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I said the same to a mate earlier @Moonshadow. On paper (and with the week they had), a belting was on the cards. All they could take out of it were incredibly small wins.

I'm satisfied but feel a bit sad for the Suns. I chortled when we belted Carlton as their supporters are A grade head wobblers (plus Jed Lamb was the bloke with the most false confidence since Choco Williams in the 2007 GF).

I think that the Swans game is the big one. The Pies pushed them to the very brink (and with 10 quality players missing). We win and then it's a case of playing for the highest possible position in the eight as opposed to playing with an axe dangling above your head. That can be quite liberating.

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    22 minutes ago, old dee said:

    They are nothing special Bbo we can beat them if we kick a little straighter. We seriously missed some sitters. 

    The wind at ground level was huge and affecting ball drop esp. In 2nd quarter when the team tried to finesse a bit. Huge outcome narg5in wise given the conditions

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    Just now, Colin B. Flaubert said:

    I said the same to a mate earlier @Moonshadow. On paper (and with the week they had), a belting was on the cards. All they could take out of it were incredibly small wins.

    I'm satisfied but feel a bit sad for the Suns. I chortled when we belted Carlton as their supporters are A grade head wobblers (plus Jed Lamb was the bloke with the most false confidence since Choco Williams in the 2007 GF).

    I think that the Swans game is the big one. The Pies pushed them to the very brink (and with 10 quality players missing). We win and then it's a case of playing for the highest possible position in the eight as opposed to playing with an axe dangling above your head. That can be quite liberating.

    No team  has succeeded on gold coast but try telling afl head office that. This team will be a running sore for years.

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    1 minute ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

    G O R N for Gaff 

    Forget it. He'll get off. Low impact unintentional. The AFL will work it out.

    No case to answer

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    Just now, pineapple dee said:

    Forget it. He'll get off. Low impact unintentional. The AFL will work it out.

    No case to answer

    Looks like GWS got a few injuries as well....finished the game with 16 players?

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    1 minute ago, Wadda We Sing said:

    Looks like GWS got a few injuries as well....finished the game with 16 players?

    Who got injured mate? Long term?

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    3 minutes ago, MSFebey said:

    Who got injured mate? Long term?

    Deledio, Green and a few others....not sure how serious

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    3 minutes ago, Wadda We Sing said:

    Deledio, Green and a few others....not sure how serious

    Dawson Simpson ankle. Green and Taylor Hamstring. Deledio calf.  Possibly all out for a week or two and hopefully more.

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    19 minutes ago, Demon17 said:

    No team  has succeeded on gold coast but try telling afl head office that. This team will be a running sore for years.

    The odds were against them but crap loads of mistakes were made in the early going. Gazza as captain. Not consolidating on losing their talented kids by topping up with solid B grade veterans (ala GWS). Sacking Bluey McKenna. 

    They needed to cross every t and dot every i but produced something akin to a dee-luded post on Demonland.

     

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    Stars aligning ? ;)

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    1 minute ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

    The odds are against them but crap loads of mistakes were made in the early going. Gazza as captain. Not consolidating on losing their talented kids by topping up with solid B grade veterans (ala GWS). Sacking Bluey McKenna. 

    They needed to cross every time and for every i but produced something akin to a dee-luded post on Demonland.

     

    The problem with the Suns as indeed the Bears ...AFL designed a cosmetic appearance of a team. It had no soul. Lions had to import one. GC.. is Priceline footy 

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    2 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

    Stars aligning ? ;)

    Was just thinking that BB

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    36 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

    Outside of the Joel Smith injury, this was the perfect win IMO.  

    Just look at the maturity of the players in the last term and the way in which they continued to hunt the opposition with crunching tackles and hard running.  It was fantastic to watch and further proof of how far this side had come.

    I know many will talk about the Gold Coast injuries, and you can't argue they fielded a very poor side today, but we are still missing Lever, Viney, Hibberd and Melksham, four very important players for us and it shows how good our depth is that, even with those guys out, we can still smash a side by 16 goals.

    So much to like about our performance as a whole, and to come out and put the Suns to the sword in the first term was very satisfying to watch.   You could name 15 players who had a major impact, and everyone played their role.

    Enjoy it all, as this Melbourne side has the ability to go somewhere special this year.  The last 3 games, to me, are all extremely winnable and I see no reason why we can't finish in the Top 4 at the end of Round 23.

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    9 minutes ago, america de cali said:

    Dawson Simpson ankle. Green and Taylor Hamstring. Deledio calf.  Possibly all out for a week or two and hopefully more.

    Dawson Simpson the most serious supposedly. Maybe out for season.

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    Great performance. We were due a nice relaxing day at the footy I think! Right from the get go the intensity was up, we may not have been super clean but that got fixed up pretty quickly. It doesn’t matter who you play there is always stuff you can take out of a 90 odd point win. I think the big thing for me was that even though we had lulls in the game we never let a massive run on of goals occur. A lot of this could have been down to Gold Coast being inept but I thought it was a good sign.

    Great to see Vanders back, looked a bit rusty of course but held his own out there. Salem played his most impressive game this season was bang on with every disposal. Clarry can’t be beat and Dom Tyson has hit his straps in the inside. Good team performance this one. Bummed about the Smith injury so stretched in that area. Would have liked him handy for Buddy as a second option but that’s toast now.

    Good job Dees, did what we had to do. But the real stuff is next week.

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    I thought Joel Smith played his best game for the club today, although it was against a weaker side, those games can be a real confidence booster, a real shame is looks to be gone with a season ending injury again.

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    21 minutes ago, america de cali said:

    Dawson Simpson ankle. Green and Taylor Hamstring. Deledio calf.  Possibly all out for a week or two and hopefully more.

    If Deledio has done his calf again it's probably career over... certainly season over, old man injury that never comes up after just one or two.

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    1 hour ago, Dappa Dan said:

    We have NOT made finals. And of the last three games our best chance, and the only game we'd go in as favourites, is against the Swans. This is sort of an elimination final for both sides.

    I have some concerns about Franklin. He will fire as will the rest of the swans. We need to get on top from the go and smash them. No silly stuff. Win next week and you can book the first round of final tickets, lose and we may be in the same boat but with points.

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    1 hour ago, P-man said:

    Props to Salem who is quietly becoming one of our best players. 26 disposals at 92% efficiency. 11 score involvements second only to Hogan and Oliver. 

    There are some players I get nervous about when the ball is in their vicinity. He isn’t one of them.

    Deceptively hard at it too

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