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Football => View from the Outer => Topic started by: tiger101 on February 12, 2014, 12:32:59 PM
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Finally the footy has came back around.
The Nab challenge kicks off tonight between Geelong - Collingwood.
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Finally the footy has came back around.
The Nab challenge kicks off tonight between Geelong - Collingwood.
:facepalm
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Cats up by 3 goals at half-time.
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Grundy has little legs and a big body.
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Doolhan idiot
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Grundy has little legs and a big body.
The 90s called and Brendon Gale wants his rug back
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Good to see it only took the first preseason game for the Colliwobbles to return :lol. We'll have to put up though with Pie supporters skiting about getting Taylor Adams as well as Jesse White kicking 5.
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Grundy has little legs and a big body.
Freak
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Half time score: Hawks 93 - Lions 9.
The lions could be in for a long year.
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I know Brisbane flew down most of their young players but Leppa will right now probably be thinking why did I leave Richmond lol.
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This game is edge of your seat stuff.
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This game is edge of your seat stuff.
Brisbane about to hit double figures!!
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Relax guys there's about 20 missing from their best side
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This game is edge of your seat stuff.
Brisbane about to hit double figures!!
Hold onto your hat, partner!
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Leppa copying Dimma's first preseason game - a 100+ point loss to Hawthorn IIRC.
Brisbane the new Fitzroy (that use to be the old Fitzroy).
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blues thrashing norf
so conflicted
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Carlton survived a North comeback from 6 goals down to win 100-93.
Dal Santo had 27 disp. and Luke McDonald 22 of the Roos' newbies; Andrejs Everitt kicked 3 goals for the Blues.
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Kangahobos lose another close one
Can't even afford mental strength
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Kangahobos lose another close one
Can't even afford mental strength
Apparently there's not even a food coupon for that
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The Crows smashed Port by 10 goals with Betts kicking 5. You can't trust preseason results :nope.
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Suns come from 5 goals down to pip the Bombers by a rushed point right at the end lol.
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Hurley's ponytail
:ROTFL
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blues thrashing norf
so conflicted
Injuries/Suspensions could have been the real winner.
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Suns come from 5 goals down to pip the Bombers by a rushed point right at the end lol.
Essendon player punched through the winning point after the siren. :clapping
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Suns come from 5 goals down to pip the Bombers by a rushed point right at the end lol.
Essendon player punched through the winning point after the siren. :clapping
Hurley's ponytail did it
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Eagles up 59 - 13 against Freo and it's only quarter time.
Another preseason game where one side coming off a poor 2013 is going full bore while the finalist isn't giving a damn.
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Freo have a whole preseason to let that grand final loss burn in the gut and they serve up that effort
Wait wot
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The game between the Dogs and Saints is apparently still going ahead despite Kardinia Park being underwater today :huh.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bg0SzwoCMAANSit.jpg)
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Saints jumper from long distance looks like it has a large erect one on it. St. Failda :clapping
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Big Tommy Derickx playing tonight :clapping
couldnt wait to get out of Richmond apparently
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Big Tommy Derickx playing tonight :clapping
couldnt wait to get out of Richmond apparently
NAB Cup specialist. Put the house on the Swanettes tonight. :clapping
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Big Tommy Derickx playing tonight :clapping
couldnt wait to get out of Richmond apparently
NAB Cup specialist. Put the house on the Swanettes tonight. :clapping
Appranetly played well, according to SEN this morning.
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Big Tommy Derickx playing tonight :clapping
couldnt wait to get out of Richmond apparently
NAB Cup specialist. Put the house on the Swanettes tonight. :clapping
Appranetly played well, according to SEN this morning.
He was about as good as a Derickx NAB Cup game. Clueless at the Centre Bounces still.
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23 hit outs to the x-man and a handy goal
Should have hung onto him
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Lulz Norf getting pantsed at Aurora again. :lol
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37 pts down 10 min into the 2nd quarter :lol
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There is a. Ideo on the AFL site title Nahas holds firm
Surely a pun on words here
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There is a. Ideo on the AFL site title Nahas holds firm
Surely a pun on words here
:lol
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Lulz Norf getting pantsed at Aurora again. :lol
A Top 4 side didn't they say at North :whistle :wallywink :lol.
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Lol Norf :lol
Biggest bunch of woulda shoulda coulda's.
Always an excuse.
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So people are supposedly overreacting to us losing a practice match to last year's 15th place side, but North doing likewise to last year's premiers is proof they're not that good?
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McGuane kicked 3 in Brisbane's win over the Suns.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BhIxhLOCMAAlQQU.jpg)
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McGuane kicked 3 in Brisbane's win over the Suns.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BhIxhLOCMAAlQQU.jpg)
Got them all early before completely fading out. Same crap, different jumper.
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So people are supposedly overreacting to us losing a practice match to last year's 15th place side, but North doing likewise to last year's premiers is proof they're not that good?
The concern for North is Brett Harvey in his mid-30s is still their best player. Contain him and Wells and North are a one-paced, one-dimensional side.
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McGuane kicked 3 in Brisbane's win over the Suns.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BhIxhLOCMAAlQQU.jpg)
Will be a contender for the Coleman with Raines feeding him all season with those bullet passes of his
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The concern for North is Brett Harvey in his mid-30s is still their best player. Contain him and Wells and North are a one-paced, one-dimensional side.
If that's really the case, then I hope we absolutely tag that pair into oblivion when we play them. Having a strategy to counter the inevitable mega-flood of our forward line that they'll perpetrate would be a help too. Seriously, I want to DESTROY the shi@#boners this year!
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Got them all early before completely fading out. Same crap, different jumper.
Spot on ! I wonder what percentage of McGuane's career goals have been kicked in the first quarter ? I reckon about 90%.
If I was the coach I'd sub him off at qtr time every week.
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The concern for North is Brett Harvey in his mid-30s is still their best player. Contain him and Wells and North are a one-paced, one-dimensional side.
If that's really the case, then I hope we absolutely tag that pair into oblivion when we play them. Having a strategy to counter the inevitable mega-flood of our forward line that they'll perpetrate would be a help too. Seriously, I want to DESTROY the shi@#boners this year!
So do I RR :thumbsup :pray.
The only problem is I think we play them at Etihad again which suits their uber mega-flood counterattack gameplan. Hopefully Dimma and co. have learnt from last year's shocker where we continually got sucked in by it.
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Daisy looks like he's been in a good paddock. :lol
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Daisy looks like he's been in a good paddock. :lol
Carlton are pox ! How the f**k do they keep beating us :banghead
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Daisy looks like he's been in a good paddock. :lol
Carlton are pox ! How the f**k do they keep beating us :banghead
Agreed, It's all mental. They are total poo.
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Bummers. :lol
Led 25-1 but the drugs have worn off early. 26-27 now. :clapping
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Schulz gone....
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65-90
Red rover.
Any injuries?
What about Schulz???
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Schulz rolled his ankle when fat boy Hurley sat on it.
Hibberd pinged a hammy.
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Last night makes you again ask where the Dons are going to get their goals from most weeks to kick a winning score. After that initial burst at the start of the game, they could only manage 6 goals in the remaining 3.5 qtrs.
I know it's only practice matches but it's always fun to see Collingwood, Carlton and Essendon all lose when we've had a good win :thumbsup.
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Essendon are horrible and in for a loooong year. I can't believe Brereton and Roo last night had them as being right in the middle of their premiership window ?
People on this site , others in the media all have them finishing top 8 , maybe top 4 ??
I seriously don't get it ? Is it me who's deluded ? They are crap !
Their first four games are against North , Hawthorn , Carlton and Freo away. They will be zip and 4.
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Essendon are horrible and in for a loooong year. I can't believe Brereton and Roo last night had them as being right in the middle of their premiership window ?
People on this site , others in the media all have them finishing top 8 , maybe top 4 ??
I seriously don't get it ? Is it me who's deluded ? They are crap !
Their first four games are against North , Hawthorn , Carlton and Freo away. They will be zip and 4.
They're better than Carlton, which usually means Carlton will win that so 0-4 looking likely. And with their fadeouts they'll be cooked.
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Essendon are horrible and in for a loooong year. I can't believe Brereton and Roo last night had them as being right in the middle of their premiership window ?
People on this site , others in the media all have them finishing top 8 , maybe top 4 ??
I seriously don't get it ? Is it me who's deluded ? They are crap !
Their first four games are against North , Hawthorn , Carlton and Freo away. They will be zip and 4.
Surely you've been around long enough to know that you never underestimate Essendon. As good as we are at contriving defeat , they are at contriving victories. Whereas we're the side that misses finals with 14 wins, they're the side that falls in arse-backwards with 10 wins. Media, umpires & AFL all love them. Like most who are overpraised, spoiled and entitled, they refuse to accept criticism & strut around with an air of condfidence even when they're ordinary.
Put it simply- the fact they wear a sash of a different colour is appropriate because they're pretty much the anti-Richmond. Like how Barbara Eden & Elizabeth Montgomery used to put on brunette wigs to play their evil cousins in I Dream of Jeanie & Bewitched.
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Dogs had more scoring shots last night but still lost by 28 pts to Freo. As they say bad kicking is bad footy. After the Dogs got to 22 pts in front early in the 3rd, Freo kicked 10.3 to 1.6.
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Gumby :cheers
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Put it simply- the fact they wear a sash of a different colour is appropriate because they're pretty much the anti-Richmond. Like how Barbara Eden & Elizabeth Montgomery used to put on brunette wigs to play their evil cousins in I Dream of Jeanie & Bewitched.
:lol
Outstanding analogy right there !
I always liked the mischievous brunette Serena
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Gumby :cheers
lol , Gumby didn't last a quarter but hey , Shaun ' I can't get through the warm-ups without doing a hammy ' Higgins managed to play a half of footy.
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Lmao Gumboot
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Well Derickx looks to have improved already at Sydney.....dropping much harder marks.....
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It seems the Eagles are one of the few sides taking the NAB Challenge seriously.
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It seems the Eagles are one of the few sides taking the NAB Challenge seriously.
They certainly are!
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Well Derickx looks to have improved already at Sydney.....dropping much harder marks.....
:lol :lol I saw him take a chest mark :banghead :banghead
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when he's freezing his balls off in the NEAFL this winter he'll drop his bundle and move back to Perf to build houses
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Gumby out for 12 weeks. Just one of those footballers whose body can't cope with the rigours of AFL footy.
GWS absolutely smashing St Kilda. They've kicked the last 8 goals straight to be 92 - 34 up at half-time (scores were level at qtr time btw). They also kicked FIVE Supergoals :o in that 2nd qtr with the breeze. Cameron and Patton have kicked 5 goals between them as the Giants' key forward pairing.
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Giants won 139 - 71.
Cameron with 5 goals.
Lock in the Saints to collect their 27th wooden spoon this year :yep.
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Dees return to the land of reality :yep.
MELBOURNE 2.2 2.3 3.5 4.8 (32)
HAWTHORN 3.5 9.8 16.13 21.16 (142)
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-03-08/hawks-give-dees-a-lesson
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Gee hawks have been up and running early.
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Just going by the TV footage here but how can Collingwood claim 70k members not fill out Etihad for the very first bounce of the season?
Edit: ok bit fuller now but still plenty of vacant seats top and bottom. Empty Medallion looks poo too.
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Klingonwood only 2 goals in the first half and tracking towards a 70 point loss
Buckley in for a long season
:lol
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Maybe Pie fans knew they would be crap this year ;D. Freo up 55-20 at half-time.
Seriously, if we lose to the Pies again in round 4 then I'll be doing this :banghead.
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Watching Buckley behave like an uncontrollable, petulant child is satisfactory viewing to say the least.
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Watching Buckley behave like an uncontrollable, petulant child is satisfactory viewing to say the least.
x 10
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ken oath, loving this
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ohhh yeahhh
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3qtr time Freo up by more than 10 goals
3 goals to the pies in 3 qtrs of footy.
Nayfan will wishing he hadn't agreed to that contract extension ;D
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Aaaand ten goals down at 3/4 time :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing :dancing
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This is awesome.
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Wayne Carey just said Colonwang worse than Melbourne that quarter
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Both will finish higher than Richmond though.
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Kerrangweed are just terrible
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how do the commentators call la bamba without cracking up?
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couldn't ask for a better start to the season.
Footy is the winner
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Best part is, the more Buckley puts his stamp on the club, the worse they are. Win/win
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buckly, the man who, seeking glory and premiership fame, left a club that went on to win three consecutive premierships, two of which he was a loser in.
then as an in experienced coach, with no credentials, or runs on the board, was given the gig on a silver plater at the expense of a proven premiership winning coach, just after yet another grand final appearance.
still that elusive premiership eludes the glory seeking FIGJAM
EAD, colonwood scum
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Freo were scary good.
CLEAR top two.
They have set a benchmark.
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Yesssssss!!!!! :lol :lol
I've got two words for ya....
Collinggggg..wooooooooeedd :shh
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Freo were scary good.
CLEAR top two.
They have set a benchmark.
Freo looked great. I love how they leave their man to take the risk to go to the contest, knowing that his teammate behind him will cover his opponent. It's like playing with an extra man if you can get it right.
Watching Buckley behave like an uncontrollable, petulant child is satisfactory viewing to say the least.
I treated myself to a bag of microwave popcorn and a pitcher of coola cordial with ice just to add to the pleasurable experience. What a night.
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Freo only looked good once colonwood threw in the towel.
We can smash that Lyon coached team.
Bring it on.
Just rove to Gulliver....who can only play a half if footy because he's such a giant freak.
I suggest standing on his ties at boundary throw ins.
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Why does the media continue to celebrate that feral piece of poo Joffa? Surely they're aware of what he's really like and how he really carries on? Everyone who's ever come within 50 feet of him on gameday at a Collingwood match is aware of it.
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A mixture of anger and denial from Pie fans after last night's smashing ...
http://www.magpies.net/nick/bb/viewtopic.php?t=73399&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
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Most enjoyable game of football.
Can't wait for Monday to ask the Pies supporters at work, in a quiet serious tone, what they thought of the game.
:lol
Gotta love Eddie, he has rooted his club putting Bucks in as Coach and he has rooted Carlton by getting rid of Malthouse.
One bright note for the Pies was young Langdon.
Looked composed and talented.
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Difficult 2 months of football ahead for the pies:-
R2. Sydney
R3. Geelong
R4. RICHMOND
R5. North
R6. Carlton
R7. Essendon
Bye
Youd wonder at this stage whether theyll start favourites in any of those.
Could be 2 and 5, 1 and 6 or even 0 and 7, with their season over before the bye
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One bright note for the Pies was young Langdon.
Looked composed and talented.
Yep, withstood the wave of attack.
The only positive of the night for the Pies.
For the rest of us just positive after positive :clapping
how do the commentators call la bamba without cracking up?
Might have a new name but still the same crap player. Good when things are going well, crap when things are well crap ;D
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Most enjoyable game of football.
Gotta love Eddie, he has rooted his club putting Bucks in as Coach and he has rooted Carlton by getting rid of Malthouse.
:lol :clapping
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Fantastic start to the season.
Reminded me of our Round 1 debacle in 2009.
Could not happen to a more deserving footy club.
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One bright note for the Pies was young Langdon.
Looked composed and talented.
Yep, withstood the wave of attack.
The only positive of the night for the Pies.
For the rest of us just positive after positive :clapping
how do the commentators call la bamba without cracking up?
Might have a new name but still the same crap player. Good when things are going well, crap when things are well crap ;D
Must be the most profanities mentioned in a WP post ever!
You obviously arent a la mumba fan WP ;D
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Giants only 7 pts behind the Swans at half-time.
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This has become the first fair dinkum Sydney derby. Swans 3 points up on the Giants at 3/4 time .... 62- 59. Game on!
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:gobdrop :gobdrop
Giants by 6 points
Patton Misses
Giants by 7 points
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How goes that $10mill $ydney? :rollin :lol
Though just our luck when we play an expansion team twice it's the year they're good :banghead
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GWS 8 points up at the 24 min mark. Boilover coming.
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Make that 14 pts up. Can you have the upset of the year after two games? ;D
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Now 20 pts up. Giants are home surely :gobdrop.
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Make it 20 points
Who need Buddy :clapping
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26 :rollin
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GWS gets another. I only tuned for the last QTR but has Buddy done anything all game.
93 - 67
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The look on the face of Longmire = priceless
Give Nayfan a call John ;D
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GWS gets another. I only tuned for the last QTR but has Buddy done anything all game.
93 - 67
I saw him kick the SWANs 2nd in the first qtr
Only switched back on since the Storm game
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As they say in the classics ..... good for footy ;D in NSW :yep.
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Bad for footy everywhere else.
They ain't no underdog....they're a Frankenstein created in the AFL lab that's been learning to walk and we're all going to rue this day in years to come.
I for one was not cheering.
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Bad for footy everywhere else.
They ain't no underdog....they're a Frankenstein created in the AFL lab that's been learning to walk and we're all going to rue this day in years to come.
I for one was not cheering.
Your post is both extremely funny :scream and scary
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Power have kicked the last 6 goals to be 16 points up, halfway through the third quarter.
