I'll say today after watching Dawks 3 peat they are a great side but if the Dominator was in that 50/50 1st qtr Cripps v Isaac Smith the laughing Hyena would be waking up now at the Epworth….sorry footy was tougher back than and I smith would be waking with the stars….West coast played like pretty Private School footballers….got the wrong result but gee they were nice guys eh?
Sorry…guys I posted this warning 2 years back when we got Buttifant as the steak knives in the MM deal…when I spoke to a senior Collingwood playing coaching staff member at the time he said that they were happy to see the back of DF..reckons they were 6 months behind other AFL clubs for fitness at the time and had to double the workload for 3 months in that offseason to get the list up to the required level…we were great at good 4th Qtrs under Ratts despite our skill deficiencies and almost made a Prelim after that shocker no free v Tex Walker in Perth……..cant be unfit and have no skills=17th spot 1 and 5……..players way too soft…Gibbs and Murphy 2 touches Q4…no correlation?…..I reckon we are majorly unfit…Thoughts?
Interested in the forums faithful on ranking our players out of 10 on their ability to hit targets 30m-50m…..think we just lost a 2-3 in Mitch Robinson….
Hawthorn seem to have developed a zero tolerance policy to any players on their list that can't execute basic foot skills in hitting targets….hence back to back flags and looking a big chance for a 3peat
I would rank our best precision kicks currently as 7-9 ranked from 10 as
Gibbs Murphy was Scotland but retired…. Mensal Yazz
I'm scratching my head to get anyone else in that high bracket…any thoughts?
Butchers in the 4 and unders
Armfield Casboult Bell Curfew Lucas gone Warnock…if he gets a kick Carrazzo
lot of average kicks 5-7 amongst the rest including Simmo unfortunately..great courage but high ball drop…like Carrots…like Bolt…poor technique kills us…why do they turn up each year after a summer where they can refine their skills and turn up with the same crap skills…got my head in on this
Was close to boundary line on Members wing last Sat nights debacle.... couldn't help but notice close up Murphy and Gibbs always take a split second peek upwards at the oncoming hit..than they fumble and get off an ineffectual pass or turnover...I call that soft and maybe Murphy's facial injuries have brought that into his game....harden up Princess's don't see Selwood,Hodge,Bolton etc doing that.
Also something I harped on 2 years back and drives me crazy...why do our Ruckman Kreuzer/Warnock etc always stare at the opposition ruck man at the ball-up...is Capuano teaching this? Surely they should be focussing on the ball and using peripheral vision to spot the CFC target and get an effectual tap...maybe I am missing something eh?
Just watching that wanker Eddie Everywhere on 360...just said Carltons 10 year pain from missing draft picks from salary cap breaches was more from the club being in total decline and effectively stuffed>>>yeah sure>>>Goddard and Wells running around as 200 game players wouldn't have helped at all plus the next year...what a tool...got me hoping we do slot in on 9th spot and play Collingwood and knock them off>>>>>>now that would be delicious!!!!
Essendon should be decimated...money fines mean nothing...Paul Little can write a cheque from petty cash>>>this seasons points mean nothing>>>>draft picks the key 2 year ban from 1st 3 rounds>>thats what hurts!!!
