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Re: Rd 7 squad is in.
It blows my mind that such staunch supporters of the club see no issue with Blake being played the way he is. Wow
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Re: Rd 7 squad is in.
Thanks T74. As others and myself suspected. The kid is sore and needs a week off. Pretty simple. He got managed for a week.tony74 wrote:He's not injured. He's just a bit sore and beat up. Has been since the Geelong game. Been on a modified training program.
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Re: Rd 7 squad is in.
Keep the excuses coming. That's the way to improve, isn't it? In reality none of us know the real reason he's out so it's all speculation. If you believe the official word coming out of the Kremlin, then good for you, Komrade. I'm not a believer in The club's spin, nor that of the sycophants. Something's far from right at Moorabbin.
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Re: Rd 7 squad is in.
Abuses, harangues, picks fights with multiple posters, gets banned for baiting and then whinges about getting a "nasty" PM. Gets a free ride from the mods. Go figure.sunsaint wrote:In all my years on saintsational I have NEVER recvd an angry PMstonecold wrote:
Yes indeed, it's a wonder, tread carefully otherwise you may get a nasty, threatening PM of one of them, like I did at 1:30 in the morning!!!!!
I've had to tuck myself away in fear!!!!!
why would people single you out?
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Re: Rd 7 squad is in.
All this rubbish over a player being "managed" which happens in all other 17 teams. Blake wasn't quite himself I thought last game. The only one with any sort of knowledge about the issue here is Tony74, giving him a rest is good management.
Gives someone else a go as well.
Gives someone else a go as well.
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To admit he is sore from rucking would admit fault. They are not about to do that.
Give someone else a go? Hardly in a position where we can afford to not have our better players on the field. Once again, the team will pay the price for mismanagement.
Give someone else a go? Hardly in a position where we can afford to not have our better players on the field. Once again, the team will pay the price for mismanagement.
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Give it a rest champion, I'm not who you thought I was, you need to go back to the drawing board with your detective work!!!!!St. Paul wrote:Abuses, harangues, picks fights with multiple posters, gets banned for baiting and then whinges about getting a "nasty" PM. Gets a free ride from the mods. Go figure.sunsaint wrote:In all my years on saintsational I have NEVER recvd an angry PMstonecold wrote:
Yes indeed, it's a wonder, tread carefully otherwise you may get a nasty, threatening PM of one of them, like I did at 1:30 in the morning!!!!!
I've had to tuck myself away in fear!!!!!
why would people single you out?
Not whingeing about your PM at all, just making others aware (those you mentioned in the PM) that they need to be careful when upsetting you!!!!!
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Don't know, don't care, insanity maybe!!!!!sunsaint wrote:In all my years on saintsational I have NEVER recvd an angry PMstonecold wrote:
Yes indeed, it's a wonder, tread carefully otherwise you may get a nasty, threatening PM of one of them, like I did at 1:30 in the morning!!!!!
I've had to tuck myself away in fear!!!!!
why would people single you out?
Not a big deal, just mentioned two other posters in it, which was not called for, so I am rightly making them aware, that's all!!!!!
I think the poster should really apologise to the other posters for such an unprovoked attack on them!!!!!
Let's see if he can man up and do the right thing by them!!!!!
PS. No apology required for me, thanks!!!!!
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Re: Rd 7 squad is in.
Yes, this!!!!!takeaway wrote:All this rubbish over a player being "managed" which happens in all other 17 teams. Blake wasn't quite himself I thought last game. The only one with any sort of knowledge about the issue here is Tony74, giving him a rest is good management.
Gives someone else a go as well.
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Re: Rd 7 squad is in.
The obsession with Acres' rucking is incredible. Despite the fact that no one (at least on this Forum) has the faintest clue what caused Acres' knocks and bruises.portosaint wrote:To admit he is sore from rucking would admit fault. They are not about to do that.
Give someone else a go? Hardly in a position where we can afford to not have our better players on the field. Once again, the team will pay the price for mismanagement.
With news of Acres been managed, first many jump to the conspiracy that he's been dropped and subsequently rage against Richo. When they consider or accept that he's not fit, then how can they still rage against Richo? Of course it must be because he was rucking!
