If We Could Turn Back Time

[Sttew]

On the AFL site today there is an article, "IF You Could Turn Back Time" what would your club do differently in 2017. Here's what they said about Geelong:



Thoughts? The Sloane one surprised me, although it did look like Scooter tried to run with him for a bit.

 

[Biggy_Boy]

Agree with the Cockatoo one.

The club was locked between a rock and a hard place with the Dangerfield decision. They don't challenge, and Dangerfield is suspended for a week and loses his chance for a second Brownlow over an extremely soft incident. However, I really think he's unlikely to win the Brownlow anyway, and challenging would have risked losing him for a second important game.

The biggest regret should be rounds 6-8.

 

[Shell]

Forget this year, I'd go back to 1997 and re position that ****ing umpire so he could see the mark.

 

[sauron256]

On the AFL site today there is an article, "IF You Could Turn Back Time" what would your club do differently in 2017. Here's what they said about Geelong:

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Thoughts? The Sloane one surprised me, although it did look like Scooter tried to run with him for a bit.

Interesting how those three biggest regrets have all happened within the last 2 weeks...

 

[Daniel McL]

On the AFL site today there is an article, "IF You Could Turn Back Time" what would your club do differently in 2017. Here's what they said about Geelong:

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Thoughts? The Sloane one surprised me, although it did look like Scooter tried to run with him for a bit.

I can understand the Cockatoo & Sloane ones.

But the Dangerfield one already seriously? Maybe if we lose on Friday night by like 6 points then the argument would be made that we would've won if Paddy played. But as Geelong has said the risk was too high to challenge it with Paddy possibly missing 2 weeks if the challenge failed, then maybe we lose to Richmond by less than a goal the week after & everyone would slam Paddy for challenging it.

I actually thought we should've challenged the Paddy decision because I thought there was a good chance for Paddy to be successful and escape suspension, I wasn't even thinking about the Brownlow. But it's also easy for us to say, it's another thing to do it and risk an extra week without Paddy playing.

The person who wrote this article clearly cares about the Brownlow Medal more than Paddy does. As Paddy has said all along it's all about what's best for the team, and I believe we did the right thing in the end.

 

[sauron256]

The biggest regret should be rounds 6-8.

Yep with the insipid tackling performance against the Bombers being the worst, IMO.

 

[Daniel McL]

Agree with the Cockatoo one.

The club was locked between a rock and a hard place with the Dangerfield decision. They don't challenge, and Dangerfield is suspended for a week and loses his chance for a second Brownlow over an extremely soft incident. However, I really think he's unlikely to win the Brownlow anyway, and challenging would have risked losing him for a second important game.

The biggest regret should be rounds 6-8.

I understand what you're saying, but would it be a regret or a blessing in disguise? I think both.

Losing those 3 games in a row confirmed to us that we couldn't continue playing the same game style and hope to have success. So even though they were definitely missed opportunities for better ladder position missing out on 12 points in 3 weeks, I think it was also needed for us to realise that the way we play had to change.

 

[Sttew]

I can understand the Cockatoo & Sloane ones.

But the Dangerfield one already seriously? Maybe if we lose on Friday night by like 6 points then the argument would be made that we would've won if Paddy played. But as Geelong has said the risk was too high to challenge it with Paddy possibly missing 2 weeks if the challenge failed, then maybe we lose to Richmond by less than a goal the week after & everyone would slam Paddy for challenging it.

I actually thought we should've challenged the Paddy decision because I thought there was a good chance for Paddy to be successful and escape suspension, I wasn't even thinking about the Brownlow. But it's also easy for us to say, it's another thing to do it and risk an extra week without Paddy playing.

The person who wrote this article clearly cares about the Brownlow Medal more than Paddy does. As Paddy has said all along it's all about what's best for the team, and I believe we did the right thing in the end.

