Our problems stem from the midfield ... we need players that can run hard and run fast. Murphy had 35 possessions and was ok ... Gibbs 26. I won't criticise either of them. We have an extractor in Crimps . .. but he was down on the night for some reason. What we really really want is line breaking players to add speed in the middle. I think you would find that the performance of our backs and forwards would improve dramatically.

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

He'd be a pretty good example to the young guys I'd have thought.

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"One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds." - Frank Zappa

We're going to get thrashed in a lot of games this year. A lot.

Some decent foundations down back though. And Richmond are the same old Richmond...so it's not all bad!

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two incidents and probably nothing will come of it
the thing that pissed me off was that no one especially casboult didn't do anything about it

His disposal kills us at critical times, and he's been doing it for years.

But what Crippa said - Bambi.

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Simpson always is rusty for the first 4-5 games of the year, improves as the year goes on.
Happens every year.

Agro made a good point. Jack gets paid that mark. It's 3 goals the difference. Instead, ball goes the other end for a goal and it is 5 goals.

Dusty definitely the difference.

For me, Thomas, Dennis, Levi, White all marking time till others ready to step up.
Rowe was pretty good defensively.

We didn't pick our best 22 to win the game. The result reflects that. But we just have to get games into players.
C Curnow back to Northern for me. Needs to develop some form. Happy with the others atm.

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Yes, I got the feeling Simmo won't play past this season.
Then again, I remember that was the general feeling 3 games into last season and then he went a bit nuts...

Maybe he lost his powers when he shaved off his beard?

Traditional slow starter.

In time, this is what we're hoping SPS, Poulsen, Pickett, Lebois, Byrne, Fisher and Cunningham will add into the side.

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Twice Thomas was clear with the ball and kicked it directly to a Richmond player. Both times the Richmond player was 20 metres from the nearest Carlton player. One of the occasions it was Rance who was a long way away from any of our players and Daisy kicked it straight to him as if Rance was the leading forward.

Rowe was fixated with punching the ball/spoiling. A number of times he could have marked the ball easily. The stand out was when he jumped and had his head and shoulders about 4 foot above his opponent, but he still punched the ball to the boundary line. if he marked it, it could have been mark of the year contender.

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Yes that was clearly an against Melbourne and St Kilda - speed to break away from the contest but also speed to get to the contest and tackle. SPS has it, do Cuningham or Fisher? Murphy and Gibbs do not.

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"our electorate seeks less to be informed and more to be validated." Sad times.

afl highlights and report emphasizing casboults hit on vlaustin while not even a whisper on rances two incidents
off the ball on a 19 year old and a high head shot when someone is trying pick up the ball
the thing is he always does it then he pretends he also got hurt to avert attention of his real purpose
!@#$ I hope someone cleans this prick up

Didn't Martin hip and shoulder Ed Curnow to the head in the first quarter?

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If it didn't get highlighted by the commentators and replayed 100 times it never happened.

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"One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds." - Frank Zappa

Yeah, I also was watching Cripps and hoping it was lack of match time rather than on going back issues holding him back.

Thomas? The coach must see something I don't (you would hope so!) but I just don't see any point in playing him. Not worth his place, and at present it's surely about developing the kids.

Kruz looks fit and it really makes a difference excellent
Murph smart, prolific, keeps getting hit and keeps standing up, tough in the real sence and I think he’s great
Weiters looks like the forward to take us forward and now with marchbank in the side I am a converter and believe he should be our ff
Jack is smart and already a handful and if charlie works harder at the loose ball
Pickett will grow into a very good small and if harry comes along will we have the forward line that is hard to match
Rowe was very good as a defender but very sloppy when the ball was on the ground or in dispute
Plowman and marchback read the play well and will grow into very reliable defenders when their disposal is sharpened up
Simmo and doc to be honest I was disappointed in not because of their ability to get the ball but they did butcher the ball and made some unforced errors, hopefully it’s a one off
Sps will be a get there sooner rather than later
Pickett is smart, fast, and an elusive team oriented player
Our negatives we need to work harder at cohesion, ball transfer and our hand is terrible, believe it our !@#$% hand ball
I’m not going to mention white or the flower
Well no more whinging next week we gain a bit more experience and unity within our team collectively and cross our fingers they start cutting some dead wood from the side

He's also getting older every year... never seen anyone rediscover their speed, especially at Simpson's age.

Rather see Palmer or Kerridge in the side than Thomas. Just doesn't get it enough and when he does it's a reminder of what MM has left us.

And as for Griggs's goal celebration ....

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I just want my old club back ... (edit) maybe I have!

I was pretty emotionally uninvested last night ... But Zeus that got me out of my chair. What a cauliflower. Shannon Grant level frontrunning celebration.

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The only way for some people to understand is for them to be on the receiving end

Left wing moralists
In self serving denial
They shit me no end