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True, but Hunter was 183cm x 76kg, he wasn't soft, size has little to do with it, Hunter was smaller(lighter) than Kade Simpson!
Yep. Sadly, the word is that the Pussycats were over-confident, thought they had it in the bag. Supported by playing a chubby Jack Steven (who gifted us a goal with a misdirected hand ball... among other stuff ups from him, a brilliant but sadly underdone player).
But that doesn't alter the fact that we came to play and took advantage of their lethargy / few % drop in focus which you cannot do against any side these days... well, maybe against the Crows you'd get away with it!
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If folks are fair dinkum I reckon he should be right in consideration for AA honours this year
In a year or two I suspect he'll be regarded by all as one of the premier defenders in the comp.
Can I add one other thing, in his presser, Teague stated something along the lines of "people are calling for a good start, I dont know if thats the best for us". I found that bizarre.
Every now and then I pop onto the Bomberblitz after their losses for a bit of light entertainment.
Unfortunately, it is becoming the same here - losses are the result of:
- lack of heart/will/on-field leadership
- coaching panel needs to go/develop another plan
- players are dumb
- umpires robbed us (not the case this week)
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Looking at him, watching him, he probably thinks he is embarrassing his family at the moment, he looks depressed to me. He is panicked, and he punches the ground harder than he punches the ball or an opponent.
If not physical issues certainly mental, he needs a freshen up, something is not right.
Cripps is broken, he needs a break or he won't be at our club much longer, and at the moment his trade worth is plummeting. So if we think he is going we might as well get him mentally fresh and whatever we can out of him before he leaves.
We highly uinlikely to beat Wet Toast over there anyway, so why flog a dead horse!
The difference is because the Holding the Ball implementation change last night, that enabled them to get their old structures back and working around stoppages and get some free numbers outside.
The bad Dawks ball using stats were because in previous weeks they were continually stuck in traffic under pressure.
Personally, I fell it's been that way all season, I said as much in the pre-game thread. I think it was just a matter of time before a better ball using team exposed it, when we loose the football we look out of the contests. It's just that when we can maintain enough football it is a hidden defect, last night they dominated possession and once they got it outside we couldn't get it back.
One other thing I noted apart from the fumbling yesterday was the number of times there was a ball to be at ground level and our blokes stood around and watch each other only to have a Hawthorn player grab it and take it away. Thats weak IMO, scared for the contest.
Such is the impact Carlton has on its fans nowaday, brilliant one minutes, shambolic the next. Chin up ol boy, the sun came up today as it will tomorrow, don't stress over it, there are way more important things in life than a game of footy.