I don't want to turn this into a Paddy Dangerfield thread but Carro said last night Geelong sought legal opinion from 2 QC's and both agreed our chances of a successful appeal were slim based on the rules.

 

[dazbroncos]

Forget this year, I'd go back to 1997 and re position that ****ing umpire so he could see the mark.

or that in the back against Mooney V Saints in that final when Lingy kicked the sealer.... and then didnt...

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[dazbroncos]

This thread is sponsored by Cher btw..

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[Turbocat]

This thread is sponsored by Cher btw..

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and the battleship...

 

[dazbroncos]

and the battleship...

you mean this one!?!?!



And for those under 25, check it out..

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[Shell]

This thread is sponsored by Cher btw..

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Genuinely LOL'd

 

[Turbocat]

Outcome probably indicates a desire to chose differently ... would we choose Lever over Cockatoo for example. or imagine in 09 when we were basically at our peak.. pick Fyfe instead of drafting Menzel.

yet sometimes the right choice is made , and its just that the odds don't fall our way.

 

[Seeds]

On the AFL site today there is an article, "IF You Could Turn Back Time" what would your club do differently in 2017. Here's what they said about Geelong:

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Thoughts? The Sloane one surprised me, although it did look like Scooter tried to run with him for a bit.

Its surprised you? Really? It was posted all over this place.

 

[dazbroncos]

Genuinely LOL'd

Cmon Shell .. you know you've had at least one night on the turps singing that one as they cleared the pub out....

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[Shell]

Cmon Shell .. you know you've had at least one night on the turps singing that one as they cleared the pub out....

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Hey I'm not denying at all, I love that song. Never sang it at a pub tho drunk, or karaoke if you're hinting at that. I dont do karaoke.

 

[dazbroncos]

And the Cocky one is hard to follow IMO - to suggest that the club knowingly out him out there underdone is too much for me to swallow - given the long game they play - see Menz, Cowan, Linc et al.

And Hammy's - as Vdubs has suggested, are just hard mofo's of soft tissues to get right sometimes.

Especially if there is a biomechanical predisposition to not running well or being gait related under eccentic or concentric stress.

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[romeohwho]

2008.
Which incidentally wasn't that song the one the Hawks played before the game?

 

[romeohwho]

And the Cocky one is hard to follow IMO - to suggest that the club knowingly out him out there underdone is too much for me to swallow - given the long game they play - see Menz, Cowan, Linc et al.

And Hammy's - as Vdubs has suggested, are just hard mofo's of soft tissues to get right sometimes.

Especially if there is a biomechanical predisposition to not running well or being gait related under eccentic or concentric stress.

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He had 5 weeks off and apparently did serious training -he has an unusual vulnerability and we will have to fix it.

 

[catempire]

This thread is sponsored by Cher btw..

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If you didn't think of Cher when you saw the thread title you are losing at life.

 

[dazbroncos]

If you didn't think of Cher when you saw the thread title you are losing at life.

Or born after about 2002

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[sauron256]

If you didn't think of Cher when you saw the thread title you are losing at life.

Think of Cher? The damn song's been running through my head since I first saw the thread...

MAKE IT STOP

 

[dazbroncos]

He had 5 weeks off and apparently did serious training -he has an unusual vulnerability and we will have to fix it.

It could be the Cyril issue as well.. had to relearn running style due to fibre damage and full pace and load.

Im not an expert, but I do believe he was right to go when he played.

I think its just more than the average hammy strain issues.

And as frustrating as that is, maybe he's one of those guys that needs to stop the strength work and focus fully on getting that origin, insertion and belly longer and more supple.

Ive said it before, Tom Brady of Patriots fame does not touch weights anymore. All Pilates, band resistance work, slow and consistent lengthen and shorten under resistance to get that tone - but more importantly used to being more flexible under load.

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[Sttew]

Its surprised you? Really? It was posted all over this place.

No. it surprised me on the day/at the time/during the game that he was not tagged