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Autopsy Hubba Hubba, Blues blast the Dogs on the Coast
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Looooong socks and short shorts
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come on, who likes short shorts?
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Stacks up pretty evenly considering Smith's 2020 is shorter games.
Smith seems to have improved from last year moreso than Walsh, but that could also reflect their respective roles.
Couldn't tell you who will end up the better player, but they're clearly both jets.
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The perks of working from home - watching the replay this afternoon!
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Not even remotely like you made it out to be
He didn't make any suggestion that the umpiring was dodgy or unfair, in fact he made it pretty clear our pressure was very good, they didn't respond to it, and we won some HTB frees that led to goals.
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I swear the arguing over Smith has been going on longer than the post-match celebrations...
Now to more important issues, I too like short shorts.
Now to more important issues, I too like short shorts.
Yeh...wow he was good to watch...particularly like the 'cut' just prior to that Murphy missed shot on goal...thumbs up to the CFC editing team...
It's actually insane how many times a Martin involvement leads to a goal.
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A few little secondary takeaways from this too.
- Newnes in the first and third clips, it shows that the bloke knows where to position himself on the outside. He won't always be the option that gets used, but he holds his position well off the contest when he needs to. Important given how often we've been carved up by teams in the past because all our players kept getting drawn too close to the contest.
- Gov before Gov's snap for goal (around 4:20), instinctively tried to shield Martin from Wood's tackle (semi-successfully). I feel this sort of team play was missing from our forward line in the past, and Eddie/Gov are doing wonders in fostering it.
Probably others, but they were the two that stood out to me.
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I think blokes with natural leg speed like Dow/Fisher could learn a lot from Martin when it comes to tackling - he uses his speed to make excellent tackles and blocks to great effect - Eddie has been fantastic in spoiling/hassling/running down and generally spooking opposition defenders - he is expert at the short 20 meter bursts of speed to hassle - smart with his use of energy.
Its called class - I hope the younger players are studying this stuff.
Its called class - I hope the younger players are studying this stuff.
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He's bang on. We murdered them with 5 minutes to go which flatters us a bit - but by the same token, it also highlights that we are a team that can put the foot down.
He didnt say we got unfair free kicks or that the umpires were wrong - he said we had intense pressure which lead to 3 HTB decisions against them.
You are exactly right...I think you need to apply for a job as an SEN journalist though, they twisted his words to say we got the 'rub of the green' with the umpires early - which is not what he said at all!
How the Blues put the Bulldogs on the "back foot" early
Did the Blues have some free kick luck against the Dogs? Mitch Wallis thinks so.
www.sen.com.au
...proves it is best to go to the source (as you have) rather than rely on 3rd hand rubbish...
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More love for Plow ...
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It is, isn't it? He never plays hot potato with the ball.
It's as though he holds off releasing, just long enough to attract two tacklers, before he releases to someone that now has space.
All little things the commentators miss, but what an outcome for those manoeuvres. He's crazy good not so much in an individual way, but a team way.
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how the * does he keep his feet after taking those marks falling backwards?
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way too much love for plough.......
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Was so good just to sit back and watch it. Amazing how many things from the game you pick up second time around.
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