...........was a few more inches to the left we'd be 3rd on the ladder.

All this talk about the sky falling is crazy as we're up and down like every other side bar the top 2 who are head and shoulders above the rest. Also remember our 3 worst performances have all been interstate, without some horrible umpiring and bad kicking we would be undefeated in Melbourne.

All this talk about Ratts being not up to it is just crap as we've been in control of most games so his methods are working. If we kicked for goal as poorly against the dogs as we had against other teams we would have lost that one too.

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there are a lot of could have , would have , and should have this year with Carlton but the fact is we are in real danger of slipping right of the the pace - We lose this week and it's nearly bring out the Sherman time again .

Fev's kicking has been ordinary at best this year and it is one of numerous reasons why we are sitting out side the eight - We should Have at least 2 more wins under our belt

We were crap on Saturday and crap against Freo and the Swans cant escape that

Need to string 2 or 3 wins in a row starting this week

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I'm just saying had we converted a little better and had a certain umpire not have given Essenscum two free goals, something Ratts has zero control over our coach will have gone from 'out of his depth' to 'genius'.

Our interstate record is a worry but luckily we won't have too many more of them left.

We'll smash West Coast on Friday Night and be back in the 8 next week.

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"We used to sit around and talk about how bad the game plan was." Anthony Koutoufides

Hope you are right about West Coast

But we have 3 interstate game plus Stkilda and Geelong in the last 13 games - we need to win at least 7 to make the 8- recent form suggest we will not do it .

I think the side is more than capable of doing it but they are struggling to turn close games into wins.

They have gone from hoping to win with no fear of losing to expecting to win with a real fear of losing and it is showing in the close ones where each win now counts for something

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Shame Game. You know you never let the facts or stats get in the way of good story or rant.....as the case may be.

Regards Cazzesman

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Yeah and had we played with a bit of guts and intensity for 4 quarters against Freo and Essendon* we'd be 3rd too.

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If your aunty had balls...............

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No so rare in this current age.

SPOT ON.

Finishing 3rd on the ladder at the end of the season WONT be because of one little kick. It takes 22 games.

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Stuff happens to every team all the time.... if you dont want stuff happening... stay in your bedroom and keep the lights off...

The reality is we dont have a gameplan...!!!.. that will see you through "stuff" more often than not...!!!

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Yep and 2 quarters against the Crows makes up just over 1.76% of the total quarters for the season.

Regards Cazzesman

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OMG - same thread - different title.

BTW Synbad - what do you think of our gameplan - do we have one? Share you thoughts please..... [sarcasm off]

Let's all just have a few relax and get ready to rumble on Friday

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TC suffers from the social media illness - the death of respect and constructive discourse by keyboard.

All roads lead to Rome....

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Good post.

See how good we are considering our players dont know what theyre doing?

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false optimism

'snip'

Regards Cazzesman

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Ricky Gervais - “Everyone has the right to hold whatever beliefs they want. And everyone else has the right to find those beliefs f***ing ridiculous.”

youre getting worked up....

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We didn't loose that game because of 2 bad quarters. We were woefull for the entire game despite a few quick and lucky goals in the third. 3 of them were from free kicks IIRC.

Are you saying that all can be forgiven because we played half a good game?

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Ha ha nice try.

Do you think Ratts has no gameplan? Do you think he has a team meeting and tells them to go out there and kick a goal or two, stop a goal or two and we should win?

Your posts indicate that.

Judd, Scotland, Murphy and Kruise have all said each player knows what is asked of them but you ask me to believe that we have no game plan because you say so.

Do all the teams that lose each week have no game plan????

If a player that is young and new to the big league and is asked to do something and he understands what he is being asked to do he should be able to do this 100% each week? As well as someone who has played over 100 games and done 5 or 6 pre seasons?

Do you think that the group on this website that support Ratten ,can see improvement and are willing to give him the length of his contract to get results are holding the team back?

This posting in questions is quite fun. I see now why you do this.

Fev kicks the goal we are third.