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I'm not sure he was "sooking it up" with that tweet, it came across to me as more of a self depreciating comment....ie, he knew in himself that he hadn't performed to the standard of the other blokes.

Anyway, whatever he was thinking at the time, I really hope that he now has some confidence to start building on his game & refuse to give up his spot for anyone. 

Good luck to him.

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I'm not sure he was "sooking it up" with that tweet, it came across to me as more of a self depreciating comment....ie, he knew in himself that he hadn't performed to the standard of the other blokes.

Anyway, whatever he was thinking at the time, I really hope that he now has some confidence to start building on his game & refuse to give up his spot for anyone. 

Good luck to him.

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Cripps only had something like 34 possies but it was one of the most influential games I have seen from an individual.  From memory he had a hand in all but 2 of our goals. Several times he single handedly turned a threatening WCE move to our advantage through pressure/tackle/bump/intercept, and he was often involved in the immediate follow up play, and sometimes involved again for a third time.

The goal in the last when Simmo kicked to Crippa who quickly passed it on towards the AFL members wing (can't remember who) where it ended with a spearing pass to Casboult in the qoalsquare is the way we need to play more often. Obviously can't pull it off every time but I'd certainly be happy to see at least one coast-to-coast goal every match.

Feel like I have to be a bit of a wet blanket and point out how useless the Weagles are at the MCG. Looked more lost out there than Burke & Wills.  They might improve a little now that the new Perth ground is the same dimensions as the MCG but I can't see them going far in September.
 
Also really disappointed in SPS thus far this season, he was so mercurial when he debuted. Second year blues perhaps?

Finally, as a counterpoint to Cripps, I have to mention Simmo.  I need a rover who won't drive me crazy. Has there ever been a player whose amazing guts, work rate, and determination has been the total polar opposite of his effectiveness and ability to capitalise on said hard earned possessions?  Maddening.

Great point Malo ...

My interpretation was definately not even close to sooking up he was absolutely taking the p...s out
of himself.  Something he does quite regularly.

Harry made an excellent entrance. Let's hope he can continue playing and improving in his role. Go young Harry!

I have no idea how often he takes the piss out of himself, however some in this place occasionally notice that there’s 3 instead of the usual 7 tea leaves floating in their morning beverage and couple that insight with the fact that the starling’s seem to be nesting later this year and that SPS seems to have stalled in his development... some just can’t see the woods for the trees... ?

After two false starts!

We cannot seriously judge this kid until he's got 50+ games under his belt, that will take him at least into his 5th seasons on current averages.

Maybe he did stumble a little at first for various reasons but I prefer not to fixate on past negatives and look forward to him fulfilling his potential which would deliver huge benefits for us. He needs to look forward not backwards.

Learning comes from the past, performance is always in the future!

Big difference between learning and moving on and being continually niggled about it and not being allowed to forget past issues. Constant reminders of past mistakes is an excellent method of ruining the future - and very old school.

"10 Second Tom" is doomed to make the same mistake over and over again, that is caused by forgetting!

No one will  be allowed to forget with you around..

Actually, I'm an advocate for forgiving but not forgetting. Not forgiving or forgetting puts you in the MM camp of hanging players for simple one-off mistakes!

The question then becomes one of balance, how often should you forgive a repeat offender?

If you decide to forgive eternally, when do you become a fool?

Forgiving, if indeed that is the right word, is not continually reminding people of their "mistakes" but offering advice as to how they might improve and what the club expects from them. If they can't get up to the desired standard then you eventually say goodbye to them. I guess the equation then becomes one of observing their rate of improvement v. their estimated eventual value plus other considerations such as other options available etc. I'm sure that would be BB's approach, or something similar - not to keep them on the rack of regular recrimination. Didn't we sack a coach who favoured that approach?

Interesting that you see young players trying to learn but making mistakes as "offenders". 

I think that's the main thing, 4 goals makes it seem like a great game but I was there and he was pretty average. But he needs anything he can get to build some confidence and momentum in his game. I think we nailed it with Dow, looks really solid every week he is going to be a gun for us. Quitely impressed with O'Brien also think he has something.