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Well hot on the heels of the great victory against the filth is the sobering realisation that, unless we double up and win against Ninethmond have we really improved that much at all?

Conversely as the warning title suggests, I think this game is even more season defining as any!

For eons we have been unable to produce multiple wins together, much less a string of wins to gain momentum. I would like to think we can but until we do I remain skeptical and after following this club for nearly 50 years I feel justified in presenting the  Caveat Emptor!

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Let the buyer beware? What are you selling?

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It's' not what I'm selling it's What the club is selling! Hope, Belief, Integrity, Credibility.

Are you buying it?? Im not until I see some consistency! 

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I'm not buying that you're cultured enough to use Latin, next you'll have us believe you own pants and use cutlery Picket 

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8 minutes ago, ManDee said:

Let the buyer beware? What are you selling?

Hope and faith

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I'm actually not struggling with it.

We are getting lots of good press on how we have improved and the direction we are headed but didn't we hear the same thing after our GWS win to go on and lose to a very ordinary outfit in Essendon. 

I get disappointed when we lose as I was after the North loss but we gave it a red hot go so I took some solace out of the loss

I get bitterly disappointed when we play like we did against Essendon  - I took nothing out of that loss except that so much of football is played above the shoulders and we were found very lacking in that department.

So here we are again - no different to how we were after the GWS game - the choice this Sunday for the players is to have learned what minimum effort is required against all teams after the Essendon game debacle. 

I am backing us to have learned but also understand Pickets skepticism - as Ronald Reagan said "trust but verify" ( he also said "my false teeth have fallen into my oatmeal") 

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50 minutes ago, Jesse Christ said:

I'm not buying that you're cultured enough to use Latin, next you'll have us believe you own pants and use cutlery Picket 

Et tu, Brute?

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It's going to be a tough game. 

We have done well against the Tigers over the last few years, but we are favourites after a good win so we have mental demons of our own. 

Tigers are playing terrible football but have quite a lot of good players who if we let them can treat is apart.  

If we can't pressure the Tigers for 120 minutes and play good footy ourselves we lose.  I truly believe this game is in our hands. 

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Is caveat emptor when Harry Potter does that spell on Prof Snape and a snake almost bites a kid?

if yes, I think the Dees will win

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2 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Is caveat emptor when Harry Potter does that spell on Prof Snape and a snake almost bites a kid?

 

I think that was Chad Wingardium Leviosa. 

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1 hour ago, nutbean said:

I'm actually not struggling with it.

We are getting lots of good press on how we have improved and the direction we are headed but didn't we hear the same thing after our GWS win to go on and lose to a very ordinary outfit in Essendon. 

I get disappointed when we lose as I was after the North loss but we gave it a red hot go so I took some solace out of the loss

I get bitterly disappointed when we play like we did against Essendon  - I took nothing out of that loss except that so much of football is played above the shoulders and we were found very lacking in that department.

So here we are again - no different to how we were after the GWS game - the choice this Sunday for the players is to have learned what minimum effort is required against all teams after the Essendon game debacle. 

I am backing us to have learned but also understand Pickets skepticism - as Ronald Reagan said "trust but verify" ( he also said "my false teeth have fallen into my oatmeal") 

Thanks Nutbean you have hit the nail on the head 

Uriah Heep - Nail On The Head (Official Video) - YouTube

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3 hours ago, small but forward said:

Et tu, Brute?

I'm cultured AF good sir! 

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2 hours ago, Skuit said:

Proof of the club's progression is in the OP pudding. Usually by round 5 we no longer have a season to further define.

Yes, we're usually looking forward to trade and draft periods by now.

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1 minute ago, McQueen said:

Yes, we're usually looking forward to trade and draft periods by now.

But we traded out of next year's draft to better focus on the now. It's the Tami way.

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4 hours ago, picket fence said:

It's' not what I'm selling it's What the club is selling! Hope, Belief, Integrity, Credibility.

Are you buying it?? Im not until I see some consistency! 

I want to. My cash is sitting here ready and waiting. If we beat Richmind, then absolutey. If we dont I still believe we have improved. We may not play finals but I believe we will have more than seven wins.

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3 hours ago, nutbean said:

I'm actually not struggling with it.

We are getting lots of good press on how we have improved and the direction we are headed but didn't we hear the same thing after our GWS win to go on and lose to a very ordinary outfit in Essendon. 

I get disappointed when we lose as I was after the North loss but we gave it a red hot go so I took some solace out of the loss

I get bitterly disappointed when we play like we did against Essendon  - I took nothing out of that loss except that so much of football is played above the shoulders and we were found very lacking in that department.

So here we are again - no different to how we were after the GWS game - the choice this Sunday for the players is to have learned what minimum effort is required against all teams after the Essendon game debacle. 

I am backing us to have learned but also understand Pickets skepticism - as Ronald Reagan said "trust but verify" ( he also said "my false teeth have fallen into my oatmeal") 

I said after the gws win that all comments about how good we are by the players and staff should be censored until we have strung at least 2 wins in a row on the board. I got quite a few nods of agreement from that. We have so far too go that we need to pull our heads in and let the oppostion do all the talking.

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4 hours ago, picket fence said:

Well hot on the heels of the great victory against the filth is the sobering realisation that, unless we double up and win against Ninethmond have we really improved that much at all?

Conversely as the warning title suggests, I think this game is even more season defining as any!

For eons we have been unable to produce multiple wins together, much less a string of wins to gain momentum. I would like to think we can but until we do I remain skeptical and after following this club for nearly 50 years I feel justified in presenting the  Caveat Emptor!

I'm in agreement with this -  danger of a poor performance written all over this week.   I won't use any fancy Latin terms but instead call it "Media Street".    

I get concerned when after a good win there's a string of interviews with players pumping up each other's tyres -  seen it too many times, including only a couple of weeks ago after GWS.   After GWS I would have preferred the club to hold back players in media this week and just had Roosy controlling the message -  it's felt like a few too many drinking their own bathwater. 

 

 

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9 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

Caveat Emptor - plays for Carlton.

i went to the lost dog home once to see if they had any cavaliers to rehome,  but the guy just said sorry caveat emptor

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