Perhaps one of you can point to a specific rucking incident where Acres may have beeen hurt in support of your theory, otherwise you're just making it up as you go along.
Has anyone given thought to the possibility that he sustained it in a marking contest or in a congested maul? Perhaps the wear and tear of running several kms per game on different surfaces? etc etc. Nah it has to be because he rucked!
Tony74 has said it happened during the Geelong game. Someone has kindly clarified that Acres relieved Hickey in the 2nd half after Marshall was injured. Go and look at our team that day and tell me who else could have relieved Hickey that day?
This rucking injury is baseless speculation by random Forumites based on absolute zero evidence. Just a guess and probably fiction.
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I genuinely believe you are9 suffering a severe mental illness, which has dislocated you from reality. You threaten physical assault, involve family members of posters, heap vile abuse on others, continually slander one member who has the courage to stand up to you, then play victim when you are called out. A real hard man aren't you? If you want to pursue your obsession, he is posting on Bigfooty, I'm told. Like all the other decent posters on here, I reckon he got sick of the pathetic moderating of BFUSA and his PC, snowflake agenda, except when it came to threatening, abusing and continually baiting others. As another ex-forumite warned and messaged me, that he forum would be far better off if he returned to the USA to be with his people in San Francisco.stonecold wrote:Don't know, don't care, insanity maybe!!!!!sunsaint wrote:In all my years on saintsational I have NEVER recvd an angry PMstonecold wrote:
Yes indeed, it's a wonder, tread carefully otherwise you may get a nasty, threatening PM of one of them, like I did at 1:30 in the morning!!!!!
I've had to tuck myself away in fear!!!!!
why would people single you out?
Not a big deal, just mentioned two other posters in it, which was not called for, so I am rightly making them aware, that's all!!!!!
I think the poster should really apologise to the other posters for such an unprovoked attack on them!!!!!
Let's see if he can man up and do the right thing by them!!!!!
PS. No apology required for me, thanks!!!!!
As for you pebbles, you are The biggest shitstain on this forum there has ever been.
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Anyway, final team is named.
Good to see Clark and Marshall back. Still a very underwhelming football team. Turnovers aplenty.
Fingers crossed the boys are really switched on and the Dees don't turn up.
Good to see Clark and Marshall back. Still a very underwhelming football team. Turnovers aplenty.
Fingers crossed the boys are really switched on and the Dees don't turn up.
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Re: Rd 7 squad is in.
Sean Grigg, who is shorter and lighter than Acres has played the same midfield/second ruck role for the last 3 seasons and has not missed a game, ruck contests are no where near as brutal as they used to be, Acres doesn't even really make any contest in centre bounces or ball ups he just waits for the tap out and acts as an additional mid. in boundary throw ins there is a bit of wrestling but certainly nothing that will injure a guy. Fact is, Acres is predominately an in and under mid that also likes to take on and break a tackle, he also has been playing as a 3rd tall forward where he gets crashed into in marking contests, this is more likely the cause of his soreness.
But this won't fit the "blame it on the coaching staff, training staff, CEO, recruiters, President" lunatics on this forum
But this won't fit the "blame it on the coaching staff, training staff, CEO, recruiters, President" lunatics on this forum
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Glad you're happy they utilize Blake the way they do. It is, after all, so beneficial for the team.
Maybe Bevo and Bolton can learn a thing or two from the Saints and do the same with Bont and Cripps. Those losers have no idea
Maybe Bevo and Bolton can learn a thing or two from the Saints and do the same with Bont and Cripps. Those losers have no idea
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Re: Rd 7 squad is in.
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If that means what I think it means then I think it will be you to sit out
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If that means what I think it means then I think it will be you to sit out
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If that means what I think it means then I think it will be you to sit out[/quote][/quote]terry smith rules wrote:[quote="St. Paul]
As another ex-forumite warned and messaged me, that he forum would be far better off if he returned to the USA to be with his people in San Francisco.
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Who cares? With respect to The comic book guy on for Simpsons, "worst moderator ever! " It would be typical. Nobody gets banned for threatening fotumites' relatives, threatening physical violence, continually baiting and trolling and straight out abuse of multiple posters . An oblique reference to abnormality is out of bounds. You made my point for me. Trust you to point it out.
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Re: Rd 7 Team is in.
