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#GUILTY

Brilliant Wookie. Made my morning. Some brilliant signs.

There are so many worth going along to see now. I think my Fav just might be Byrne. That pace and set up off half back is just what we need, to take over from the Doc.

Our pace certainly looks encouraging. Plenty of toe on all lines.

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.”

Wouldn't say it was persecution, but it's more than just a subconscious bias.

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"Then joked and said he (Jack himself) probably wouldn't even need to play until round 2 against Collingwood."

Wookie back to his MVP form, thanks!

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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

Thanks as always wookie

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#DonTheStash

They're about to become our bitches.

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Let slip the Blues of war (with apologies to William Shakespeare) (and Sir Francis Bacon, just in case)

Bit harsh IMO. He gets his hands to balls that he has no right to even reach sometimes.
He backs himself and wins most of the contests. He is still learning.
He doesn't give many frees away at all.
We are looking at one of the success stories of the CFC unfolding before our eyes.
He was like a top five draft pick for us late last year and has continued in the same vein.
It will be interesting to see if your theory is correct. There will be days when he gate caught body on body and maybe then it will become something of an issue but while he can maintain space on his opponent and win the contests with height and pace he should be OK.

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Let slip the Blues of war (with apologies to William Shakespeare) (and Sir Francis Bacon, just in case)

Thanks, Wookie. Great work as always.
Sorry for the triple posts but at his time of the day nobody else is awake...

For those worried about Garlett, watch those highlights and just watch Garlett's work rate. He might easily have had four goals in the first half had he been chosen as the option. He certainly presented himself.
The first goal he ran from the back pocket to the forward line alongside the ball movement.
The run where Picket took on the right wing shows Garlett running alongside outside and then he switched inside to present two options one after the other but dropped away when Pickett kept going and he couldn't keep up.
The kid can play and has the smarts.

The other thing about that reel was the way Dow gave silver service to the forwards. I am going out on limb here. Based on one game, I am going to say those two passes to Casboult and Thomas were the best I've seen since Houlihan, who was probably the best of his era.

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Let slip the Blues of war (with apologies to William Shakespeare) (and Sir Francis Bacon, just in case)

Brilliant stuff Wookie....
... And you work? Great effort

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“Every single element of the Club has to be the best in the league, meticulously and methodically, and only by doing this will we be elite and challenge for number 17.”
Greg Lee

Ya know....

if we win 18 games this year...i really
want this to be one of them...!


kindest regards tommi

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that'siti'mnotchangingthistagain......!

Nice highlights - thanks Wookie.

Noting that I have only seen those highlights - is it fair to say Bolton is trying to get them to focus on a run and carry gameplan? It seemed to me in those highlights - almost every push forward was a result of run off the backline and moving the ball quickly?

It looked good, however I do worry as it is very dependant on good skills to work, otherwise we get exposed when the ball gets turned over.

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Cripps is the man

Yep, there was definitely a focus on playing on as soon as practicable.

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Looking forward to seeing our potential realised.

This style of play really suits Byrne

There was a lot to like, but also plenty of room for improvement. LOB's disposal wasn't great but I'm not going to hang him on one pre-season performance where he is playing against men for the first time. I think it will be a real eye-opener for him and can only aid his development going forward.

There were far more positives than negatives, so please don't think I am only seeing negatives, but am I the only one that thought Mullet was horrendous? For a bloke that's played nearly 100 games of AFL football, I thought he was weak at the contest and his disposal was rubbish. If a bloke is delisted from a bottom side, there's usually a pretty good reason for it. It may have been a case of just trying too hard in your first game for your new club, but I he was awful. Hope he proves me wrong

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Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.

Get some tight jumpers too many players being grabbed by the Jumper as they played on.... Easily fixed

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“Every single element of the Club has to be the best in the league, meticulously and methodically, and only by doing this will we be elite and challenge for number 17.”
Greg Lee

I wondered who the #18 was being very ordinary.

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

So glad you put it this way.

I watched the replay a couple of times since looking for the positives some suggested...ie he got better as the game wore on...and I didn't see anything other than a really selfless shepherd.

Maybe trying too hard.

I know he played better last year than this performance...but given the performance I cant put him in my 25 man squad for round 1.

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Everyone looks good in Navy Blue

Best thing is we probably don't need to!

Go you good things

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“Every single element of the Club has to be the best in the league, meticulously and methodically, and only by doing this will we be elite and challenge for number 17.”
Greg Lee

I disagree, when watching I commented a few times that I think whilst Garlett is certainly very quick but he runs a bit 'dumb' in the sense that he sprints to where the ball was, over commits and runs past people etc. Which I think means he gasses himself and can't get to the next contest or he might get to the next contest but he's too cooked to provide an option to the best of his ability.

I think the kid can definitely play, but I don't think he has the 'smarts' which can sometimes be the hardest thing to teach.

But also, I might just be stupid and this isn't the case at all. I guess we'll see.

I believe his name is "Flounder".

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"Hence you will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks"?

Winston Churchill