How good would a Carlton loss be to restore some balance to such a poot weekend!
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White to Schultz - goal.
White would've blazed away then and missed had he still been playing for us.
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Bad for footy everywhere else.
They ain't no underdog....they're a Frankenstein created in the AFL lab that's been learning to walk and we're all going to rue this day in years to come.
I for one was not cheering.
Spot on Diocletian :clapping. And the same applies to Gold Coast. Both soulless franchises gifted the feast of the table, while teams like Richmond were left to fight for discarded bones and scraps.
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As they say in the classics ..... good for footy ;D in NSW :yep.
The teams with 75 top 5 draft picks are going good
Crazy :whistle
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I went to the GWS v Swans game and thought it was a pretty good game considering the conditions. Lucky the players went off the ground at quarter time as Lightning hit the roof of the stand above me with debris from the roof floating down onto the ground.
It absolutely bucketed down for about half an hour. The drainage on the ground was first rate with most of the surface water gone within 20 minutes. Was even able to do kick to kick at the end of the game with my son. Touching the grass you would not have known it had been raining so heavily.
After seeing how we played against GC and how GWS out-enthused and out-muscled the Swans, for the first time I am worried about playing the Giants. :pray
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The Ginas will out-gina us and win by 100
bookmark it
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The Ginas will out-gina us and win by 100
bookmark it
did you go to the game gerker?
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The Ginas will out-gina us and win by 100
bookmark it
did you go to the game gerker?
nope, was watching it and F1 quali in a strip club
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Good game so far, free flowing. Bartel doesn't have an opponent inside 50
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That goal umpire to right of screen, what a natural beauty
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After a tight three quarters, Cats run away in the last to win by 119-81.
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I hope those stuffing plebs norf get belted tonight
Next time I take a dump ill remember not to flush so I can save some dinner for norfs cheersquad
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They make us look good
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Pencil n0rf in to top 4.
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I hope someone punches Lindsay Thomas in the nurries.
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Joe daniher, ugliest flog in pusstown
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Just one big zit.
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Chapman, 4.1 :thumbsup wouldve been handy against the suns :shh
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Norf are just so vanilla. Not one player has superstar quality.
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Fourth consecutive May Premiership coming up for Essendon....
Brad Scott will either be assistant to his brother at Geelong or to Leppitsch up at Brisbane this time next year...
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Pencil n0rf in to top 4.
:rollin
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A Paul Roos side that can't score. Saints v Freo will be an exciting match up in a few years.
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A Paul Roos side that can't score. Saints v Freo will be an exciting match up in a few years.
doesnt Roos coach Melbourne. Not that it matters. He will be done soon.
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woops yes Demons v Freo :lol Watching st kilda v Melbourne, thinking of Lyon and Roos that was an easy slip to make :cheers
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woops yes Demons v Freo :lol Watching st kilda v Melbourne, thinking of Lyon and Roos that was an easy slip to make :cheers
I liked how they kept showing Roosy on the phone to the missus finding out what she had spent the $20k from this week on. :lol
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Eagles smashed the Dogs 134-69.
Looks like Crameri could be gone (injured) for the Dogs in his first game so he could miss when we play them in a fortnight's time.
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Collingwang bottom of the ladder
:cheers :cheers :cheers :cheers :cheers :cheers :cheers :cheers :cheers :cheers :cheers :cheers
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Essenderp an equal opportunity club letting girls like Steph Heppel and Deb Hurley play.
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Stuff me, Roughead is a champ. That one hander.
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Hawks up 57-25 at half-time. A class or two above the poor ol' Bombers.
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Spoke to soon Mr OE
6 goals on the trot by the Bumblings and they Lear the Dawks by 3 points at 3qtr time :o
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That was beautiful.
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The difference between the skill level and composure under pressure shown by both sides tonight and that of both sides last night was stark.
stuffing hurry the stuff up ASADA....
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That's why they are champions. Missing quality personnel injury to their captain and they find a way to win after they are challenged.
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Matt White the sub for Port today. 3 year $300k+ contract ?
Bloody expensive sub
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Seems to not be able to shrug the vest lol.
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Matt White the sub for Port today. 3 year $300k+ contract ?
Bloody expensive sub
Nope. Not on that sort of coin. He was very good though
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Jesse White
0 marks :clapping
We could use a forward like that FFS
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Jesse White
0 marks :clapping
We could use a forward like that FFS
Easy up there Gerks, he doesn't wear yellow and black so this guy is a gun KPD, would swap for Vickery in a heartbeat
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Jesse White
0 marks :clapping
We could use a forward like that FFS
Easy up there Gerks, he doesn't wear yellow and black so this guy is a gun KPD, would swap for Vickery in a heartbeat
He doesn't play down back
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The Dees doing really well, where's Hard Roar Tiger with that captured quote when you need him
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MELBOURNE 0.1 1.3 2.4 4.6 (30)
WEST COAST 6.5 10.7 14.10 18.15 (123)
(http://cdn0.theroar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/PaulRoosMelbourne.jpg)
Welcome to reality Roosy :yep ;D
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Brad Scott will be getting very nervous. Dogs only 3pts behind midway through the last quarter.
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MELBOURNE 0.1 1.3 2.4 4.6 (30)
WEST COAST 6.5 10.7 14.10 18.15 (123)
(http://cdn0.theroar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/PaulRoosMelbourne.jpg)
Welcome to reality Roosy :yep ;D
That's all right they showed a lot in the last quarter to double their score. Plenty to work with at the Dees
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MELBOURNE 0.1 1.3 2.4 4.6 (30)
WEST COAST 6.5 10.7 14.10 18.15 (123)
(http://cdn0.theroar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/PaulRoosMelbourne.jpg)
Welcome to reality Roosy :yep ;D
That's all right they showed a lot in the last quarter to double their score. Plenty to work with at the Dees
They'll finish on top of us mark my words. I'll even bet that they will
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Jesse White
0 marks :clapping
We could use a forward like that FFS
Easy up there Gerks, he doesn't wear yellow and black so this guy is a gun KPD, would swap for Vickery in a heartbeat
He doesn't play down back
Only because Dimma isn't coaching him. :whistle
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MELBOURNE 0.1 1.3 2.4 4.6 (30)
WEST COAST 6.5 10.7 14.10 18.15 (123)
(http://cdn0.theroar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/PaulRoosMelbourne.jpg)
Welcome to reality Roosy :yep ;D
That's all right they showed a lot in the last quarter to double their score. Plenty to work with at the Dees
They'll finish on top of us mark my words. I'll even bet that they will
How much are you willing to bet?
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EFC ran out of pep
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MELBOURNE 0.1 1.3 2.4 4.6 (30)
WEST COAST 6.5 10.7 14.10 18.15 (123)
(http://cdn0.theroar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/PaulRoosMelbourne.jpg)
Welcome to reality Roosy :yep ;D
That's all right they showed a lot in the last quarter to double their score. Plenty to work with at the Dees
They'll finish on top of us mark my words. I'll even bet that they will
How much are you willing to bet?
Don't know ybb, ask claw they're his words :lol
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:lol
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Great crowd for friday night granny replay :clapping
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Looks like it will be as memorable as last year's Grand Final as well :boredom. Hawks pumping Freo 77-20 at half-time.
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Dockers need to lock it down and play some of their best ugliest rugby scrum football
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It's harder to shut down sides on the wide expanses of the 'G. One of Lyon coached sides' weaknesses which is why he's failed so far to win on the big day. The other is having to chase games if you jump them at the start on the scoreboard. They are so use to locking games down into a low-scoring scrap, they aren't drilled in opening games up when they are trailing by a decent margin and need to score quickly against the better sides.
The Hawks on the other hand are clearly the ones to chase this year. The only question mark is can they keep this form up all year as they are flying right now. There's been a number of reigning premiers who have flown out of the blocks the following year trying to avoid a premiership hangover, only to fall short in the second half of the season either becuase they peaked too soon or injuries hit. Carlton of 1996 comes to mind.
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They'll probably manage to keep up their intensity as blokes like Sewell, Stratton and co are eased back into the side over the year. I enjoy watching the Hawks. Good brand of attacking footy without any tempo or zone crap. Just get the ball moving by hand, foot or run it. So much class from their second tiers. Who needs a Buddy or an Ablett when you've got a team of Breusts, Hills and Gibsons. Roughead, Mitchell and Hodge are just the icing.
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They'll probably manage to keep up their intensity as blokes like Sewell, Stratton and co are eased back into the side over the year. I enjoy watching the Hawks. Good brand of attacking footy without any tempo or zone crap. Just get the ball moving by hand, foot or run it. So much class from their second tiers. Who needs a Buddy or an Ablett when you've got a team of Breusts, Hills and Gibsons. Roughead, Mitchell and Hodge are just the icing.
The more floggings Hawthorn give Fremantle the more likely 16 other coaches copy attacking football rather than defensive. Keep it up Hawks. :clapping
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They'll probably manage to keep up their intensity as blokes like Sewell, Stratton and co are eased back into the side over the year. I enjoy watching the Hawks. Good brand of attacking footy without any tempo or zone crap. Just get the ball moving by hand, foot or run it. So much class from their second tiers. Who needs a Buddy or an Ablett when you've got a team of Breusts, Hills and Gibsons. Roughead, Mitchell and Hodge are just the icing.
Yep, and you just need to look at the amount of second tier players Sydney have lost by bringing in high profile "big fish". This is exactly what Hardwick was talking about when he said that experience from other comps in the world that have salary caps and free agency showed that if you bring in a big name player you will loose a number of these second tier players.
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That's a really good point al, but don't go saying that too loudly around here :shh
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Pies 43 Cats 43 HT
Eagles 34 Saints 42 HT
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Why when we lose aren't we as good as the teams that win in that round?
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Cats just know how to win. It is in their psyche.
We are poles apart compared to them.
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Cats just know how to win. It is in their psyche.
We are poles apart compared to them.
:yep
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Boomer Harvey got two last quarter goals playing on Greg White as the Kangas ran over the top of Port.
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Boomer Harvey got two last quarter goals playing on Greg White as the Kangas ran over the top of Port.
According to the Dr we shouldnt have let him go
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Two positives from tonights game
1 - carlton are poo
2 - james hird is poo
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Two positives from tonights game
1 - carlton are poo
2 - james hird is poo
The Blues did us a favour. The media attention this week will now switch to them and Malthouse.
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The Dees have kicked the last two goals and are only two pts behind the Blues at 1/4 time.
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Melbourne will beat us.
Even over the last two years when everyone else was helping themselves to 15 goal + percentage boosting victories against them, we were only beating them by 5 -6 goals or so and they were staying with us until well into the last quarter.
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Melbourne beating us could be the only thing stopping them from getting the first 3 picks in this year's draft.
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Dees will pump us by 15+ goals
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rubbish we will pump the Dees
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Carlscum are absolute rubbish, they cant kick a goal to save themselves lol
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Goal to Watts ;D & Port is smashing Brisbane. ;D Glad we have them next week
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Dees will beat the Blooze. Seems like Mick's boys were not much of a scalp for us after all. :wallywink
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It's a grand olf flag lol
Carlton 58 Melbourne 81 FT :lol :rollin :lol
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It's a grand olf flag lol
Carlton 58 Melbourne 81 FT :lol :rollin :lol
Takes a small part of the pAin away
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Matt White 17 kicks 6 handballs 23 disposals 9 0 1 1 6 3 goals 2 behinds 132
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Dees will beat the Blooze. Seems like Mick's boys were not much of a scalp for us after all. :wallywink
No its because Paul Roos is such a great coach of young talent & is proven.
he brings alot to Melbourne & has instilled confidence & belief in the players
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carlton scoring only 58 points on a dry ground is :lol
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Carlton fans are going to town on the Malthouse experiment :santa
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Port 159 Brisbane 46 FT
Schulz kicks 7. Remember Mitch Farmer anyone.
Lions battered and bruised and playing us on Thursday.
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Port 159 Brisbane 46 FT
Schulz kicks 7
Lions battered and bruised and playing us on Thursday.
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Matt White kicked 3.2 :o on 138 fantasy pts so far
http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2014/4/port-v-bl
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Port 159 Brisbane 46 FT
Schulz kicks 7. Remember Mitch Farmer anyone.
Lions battered and bruised and playing us on Thursday.
Where did Mitch farmer go to
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Port 159 Brisbane 46 FT
Schulz kicks 7. Remember Mitch Farmer anyone.
Lions battered and bruised and playing us on Thursday.
Where did Mitch farmer go to
Last I heard of him he was going on an end of season holiday with Ben Nason when they got delisted.
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I rate dees list
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Port 159 Brisbane 46 FT
Schulz kicks 7. Remember Mitch Farmer anyone.
Lions battered and bruised and playing us on Thursday.
Prediction - we'll have scrappy win by 4 goals or less, Hardwick ("oh look we were under no illusions.... they're a completely different side up here") will celebrate like it's a finals victory, Grigg will get 30 useless posessions, Vickery will kick 4 gimme goals, Shank will fluke another 3, Newman will have his one good game for the year, this will be enough to reaffirm Hardwick's faith in the "essential role players" and convince him he's still on track.
Unchanged side for Hawthorn - big talk all week about how we "have the wood on them"....followed by a 12 goal thrashing by them....followed by 15 goal thrashing by Geelong....barring injuries, unchanged side for all three games.
Then it's Melbourne and the crossroads.....
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Good to see the AFL compromise the draft and pump millions into a side that can only draw 7000 to a game.
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Ass rape Fitzory
Pump hundreds of millions into clubs no ONE GAF about
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Port 159 Brisbane 46 FT
Schulz kicks 7. Remember Mitch Farmer anyone.
Lions battered and bruised and playing us on Thursday.
Prediction - we'll have scrappy win by 4 goals or less, Hardwick ("oh look we were under no illusions.... they're a completely different side up here") will celebrate like it's a finals victory, Grigg will get 30 useless posessions, Vickery will kick 4 gimme goals, Shank will fluke another 3, Newman will have his one good game for the year, this will be enough to reaffirm Hardwick's faith in the "essential role players" and convince him he's still on track.
Unchanged side for Hawthorn - big talk all week about how we "have the wood on them"....followed by a 12 goal thrashing by them....followed by 15 goal thrashing by Geelong....barring injuries, unchanged side for all three games.
Then it's Melbourne and the crossroads.....
You are wise
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We can't beat Gold Coast at Metricon. The Hawks were awesome winning there by 99.
We will be nowhere near them in a fortnight regardless of weather and ground conditions. :help
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Geelong weren't too shabby either in disposing of West Coast.
They will annihilate us like they generally do a week after Hawthorn tenderises us. :help
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They were both scary good tonight, was flicking between the 2 and watching in awe. We are so far from that its almost disheartening
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North have beaten the Swans up at a very wet SCG. So the Roos are now 3-1 while the Swannies are down with us at 1-3.
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Reality biting for the Bumblings today
Freo up by 10 goals half way through the final qtr
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9 Burgoyne, Shaun 248 31yr 5mth 21 Oct 1982 186cm 89kg Port Adelaide Defender
Midfield
5 Mitchell, Sam 248 31yr 6mth 12 Oct 1982 179cm 83kg Eastern Ranges Defender
Midfield
15 Hodge, Luke 231 29yr 9mth 15 Jun 1984 185cm 90kg Geelong Falcons Defender
Midfield
17 Lake, Brian 218 32yr 1mth 27 Feb 1982 195cm 100kg Woodville-West Torrens Defender
20 Hale, David 201 29yr 10mth 22 May 1984 201cm 102kg Broadbeach Forward
Ruck
3 Lewis, Jordan 197 27yr 11mth 24 Apr 1986 186cm 88kg Geelong Falcons Midfield
12 Sewell, Brad 190 30yr 2mth 2 Feb 1984 181cm 85kg North Ballarat Rebels Midfield
2 Roughead, Jarryd 188 27yr 2mth 23 Jan 1987 193cm 100kg Gippsland Power Forward
14 Birchall, Grant 173 26yr 2mth 28 Jan 1988 193cm 91kg Devonport Defender
6 Gibson, Josh 152 30yr 13 Mar 1984 189cm 94kg Port Melbourne Defender
44 Enright, Corey 269 32yr 6mth 14 Sep 1981 187cm 91kg Port Adelaide Defender
3 Bartel, Jimmy 253 30yr 4mth 4 Dec 1983 187cm 89kg Geelong Falcons Defender
Midfield
9 Kelly, James 237 30yr 3mth 29 Dec 1983 183cm 86kg Calder Cannons Midfield
20 Johnson, Steve 219 30yr 9mth 4 Jul 1983 189cm 92kg Murray Bushrangers Midfield
4 Mackie, Andrew 202 29yr 8mth 7 Aug 1984 192cm 86kg Glenelg Defender
14 Selwood, Joel 164 25yr 10mth 26 May 1988 182cm 87kg Bendigo Midfield
25 Rivers, Jared 163 29yr 5mth 18 Oct 1984 192cm 92kg North Adelaide Defender
27 Stokes, Mathew 159 29yr 4mth 22 Nov 1984 175cm 77kg Woodville West Torrens Midfield
Who's richmond got in the same experience bracket? Two spuds and lids :-X
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So Sam mitchell playing his 250th against us? :help
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Port 159 Brisbane 46 FT
Schulz kicks 7. Remember Mitch Farmer anyone.
