Match thread vs West Coast.
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Re: Match thread vs West Coast.
Just been listening to updates on Sen from Darren Parkin. It sounds a bit like we need a bit more dash through the centre. NAB Cup matches are a good chance to try a few different things and I hope that that is what is happening. We are obviously still missing the run of Gwilt off the back line and combined with Zac leaving, is going to leave a bit of a hole.
Biggest concern from my point of view is that the old problem of having what looks like a pretty daunting forward line in terms of talent struggling to kick more than seven goals in a match again. And only going by what I have heard Stanley is still really struggling.
Move Kosi to CHB, open up the forward line a bit and play Schneider at FF for the last quarter. And yes, sub number 12 off. 'Tis a long year that lies ahead.
Biggest concern from my point of view is that the old problem of having what looks like a pretty daunting forward line in terms of talent struggling to kick more than seven goals in a match again. And only going by what I have heard Stanley is still really struggling.
Move Kosi to CHB, open up the forward line a bit and play Schneider at FF for the last quarter. And yes, sub number 12 off. 'Tis a long year that lies ahead.
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Re: Match thread vs West Coast.
ROFL.PakenhamSaint wrote:Siposs has scored a goal and taken out an old lady.
Dermi reckons the old cow gave Siposs a spray just before being struck by the kick. "Karma strikes" says Dermi!
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Re: Match thread vs West Coast.
Don't you remember in 2009 where Geelong won the NAB Cup and the Grand Final?saintspremiers wrote:Oh dear.AnythingsPossibleSaints wrote:Considering we are missing only one of our best 20 and West Coast are missing 8 or their best 15 or 16 or so, this is a very ordinary performance. We're getting pansed. Cox, Natanui and Darling are beating us on their own. I hope it's the heat that's largely contributing to our poor performance, because otherwise we have a massive amount to do by round one and only one more match to do it in.
You're all stressing about practice match form.
This is funny!
Don't you remember in 2009 where our praccy match form was crap then won 20 straight.
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Re: Match thread vs West Coast.
Please get it right. We won 19 straight. Wasnt long ago, cmon man.saintspremiers wrote:Oh dear.AnythingsPossibleSaints wrote:Considering we are missing only one of our best 20 and West Coast are missing 8 or their best 15 or 16 or so, this is a very ordinary performance. We're getting pansed. Cox, Natanui and Darling are beating us on their own. I hope it's the heat that's largely contributing to our poor performance, because otherwise we have a massive amount to do by round one and only one more match to do it in.
You're all stressing about practice match form.
This is funny!
Don't you remember in 2009 where our praccy match form was crap then won 20 straight.
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Re: Match thread vs West Coast.
THE AFL has granted Adelaide hosting rights for Saturday nights NAB Cup grand final despite potential opponents West Coast and Hawthorn likely to pull greater crowds.
Crows chief executive Stephen Trigg sent a forceful submission to AFL boss Andrew Demetriou on Friday night on why the decider should be played at AAMI Stadium.
Adelaide drew just 12,062 people to its 77-point thumping of Collingwood on Friday night, but the league confirmed on Twitter tonight it would be at AAMI.
The Crows will meet Hawthorn unless a weakened West Coast line up can defeat St Kilda at Patersons Stadium tonight.
Crows chief executive Stephen Trigg sent a forceful submission to AFL boss Andrew Demetriou on Friday night on why the decider should be played at AAMI Stadium.
Adelaide drew just 12,062 people to its 77-point thumping of Collingwood on Friday night, but the league confirmed on Twitter tonight it would be at AAMI.
The Crows will meet Hawthorn unless a weakened West Coast line up can defeat St Kilda at Patersons Stadium tonight.
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Re: Match thread vs West Coast.
Gee your a bunch of worry worts.
Carlton and Geelong got smashed today.
It's about getting minutes into guys, that is why a lot of them are rotating, that's why are lot were left out there and are spent.
Floods, to heat, all the travel....it's not about excuses, it's actually very good preperation for the season proper.
WCE haven't travelled for three weeks, will sail into the NAB cup grand final, as they should.
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Carlton and Geelong got smashed today.
It's about getting minutes into guys, that is why a lot of them are rotating, that's why are lot were left out there and are spent.
