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Early days bur the Blues are weak.
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Re: Early days bur the Blues are weak.
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Re: Early days bur the Blues are weak.
Do you do weddings as well B.M. or just children's parties?
Why can't people enjoy the start to the season? Who has pencilled in our 2nd flag or even finals? It's exciting because it's unexpected and without some of our usual suspects.
Why can't people enjoy the start to the season? Who has pencilled in our 2nd flag or even finals? It's exciting because it's unexpected and without some of our usual suspects.
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Re: Early days bur the Blues are weak.
Have to agree. It’s like he is doing a tag team with vortexGhost Like wrote: ↑Fri 14 Apr 2023 10:20pm Do you do weddings as well B.M. or just children's parties?
Why can't people enjoy the start to the season? Who has pencilled in our 2nd flag or even finals? It's exciting because it's unexpected and without some of our usual suspects.
Lighten up BM and enjoy the ride
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Re: Early days bur the Blues are weak.
Lol.Ghost Like wrote: ↑Fri 14 Apr 2023 10:20pm Do you do weddings as well B.M. or just children's parties?
Why can't people enjoy the start to the season? Who has pencilled in our 2nd flag or even finals? It's exciting because it's unexpected and without some of our usual suspects.
Isn’t his sneering superiority just adorable?
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The Fireman wrote: ↑Fri 14 Apr 2023 10:26pmHave to agree. It’s like he is doing a tag team with vortexGhost Like wrote: ↑Fri 14 Apr 2023 10:20pm Do you do weddings as well B.M. or just children's parties?
Why can't people enjoy the start to the season? Who has pencilled in our 2nd flag or even finals? It's exciting because it's unexpected and without some of our usual suspects.
Lighten up BM and enjoy the ride
We can’t even enjoy a few good wins.
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Re: Early days bur the Blues are weak.
No dual B&F in that list??
My goodness gracious me
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Seb at his best is definitely worthy and the young guys haven't proved themselves but I reckon in time ...King and Pou and Owens and Windy will all be worthy too
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Re: Early days bur the Blues are weak.
garbage. We had a heap of average players in 2009 outside those greats you mentioned. Looking at the 2009 GF team...Max King walks into the combined team. He is better than Kosi for a start. Ross over Jones, Higgo over McQualter, Battle over Blake (and i am a huge blake fan) or else over Gilbert. On form Wood over Ray. Or Hill over Ray. Owens over Clarke.
We had stars back then but we did not have superior depth than we have now. Plenty of this current team would have played games in that era.
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Re: Early days bur the Blues are weak.
doom and gloom - the winning only makes the inevitable pain worse. we need a loss to remove some pressure. no, two losses. maybe more?
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Re: Early days bur the Blues are weak.
It’s true.
Loss aversion (prospect theory) is a thing.
Loss aversion (prospect theory) is a thing.
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Re: Early days bur the Blues are weak.
Your mate is misinformed and needs to get a life.
The company that had the copyright to the broadcast made the commercial decision to produce and market the DVD so most likely it had nothing to do with the club as clubs do not have any distribution rights under the media deal.
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Re: Early days bur the Blues are weak.
Just keeping thing in perspective
I try not to get to far ahead of myself in sport
It’s not negative- it’s realistic
BTW
The 2009 team would beat this team by 10+ goals!
I try not to get to far ahead of myself in sport
It’s not negative- it’s realistic
BTW
The 2009 team would beat this team by 10+ goals!
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Re: Early days bur the Blues are weak.
Carlton struggle against teams that run & spread..will not like playing against us next week!
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Re: Early days bur the Blues are weak.
yeah losses are the new victoriesdesertsaint wrote: ↑Sat 15 Apr 2023 8:21am doom and gloom - the winning only makes the inevitable pain worse. we need a loss to remove some pressure. no, two losses. maybe more?
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Re: Early days bur the Blues are weak.
I would have said 20+ goals.
apples and oranges, at least 3 to 4 years away from knowing if we can produce another team capable of being as good as the 2009 team.
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Re: Early days bur the Blues are weak.
