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I enjoyed watching Hurley demonstrate that although he's a good honest bang-crasher, our Wattsy is in another league skills and talent wise and will totally eclipse him when both of their careers are measured up.

Hurley had 4 tackles tonight, his highest count for the year. Prior to this game he had totalled FOUR TACKLES FOR THE WHOLE SEASON!!

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Hurley had 4 tackles tonight, his highest count for the year. Prior to this game he had totalled FOUR TACKLES FOR THE WHOLE SEASON!!

Fascinating stat that huh? He likes body contact, but doesn't tackle enough. Interesting. Very interesting.

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Fascinating stat that huh? He likes body contact, but doesn't tackle enough. Interesting. Very interesting.

I think it's grossly unfair that Watts cops his share of scrutiny yet Hurley seems to escape the magnifying glass.

Is it because he plays for the media darlings' Bombers? Because Brereton and Lloyd and these types of former players love his bang-crash attitude?

But what do the stats actually say? How many very good games has he actually played so far?

Not saying he's not going to turn out be a handy player for them ... but so far I think there's more than a bit of myth about the 'greatness' of Michael Hurley.

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Fascinating stat that huh? He likes body contact, but doesn't tackle enough. Interesting. Very interesting.

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Aha!!

Essendon and Carlton have both lost.

That only leaves a Collingwood loss to create the perfect long weekend!

It's up to us!

ps....I don't mind Richmond losing,either!

Cold pies on a monday....interesting, very interesting!
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There's no way Dempsey would have made the distance from there. Total non-issue. I turned the game off after half-time cause I thought the Swans would have a Rompingwin. Looks like I missed out on a cracker of a game.

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Bombers haven't won a game in June in 2012 (yet), 2011 and 2010. We kick started started their winter of discontent. Think they've got a bye and don't know who after. Thanks to Cats and Swans for a great weekend so far.

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Dempsey had to play on from 55m out at the end of a hard game. It was the only way his team could score to win the game. They lost it because they were wasteful for three quarters before they got their radar working. Surely, 78 inside 50s must be a record for a losing team in the modern game?

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I think it's grossly unfair that Watts cops his share of scrutiny yet Hurley seems to escape the magnifying glass.

Is it because he plays for the media darlings' Bombers? Because Brereton and Lloyd and these types of former players love his bang-crash attitude?

But what do the stats actually say? How many very good games has he actually played so far?

Not saying he's not going to turn out be a handy player for them ... but so far I think there's more than a bit of myth about the 'greatness' of Michael Hurley.

They were rabbiting on about him all night, both he and the Swans Reid are going to be superstars; at the time they were saying that the pair of them had about 15 possessions and 2 goals (both too Reid) and it was near the end of the third quarter.

I think some get carried away by him crashing in to people and splitting packs; didn't Brad Miller do that early on, he kicks like Miller, come to think of it.

I think you'll find that players that have the crash bang approach don't last too long in football, Brereton was finished at 28.

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Dempsey had to play on from 55m out at the end of a hard game. It was the only way his team could score to win the game. They lost it because they were wasteful for three quarters before they got their radar working. Surely, 78 inside 50s must be a record for a losing team in the modern game?

Ling mentioned on the coverage last night that no team has ever lost with over 70 inside 50's. He said the highest was 67, so a nice record for the Bombers.

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Aha!!

Essendon and Carlton have both lost.

That only leaves a Collingwood loss to create the perfect long weekend!

It's up to us!

ps....I don't mind Richmond losing,either!

How about Port over Hawks couldnt be sweeter

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Hurley had 4 tackles tonight, his highest count for the year. Prior to this game he had totalled FOUR TACKLES FOR THE WHOLE SEASON!!

Hurley's not the brightest - he can't do more than 2 things at once so once he's crashed or bashed he can't tackle, if he starts tackling he'll lose his crash and bash

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They were rabbiting on about him all night, both he and the Swans Reid are going to be superstars; at the time they were saying that the pair of them had about 15 possessions and 2 goals (both too Reid) and it was near the end of the third quarter.

I think some get carried away by him crashing in to people and splitting packs; didn't Brad Miller do that early on, he kicks like Miller, come to think of it.

I think you'll find that players that have the crash bang approach don't last too long in football, Brereton was finished at 28.

Come to think of it, there was similar excitement around Miller early in his career also. The excitement around Hurley, just like Miller, is is around his potential not what he has actually produced. Here's hoping the media will work him out soon enough too.

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I think it's grossly unfair that Watts cops his share of scrutiny yet Hurley seems to escape the magnifying glass.

Is it because he plays for the media darlings' Bombers? Because Brereton and Lloyd and these types of former players love his bang-crash attitude?

But what do the stats actually say? How many very good games has he actually played so far?

Not saying he's not going to turn out be a handy player for them ... but so far I think there's more than a bit of myth about the 'greatness' of Michael Hurley.

It is unfair.

Unfortunately, first impressions are hard to shake.

Watts was a young kid way out of his depth. Hurley imposed himself with his bigger body kicked a few timely goals and got a back page article labelled 'NEXT BIG THING'

Once some of the media have labeled you awesome the rest of the sheep will follow and it takes ages to change that constantly reinforced view.

I've said it many times. Hurley is hugely overrated. It's not that he is no good. Far from it. It's simply that his reputation got blown so far out of control from an early stage.

In saying that, he has had niggling injuries over the last few years. He is better than he is currently playing.

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I don't know why, but I don't hate the Bombers any more.

I loathed them a decade ago, but now my hatred is directed squarely at Carlton - Mitch Robinson in particular, a lethal combination of ignorance and arrogance rolled into an ugly human phenotype.

I thought the Bombers deserved to win last night. That said, I'm thoroughly ambivalent about the result though.

I also wasn't absolutely convinced that Dempsey shouldn't have been able to have a set shot following the siren.

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He clearly played on, it was just horrible timing. Siren sounds a little earlier, he has the set shot. A little later and he gets the kick from his play on.

They were 47 points down at 3 quarter time, they were never going to win it - a great comeback nonetheless.

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