Floods, to heat, all the travel....it's not about excuses, it's actually very good preperation for the season proper.
WCE haven't travelled for three weeks, will sail into the NAB cup grand final, as they should.
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Nothing i didnt expect. I do expect games like that this year. Because i do worry about how the team wil go.
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Re: Match thread vs West Coast.
SainterK wrote:Gee your a bunch of worry worts.![]()
Carlton and Geelong got smashed today.
It's about getting minutes into guys, that is why a lot of them are rotating, that's why are lot were left out there and are spent.
Floods, to heat, all the travel....it's not about excuses, it's actually very good preperation for the season proper.
WCE haven't travelled for three weeks, will sail into the NAB cup grand final, as they should.
With players out.....
WCE had plenty out AND THEN won fairly easily
that is what is a concern
Geelong should have got smashed with who they had out.........
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Re: Match thread vs West Coast.
This is why I love Derm. Yes he is a man's man and a king jock but geez he is honest and when he analyses a player or the game he has an opinion which so many do not.saintspremiers wrote:ROFL.PakenhamSaint wrote:Siposs has scored a goal and taken out an old lady.
Dermi reckons the old cow gave Siposs a spray just before being struck by the kick. "Karma strikes" says Dermi!
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Re: Match thread vs West Coast.
Positives.
Joey, Lenny and Dal got into the game, but were obviously rusty. Can and will improve.
Kosi was great IMO, contested well, helped in the ruck and applied good tackling pressure all night.
Sippos, Ledger, Cripps, Simpkin, Winmar all continue to press for selection.
Schneider looked dangerous, and really fit.
Concerns.
Our defence got ripped apart by the big guys.
Cox and Nic Nat had 28 hitouts, Ben 4.....Kosi in bursts 4, Blake 2.
Our forward line looked it's most dangerous in the last when Roo was on the bench.
Joey, Lenny and Dal got into the game, but were obviously rusty. Can and will improve.
Kosi was great IMO, contested well, helped in the ruck and applied good tackling pressure all night.
Sippos, Ledger, Cripps, Simpkin, Winmar all continue to press for selection.
Schneider looked dangerous, and really fit.
Concerns.
Our defence got ripped apart by the big guys.
Cox and Nic Nat had 28 hitouts, Ben 4.....Kosi in bursts 4, Blake 2.
Our forward line looked it's most dangerous in the last when Roo was on the bench.
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Re: Match thread vs West Coast.
Doesn't anyone remember last year's early matches when Geelong (under a then new coach) were totally written off with commentatars (like Mike Sheahan) saying it was the end of an era, etc, blah, blah.dcstkfc wrote:Don't you remember in 2009 where Geelong won the NAB Cup and the Grand Final?saintspremiers wrote:Oh dear.AnythingsPossibleSaints wrote:Considering we are missing only one of our best 20 and West Coast are missing 8 or their best 15 or 16 or so, this is a very ordinary performance. We're getting pansed. Cox, Natanui and Darling are beating us on their own. I hope it's the heat that's largely contributing to our poor performance, because otherwise we have a massive amount to do by round one and only one more match to do it in.
You're all stressing about practice match form.
This is funny!
Don't you remember in 2009 where our praccy match form was crap then won 20 straight.
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Re: Match thread vs West Coast.
how can we "missing" two blokes with zero games between them?dcstkfc wrote:We've been filth. Very few winners.
Stanley ordinary at half forward, Riewoldt has done very little. Kosi a bit better.
Defence looking a bit vulnerable too. Simpkin solid. Hayes our best.
Brererton thinks we're missing the unpredictability of Saad and Milera
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Re: Match thread vs West Coast.
That sounds like the Geelong NAB cup match in the first round when he didn't play. We looked much better then. Now that IS a concern.SainterK wrote: Concerns.
Our forward line looked it's most dangerous in the last when Roo was on the bench.
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Re: Match thread vs West Coast.
good to see sensational still full of those early panicked callers. first full game since September, over there in the heat, very rusty players, and it's a nab game where we had Buckley,s chance of getting to the final. how did buckley's team go, speaking of writing off a season - or are magpie fans a little less prone to panic?
thanks for the match thread - no austar at home. anyone able to give a summary of performances?
thanks for the match thread - no austar at home. anyone able to give a summary of performances?
