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[Nodgey]

Not at whipping boy stages just yet, but I was disappointed in Switta when he passed off to Langdon late in the 4th. As a specialist small forward he should want to be taking those shots. And Langdon’s no dead eye dick anyway. It was cause for concern for me. Showed nerves and/or a lack of confidence.

 

[Cesoir]

Not at whipping boy stages just yet, but I was disappointed in Switta when he passed off to Langdon late in the 4th. As a specialist small forward he should want to be taking those shots. And Langdon’s no dead eye dick anyway. It was cause for concern for me. Showed nerves and/or a lack of confidence.

I thought Switta was fantastic yesterday, his pressure and tackling definitely saved a couple of goals. I posted somewhere else, you can't blame a 9 game player like Switta for passing the ball off when Langdon so stridently called for it - if he'd missed the shot he would have been roasted for being selfish. I blame Langdon for calling for the ball. As a more senior (55 games is senior in our team) player, he should have been telling Sam to settle down and take the shot. There was nothing to be gained by Langdon getting that ball and even the act of calling for it was a distraction to a player taking a shot.

I think too often we try to get the "perfect" shot instead of taking the reasonably good ones when they present.

 

[Steinfreo]

Not at whipping boy stages just yet, but I was disappointed in Switta when he passed off to Langdon late in the 4th. As a specialist small forward he should want to be taking those shots. And Langdon’s no dead eye dick anyway. It was cause for concern for me. Showed nerves and/or a lack of confidence.

Sorry but thats Langdons fault in my opinion. ******* dumb to want it there.

 

[Nodgey]

Dumb all round

 

[Kram]

Langdon, Hughes and Cerra jostling for positions at the moment.

 

[malpaso]

Well in light of our injuries. I'm nominating Mundy. We needed him to step up and he's dropped his bundle and looks to be trying to negate opposition instead of just winning the pill.

 

[nurries]

Has to be soft Cox

 

[Hammersoup12]

Agree Cox’s efforts are deplorable atm


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[Deanismyhero]

Well in light of our injuries. I'm nominating Mundy. We needed him to step up and he's dropped his bundle and looks to be trying to negate opposition instead of just winning the pill.

Not sure one of the greatest dockers ever can be considered for this role ? Cox is #1 pick in the whipping boy draft every day of the week, if he somehow gets another game.

 

[Deathly]

Soft Cox works. Absolutely shat himself in that last marking contest. Embarrassing.

 

[Dale147]

Soft Cox works. Absolutely shat himself in that last marking contest. Embarrassing.

Probably 2 or 3 times he shirked from the ball.

 

[Scham]

"a person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency."

I'll just leave this here as a few have missed interpreted the meaning of a scapegoat or whipping boy.

 

[salim malik]

Cox was the only contested mark in the forward line, Darcy was useless , no help at all.
For a 20 year old learning the game and being double and triple teamed while the ball is being bombed in was a tough assignment.
He didn't play well but Pav would have had trouble getting a kick with the lack of assistance.

 

[Midnite65]

Cox was the only contested mark in the forward line, Darcy was useless , no help at all.
For a 20 year old learning the game and being double and triple teamed while the ball is being bombed in was a tough assignment.
He didn't play well but Pav would have had trouble getting a kick with the lack of assistance.

Can probably agree with you to some extent and excuse that, it is the feeble attempt to tackle Causbolt in the last minute I can't fathom.

 

[DeanS]

Cox was the only contested mark in the forward line, Darcy was useless , no help at all.
For a 20 year old learning the game and being double and triple teamed while the ball is being bombed in was a tough assignment.
He didn't play well but Pav would have had trouble getting a kick with the lack of assistance.

Mentioning Cox and Pav in the same post is a travesty.

 

[Kram]

Mentioning Cox and Pav in the same post is a travesty.

He meant Daniel Parker.

 

[apuchar]

I'll stick with Hughes. Can guarantee at least 2 horrendous things each game that cost us two goals

 

[salim malik]

I'll stick with Hughes. Can guarantee at least 2 horrendous things each game that cost us two goals

Yeh but he is the only one down back capable of a bone crunching bump.

 

[purplerunsdeep2]

Cerra deserves a mention from the weekend game. Directly responsible for 2 lead up marks to the blues in the last - terrible defender and has been soft at times. Love the kid but he was found out


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[BlueE]

Cerra deserves a mention from the weekend game. Directly responsible for 2 lead up marks to the blues in the last - terrible defender and has been soft at times. Love the kid but he was found out

Yeh but he is the only one down back capable of a bone crunching bump.

Nyhuis says HI! What's he done to RTB to not get a Coach vote after a couple of excellent games and not to be picked again?

 

[MadMundy]

While I can make a claim for Cox I honestly think that making a scape goat is just a pathetic excuse to put all the blame of the loss on a couple of people, if we lose a game, it's the WHOLE team's fault, it's the whole team's fault for not performing well enough to pick up a win. Winning is a team effort, not a singular effort.

 

[blue shark]

While I can make a claim for Cox I honestly think that making a scape goat is just a pathetic excuse to put all the blame of the loss on a couple of people, if we lose a game, it's the WHOLE team's fault, it's the whole team's fault for not performing well enough to pick up a win. Winning is a team effort, not a singular effort.

Hughes should be dropped for those howlers, but I would love to see him in a run with role at Peel. Nyhius and Duman could take both Hughes and Cerra's spot in the back half.
We have many players that are used as utilities but are not suited to this role at AFL.
Banfield is another player who is lost in our system. Play to their strengths or leave them at Peel to work on their
game.
Midfield is where we lost the game, predictable and lack of rotations, we rely on too few.

 

[apuchar]

Yeh but he is the only one down back capable of a bone crunching bump.

He has had mixed games consistently. I like some of the stuff he does but conceding so many goals a game though clangers does hurt . We need someone with a bigger body to play third tall at the moment so he is the better choice for now but I would really like him to develop some composure. He wasn't, the only one. Most of the players in the back line seemed unusually unsure of themselves. It's just more usual for Hughes considering is a genuine defender unlike Cerra and Blakely.

 

[Belnakor]

Nyhuis says HI! What's he done to RTB to not get a Coach vote after a couple of excellent games and not to be picked again?

Nyhius seems to be on ross's shitlist, never seems to get a good run at it.

 

[Lord Laud]

Well in light of our injuries. I'm nominating Mundy. We needed him to step up and he's dropped his bundle and looks to be trying to negate opposition instead of just winning the pill.

But he was voted amongst our best for the game?

I love Mundy, but he has started looking lost after hitting is #300, can't see him going around again next season.