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However, if you ever want to coach us, please sing outI kinda get it that it’s hard to believe a team can lay 60+ tackles yet not get a HTB decision in your favour. But the examples shown on the telly tonight certainly weren’t worthy of free kicks. Perhaps, you heinous little goblin, if you trained your players to play to the rules and adopt the spirit of the game for the betterment of the sport you might be admired.
Is that True? Thomas Sicily (NMFC 1898-1900) is related?
Pushing out in contests.
Holding after a mark.
Creeping 2-3 metres over the Mark. Everytime.
A few of his classic hits.
EVW lacks the pace though.
Why do we stifle ourselves when we know we can play exciting football?
That last 5 mins was the sorta stuff you love to see as a fan. Blokes crashing packs, Polec getting the ball in space ready to unload, youngsters taking the game on etc.
We know we can beat teams both ways, so why be so slow for 3.5 quarters? The Hawks couldn't get near it once we got on top.
Honestly the Hawks had no answer in the last 5 mins. Moved the ball so quickly they couldn't set up for a loose rebound.
I don't think it was our decision to go slow for 3.5 quarters. The Hawks put pressure on us all game and we didn't handle it. For the 10 mins they took their foot off and we gained momentum.
The issue isn't with effort, it's with our inability to handle pressure.
We absolutely steamrolled them when we got our game going. Good signs.
I don't think it was our decision to go slow for 3.5 quarters. The Hawks put pressure on us all game and we didn't handle it. For the 10 mins they took their foot off and we gained momentum.
The issue isn't with effort, it's with our inability to handle pressure.
I didn't think the effort was there.I don't think it was our decision to go slow for 3.5 quarters. The Hawks put pressure on us all game and we didn't handle it. For the 10 mins they took their foot off and we gained momentum.
The issue isn't with effort, it's with our inability to handle pressure.
I didn't think the effort was there.
Hawks were loose way too often and we refused to work harder to stop the ball getting on the outside as well as work harder going forward so we could hit someone up inside 50.
It was a dull-boring horrid Brad Scott-esque 'switched off' brand of football for 3.5 quarters until we suddenly decided to give a sh*t.
The Hawks pressure was average at best, we've seen that pressure before and proven we could handle it (see Rick18's assessment of Richmond game last year)
We didn't care for 3.5 qtrs and thanks to our backline, we stayed in it til we turned it on.
IMO a bit harsh to say it was 3.5 quarters. The energy and drive was definitely there in the first quarter, even if there were still mistakes. And while i'd agree we didn't get our gameplan going in the first, the pressure meant that neither did the hawks.
Sorry for intrusion but when watching the game and watching this moment in the game that was my query as well. I would have thought you wanted your key forward to demand that mark. If that was plugger, carey , dunstall or whoever they would have been pushing him out the way to grab the ball IMO. Maybe his confidence was really shat at that stage?. I must admit though i thought Brown was illegally taken off the ball in marking contests a fair few times though.Am I the only one that thinks that it is odd that a 100kg player was outmarked easily by a 78kg player who looks like he made the decision to mark at the last second? Or am I not giving Brown enough credit for pulling up?
I can't promise a flag but I can explain the loss. Pressure, and accuracy.All I really want is a post that explains away the loss and promises me a flag. One straight kick from glory yet it feels like a flogging. Isn’t it ironic, don’t you think?
He's a bit lost without help. You are right with the guys you mentioned. But they were physically bigger than him. Brown is a decent height, but he need's to spend some serious time in the gym.Sorry for intrusion but when watching the game and watching this moment in the game that was my query as well. I would have thought you wanted your key forward to demand that mark. If that was plugger, carey , dunstall or whoever they would have been pushing him out the way to grab the ball IMO. Maybe his confidence was really shat at that stage?. I must admit though i thought Brown was illegally taken off the ball in marking contests a fair few times though.
Kennett's influence.We cracked in hard, that wasn’t the issue. Our blokes had no issues smashing in but they seemed scared to back their skills into breaking through Clarkos cluster fu**, playing with caution and second guessing.
Clarkson won this from the box. Then the dude has the audacity to blame umpiring for the state of the games ugliest, deflecting that his game style is what’s making it ugly.
Now he’s probably going to have the umpires paying frees for HTB like crazy. The man’s a genius. Plays 4D chess
He's a bit lost without help. You are right with the guys you mentioned. But they were physically bigger than him. Brown is a decent height, but he need's to spend some serious time in the gym.
and an equally pointless exercise on the part of those - incl in the media - who are demanding he 'smash packs', 'bring some physical presence' etc etc; it's not his game - the structure in recent weeks, without a viable second tall, has been Brown's problem - Xerri might be the answer while we wait for LarkeyA pointless exercise considering his genetics and biomechanics.
and an equally pointless exercise on the part of those - incl in the media - who are demanding he 'smash packs', 'bring some physical presence' etc etc; it's not his game - the structure in recent weeks, without a viable second tall, has been Brown's problem - Xerri might be the answer while we wait for Larkey
I wouldn't suggest for a minute that you'd pick Xerri over Larkey, but in style, Xerri as the bang crash type is a good fit for Brown; if Larkey is out again, Xerri will get another game for sure, and if he can pluck a few esp. on the wing in transition, it will transform the game for BrownAvoid them.
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