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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: In Game Anxiety: AFL 2021 Rd 10: Carlton vs. Hawthorn
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 on
Been a very average game skill wise between two average teams, no accountability from our small defenders and the Hawks are hanging in. Wingard needs to be manned up better as he is really hurting us...Sam Walsh BOG but nothing else to get too excited about. Still expect to win but its far from impressive stuff and we should be beating this mob by 5-6 easily if we are any good.
We aren’t any good mate.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Post Game Analysis: AFL 2021 Rd 9: Carlton vs Melbourne
Not sure if this is been mentioned yet in the thread but i just heard that Teague in his after match presser said matched up Cunningham to play as a defensive forward on 1.95cm Lever as he said he thought Cunningham could match him in the air.

So in already light midfield he takes one of our main runners in Cunningham out and thinks its a good idea to use him defensively.

Then he said when he went down they decided to use Owies. Have you ever heard of such stupidity. 

I'm really starting to wonder if Teague is the man we need at the moment.



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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Pre game postulations: AFL 2021 Rd 10: Carlton vs Hawthorn
Quote from: Raydan on
I let out a cheer when I saw Stocker in the middle and paid close attention to his kicking, which I thought was passable, good decision making and you can't question his toughness around th eball.

One thing I was disappointed in was when he kicked his first goal, not many game over the celebrate with him, just makes me think, on the back of him leaving the bubble last year, is he a valued member of the club?

Yep i noticed that too. Very odd not a great look.  As you say he had a hard time last year and for only a few to get around him speak volumes. Surely the group is no that disconnected but makes you wonder as when was the last time a team 'forgets' to celebrate a young player kicking his first goal.  

  
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Post Game Analysis: AFL 2021 Rd 9: Carlton vs Melbourne
Quote from: madbluboy on
I'm not blaming him, I think the whole coaching panel and list management have questions to answer. Why are we omitting blokes and making them sub?

SPS dropped then made sub, played 2 part games with limited time and dropped again? WTF?

Yeah I do see your point as the coaching and selection decisions can make you wonder. SPS is one of those players we as fans get very frustrated with then when he finally loses his spot we can be critical on how he is treated. He is one of those guys who we want in the team then when he plays an average game he is the first most want dropped.   I used to like SPS but he like many more has had his time to shine and still produces sub par levels so his current position is overdue and maybe not everyone's cup of tea but he put himself in this position. 
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Post Game Analysis: AFL 2021 Rd 9: Carlton vs Melbourne
Quote from: LP on
We've too many beginners playing @ElwoodBlues1‍, those clubs that consolidate generally do so with a stable list of guys who are 50 to 100 games. We've a 1/4 of the team that are still in their 1st season together, they need 2 or 3 full seasons together to be reliable.

The Dees are a good example of that, mostly the same team that ran with last season and the bulk were there the season before that!


Should this be happening in the 6th year of a rebuild?
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Post Game Analysis: AFL 2021 Rd 9: Carlton vs Melbourne
Quote from: madbluboy on
If we lose next week Teague will be on notice.

Agree but new coach or not we have majority of the list you just can’t count on. We swap every week average footballers for other average footballers.

I reckon I could name 10 blokes today who hard on today don’t deserve a game next week yet who comes in for them apart from TDK who gives you any great confidence they will improve us.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Post Game Analysis: AFL 2021 Rd 9: Carlton vs Melbourne
Year is gone again. More excuses as to why but reality is we are no where near it. We will again be a bottom 6 team.

Apart from Weitering, Walsh, Harry and maybe Saad who can you count on week in week out to play at a consistently high level. 

I mean how many players we got in during this rebuild and to have only a handful who we can really count on who don’t have brain fades, don’t have sloppy skills under pressure or major hot and cold patches is embarrassing.

Wtf have we done to Cripps? He’s not half the player he was and looks incapable of getting close to it. I copped a lot of flak for how critical I was of SOS in his inability to get this bloke decent support - we are now seeing exactly what I was eluding to. Midfield is still a shambles 6 years on.
Losing Kruezer has hurt Cripps big time but having no suitable replacement is a yet another major fail of list management. Then we pay crazy money for a half back flanker hoping like hell his one good game as a midfielder was what he could deliver week in week out. 😳

What a major F***up on every level. I can see Cripps leaving and going home and to be honest I don’t blame him.

Then to watch Teague emotionless in the box just tops things off.  Been a member for 20 plus years doubt that run will continue. Enough is enough.