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Gee you're up early today Jack, or home very late.

Catching a flight somewhere are we?

I would give anything to be able to go there today and watch us beat the bejeesus out of them.

I will have to watch on Foxtel.

My wife will be away at a Baby Shower, I will have my own company and a lot of swearing at the TV.

Nothing will surprise me, we have improved out of sight and Port have Hamish and Casissi missing which might open the game up a bit for us.

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Gee you're up early today Jack, or home very late.

Catching a flight somewhere are we?

I would give anything to be able to go there today and watch us beat the bejeesus out of them.

I will have to watch on Foxtel.

My wife will be away at a Baby Shower, I will have my own company and a lot of swearing at the TV.

Nothing will surprise me, we have improved out of sight and Port have Hamish and Casissi missing which might open the game up a bit for us.

And monfries.

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I just noticed the latest team.

Riley omitted now emerg.

Toumpas takes his place on the bench.

When did that occur?

I heard Roos on "Roos View" and he said that the final position hadn't been sorted.

It must have happened after the training run at Alice I guess.

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Whatever else happens today, the club should strongly consider playing all our NT matches in Alice, rather than Darwin.

It's a normal Autumn day here - there's no oppressive heat or humidity, and there'll be no problems with recovering from the energy-sapping conditions the players have to endure in Darwin.

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Off topic but did anyone know Toumps real first name is Dimitri? found out trying to search why Toump replaced Pig Dog.

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We can beat this mob way from the MCG and Adelaide Oval. Last time we did that was in a NAB Cup game in near desert conditions at Renmark and the boys did the job. Any reason we can't repeat that in Alice Springs?

I'm with you Jack. The nervous tension is building, and my gut tells me that we are in this with a real chance. Jeez it's a great feeling ......... and certainly one I hadn't experienced for years prior the last few weeks

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I would like to think we could beat them but the point you bought up about Renmark, Jack, was a bit of a furphy. That game was a bit like living in Bizarro Land as Port had half their team out and James Sellar kicked 5 goals! Next time we turned up at the G against them, they pulled our pants down and sent our season into a tailspin.

I will stick to my earlier prediction. We will annoy the s*** out of them for four quarters and they WILL earn it if they win. However, I reckon Port by 18 points but am happy to be proved wrong.

P.S. I listened to that pre-season game against Port on 5AA's live radio feed on the AFL website. Never before have I heard worse or more biased commentary. Shocking.

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What a great feeling going into a game playing the top team and actually believing we are some sort of chance at the very least we will make it tough for them like most I couldn't be happier had a few things gone our way earlier we may even be pushing top 8 nevertheless I'm pretty happy watching this team grow in confidence and become a professional football team since I can't remember when go dees

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I'm with you Jack. The nervous tension is building, and my gut tells me that we are in this with a real chance. Jeez it's a great feeling ......... and certainly one I hadn't experienced for years prior the last few weeks

It's nice that we can delude ourselves that we can match it with the best ;)

I'm with you, for the record!

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Mark Jamar is the sub

That is a smart move.

Port are a running side, we can't afford to carry too much tall timber.

If we are going to win - we are going to have to run with Port.

Given that Lobbe will ruck a full game, he'll be up against it anyway - as we have forwards who can give our main ruck a chop out.

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That is a smart move.

Port are a running side, we can't afford to carry too much tall timber.

If we are going to win - we are going to have to run with Port.

Given that Lobbe will ruck a full game, he'll be up against it anyway - as we have forwards who can give our main ruck a chop out.

You taking the p-i-ss ? Don't think in a million years a ruckmen would be sub let alone Jamar!

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