Ellard was given a role as a tagger on a very good but slowish ball hunter in his 2nd game.

It doesn't mean he pidgeon holes in that role forever.

AW among others spent a season tagging as part of their development, so its not a life sentence.

We will smash 'em.

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A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty" -Winston Churchill

L.M 35-06

Paris Hilton has a robot?? Cool



You could get $1.80 on the Pies winning by above 30 probably Ryan

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T E A M

Hmmm ... I thought Ellard was servicable and thats about it. Don't understand all the hype about him. Hope he improves but I would not put any money on it.

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I am as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more!!!

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"Truth, for the tyrants, is the most terrible and cruel of all bindings; it is like an incandescent iron falling across their chests. And it is even more agonizing than hot iron, for that only burns the flesh, while truth burns its way into the soul"     — Lauro Aguirre

To win this one and we can of course, we have to come up with something new...if we play too static we are f$%^&d and if we try to play the paddock strategy when going forward we are f#$%^&d as well....we need to play instinctive football..no hard tags just keep it simple..

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"Truth, for the tyrants, is the most terrible and cruel of all bindings; it is like an incandescent iron falling across their chests. And it is even more agonizing than hot iron, for that only burns the flesh, while truth burns its way into the soul"     — Lauro Aguirre

Problem with instinctive football is that in the not too distant past our instincts have sucked.

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"our guest is dressed by hand-me-downs, hair designed by pillow"

Not sure what you mean by that mate....I just reckon when we are too cute or have to think too hard out there that's when the wheels fall off....

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"Truth, for the tyrants, is the most terrible and cruel of all bindings; it is like an incandescent iron falling across their chests. And it is even more agonizing than hot iron, for that only burns the flesh, while truth burns its way into the soul"     — Lauro Aguirre

might pinch a win here

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My Blue Heaven

Might???? Solid prediction there Blueman ...come on now just come out and say it with undeniable confidence....

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"Truth, for the tyrants, is the most terrible and cruel of all bindings; it is like an incandescent iron falling across their chests. And it is even more agonizing than hot iron, for that only burns the flesh, while truth burns its way into the soul"     — Lauro Aguirre

The term 'tagger' is redundant in todays football.

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"The ability to speak doesn't make you intelligent." Qui-Gon Jinn 15-05-2005

"there’s more chance of me becoming the full forward for the [Western Bulldogs] than there is of any change in the Labor Party." Julia Gillard 18-05-2010

speaking of tagger.. Does anyone else think that Joseph deserves a free run in the middle? We know he has the tank, his skills are improving and he is awesome at breaking tackles.

I also loved seeing Garlett in the centre bounces. He got a few clearances against WC and looked dangerous.

This is the game to try these things, we have nothing to lose.

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Koperek.

not !

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*(grow - fun - gah)

Yeah but whatabout your whataboutism.

Every time I see AJ get the ball and run I close my eyes.

I dont want to see any of our players having a free run.

I'd like to see AJ continue to work on getting more of the ball, improving his disposal and become able to work for his teammates, in addition to performing his role.

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"The ability to speak doesn't make you intelligent." Qui-Gon Jinn 15-05-2005

"there’s more chance of me becoming the full forward for the [Western Bulldogs] than there is of any change in the Labor Party." Julia Gillard 18-05-2010

No he isn't. He's awesome at getting caught.

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"I had to eat"

Is this our first game back at the 'G since the Melbourne game?

I think we'll win this well.

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17 4 10

Agreed. Whats staggering is you can see the opposition guy catching up, you can see AJ see the guy catching up, you start yelling at the telly, you hear the crowd start yelling for him to get rid of it, and he still gets caught.

I'm in Perth, but can you lucky people who go to the games regularly do what they do in the Pommy Pantomimes and yell out "He's behind you" everytime he get the ball.

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I hope Essendon* folds.

I have raised the idea before of AJ playing as a mid-fielder. He is fast, can kick the ball irrespective of what others may think, is aggressive when some of our other mid-fielders aren't. As far as getting caught, everyone has been caught this year, even the unstoppable Judd. With Ellard in the team the tagger's position is covered if need be and there is always Carazzo.

Garlett/Yarran at the centre bounces would certainly add another dimension wouldn't it? More than a touch of magic there. Having one of them as the outside guy, wow.

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"Get ready, Teddy - you're on": Ron Barassi half time 1970 Grand Final

Ahh, I never tire of hearing how much money the big gun gamblers make betting against Carlton....no wait, I do.

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