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daisycutter
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no chf, no ff, no ruckman, no 2nd ruckman. other than that, everything looks rosy

Demon_JB
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Adelaide are way too tall, for us. Jacobs will have a bath as will their forwards. Backs will shut us down easily.  Melbourne by 2 goals.

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Melbourne on the rebound after last weeks loss will be a difficult proposition for Adelaide...

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55 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

What I didnt get was why Kent only got to play one game as opposed to 2 or 3. Aside from his form (which was at least a pass) in his one game why was he not afforded the chances that so many others have had? 

 

He played two games. Laid one tackle both weeks.

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17 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Not looking good: "Hogan missed training on Thursday through illness and did not show up with teammates at Melbourne Airport today ahead of Saturday night's clash against Adelaide at Adelaide Oval".  (AFL website)

My heart sank reading that.

Grrrrrrr!  Will the NSC never leave our club!

Need to make do with what we have.

I think we'll be without him for a while

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3 minutes ago, Pennant St Dee said:

Need to make do with what we have.

I think we'll be without him for a while

Do you have more info?

Not sure how to ask this delicately...is this part of the grieving process?  Understandable if it is. 

Wish him well.

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16 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

look on the bright side.... we could all look back on this match as the Weids break out match

it is hard to see many other positives out of the coming weekend

Didn't Weids do that (kicked 2, was it?) in our win against Hawthorn last year? And if superstition is to play a part, let's not forget that Hogan was absent for both of our biggest wins against all odds... Geelong at Skilled and then Hawthorn at the MCG.  Could this be the trifecta?

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2 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Indeed that is so bb but  I believe we still have enough time to get off said thin ice provided we get a favourable result in the next few events.

Can't you hear it cracking ?:(

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Maybe Jesse is struggling with the loss of his Dad. Grief can keep affecting you for a while. SEN confirming he didnt make the flight..

 

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6 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

If Hogan is out then I'd prefer Petracca to play at full forward and for either Stretch or ANB to come in.

Agree. We should play our next best player rather than like for like. Hannan may be able to play full forward or maybe OMac could be tried. I really would like to see Stretch play.

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If Hogan is out we may as well go with Weeds. You don't draft a kid in the first round unless you rate them. He isn't kicking the door down but we need to get games into him if he is part of our future plans.

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