Really getting sick of doing this, last one for the month I hope.
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Danny- Denis Pagan gets out coached almost every time he puts the side on the paddock. It is because he cannot counter act opposition moves . when williams decided to play keepings off the other week he didn't have a clue what to do. If denis is having so much trouble on game day who is to say that his development technics are not out dated - who is to say his track training is not out dated
Who is to say that some of the players cannot follow out instructions because they're not good enough - who is to say we just didn't have our heart in it that game - who is to say that it wasn't an abberation - who is to say we are systematically training our players from their weaker skills as a group to their better - who is to say you just wasted a whole paragraph highlighting your ever-perpetuating and pessimistic imagination?
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We beat a seriously under manned West Coast last Week and a side that finished off well last year but lacks height.
I thought pace was our issue? We just beat one of the quicker teams in the comp because we got to the contest first and got their in numbers and didn't just fly at the ball like geese. Next.
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We will get pumped round 1 and probably round 2 depending on wether the Freo boys are backing connolly or not.
Seeing as how Freo's defense isn't that flash it looks to me like that match will be a shoot out and a test of endurance, I think we have the pace and players to rebound from their forward line. Lance should play forward in that game.
As for Melbourne, I think we can match up well on them too - and that's what it's about. Exploiting weaknesses, ours are starting to shrink and as a result, our ability to exploit the oppositions are starting to grow.
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Danny look at the development - Waite should be tearing the comp apart. Houlihan over a 100 games and still struggles to hold a midfeild role. Fevola over 100 games and still everyone is waiting for his eliteness to appear.
Waite is all set to tear the competition apart, he's been building match fitness, as has Fevola - their 'eliteness' is only held back by their mindset, let's hope that changes. Houlihan has played a midfield role less than a handful of times prior to the pre-season and he looks to have developed the tank for it. I think he will surprise you.
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Simpson- Bentick and Carrazzo all still bit part players .
All signs point to the first two pushing past that point this season and Carrots is most certainly not, only faded last season from being on the park and doing so damn much in all the games. Bentick is 20-21, Simpson 22, Carrots 21-22. I can actually bother to check for you if you like.
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The competition has changed no longer can a player do long apprenticeships - they have to develop quickly and by the time they are 22,23,24 they have got to be at the top of their game or very close to it.
Your opinion of the competition has changed, you're basing everything on Judd. Ball and Hodge only came into their own last year and Cooney is still going. You should merely expect them to be competent players at 21-22 unless they went top 5 in the draft, in which case you expect them to really be making a name for themselves.
It's Walker's year to shine.
You give KPPs another year because they have to build more muscle and larger bodies require longer adaptation in terms of coordination (it's to do with strength over joint angles and making use of the changes this growth gives you, which is quite rapid compared to what a 'wild' human would be experiencing, biomechanics, I don't think you'd understand). Ruckman you give another 2 (1 more than KPP).
This year is also Waite's year.
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Take off the Navy Blue glasses and look around look what other clubs are doing.
I did, and I don't see much wrong with the direction we're pushing in and we're hardly behind schedule.
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Synbad and BV are right
Sometimes BV, but you must be wearing glasses that have had the lenses painted black if you think Synbad's words hold truth. Fear-mongerer (not a very good one though).
And I'm done.