The role players in 2009 did their job brilliantly
Many of them ended up 100/150/200 gamers
Blake, Baker, McQualter, Jones, Dawson, Gilbert, Ray, Gardiner, Gram
All were excellent in their positions
Eg
McQualter was a defensive forward who excelled at frontal pressure and still kicked 20 goals
Many of them ended up 100/150/200 gamers
Blake, Baker, McQualter, Jones, Dawson, Gilbert, Ray, Gardiner, Gram
All were excellent in their positions
Eg
McQualter was a defensive forward who excelled at frontal pressure and still kicked 20 goals
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Re: Early days bur the Blues are weak.
Honestly you’re the only one carrying on
Rest of us know we’ll have our down moments they’re coming and the side us not top 4 quality- we know that
We also know we’ll lose games - how do we know this??
Cause Ross told us
I believe everything Ross says.
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Re: Early days bur the Blues are weak.
The 2009 team, good and skilled as as it was, was vulnerable on the outside to a quick, running side.
It didn't have the spread or the run that we have today - even though we had more star players back then.
Essendon, much lower on the ladder, showed us up, big time.
We went after Lovett for that reason.
I think if we get everyone back, we'd give the 2009 side a good run for its money.
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But if Ross is our Coach Teflon
And coaches are the Panacea to greatness
How does Collingwood beat us?
Interesting that a 4 time premiership coach is getting pantsed by a 0 time premiership coach right now!
Reason
s*** coaches can win with great lists
Great coaches can’t win with s*** lists
And coaches are the Panacea to greatness
How does Collingwood beat us?
Interesting that a 4 time premiership coach is getting pantsed by a 0 time premiership coach right now!
Reason
s*** coaches can win with great lists
Great coaches can’t win with s*** lists
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Re: Early days bur the Blues are weak.
Ok and Nth aren’t showing more under Clarkson abs Saints aren’t playing better under RossB.M wrote: ↑Sat 15 Apr 2023 4:42pm But if Ross is our Coach Teflon
And coaches are the Panacea to greatness
How does Collingwood beat us?
Interesting that a 4 time premiership coach is getting pantsed by a 0 time premiership coach right now!
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Re: Early days bur the Blues are weak.
I think Ross is a good coach - absolutely
But this list will have him middling
Ratten got them to 11-11 and that’s about where they were 2022
But this list will have him middling
Ratten got them to 11-11 and that’s about where they were 2022
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Re: Early days bur the Blues are weak.
Ratten had a lot of injuries last year. We were 8-3 prior to that.
You have to factor in Owens, Phillipou, Caminiti playing every game - it's a different look team and we have a fit Gresham. Then there's Wood and Hill playing on the wing (where they belong) and Byrnes improving, it's providing a lot more run.
We have plenty of endurance athletes - which suits the current game-style.
We are not King-focussed - our forward line is functioning a lot better.
We are better than middling, especially if everyone becomes available.
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Re: Early days bur the Blues are weak.
I guess we will see R23
Hope we are
We are build a good side for 2025 imo
We are workmanlike - lot of good players - not many great players
I’d say Sinclair, Steele and Marshall… King will be
Roos going better under Clarkson?
Brisbane just kicked 150 points against them!!!
Hope we are
We are build a good side for 2025 imo
We are workmanlike - lot of good players - not many great players
I’d say Sinclair, Steele and Marshall… King will be
Roos going better under Clarkson?
Brisbane just kicked 150 points against them!!!
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Re: Early days bur the Blues are weak.
Is our forward line functioning better
Stats don’t support that
Backline superb
Mids pretty good
Opposition marks our kicks way too much i50
Stats don’t support that
Backline superb
Mids pretty good
Opposition marks our kicks way too much i50
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Re: Early days bur the Blues are weak.
I think the smalls are a two-edged sword - a necessary evil.
They do get out-marked. But, they kick opportunistic goals.
Anyway, our forward line is less predictable, and no less productive - with King out.
Which is amazing.
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Re: Early days bur the Blues are weak.
What is scary is that we are 17th in the league for conversion i50.
Imagine when we rectify this.
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