Scenes that may possibly have played out this week regarding Blake Acres
Blake fills out the usual forms at the start of the week and lets medical staff and coaches know that he feels pretty much his usual self.
Team meetings occur Wednesday and Blake is told by Richo that he'll be doing his usual job of second ruck against the Demons
Blake thinks; Jesus 'effn Christ, not again!!
Suddenly those little niggles and bruises are a bit of a concern. Mentally the kid is feeling tired. He's not looking forward to getting battered and bruised contesting in the ruck and in marking duals against Max Gawn
Thursday morning when Blake is filling out those forms about 'how he feels' he reveals he is quite sore. He thinks to himself that if it's ok for Gresh and Jill and JB and Seb to play bruise free footy and act like they don't give a stuff( and yet they get picked each week) why the faaaark should I bust my ass!?!
He has a chat to the coaches later that morning and just honestly let someone know that perhaps if he rotates through the midfield as a rover and maybe down forward he might get through...but I won't be ready to play second ruck. Richo spits the dummy because he's certain that his game plan will come good and strategy of using Blake in the ruck is the correct way to utilise Blake's talent.
Richo feels like Blake needs to be more committed to Richo. The coach feels vindicated in dropping him last year as well when he didn't adhere at times to the defensive pressure and Blake didn't achieve his kpi's on the 1 percenters.
Blake fills out the usual forms at the start of the week and lets medical staff and coaches know that he feels pretty much his usual self.
Team meetings occur Wednesday and Blake is told by Richo that he'll be doing his usual job of second ruck against the Demons
Blake thinks; Jesus 'effn Christ, not again!!
Suddenly those little niggles and bruises are a bit of a concern. Mentally the kid is feeling tired. He's not looking forward to getting battered and bruised contesting in the ruck and in marking duals against Max Gawn
Thursday morning when Blake is filling out those forms about 'how he feels' he reveals he is quite sore. He thinks to himself that if it's ok for Gresh and Jill and JB and Seb to play bruise free footy and act like they don't give a stuff( and yet they get picked each week) why the faaaark should I bust my ass!?!
He has a chat to the coaches later that morning and just honestly let someone know that perhaps if he rotates through the midfield as a rover and maybe down forward he might get through...but I won't be ready to play second ruck. Richo spits the dummy because he's certain that his game plan will come good and strategy of using Blake in the ruck is the correct way to utilise Blake's talent.
Richo feels like Blake needs to be more committed to Richo. The coach feels vindicated in dropping him last year as well when he didn't adhere at times to the defensive pressure and Blake didn't achieve his kpi's on the 1 percenters.
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So, dropped for team balance. To get a real ruckman in.Scollop wrote:Scenes that may possibly have played out this week regarding Blake Acres
Blake fills out the usual forms at the start of the week and lets medical staff and coaches know that he feels pretty much his usual self.
Team meetings occur Wednesday and Blake is told by Richo that he'll be doing his usual job of second ruck against the Demons
Blake thinks; Jesus 'effn Christ, not again!!
Suddenly those little niggles and bruises are a bit of a concern. Mentally the kid is feeling tired. He's not looking forward to getting battered and bruised contesting in the ruck and in marking duals against Max Gawn
Thursday morning when Blake is filling out those forms about 'how he feels' he reveals he is quite sore. He thinks to himself that if it's ok for Gresh and Jill and JB and Seb to play bruise free footy and act like they don't give a stuff( and yet they get picked each week) why the faaaark should I bust my ass!?!
He has a chat to the coaches later that morning and just honestly let someone know that perhaps if he rotates through the midfield as a rover and maybe down forward he might get through...but I won't be ready to play second ruck. Richo spits the dummy because he's certain that his game plan will come good and strategy of using Blake in the ruck is the correct way to utilise Blake's talent.
Richo feels like Blake needs to be more committed to Richo. The coach feels vindicated in dropping him last year as well when he didn't adhere at times to the defensive pressure and Blake didn't achieve his kpi's on the 1 percenters.
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This has the makings of a good fiction novel.Scollop wrote:Scenes that may possibly have played out this week regarding Blake Acres
Blake fills out the usual forms at the start of the week and lets medical staff and coaches know that he feels pretty much his usual self.
