At least our boys went down fighting this week mate. There's a couple of pretty handy players bobbing up now. Not confident for the derby but I doubt Freo fans are either.
We had a night on the boat and flicked the radio on half way through the 1st and was surprised.
Certiainly 100 points less than I thought it was going to be but it did sound like they were playing in an oven, and good to see an even mix between the seniors (Ryan and Kelley) and the new/young guys in the highlights.
Also nice to see the respect for JD in the kangas win.
My thoughts exactly. I was at Rotto and checked the score early and was shocked!
Agree on JD. I heard him interviewed on the radio and he said quite a few had gone over to celebrate with him, which is great. Love him or hate him he served the club well over the years.
Hopefully they can be competitive and win anough along the way to move up a few spots on the ladder. So far the teams that I thought might be worse haven't been!
It's going to be a long season mate. If we at least see some improvement that will be palatable but so far there's nothing to like. The basic skill errors are very hard to watch.
There are at least some green shoots at an individual level, but the young fellas aint gonna get you over the line week in and week out and will show bursts of what they can do rather than much more.
For me the positives have been Archer Reid, Jack Williams, Tom Gross, Tyrell Dewar, Ruben Ginbey, Elijah Hewitt although as I say, mostly in small burst without the consistency that 4 or 5 pre seasons and experience builds. Also Liam Baker was a solid choice to bring in to the club. Looking forward to them getting Rhett Bazzo back on the park as I believe he really will be a player of the future.
The issue remains the same as it has been for years, too many senior palyers who are no good or seem not to care. Top of the list Tim Kelly, anyone can look good running around with Selwood, Dangerfield, Duncan and co taking the heat but as soon as he's asked to do any of the heavy lifting he's not interested. As soon as he admiotted a few months back to having lost the love of the game he should have been cut from the list, pay him out, good riddance. Yeo can't get on the park, Oscar Allen too busy looking at what he can get paid elsewhere next year and Cole, Flynn, Petrucelle, Edwards, Brockman and Long at a minimum are just not good enough.
Time to bite the bullet and play all of the young kids, getting smashed anyway, at least start to build the team dynamic of the next 10 years, worked pretty well for the hawks. As much as it pains me to say, I think the best option for Oscar Allen and Harley is to trade them out for multiple high end picks if possible.
It's not going to get better any time soon without a change of tack.
Can't disagree with anything you said mate. Baker certainly hasn't come home to rest on his laurels and gives it everything. Apparently he is the new benchmark for training too, which is good as the team is unfit generally. Ginbey looks better thi syear and more like we saw a couple of years ago but stronger. No quick fixes for this unfortunately.
No Pendlebury, De Goey, Maynard or Mihocek! They really must hate flying. I still think they'll roll Freo but knowing the way Freo wins the ones they shouldn't it wouldn't surprise either way!
Get the draw and Brissie end up top of the ladder. Lose that game and they gho to third with their poor percentage. Then they could easily tumble further if they drop another game. Those 2 points might come in very handy at the end of the season.
I was pretty happy with the way WCE played in general terms. Clearly lacking skill in a lot of areas but they took the game on and were competitive for most of it.
So long as they learn I'm happy Unc. There are some definite areas of improvement from last year, despite only 1 win. Plenty of room for more improvement though!
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dont want to talk about it.
dont want to talk about it.
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I hadn't even heard it was
I hadn't even heard it was back
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Yep I didn't want
to talk last weekend
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Time for more fishing
Time for more fishing
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Judging by the crap I saw on
Judging by the crap I saw on the weekend its gong to be a looooooong year. On a positive note 5 weeks to the annual Barra trip.
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Don't you love this time of
Don't you love this time of year! 4 weeks to Gnaraloo, boys meeting tomorrow to nail the finer points and tactics.
Love the West!
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Salmon .
5 weeks til chasing salmon. Stoked with
that considering last fishing trip was
September 2020 .. cheers pirate
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AFL Top Knobs
Have missed a trick here. Why have these split rounds at the beginning of a season?
Start the year with a Bang get all the teams to play and put the show on country wide.
Not to impressed with some of the new channel 7 "commentators"
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Will a west aussie
Team win next week?
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Wouldnt be so sure of
Wouldnt be so sure of that.
Chances of Harley getting in a wrestle with boo's from the Dockers faithful are almost a certainty though.
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At least our boys went down
At least our boys went down fighting this week mate. There's a couple of pretty handy players bobbing up now. Not confident for the derby but I doubt Freo fans are either.
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We had a night on the boat
We had a night on the boat and flicked the radio on half way through the 1st and was surprised.
Certiainly 100 points less than I thought it was going to be but it did sound like they were playing in an oven, and good to see an even mix between the seniors (Ryan and Kelley) and the new/young guys in the highlights.
Also nice to see the respect for JD in the kangas win.
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My thoughts exactly. I was
My thoughts exactly. I was at Rotto and checked the score early and was shocked!
Agree on JD. I heard him interviewed on the radio and he said quite a few had gone over to celebrate with him, which is great. Love him or hate him he served the club well over the years.
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That was the glimmer I've
That was the glimmer I've been waiting to see Dave, some good young blokes there.
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Yeah AndyHopefully they can
Yeah Andy
Hopefully they can be competitive and win anough along the way to move up a few spots on the ladder. So far the teams that I thought might be worse haven't been!
