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22 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

If anyone beats Jacob Weitering in this year's NAB Rising Star then he will be an amazing footballer.

Christian and Clarry say Hi !!

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Looks like the recent draft's pointy end has delivered some real class if Weitering and Oliver are anything to go by.

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If any club desperately needs a reality check this year it's Richmond. They are in deadset lala land talking premierships and "age of supremacy". Until they and the well-wishing media stop kidding themselves about the quality of their list, they're going nowhere. Hardwick can say he believes in the players all he likes. It doesn't magically make them any better.

Carlton should've won that game. They seemingly won't be walk overs this season.

 

 

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19 hours ago, RalphiusMaximus said:

Bolton has given Carlton a very basic plan to work with so that they can compete in games.  They are basically playing 1-1 defensively then when they get the ball they do a quick switch to the open wing and run like hell to provide options ahead of the ball.  Tonight showed that it is an effective way to keep in the game, but they didn't have the class to finish the job.  A lot of their ball movement into the forward 50 reminded me of Melbourne 2 years ago when our only plan of attack was the high long bomb and hope like hell someone marked it.  I'm fairly sure we'll see them get smashed by the better sides in much the same manner as well. 

Richmond on the other hand showed us that they are still weak in the same areas.  They don't like physical pressure.  If a team sits off them they can execute freely, but if you hit them hard and don't give them room to breath they tend to fall apart.  Should be very interesting when we play them.  Our game right now could have been designed specifically to upset them. 

On to more important matters now.  How good were the Socceroos tonight?   7-0, and could easily have been 10 or more goals if we hadn't hit the post so often.  We saw a number of our younger players stepping up and showing that they are ready to take up spots in the starting side as well.  Talk about developing depth, we have half a dozen world class attacking mids fighting for three spots, a ready replacement for Timmy Cahil about ready to go and two captains who are basically clones sharing the defensive mid duties.  The only real issue the side has is settling the right and left back spots.  Really looking forward to Tuesday Night. 

I am not as sold on Luongo as others are, but he definitely goes ok. Rogic and Mooy on the other hand are potentially world class footballers. Rogic just needs to keep his body right and get fit. And Mooy is ready to move to a big league.

Anyway, wrong sport.

Edited by Forest Demon
Apologies, I've clearly quoted the wrong post.
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27 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

That's a big early call Jack!!

fair praise bbo, from an expert with a reputation for ..ahem.. being early so to speak 

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1 hour ago, Forest Demon said:

I am not as sold on Luongo as others are, but he definitely goes ok. Rogic and Mooy on the other hand are potentially world class footballers. Rogic just needs to keep his body right and get fit. And Mooy is ready to move to a big league.

Kind of agree on Luongo.  I think his spot in the side is in danger with Rogic and Mooy improving.  I am wondering if Mooy won't find his way to Man City some time soon too.  He's certainly ready to step up to a better league. 


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14 minutes ago, biggestred said:

My good friday would have been better with footy.

Meanwhile im watching victory v WSW 

Have watched League, Union (which I do enjoy) and now the round ball. Good to see the AFL ahead of the curve in playing games on Good Friday.

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30 minutes ago, biggestred said:

My good friday would have been better with footy.

Meanwhile im watching victory v WSW 

Mods.....he's talking dirty :unsure:

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35 minutes ago, RalphiusMaximus said:

Kind of agree on Luongo.  I think his spot in the side is in danger with Rogic and Mooy improving.  I am wondering if Mooy won't find his way to Man City some time soon too.  He's certainly ready to step up to a better league. 

Pep will be shopping for the best players in the world. There are City players better than Mooy that will be having their papers signed - Navas, Fernando etc.

Baby steps for Mooy. Making it into the squad of any Prem side would be a great achievement.

Hopefully Rogic can stay fit and get plenty of gametime over the next 12 months. He's one of the better prospects heading towards the next WC.

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Anyone else get the sense the Saints may go backwards this year? i just feel they rely far to much on older guys and the young players just aren't that good, with a couple of exceptions 

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31 minutes ago, P-man said:

Pep will be shopping for the best players in the world. There are City players better than Mooy that will be having their papers signed - Navas, Fernando etc.

Baby steps for Mooy. Making it into the squad of any Prem side would be a great achievement.

Hopefully Rogic can stay fit and get plenty of gametime over the next 12 months. He's one of the better prospects heading towards the next WC.

Yep, Manchester City is a bridge too far, but I think Mooy is good enough to be a regular for a premier league club outside of the big 4 or 5.

Would love to see Rogic get fit and have one more huge year at Celtic. He has shown many flashes of brilliance this year, but just can't get the continuity with his fitness. One consistent year and then he can make the move to a decent club in England/Spain/Germany.

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8 hours ago, Peter Griffen said:

Anyone else get the sense the Saints may go backwards this year? i just feel they rely far to much on older guys and the young players just aren't that good, with a couple of exceptions 

Agreed. Riewoldt they had several guys play out of their skin last year and they still finished below us. I can't see them improving.

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9 hours ago, Peter Griffen said:

Anyone else get the sense the Saints may go backwards this year? i just feel they rely far to much on older guys and the young players just aren't that good, with a couple of exceptions 

One of their former "older guys" is captaining Essendon. I suspect they will go backwards at a greater rate.

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4 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

Anyone get the feeling the bummers could get over the top of Gold Coast tonight? I hope not but geez they could. 

Suns are pretty hard to get a read on this year.


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31 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

Anyone get the feeling the bummers could get over the top of Gold Coast tonight? I hope not but geez they could. 

No chance, with Ablett back the Suns will win by 10 goals plus...Lynch to kick at least 6

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36 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

Anyone get the feeling the bummers could get over the top of Gold Coast tonight? I hope not but geez they could. 

No i don't get that feeling at all

After Half time the Drug Cheats will be cramping up and vomitting, not from peptides this time, but merely because they are not match fit...

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At Metricon: GCS 68pts vs EFC 25pts near end of 2nd qtr.  18 scoring shots to 5.

Its going to be a long, ugly winter for the bombers.:)

Can't wait to see their fans race to get off the bandwagon.

Their rally to the G next week may just be one great big fizzer!!

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It's scary to think what some good sides could do to the bombers this year, they're us of 2013

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35 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

Come on Gold Coast smash them. Ablett already up to 20 possessions. . 

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Only r1 woosha!

Whose idea was it to have Woosha sitting behind an advertisement for alliance pharmaceuticals?

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