Lions battered and bruised and playing us on Thursday.
Prediction - we'll have scrappy win by 4 goals or less, Hardwick ("oh look we were under no illusions.... they're a completely different side up here") will celebrate like it's a finals victory, Grigg will get 30 useless posessions, Vickery will kick 4 gimme goals, Shank will fluke another 3, Newman will have his one good game for the year, this will be enough to reaffirm Hardwick's faith in the "essential role players" and convince him he's still on track.
Unchanged side for Hawthorn - big talk all week about how we "have the wood on them"....followed by a 12 goal thrashing by them....followed by 15 goal thrashing by Geelong....barring injuries, unchanged side for all three games.
Then it's Melbourne and the crossroads.....
:lol :clapping
Normally I'd be mad if that happened. But my care factor has hit zero. Don't give a stuff anymore. Feels so much better. :lol
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Port 159 Brisbane 46 FT
Schulz kicks 7. Remember Mitch Farmer anyone.
Lions battered and bruised and playing us on Thursday.
Prediction - we'll have scrappy win by 4 goals or less, Hardwick ("oh look we were under no illusions.... they're a completely different side up here") will celebrate like it's a finals victory, Grigg will get 30 useless posessions, Vickery will kick 4 gimme goals, Shank will fluke another 3, Newman will have his one good game for the year, this will be enough to reaffirm Hardwick's faith in the "essential role players" and convince him he's still on track.
Unchanged side for Hawthorn - big talk all week about how we "have the wood on them"....followed by a 12 goal thrashing by them....followed by 15 goal thrashing by Geelong....barring injuries, unchanged side for all three games.
Then it's Melbourne and the crossroads.....
:lol :clapping
Normally I'd be mad if that happened. But my care factor has hit zero. Don't give a stuff anymore. Feels so much better. :lol
Been there for a couple weeks now. Isn't it a relief :cheers
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Port 159 Brisbane 46 FT
Schulz kicks 7. Remember Mitch Farmer anyone.
Lions battered and bruised and playing us on Thursday.
Prediction - we'll have scrappy win by 4 goals or less, Hardwick ("oh look we were under no illusions.... they're a completely different side up here") will celebrate like it's a finals victory, Grigg will get 30 useless posessions, Vickery will kick 4 gimme goals, Shank will fluke another 3, Newman will have his one good game for the year, this will be enough to reaffirm Hardwick's faith in the "essential role players" and convince him he's still on track.
Unchanged side for Hawthorn - big talk all week about how we "have the wood on them"....followed by a 12 goal thrashing by them....followed by 15 goal thrashing by Geelong....barring injuries, unchanged side for all three games.
Then it's Melbourne and the crossroads.....
:lol :clapping
Normally I'd be mad if that happened. But my care factor has hit zero. Don't give a stuff anymore. Feels so much better. :lol
Been there for a couple weeks now. Isn't it a relief :cheers
1/4 time of the Dogs game reality hit. We are poo and probably always will be. No point fighting it anymore. Made the rest of that game bearable and the Pies game I don't even know why I went. :lol
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Having a chat with a tiger supporter after sundays round of golf and he was saying the same thing, he's not even angry anymore, just doesn't give a stuff. Im pretty much there now too, the carlton game peeed me awff bigtime, doggies game I was at peace with it ;D This is when alarm bells should start ringing for the club and the afl in general, when peeps simply don't gaf anymore and lose engagement
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This is when alarm bells should start ringing for the club and the afl in general, when peeps simply don't gaf anymore and lose engagement
+1
Footy completely fell off my radar from about 2002 to around 2008-2009. There were even a couple seasons in there I didn't watch a single game. Love the game, always have, but when there is little to cheer about it gets old. With Richmond it gets old much quicker. My old man laughs at me when I crack it when we're at the footy. He reckons he is so far over it he doesn't even let it upset him anymore :lol
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This is when alarm bells should start ringing for the club and the afl in general, when peeps simply don't gaf anymore and lose engagement
+1
Footy completely fell off my radar from about 2002 to around 2008-2009. There were even a couple seasons in there I didn't watch a single game. Love the game, always have, but when there is little to cheer about it gets old. With Richmond it gets old much quicker. My old man laughs at me when I crack it when we're at the footy. He reckons he is so far over it he doesn't even let it upset him anymore :lol
Yep no emotion from me either.
I gave this regime a chance but have lost all emotion on the club and I just feel comfortably numb about all this. Love the club and the footy but just sick of investing everything in the hope of achieving success and getting little in return.
Once long time members reach a point and simply shrug their shoulders and move on at the long term lack of improvement then this club is truly stuffed because kids want to be associated with winners and no influence from parents and such may change things.
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Tbh I'm just kinda over the whole AFL. The drugs thing ruined it last year. Now that we have just fallen off a cliff again, I'm close to done. Being a uni student who has no time to work forking out for a 16 gamer and MRC (as a donation seems I don't actually use the membership, or the MRC component and we will never make a GF) I am starting to wonder why the stuff am I bothering? :banghead
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Reckon the above is the general feeling of a lot of people about the Australian Football League.
Richmond FC aside..
Expansion franchises hoarding draft picks for quick success, tanking, salary cap breaches, doping & ticket prices all have a diehard supporters scratching their heads...what has footy become? :huh
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I have a 16 gamer reserved plus for me and the missus too and we're saving for a house. Nearly a thousand bucks that would have come in handy right about now. Footy is to enjoy, we all have the right to get excited about our team winning. Despite the ending I had a lot of fun last year and being able to join in banter with some mates of more successful clubs was good. Now we're back to the dung pile and I just can't be stuffed.
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I have a 16 gamer reserved plus for me and the missus too and we're saving for a house. Nearly a thousand bucks that would have come in handy right about now. Footy is to enjoy, we all have the right to get excited about our team winning. Despite the ending I had a lot of fun last year and being able to join in banter with some mates of more successful clubs was good. Now we're back to the dung pile and I just can't be stuffed.
Good post.
Sue the pricks for false advertising.
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I have a 16 gamer reserved plus for me and the missus too and we're saving for a house. Nearly a thousand bucks that would have come in handy right about now. Footy is to enjoy, we all have the right to get excited about our team winning. Despite the ending I had a lot of fun last year and being able to join in banter with some mates of more successful clubs was good. Now we're back to the dung pile and I just can't be stuffed.
i still join in. Just means I have to bag us instead. To cap it off I had a text yesterday saying that the next monthly payment is coming out of my account. You start to realise you're not getting anything out of this "deal"
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Reckon the above is the general feeling of a lot of people about the Australian Football League.
Richmond FC aside..
Expansion franchises hoarding draft picks for quick success, tanking, salary cap breaches, doping & ticket prices all have a diehard supporters scratching their heads...what has footy become? :huh
Numb about the tigers. Sick of waiting year after year. Like to watch us play but not emotionally committed anymore.
Whole doping thing was a hit on the game from my perspective.
But perhaps moreso, the expansion clubs being gifted such an armchair ride to premierships which will mean stuff all to their handful of supporters and we (and some other clubs) have to scrap every 4-5 years to get a semi decent list together which ultimately goes nowhere because of incompetant fooltards and a tilted table.
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Reckon the above is the general feeling of a lot of people about the Australian Football League.
Richmond FC aside..
Expansion franchises hoarding draft picks for quick success, tanking, salary cap breaches, doping & ticket prices all have a diehard supporters scratching their heads...what has footy become? :huh
Numb about the tigers. Sick of waiting year after year. Like to watch us play but not emotionally committed anymore.
Whole doping thing was a hit on the game from my perspective.
But perhaps moreso, the expansion clubs being gifted such an armchair ride to premierships which will mean stuff all to their handful of supporters and we (and some other clubs) have to scrap every 4-5 years to get a semi decent list together which ultimately goes nowhere because of incompetant fooltards and a tilted table.
(http://www.ridgelinecustom.com/images/nutshell.jpg)
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The Pies a doing a number on the Roos. Up 75 - 37 at 3/4 time.
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Back to reality for north against an average colonwould outfit.
Speaking of which, Sydney look back in decent form against Freo. Or is it just that the Insular Oreos cant travel?
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Bombers top 4 material :rollin. Sheesh and I thought the first half of our game was terrible turnover footy.
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Bombers downed by the Saints
Reality is a wonderful thing
Karma bus is even better :clapping
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Bombers downed by the Saints
Reality is a wonderful thing
Karma bus is even better :clapping
:lol :thumbsup
Lenny Hayes even at 34 is still a gun.
Heppell had a shocker. The Saints didn't allow him any loose uncontested possies. No wonder others here call him "footsteps-pell".
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Results today don't make me feel as bad but if anything show how even the season is.
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Results today don't make me feel as bad but if anything show how even the season is.
We're only a game off a top 4 spot ;D.
Seriously though, unless you're Hawthorn, there's not the number of gimme games as there was in the last few years. Last year we played crap against the Dogs (second time) and Saints and yet we still won both games by about 10 goals. Teams aren't getting away with that this year. If you're 5% off your game then a lower side can knock you off as we found out ourselves against the Dogs :scream.
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If you want a laugh, have a look at the Bomberblitz game thread from last night and how their mood deteriorated over the course of the thread :lol. On pages 2 & 3 they were skiting about a 10+ goal win and how "they were on" after kicking the first 3 goals of the game. By pages 25-26, the thread had down a complete 180 and was in full meltdown as the Saints headed for victory :lol.
http://bomberblitz.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1209-game-thread/
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If you want a laugh, have a look at the Bomberblitz game thread from last night and how their mood deteriorated over the course of the thread :lol. On pages 2 & 3 they were skiting about a 10+ goal win and how "they were on" after kicking the first 3 goals of the game. By pages 25-26, the thread had down a complete 180 and was in full meltdown as the Saints headed for victory :lol.
http://bomberblitz.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1209-game-thread/
That was classic, loved the coach and player attacks, was very familiar
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Bombers downed by the Saints
Reality is a wonderful thing
Karma bus is even better :clapping
Now I'm waiting for the Karma Sothern Aurora to follow it up in the form of ASADA finally following up on their threat to issue a dozen infraction notices against these cheating pr%#$, and blow their season to dust. Or has everybody forgotten about this?
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Bombers top 4 material :rollin. Sheesh and I thought the first half of our game was terrible turnover footy.
I heard bloody Darcy and Harley cant recall who saying "legitimate top 4 team in the bombers" pre game wtf :huh
loved it, now like RR, just to top it off bring on the infraction notices, put them out of commission this season and next and then we call it square and move on.
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Bombers downed by the Saints
Reality is a wonderful thing
Karma bus is even better :clapping
Now I'm waiting for the Karma Sothern Aurora to follow it up in the form of ASADA finally following up on their threat to issue a dozen infraction notices against these cheating pr%#$, and blow their season to dust. Or has everybody forgotten about this?
Waiting with baited breath
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GWS looked good for the first ten minutes til the men took over
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Patrick Dangerfield, what a fine player.
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Hope Hardwick & the rest of the brains trust are watching today's game and taking note of what kind of effort & what kind of players it takes to be the best. Because it couldn't look further away from what we currently have and the tripe they serve up.
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I love Geelong about as much as I can love a team I don't barrack for. Watching them bomb it straight up the guts halfway through the last qtr and backing their team mates to win contests is how footy should be played. I'll bet if selwood was at Richmond with a kick at CHB he'd go sideways or backwards, not straight up the guts to CHF for bartel to mark. Yeah Bartel ended up stuffing that play up, but the mindset is the key. Polar opposites to our scared football.
We are so far away from that level I wonder if we'll ever get near it
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Exactly the same here Tony except just switch that with the Hawks. Love to watch blokes like Roughead, Smith, Hodge, Burgoyne etc. Attacking, skillful and fast. I drool because it's the kind of footy we're trying to get to (whether we ever make it is another matter). Always try to tune into Hawks games when I can. Next week will be the team I love verse the team I love to watch.
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Stupid and perplexing thing is that last year we were mostly playing that way. Not always as successfully or as skilfully but we were winning more games than losing, improving gradually and showing an ability to mix it with the top sides on a more regular basis. I still can't fathom why our players (or game plan or whatever the hell is to blame) have reverted to the worst of the Wallace years. :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead
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Bombers up by 5 goals to the Pies zip at 1.4 time and totally dominating the inside 50s.
What a weird season. Just totally unpredictable as most sides are going in and out of form week to week :huh3. My tipping has been crap this year that's for sure :P.
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Make that in and out of form quarter to quarter lol. First 6 goals to the Bombers followed by last 6 goals to the Pies. What a choke by Essendon :lol. Scores level at half-time.
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amazing turnaround. As much as I hate them the pies have a shedload of spirit
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Unless Essendon can step up Collingwood are going to run away and win by a big margin in the 2nd half.
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Bomberblitz will go into meltdown again if they lose this after being 6 goals up :lol.
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Silly drug cheats
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Tipster's nightmare this year. Leppa gets his first win....took him 4 less games than Dimma.
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Bomberblitz will go into meltdown again if they lose this after being 6 goals up :lol.
Stuff em. The meltdown on Bomberblitz is equivalent to the meltdown their brains have suffered in the last few years fans players and administrators alike.
Tztztz. Electrodes anyone. :help
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Fell asleep expecting freo to win, wake up and see norf won :-\
Let me predict rest of weekend, blues beat Eagles, hawks beat tiges, port beat cats and setup Ass whooping next week. :shh
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Stupid and perplexing thing is that last year we were mostly playing that way. Not always as successfully or as skilfully but we were winning more games than losing, improving gradually and showing an ability to mix it with the top sides on a more regular basis. I still can't fathom why our players (or game plan or whatever the hell is to blame) have reverted to the worst of the Wallace years. :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead
I think a huge part of the problem Smokey, is that this season many of the teams have reverted to the rolling rugby scrum style of game. This horrid style of footy is particularly effective against us, as we have shown time and time again that we have no answer for it. It forces us into our shells, into making silly errors, and into chipping backwards and sideways. Collingwood murdered us with this style of game, and even the lowly Bulldogs were effective with it mostly in the first half. Buckley in the papers this week basically reflected the attitude of a lot of modern day coaches when he said that he didn't give a flying fig jam about the aesthetics of the game. All he cares about is the 4 points. Seems to me that the only way to fix the unholy mess that our game has descended into is to scrap the interchange bench altogether.
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The Richmond north game last season highlighted how poor we are vs rugby type mauls flooding
Tactically
Strategy wise
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Stupid and perplexing thing is that last year we were mostly playing that way. Not always as successfully or as skilfully but we were winning more games than losing, improving gradually and showing an ability to mix it with the top sides on a more regular basis. I still can't fathom why our players (or game plan or whatever the hell is to blame) have reverted to the worst of the Wallace years. :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead :banghead
I think a huge part of the problem Smokey, is that this season many of the teams have reverted to the rolling rugby scrum style of game. This horrid style of footy is particularly effective against us, as we have shown time and time again that we have no answer for it. It forces us into our shells, into making silly errors, and into chipping backwards and sideways. Collingwood murdered us with this style of game, and even the lowly Bulldogs were effective with it mostly in the first half. Buckley in the papers this week basically reflected the attitude of a lot of modern day coaches when he said that he didn't give a flying fig jam about the aesthetics of the game. All he cares about is the 4 points. Seems to me that the only way to fix the unholy mess that our game has descended into is to scrap the interchange bench altogether.
Yesssss :clapping Vote #1 KB
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Should also ban pre-season training, let the players have durries at half time and swap the Gatorade with beer and Coke.
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GC v GWS - a preview of every GF from 2016 -2025.
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GC v GWS - a preview of every GF from 2016 -2025.
Unless other clubs can raid their playing stocks :thumbsup
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GC v GWS - a preview of every GF from 2016 -2025.
Unless other clubs can raid their playing stocks :thumbsup
One would hope this is a bigs issue at punt road
Geelong and hawthorn seems too have too much talent for their own good also
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Swap the Swans for the Eagles and the top 8 this year is looking pretty much locked in. Hawks, Cats, Port and Pies are certainties while North is having a year like we had last year. Freo isn't in great form but it's hard to see them missing and the same goes for the Swannies. That leaves one spot left :-\. The Suns - are the best of the rest in terms of current form but can they win enough games away from Metricon to reach the Eight this year? The rest (including the Eagles who are currently 6th) have been far too inconsistent and shown too many holes to think they will seriously make the bottom half of the top 8 when September rolls around.
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Fell asleep expecting freo to win, wake up and see norf won :-\
Let me predict rest of weekend, blues beat Eagles, hawks beat tiges, port beat cats and setup Ass whooping next week. :shh
stuff I wish I was wrong :-\
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Fell asleep expecting freo to win, wake up and see norf won :-\
Let me predict rest of weekend, blues beat Eagles, hawks beat tiges, port beat cats and setup Ass whooping next week. :shh
stuff I wish I was wrong :-\
Should have taken out a bet with Sportsbet!