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What's happened to your club Billcollector? Turning into a dead set rabble that's being picked apart before our eyes.
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Time to sack Simmo.....oh -
Time to sack Simmo.....oh - that didnt work.
still trying
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People were saying he didn't
People were saying he didn't know how to coach young players like harley. It's not as though he has improved at all
rather be fishing
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It's going to be a long
It's going to be a long season mate. If we at least see some improvement that will be palatable but so far there's nothing to like. The basic skill errors are very hard to watch.
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Thankfully Dave they are
Thankfully Dave they are blooding the young blokes, I like that Baker and Tom Gross. Hough is a goer too. We just have no leadership atm
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The young ones seem to be less of the issue
There are at least some green shoots at an individual level, but the young fellas aint gonna get you over the line week in and week out and will show bursts of what they can do rather than much more.
For me the positives have been Archer Reid, Jack Williams, Tom Gross, Tyrell Dewar, Ruben Ginbey, Elijah Hewitt although as I say, mostly in small burst without the consistency that 4 or 5 pre seasons and experience builds. Also Liam Baker was a solid choice to bring in to the club. Looking forward to them getting Rhett Bazzo back on the park as I believe he really will be a player of the future.
The issue remains the same as it has been for years, too many senior palyers who are no good or seem not to care. Top of the list Tim Kelly, anyone can look good running around with Selwood, Dangerfield, Duncan and co taking the heat but as soon as he's asked to do any of the heavy lifting he's not interested. As soon as he admiotted a few months back to having lost the love of the game he should have been cut from the list, pay him out, good riddance. Yeo can't get on the park, Oscar Allen too busy looking at what he can get paid elsewhere next year and Cole, Flynn, Petrucelle, Edwards, Brockman and Long at a minimum are just not good enough.
Time to bite the bullet and play all of the young kids, getting smashed anyway, at least start to build the team dynamic of the next 10 years, worked pretty well for the hawks. As much as it pains me to say, I think the best option for Oscar Allen and Harley is to trade them out for multiple high end picks if possible.
It's not going to get better any time soon without a change of tack.
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Can't disagree with anything
Can't disagree with anything you said mate. Baker certainly hasn't come home to rest on his laurels and gives it everything. Apparently he is the new benchmark for training too, which is good as the team is unfit generally. Ginbey looks better thi syear and more like we saw a couple of years ago but stronger. No quick fixes for this unfortunately.
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Tipped 8 out of 8...I should
Tipped 8 out of 8...I should have used the joker!
Hoping Darcy is ready to come back, and Jacksons injury isn't serious.
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Love gather round ha ha
Too old too slow, love how they get players dumped by other clubs.
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E girls play
Another team back into form
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Happy with that
Hard and fast!
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Powerful
Powerful display.
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Too old too slow
John
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carnarvonite
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Like us
Too old, too slow but that doesn't stop them or us
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Roll on next
Week then
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Great effort Crispy
245 games in a row, amazing
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Just didn't end the way he
Just didn't end the way he would have wanted! Dangerfield was huge in that game.
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Media will be circling for
Media will be circling for Longmuir, Freo to roll the Pies this week!
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No Pendlebury, De Goey,
No Pendlebury, De Goey, Maynard or Mihocek! They really must hate flying. I still think they'll roll Freo but knowing the way Freo wins the ones they shouldn't it wouldn't surprise either way!
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Bit of a bonus reading them
Bit of a bonus reading them names, freo need to bounce back.
Surprised at all the commotion really, Freo won the week before...people expecting to much wanting back to back wins.
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2 premiership players
Coming back in, 5 day break
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Happy with that
Billy and bobby bring it on
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Onya
Norff
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Get the draw and Brissie end
Get the draw and Brissie end up top of the ladder. Lose that game and they gho to third with their poor percentage. Then they could easily tumble further if they drop another game. Those 2 points might come in very handy at the end of the season.
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Very sad day for the selwood family
Heartbreaking,condolences to the family and friends,RIP mate
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Good weekend in
Footy so far, hokball and blues losing
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Enjoyed that win
Over the tik tok stars
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Another good
Result, big maxi won't be happy
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Shouldn't have kicked it
Shouldn't have kicked it straight to Hoskin-Elliot then!
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Think he went for
the big torpedo and skied it, took the pressure right off
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Be nice to win next week
and go 10 points clear
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I think that's a pretty safe
I think that's a pretty safe bet Unc!
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Whos going to tag naicos
Dave, might be worth a bet!
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He can just give me his
He can just give me his money if he is going to be that wreckless
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I was pretty happy with the
I was pretty happy with the way WCE played in general terms. Clearly lacking skill in a lot of areas but they took the game on and were competitive for most of it.
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uncle
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There's a heart beat
Players would have learnt something, they weren't great when pies were coming out of eagles fwd line
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So long as they learn I'm
So long as they learn I'm happy Unc. There are some definite areas of improvement from last year, despite only 1 win. Plenty of room for more improvement though!
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Similar to Carlton - last
Similar to Carlton - last time they played they lost by heaps...this time it was far more respectable.
Now to see how hard they can push tonight against GWS with Gov and Sheed retiring.
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Not that hard apparently.
Not that hard apparently. There are some real glimpses in games but they need to get fitter and sharpen their skill levels.
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uncle
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Easy pickings this week
Top 8 playing each other next week
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