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I have to agree on the kick in strategy- people are bagging Howard but look at the last quarter of the last game- almost all crowding the one half of the ground - leaving space for a quick lead into that space yet not one effort to spread the opposition. Way too predictable and unimaginative.

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Yes it is early days for Highmore and too early to write him off due to his kicking. Have a look at some of his highlights - from 2019 to now. Yes, they are highlights but he shows not just good disposal but an evasiveness that we may yet see. And, of course his marking prowess. He may just need exp...

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Dougal is a Jake Lever type- not the key full back. Lever has Martin as the full back, we have used a stop gap in Frawley and that went well...... I suspect Battle is too slow and not physical enough to play the role but we have no-one else.

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thanks Skeptic, pretty much mirrors the thoughts of many of us. Quick, one touch players with good disposal essential. I am not so sure about the "positional critique" as the running the modern player needs to do makes any position interchangeable. Watching Richmond- the bench mark still, ...

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? prolific

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.......We don't have anyone like a Hayes, Harvey, Burke, Loewe, Riewoldt, Goddard, Lockett etc that can will a team over the line. Tonight we were listless. It seemed everyone just wanted to hand the responsibility over to the next person. For the 40+ years I have followed the Saints, this is the o...

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The skills of both Lonie and Long shown up by the wet weather. Both should not play again, they are known quantities- time to find out about some of the others. Battle not doing himself any favours either- so slow.

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selection this week is puzzling - players with a history of being in and out of the side who cannot be the future selected before those with a future (possibly). This says so much about our list and depth and our recruiting decisions that any hope that we may see a side competitive in 2022 is a forl...

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If you pick the ball up close to the line running directly at the line and are tackled it is not a free. You haven’t made a deliberate attempt to get the ball over. Umpires know this is the Rilke. Hang tough Curly, despite the naysayers at least they read your stuff - to quote the Poet "Ah, ho...

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Agree with everything BM said. I watched King (at the ground) sitting just behind the goals. He does not present with intent, does not attempt to lose his marker with multiple leads, always tries from behind and never comes in from the side (see Naughton). His demeanour is introverted and may appear...

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so: 5. Steele
4. crouch
3. Membrey
1. RoMa
1. Bytel
1. Carlisle

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Can't believe not a single vote for Carlisle - bet he gets one from the coach!

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late: only two worthy of mention though the backs were so overwhelmed that it is unfair to heap too much on them

Steele
Carlisle

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Danger in his effort to impact the play bumped, he did not tackle so he knew the player had disposed of the ball. To claim a split second decision- you pull out of the intended tackle and clumsily make contact with the ball carrier. You do not tackle the player who has just disposed of it unless you...

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5 Membrey (4 quarter effort)
all the others had great patches
2 Clark
2 Long
2 Steele
2 Billings
1 Hunter (some will question- but some of his spoils in marking duels either directly lead to goals or were to our clear advantage. )
1 Ross

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The period from 2009-2014 speaks for itself. Bookended by the Lovett fiasco and ended with coming up almost empty handed from a bonanza of top 25 picks between 2011 and 2014, which should have kick started our rebuild. What other clubs did shouldn't interest us. What is left over from the period I ...

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We should thank Treloar and Collingwood- made Adelaide blink and decide not to match the Crouch offer. Clever of Lethlean to link the possibilities - if we dont get one the other is possible!

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Anyone who saw the ferocity of the prelim and grand finals should understand that every player needs to be able to take the pressure, over the last decade space on the ground has shrunk, pressure greater, more players around the ball so a fumble under that sort of pressure equals a turn over. Sadly ...

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5 Ryder
$ Howard
3. Coffield
2. Clarke
1. Hannebury

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Dud, stop trolling Curly - two of the frees to Wallis were when he pulled the spoilers arm down over his neck. They were the evolution of the duck!

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The_Dud wrote: ↑Sat 03 Oct 2020 8:21pm
CURLY wrote: ↑Sat 03 Oct 2020 8:19pm
The_Dud wrote: ↑Sat 03 Oct 2020 8:18pm
johnearljames wrote: ↑Sat 03 Oct 2020 8:18pm
CURLY wrote: ↑Sat 03 Oct 2020 8:15pm
The one for chopping the arms was a mistake, all the others looked there to me, however unfortunate.
Dud, stop trolling Curly - two of the frees to Wallis were when he pulled the spoilers arm down over his neck. They were the evolution of the duck!

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if we don't blank Caleb Daniels our coaches have not been paying attention. Why would any coach play a hobbit at half back? Because that hobbit is the best positional kick in the league, on both sides. The closest to a Sam Mitchell since , ?.. Sam Mitchell. If we give the dogs space to run we'll be...

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"Routine clinical imaging is typically not indicated in sports-related concussion. Per the American Association of Neurology and the American Medical Society of Sports Medicine Guidelines, in concussion, imaging should only be performed if there are concerns regarding skull fracture, intracrani...

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if we don't blank Caleb Daniels our coaches have not been paying attention.

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