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Fell asleep expecting freo to win, wake up and see norf won :-\
Let me predict rest of weekend, blues beat Eagles, hawks beat tiges, port beat cats and setup Ass whooping next week. :shh
stuff I wish I was wrong :-\
Should have taken out a bet with Sportsbet!
I never bet, dont have a problem with it but just dont like to myself
Had I remembered norf playing freo I would have said norf cynically. Its the just the way tigers are always back the unthinkable as the universe will align to ensure richmond fail :thumbsup much to our detriment
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If the Richmond boys are watching tonight's game then they should look at Carlton and realize that's how bad they/we look to those watching Richmond games this year - lack of team intensity and outworked by the opposition, continually second to ball, outnumbered at the contest and fall of the ball due too much left to too few, poor skills and delivery, poor decision making and a dysfunctional forward line where they look up and see no one and/or no options forward of the ball.
I hate Collingwood but you have to envy their workrate, 2nd/3rd efforts, and hard running as a team across the whole field. Even when they make mistakes, there's a teammate running in support close by to clean up the loose ball or nullify the error by forcing a stoppage so they can reset and go again. Stuff like that stands out when compared to the lazy selfish crap we've dished up this year.
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its not about loving another team to appreciate how well their players develop compared to ours.
i cant believe it to be honest i really cant.
Elliot 50 goals vrs edwards 80 in 130 games. Same position.
Tom Langdon, Heath Grundy vrs Vickery.
Its only when you look at other youngsters playing the game when you realise how bad our players are.
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Why would they want to look?
There is no competition for spots so why would our pansies bar a few try?
We are beyond redemption.
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Does Robinson only ever play decent against us, he's a ship truck sums us up really
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its not about loving another team to appreciate how well their players develop compared to ours.
i cant believe it to be honest i really cant.
Elliot 50 goals vrs edwards 80 in 130 games. Same position.
Tom Langdon, Heath Grundy vrs Vickery.
Its only when you look at other youngsters playing the game when you realise how bad our players are.
Our players take a few steps forward take a step back, then stagnate and they stay in the side for the next 6 years.
Kids at other clubs come in and have an impact season after season.
The Skata Cycle. 32 years and counting. Plop Plop Plop.
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you can crap on about hartley and FJ Miller and the boxing coach but for me the reason other clubs new recruits have an effect is because of one word "Culture"
we have proven this year we still dont have it. Loser mentality still exists at Punt road
I notice tonight when Daisy had a go at Penslebury, mccafer came in straight away and ripped him off with a few bumps.
Langdon first year first minute of play stands next to daisy and gives a few hard bumps remind him his not going to be treated lightly.
I honestly cant remember if Titch tambling or any of his fantasy island finocchio mates have ever done anything like this.
they run the opposite way. il never forget that game with King vrs Pies when Brown and co just walked away and left king to defend himself. What a farce but nothings changed and that same mentality still exists at Punt road
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It's lose culture that results.
It's selfish culture that is rampant.
Blokes happy to get their pay week in week out and not over exert themselves in doing so.
Hence very few team players and little to no team ethic.
Need. I say it. The Skata Cycle.
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you can crap on about hartley and FJ Miller and the boxing coach but for me the reason other clubs new recruits have an effect is because of one word "Culture"
we have proven this year we still dont have it. Loser mentality still exists at Punt road
I notice tonight when Daisy had a go at Penslebury, mccafer came in straight away and ripped him off with a few bumps.
Langdon first year first minute of play stands next to daisy and gives a few hard bumps remind him his not going to be treated lightly.
I honestly cant remember if Titch tambling or any of his fantasy island finocchio mates have ever done anything like this.
they run the opposite way. il never forget that game with King vrs Pies when Brown and co just walked away and left king to defend himself. What a farce but nothings changed and that same mentality still exists at Punt road
Was that the game Bowden turned and walked the other way?
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That's the game and yes Bowden, N Brown chief offenders with one other so called mate who I can't remember
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you can crap on about hartley and FJ Miller and the boxing coach but for me the reason other clubs new recruits have an effect is because of one word "Culture"
we have proven this year we still dont have it. Loser mentality still exists at Punt road
I notice tonight when Daisy had a go at Penslebury, mccafer came in straight away and ripped him off with a few bumps.
Langdon first year first minute of play stands next to daisy and gives a few hard bumps remind him his not going to be treated lightly.
I honestly cant remember if Titch tambling or any of his fantasy island finocchio mates have ever done anything like this.
they run the opposite way. il never forget that game with King vrs Pies when Brown and co just walked away and left king to defend himself. What a farce but nothings changed and that same mentality still exists at Punt road
Was that the game Bowden turned and walked the other way?
No. It's the game where a melee broke out and the umpire decided to throw the ball up, so Bowdo, Tuck and several others chose to play football instead of involving themselves in a petty scrap when we were 70 points down.
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you can crap on about hartley and FJ Miller and the boxing coach but for me the reason other clubs new recruits have an effect is because of one word "Culture"
we have proven this year we still dont have it. Loser mentality still exists at Punt road
I notice tonight when Daisy had a go at Penslebury, mccafer came in straight away and ripped him off with a few bumps.
Langdon first year first minute of play stands next to daisy and gives a few hard bumps remind him his not going to be treated lightly.
I honestly cant remember if Titch tambling or any of his fantasy island finocchio mates have ever done anything like this.
they run the opposite way. il never forget that game with King vrs Pies when Brown and co just walked away and left king to defend himself. What a farce but nothings changed and that same mentality still exists at Punt road
Was that the game Bowden turned and walked the other way?
No. It's the game where a melee broke out and the umpire decided to throw the ball up, so Bowdo, Tuck and several others chose to play football instead of involving themselves in a petty scrap when we were 70 points down.
Huge opportunity missed. If. I was in the same position would have clocked Maxwell gone bang bang Mexican style to Didak and gone out my way flying the flag.
We were 70 points down yep time to play some disciplined footy.
Hawthorn had a line in the sand game in 04 the last all in I remember we had was in 2011 when Ryder ripped Vickery's jumper at quarter time.
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you can crap on about hartley and FJ Miller and the boxing coach but for me the reason other clubs new recruits have an effect is because of one word "Culture"
we have proven this year we still dont have it. Loser mentality still exists at Punt road
I notice tonight when Daisy had a go at Penslebury, mccafer came in straight away and ripped him off with a few bumps.
Langdon first year first minute of play stands next to daisy and gives a few hard bumps remind him his not going to be treated lightly.
I honestly cant remember if Titch tambling or any of his fantasy island finocchio mates have ever done anything like this.
they run the opposite way. il never forget that game with King vrs Pies when Brown and co just walked away and left king to defend himself. What a farce but nothings changed and that same mentality still exists at Punt road
Was that the game Bowden turned and walked the other way?
No. It's the game where a melee broke out and the umpire decided to throw the ball up, so Bowdo, Tuck and several others chose to play football instead of involving themselves in a petty scrap when we were 70 points down.
Coach I love you like an uncle but when it's on its on and you go in for your team mates
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hate to be Saints fans at present being thrashed by Hawthorn by the tune of 175 - 30 ;D 145 point loss :lol :lol :lol
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hate to be Saints fans at present being thrashed by Hawthorn by the tune of 175 - 30 ;D 145 point loss :lol :lol :lol
:shh :lol
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Dare we laugh at the saints..I think we got off lightly last week
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Hawthorn pumped the Saints by a lazy 145 pts ..... 175 - 30.
Add to that their ressies Box Hill are up 142 - 36 on Frankston, who our ressies could only draw against :P.
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hate to be Saints fans at present being thrashed by Hawthorn by the tune of 175 - 30 ;D 145 point loss :lol :lol :lol
Just goes to show how good we are that we only got done by 60odd
That's how the spin works isn't it? :lol
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hate to be Saints fans at present being thrashed by Hawthorn by the tune of 175 - 30 ;D 145 point loss :lol :lol :lol
Just goes to show how good we are that we only got done by 60odd
That's how the spin works isn't it? :lol
exactly ;D
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Adelaide is playing like Richmond does & Melbourne are all over them at present & punishing them with goals ;D
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l can see Paul Roos game plan working very well for Melbourne at present. They are playing it perfect. We play them next week & its going to be a game to watch
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you can crap on about hartley and FJ Miller and the boxing coach but for me the reason other clubs new recruits have an effect is because of one word "Culture"
we have proven this year we still dont have it. Loser mentality still exists at Punt road
I notice tonight when Daisy had a go at Penslebury, mccafer came in straight away and ripped him off with a few bumps.
Langdon first year first minute of play stands next to daisy and gives a few hard bumps remind him his not going to be treated lightly.
I honestly cant remember if Titch tambling or any of his fantasy island finocchio mates have ever done anything like this.
they run the opposite way. il never forget that game with King vrs Pies when Brown and co just walked away and left king to defend himself. What a farce but nothings changed and that same mentality still exists at Punt road
Was that the game Bowden turned and walked the other way?
No. It's the game where a melee broke out and the umpire decided to throw the ball up, so Bowdo, Tuck and several others chose to play football instead of involving themselves in a petty scrap when we were 70 points down.
Coach I love you like an uncle but when it's on its on and you go in for your team mates
Tom Hislop was in there with brilliant jumper punches on Maxwell. Plenty of blokes going at it but the football was in play. If Bowdo went around and belted blokes then his haters would be all over him for going out in a dirty way. He couldn't win that day, not with his haters and certainly not on the scoreboard :lol
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Tom Hislop was in there with brilliant jumper punches on Maxwell. Plenty of blokes going at it but the football was in play. If Bowdo went around and belted blokes then his haters would be all over him for going out in a dirty way. He couldn't win that day, not with his haters and certainly not on the scoreboard :lol
maybe because their was a fall out with the playing group is the reason they never backed each other up
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Shocking day that was. Worst choice Joel made that day >:(
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Melbourne has defeated Adelaide 70-67
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Another bag of six for that dud Schulz. Who happens to be leading the Coleman medal!
At least we got Farmer and Nason for him in return.
You just have to laugh or you'll cry.
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Saints lose 145
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Another bag of six for that dud Schulz. Who happens to be leading the Coleman medal!
At least we got Farmer and Nason for him in return.
You just have to laugh or you'll cry.
By that stage Sarge had zero trade value. The biggest mistake was a year earlier when Port were willing to offer pick 28 for Schulz but Greg Miller got greedy wanting a swap of first round picks and blew the whole deal. Add the ridiculous Adam Thomson trade for pick 42 and it was one right royal screw up. So rather than having 4 picks inside the top 42 we were left with only two. Of course Plough was heading into his final year of his contract and we were "locked and loaded" for 2009 :P.
Revisit what we could have got for picks 28 and 42 and that will definitely make every Tiger cry :scream.
One of:
29. Dayne Beams
30. Daniel Hannebery
34. Liam Shiels
37. Zac Clarke
39. Steven Motlop
Plus one of:
44. Rory Sloane
49. Taylor Hunt
53. Michael Walters
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_AFL_Draft
Mind you, given we picked up Postie at 26 then we probably would've struck out anyway back then even with two extra mid-range picks :-\.
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Bombers only won last night because the Dogs have no decent tall forwards to kick to. Let them think they are better than they really are and finish 9th.
If Freo knock off the Eagles today then I can't see the top 8 changing from here on - Haw, Port, Geel, Coll, Syd, North, Suns & Freo (not specifically in that order). Every other team outside of the Eight is rubbish and would get flogged in an Elim Final even if they somehow snuck in.
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By that stage Sarge had zero trade value.
Which in itself was a disgrace to our club.
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Go Suns.
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N0rt get their first
suns 7 goals to 1
44 to 10 :lol
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North got it back to 11 pts but the Suns have kicked the last two. Up 71 - 50.
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Another bag of six for that dud Schulz. Who happens to be leading the Coleman medal!
At least we got Farmer and Nason for him in return.
You just have to laugh or you'll cry.
By that stage Sarge had zero trade value. The biggest mistake was a year earlier when Port were willing to offer pick 28 for Schulz but Greg Miller got greedy wanting a swap of first round picks and blew the whole deal. Add the ridiculous Adam Thomson trade for pick 42 and it was one right royal screw up. So rather than having 4 picks inside the top 42 we were left with only two. Of course Plough was heading into his final year of his contract and we were "locked and loaded" for 2009 :P.
The biggest mistake was Schulzy's treatment and development over his whole career, not the pick 28 rubbish. And by the way, that was during the 2007 trade period. 2008 Port & the Dogs were sniffing but Sarge had signed with us for two more years and a move was never really on the cards. You'd take the Coleman medal leader over pick 28, especially when it's Richmond's recruiters...
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Another bag of six for that dud Schulz. Who happens to be leading the Coleman medal!
At least we got Farmer and Nason for him in return.
You just have to laugh or you'll cry.
By that stage Sarge had zero trade value. The biggest mistake was a year earlier when Port were willing to offer pick 28 for Schulz but Greg Miller got greedy wanting a swap of first round picks and blew the whole deal. Add the ridiculous Adam Thomson trade for pick 42 and it was one right royal screw up. So rather than having 4 picks inside the top 42 we were left with only two. Of course Plough was heading into his final year of his contract and we were "locked and loaded" for 2009 :P.
The biggest mistake was Schulzy's treatment and development over his whole career, not the pick 28 rubbish. And by the way, that was during the 2007 trade period. 2008 Port & the Dogs were sniffing but Sarge had signed with us for two more years and a move was never really on the cards. You'd take the Coleman medal leader over pick 28, especially when it's Richmond's recruiters...
You're right it was 2007. The Jordan McMahon for pick 19 and Mitch Morton for pick 35 one :P.
My point still stands even for that draft. We could have finished that draft with:
2. Cotchin
18. Rance
19. Scott Selwood who FJ wanted (Callum Ward went here)
28 & 35 ..... any two of Brendan Whitecross/Scott Thompson/Chris Mayne/Jack Steven/Cale Hooker/Shane Mumford
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If Freo knock off the Eagles today then I can't see the top 8 changing from here on - Haw, Port, Geel, Coll, Syd, North, Suns & Freo (not specifically in that order). Every other team outside of the Eight is rubbish and would get flogged in an Elim Final even if they somehow snuck in.
Lock the top 8 in for mine. I would love North to drop out (and us in) but I just don't see those sides including us outside of the Eight being consistently good enough to do it.
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West Perth defeat Box Hill in the Foxtel Cup....been saying it for the last few years - really hope the club has a good look at Shane Nelson in the off-season.
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West Perth defeat Box Hill in the Foxtel Cup....been saying it for the last few years - really hope the club has a good look at Shane Nelson in the off-season.
If he stops Motocross he will get drafted.
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Derickx > Hamspud
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Swans win 107-88. No Mitchell, Hodge or Lake tonight for Hawthorn tonight and they lost Rioli in the 3rd qtr.
It looked like at one stage that Buddy would kick 10 tonight. That's 10 behinds lol.
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Derickx > Hamspud
Wouldn't say better. But the negligible upgrade isn't worth spending a 2nd rounder on.
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Maybe Hardwick needs to listen to Clarksons presser
"Injuries are not an excuse"
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Brisbane in front of Essendon at 3/4 time. It'll be hilarious if they can win :pray.
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Josh Kennedy kicked 11 goals in the Eagles 188-77 flogging of the Giants.
That Judd trade has worked well for the Bluebaggers hasn't it! ;D
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Hopefully signs of a good weekend - Collingwood losing last night and Essendon 4 goals down already ;D.
By the way, no comment yet from Eddie about his club's houligans last night at Adelaide Oval :whistle.
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BIG TOMMY X YEEHAAAAW!!!!
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Can we please ban Essendon from prime time footy after the early rounds? Every year they are April premiers before turning to boring crap :sleep.
Swans are looking ominous though now after a poor first month. Buddy just loves owning the Bombers. I can't believe Thompson has Carlisle as the sub. You either play a KPP from the start or not at all.
BIG TOMMY X YEEHAAAAW!!!!
Almost took mark of the year just before half-time. He never jumped that high when he was with us (although he was injured most of the time when he was on our list).
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Ump down in a bad way and going off on a stretcher.
Malcheski wasn't looking where he was running and ran into the back of the ump clashing heads.
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Reality setting in at Windy Hill ;D.
This is just awful. Wtf has happened to our team? I want to cry.
See ya. I'm going to find a late night dentist to book in. I'd prefer that to watching this tripe. Bye.
There is not one positive about this club right at the moment. It's beyond bleak now...
Knights must be peeing himself laughing.
http://bomberblitz.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1338-matchday-thread-essendon-vs-ydney/page-12
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Can we please ban Essendon from prime time footy after the early rounds? Every year they are April premiers before turning to boring crap :sleep.
And every year all the media scribes fall hook line and sinker after the first 2 games and then when they fall in a heap the media scribes cop out and say " well I think everyone had them finishing in the top 8 this year and many thought they'd be a top four team "
Not me !
And now as expected here come the pathetic excuses... It's Knights' coaching , it's The Weapon overtrained them , it's the drug scandal finally taking it's toll , blah blah.
