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In terms of personnel for tomorrow vs what we had in round 9 (I know some find this irrelevant but I like the comparison), we have changed a lot...

OUT:  Weideman, Pedersen, Jones, Vince, Wagner, Kent, & Bugg

IN:   Hogan, Gawn, ANB, Harmes, Melksham, Trengove & JKH

Also the rampaging TMac is now up forward.

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I was nervous about this game a few days ago but I feel bad about that.  We've come along way this year and this is the sort of game we are winning now.  We've got our forward line back and playing well, our midfield is almost back to full strength and our backline has been terrific.  

If we play the style of footy we played last weekend and played during our great run of wins then we should have no problem accounting for this mob.   They are out of the finals race and have nothing to play for.

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1 hour ago, Wiseblood said:

I was nervous about this game a few days ago but I feel bad about that.  We've come along way this year and this is the sort of game we are winning now.  We've got our forward line back and playing well, our midfield is almost back to full strength and our backline has been terrific.  

If we play the style of footy we played last weekend and played during our great run of wins then we should have no problem accounting for this mob.   They are out of the finals race and have nothing to play for.

I.m guessing you are in no way alone given our Norf history. But that said we are a different team including the one we fielded 10 weeks ago against them. Yes it's their home ground but aside from the history this is a top 4 side against a bottom 4 side.

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14 degrees, rain and winds up to 40 km/h in Hobart tomorrow.

This will unfortunately even up the game and its gonna be a slog.

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going to be very scrappy. I know this brings North back into the game somewhat but our guys are up for a scrap.

I think the difference in top eight vs cellar dwelling teams is the ability to scrap for longer. 

Given what is on the line for both teams I can see (hope) North running out of fight given they have nothing to play for.

I do however given their week under "tanking" microscope think that they will come out hard . We need to match them early and I think as mentioned they should (hopefully)drop off 

  

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1 hour ago, Petraccattack said:

14 degrees, rain and winds up to 40 km/h in Hobart tomorrow.

This will unfortunately even up the game and its gonna be a slog.

Yes it is likely to be windy, but it always is, but i doubt it will be very wet with the game starting at 1:40pm if the current forecast (which says rain 'at times', though only 1-3 mm, likely in afternoon and evening) is correct:

Saturday 29 July

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Min 3
Max 14
Rain at times.
Possible rainfall: 1 to 3 mm
Chance of any rain: 70% rain_70.gif

Hobart area

Cloudy. High (70%) chance of rain, most likely in the afternoon and evening. Winds north to northwesterly 25 to 40 km/h.

 

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Wouldnt a bit of rain help us? They would gain strength through the midfield but we are also tough in here and could easily match them. It's Preuss, Brown and Waite who i think we struggle with the most and rumours of gawn potentially being a late out are still circling. The rain makes its that much harder for the big guys but Hogan seams to do pretty well rain, hail or shine.

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3 minutes ago, double dee said:

Wouldnt a bit of rain help us? They would gain strength through the midfield but we are also tough in here and could easily match them. It's Preuss, Brown and Waite who i think we struggle with the most with and rumours of gawn potentially being a late out arr still circling. The rain makes its that much harder for the big guys but Hogan seams to do pretty well rain, hail or shine.

You are probably right but i hate wet games. 

Though we have struggled in the this year to modify our handball happy game style

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19 hours ago, DemonOX said:

Do we have a dead American president playing on our team??????

 

No, but we have only one flag since he bit the Dallas dust ?

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Pretty certain north will look to put us off our game with niggling early on hoping that it will result in us losing our cool and retaliating. Need to be composed and clinical with this mob as we did against the Blues in our second encounter.

 

 

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1 hour ago, binman said:

Yes it is likely to be windy, but it always is, but i doubt it will be very wet with the game starting at 1:40pm if the current forecast (which says rain 'at times', though only 1-3 mm, likely in afternoon and evening) is correct:

Saturday 29 July

Summary
rain.png
Min 3
Max 14
Rain at times.
Possible rainfall: 1 to 3 mm
Chance of any rain: 70% rain_70.gif

Hobart area

Cloudy. High (70%) chance of rain, most likely in the afternoon and evening. Winds north to northwesterly 25 to 40 km/h.

 

That's a lovely day for footy!

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15 hours ago, Pennant St Dee said:

Also a good wet weather side in heavy conditions

Yet slow if it stays dry and windy

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A good friend of mine is a big North fan, so I've had the opportunity to see a few of their games this year. I think the key to a win is to shut down Ben Brown. He has been unbelievable this year and is their main avenue to goal. Hopefully a bit of wet weather plays a role in this.

Hopefully we see a big game from Jeffy. I can't recall him having many big days against North over his career, even while he was at Carlton. Our last couple of encounters with North have finished with us down by the couple of goals that he would usually kick.

EDIT: Just the seven goals from Jeffy against North in six encounters. 

 

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22 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

It's quite easy, 22 contributors, we have a chance of winning

Thanks Jacqui, great idea

 

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26 minutes ago, Fifty-5 said:

Thanks Jacqui, great idea

 

 

15 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

Did you think of that all by yourself?

Sorry, was trying to make my contribution simple to understand, I have realised I need to do this in here

It's not brain surgery this game, games we have lost is where this hasn't occurred

Also kept it succint instead of four or five paragraphs to say the same thing

You both felt the need to again read and respond I see, bit sad really, you don't realise how wounded it leaves me feeling NOT??????

I am predicting a 6 to 10 point win to the Dees

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53 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

It's quite easy, 22 contributors, we have a chance of winning

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Again, their danger player is Higgins!

Bernie took care of him last time. 

No Bernie this time.  No Bugg either.  I think in this game we will miss both of those outs.

Others need to shadow Higgins and neutralise Cunnington and Zeibell in some way.  Hopefully, our midfield can be first at the ball and stop those guys doing any damage.

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I think Ziebell, Tarrant and Preuss are very big ins for North who played well last week.

In Tassie, us without Jones and Vince, them with belief they always beat us.

I tipped North.  It will be a great win if we can manage it.

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Weather update:

12pm
 
Mostly cloudy 12°C 26% 85% icon N 28km/h 4°C 56%
3pm
 
Cloudy 14°C 21% 91% icon N 28km/h 4°C 50%
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