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When do we call time?

Avenger

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Sadly, some people do.
Some merkins are shit stirring and the same merkin said to extend him a few weeks back yet you just can’t accept it.

BA has them playing wonderful footy. The review and the obvious threat of sacking his sorry arse and most of the players playing for their future has obviously done wonders.

Good on him and the players that were under pressure.
 

Gary Gutful

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BAAAAA is the man.
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Poupou Escobar

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It absolutely played a part last season. We were one of the most penalised sides in the competition IIRC, that definitely affects your results.

We will probably never know the full story, and this season could go to shit easily still, but I would suggest that early injuries to key players from 2017, coupled with a confidence shaking capitulation in round one, a belting in round 2, and an inability for the players to adapt to the rule changes put us behind the eight ball from the kick off.

We went from playing a high energy brand of football and bashing teams out of the contest to using all that energy to hang on in defence. We were missing Gutherson and French, neither ever found 2017 form. We were missing Brown, who is a key in defence and attack. So when we started to fall behind early in the year it was damned hard for us to get back with two halves who didn't gel, missing the X factor French and Gutho had provided, and constantly giving away huge advantages in possession.

Plenty of factors played a part. Some of us have been saying that for almost 12 months and copping stick left right and centre...
One bad season and suddenly we had a squad full of overpaid reserve graders. But like Arthur said, the individual efforts were all there, all year. It was the team cohesion that was killing us. f**k off Edwards, Hayne and Norman and suddenly the individual efforts are in unison.
 
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