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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Toughening up the princesses?
Reading those posts by Shakin' & SPF (both earned some karma from me too) talking about leadership and the like made me think of an old saying that we regularly use around our cricket club : "it's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog".

 



 
 
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The Sports Desk / Re: The Ashes - Third Test @ Old Trafford
A couple of the dismissals have been poor once again especially when its the Poms who are under pressure, not us.

They could just 'noodle it' around the field with no risk and pick-up 3-4 easy singles every over but our guys want to go the tonk or in Watson's case, play a "side-show" shot that gets them out.

Bat smart here, not recklessly.
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The Sports Desk / Re: The Ashes - Third Test @ Old Trafford
If ever there was an innings tailor-made for Warner it's this one, the Aussies are after quick runs to give them enough time to set England a large target and then bowl them out again. The Poms know we are after runs and are setting a slightly defensive field too.

Looks like rain may intervene and ruin everything though.
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The Sports Desk / Re: The Ashes - Third Test @ Old Trafford
Batting for a second time now with a first innings lead of 159. Need to make at least 200 in this second innings and then declare thus setting them 350+ to win.

May run out of time or the weather could intervene too but at least we have been a lot more competitive.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: RD 19 : Blues Lose To Frockers (Aftermatch Angst)
Yarran is fast, exciting to watch when allowed room and at times looks skillful. YET when asked to work hard against the better teams he is lazy, not accountable and lacks any sort of heart that all great players have.

Hellooooooooo .......................... another convert.

Yarran is undoubtedly one of the most frustrating players I've seen for many years. His highlight reel is genuinely exhilarating and he possesses some of the most exquisite skills you can imagine in a player.

His lazy attitude is the killer, he only 'goes' when he decides its time to. This brings an unreliability component to his game which reduces him to the status of a spectator at times.

I fear that this aspect of his game will never change and we will forever be pulling our hair out over it whilst he remains at the club.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: RD 19 : Blues Lose To Frockers (Aftermatch Angst)
I guess the thing that irks me most is that Richmond have gone well past us over the past two years and they even rolled the Hawks today. We used to laugh at them and consider the opening round of the season a bankable 4-points every year.

Now, they are developing into a very good team and would give us a touch-up on most occasions.

Why are they now such an improved team when we have had the better draft opportunities ??

So many things to get right and it all happens off the field first.  
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: RD 19 : Blues Lose To Frockers (Aftermatch Angst)
"they were harder & more desperate"

"they belted us through the middle"

"we got absolutely nothing from our small forwards"

"they are a Top 4 team and it clearly shows the gap between us & the Top 4 teams"

"I can't think of any of our midfielders who would be in the Top 6 players in the match"

"we need a massive improvement on tonights performance, we'll just worry about the Bulldogs next week and not the other games"



Malthouse being interviewed by Richo post-match. 
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: RD 19 : Blues Lose To Frockers (Aftermatch Angst)
what, the stars didn't align? - I for one bought into that crapola at the start of the year

We all bought into that crapola at the start of the year but we have been sold a lemon.

We will be back up there but it may not be for another couple of years till we are a real contender. We don't have the players, it's as simple as that and it will take at least two trade periods to get what we need.

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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: RD 19 : Blues Lose To Frockers (Aftermatch Angst)
No McPharlin & no Pavlich and they made us look ordinary in the end.

We had some good passages of play across the first three quarters but they flexed some muscle in the last and pulled away like good sides do. They are a top 3 team and will be a real show come finals time.

We have to face facts here, our wins this year have mostly been against teams below us on the ladder and we have been shown up by those above us even if the margin at times has been only a kick.

The vast majority of Blues fans had some real enthusiasm & expectation when Malthouse arrived. He was expected to get more out of the players that Ratts did and he took them to nearly a prelim final. However, Malthouse has had time to assess our list and now stated we are around 14 players off where he believes it should be.

There is no point in getting upset or angry right now, it is what it is and if we were honest with ourselves we would of known that we still aren't ready to challenge the upper echelon of the ladder just yet. We are not far off it and subject to what happens in the trade & draft period, we could be right back in the hunt in 2014.

Many people have questioned aspects of our game & playing list and they are all quite valid. We don't have the full skill set, we don't have the mental edge just yet, we aren't fit enough right now and we don't have the cattle. To expect us to challenge professional teams like Hawthorn & Sydney with the list we have is living in dreamland.

It was a pretty good game of footy tonight and there were some positives for the future (eg. Tuohy kicking 3 & Watson providing a target up forward) but in the end, the difference in class & talent came home to roost.

Lastly, there was a handful of regular senior players who were virtually passengers tonight and for that reason, will come under more & more intense scrutiny as the end of the season draws closer by the week..
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Rd 19 - Carlton vs Fremantle (In Game)
I don't know if anyone was down field that Gibbs could have kicked to. Even a one on one, but not to kick that ball out of the defensive area, was disgraceful. Fair dinkum, he is without doubt the single most over rated player by Carlton supporters and the hierarchy that it has ever been my misfortune to watch. Just crap himself again, Gibbs. A weak disgrace.

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