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  1. Surprised that Viv is in. Good luck to you sunshine
  2. My pick was Dunn stays in and maybe Garland and Grimes to come back. I was wrong! ( Not uncommon)
  3. Welcome back Oliver
  4. Saw training yesterday, they haven't dropped. Just need to get it back, Captain Jones was vocal, Even PJ was there.

This group is fantastic, best i seen in a long long time. I'm NOT old, like Knights of the Templar old, but old enough to know these guys can bring it back.

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Harmes counting his lucky stars but seems the rype that will bounce back stronger if only to prove a point

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Harmes counting his lucky stars but seems the rype that will bounce back stronger if only to prove a point

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Crucial for Tommy Mcd to stop Lynch. I had Frost in as a backup.

Suns win if we cannot stop Lynch (as Daniher showed for Bombers). Tommy Mcd can be vulnerable.

Gawn should destroy Currie. 

Dees need to win this !!

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Win it in the middle and the back becomes a lot easier

31 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Crucial for Tommy Mcd to stop Lynch. I had Frost in as a backup.

Suns win if we cannot stop Lynch (as Daniher showed for Bombers). Tommy Mcd can be vulnerable.

Gawn should destroy Currie. 

Dees need to win this !!

 

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I'm concerned about the lack of height in our backline. Tom McDonald hasn't been in excellent form so we don't have a back up if one of the talls gets off the hook. Colin Garland had a very poor start to the season, so it's putting a lot of pressure on two out of form players to try and stop arguably one of the top two in form tall forwards in the competition. I at least thought this was a sign to move Frost to the backline.

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The last time we went with McDonald and Garland as our to main defenders Daniher had a field day..

Feeling sick to think what Lynch will do.

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2 hours ago, Captain Todd said:
  1. Surprised that Viv is in. Good luck to you sunshine
  2. My pick was Dunn stays in and maybe Garland and Grimes to come back. I was wrong! ( Not uncommon)
  3. Welcome back Oliver
  4. Saw training yesterday, they haven't dropped. Just need to get it back, Captain Jones was vocal, Even PJ was there.

This group is fantastic, best i seen in a long long time. I'm NOT old, like Knights of the Templar old, but old enough to know these guys can bring it back.

Yeah, the Templars haven't won any silverware since 1307, despite their great record when it comes to melees. Perhaps we should start a sympathy campaign for them, a la Richmond? 

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9 minutes ago, Red and Bluebeard said:

Yeah, the Templars haven't won any silverware since 1307, despite their great record when it comes to melees. Perhaps we should start a sympathy campaign for them, a la Richmond? 

I doubt they would survive a 21st century drug code R and B.

 

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3 minutes ago, old dee said:

I doubt they would survive a 21st century drug code R and B.

 

They would have the best lawyers money could buy, though ... :lol:

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We will smash them in the center if Gawn has his way. If not it'll even up. This will be a battle of the forwards, mark my words. Expecting a high scoring contest.

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Interesting listening to Drew Petrie saying he thinks we have the best clearance midfield in the AFL at the moment and that's where we're going to have a huge advantage this week. 

 

hard to believe coming up against a midfield with Gary Ablett and Dion prestia in it

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I like it, pull T Mac aside and say "your the man, there is no back up plan, you win your one on one contest, we win the game"

Jack Viney on Gaz will be a cracker, show us what you can do Jack

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As I said before the Bombers game the team is much too short.  Suns FB, CHB, CHF & FF all 197+ cm.

So we drop two of the bigger players and bring in mids and smalls.  Looks like Lynch is up for a Daniher.

When the turf hits the fan, we can minimise damage with Pederson to CHF, Garland to FF and Hogan to CHF.  Means Garland has to relieve in the ruck.

 

Dear Selectors, you are very foolish men.


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47 minutes ago, Peter Griffen said:

Interesting listening to Drew Petrie saying he thinks we have the best clearance midfield in the AFL at the moment and that's where we're going to have a huge advantage this week. 

hard to believe coming up against a midfield with Gary Ablett and Dion prestia in it

Hopefully we'll have one of those guys in our midfield next year to strengthen it even further, mate. ;)

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12 minutes ago, steve_f said:

As I said before the Bombers game the team is much too short.  Suns FB, CHB, CHF & FF all 197+ cm.

So we drop two of the bigger players and bring in mids and smalls.  Looks like Lynch is up for a Daniher.

When the turf hits the fan, we can minimise damage with Pederson to CHF, Garland to FF and Hogan to CHF.  Means Garland has to relieve in the ruck.

 

Dear Selectors, you are very foolish men.

You think we lost the Essendon game due to height ?

It was lost in the midfield.  They had 128 more possessions and 70 marks, i.e. run and spread.

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5 hours ago, Baghdad Bob said:

Ah ha. That might explain his form last week. 

In roos views he intimated the concussion occured the week before the saints game so you're  probably right

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2 hours ago, Josh said:

I like it, pull T Mac aside and say "your the man, there is no back up plan, you win your one on one contest, we win the game"

Apparently that's what happened before the Saints game, and look where that got us. Over to you Tommy.

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9 hours ago, Peter Griffen said:

Interesting listening to Drew Petrie saying he thinks we have the best clearance midfield in the AFL at the moment and that's where we're going to have a huge advantage this week. 

 

hard to believe coming up against a midfield with Gary Ablett and Dion prestia in it

He may be saying this because the stat says so -we are number one for center clearances in the league. 

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13 hours ago, Baghdad Bob said:

Ah ha. That might explain his form last week. 

I am torn on Lumumba.

I don't think his defending is bad.

The problem for me is on his good days - he gets the ball and takes off at a million miles an hour,breaks lines and (most of the time) can put it to advantage short of long. On his bad day   - he gets the ball ad takes off at million miles an hour, runs around in circles confusing everyone including himself and either gets caught, turns it over or bombs to no one in particular.

He was poor against Essendon and Saints and good against North, Collingwood and Richmond. You can't have too many Lumumba's in the team ( in fact we cant afford another one !) but on his good days he is value.

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