So glad that is over and thankfully we are a vastly different side compared to the past and actually finishing off games and not to mention our forward line scoring is phenomenal let's see how much damage they can bring to Carlton next week
Game Day Adelaide V Melbourne @ MCG: A Bugg's Life
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Got the job done. Phil would have been proud. Brown to McGovern in the last was superb. Douglas stepping up pivotal.
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I had the margin for this one at 14 points. Us v Melbourne is always difficult. Is won is good...
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If we're totally honest, that one was probably there but you'd want to see that sort of thing consistently paid, which it isn't - in every match there's several deliberately rushed behinds which are almost never paid.
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How can they be tired? Just had a 2 week break then a 10 day break.
Yeah we also can't win with a great display every week, no one can do that.
Grinding out tough wins is what makes or breaks a season.
It is what we were poor at being able to do.
Melbourne are not what they were, much tougher opponent now.
Take the 2nd quarter out and we played fine.
Hawthorn were losing to Gold Coast and to Brisbane in their games against them recently.
Still happy with how the season is tracking.
Think he just got heavily winded early on
Got the job done, however ugly. Thank Christ that's over with. What a dismal game to watch!
If we can make one fixturing request, can it PLEASE be to never play Melbourne at the MCG again? Every single ******* year it's the worst game...
If we can make one fixturing request, can it PLEASE be to never play Melbourne at the MCG again? Every single ******* year it's the worst game...
Hardly a dismal game when one side scores 18 goals to the oppositions 15. Would have been a great game for a neutral.
You sure you didn't leave at half time?
Haha definitely stayed. I did go to the toilet at half time. Maybe they thought i had left and decided to actually try.
No, it was dismal. When you say "18 goals to 15" you imagine a free-flowing, attacking game of football. You don't imagine sides continually scoring goals because both sides spot up opposition players, or fumble marks, or make awful decisions for the whole match.
It would have been interesting for a neutral in the sense that it was close, but the standard of footy being played was terrible.
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Actually, the bulk of our shocking turnovers were in the second quarter (except for Lever who shanked it every time he touched it).
[Edit: Sorry and Brad crouchs dumb kick running out of the pack in the Dees goal square with 5 mins to go. Ummm, toward the boundary line Brad (as they teach you in under 10's).]
We really controlled the second half (10.7 to 5.4). Were some shocking umpiring non calls plus Trx's dumb 50 metre penalty that cost us 3 of those 5 goals.
If you say our first half was dismal, then apart from the first 10 mins where we were OK. I would agree.
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I think last night takes that mantle judging from the scoreline.
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Can't wait for that one but just gotta take it week by week.
It's a cliche, but that's exactly how the team needs to manage it, unlike us on here who can consider any timeframe we like.
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I wondered why we didn't go 3rd man up and punch it through the goals..or is that considered deliberate? Twice it was thrown up and it fell to the feet. Brad cleared the ball. I don't blame him for that one.
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I think it's a free kick to the opposition if the ball's deliberately punched through the goal posts in that situation. That's probably why we didn't do it. Very frustrating to watch.
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It definitely is a free kick to the opposition in that situation.
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Just to quieten the Mackay haters yet again
SUPERCOACH SCORES .......Brad rated higher than Matt ?
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27 Tom Lynch 105
9 Rory Sloane 104
13 Taylor Walker 101
18 Eddie Betts 97
29 Rory Laird 94
24 Sam Jacobs 89
14 David Mackay 87
26 Richard Douglas 86
2 Brad Crouch 85
31 Jarryd Lyons 84
23 Charlie Cameron 82
4 Josh Jenkins 80
5 Scott Thompson 76
41 Mitch McGovern 71
21 Rory Atkins 68
25 Kyle Cheney 65
44 Matt Crouch 64
33 Brodie Smith 59
16 Luke Brown 51
12 Daniel Talia 50
6 Jake Lever 33
15 Kyle Hartigan 33
Aren't you the guy who always say you can't use stats when looking at the game?
Hasn't been a decent one since we played
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Yes correct
......but this saying Mackay was largely ineffectual and calling for him to get dropped, now on a weekly basis is getting irritatingClearly posters don't watch the game's finer points or understand structures
Mackay has his obvious flaws in thathe doesn't have a strong body or look an AFL footballer in many posters eyes ........but he plays week after week, and was rushed back into the side
Suggest people take the bias glasses off and study the game more closely ........that's not to say he's immune to bad games or stuff ups ......all players have them
Deaneus!
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I thought he did okay, he certainly threw himself into the contest when it was his turn