So this season they've pulled out the ASADA excuse very early coz they haven't won 6 of their first 8 this year.
If we lose to those bums I'll give up
BIG TOMMY X YEEHAAAAW!!!!
That was just depressing watching Derrickx tonight. He played better than Hampson has at any stage this year :banghead
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Bruce crapping on in the last 5 mins how good efc players are
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North proving again they are just another middle of the road side even if they do scrape into the finals this year. Having said that they'll probably flog us by 10 goals in a few weeks time :banghead.
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By the way, Luke McGuane is out for the season with a knee injury he's had since leaving us to go join the Lions as a free agent.
http://www.lions.com.au/news/2014-05-23/mcguane-out-for-season
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Some friendly umpiring gets the Pies over the line ::).
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Port beat Hawthorn 100-86 to go top. Two years ago they needed tarpaulins to try and hide all the empty seats but now they're getting 52k full houses.
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Gold Coast one game clear of Hawthorn atm.
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Carlscum win another close one to notch up win number 4. :banghead
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Gold Coast one game clear of Hawthorn atm.
In hindsight our loss to GC wasn't that bad. If only we didn't poo the bed because of it. :banghead
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Carlscum win another close one to notch up win number 4. :banghead
Couldn't breathe I was so nervous hoping Adelaide would win. And just to make it really feel like barracking for Richmond they didn't fail to let me down. :lol :lol
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Gold Coast one game clear of Hawthorn atm.
In hindsight our loss to GC wasn't that bad. If only we didn't poo the bed because of it. :banghead
We were lucky that gun kid got hurt I reckon
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surely Ablett won't go over that elbow flick.
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Gold Coast one game clear of Hawthorn atm.
In hindsight our loss to GC wasn't that bad. If only we didn't poo the bed because of it. :banghead
We were lucky that gun kid got hurt I reckon
Yeh his 10 touches would have slaughtered us. :lol
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Go cats :lol
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95 - 16 at 3/4 time :o.
When was the last time the Cats lost by 100?
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Geelong deserved that for wearing that jumper.
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95 - 16 at 3/4 time :o.
When was the last time the Cats lost by 100?
2006
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spanked
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Geelong deserved that for wearing that jumper.
Sydney's was just as bad. Only reason it was OK'd was it was designed by the mum of an Australian of the Year.
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Geelong deserved that for wearing that jumper.
Sydney's was just as bad. Only reason it was OK'd was it was designed by the mum of an Australian of the Year.
Sydney's at least had some kind of uniform theme to it.....Geelong's just looked like random leftover crap from a primary school arts & craft class randomly thrown on top of their regular jumper without any real thought.
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Dees 10 pts up on Port midway through the 3rd qtr :o.
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:rollin
Bluebaggers lost to the Lions :lol
:biglaugh
:jump
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Just saw Ch 7 show Waite's last quarter brainfade off the ball gifting Brisbane 50m and the lead :stupid and then Yarran misses on the run from 35 with Henderson alone in the goalsquare :wallywink. Blues 16 pts up on the bottom side with 15 mins to go and they get rolled :rollin. Classic comedy capers Carlton :lol.
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We beat GWS by 113 last week.
Hawks beat GWS by 7 points tonight. :-\
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A pitiful Hawthorn home crowd of just 17,904 at the 'G. That's Melbourne-esque. So much for their 67k members ....... woof meow! :whistle.
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N0rt spanking the Eagles
Terrific, just terrific TM
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Our only hope is North is stuffed coming back from Perth. Even that is a little hollow as it's more about them having issues the week after a Perth trip as many others have had this year rather than about us being clinical and winning a game of footy based on merit.
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Carlton :lol.
Bloody Selwood gets in the right place again to win the Cats the game despite being held well all night.
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Captain's goal. Won the clearance, broke the line and kicked the winner. Would love a captain to stand up in clutch moments like that.
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Captain's goal. Won the clearance, broke the line and kicked the winner. Would love a captain to stand up in clutch moments like that.
It helps when his direct opponent is McLean who wasn't goalside and the opposition fail to have a defensive sweeper to fill the space goalside of the stoppage. Carlton's defending in that last 5-10 mins was very Richmond-like :-\. The lack of basic footy smarts such as automatically getting numbers behind the ball late in a game when you have a narrow lead is something that we've done repeatedly which has cost us close games.
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Captain's goal. Won the clearance, broke the line and kicked the winner. Would love a captain to stand up in clutch moments like that.
It helps when his direct opponent is McLean who wasn't goalside and the opposition fail to have a defensive sweeper to fill the space goalside of the stoppage. Carlton's defending in that last 5-10 mins was very Richmond-like :-\. The lack of basic footy smarts such as automatically getting numbers behind the ball late in a game when you have a narrow lead is something that we've done repeatedly which has cost us close games.
Also helps when you've played virtually your whole career in a Premiership side surrounded by guns, leaders & quality coaches and have barely missed a full pre-season.
Who's Cotchin's had to learn from and/or play with? Who's been his Bomber, Balme, Hinkley, Sanderson, Ling, Harley, Chapman, Bartell, Enright, Johnson, Corey, Milburn, Scarlett & Ablett? Poor bastard grew up barracking for Geelong too.
ffs he finished his first year chairing stuffing Tivendale off the ground....his first assistant coaches were Royal & Rawlings, he's had Wayne Campbell as his midfield coach...been on a hiding to nothing from day one. Bloody credit to him that he's still been as good as he has.
That's the problem....we've been poohouse for so long none our players have any decent or recent role models.
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does this excuse apply to anyone else or just cotchin?
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You mean the reasons as to why, as captain, he doesn't stand up and win as many games single-handedly as Joel Selwood does?
Yes.
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Disgusting. Don't like this theory. Stand by our captain
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Joel Selwood's captains:
Tom Harley
Cameron Ling
Trent Cotchin's captains:
Kane Johnson
Chris Newman
'nuff said.
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couldn't you apply the same excuse for newman, having knights for one year only then Campbell and Johnson?
Is it down to johnson and newman that Cotching "backs in" his team mates to come good when they are playing like poo trucks rather than demand that they lift their game and give it all they've got?
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Scott Pendleburys captains:
Nick Maxwell.
Eos clowns
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Brisbane now has the same number of wins as us :-\. Even GWS had their chance tonight to go to three wins but experience got Essendon home.
Great speckie by Wingard in the Port-Saints game by the way.
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If Pavlich's shorts were any shorter he would have fly's eyes.
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Good contest tonight. Thought the Blues would get blown away with no Jamieson or Henderson and they lead for much of the third quarter.
Hawks 80-75 at 3 qt time.
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Hawks just too good win 118-90.
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Watching the Saints play is like watching Richmond. Have they been following our game style because we beat them & they think its a improvement & the way to go ;D Their fitness reminds me of someone l know very closely ;D like in the blood :lol
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cmon doggies, finish the pies orf!
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cmon doggies, finish the pies orf!
Go Dogs and Dees. ;D
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Go Dogs. :thumbsup
There's half the equation for the day.
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Bulldogs win
Now that's how you respond to being under the blow torch :clapping
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Bulldogs win
Now that's how you respond to being under the blow torch :clapping
We've been under a blow torch for 32 years and we're still waiting.
Maybe next week WP. :shh
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Go dogs! Saw the brother in law off in style :lol
Reckon the dees will run over the top of the bombres
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Go dogs! Saw the brother in law off in style :lol
Reckon the dees will run over the top of the bombres
Looks like it at this stage Tone. Ahaha retribution. ;D
Running all over them Dees 66-64.
Make that 72-64. :lol :rollin :lol
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Hehe 3 in a row, gee they look hungry don't they?
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Hehe 3 in a row, gee they look hungry don't they?
ASADA ASADA ASADA.
Tony I'm loving this my bro in laws would be fuming.
I've sent a message to the Collinwood fan my only dilemma is my Essendon one gets reeled in quicker and he'll be expectant from me. Should I message when I know Dees are home even though game is on, within 5 mins of siren or get him ranting on the phone whilst on the train home. :lol :rollin :lol
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Salem Salem Salem 19 secs to go Melb 78-77. :lol :rollin :lol
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Dees home by a point. :thumbsup
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Ranting on the train home, so you can share the lols with the dees fans that can hear him on the train ;D
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Ranting on the train home, so you can share the lols with the dees fans that can hear him on the train ;D
Great minds think alike, at 7:40ish I'll be on the blower feeling sorry for him and asking what happened. ;D
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Ranting on the train home, so you can share the lols with the dees fans that can hear him on the train ;D
Great minds think alike, at 7:40ish I'll be on the blower feeling sorry for him and asking what happened. ;D
Did he answer? :lol
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Ranting on the train home, so you can share the lols with the dees fans that can hear him on the train ;D
Great minds think alike, at 7:40ish I'll be on the blower feeling sorry for him and asking what happened. ;D
Did he answer? :lol
Absolutely. ;D
Phone only rang a few times and he was still emotional. From what I learned today as I work with a mutual friend who supports the Bombers he had the whole carriage in the palm of his hand. ;D
Was goading him for 10 mins. Loved it. Roost was getting interviewed on Derm and Ed and I was walking him through the discussion. :lol :rollin :lol
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:lol
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Ranting on the train home, so you can share the lols with the dees fans that can hear him on the train ;D
Great minds think alike, at 7:40ish I'll be on the blower feeling sorry for him and asking what happened. ;D
Did he answer? :lol
Absolutely. ;D
Phone only rang a few times and he was still emotional. From what I learned today as I work with a mutual friend who supports the Bombers he had the whole carriage in the palm of his hand. ;D
Was goading him for 10 mins. Loved it. Roost was getting interviewed on Derm and Ed and I was walking him through the discussion. :lol :rollin :lol
:lol :clapping :bow
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Schulz with another lazy 8 goals and easily leading the Coleman medal. Greg Miller was right to knock back pick 28 for him.
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How goods gold coast
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How goods gold coast
It's a stuffing joke. Don't know why we're bothering ...no-one's getting a look in for the next decade.
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How goods gold coast
As good as they should be with a mortgage on the competition via the draft
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How goods gold coast
It's a stuffing joke. Don't know why we're bothering ...no-one's getting a look in for the next decade.
Wait till GWS start beating sides we haven't beaten since 2006/07. :help
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Essendon get an ASADA extension, Essendon win. :banghead
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Umps giving them everything they can. Adelaide will pump us
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GWS have beaten Carlton 100 - 92 :rollin. Poor Micky said pre-game that the Blues we're playing the best footy under his reign :wallywink.
Saints up by a goal on the Eagles too.
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Nahas back to his usual disposal lol.
Nahas' chip kick misses teammate in the goalsquare (https://amp.twimg.com/amplify-web-player/prod/source.html?autoplay=1&publisher_id=196471681&image_src=https%3A%2F%2Fo.twimg.com%2F2%2Fproxy.jpg%3Ft%3DHBh3aHR0cDovL21lZGlhLnNuYXBweXR2LmNvbS9pbWFnZS9sZDM2MHAvOTIwcDkyMC8yMDE0LTA2LTIyVDA2LTU2LTQ0LjM3N1otLTY0MHgzNjAuanBnP2g9NDg1YTgxMDQyNTA3NDRmY2ZiOTczZTQ2ZjJhNzViYWQUwAcUnAQAFgASAA%26s%3DEEVoTLznIaOFYqkRP-U1zksQ5nVElpmes0kZzZRk1QM&user_id=56298460&language_code=en&vmap_url=https%3A%2F%2Fvmap.snappytv.com%2Fvmap%2F250819.xml&content_id=250819&tweet_id=480605916576772096#xdm_e=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com&xdm_c=default983&xdm_p=1)
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Nahas back to his usual disposal lol.
Nahas' chip kick misses teammate in the goalsquare (https://amp.twimg.com/amplify-web-player/prod/source.html?autoplay=1&publisher_id=196471681&image_src=https%3A%2F%2Fo.twimg.com%2F2%2Fproxy.jpg%3Ft%3DHBh3aHR0cDovL21lZGlhLnNuYXBweXR2LmNvbS9pbWFnZS9sZDM2MHAvOTIwcDkyMC8yMDE0LTA2LTIyVDA2LTU2LTQ0LjM3N1otLTY0MHgzNjAuanBnP2g9NDg1YTgxMDQyNTA3NDRmY2ZiOTczZTQ2ZjJhNzViYWQUwAcUnAQAFgASAA%26s%3DEEVoTLznIaOFYqkRP-U1zksQ5nVElpmes0kZzZRk1QM&user_id=56298460&language_code=en&vmap_url=https%3A%2F%2Fvmap.snappytv.com%2Fvmap%2F250819.xml&content_id=250819&tweet_id=480605916576772096#xdm_e=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com&xdm_c=default983&xdm_p=1)
Quality player……………... :wallywink
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Went to the Giants v Blues Game and it was a cracker. I love seeing Carlton being beaten anytime. Mick walking along the boundary looking like a stuffed angry Peacock was LMAOOO
GWS is in a better position developmentally than what Gold Cost was at the same time and they have really clicked. They have plenty of talent being wasted in the Magoo's who are ripe for the picking. Buntine, O'Rourke, Plowman, Giles, Sumner, Williams just to name a few. How good would it be to have a couple of these guys on on our list?
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Went to the Giants v Blues Game and it was a cracker. I love seeing Carlton being beaten anytime. Mick walking along the boundary looking like a stuffed angry Peacock was LMAOOO
GWS is in a better position developmentally than what Gold Cost was at the same time and they have really clicked. They have plenty of talent being wasted in the Magoo's who are ripe for the picking. Buntine, O'Rourke, Plowman, Giles, Sumner, Williams just to name a few. How good would it be to have a couple of these guys on on our list?
Did Mick have a Plan B Tiga?
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Went to the Giants v Blues Game and it was a cracker. I love seeing Carlton being beaten anytime. Mick walking along the boundary looking like a stuffed angry Peacock was LMAOOO
GWS is in a better position developmentally than what Gold Cost was at the same time and they have really clicked. They have plenty of talent being wasted in the Magoo's who are ripe for the picking. Buntine, O'Rourke, Plowman, Giles, Sumner, Williams just to name a few. How good would it be to have a couple of these guys on on our list?
I am convinced if we do not poach at least a couple kids from the expansion sides the powers to be are demented at rfc
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Went to the Giants v Blues Game and it was a cracker. I love seeing Carlton being beaten anytime. Mick walking along the boundary looking like a stuffed angry Peacock was LMAOOO
GWS is in a better position developmentally than what Gold Cost was at the same time and they have really clicked. They have plenty of talent being wasted in the Magoo's who are ripe for the picking. Buntine, O'Rourke, Plowman, Giles, Sumner, Williams just to name a few. How good would it be to have a couple of these guys on on our list?
Did Mick have a Plan B Tiga?
Chuck I think his Plan B was to book an earlier plane flight. ;D
In all seriousness he really doesn't have the cattle. The only time they looked dangerous was when GWS fell asleep in the corridor. Apart from that they were beaten all over the ground for most of the day.
Mumford put on one of the best ruck displays I have ever seen. Once he rucks the ball, he then gets in and plays as a Tall midfielder. Dimma should give a copy of the game to Hampson and say "This is how it's done!!!"
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Went to the Giants v Blues Game and it was a cracker. I love seeing Carlton being beaten anytime. Mick walking along the boundary looking like a stuffed angry Peacock was LMAOOO
GWS is in a better position developmentally than what Gold Cost was at the same time and they have really clicked. They have plenty of talent being wasted in the Magoo's who are ripe for the picking. Buntine, O'Rourke, Plowman, Giles, Sumner, Williams just to name a few. How good would it be to have a couple of these guys on on our list?
Did Mick have a Plan B Tiga?
Chuck I think his Plan B was to book an earlier plane flight. ;D
In all seriousness he really doesn't have the cattle. The only time they looked dangerous was when GWS fell asleep in the corridor. Apart from that they were beaten all over the ground for most of the day.
Mumford put on one of the best ruck displays I have ever seen. Once he rucks the ball, he then gets in and plays as a Tall midfielder. Dimma should give a copy of the game to Hampson and say "This is how it's done!!!"
I think all he would get is a puzzled look on Hampsons face
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So.....Conca over Heppell eh?
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So.....Conca over Heppell eh?
37 of the most useless possessions you will ever see
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So.....Conca over Heppell eh?
37 of the most useless possessions you will ever see
Miss the third quarter then did you?
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Poor old Bummers. Can't win in the courtroom or on the football field :lol :rollin effing cheats!!
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So.....Conca over Heppell eh?
37 of the most useless possessions you will ever see
Miss the third quarter then did you?
sorry, 30 of the most useless possessions you will ever see.
I also saw 6 possessions in a row go straight to the opposition late in the second quarter. Can he kick it more than 40-45?
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Was a turnover merchant, much like our Ellis
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Heath Shaw .... ouch!
Knocked out running back with the flight into Tippett's knee.
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Heath Shaw .... ouch!
Knocked out running back with the flight into Tippett's knee.
