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AFL Round 5 - Non MFC Games 2017

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14 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

Trying to figure out who we want to win this game. I reckon Geelongs a certainty for the 8 so probably them as we'll be fighting St Kilda for spot.

Yes and no, I know everything's great in hindsight but both North and us nearly beat the Cats. I tipped North last night as well.

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    Something the Saints are doing well is not hitting leads at 30-40m to have a shot and are going long to a contest and crumbing it with manic pressure. Something we have missed so much in the past two weeks obviously. One thing i've noticed the best teams do is restrict all but the most difficult angled 35-50m shots. Even though we should have buried Geelong with accurate kicking, they did not let us have very easy crumbed goals in the 3rd quarter.

    I think Hawthorn did it a lot in their GF vs Freo and the prelim v Port, just close access to the corridorr and square and let the opponents have set shots from further out and miss if you're going to concede.

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    9 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

    Cats doing just enough to be in the game at 3/4 time and pray for Selwood and Dangerfield to get them over the line in the last.

    Every f#*king week.

    ...its only half time. :)

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    5 minutes ago, Rafiki said:

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    Reminds me of a Flounder.

    Slightly less appealing.

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    10 minutes ago, Rafiki said:

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    I see! You've 'shopped him to make his eyes look farther apart!

    Doesn't work though. He's stlill a deformed freak.

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    12 minutes ago, Rafiki said:

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    WHAT THE [censored] IS THIS DISGUSTING CREATURE!?!?!?! KILL IT WITH FIRE 

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    Has Selwood got his head bandaged up yet?

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    Saints in the same position we were vs Geelong at the end of the third quarter.  Gonna be frustrating if they roll them when we couldnt get the job done.

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    12 minutes ago, Dr evil said:

    Joel Selwood is getting boo'd, clearly the crowd is racist. 

    no, just perceptive.

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    13 minutes ago, Dr evil said:

    Joel Selwood is getting boo'd, clearly the crowd is racist. 

    Big day on the drink mate?

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    Has there ever been a team as soft and flat-tracked as the Eagles? They beat up on second tier teams at home with the aid of the umpires and get their pants pulled down when playing half decent opposition  interstate. 

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    1 hour ago, The heart beats true said:

    Cats doing just enough to be in the game at 3/4 time and pray for Selwood and Dangerfield to get them over the line in the last.

    Every f#*king week.

    ...you are a prophet.

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    3 minutes ago, Nasher said:

    Correct.  Seen this movie before.  

    Wish we had players who could lift and get us over the lines in close games, the help they get from umpires would also help

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    Saints are gonna lose, excellent for us.  As much as I hate Geelong they are gonna finish top 4.. still have many games left at the Cattery.

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    The question has to keep being asked: is St Kilda's game style sustainable for four quarters? They've got a young list, but if I was a St Kilda supporter, I'd be a little worried.

    They had Geelong dead to rights in the third and have just stopped. Unlike our game against Geelong when we played a player down all day. We've been far more impressive than St Kilda this year and I think it's safe to say we've passed them at this point.

    The other thing about St Kilda is a lot of their younger players aren't great decision makers. They're great if it's all run and gun, but as soon as they're faced with organised defence, they lack the Oliver, Petracca, Salem users.

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    Saints have a massive gulf between their top six and their bottom six- too many passengers to beat a quality team over four quarters.

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