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Ok so now it’s been apparently proven that a draw doesn’t help I’m just going to focus on the benefit of the team who loses rather than anything else. 

Need to try anything to make this work. 

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    1 hour ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    When I was a kid my Dad use to tell me never trust a bald man with a beard, especially if they were churchy. 

    Lucky, that churchy trait gets Nathan Jones off the hook

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    8 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

    The hawks can do some damage in the finals. With Clarko there anything is possible. 

    I have been worried for a while that the Dorks could snatch another flag this year if they get into the Eight, especially if they get top 4. Their team is not what it was but they just keep playing consistent, smart football and many of the other contenders are copping injuries or suspensions. Only the Tigers and perhaps an improving GWS  are playing better footy. I hope we don’t have to meet them early if we make the Eight. We more than match them on paper but we get outplayed and outcoached just about every time we play them. 

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    I still don't think there has been enough focus on the cats and there current situation on the ladder. This is a team that has the like of Hawkins, Danger, Selwood, Menzel then they throw in ablett this year and they are currently sitting 9th. 

    They should be sitting top 4 but they aren't even in the 8. At the beginning of the season if you said with 3 rounds to go geelong would be 9th you wouldn't believe it. 

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    I just love the booing of Ablett.

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    13 minutes ago, brendan said:

    It’s a shame Geelong have 2 easy games coming up would have liked to see them miss 

    I think they still can. My ladder predictor has North coming in. I tried to redo it but it’s mid round.

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    2 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

    I still don't think there has been enough focus on the cats and there current situation on the ladder. This is a team that has the like of Hawkins, Danger, Selwood, Menzel then they throw in ablett this year and they are currently sitting 9th. 

    They should be sitting top 4 but they aren't even in the 8. At the beginning of the season if you said with 3 rounds to go geelong would be 9th you wouldn't believe it. 

    And if they had lost the 2 games won after the siren against us they would be well out contention! 

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    1 minute ago, dees189227 said:

    I still don't think there has been enough focus on the cats and there current situation on the ladder. This is a team that has the like of Hawkins, Danger, Selwood, Menzel then they throw in ablett this year and they are currently sitting 9th. 

    They should be sitting top 4 but they aren't even in the 8. At the beginning of the season if you said with 3 rounds to go geelong would be 9th you wouldn't believe it. 

    I had them finishing 9th in pre season ladder. They don’t deserve to be there e specially after what they did to us this year.

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    Just now, dl4e said:

    I had them finishing 9th in pre season ladder. They don’t deserve to be there e specially after what they did to us this year.

    you mean what we did to ourselves, they were just the bystanders.

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    1 minute ago, dl4e said:

    I had them finishing 9th in pre season ladder. They don’t deserve to be there e specially after what they did to us this year.

    well if we won those we'd be sitting 2nd. Argh!

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    Umpires getting involved now.

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    Wtf was that free to danger for??!?

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    4 minutes ago, dl4e said:

    I had them finishing 9th in pre season ladder. They don’t deserve to be there e specially after what they did to us this year.

    We blew it, twice. 

    They get 8 points. 

    This is exactly why we as a whole, club and supporters, must learn to never accept even an honourable loss as anything near good enough. 

    The ramifications are right here in front of us  

    that said, we can still control our destiny, but Jeelong should have been killed off weeks ago

     

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