Ouch indeedd
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stuff me that looked nasty
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Roos Coach Scott will be sacked after this game l reckon. They are at least getting a wash up there haha ;D
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Thank god go,lions
Rock cliff is a champion get him to richmond throw the kitchen sink
Boomer is a wanker
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Deep tears by boomer and Scott going up to rockcliff after the siren
Tommy u gun wonder what he said to them. Poor things couldn't handle a bit of constructive criticism
Please
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Roos Coach Scott will be sacked after this game l reckon. They are at least getting a wash up there haha ;D
Can't afford to sack him we followed their model and he's signed to 2016 after one finals app and a 96 point thrashing that came with it. :help
Skataboner Spirit. :lol :rollin :lol
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Deep tears by boomer and Scott going up to rockcliff after the siren
Tommy u gun wonder what he said to them. Poor things couldn't handle a bit of constructive criticism
Please
Nothing footy club. Snipers when its their way. Vilified when its not. :help
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Is it just me, or was Brad Scott addressing an opposition player in that manor completely out of line?
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Is it just me, or was Brad Scott addressing an opposition player in that manor completely out of line?
What exactly happened?
Lol scott
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Is it just me, or was Brad Scott addressing an opposition player in that manor completely out of line?
of course if it was during a game like sheeds or mick against the tip rat then okay but at the end of a game that you lose.
deep tears
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Marcus Bontempelli - Goal of the Year?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBU9xkd0l5o
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Marcus Bontempelli - Goal of the Year?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBU9xkd0l5o
Nah, Matt Thomas goal of the year :lol
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Wonder what the discrimination basis is made up of; abuse against short stuffing idiots?
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/afl-to-check-tom-rockliffbrent-harvey-clash-under-vilification-rules/story-fni5f4q3-1226973140562
AFL football operations boss Mark Evans last night said neither club had made any complaints over potential vilification, but if it emerged the exchange included discriminatory comments the league would not require a complaint from Harvey or the Kangaroos to intervene.
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Reckon someone needs to smash one of these girls and show them why this is a mans game.
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Reckon someone needs to smash one of these girls and show them why this is a mans game.
I believe Roos said a similar thing to his players just before the Tom Hafey match.
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North beat the Hawks tonight by 20. They had a 15 minute burst in the 3rd qtr, similar to what they did against us, kicking 6 quick goals in a row. The media though will focus on Lake (who lost the plot tonight) putting the choker hold on Petrie while pinning him down.
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seriously with who the hawks had out, a 20 point win is the absolute minimum they should have expected.
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Should Clarkson have come back through the twos?
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:lol
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GC beat collingwood without a bench for basically the entire last quarter. Clinton Young dropped a sitter that would of put them in the front with only minutes left.
Ablett popped his shoulder out in the 3rd quarter and didnt return to the field.
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GC beat collingwood without a bench for basically the entire last quarter. Clinton Young dropped a sitter that would of put them in the front with only minutes left.
Ablett popped his shoulder out in the 3rd quarter and didnt return to the field.
Gutsy win nonetheless given their last quarter rotations and injuries. Courageous to say the least.
Always nice to see the Pies lose. ;D
Just so sad to see clubs speed past us in commitment skill and courage whilst we wither and wilt like an unwatered plant. :help
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As much as I hate Collingwood, the manufactured success of these plastic clubs is not something to be celebrated.
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Maybe so but you still have to admire the way they won tonight.
Regardless of the help they have received since inception they still had to go out and win tonight and despite the on field obstacles they faced tonight, injuries, unable to make rotations and a good quality opponent they did.
I hate the help they have got also given where we have been but our wounds are self inflicted for the most part. :help
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That non free kick on Monfries resulting in a Port goal in the last was an absolute disgrace.
The umpiring of our game is appalling.
I hate Essendon anyway. Our game is in a terrible state and there are a lot of people disenchanted with it and it has nothing to do with the current plight of the RFC. :help
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Port have now lost 3 of their past 4 games. Good timing for them that they get to play us next on the fast dry track of Etihad :help.
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North beat the Hawks tonight by 20. They had a 15 minute burst in the 3rd qtr, similar to what they did against us, kicking 6 quick goals in a row. The media though will focus on Lake (who lost the plot tonight) putting the choker hold on Petrie while pinning him down.
What a shame for drew
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Lake got 4 weeks for his choker hold.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-07-08/lake-banned-for-four
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Reckon Petrie should of been gone for one of the biggest dog tactics known to man. Also one could argue (I would) that he did that before the choke and probably made Lake decide to do it.
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Petrie, Harvey and Thomas are some of the biggest sledgers out. They do nothing but mouth off and snipe behind play all game but as soon as the heat comes on they are the first to have a cry to the umps or the coach (another sook).
Lake didn't practice his wrestling moves on Petrie for no reason. The smart arse started it and is too much of a poor excuse for a bloke to finish it.
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Reckon Petrie should of been gone for one of the biggest dog tactics known to man. Also one could argue (I would) that he did that before the choke and probably made Lake decide to do it.
Petrie said in his evidence "he made contact with Lake’s face in a bid to push the Hawk off him “for his own safety”. And that "Petrie’s defence said the forward was “under attack” from Lake when the Hawk pinned him down on the Etihad Stadium surface"
(quotes from http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/brian-lake-slapped-with-fourgame-ban-while-drew-petrie-walks-free-from-afl-tribunal/story-fni5f22o-1226980574821 )
Please give me a break, he went for the eyes, should have been suspended end of story. Lake copped his right whack but Petrie is very lucky.
Perhaps Lake should have argued he protecting himself as well :-\
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Petrie, Harvey and Thomas are some of the biggest sledgers out. They do nothing but mouth off and snipe behind play all game but as soon as the heat comes on they are the first to have a cry to the umps or the coach (another sook).
Lake didn't practice his wrestling moves on Petrie for no reason. The smart arse started it and is too much of a poor excuse for a bloke to finish it.
Yep pack of flogs
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Petrie, Harvey and Thomas are some of the biggest sledgers out. They do nothing but mouth off and snipe behind play all game but as soon as the heat comes on they are the first to have a cry to the umps or the coach (another sook).
Lake didn't practice his wrestling moves on Petrie for no reason. The smart arse started it and is too much of a poor excuse for a bloke to finish it.
And big bad Scott comes sooking to their defense for them. Bloke is the biggest sook in the AFL
Petrie said in his evidence "he made contact with Lake’s face in a bid to push the Hawk off him “for his own safety”. And that "Petrie’s defence said the forward was “under attack” from Lake when the Hawk pinned him down on the Etihad Stadium surface"
(quotes from http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/brian-lake-slapped-with-fourgame-ban-while-drew-petrie-walks-free-from-afl-tribunal/story-fni5f22o-1226980574821 )
Please give me a break, he went for the eyes, should have been suspended end of story. Lake copped his right whack but Petrie is very lucky.
Perhaps Lake should have argued he protecting himself as well :-\
Yep even if he went for the push but got him in the face isn't that reckless under their guidelines? Negligent at a minimum. Once again I'll say I don't believe the first time he got Lake was even in defense and that he started the scuffle by going for the eyes.
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Jeez the difference between the way both Hawthorn's & Adelaide's forward lines function compared to ours is stark.
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Jeez the difference between the way both Hawthorn's & Adelaide's forward lines function compared to ours is stark.
So true. It's all about effort and development, 2 things the RFC game no idea about
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:rollin @ Razor Ray.
He thinks the siren has gone and then when the other ump tells him it hasn't Ray exclaims "Holy Geez!" :rollin.
Jeez the difference between the way both Hawthorn's & Adelaide's forward lines function compared to ours is stark.
So true. It's all about effort and development, 2 things the RFC game no idea about
No going nowhere ring-a-rosy handball. Both teams tonight kick long and direct to their key forwards. We however play rugby instead - no forward of the ball structure so we run at the opposition then handball sideways & backwards to flat-footed teammates until the options run out and then it's a blind aimless kick forward under pressure which usually goes to the opposition for the turnover.
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Richmond sucking is nothing new.
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Hawks win 104-92. It will be hard for the Crows now to make the Eight.
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Door stays ajar.
Get it done, Tiges.
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malthouse lol. anyone else sick of the 'im an angry prick' act? lile a haemmaroid that keeps popping up. unwelcome and annoying
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malthouse lol. anyone else sick of the 'im an angry prick' act? lile a haemmaroid that keeps popping up. unwelcome and annoying
Absolutely needs to quit acting and start taking responsibility in reinvigorating his lame list.
Totally agree Dooks. :thumbsup
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colonwoood getting arse raped.
cloke getting bronx cheers
how sweet it is.
just wish they would show some shots of ol' pig jowls McGuire so we could see what the facial expressions are of some OERites when we win
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:lol
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Enjoy another enforced holiday Mitch Robinson :wallywink.
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Carlton do the right thing by us.
Still alive.
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Shinboner spirit :whistle.
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carlton wins = better better chance at draft picks for us.
also, always happy to see a North loss. Precious bunch of chicken littles
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Richmond supporters who want carlton to win is just madness..if carlton were playing the devil himself I would support the devil
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Why aren't we as good as the Blues, I might start a new thread about it
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Richmond supporters who want carlton to win is just madness..if carlton were playing the devil himself I would support the devil
hmm over the last 10-15 years Ive found I despise the bummers, norf and dees more than other clubs for a myriad of reasons
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I too thought Essendon had achieved what I had previously thought impossible by overtaking Carlton as my most hated club until Zaharakis kicked the winning goal against them late last year and I found myself cheering.
Some things are just far too ingrained.
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Richmond supporters who want carlton to win is just madness..if carlton were playing the devil himself I would support the devil
i cant hate carlton as must as i used to anymore. i used to hate them as a rival, then because of salary cap rorting. but its been so long since they anything of a decent team and now they are the soft touch. Essendon especially if hird comes back are my PE#1
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Nought. :lol :rollin :lol
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3/4 time
St Kilda 15.14-104
Freo 5.6-36
:gobdrop
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3/4 time
St Kilda 15.14-104
Freo 5.6-36
:gobdrop
I tipped Freo by 81 points in the OER comp so I only need a 149 point turnaround in the last. I'd be interested in people's thoughts on my chances?
:help :help :help :help :help :help
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27 still well within their grasp.
Just makes me angrier, wide open for the flag and not gunna be there, pen15s heads
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Just makes me angrier, wide open for the flag and not gunna be there, pen15s heads
x 2
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3/4 time
St Kilda 15.14-104
Freo 5.6-36
:gobdrop
I tipped Freo by 81 points in the OER comp so I only need a 149 point turnaround in the last. I'd be interested in people's thoughts on my chances?
:help :help :help :help :help :help
I think the status quo will save you Smokey. Everyone's tips will have bombed out ;D.
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Lol MT, thank god for that. :bow And it nearly kept going pear-shaped in the Giants game!! :o WTF is going on this round?
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I'll tell you.
St Kilda and the Blues have gone past us, they have been ripping it up all year and the dividends are showing
We are years behind these sides
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Lol MT, thank god for that. :bow And it nearly kept going pear-shaped in the Giants game!! :o WTF is going on this round?
And what does it mean for us? Are we favourites or underdogs against the Eagles? Two equally 'Jeckyl and Hyde' sides :-\.
GWS could have pinched that tonight if they had kicked straight in the last quarter. They were coming home in the last but missed quite a few set shots and that cost them in the end.
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Yep, coming home with a wet sail they were. They missed a couple of very gettable shots late in the game that could easily have made the difference. Geelong looked out on their feet and Scott was getting mightily peed off!! :lol
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Yep, coming home with a wet sail they were. They missed a couple of very gettable shots late in the game that could easily have made the difference. Geelong looked out on their feet and Scott was getting mightily peed off!! :lol
It's in the Scott DNA ;D.
(http://www.aflonline.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/chrisscottomg.gif)(http://i.cubeupload.com/Bx0Hzt.gif)
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Another upset this round could be on the cards. Port & Dees going neck and neck.
Matty White subbed off btw.
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Schulz kicked the last goal of the game at the 26 minute mark. Port win 72 - 69.
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Another upset this round could be on the cards. Port & Dees going neck and neck.
Matty White subbed off btw.
But but but he is a champion?
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Doggies 20 pts up in the last and lost = choked! Now we have to put up with another week of Lloyd, Robbo and Connolly talking up Essendon :banghead.
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Brisbane Lions must beat the Gold Coast Suns today.
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Brisbane Lions must beat the Gold Coast Suns today.
No Ablett = no Suns.
Brisbane absolutely flogging them 63 - 8 and it's only halfway through the 2nd quarter. The Lions have scored the last 47 points.
Possession wise it's 169 to 62 :gobdrop.
Inside 50s: 33 - 7
Clearances 29 - 10
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Preview of the Grand Final tonight. Hawks won 104 - 94.
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After the Pies hit the front in the last qtr, the Crows have kicked out to a 11 point lead with about 5 mins to go. The Pies will be out of the Eight if they lose :lol.
A crowd of only 41k for a 8-point clash. I wonder if Eddie will cry to the AFL again about compo :wallywink.
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Poooooys lose.
Jowels McGuire turns an all new shade of pink.
Buckley in the media firing line this week :clapping
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Just did a ladder predictor and with winning every game had us outside 8 on percentage.
If we can have a couple of big wins and the sides around 8 keep wobbling then we could probably drop a game and still be a chance. :shh
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Just did a ladder predictor and with winning every game had us outside 8 on percentage.
If we can have a couple of big wins and the sides around 8 keep wobbling then we could probably drop a game and still be a chance. :shh
past history says we will crap our pants as soon as someone mentions this to the club. :shh
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Just did a ladder predictor and with winning every game had us outside 8 on percentage.
If we can have a couple of big wins and the sides around 8 keep wobbling then we could probably drop a game and still be a chance. :shh
past history says we will crap our pants as soon as someone mentions this to the club. :shh
When the pressure is on and its do or die, be assured they will collapse like the big Cox
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Just did a ladder predictor and with winning every game had us outside 8 on percentage.
If we can have a couple of big wins and the sides around 8 keep wobbling then we could probably drop a game and still be a chance. :shh
past history says we will crap our pants as soon as someone mentions this to the club. :shh
When the pressure is on and its do or die, be assured they will collapse like the big Cox
:lol
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Don't forget that we are a better team than last year. :shh
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Always good to see the Bluebaggers lose/choke in the last minute :rollin. If Casboult didn't drop that sitter on the wing or Wood kicks it towards the boundary, they most likely would've won.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bt8M0LUCUAALRF7.jpg)
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Go Swannies and flog the Bombers ;D. Up 50 - 22 at half-time.
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Finals run rolling along nicely. :shh
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not putting them away the idiots.
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Luke Parker pick 40. haha
FJ get off your fat arse and do something FFS with these late picks or pee off
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not putting them away the idiots.
Yep. The Swans went back to their clog and slog gamestyle tonight and just did enough to win.
Still having said that, it's a good night when the arrogant Bombers lose and get put back in their mediocre place :yep.
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Luke Parker pick 40. haha
FJ get off your fat arse and do something FFS with these late picks or pee off
Our record with our picks in 20-50 range has been underwhelming. It says a lot that Titch is arguably the best we've found within that range.
Waits for Popelord to post "I told you all so" about Parker.
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You could see it last year MT but gee he is such a gun
He is exactly what you want in a footballer
http://m.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/sydney-swans-star-luke-parker-not-one-to-shirk-a-contest-following-in-footsteps-of-club-champion-jude-bolton/story-fni5fan7-1227001916117?nk=e1f61daba003a791d04f9abc9b73e7ed
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Maybe the Swans put some of that extra half a million on their salary cap into scouting, as well as snaring Buddy and Tippett
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Luke Parker pick 40. haha
FJ get off your fat arse and do something FFS with these late picks or pee off
the sooner the Geelong guy takes over the better.
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Maybe the Swans put some of that extra half a million on their salary cap into scouting, as well as snaring Buddy and Tippett
no no no no , all clubs spend equally on scouting & recruiting, its just ours recruiters are worse than every other clubs
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The Eagles making a game of it in Adelaide in a high scoring first quarter and should really be in front with all the scoring shots they've had. Crows up 36-35.
The Crows should win but an upset would keep that last spot in the top 8 wide open.
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Eagles home.
All falling into place for a run at the 8.
Hello flag from 8th. :shh
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Maybe the Swans put some of that extra half a million on their salary cap into scouting, as well as snaring Buddy and Tippett
no no no no , all clubs spend equally on scouting & recruiting, its just ours recruiters are worse than every other clubs
do you actually believe all teams spend equally on scouting and recruiting?
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Another night of shinboner spirit :whistle :lol.
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Another night of shinboner spirit :whistle :lol.
Another tremendous gold winning dive by Lndsay Thomas :clapping
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Another night of shinboner spirit :whistle :lol.
Another tremendous gold winning dive by Lndsay Thomas :clapping
Another failed test. Its nice to know I can for the most part rely on Nort, Essendon,Carlton and hopefully Collingwood tomorrow to make a good weekend even better. :lol :rollin :lol
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Maybe the Swans put some of that extra half a million on their salary cap into scouting, as well as snaring Buddy and Tippett
no no no no , all clubs spend equally on scouting & recruiting, its just ours recruiters are worse than every other clubs
do you actually believe all teams spend equally on scouting and recruiting?
