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Every team which played on the MCG in round 1, lost in round 2. Many of them drammatically: Carlton, Melbourne -- one good quarter then shot. GC Suns -- never fired a shot. Geelong -- lmao. Even Hawthorn fell over.

some said last week that the hard MCG will tell in the legs over the next couple of weeks... the 'g's' grass was short, the soil hard, & it was mentioned that players legs will be sore for weeks.

There is either something to this, or it's one hell of a coincidence.

just saying.

[edit: site doesn't like em-dashes.]

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    Every team which played on the MCG in round 1, lost in round 2. Many of them drammatically: Carlton, Melbourne -- one good quarter then shot. GC Suns -- never fired a shot. Geelong -- lmao. Even Hawthorn fell over.

    There is either something to this, or it's one hell of a coincidence.

    just saying.

    [edit: site doesn't like em-dashes.]

    That looks like an en-dash to me.

    Edit:- The en dash (–) is slightly wider than the hyphen (-) but narrower than the em dash (—).

    How's that for anal?
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    yes, my original draft had em-dashes and they disappeared when posted, so i edited and inserted en-dashes. you see?

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    yes, my original draft had em-dashes and they disappeared when posted, so i edited and inserted en-dashes. you see?

    That's a relief. Thanks for explaining the conundrum, I will sleep better tonight. I never doubted you.

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    Did they change the way they prepare the ground over the summer? New turf or grass?

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    New turf.

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    The ground is hard after world cup, the mcc would have had it hard as possible for the one days

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    Yeah the ground is always much harder for cricket season. And there is normally a longer gap between games. This theory has merit, but unless we hear from a club or two explaining players were particularly sore, I'm not so sure.

    I read that Howe came up sorer than expected, but not sure where or source.

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    FFS they are professional athletes getting paid a shiteload!!

    Dont think thats relevant

    They are also humans and if the ground is rock hard of course it will affect the players in the days following the game

    Not saying its an excuse for the GWS fadeout but all the MCG teams from round 1 then lost in round 2, so maybe theres something in it

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    Dont think thats relevant

    They are also humans and if the ground is rock hard of course it will affect the players in the days following the game

    Not saying its an excuse for the GWS fadeout but all the MCG teams from round 1 then lost in round 2, so maybe theres something in it

    I must admit I had a laugh when i read DL's original comment on this, but maybe it has some merit

    Etihad has always had a hard base

    I am no expert in the field, but wouldn't the modern football boot be designed to compensate for this?

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    FFS they are professional athletes getting paid a shiteload!!

    Happy to see you made it back safely BBO

    If not just a trifle grumpy.

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    Did they change the way they prepare the ground over the summer? New turf or grass?

    Cricket went longer then usual. Give it a few weeks, it will come good

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    Every team which played on the MCG in round 1, lost in round 2. Many of them drammatically: Carlton, Melbourne -- one good quarter then shot. GC Suns -- never fired a shot. Geelong -- lmao. Even Hawthorn fell over.

    There is either something to this, or it's one hell of a coincidence.

    just saying.

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    I just thought it was worth posting as an interesting conversation, but it will never take over from peoples angry moods. as a conversation piece.

    But Yes, that is an interesting Fact, isn't it, that all those teams faltered after solid starts?

    I don't know it the players legs are sore, but I think Misson alluded to it Re Howe.

    It will be interesting to see how our boys respond this week, & also the other sides, to see if they win or lose, but also if they are at their best, or are just OK???

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    [edit: site doesn't like em-dashes.]

    Sorry for picking on the least relevant part of your whole post, but I'm intrigued by your attempted use of em-dashes, given that they don't exist on a standard keyboard? There aren't many non-standard characters I'd ever use on a day-to-day, and the em-dash definitely isn't one of them. I'm lazy and just resort to the every day hyphen.

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    Sorry for picking on the least relevant part of your whole post, but I'm intrigued by your attempted use of em-dashes, given that they don't exist on a standard keyboard? There aren't many non-standard characters I'd ever use on a day-to-day, and the em-dash definitely isn't one of them. I'm lazy and just resort to the every day hyphen.

    I remap my keyboard. Underscore goes to Shift+[space] and em-dash to Shift+[hyphen] (amongst other changes). I do this because i use em-dash quite a bit in my work (writing), and underscore quite a lot because i am an old-school debian/linux user.

    Rather peculiar that my em-dashes have recieved so much attention.

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    Yeah the ground is always much harder for cricket season. And there is normally a longer gap between games. This theory has merit, but unless we hear from a club or two explaining players were particularly sore, I'm not so sure.

    I read that Howe came up sorer than expected, but not sure where or source.

    Apparently our own Mr. Roos said on radio this morning that "the 'g may have been a factor". I didn't hear it myself, so i'm not sure what was actually said.

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    I like it!

    I need something (even if it is rubbish) to explain 13 unanswered goals and keep me interested for next week.

    Can't use Neeld anymore.

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    would explain the N.Jones performance

    I don't think so. Jones looked completely and utterly knackered - given his reputation for professionalism/thoroughness in recovery, I can't imagine that something like this would leave him not only looking so poor, but so much worse than everyone else. There had to have been something else wrong with him.

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    I noticed and commented elsewhere, the whole mid field players could not lift their legs to run after 1/2 time.

    It may have been training loads catching up or a virus may have gone through the club.

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