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Re: Why we lost today vs North Melbourne
« Reply #45 on: September 14, 2015, 01:40:40 PM »
usually vlastuin is required to take someone

the opposition leave chaplin as the loose cause they know hes no good

The opposition don't choose which player goes to them  ::). Fact is Vlas was our loose for majority of the game

Yep and he was crap too. I worry about his disposal.
No doubt Stalin will blame Grigg for his turnovers.

rubbish vlastuin was far from the worst

Didn't say he was our worst. I said he was crap and I know I'm not alone in that assessment.
Sadly, our captain and a number of other high profile players were crapper still.

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Re: Why we lost today vs North Melbourne
« Reply #46 on: September 14, 2015, 01:42:41 PM »
vlastuin wasn't crap
Then he grabbed two chopsticks and stuck them in his mouth , pretending to be a walrus

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Re: Why we lost today vs North Melbourne
« Reply #47 on: September 14, 2015, 01:43:11 PM »
Agree to disagree.

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Re: Why we lost today vs North Melbourne
« Reply #48 on: September 14, 2015, 02:08:51 PM »
Turning the ball over with ease, the ruck contest nearly always went to their players, the AFL treating North like they were a top four side, giving them a break as good as winning a first final and going straight to the preliminary.  We're mentally soft and even if we did make the top 4, we'd go out in two finals, so what's the point. Not unhappy, just very very angry!!  North deserved the win.

l agree that's exactly how it went down

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Re: Why we lost today vs North Melbourne
« Reply #49 on: September 14, 2015, 02:09:06 PM »
Huge fan of Vlaustin but he wasn't flash yesterday at all.
3rd year player gives him time.

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Re: Why we lost today vs North Melbourne
« Reply #50 on: September 14, 2015, 02:21:22 PM »
!2 months ago we were smashed by a team playing loose man in defence yesterday we were beaten by a team playing loose man in defence.

The definition of stupidity is to repeat the same thing over and over and expect a different result.

Can some one point out who was our loose man?

Floss, big difference between Hanson and him and their ability to influence the contest in the air.
Sorry Tony, but that is a very very poor comparison. Vlastuin is listed as 187cm and Hansen at 197cm. You would expect Hansen to be far more influential in the air. They are totally different players. That is why I said we should have further developed Elton this year. He is 197cm and has the physical characteristics to play at the top level. The mental side of things are still undeveloped and will remain so unless we pull the trigger and play him in the seniors. If they're not going towrope Chaplin,  I'd drop Batchelor, put in Elton and play Flossy in the middle as a big bodied mid floating back and helping out the defence.

Very fair comparison in the context of the game. Who cares what their height is, they were both played loose men in defense which requires you to have an influence in the air.

exactly

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Re: Why we lost today vs North Melbourne
« Reply #51 on: September 14, 2015, 02:25:04 PM »
We lost because our best players collectively (outside Riewoldt & Rance) had their worst games of the year.

Throw in the back 6 who outside of Houli and Rance where diabolical then you have no chance, zippo, nada, zilch

And don't get me started on our so called leaders.... We had none

Grimes can hold his head high, otherwise I agree.

Agree Grimes really stood up. Agree Floss did not have a good game.

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Re: Why we lost today vs North Melbourne
« Reply #52 on: September 14, 2015, 05:16:40 PM »
usually vlastuin is required to take someone

the opposition leave chaplin as the loose cause they know hes no good

The opposition don't choose which player goes to them  ::). Fact is Vlas was our loose for majority of the game

yeah they do

in the exact way that we did not man up hansen

Did we choose Hansen to be the loose back? How silly we should of chose Nahas

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Re: Why we lost today vs North Melbourne
« Reply #53 on: September 14, 2015, 05:18:21 PM »
Agree to disagree.

Good idea to stop arguing. Can't call out certain players for having a poo game because they are a favourite but if you think someone like Grigg or Chaplin had a good game then you are a complete nuffer. Can't win

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Re: Why we lost today vs North Melbourne
« Reply #54 on: September 14, 2015, 05:58:40 PM »
I am bias

Cause I do like the big headed Dutchman


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Re: Why we lost today vs North Melbourne
« Reply #55 on: September 14, 2015, 07:30:05 PM »
The more I watch that not holding the ball incident in our forward pocket  the more I am prepared to say......we woz robbed

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Re: Why we lost today vs North Melbourne
« Reply #56 on: September 14, 2015, 08:15:46 PM »
We lost because we were poo. Crap. No good. Useless. Don't blame one poor decision on the loss.
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Re: Why we lost today vs North Melbourne
« Reply #57 on: September 14, 2015, 08:28:18 PM »
WA so the decision goes our way...what happens next?

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Re: Why we lost today vs North Melbourne
« Reply #58 on: September 14, 2015, 08:38:16 PM »
WA so the decision goes our way...what happens next?

Mate the question has to be asked, WTF were we doing in that position in the first place. We should never have to rely on umpires to win us games or even get us in front.
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“We are really excited about what we have brought in. We have got great depth of players that can take us where we need to go. We are just putting some cream on the top at the moment,” he said.

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Re: Why we lost today vs North Melbourne
« Reply #59 on: September 14, 2015, 08:47:30 PM »
Don't get me wrong WA we were inspid yesterday..however it does happen in games where one wrong player decision eg Bacha houli V freo or maybe yesterdays umpiring boo boo can and does cost you a game