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The luck in footy.

Lever goes out for 2 months, for what we thought was a 1 week ankle injury.

Stewart returns against us, to control the Cotton Ons backline and then pulls out tonight sick.

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    18 hours ago, Redleg said:

    The luck in footy.

    Lever goes out for 2 months, for what we thought was a 1 week ankle injury.

    Stewart returns against us, to control the Cotton Ons backline and then pulls out tonight sick.

    Stewart available for one round in between issues. Dangerfield not being suspended for yet another elbow to the throat, and then confounding our defence. Such is life. Just Geelong's captain and vice-captain playing probably their best individual games for the season.

    Wouldn't have minded if Coniglio had been managed sore for round 1 instead of being played as a permanent forward, given he has only played in half the Giant's games. He was a matchwinner against us for sure.

    But aside from lamenting the cruelty of the footy gods, it looks like as a team we have a major problem with veteran strong-bodied mids being sent forward.

    Touk Miller kicked three as the Gold Coast mids romped through for about ten goals between them.

    The North game is about the only one not defined by midfielders kicking goals against us, and even then, well, plenty of mids and mid-sized players kicked goals against us, it was just incidental on top of everyone else kicking goals against us that day.

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    Today’s result will be interesting.

    A hope for a revival or possibly season over.

    Membership numbers could be seriously affected too.

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    1 hour ago, Redleg said:

    Today’s result will be interesting.

    A hope for a revival or possibly season over.

    Membership numbers could be seriously affected too.

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    21 minutes ago, Neil Crompton said:

    This thread is the Demonlands'equivalent of the old radio serial "Blue Hills"

    “AND loving it” as Maxwell Smart would say.

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    8 hours ago, Redleg said:

    Today’s result will be interesting.

    A hope for a revival or possibly season over.

    Membership numbers could be seriously affected too.

    Season been over for us since round two. I still feel that the 2028 AFL is a better time for us.

    But on a brighter note West Perth has done well by recruiting a former Casey player. The young fella looks like he can play.

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