The one man team line irks me!
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The one man team line irks me!
I was reading an article in the Herald-Sun regarding the progress of Nick Reiwoldt and how well his recovery is going. What irked me was when I read some of the readers comments and several people put comments like we need Rooey because we are no good without him and we are a one man team Yada Yada Yada.
This annoys me because we lost Rooey before halftime in the game against Collingwood and still beat them, then we backed it up beating Fremantle. These two wins were against sides regarded as top 4 this year. I know we were poor against Port Adelaide and Carlton, but all sides have a bad loss every now and again.
We have also beaten the bulldogs who are regarded as another top 4 team and west coast in perth, which is never easy, all without Reiwoldt. We will probably win the next two games and be 8 and 3 with Rooey effectively only playing in two of those games, if you consider he was ineffective against collingwood because of his injury.
If you look at Carlscum without Judd at the start of the year they were useless, they would not be 8 and 3 if Judd was out for the time Reiwoldt has been, I would also like to see Geelong without Ablett for an extended period?
This will make us a better team and I think we will realise that we are still a decent team without Rooey and when he comes back and gets a bt of form, I think we will be a formidable team come finals!
Carn the mighty sainters! Stick it up em!
This annoys me because we lost Rooey before halftime in the game against Collingwood and still beat them, then we backed it up beating Fremantle. These two wins were against sides regarded as top 4 this year. I know we were poor against Port Adelaide and Carlton, but all sides have a bad loss every now and again.
We have also beaten the bulldogs who are regarded as another top 4 team and west coast in perth, which is never easy, all without Reiwoldt. We will probably win the next two games and be 8 and 3 with Rooey effectively only playing in two of those games, if you consider he was ineffective against collingwood because of his injury.
If you look at Carlscum without Judd at the start of the year they were useless, they would not be 8 and 3 if Judd was out for the time Reiwoldt has been, I would also like to see Geelong without Ablett for an extended period?
This will make us a better team and I think we will realise that we are still a decent team without Rooey and when he comes back and gets a bt of form, I think we will be a formidable team come finals!
Carn the mighty sainters! Stick it up em!
When Harvey played his first game in 1988, I was a 12yo wearing short pants and struggling with my readin', writin' and 'rithmetic in grade eight. Now, I'm a father of three and a retired AFL player. And he's still going. Amazing! - Michael Voss
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Re: The one man team line irks me!
well i reckon the jury is still out on that one.
the challenge is there for our guys to show they are good enough to win without him.
the biggest concern is our inability to consistently kick winning scores/apply scoreboard pressure/mark inside 50, etc ... in other words to match all the qualities rooey brings to the team.
i think we have the players. it's just a matter of getting some real class closer to the goals.
i hope we are within striking distance of the top 4 when the skipper returns. he sure as hell deserves that ... and a whole lot more.
the challenge is there for our guys to show they are good enough to win without him.
the biggest concern is our inability to consistently kick winning scores/apply scoreboard pressure/mark inside 50, etc ... in other words to match all the qualities rooey brings to the team.
i think we have the players. it's just a matter of getting some real class closer to the goals.
i hope we are within striking distance of the top 4 when the skipper returns. he sure as hell deserves that ... and a whole lot more.
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agree that gram is an overlooked factor. very important player to us and one we need to get right for september ... if we are going to figure in it.saint75 wrote:What I find more interesting is that in all the losses, Gram was missing or clearly not right. Maybe we are a one man team and Gram is the one we miss..??
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We definitely don't look as imposing a team without Roo but the record speaks for itself.
We have effectively beaten 3 of the top 4 sides without the blonde bloke and we are still only game off top spot.
We still have a lot to be excited about.
We have effectively beaten 3 of the top 4 sides without the blonde bloke and we are still only game off top spot.
We still have a lot to be excited about.
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