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Did we miss Houli?
« on: July 04, 2017, 09:32:50 PM »
Or did running kids step up, ones with more balls?
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Re: Did we miss Houli?
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2017, 10:09:12 PM »
No, no we didn't.....just like last year when we won 2 from 12 when he played and 6 from 10 when he didn't...... :shh
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Re: Did we miss Houli?
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2017, 10:19:23 PM »
Wholi?
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Re: Did we miss Houli?
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2017, 10:37:40 PM »
 :scream :scream

The kids are faster, better and committed.

« Last Edit: July 05, 2017, 03:41:41 AM by one-eyed »
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Re: Did we miss Houli?
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2017, 11:14:28 PM »
If his replacement was Markov - yes .

I'm not anti Markov in anyway - but Houli - like half of his team mates is in career best form .

« Last Edit: July 05, 2017, 10:07:52 AM by mat073 »
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Re: Did we miss Houli?
« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2017, 11:32:28 PM »
Dumb thread, Houli is a much more accomplished player. The only thing some of the dunderheads here can't seem to comprehend is that Houli has a ceiling and Markov types are an unknown quantity.

Right now Houli >> Markov.

5 years Markov MAY be >> Houli right now.

I like the kid a LOT.
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Re: Did we miss Houli?
« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2017, 11:50:19 PM »
The main question was whether we missed him the other night and we clearly didn't. :shh
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Re: Did we miss Houli?
« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2017, 12:14:02 AM »
Didn't miss seeing him pulling out of contests avoiding any sort of contact play.

Did miss the new backhanded fist knocking out a player early in the game play. .
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Re: Did we miss Houli?
« Reply #8 on: July 05, 2017, 12:50:44 AM »
Markov muffed almost everything he touched on Saturday.
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Re: Did we miss Houli?
« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2017, 06:55:27 AM »
If you look at our kick ins in the first half - absolutely, structure completely broke down - then without doubt we certainly did

It improved after half time but it still wasn't great.
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Re: Did we miss Houli?
« Reply #10 on: July 05, 2017, 08:16:41 AM »
Sorry guys I reckon we do miss him.Say what you like about him avoiding contact,but he runs and carrys with ball and creates and his kicks hit targets 80% of the time.
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Re: Did we miss Houli?
« Reply #11 on: July 05, 2017, 08:20:06 AM »
We did miss his run and carry for sure. But I believe in time markov will be able to do it better and he's a lot harder at the ball. I suppose a lot of the running half back types aren't exactly the toughest so their speciality is the ability to run the ball and hit targets.. houli has some shocking turnovers and decision making but for the most part he does this well
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Re: Did we miss Houli?
« Reply #12 on: July 05, 2017, 08:36:20 AM »
I am happy to keep giving games to Oleg. He looked underdone last weekend as he didn't play the previous week. He is harder at the contest and just needs to get used to the pace of the game. Houli does give us run and has many metres gained but for someone so experienced, he makes some crucial mistakes and is soft.
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Re: Did we miss Houli?
« Reply #13 on: July 05, 2017, 09:17:57 AM »
We've all seen Oleg play much better than he did on the weekend.

Honestly felt like we didn't miss him, our run and carry was as good as it's been this season imo
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Re: Did we miss Houli?
« Reply #14 on: July 05, 2017, 10:58:12 AM »
You all talk about his run and carry but he does stuff all of that really.
It's what you THINK he does.

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