 points this week' selection imperative. They won't sacrifice a single point of performance to blood a kid ahead of gift a 70th game to a career plodder.
weird from a guy that you'd have not wanted lower waist vision of when he was feverishly telling us that Fog will be delisted and no AFL club in the land is interested in his devices.
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I'd have preferred Newchurch to Murphy. Murphy has some good qualities though, and I hope he is used effectively and has a good game. Isn't there room for some middle ground?
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You just love arguing when it's just easier to agree to disagree and move on when there's no common ground to be found.
The time to bring in Newchurch was last week against North.
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Do you reckon he could be sub today? I'd like to see that. Debutants used to start on the bench regularly in the days of 19th and 20th men.
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