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Non MFC Matches - Round 8

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10 minutes ago, Chook said:

Just turned on the TV and saw the Hawks immediately kick a goal. Unbidden, a discernable rush of anger pulsated through my brain.

My god I hate that footy club.

just remember the role of the MFC for years has been to play bad teams into form.

Hawthorn will take a while to die.... a bit like North

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    1 hour ago, A F said:

    Surely, the only game that should be billed as country vs city is Melbourne v Geelong... [censored] off Essendon.

    If Sheedy loves the need to label matches that ultimately mean [censored] all to hype them up (City v Country.. incredible, can't wait for this one), then I'm looking forward to him drumming up next weeks game against West Coast! Wonder what he could call it..?

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    1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Mate hes a star. To say that hes not a great player is simply laughable and silly.

    His workrate is up there with one of the best in the competition and one on one hes elite. 

    Since 2013 hes kicked over 60 goals every season since. Not a great player.. Sorry Adam but not one of your finest here.

    Haha, fair enough, mate. Might be struggling this weekend it seems. ;)

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    11 minutes ago, ViaLoop said:

    If Sheedy loves the need to label matches that ultimately mean [censored] all to hype them up (City v Country.. incredible, can't wait for this one), then I'm looking forward to him drumming up next weeks game against West Coast! Wonder what he could call it..?

    the jacket-waver spectacular, of course

     

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    Wasn't sure where to put this, but if we're not in Weitering's ear, I'd be annoyed. Have no idea what he'd cost, but imagine Weitering at CHB? Love it.

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    The Carlton game plan is very, very obvious and clever in a way. They're a short chipping team. They don't need to move it particularly quickly. They don't have great kickers either, so the short chipping game suits them. Bring manic pressure, break even or win the midfield battle and they have some tall marking options. If you make Carlton kick long though, they'll be in trouble and if you move it quickly and efficiently you account for them easily. This game is being played on Carlton's terms though. They're pretty good at getting the game played on their terms at the moment.

    I'm currently loving it, because my St Kilda mate was very smug during the week. I said we'd finish above them still and he said they'd beat Carlton easily. That may still happen, but Murphy is playing a blinder. They have to stop him.

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    2 minutes ago, A F said:

    The Carlton game plan is very, very obvious and clever in a way. They're a short chipping team. They don't need to move it particularly quickly. They don't have great kickers either, so the short chipping game suits them. Bring manic pressure, break even or win the midfield battle and they have some tall marking options. If you make Carlton kick long though, they'll be in trouble and if you move it quickly and efficiently you account for them easily. This game is being played on Carlton's terms though. They're pretty good at getting the game played on their terms at the moment.

    I'm currently loving it, because my St Kilda mate was very smug during the week. I said we'd finish above them still and he said they'd beat Carlton easily. That may still happen, but Murphy is playing a blinder. They have to stop him.

    I've only seen this (2nd) quarter today, but their foot skills are more reliable than ours. 

    Not sure which team I want to lose more in this one. 

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    7 minutes ago, Deestroy All said:

    I've only seen this quarter today, but their foot skills are more reliable than ours. 

    Not sure which team I want to lose more in this one. 

    Their foot skills appear more reliable because most of their kicks are 25-30 metres. Whenever they go longer than this distance they turn it over. You watch.

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    26 minutes ago, A F said:

    Wasn't sure where to put this, but if we're not in Weitering's ear, I'd be annoyed. Have no idea what he'd cost, but imagine Weitering at CHB? Love it.

    Weitering is their new marquee player. Can play back and forward. He isn't going anywhere unless you want to make an offer around 1.5M per year if not more

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    What a passage of plays that was! Gold. 

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    And St Kilda are being shown up today too. If I was a St Kilda supporter I'd be livid. Carlton have controlled large portions of the game and if Cripps doesn't have a brainfade there, they take the lead at half time. Gee, Cripps is slow, a gun, but as slow as a wet week.

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    3 minutes ago, A F said:

    Their foot skills appear more reliable because most of their kicks are 25-30 metres. Whenever they go longer than this distance they turn it over. You watch.

    Those are the kicks we constantly [censored] up under not much pressure. Drives me crazy. 

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    Just now, Clint Bizkit said:

    Hence why I'm not so worried about our current situation.

    apart from the fact that we're not getting the wins, playing inconsistent football, and generally go to 'sleep' for one quarter a game, me either.

    huge test tonight.

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    Hawthorn currently cleaning Brisbane up, so the wrist slitters don’t need to worry about a Lions win sending a message about how crap we are or something.

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    1 hour ago, Deestroy All said:

    I've only seen this (2nd) quarter today, but their foot skills are more reliable than ours. 

    Not sure which team I want to lose more in this one. 

    St Kilda blew a match winning lead - surely you now hope they lose as they'll clearly be the more miserable team of the two.

    At least in this game there's no way for sooky Melbourne supporters to manage to interpret the result as an insult against us since we've beaten both of them.

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    A Carlton win today would be a massive help in our efforts to surpass the Saints and snag a Final 8 spot at the end of the year. While I fear that boat may have sailed for us with our past few losses, the Blues winning could lessen the Saints’ lead over us.

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    They've completely binned the deliberate out of bounds so far this round, let's see how many we cop tonight. I'll go with 4. 

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    7 minutes ago, Deestroy All said:

    They've completely binned the deliberate out of bounds so far this round, let's see how many we cop tonight. I'll go with 4. 

    The AFL is run by peanuts, it was never a good rule and the fact that someone even suggested it is a disgrace.

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    41 minutes ago, Chook said:

    A Carlton win today would be a massive help in our efforts to surpass the Saints and snag a Final 8 spot at the end of the year. While I fear that boat may have sailed for us with our past few losses, the Blues winning could lessen the Saints’ lead over us.

    If St Kilda get some injuries, they'll be in big trouble. They still rely on too few IMO.

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    What an incredible goal by Sidebottom. Too bad it was at that soulless hell hole. Hardly any reaction at all. 

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    1 minute ago, Deestroy All said:

    What an incredible goal by Sidebottom. Too bad it was at that soulless hell hole. Hardly any reaction at all. 

    Maybe Sidebottom is someone we should be trying to lure to the Dees.

    Would complement our midfield.

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