2017 - Non Yeo Discussion (Formerly Non Freo Discussion)

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Ysaye

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We do have talent but it's bullshit to think a balanced side doesn't need experience and hard nosed no-nonsense players as well.
Great Muzungu us back in the one's, for me he did well at NEAFL level as well. Currently our reserves are a lot of under 18 academy players and his onfield leadership is obvious.
This could pretty much some up the Bulldogs / Adelaide game for me. For mine Bulldogs have more talent, but Adelaide have the grunt and more leaders.
 

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Lever is a total gun. I hope we wont regret passing him up for Weller.

I mean Weller has the potential to be something special...but Lever is a key position player that's going to be elite for a very long time.
I think if any team could go back & redo that draft, Lever'd probably go #1. Lever would be really nice, but at least who we did pick up is working out. Weller's shown enough talent, and secured his spot in the 22 enough for me to not regret that pick.
 

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This could pretty much some up the Bulldogs / Adelaide game for me. For mine Bulldogs have more talent, but Adelaide have the grunt and more leaders.
Bulldogs have a forward line to challenge ours for terribleness. Adelaide have so much class forward of center that they only need to break even everywhere else to win. I actually thought the dogs had the better of the first half but **** goal kicking and terrible entries (just like ours look) stopped them from getting any reward for it. Doggies didn't fire a shot in the 3rd and it was over at 3qtr time.
 

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Good to see Tendai and deBoer play together for the first time for the Giants today.
Yeah, I just noticed that. They'd want to make sure both are not good enough come finals time though. I remember back in 2015 it was our bottom 6 players that was the difference between us and Hawthorn, and both MDB and Mzungu were part of that.
 

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I just don't think the dogs are as good as everyone thought they would be. They were a middle of the road team last year. Who caught fire and got lucky at the right time. And rode the fairytale in the finals.

Its just a shame we couldn't pinch a comp like the dogs did during our 4 years in the finals as it would make the rebuild a lot easier
Yep.
Just goes to show how much luck and timing is required along with all the 'controllable 's(drafting , gameplan etc)

Its one of the reasons I get so annoyed when people slag us off and ross lyon as not having the "game plan" to win a gf...- from my point of view the bulldogs 'game plan' was based around very similar principles to ours (the early 2015 version)-
Just have a look at how their travelling now with their fwd line woes....they just about match us for shitness in that regard...even when they had cloke/boyd

They just had luck (pre finals bye) and timing (hawks area in decline and a still inexperienced gws).
Our run coincided unfortunately with 1 of the great teams of the modern era, who in turn ALSO benefited from timing (gws, gc concessions) weakening the overall strength of the league and their main rivals to re load.
 

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Every time you think GC may have possibly turned a corner they get senselessly brutalised. They led by a goal early in the 2nd but Sydney have now kicked 11 straight...
 

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Gold coast will always be a shit team. They were just formed as an excuse to expand the comp from 16 to 18. Never were going to get the same concessions as GWS , as the AFL was always more interested in breaking into the sydney market compared to Qld
 
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