Seriously ! You couldn't detect the sarcasm there ?
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Saints tanking, bastards
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If there's a team tanking it was Melbourne today in the last quarter. 13 points up and got run over by Brisbane.
In the late game, Port has come back and only trails the Pies by 5 pts at half-time - Coll 6.6-42 to Port 5.7-37.
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Port hit the front to lead by 7 but the Pies kicked the next two to lead at 3/4 time by 5 pts - Coll 9.7-61 to Port 8.8-56.
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Pies home 76-70. :banghead
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Pies home 76-70. :banghead
Just another reason to hate Collingwood :banghead.
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Maybe the Swans put some of that extra half a million on their salary cap into scouting, as well as snaring Buddy and Tippett
no no no no , all clubs spend equally on scouting & recruiting, its just ours recruiters are worse than every other clubs
do you actually believe all teams spend equally on scouting and recruiting?
Seriously ! You couldn't detect the sarcasm there ?
My bad taztiger, Can never be too sure around here :lol
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Clarkson best coach in the land. Get him tigers offer 2 mil a year.
This on losing another player through injury.
This is what our coach should be demanding not crying like a bitch when we lost those players early
“I don’t think it’s anything significant, but if he misses a week or two, and it may sound like we’re being flippant when we say ‘so be it’, but it’s just the way you’ve got to be with the way footy is played,” Clarkson said.
“It’s like ‘Mitch’ and Isaac missing today; it’s hardly ideal ... but someone has got to pull on the jumper and perform the role those guys were going to do for the side. If ‘Gunno’ happens to miss a week then we’ll just roll with the punches
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Carn the Blues
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Blues now lead 47-19 midway through the 2nd qtr.
Plus the Giants are taking it up to North in Canberra. They only trail by 4 pts at half-time: 41-45
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72
26
:clapping
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Carlton doing the business. GWS have put up the white flag again unfortunately.
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Norf flat track bullies
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Yes Blues.
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Geelong just hangs on to win 81-79. Lucky both Pavlich (hit the post) and then Mundy after the siren both missed their long set shots.
Port lost again as well. That's 5 losses from their past six.
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The sooner Sydney wraps up a top 2 spot the better, all the more likely to rest some key personel in the final round if their position is safe
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Brisbane doing us no favours up at the 'Gabba. Adelaide not only winning but gaining a percentage booster as well :scream.
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Brisbane doing us no favours up at the 'Gabba. Adelaide not only winning but gaining a percentage booster as well :scream.
That's the problem we have
We are relying on other clubs to us favours. A lot of favours!
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Sack hardwick
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Go West Coast. :thumbsup
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Brisbane doing us no favours up at the 'Gabba. Adelaide not only winning but gaining a percentage booster as well :scream.
That's the problem we have
We are relying on other clubs to us favours. A lot of favours!
Spot on WP.
Crows in the end won by 105 pts :P. They now have a percentage of 112.4 and have jumped ahead of the Bombers into 7th spot.
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9 wins in a row for Ninth!
Get it done, Dimmer
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One of these mini elimination finals over the next few weeks will finish in a draw just to throw a spanner in the works somewhere to someones favour and others detriment. Mark it down.
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Eagles 41-13 at quarter time. :thumbsup
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9 wins in a row for Ninth!
Get it done, Dimmer
8/9 against rubbish sides, Just so the Richmond Goobers can tell the Richmond realists that we don't post that often....of course, finals and top 4 will be a given in 2015, we'll draft another hard nosed midfielder with ZERO X factor, and hardwick will get another contract extension :clapping :clapping :clapping
Look WE think......
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Eagles 41-13 at quarter time. :thumbsup
Disaster unfolding in the west, Eagles 42 points up over pies 14 mins into the third quarter :clapping
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The Cokers are 54 up
Go boys and do our work for us
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Folks are aware the Eagles win they'd go ahead of us on the ladder (same number of wins, superior % )
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All double edged swords WP.
If we go back I'm sure after losing to the Dogs we said that loss may cost us at the end of the year and by the time we lost to Melbourne our season was cooked.
That's why whilst hoping for a reprieve and us sneaking in I can't help but feel,a little agitated and frustrated over the first half of the year and with a little more care and alot more responsibility and honesty to themselves first and foremost we may not have been scrambling like cockroaches after fumigating a property in the run of our lives to a possible 8the spot. It's both galling and surreal. :-\
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looking at pies draw they'll win 2 more putting them on 48 pts so that's one spot out of our reach.. probably would've been better if they beat the eagles today and eliminated them out of the equation tbh..
Adelaide got us, nth and stk, if us and north beat them they'll end up on 44pts with big percentage
We've got adel, stk and syd - must win all 3 end of story to end up on 48 - more likely 44 with inferior percentage unless we smash adel and stk
Bombres have wce, GC and carl would expect them to win at least 2 of those - 48pts
WCE have wce, melb and GC will win 2 at least 44pts
best hope is wce do a number on ess next week and lose to GC in final round and finish on 44, bombres win 1 of last 3 and finish on 44, Adelaide likewise and we win all 3. Fat stuffing chance :lol
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if we win next week then we will have our percentage boost opportunity against St Kilda. St K are rooted and If we turn up to play a 15 goal win could be on the cards.
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there is about a +144pts differential between us and crows percentage. Going to need to spank them next week by 30-40 points to give us a chance to reel them in even with a 15 goal flogging of the saints..
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Folks are aware the Eagles win they'd go ahead of us on the ladder (same number of wins, superior % )
Doesn't matter when we win our next three games by 15+ goals
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TBH I think we will have to win all our games to finish 8th and that also means beating the Swans. Tough ask but at least we will have a chance in the last round. We threw games away against Bulldogs and Melbourne and thats gonna kill us if we dont make finals.
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there is about a +144pts differential between us and crows percentage. Going to need to spank them next week by 30-40 points to give us a chance to reel them in even with a 15 goal flogging of the saints..
Next week Essendon play West Coast
Richmond v Adelaide.
Gold Coast v Port
Collingwood v Brisbane
We win and Port and West Coast win and it all goes on for another week with
Adelaide
WestCoast
Richmond
Essendon
Gold Coast all on 40 points with two games to play.
Collingwood play Hawthorn on Friday night footy last round. We may just need to win to make the eight. Albeit I think West Coast will make it given they play Melbourne and some other minnow in the last two especially if they beat Essendon next week.
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Folks are aware the Eagles win they'd go ahead of us on the ladder (same number of wins, superior % )
Yeah but it stops Collingwood going 2 games clear of us.
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The way Geelong play Blicavs is the way we should play Vickery.
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Vickery wouldn't have the athletic endurance of a Blicavs who could out-run any other AFL footballer round the Tan.
On last night's game - as much as Geelong losing would've been good for the Swans to seal up a top 2 spot and hopefully take our round 23 clash not so importantly, it's still great to see the Blues lose by just a kick after being in front with 3 mins to go ;D.
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Power in front at 3/4 time.
Sydney looking ridiculously good.
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Sydney looking ridiculously good.
In fairness they don't really have any opposition
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Poort the stuffing pretenders did their best to lose
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Josh Kennedy of the Swans looks like he has done his hammy.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-08-16/kennedy-hamstrung-for-swans
Port beat the Suns so that's one result that has gone our way.
After the Bombers kicked the first two goals, the Eagles have kicked the next 5 to lead by 18 pts.
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Eagles up 52-29 over Essendon at half-time.
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The Bombers have kicked the last 5. Margin back to 4 pts.
Edit: Lycett puts the Eagles back up by 10 pts late in the 3rd.
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Haven't looked closely enough at the draw, does an Essendon win help us more?
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Essendon win 77-74.
Haven't looked closely enough at the draw, does an Essendon win help us more?
It effectively knocks the Eagles out of finals contention.
The Bombers should make it now unless they lose to Carlton in the final round.
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Brisbane flogging the Pies at the 'G 67-33 :lol.
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This is a massive second half.
For us and Collingwood.
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Go the Bears
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Brisbane out to 41 points.
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Lions up 101-49 in the last qtr :thumbsup
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We going for
Norf
Drug cheats
Gws
Next week I spose ?
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I reckon if we can smash St Kilda by 80 plus we can lose to Sydney and still make the 8.
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Haven't looked closely enough at the draw, does an Essendon win help us more?
I think so. Gold Coast and Carlton last two with % similar to us. Hopefully one cheating scum side in navy blue beat the other cheating scum drug induced side in round 23. Come on Carlton you know you want to.
Want Nort to beat Adelaide at their 48th home ground in their history next week. Would really help. :thumbsup
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If the right thing is done by the afl/asada/courts, then the bombres will be kicked out of the finals and then we're in guaranteed
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Unlikely a ruling will be through in next few weeks I'd have thought.
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9th and finals... :shh
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9th and finals... :shh
And the curse broken
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Pls footcrey :facepalm
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If the right thing is done by the afl/asada/courts, then the bombres will be kicked out of the finals and then we're in guaranteed
The Bombers won't be "kicked out" of the finals. That's done and dusted.
The current situation = The Show Cause notices, are against individuals not the Club. So the players are the ones in the gun not the Club. Only way the Bombers don't play finals if all the players were to get suspended meaning the the club cannot field a side.
The sad fact is that no players are likely to be suspended before this season ends. Take the court case out if it
Show cause notices first, players get a certain number of days to answer them, show why they shouldn't be issued with infraction notices. Next stage is infraction notices issued, then a tribunal hearing. Can see this going another 3-9 months before suspensions are handed out
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If the right thing is done by the afl/asada/courts, then the bombres will be kicked out of the finals and then we're in guaranteed
The Bombers won't be "kicked out" of the finals. That's done and dusted.
The current situation = The Show Cause notices, are against individuals not the Club. So the players are the ones in the gun not the Club. Only way the Bombers don't play finals if all the players were to get suspended meaning the the club cannot field a side.
The sad fact is that no players are likely to be suspended before this season ends. Take the court case out if it
Show cause notices first, players get a certain number of days to answer them, show why they shouldn't be issued with infraction notices. Next stage is infraction notices issued, then a tribunal hearing. Can see this going another 3-9 months before suspensions are handed out
I can see this going on so long that the players involved will all be retired and in nursing homes before suspensions are served. Nice deflection Essendon. Reminds me of that Leunig cartoon where an umpire goes up to an old player on his deathbed and finally awards him the free kick he should have paid him in the 1935 Grand Final. I wonder what Justin Charles thinks of all this?
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Three really enjoyable experiences for me this weekend; Tigers beating the Crows, Buckley's (Perfect Storm) post match and the look of "WTF have I gotten myself into" on Roos face as his Team cops a 64 point Rogering at the hands of a 19 man GWS side. :lol :rollin :lol
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Poor old blues butt rammed by a 100
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Poor old blues butt rammed by a 100
What a beautiful morning. Blues jammed up the jacksy and spring has sprung in Melbourne.
What gifts will today present?
Gold Coast beating Essendon?
GWS beating Nayfuns Poys?
Will North destroy Adelaide and keep our finals window open?
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kangaroos are missing their shots on goal. It could come back to bite them in the end.
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Adelaide up by a point at half-time (37-36) after trailing by 15 points midway through that second quarter :-\.
Essendon lead the Suns 33-24 midway through the 2nd qtr.
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If these north effers cant beat adelaide.... >:(
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Crows with the last 4 goals :banghead. Say goodbye to finals :P.
Edit: North finally get one back. They trail 44-51.
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Bombers up by 3 goals on the Suns at half-time.
Another to North.
One point the diff.
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Adelaide lead 71-66 at 3/4 time.
Bloody North :P.
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North with the last 3 goals to lead by 9 pts :pray.
Suns have come back from 4 goals down to trail by Bombers by just a point :pray.
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And that's Shinboner spirit shining through
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20 mins gone in the last qtr. North still up 94-85.
Bombers lead Suns 75-68 at 3/4 time.
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3 mins to go.
North up 101-93
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2.29 to go. North still up 101-93.
Laird being taken off on a stretcher so play has stopped.
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Suns in front :lol.
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1.14 left.
North up 101-94
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30 secs to go :pray
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Adelaide lose :highclap.
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Geez that was painful.
All in our hands now :gotigers
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Essendon kick the last two goals to just hang on 108-89.
So 7 sides locked in. One spot left and if we beat the Saints we'll be in the Eight with just one round to go.
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8 Adelaide 40 21 10 11 0 110.24
9 Richmond 40 20 10 10 0 104.49
10 Collingwood 40 20 10 10 0 96.86
11 Gold Coast 40 21 10 11 0 95.99
12 West Coast 36 20 9 11 0 111.08
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Ffs gws
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Go Cats! :cheers
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Cats up 51-20 at half-time.
A Geelong win would secure Sydney at top 2 spot before we play them.
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Cats up 51-20 at half-time.
A Geelong win would secure Sydney at top 2 spot before we play them.
Yep cue the Hawthorn comeback. :chuck
Hawks kick the last 6 up 61-57 at 3 qt time. :chuck
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Cats up 51-20 at half-time.
A Geelong win would secure Sydney at top 2 spot before we play them.
Yep cue the Hawthorn comeback. :chuck
Hawks kick the last 6 up 61-57 at 3 qt time. :chuck
Yep, 10 straight goals to the Hawks before a couple of junk time ones to the Cats.
Still it will make no difference to the Swans provided the beat the doggies tomorrow. They'll still secure a top 2 spot given they'll be a game ahead and their percentage is much higher than Geelong's. If they have a big win they'll even secure top spot and the McClelland trophy before they play us.
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Hope the Swans tomorrow are not fully mentally switched on and just going through the motions like the Hawks are tonight.
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Hope the Swans tomorrow are not fully mentally switched on and just going through the motions like the Hawks are tonight.
As soon as I say that the Hawks kick the last 4 goals :lol. Up 56-30 at half-time and it's good-bye 2014 for Collingwood ;D.
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Carlton whipping the Bombres! :gobdrop
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Quick ladder predictor sees us win tonight, then face North, Geelong, Sydney, Hawthorn.
I like that run. :shh
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Carlton has stopped. Bombers with 8 of the last 9 goals.
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Lol at doctor Reid plodding around
I would trust him with my kids
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Carlton have kicked the last 3 goals. Back to 13 pts - Ess 77 Carl 64
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Make that 4 straight. Blues back to only 7 down.
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Blues with the first of the last qtr. Back to only a point a diff.
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All square - 90 secs to go.
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I hate u gibbs
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Guys we are being trolled
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It's a DRAW!
So if we win today we'll finish 8th.
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It's a DRAW!
So if we win today we'll finish 8th.
You spelt when wrong
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The Crows going strong, trying to knock the Cokers out of ninth
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Let's spare a thought for how flat Adelaide and West Coast would have been today.
Then let's pee ourselves laughing.
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Let's spare a thought for how flat Adelaide and West Coast would have been today.
Then let's pee ourselves laughing.
Or Collingwood and poor old Nayf. Must be really unfortunate having the best of everything provided for you only to complete a 3-8'second half of the season.mi feel like crying......
Of laughter. :lol :rollin :lol
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But only for a second.
Winners move on to bigger things ;D
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But only for a second.
Winners move on to bigger things ;D
:clapping
:bow
;D
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But only for a second.
Winners move on to bigger things ;D
:clapping
:bow
;D
Absolutely. :thumbsup
Never forget though where you have been and how it felt and use it to help get you where you want to be which is ultimate and sustained success. :cheers
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Giasiracusa eye-gouging in his final game?
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BwWteJvCEAAZBRj.jpg:large)(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BwWthAlCUAA_hol.jpg:large)
https://twitter.com/SERG1O_D/status/506001348307857408/photo/1
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Hawks too good tonight and I still them as flag favourites. Their defence kept Hawkins out of the game and the Cats struggled to find other avenues to score. Geelong's great era is slowly coming to an end. Their next generation doesn't have the class of their older champions.
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Geelong's great era is slowly coming to an end. Their next generation doesn't have the class of their older champions.
This is the news I have been waiting YEARS to hear. Can't wait to begin inflicting a long, sustained period of payback on these mongrels for years of pain.
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I don't think the Hawks are going to be beaten..throughout the year when challenged they crank it up a gear ,they are an awesome team
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Well at least we know who we play if we make it to prelim week :clapping
Even better is the fact that we won't have to travel ;D
:dancing
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Hawks too good tonight and I still them as flag favourites. Their defence kept Hawkins out of the game and the Cats struggled to find other avenues to score. Geelong's great era is slowly coming to an end. Their next generation doesn't have the class of their older champions.
Sydney disposed of the Dockers pretty easily. I don't think Hawthorn have it stitched up quite yet.
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Black
Brown
Petrie
Nt touched the bal
Stuffing goats
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There u go bummers you cheating selfish prick of a club. You got your finals appearance you desperately wanted by launching legal action. For what? To get dumped straight out, now cop 2 year bans and wave goodbye to the coach that could've done something for you.
Wankers
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Druuuuuuuug
Chhhhhhhheats
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Cough cough cough Essendon :rollin.
