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Wiseblood    21,793

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Gee I love this club!

Positives everywhere!  Leadership was brilliant tonight - Viney, Jones, McDonald, Lewis etc. all stood up brilliantly tonight.  

Clayton Oliver is quickly becoming not just the best midfielder at our club but one of the best in the competition.  What a player.

Petracca into the midfield changed the game for us as well and hopefully he can spend more time in there in the coming weeks.

Big shout out to the backline who, with help from the midfield, kept the Crows to just 66 points.  This is a side who regularly spank teams with huge scores, yet their forwards barely got a look in all night.

I could go on and on and on.... but I think I'll go and watch the replay!

DEMONS!

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Emerald    1,336

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Doom off, finals back on.cheers.gif.693fcb606697b1f4da380bd87750cb3b.gif

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DeeZee    4,116

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Viney is back, and brilliant coaching especially putting TMac in the forward line.

The boys really wanted it and they got it!

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Wiseblood    21,793

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Just want to add that I picked this win last week in the changes thread.  I should do that every week...

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What    18,803

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Hibberd is recruit of the year.

Salem is a star.

This was a legendary win.

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Wiseblood    21,793

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Goodwin also showed tonight that he can react and change to suit the game - his move of McDonald forward was terrific and adding Petracca to the midfield was a masterstroke.  He isn't afraid to change things up and we are reaping the rewards because of it.

It also shows how much the players trust him as well.  Great stuff all round.

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DemonOX    6,009

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Great win but just goes to show that's it all between the ears for the boys. 

We lose against teams which we should win against and win against teams we should lose against. 

If we can fix that on a consistent basis the the competition is our oyster. 

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M_9    719

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Sam Jacobs - 74 hit outs. Maybe a new world record (but means nuffin')

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No Plan B    3,196

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Oliver's goal is one of the best I've ever seen because it was 100% deliberate.

Up there with Carey's in 1999.

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Unleash Hell    2,020

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T mac up forward was a game changer

Oliver and trac were unbelievable in the.middle 

Wow juat wow

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DemonOX    6,009

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Did Eddy Betts play????

He was owned today. 

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titan_uranus    8,173

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What was that?!

Kept Adelaide to 66 - their lowest score at Adelaide Oval since Round 9 2015 against Fremantle (minor premiers and defensive kings that year). Indeed, that's Adelaide's second lowest score at the Adelaide Oval ever.

What an incredible win.

We're out of the 8 at the end of this round but we'll only be a game behind 4th (which is a Geelong team that is average at best).

Clearly, we have the capacity to be a dominant side this year.

Cannot wait to watch the replay!

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Their second lowest score at the AO ever
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Deeoldfart    3,832

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Un(bloody)believable.  I'm hoarse from watching the game on TV for God's sake. So, so proud to of our boys.  Courage, determination and desire to stick to the game plan.  We found a way to win, and then we went on with it!  I'll be wearing my member's cap to bed tonight.

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Demon Disciple    4,515

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3 minutes ago, Sylvia Saint said:

Oliver's goal is one of the best I've ever seen because it was 100% deliberate.

Up there with Carey's in 1999.

A banana is usually hit with the foot swinging back into the field, Clarry just decided to aim his foot towards the stands and hit it so hard that it curled like an absolute mother!

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M_9    719

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3 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

Goodwin also showed tonight that he can react and change to suit the game - his move of McDonald forward was terrific and adding Petracca to the midfield was a masterstroke.  He isn't afraid to change things up and we are reaping the rewards because of it.

It also shows how much the players trust him as well.  Great stuff all round.

Well 99% on here wanted Kent in for JKH and whilst the latter did kick a telling goal it sounded like Goodwin may have been vindicated somewhat (Kent didn't play a great deal better than JKH).

Picking up Hibbo also Goodwin's choice by the sounds of it. Just need Trekkers and Gus to make a move.

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