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Lenny and the youngsters mainly - and who played fullback?
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How did geelong and blues go today?desertsaint wrote:good to see sensational still full of those early panicked callers. first full game since September, over there in the heat, very rusty players, and it's a nab game where we had Buckley,s chance of getting to the final. how did buckley's team go, speaking of writing off a season - or are magpie fans a little less prone to panic?
thanks for the match thread - no austar at home. anyone able to give a summary of performances?
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Re: Match thread vs West Coast.
Lenny had the most clearances, a little rusty with his handball, but building.desertsaint wrote:Lenny and the youngsters mainly - and who played fullback?
Dal and Joey also rusty.
Was Simpkin I think for most of it? Wilkes and Dempster appeared to take the resting ruckman, Dempster first half, Wilkes second half. Gilbert on Darling, Blake in there at times also in the ruck. Found it hard to keep up as a lot of subbing off and rotating?
Ledger, Cripps, Siposs, Simpkin did nothing to put a spanner in the works of their good progress. Winmar showed glimpes.
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Re: Match thread vs West Coast.
saintbrat wrote:How did geelong and blues go today?desertsaint wrote:good to see sensational still full of those early panicked callers. first full game since September, over there in the heat, very rusty players, and it's a nab game where we had Buckley,s chance of getting to the final. how did buckley's team go, speaking of writing off a season - or are magpie fans a little less prone to panic?
thanks for the match thread - no austar at home. anyone able to give a summary of performances?
got beaten with weakened teams representing them
We got beaten with almost full list against a WCE missing many of their best 22
that is the difference
Yes it is only a praccy match............
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Re: Match thread vs West Coast.
Watters said at half time "we had prescribed minutes that we had in mind for all players, regardless of the scoreboard, we will stick to that because its all about prepartion for round 1." I wouldn't be getting too worried. But, if we lose to port round 1, then its time to panic. We always have the secret weapon to unleash (rhys stanley knocking the opposition out with his lethal kicking)
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Or Siposs with old grannies.SaintSimmo wrote: We always have the secret weapon to unleash (rhys stanley knocking the opposition out with his lethal kicking)
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Doesn't anyone remember last year's early matches when Geelong (under a then new coach) were totally written off with commentatars (like Mike Sheahan) saying it was the end of an era, etc, blah, blah.[/quote]Jacks Back wrote:Don't you remember in 2009 where Geelong won the NAB Cup and the Grand Final?dcstkfc wrote: Don't you remember in 2009 where our praccy match form was crap then won 20 straight.
Geelong started last year 13-0
STRENGTH THROUGH LOYALTY.
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Re: Match thread vs West Coast.
Agreed. Unless you expect Milera to make the difference then it's not a great signchook23 wrote:saintbrat wrote:How did geelong and blues go today?desertsaint wrote:good to see sensational still full of those early panicked callers. first full game since September, over there in the heat, very rusty players, and it's a nab game where we had Buckley,s chance of getting to the final. how did buckley's team go, speaking of writing off a season - or are magpie fans a little less prone to panic?
thanks for the match thread - no austar at home. anyone able to give a summary of performances?
got beaten with weakened teams representing them
We got beaten with almost full list against a WCE missing many of their best 22
that is the difference
Yes it is only a praccy match............
STRENGTH THROUGH LOYALTY.
''I still get really excited, and I've got the '66 thing up on the wall in a frame … You look at it and think: one day, we want to achieve that.''- Arryn Siposs
''I still get really excited, and I've got the '66 thing up on the wall in a frame … You look at it and think: one day, we want to achieve that.''- Arryn Siposs
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Re: Match thread vs West Coast.
SaintSimmo wrote:Watters said at half time "we had prescribed minutes that we had in mind for all players, regardless of the scoreboard, we will stick to that because its all about prepartion for round 1." I wouldn't be getting too worried. But, if we lose to port round 1, then its time to panic. We always have the secret weapon to unleash (rhys stanley knocking the opposition out with his lethal kicking)
i am sorry, but i think we have been losing to Port for a while now