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The Golden Ticket - MCG and Marvel Medallion Club tickets and Corporate Box tickets at the Gabba, MCG and Marvel.
I believe the Giants had a couple of key players back from the minor round game and the guys that struggled in the middle fired in the finals.
Giants had played well the week before playing us we on the other hand came off a thrashing.
We definitely peaked at the wrong time of year and once some injuries came along we went down like the Titanic.
We never had the depth to cover injured players and that’s been a massive problem for some time now.
Yes, Sam has sadly now departed. Same with Scooter.Sam seems a nice lad and wish him well in whatever pursuit in life he follows. However, could not see him on GF day on MCG being able to do his job. We now have 2 seasoned rucks one of which has contributed on GF day. Best to move on for all. As a by the way giants could well have played in GF except for the umpiring at one stage!
From what I seen last year the depth we had playing for the Port Magpies is as bad as we’ve ever had.I am really trying to reach back in my memory but those couple of players weren't key players as such. IIRC, they were two small forwards, one IIRC was pretty good.
We had an issue with depth but I personally feel it is more to do with Kenny Average not developing players and thus relying on free agency and more specific to the year, maxxing out the players to get a new contract and not using the year to find depth such as Finalyson down back.
Looking at that finals match Drew kicks a goal 2 minutes into the second quarter and we take the lead.We know the Crows have a mental edge over us so that's not surprising and it's at least a consistent pattern.
The way our midfield was able to totally dominate GWS and then a little over a month later totally capitulate against them with the only difference being H&A game v finals game was jarring.
Has been for a long time.Looking at that finals match Drew kicks a goal 2 minutes into the second quarter and we take the lead.
That should have fired up the players but instead there midfield takes over and it’s the only goal we kick for the qtr.
Even the last qtr Dixon goals 2 minutes in then we miss 3 shots in a row.
Again it’s our only goal for the qtr, our output for the 2nd and 4qtr yields us 2-14.
Your spot on about the fall of grace by our mids from the H@A game to the finals but our goal kicking in pressure games is pathetic.
We know the Crows have a mental edge over us so that's not surprising and it's at least a consistent pattern.
The way our midfield was able to totally dominate GWS and then a little over a month later totally capitulate against them with the only difference being H&A game v finals game was jarring.
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The point to take from this is we should give Ken Hinkley 16 years to see if he sharpens up to win a flag.I have first hand experience at listening to Adam Kingsley's views on footy and at the time I was not that impressed. Based on that experience I do not see him as an improvement on Hinkley. Then again Kingo may have sharpened up in the 16 years since I heard him expound his views on the game.
The point to take from this is we should give Ken Hinkley 16 years to see if he sharpens up to win a flag.
From what I seen last year the depth we had playing for the Port Magpies is as bad as we’ve ever had.
There is no depth so you can’t develop what is not there.
The club has tried to address some of these problems this year but has been slow to catch on about our glaring deficiency’s.
You can argue who is to blame for this all day long but I believe the problems within our club is definitely more than one person.
An article somewhere the other day (can't remember where) listed what guys who left clubs are doing this season, they had him listed as trying to get into music production.Is Sam playing football anywhere this year?
An article somewhere the other day (can't remember where) listed what guys who left clubs are doing this season, they had him listed as trying to get into music production.
Thought I will share since it hasn’t been posted
He should be able to have a few darts at half time and dominate at that level.
Thought I will share since it hasn’t been posted
Thought I will share since it hasn’t been posted