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1 hour ago, iv'a worn smith said:

The recession we had to have.

Youmean the last time a politician said what he really meant...

Posted
1 hour ago, P-man said:

 

VFL form and training suggest he's ready to go. If that is the case, and it's not teaching him a lesson, would it not be something of a double standard with Oliver given his opportunity from the off?

 

Basically Petracca had not played a game since the 2014 TAC season. That is a good 18 months. Then has rehabbed but again took 2 months off without really touching a ball.

Oliver had played all last season, done all preseason asked - played intraclub and games of NAB.

Simply - Oliver was ahead of Petracca fitness wise allowing him to be selected straight up but we have already seen a quieter Oliver in week 4 (and now rested) and even in his first two weeks he was on limited time and tired in the last quarter of his first few games ( he actually looked the best last week in the last quarter)

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Posted
3 minutes ago, dieter said:

That's proven to be a myth.

 

most of my posts are hit and myth anyways...

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Posted (edited)
2 hours ago, AzzKikA said:

I think it was in your Hippocratic oath that you took when you signed on to the massive responsibility to have such power at Demonland.

(Apology accepted, but only out of fear for being smited.)

Nice word smite. May Richmond be smited ( or smitten?)by the 10 plagues of Moses, and then some.

Edited by chook fowler
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Posted
34 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

I've often wondered whether your name is suggestive of your nationality or your relationship with food. I'm now persuaded it's the latter.

Eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we Diet.


Posted
2 hours ago, daisycutter said:

i dunno biff, melbourne girls grammar seem to be teaching meaningful jobs. not afraid of competition are you?

Melbourne Girls Grammar, Catherine Misson Principal, any relation to Dave Misson??

Posted
14 hours ago, nutbean said:

Basically Petracca had not played a game since the 2014 TAC season. That is a good 18 months. Then has rehabbed but again took 2 months off without really touching a ball.

Oliver had played all last season, done all preseason asked - played intraclub and games of NAB.

Simply - Oliver was ahead of Petracca fitness wise allowing him to be selected straight up but we have already seen a quieter Oliver in week 4 (and now rested) and even in his first two weeks he was on limited time and tired in the last quarter of his first few games ( he actually looked the best last week in the last quarter)

I understand that and if the lesson teaching is no longer coming into the decision, no qualms.

The counter point is that he was actually named, and was to play if Garlett didn't come up. So it's not as though he's not deemed to be fit enough, albeit on limited time most likely.

It just seems a strange way to have gone about things. I am admittedly keen to see what sort of weapon we have on our hands.

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Posted
2 hours ago, nutbean said:

most of my posts are hit and myth anyways...

Myth? Myth..... I always thought that was an effeminate Moth... I'll see myself out.....

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Posted

I pity Williamstown with Petracca, Oliver, Trengrove and ANB vying for spots in the seniors. 

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Posted
18 hours ago, Demi Dee said:

I pity Williamstown with Petracca, Oliver, Trengrove and ANB vying for spots in the seniors. 

anb won't be playing - emergency for sunday

Posted
2 hours ago, bing181 said:

 

Oliver aint playing HE IS RESTED!! 

Posted
2 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

You will probably get a ban for that statement skinny.

Stuie is the only poster qualified to comment on myths - ie  pedomyths!

 


Posted
20 hours ago, bing181 said:

Nice story, not only about Dave and Catherine but about the other "house dads" as well!

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I managed to get along to training yesterday, for the first time in years. It is good to be back in Melbourne.

The atmosphere was great, I was mostly just enjoying soaking it up and how different it was, compared to say 2009.

All kinds of intense, much shorter time setting up and getting organised for each new drill, and a mood a cheerful competitiveness.

One thing is very, very clear - for the full ground drills the emphasis was all on fast ball movement and not f'ing it up, and being ready to get back when the chain does break. There was also a lot of time spent on shots on goal from general play running to/across the 50.

Or, as (I think it was) McCartney put it - 

"The ball is electrified! We want electric ball movement! Piew-wiew-wiew!"

Like I said, the mood was energetic and intense but also pretty cheerful.

As a side note, Alastair Lynch was waiting by the boundary, presumably for an after-session coffee with Roos? Next thing you know, Roos has taunted and called him out onto the ground and our defenders are training with a hall-of-famer holding the jump padding. Good times.

 

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Posted
4 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

I managed to get along to training yesterday, for the first time in years. It is good to be back in Melbourne.

The atmosphere was great, I was mostly just enjoying soaking it up and how different it was, compared to say 2009.

All kinds of intense, much shorter time setting up and getting organised for each new drill, and a mood a cheerful competitiveness.

One thing is very, very clear - for the full ground drills the emphasis was all on fast ball movement and not f'ing it up, and being ready to get back when the chain does break. There was also a lot of time spent on shots on goal from general play running to/across the 50.

Or, as (I think it was) McCartney put it - 

"The ball is electrified! We want electric ball movement! Piew-wiew-wiew!"

Like I said, the mood was energetic and intense but also pretty cheerful.

As a side note, Alastair Lynch was waiting by the boundary, presumably for an after-session coffee with Roos? Next thing you know, Roos has taunted and called him out onto the ground and our defenders are training with a hall-of-famer holding the jump padding. Good times.

 

Kultcha

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