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Sir Why You Little
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I always feel blank when GW$ (win)...

daisycutter
daisycutter

i don't want to be pedantic, but i think it wrong to describe the hogan hit as "behind the ball". it was "off the ball" or "in front of the ball" being in the position where the the ball was going to

Deemented Are Go!
Deemented Are Go!

BT was fair dinkum dropped at birth, I reckon.  How did this guy even get a commentator gig in the first place?!

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1 minute ago, dees189227 said:

Hey if Nth lose it will be good to watch the game just to see Brad Scotts face. I hope the suns do win. Andrew Swallow in the crowd. Still cant believe he was dropped. 

No Swallow guys on the field tonight. 

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5 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

Hey if Nth lose it will be good to watch the game just to see Brad Scotts face. I hope the suns do win. Andrew Swallow in the crowd. Still cant believe he was dropped. 

Agree about Swallow. He might not be in career best form but he has been far from their worst, and not the one to blame for many of their losses. Chris Scott has a terrible record when it comes to managing his older players and leaders. 

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16 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Seeing seat advertising at Docklands tonight that I never knew existed because there is usually a few people sitting on them.

Very bad game except for Ablett's dominance.

Time for some book reading methinks

It's worth watching just for the Ablett dominance.  Don't have any particular love for the bloke but I do love the way he has shoved it right up the anus of the footy media who had decided he should retire.

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35 minutes ago, SaberFang said:

Fox must be licking their lips with all these idiotic scheduling decisions made by the brains trust at Seven; consistently choosing dud games as their free-to-air offering.

Think 7 picked well at this point. The Darby is terrible. 

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Dockers playing like a rabble, Eagles are skiing here again. Doesn't matter though, local bragging rights aside this match means nothing, the Power are going to bend the Eagles over next week. 

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46 minutes ago, Nasher said:

Rubbish.

Excuses, even plausible ones like injuries are an avoidance of owning and talking responsibility for doing what's required to win. 

Losing is the result of one team succumbing to discouragement and turning their focus from those opportunities to win, to justifying why it's ok to lose... aka excuses. 

We didn't learn how to win after the Cats ran over us when Maxy went down, and as a result when it happened again two weeks later, the same result ensured. Instead of languishing the the comfort of a plausible excuse, "poor us Maxy went down", we should have taken responsibility to be ready should it happen again... 

I'm not saying things don't go against you or the team, and injuries are one of these, but as soon as you accept these events as plausible excuses that justify losing, you set yourself up for mediocracy, and failure. 

So, no excuses. 

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This game (Norf vs Suns) sets the high water mark for how many dubious frees can be paid in a team's forward line.

If Hogan ever gets as much help from umpires in a game as Ben Brown, he'll kick 10.

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4 minutes ago, america de cali said:

I would say our midfield and forwards lack of pressure.

I don't think our midfield lacks pressure. 

But to my untrained eye the defence always looks a mess. 

I can never work out modern day defence strategy though!!!

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I stopped watching the game. But why are opposition supporters suddenly booing Gaz? I dont get it. I know carlton fans did it it the other week but it just doesnt make sense. 

By the way the crowd ended up being 15,431. I know its a Saturday night and they are playing Gold Coat but seriously thats low. 

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Gaz 21 40 possession games...

Here's a stat for the stat hunters. Who was the last Demon to grab 40 touches? Another one... who will be next? I reckon Clarry does it at some point this year.

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1 minute ago, Dappa Dan said:

Gaz 21 40 possession games...

Here's a stat for the stat hunters. Who was the last Demon to grab 40 touches? Another one... who will be next? I reckon Clarry does it at some point this year.

 

Bernie Vince had 40 touches a couple of seasons ago.

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