Team meetings occur Wednesday and Blake is told by Richo that he'll be doing his usual job of second ruck against the Demons
Blake thinks; Jesus 'effn Christ, not again!!
Suddenly those little niggles and bruises are a bit of a concern. Mentally the kid is feeling tired. He's not looking forward to getting battered and bruised contesting in the ruck and in marking duals against Max Gawn
Thursday morning when Blake is filling out those forms about 'how he feels' he reveals he is quite sore. He thinks to himself that if it's ok for Gresh and Jill and JB and Seb to play bruise free footy and act like they don't give a stuff( and yet they get picked each week) why the faaaark should I bust my ass!?!
He has a chat to the coaches later that morning and just honestly let someone know that perhaps if he rotates through the midfield as a rover and maybe down forward he might get through...but I won't be ready to play second ruck. Richo spits the dummy because he's certain that his game plan will come good and strategy of using Blake in the ruck is the correct way to utilise Blake's talent.
Richo feels like Blake needs to be more committed to Richo. The coach feels vindicated in dropping him last year as well when he didn't adhere at times to the defensive pressure and Blake didn't achieve his kpi's on the 1 percenters.
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Can I have a go ?Linton Lodger wrote:
Tony74 has said it happened during the Geelong game. Someone has kindly clarified that Acres relieved Hickey in the 2nd half after Marshall was injured. Go and look at our team that day and tell me who else could have relieved Hickey that day?
This rucking injury is baseless speculation by random Forumites based on absolute zero evidence. Just a guess and probably fiction.
The powers that be used to go with Bruce as second ruck and we all know how that turned out
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+1Scollop wrote:Scenes that may possibly have played out this week regarding Blake Acres
Blake fills out the usual forms at the start of the week and lets medical staff and coaches know that he feels pretty much his usual self.
Team meetings occur Wednesday and Blake is told by Richo that he'll be doing his usual job of second ruck against the Demons
Blake thinks; Jesus 'effn Christ, not again!!
Suddenly those little niggles and bruises are a bit of a concern. Mentally the kid is feeling tired. He's not looking forward to getting battered and bruised contesting in the ruck and in marking duals against Max Gawn
Thursday morning when Blake is filling out those forms about 'how he feels' he reveals he is quite sore. He thinks to himself that if it's ok for Gresh and Jill and JB and Seb to play bruise free footy and act like they don't give a stuff( and yet they get picked each week) why the faaaark should I bust my ass!?!
He has a chat to the coaches later that morning and just honestly let someone know that perhaps if he rotates through the midfield as a rover and maybe down forward he might get through...but I won't be ready to play second ruck. Richo spits the dummy because he's certain that his game plan will come good and strategy of using Blake in the ruck is the correct way to utilise Blake's talent.
Richo feels like Blake needs to be more committed to Richo. The coach feels vindicated in dropping him last year as well when he didn't adhere at times to the defensive pressure and Blake didn't achieve his kpi's on the 1 percenters.
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Ok so we.are getting down to the nitty gritty of player attributes and I would say sam Gilbert to be a better comparison with Sean GriggBringBackMadDog wrote:Sean Grigg, who is shorter and lighter than Acres has played the same midfield/second ruck role for the last 3 seasons and has not missed a game, ruck contests are no where near as brutal as they used to be, Acres doesn't even really make any contest in centre bounces or ball ups he just waits for the tap out and acts as an additional mid. in boundary throw ins there is a bit of wrestling but certainly nothing that will injure a guy. Fact is, Acres is predominately an in and under mid that also likes to take on and break a tackle, he also has been playing as a 3rd tall forward where he gets crashed into in marking contests, this is more likely the cause of his soreness.
But this won't fit the "blame it on the coaching staff, training staff, CEO, recruiters, President" lunatics on this forum
As for your summation of today's ruckwork it certainly doesn't gel with how. stonecold sees it - they need to bring presence, crash and bash and protect the onballers. Those sort of attributes are going to have toll on the body.
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Re: Rd 7 Team is in.
It might work.dragit wrote:Holding Blake back so he's cherry ripe for the finals. Smart.
The dreamons held back petracca so that he would be fresh to avenge his bruised ego. The big number two pick will no doubt pull his mighty finger out for the occasion.
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