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DD wrote:

UNKA2 wrote:

DD wrote: Please explain how the Dockers were lucky the last two weeks?

Well i reckon winning on basically the last kick of the match has a certain amount of luck attached.

Yeh lucky we came back from 27 points down against Melbourne and 29 points down midway through the 3rd quarter against NM.

Coming back from 30 points down is indeed very good. Winning on the last kick of the day, has a certain amount of luck attatched to it.

UNKA2 wrote:

DD wrote:

UNKA2 wrote:

DD wrote: Please explain how the Dockers were lucky the last two weeks?

Well i reckon winning on basically the last kick of the match has a certain amount of luck attached.

Yeh lucky we came back from 27 points down against Melbourne and 29 points down midway through the 3rd quarter against NM.

Coming back from 30 points down is indeed very good. Winning on the last kick of the day, has a certain amount of luck attatched to it.

It's takes than the last winning goal or behind to win a match, you have to look at the plays that lead to that opportunity being created. You make your own luck.

DD wrote: 30plus do you think Adam Simpson shows much imagination? I don't think he mixes it up much, a bit of a one trick pony. The only move he's got is throwing McGovern forward or back. Bring McKenzie into the team and throw Jack in the middle or even throw him across the half back line and leave McGovern forward.

Jetta showed his class yesterday in the WAFL but I'd say they would be looking at his KPI'S. Eagles need an injection of pace obviously Rioli could have provided that and a bit of magic. The Eagles midfield is too predictable so they need to mix it up. Hutchings was solid but no different to half a dozen others you got running through there at the moment.

I think the game has gone past McKenzie he is your old fashioned one on one defender Afl teams just dont play like that anymore.
I dont know whether Simpson is a one trick pony i just dont think he has the right personal to swing players around.
Darlings been tried in the midfield in the past,MxGovern is your Adam Hunter so depending on how a game is going depends on where he plays for what its worth id like to see him forward more often than not,perhaps they can entice his younger brother away from Adelaide sooner rather than later.
Yeo gets thrown around a bit as did Wellingham today.(he is a lazy footballer)

The Eagles midfield is slow and does need an injection of pace,Jetta could supply that but has been mostly lazy in his AFL games.

To put it simply the Eagles are not a top 4 team and maybe not even top 6.
So what id expect from here on in is wins for a team that is placed at about 7 or 8.

A list overhaul is a must at seasons end no doubt Guys like Jordan Snadden that came with big wraps as a junior just hasnt come om,Partington is another Tom Lamb if he is to stay you would think he needs to step up sooner arther than later.etc.....

30pyd, I reckon your post hit it on the head. For me Masten made too many mistakes and should be dropped. But who replaces him....not much in our ressies. I really did think they should have played Jetta - tell him to take a risk and take the game on or this may be your last chance. What has happened to their ball and kicking skills. All disappeared this year. The only thing to hang our hats on is that they are 3&2 without playing to their potential. I won't be buying a ticket to the gf though.

They have beaten two teams who are 0-5 and St Kilda who would have beaten them if they had kicked straight. They have not played any of the strong teams as yet. Today they were thrashed by a side that was 0-4 with a percentage of 55.

I look forward with bated breath to the same media blowtorch that was applied to Ross Lyon a few weeks back being turned on Adam Simpson. The Eagles have gone backwards fast since the 2015 Grand Final, surely the absence of Natanui can't be making that much difference.

Gérard Healy made the commont that Josh Hill and Mark Lecras can't play in the same fwd line.