We pepper the goals;
we kill ourselves trying to score.
Then we cough it up
and concede one through the backdoor.
Damian Balassone is a failed half-forward flanker who writes poetry. He is the author of ‘Strange Game in a Strange Land’.
Write. From the Heart.
We pepper the goals;
we kill ourselves trying to score.
Then we cough it up
and concede one through the backdoor.
Damian Balassone is a failed half-forward flanker who writes poetry. He is the author of ‘Strange Game in a Strange Land’.
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Letting through soft goals on the break has been happening since Buckley’s opening match as coach against Hawthorn in 2012. Its time Damo…Get Clarko !!
Brilliant!!
Nailed it. Sadly….
Cheers Smokie & Luke & spot on Phil – getting done ‘on the break’ is the hallmark of the Buckley coaching era. Every side knows it.