Indeed.
Can’t believe that kick.
While i do blame him for that loss, he has been a good player and servant of this club since coming over from St Kilda. He has his limitations and he makes mistakes like most players do but he gives everything he can to make us better.
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I hate our whole kick in strategy, the play on and kick it to a contest that we nearly always lose is so frustrating…
Hurley does it nearly every time and it should be him on the end of the kick ins from McKenna…
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Perhaps the Defenders coach will change who kicks in after last night and if they don’t they should.
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Pretzels everywhere are nervous.
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Looks like he’s on FC confessional tomorrow night- might be worth a listen.
It’s Jay Neagle all over again.
The last kick showed why BJ has no place as captain.
Too many misdirected kicks this year.
Great at pointing at players - not so good as being accountable to picking up players when defending.
The coach deserves some critiscism as it is he who sets up the strategy.
I would have thought a long kick headed to the boundary edge from Hurley or Handley would hve been the answer.
Our kick ins in the first quarter where pretty poor.
In ssheed’s day we would have run the clock down - just as we don’t tag - we forget how to win.
Looking for a much improved coaching effort in coming weeks.
It was horrifically bad.
He’s trusted with the kick out as least likely to stuff it up / most likely to hit a target.
And he makes the dumbest of errors that even McKenna wouldn’t have done.
Utterly embarrassing.
Find a man to spot up or clear it long out of the area. Simple and should have been second nature to someone so experienced.
Our leaders lack composure under pressure.
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Bring back Fletch, just for kickins
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By that logic, where the ■■■■ was heppell?
What everyone has missed is the Swans had no player manning the mark. It was only at the last minute that Papley came from 20 metres back and on the left side. Goddard saw the mark was unmanned so decided to play on. He was unlucky that Papley came from that side.
BJ has been immense for this club, OK he could have done better, but the sun is still coming up and we are showing we are getting better even without some key players - Hooker, Ambrose, Parish, and Begley coming on quickly and with Lav in the wings.
We are going to get better, and BJ still has a huge role to play this year. What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger, we are proving this.
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If only he was in a better position to assess where everyone on the ground was…
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Unlucky?? More or less unlucky than a dog running on to the highway and getting hit by a car?
Unlucky?
Was Papley wearing an invisibility cloak?
He was manning the Mark EXACTLY whee he knew Goddard would go, because we go there every damn time.
Luck played no part in this.
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Just sit BJ down and tell him that he is no longer allowed to take the kick-outs.
He doesn’t have it in him to limit himself. He needs to be told.
His record of screwing things up in the D50 is quite poor. Yes he is a good kick, but he takes too high a risk for the D50, and if he misses by much it always hurts in that part of the ground.
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How about Hearts takes the kick ins? Is good for 65 m+.
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