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Hurts me to say it, but BT is barking up the right tree ATM.

I have watched old footage of the game (who hasn’t) and it has always struck me how quickly the umps would blow the whistle for a ball up, charge in and get the game going straight away.

The ridiculous amount of time it takes to get the ball back into play after a stoppage creates a lot of the congestion that we now have. Why wait for ruckman? Just get the ball going FFS

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1 minute ago, Rod Grinter Riot Squad said:

Hurts me to say it, but BT is barking up the right tree ATM.

I have watched old footage of the game (who hasn’t) and it has always struck me how quickly the umps would blow the whistle for a ball up, charge in and get the game going straight away.

The ridiculous amount of time it takes to get the ball back into play after a stoppage creates a lot of the congestion that we now have. Why wait for ruckman? Just get the ball going FFS

Be careful what you wish for as it could remove one of the strongest aspects of our team.  We might lose Gawn, Jones, Oliver, Viney and co around the ball ups.

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16 minutes ago, Rod Grinter Riot Squad said:

Hurts me to say it, but BT is barking up the right tree ATM.

I have watched old footage of the game (who hasn’t) and it has always struck me how quickly the umps would blow the whistle for a ball up, charge in and get the game going straight away.

The ridiculous amount of time it takes to get the ball back into play after a stoppage creates a lot of the congestion that we now have. Why wait for ruckman? Just get the ball going FFS

Would suit us too with a fit Max beating most rucks to the ball up. 

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Just now, Deestroy All said:

Would suit us too with a fit Max beating most rucks to the ball up. 

I think it’d spawn a lot of Blicavs cloned.  Tallish athletes with a big tank.

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4 minutes ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

I think it’d spawn a lot of Blicavs cloned.  Tallish athletes with a big tank.

Nah...if they get the game going quickly there will be less congestion and less ball ups around the ground.

It never hurt the likes of Mick Nolan in the old days.

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47 minutes ago, whatwhatsaywhat said:

I like anyone that gets into Dill, he deserves all he gets but the Herald Sun has really been positioning itself up with the best of the British Tabloid press as of recent times (and maybe not so recent).

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7 minutes ago, rjay said:

Nah...if they get the game going quickly there will be less congestion and less ball ups around the ground.

It never hurt the likes of Mick Nolan in the old days.

Think the ball moved around the ground a lot slower back then.  

It’s also worth noting that every ball up that BT complained about the congestion, there was not a single secondary ball up; it cleared the congestion into space every time.

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This result means nothing tonight.  GWS are missing a raft of good players and they're playing the Cats on their home deck.

Not only that but we'll have a weekend of 'how good are the kids at the Cattery' when blokes like Jack Henry are able to run around in the backline without any responsibility.  At one stage their tallest player was Coniglio.

God I hate Geelong.

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1 hour ago, Chook said:

AFL wants play that flows quick…makes players all-but sign a contract to play ruckman at a stoppage.

BT's all over it.

I hate to have to admit it but I actually agree with the idiot BT ....  what was wrong with just throwing the bloody thing up immediately, and IF a "third man up" joins in the sure, penalise him.

Back to the game ....  are Geelong that good or are GW$$$ bad, or a bit of both?

OMG that mark by Hawkins 2 minutes to go in 3rd quarter just incredible ....  but surely he has to go, especially given his record, for that back of head late punch, than deliberately manhandling (softly) the maggot.

And where was Ratugolea in the draft? What a strong young man .... could be anything.

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25 minutes ago, Wolfturdo said:

What a steaming pile of absolute bullcrap. Examining the lint filter is more exciting than this tiddwiddle 

Is that a sideline of naval gazing??  Do you have a filter there?

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Wow what a shizen game on a Friday night. Hope we get the Giants when they’re playing like this - they are woeful. And Geelong aren’t actually playing all that well themselves.

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