(http://treasure.diylol.com/uploads/post/image/603957/resized_essendon-meme-generator-take-care-severe-choking-hazard-0956bd.jpg)
The look on Bomber Thompson's face near the end was priceless :lol.
They haven't won since Hird came back :lol. As the saying goes cheats never prosper! :yep
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(http://s7.postimg.org/utyl700wr/Screen_Shot_2014_08_23_at_7_45_01_PM.png)
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Bomber: We had the drugs in the first half hmmm!!! but we ran out of juice in the second half hmmm!!!
Not my problem hmmm!!! Over to you Hirdy hmmm!!!
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Brent Stanton 10 9 19 3 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 81 47
Zachary Merrett 10 8 18 4 0 2 5 0 3 1 0 81 69
Heath Hocking 12 4 16 5 0 0 4 0 5 0 0 75 76
Patrick Ryder 7 8 15 5 1 1 3 19 2 1 0 91 111
Travis Colyer 12 3 15 4 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 74 71
Ben Howlett 7 8 15 2 1 0 7 0 3 1 1 75 75
Cale Hooker 6 7 13 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 38 65
Jason Winderlich 6 6 12 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 37 29
Tom Bellchambers 8 4 12 4 1 1 0 9 2 1 1 58 54
Ariel Steinberg 5 6 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 32 41
Joe Daniher 8 3 11 4 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 77 91
Courtenay Dempsey 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 19
Martin Gleeson 2 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 17 11
:clapping
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sark dix Essngton
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If sueing the government - in order to buy time - for ones crappy little club to play finals - tatic must be punished by WADA.
3 yr bans for being dogs
If bringing the game into disrepute is supposedly not kotcha ...
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Bomber: We had the drugs in the first half hmmm!!! but we ran out of juice in the second half hmmm!!!
Not my problem hmmm!!! Over to you Hirdy hmmm!!!
;D
The funniest thing Thompson actually said in his post-match press conference tonight was "We are a club that looks after its people." :huh3 :stupid :facepalm.
Yeah, injecting your players with god knows what was really looking after them ::) :wallywink. Seriously, they are one screwed up and deluded football club.
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Bomber: We had the drugs in the first half hmmm!!! but we ran out of juice in the second half hmmm!!!
Not my problem hmmm!!! Over to you Hirdy hmmm!!!
;D
The funniest thing Thompson actually said in his post-match press conference tonight was "We are a club that looks after its people." :huh3 :stupid :facepalm.
Yeah, injecting your players with god knows what was really looking after them ::) :wallywink. Seriously, they are one screwed up and deluded football club.
I think he said something like the whole thing is appalling or something like that. HELLO, yes it is lol
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Bomber: We had the drugs in the first half hmmm!!! but we ran out of juice in the second half hmmm!!!
Not my problem hmmm!!! Over to you Hirdy hmmm!!!
;D
The funniest thing Thompson actually said in his post-match press conference tonight was "We are a club that looks after its people." :huh3 :stupid :facepalm.
Yeah, injecting your players with god knows what was really looking after them ::) :wallywink. Seriously, they are one screwed up and deluded football club.
I think he said something like the whole thing is appalling or something like that. HELLO, yes it is lol
"Everyone agrees the players haven't done much wrong." - Thompson (referring to the supplement saga and players receiving show clause notices)
Well Bomber, they have either done something wrong or they haven't. Which one is it?
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Bomber: We had the drugs in the first half hmmm!!! but we ran out of juice in the second half hmmm!!!
Not my problem hmmm!!! Over to you Hirdy hmmm!!!
;D
The funniest thing Thompson actually said in his post-match press conference tonight was "We are a club that looks after its people." :huh3 :stupid :facepalm.
Yeah, injecting your players with god knows what was really looking after them ::) :wallywink. Seriously, they are one screwed up and deluded football club.
I think he said something like the whole thing is appalling or something like that. HELLO, yes it is lol
"Everyone agrees the players haven't done much wrong." - Thompson (referring to the supplement saga and players receiving show clause notices)
Well Bomber, they have either done something wrong or they haven't. Which one is it?
Code for the admin are the guilty ones but the players the victims. Yes, the spin doctors have been giving them 24/7 advice on how to twist the facts so that everyone goes, "Poor Essendon" lol. I'm not convinced :rollin The ego has landed, Hirdy time :wallywink Can't wait for the 2015 saga to roll on :rollin
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Bomber: We had the drugs in the first half hmmm!!! but we ran out of juice in the second half hmmm!!!
Not my problem hmmm!!! Over to you Hirdy hmmm!!!
;D
The funniest thing Thompson actually said in his post-match press conference tonight was "We are a club that looks after its people." :huh3 :stupid :facepalm.
Yeah, injecting your players with god knows what was really looking after them ::) :wallywink. Seriously, they are one screwed up and deluded football club.
I think he said something like the whole thing is appalling or something like that. HELLO, yes it is lol
"Everyone agrees the players haven't done much wrong." - Thompson (referring to the supplement saga and players receiving show clause notices)
Well Bomber, they have either done something wrong or they haven't. Which one is it?
Oh how I love when mark Thompson and Paul little tells me what everyone is thinking
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Well at least we know who we play if we make it to prelim week :clapping
Even better is the fact that we won't have to travel ;D
:dancing
Not that it matters :-[ but wouldn't we of needed to travel to Perth?
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Think today should count as a non-Richmond game.....
...then again one could also argue that was a very Richmond game.....
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Think today should count as a non-Richmond game.....
...then again one could also argue that was a very Richmond game.....
The paradoxity is quite mind boggling
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Back to reality for Port. Looks like they played their grand final last week and tonight is the let down. They can't do a thing right unlike last week. The same could be said of us last week after our win over the Swans.
Makes a difference of course when the opposition applies pressure and runs hard. The only difference to us last week is the scoreboard tonight is flattering Port thanks to Freo's misses. Freo should be 10 goals up already with 76% of the game being played in their forward half.
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Yep will be interesting to see Hinkleys plan B
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That Zac Dawson is a filthy player. Reminds me of Maxwell. l hope someone lays Dawson out one day & prey the MRP nails him
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Yep will be interesting to see Hinkleys plan B
Seems their plan B is work/run harder, play on at all costs and make Freo pay for keeping Port in it on the scoreboard with their bad misses in the first half.
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Yep will be interesting to see Hinkleys plan B
Seems their plan B is work/run harder, play on at all costs and make Freo pay for keeping Port in it on the scoreboard with their bad misses in the first half.
they are right in it now. The game is on only 4 points in it
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Well let's see Lyons plan B then
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Dawson costing them & port in front :rollin
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Stevics handy work again ::)
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Back to reality for Port. Looks like they played their grand final last week and tonight is the let down. They can't do a thing right unlike last week. The same could be said of us last week after our win over the Swans.
Makes a difference of course when the opposition applies pressure and runs hard. The only difference to us last week is the scoreboard tonight is flattering Port thanks to Freo's misses. Freo should be 10 goals up already with 76% of the game being played in their forward half.
lol
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one game away from another 2 ex tiger players making it to the big dance
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Matt White 11 disposals
Schulz 1 goal
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Just goes to show Port fight it out right to the end. Them winning proves how much we need some new solid players.
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:P
Matt White 11 disposals including an incredible team lifting goal.
Schulz 1 goal
EFA
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Back to reality for Port. Looks like they played their grand final last week and tonight is the let down. They can't do a thing right unlike last week. The same could be said of us last week after our win over the Swans.
Makes a difference of course when the opposition applies pressure and runs hard. The only difference to us last week is the scoreboard tonight is flattering Port thanks to Freo's misses. Freo should be 10 goals up already with 76% of the game being played in their forward half.
lol
Yeah, I waiting for this :-[ ;D. Well done to Port as they completely turned it around in the second half but the game should have been over at half-time. Freo totally dominated that first half and in particular the second quarter which was playing almost entirely in Freo's forward half. But as they say bad kicking is bad footy and they kept Port in it on the scoreboard. Hinkley tried to make out after the game that it was Port's defence that kept them in it but the reality was Freo missed sitter after sitter. Freo should had been 10 goals up at half-time as I said at the time and that's why this loss will be absolutely guttering to Freo. Very similar to the 2008 Grand Final where Geelong dominated the first half but couldn't kick straight and then Hawthorn ran over them in the second half. The problem for Freo and Ross Lyon is they may have blown their last chance at a flag with this playing group.
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Just goes to show Port fight it out right to the end. Them winning proves how much we need some new solid players.
Fantastic second half from Port but last night proved once again that bad kicking (at goal) is bad footy. Kicking straight and blowing away an opposition on the scorebaord will mentally destroy their belief in being able to win. But if you keep the opposition in the game on the scoreboard with miss after easy miss despite totally dominating them for a half, then they can and most likely will make you pay in the second half. It's happened a number of times in footy over the years.
Half-time
Freo 6.11 to Port 3.5 ...... Port still in it.
Port 14.5 to Rich 3.2 ...... game over!
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Swans up 64-28 at half-time. After last week, not going to say North are gone but the Swans have totally out-classed the Roos so far.
ps. I hope Scott Thompson brought his rubber ducky tonight as Franklin is giving him a bath.
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Thanks for coming North lol. Thanks to them we at least won't have the biggest losing margin in the finals.
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Port may rue that first quarter. They dominated with twelve scoring shots but kicked 3.9. Compare that to 9 first quarter shots they had against us but kicked 8.1 to blow us away. As they say bad (goal-)kicking is bad footy. Having said that I hope Port win.
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A crowd of maybe 60,000 and maybe 35,000 hawk supporters?
What happened to their so called '75,000' members??????
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port need to kick the next goal to get back some momentum and break the hawks otherwise they could be a few goals down by halftime
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bad kicking is bad football.
port will rue those misses and stuff i cant stand hawthorn
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Hard to see Hawthorn losing from here. Port losing the clearances and not looking dangerous enough against the Hawks' defence. I hope I'm wrong though.
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bad kicking is bad football.
port will rue those misses and stuff i cant stand hawthorn
Prophetic
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A crowd of maybe 60,000 and maybe 35,000 hawk supporters?
What happened to their so called '75,000' members??????
Pets aren't allowed into the G
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Hawks got the run of the umps all game so when there was a 50/50 hawks was always going to get it and Hodge won the holding the ball.
Port did kick themselves out of it in the first quarter.
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Bloody Hawthorn :scream. They'll probably go on and win another flag now too :chuck.
Courageous comeback in the end by Port but the harsh reality is they blew it given all up they had 7 more scoring shots and still lost.
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Travis Boak can choke! How are you enjoying your finals series you weak pr#$%!! Eff off Port supporters -never tear us apart bollocks!!
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Hawks got the run of the umps all game so when there was a 50/50 hawks was always going to get it and Hodge won the holding the ball.
Port did kick themselves out of it in the first quarter.
Everyone knows that Stevic barracks for the pee and poo.
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Roughead man crush.
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A few mins left in the vfl gf
And Cyril is too special to participate
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A few mins left in the vfl gf
And Cyril is too special to participate
All part of the plan they had. Rioli is starting on the ground today. Clarkson obviously not going to die wondering. If it pays off he'll be classed a genius; if it doesn't (they lose and Cyril does a hammy in the first quarter) then he'll cop the flack. As reigning premiers and with two flags in the bank already, I'd guess a coach can live with taking a big risk in one Granny. Not many coaches have 3 flags to their name.
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All Hawks in that last 15 minutes of that first qtr. The difference so far is tackling pressure and aggression at the ball and ballcarrier. Some soft, fumbly and panicky efforts by a number of Swans so far.
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Swans haven't turned up to play today. Kiren Jack needs to get involved for the Swans to have any chance.
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Swans worst game for the year. Longmire will be spitting chips at half time. Hope they can at least make a contest of it.....
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Swans haven't turned up to play today.
Sadly. Makes for a dull one-sided Granny.
The Hawks were off in their prelim and just got over Port but have left their very best for the big dance. Makes you envious over how good they are, especially when they can lose three players like Buddy, Kennedy and McGlynn to the 2nd best side in the comp. and still flog them when it matters. Today will make it 8 flags to Hawthorn since we won our last one :P.
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Sadly. Makes for a dull one-sided Granny.
Yep.
It's going to be a long last quarter. Especially for the Swans players.
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You've got to hand it to the hawks.
They were great during the eighties and inherited a generation of softy turncoat supporters that left them for dead when they were crap in the mid nineties.
Then they came running back in 2001 just to desert them again in the mid noughties.
Then they've all coming running back again after hiding the other club jumpers they had brought during the rebuilding years.
Hawks supporters ARE the biggest turncoat bandwagon front runners in the AFL. FACT!
My kids weren't allowed to barrack for any other team but the Tigers or get out of my house!
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A snore-fest in the end but the best team all year and with the best list by far won. It would've felt like 1980 for Hawk supporters with the game over midway through the 2nd qtr.
They are going to tough to knock over again next year too :P.
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I'm glad the Swans couldn't buy themselves a flag
:banghead
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1980 - Richmond 10 Hawthorn 4
2014 - Hawthorn 12 Richmond 10
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Swans worst game for the year. Longmire will be spitting chips at half time. Hope they can at least make a contest of it.....
Where the stuffers was his Plan B?
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Swans worst game for the year. Longmire will be spitting chips at half time. Hope they can at least make a contest of it.....
Where the stuffers was his Plan B?
Like Dimma in our Elim Final, there was nothing Longmire could do when the bulk of his side didn't turn up to play and were outclassed in any case.
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Sandy Roberts just now on Fox Footy: Maurice Rioli of course the Norm Smith Medalist in Richmond's stunning belting of Collingwood back in 1980....
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Sandy Roberts just now on Fox Footy: Maurice Rioli of course the Norm Smith Medalist in Richmond's stunning belting of Collingwood back in 1980....
:lol
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You've got to hand it to the hawks.
They were great during the eighties and inherited a generation of softy turncoat supporters that left them for dead when they were crap in the mid nineties.
Then they came running back in 2001 just to desert them again in the mid noughties.
Then they've all coming running back again after hiding the other club jumpers they had brought during the rebuilding years.
Hawks supporters ARE the biggest turncoat bandwagon front runners in the AFL. FACT!
My kids weren't allowed to barrack for any other team but the Tigers or get out of my house!
You know you'll never be able to trust your supporters to stick around when the reason they jumped on in the first place was glory hunting.
I recall in the late 90s Friday night games at the g with Hawthorn vs (non big 4 club) and the stands were bare. Be lucky to crack 20,000.
Fast fwd to today and I still maintain they have far less supporters than they claim. Example - 60,000 crowd vs port adelaide last week and only 35,000 were Hawthorn.
The moment you only get 35,000 supporters at home in a final you know your a minnow.
It wouldn't happen at Richmond and it also wouldn't happen at Carlton, Collingwood or Essendon .
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I will make a prediction and it just my own opinion ,that if the hawks continue to have success ,in 5 years time they will rival Collingwood.Their support here in the east and south east is just amazing
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pretty huge gig and i live a stones throw from Waverley Park.
How stkilda stuffed that up and let them get it is unbelievable.
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Me too Angus..i can see VFL park from my place.
LOL yes the saints really stuffed this one up
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VFL park for sale for $1 and Saints choose to be rubbish for the next 20 years. its simple decisions like that that make a difference between success and failure
A nice place to be around Gig from october to march, when none of those fgts are around with their brand new 2014 scarfes with tags still on them. Pizza goes allright there too :thumbsup
I know some real hawthorn supporters who have been since birth and good luck to em, but the turn coat kind make me sick with their jibes. Those types i brush off like i do when i drop a turd in the dunny.
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Angus some of them have become real experts on all things football, just because supporting a successful club means you must be ...I think its through a process of osmosis....lol
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I will make a prediction and it just my own opinion ,that if the hawks continue to have success ,in 5 years time they will rival Collingwood.Their support here in the east and south east is just amazing
I disagree on the basis that it if it was going to happen, it would have already.
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so if something is to happen then it should already have happened?
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so if something is to happen then it should already have happened?
Only if what has happened is happening then it will happen to have happened.
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so if something is to happen then it should already have happened?
They've already had such success. And yet take out their tassie and pet members and they are not that well supported. Their home attendances have actually dropped over the past 5-6 years. If you're not going to jump on after all the flags and finals success then your not going jump on if it continues.
Just my thoughts anyways ;D
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By and large: supporter base made up of wanket flogs.
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Dwaino I can see you are keen student of Donald Rumsfeld...
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so if something is to happen then it should already have happened?
They've already had such success. And yet take out their tassie and pet members and they are not that well supported. Their home attendances have actually dropped over the past 5-6 years. If you're not going to jump on after all the flags and finals success then your not going jump on if it continues.
Just my thoughts anyways ;D
Spot on! Can you imagine how many members we would have if we had just won back to back flags? How many members would we have if we could bi-locate in the two strongest football states? We would have 100,000 members at the very least & be smashing attendance records weekly ... so what's wrong with them Orforn supporters? Just another reason for the AFL to chuck US a bone ...
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OH please and if we had relocated to India and become the Bengal tigers we would have one billion supporters.This has been thoroughly planned by the hawks and well executed,...cudos to them