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Re: RD 1 - Blues Lose To Tigers (Aftermatch Angst & Teeth Gnashing)

Reply #180 –
Quote from: michael – on
There is no chance of this, many many times when the tiggies had the ball they had 2 - 3 loose men to pass too. They ran harder than our blokes and made space and broke away..sadly very easily as well.

X2.  Stagnant all night. Too lazy to run and spread. Just keen on having stoppages etc to slow the game down. Not a great number of gut runners!

Re: RD 1 - Blues Lose To Tigers (Aftermatch Angst & Teeth Gnashing)

Reply #181 –
Picked the wrong team. Go back to what works, Rowe CHB, Jaksch on the 3rd whichever end he plays, Casboult in, Jones 3rd tall, which will help as He do and Casboult will get the first two defenders and get a bit more outside run.

That being so though again application and workrate let us down. We have some good enough players but without application and workrate the best of players are made to look crap. It's been our problems since 2001. The only coach who has for us playing decently with some application since then has been Ratten. Some may argue but I'll just point to the scoreboard. Haven't lost faith in Mick, as I think he's setting things up ok player-wise but we lack applicationand it hurts us.

Those bagging Jaksch after one game take a hard look at yourself. You have no idea. Big bloke, still 10kg light so will take time as you all well know. He'll be a 10yr player for us.

Re: RD 1 - Blues Lose To Tigers (Aftermatch Angst & Teeth Gnashing)

Reply #182 –
Quote from: PassIt2Carrots – on
I don't MBB. All I know is that Mick didn't like two of them at all, Betts he wouldn't let play to his strengths. Garlett went off the rails. Did Robbo and Garlett have any history under Ratts? Serious question.

Mitch Robinson has been trouble his whole career. Garlett had girl problems and decided to hang out with Mitch. I thought they were both good players but they have to abide by team rules.
2012 HAPPENED!!!!!!!

Re: RD 1 - Blues Lose To Tigers (Aftermatch Angst & Teeth Gnashing)

Reply #184 –
Quote from: madbluboy – on
Mitch Robinson has been trouble his whole career. Garlett had girl problems and decided to hang out with Mitch. I thought they were both good players but they have to abide by team rules.

Geez they were both massive for us in 2011. Robbo played two absolute ripping finals games. Garlett I had pegged as a future star.
Ignorance is bliss.

ONWARDS AND UPWARDS!

Re: RD 1 - Blues Lose To Tigers (Aftermatch Angst & Teeth Gnashing)

Reply #185 –
Quote from: PassIt2Carrots – on
I don't MBB. All I know is that Mick didn't like two of them at all, Betts he wouldn't let play to his strengths. Garlett went off the rails. Did Robbo and Garlett have any history under Ratts? Serious question.

Did Garlett have his personal problems under Ratts?

I think with Betts going and the three amigo's plus Robbo friendship disolving did play a part in Garlett losing interest but it wasn't not the only  or main cause. As with a lot of these things Carrot's, these things can be more complicated that what they can seem.

Re: RD 1 - Blues Lose To Tigers (Aftermatch Angst & Teeth Gnashing)

Reply #186 –
Quote from: PassIt2Carrots – on
Either way we are forked in that department for this year at minimum. Tutt and Ellard are not the answer.

Agree...Tutt and Ellard are VFL players....we should have drafted a specialist forward pocket of which there were a few available last draft...

Re: RD 1 - Blues Lose To Tigers (Aftermatch Angst & Teeth Gnashing)

Reply #187 –
Quote from: PassIt2Carrots – on
Geez they were both massive for us in 2011. Robbo played two absolute ripping finals games. Garlett I had pegged as a future star.

I reckon we could have won the flag in 2011 had Fev stayed, everyone was close to their peak then.

2012 HAPPENED!!!!!!!

Re: RD 1 - Blues Lose To Tigers (Aftermatch Angst & Teeth Gnashing)

Reply #188 –
Quote from: madbluboy – on
I reckon we could have won the flag in 2011 had Fev stayed, everyone was close to their peak then.

We didn't have the balls to stand up to the media, they have been running our club since 2003!
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

Re: RD 1 - Blues Lose To Tigers (Aftermatch Angst & Teeth Gnashing)

Reply #189 –
Quote from: LP – on
We didn't have the balls to stand up to the media, they have been running our club since 2003!

Don't want to go over too much old ground again but I'm sure the AFL wanted him out of Melbourne.
Reality always wins in the end.

Re: RD 1 - Blues Lose To Tigers (Aftermatch Angst & Teeth Gnashing)

Reply #190 –
Quote from: LP – on
We didn't have the balls to stand up to the media, they have been running our club since 2003!


We had little choice after Swann publicly declared that one more indiscretion would get Fev the a55.

I agree MBB, the trading of Fev was where it all started to go downhill. Looking back now, you'd have to say what Ratten achieved after his loss in an increasingly difficult competition to reach the summit of was pretty damn impressive. When you think that Setanta was our FF in the 2011 finals and it could have been Fev instead you begin to realise what a bork up it was to trade him. From the loss of Fev onwards, we have effectively shot ourselves in the foot, over and over again to the point where we have almost permanently crippled ourselves with little hope of recovery.
Ignorance is bliss.

ONWARDS AND UPWARDS!

Re: RD 1 - Blues Lose To Tigers (Aftermatch Angst & Teeth Gnashing)

Reply #191 –
Quote from: madbluboy – on
I reckon we could have won the flag in 2011 had Fev stayed, everyone was close to their peak then.

Potentially, also if Kruezer avoided that weird foot injury he got in the last round of the season... that would have helped.

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Reply #192 –
Quote from: LanceRomance – on
Potentially, also if Kruezer avoided that weird foot injury he got in the last round of the season... that would have helped.

Injuries are no excuse! ;)
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

Re: RD 1 - Blues Lose To Tigers (Aftermatch Angst & Teeth Gnashing)

Reply #193 –
Quote from: LanceRomance – on
Potentially, also if Kruezer avoided that weird foot injury he got in the last round of the season... that would have helped.

Gibbs shoulder injury in the Elimination final vs scum cost us the next week. No Waite as well.
Ignorance is bliss.

ONWARDS AND UPWARDS!

Re: RD 1 - Blues Lose To Tigers (Aftermatch Angst & Teeth Gnashing)

Reply #194 –
Don't let the fact that Fev was completely off the rails and incapable of playing football in 2011 get in the way of a good story.