No doubt in my mind Lemmens is a better defender than KK but has woeful skills
If you mixed the 2 of them you'd have something special
If you mixed the 2 of them you'd have something special
Autopsy JLT Game 3: Suns v Dogs @ Metricon
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Very special
And something woeful
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That explains that. For anybody who's never had a cold while playing sport, it basically feels like you've taken a giant dip in fitness and it's impossible to go 100% and run-out games or sprint properly.
Props to him for playing as well as he did.
That would get knocked out / injured every second game.
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It seems Rocket still wants Lemmens to be our lock down small defender. And allow Kolo & Saad to rebound freely. Just not sure the positives it could bring outweigh the negatives.
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I just watched the game....great first half; ugly second half. We panicked and the dogs outclassed to the end.
Lynch was great, as always. Gary was pretty good. Jack needs to hang on to the damn ball.
At least it was the reigning premiers. On to round 1!
Finals 2017.
Lynch was great, as always. Gary was pretty good. Jack needs to hang on to the damn ball.
At least it was the reigning premiers. On to round 1!
Finals 2017.
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Doggies not us.
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How did Witts go? Is it too early for me to say 'I told you so' after talking him up during trade week? 
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http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-03-12/fit-witts-puts-hand-up-for-suns-ruck-roleHow did Witts go? Is it too early for me to say 'I told you so' after talking him up during trade week?
AFL wrote a bit about it
He was quite good, probably have the spot in the bag for the foreseeable future
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Yep, that's something Witts is good at and Grundy isn't, despite his good work around the ground.
Witts will thrive now he has an actual ruck coach too, something Collingwood has lacked for many years now.
Ever!!!
I nearly had a heart attack when he took a mark on the defensive wing with the ball coming out of the backline
I have never seen a Suns ruckman do that ever
Still waiting to see Zac Smith do it and he's playing at Geelong!
boy did he ever, he would be the best short pass kicker in our team for accuracy I reckon and does it under pressure every time without coughing it up, what about his intercept marking very impressive
Lyons was in everything on the replay, didn't see so much live but on TV he was in there
you called this perfectly
He's tough as well.
Also on Joyce, his kicking on his left-side really impressed me. A couple of times he was against the boundary on his left and hit passes that some in our team would be proud to kick on their preferred leg. He is just a natural. Also looking quite solid for a 2nd year.
Its a gift and a curse really.
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I have a feeling teams are ideally going to be using two ruckman from now on. So it's not the end of Nicholls IMO.
Two ruckman where at least one of them has a bit of all round skill and can easily play up fwd or down back, all of our ruckman seem a bit one-dimensional. This is what Tommy needs to work on.. I actually think Tom will be a late bloomer and could be anything.. but until he can take a few more contested grabs, keep his feet in the contest and kick accurately around the ground he is going to find it hard to get a gig everyweek..
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