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9 minutes ago, A F said:

St Kilda's brand doesn't work away from Etihad against half decent opposition. It's high pressure, high intensity, but it's the sort of brand that has very little to it and won't stand up in finals either. They don't have enough contested ball beasts in the middle.

Agree. Saints wins games on pure effort. They won't do any damage in finals without more talent in the middle. forward line looks good though. 

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19 minutes ago, jacey said:

Agree. Saints wins games on pure effort. They won't do any damage in finals without more talent in the middle. forward line looks good though. 

I reckon their spine is looking pretty impressive, but Stevens, Armitage... Acres? Billings? Ross? Gresham? It's not a group that comes anywhere near ours, the Dogs or GWS' midfield group.

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1 minute ago, Nasher said:

Not going for Port and I couldn't give a rats about them, but they're still making me groan and swear with some of the errors, e.g. the Westhoff spilt mark, Trengove kicking it to nobody.  

They are mindbogglingly bad, and Westhoff is having the worst game I've seen him play (personified by that kick for goal).

Not to mention 10 minutes ago when he burned his teammate running open into the goalsquare (only to spray his kick for goal) and 5 minutes ago when he spoiled a ball rather than marked it, leading straight to an Adelaide goal.

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2 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Hawthorn look beatable, West Coast look beatable, Sydney look beatable, Geelong look beatable, Western Bulldogs look beatable, GWS look beatable, and now Adelaide look beatable.

Are you forgetting someone?

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5 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Hawthorn look beatable, West Coast look beatable, Sydney look beatable, Geelong look beatable, Western Bulldogs look beatable, GWS look beatable, and now Adelaide look beatable.

It's funny. It's almost as if they all just want to get to September uninjured and have switched off a little.

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Amazing. 17,000 Collingwood fans tonight. If it was Melbourne everyone would be up in arms. The lack of crowds for these 'big' Victorian based sides over the last 2-3 years has been overt.

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11 minutes ago, A F said:

Amazing. 17,000 Collingwood fans tonight. If it was Melbourne everyone would be up in arms. The lack of crowds for these 'big' Victorian based sides over the last 2-3 years has been overt.

Yep that is a stinker of a crowd and tells you right now how unhappy pies fans have been this season. They are just no interested anymore. 

So Howe took a few hangers did he? Well that's nice. 

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1 minute ago, dees189227 said:

Yep that is a stinker of a crowd and tells you right now how unhappy pies fans have been this season. They are just no interested anymore. 

So Howe took a few hangers did he? Well that's nice. 

I turned over from the Showdown for 2 minutes and Howe took a regulation mark. The commentators couldn't control themselves, wetting their chairs with excitement. Just the usual brain-cell killing dribble from Seven's Saturday night commentary team.

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