LukeParkerno1
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If we lose him over this I will be far from happy especially when Blakey has been a mile worse this season.
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If we lose him over this I will be far from happy especially when Blakey has been a mile worse this season.
LukeParkerno1
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What is this a participation award or something? Stephens deserves as many chances, and frankly I'm backing him to come good before the other one. I am not playing someone on effort alone. If you can't execute skills at the end you are useless.
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I don't get this comparison of Blakey and Stephens. Stephens I think needs time to develop. Blakey is physically developed. Stephens will come along soon. Don't be impatient.
LukeParkerno1
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It isn't being impatient it's having the same standards. That is my issue with it. I don't have an issue to a degree of Stephens not playing, I do have an issue of playing Blakey who has been awful this season. I'm sorry but I'll call a spade a spade, he's been terrible.
Our forward line has been more unpredictable & dangerous without Buddy.
Here’s hoping the mentality this week is “look for Heeney, Paps, Hayward .... don’t just feel obliged to look for Buddy”.
Here’s hoping the mentality this week is “look for Heeney, Paps, Hayward .... don’t just feel obliged to look for Buddy”.
I actually think Mihocek is one of the competition's most underrated players. Good leap, good hands and seems to be good at finding space. Every time I watch the pies he seems to be kicking goals.
Like the look of Noble too. He's slippery and has a way of finding time/space.
One problem for Collingwood atm seems to be that their top level players are below their best... Sidebottom, Grundy, definitely de Goey who scored some cheapies last week. Pendles still decent but past his prime.
And their backline is decimated. They look so undermanned back there I don't really think we have many excuses today. Especially if Heeney is fit. Bud will take their best defender and the cupboard's pretty bare already.
Swans look pretty good on paper.
Heeney's a worry though. Is it just me or do they seem to be rolling the dice with injured players this year?
I'm happy with Blakey. He's got pace and he's got the skills to pay the bills - just not quite gelling atm. i'm backing him to pull it together, hopefully today.
I'm also a fan of Hewett, but put him in the midfield ffs. Maybe he can shutdown Pendles?
So glad we've got Hickey. Reckon he can beat Grundy today and we haven't had a ruck beat him in yonks.
Big day for Buddy. All this talk about how long he has left is new. Great players answer their critics but plenty of great players are watching from the stands at 34. Who really knows how many more games he's got in him. Glad to watch him today.
Finally, and it really just has to be said:
F@*% Eddie McGuire.
That's all the incentive they need.
Swans by 44
Like the look of Noble too. He's slippery and has a way of finding time/space.
One problem for Collingwood atm seems to be that their top level players are below their best... Sidebottom, Grundy, definitely de Goey who scored some cheapies last week. Pendles still decent but past his prime.
And their backline is decimated. They look so undermanned back there I don't really think we have many excuses today. Especially if Heeney is fit. Bud will take their best defender and the cupboard's pretty bare already.
Swans look pretty good on paper.
Heeney's a worry though. Is it just me or do they seem to be rolling the dice with injured players this year?
I'm happy with Blakey. He's got pace and he's got the skills to pay the bills - just not quite gelling atm. i'm backing him to pull it together, hopefully today.
I'm also a fan of Hewett, but put him in the midfield ffs. Maybe he can shutdown Pendles?
So glad we've got Hickey. Reckon he can beat Grundy today and we haven't had a ruck beat him in yonks.
Big day for Buddy. All this talk about how long he has left is new. Great players answer their critics but plenty of great players are watching from the stands at 34. Who really knows how many more games he's got in him. Glad to watch him today.
Finally, and it really just has to be said:
F@*% Eddie McGuire.
That's all the incentive they need.
Swans by 44
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i'm glad someone else sees the energy blakey plays with, he cops far too much flak on this board because he's not getting 30 touches a game ... i'm no critic of stephens but i really rate blakey
as for the barely coherent poster who says blakey 'can't get a kick' ... it's just not worth responding to such clearly blinkered ignorance
Based on the standards here... all Blakey has to do is show up, show some effort and she will be right mate. For Stephens, people pretty much expect him to be Gary Ablett Jnr in the 1-2 games he keeps getting every now and then to keep getting a spot in the side. gee whiz
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good grief! how has blakey been 'awful'? that's ridiculous ... he hasn't made the blatant blunders (that directly cost goals), a la lloyd, parker, et al, he goes in hard every contest and he's far better with his hands than he gets credit for ... he was looking like one of our best that first quarter before his injury a couple of weeks ago, including a useful stint pinch-hitting in the ruck ... as zyzzbruh says, and as i've said before, he lacks composure and is still working it out but 'awful', 'terrible'? ... no
If fit he'll kick 6.
If like last week, goalless
Further breakout dominance from Warner IMO. Excited to watch him go hard at contests & holding his feet while breaking away.
Absolute gun in the making.
We are not asking for the world for Stephens... understandable that he has to work for it. But whats the point of playing him for 1 game if you are not going to give him a consistent block of games to get a feel for it first? If you select a youngster, play him for 3-4 games then make the call. Blakey is allowed to play through his mistakes which is part of development... but people are saying what about Stephens? That crosses the line for me.
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Warner amazes me. I never thought he would be this good.
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Who is that with Ollie in the Swans Super Saturday piece?
I'm sure I should know but a name won't come to mind and it's driving me nuts!!
I'm sure I should know but a name won't come to mind and it's driving me nuts!!
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I'd watch it over and over and over.
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I just a return to the good ol’ days of Wicks marking 30 out with no defenders in camera shot.
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Why can't we? Surely it's on youtube? I'll look...
Edit: Well that's a buggar... I can't find it anywhere... I guess Fox have the rights
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Why can't we? Surely it's on youtube? I'll look...
Edit: Well that's a buggar... I can't find it anywhere... I guess Fox have the rights
This might sound kinda weird, but I see that Warner's family (particularly his mum) is very active on FB, and they seem to have dove head-first into the club's culture. Now I'm totally generalising here, and I've already put my foot in my mouth by doing that once already this week, but she seems like the type who would keep everything about her son, including a clip of him getting drafted. Someone take the fall and message her!
Ps. I just noticed Warner & I have 147 mutual friends on Facebook. That pretty much makes me famous so I probably won't hang around on here with you commoners much longer.
The biggest problem Blakey has is that Reid is playing well. This board must have a whipping boy !!!
C88 - you have one job.
Get the rest of the family onto the club roster.
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Wait! You’re not actually suggesting that the people that know their diets, how their bodies are travelling, see them everyday at training and know what they have been told to do on the football field have more idea that these randoms on BigFooty?
You’re crazy.....
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