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Match Preview and Team Selection - Preliminary Final

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1 hour ago, Hell Bent said:

Was extremely confident pre match against Cats,  quite confident against Hawks. 

Started this week more hoping than anything but my tune has changed. It's a massive challenge but I think we'll win. All the talk is about the addition of Darling and JK. Problem for them is the ball is less likely to get to them with the addition of Viney. He is playing like a man possessed since returning from injury.

Then there is our belief. The team now exudes it,  and I reckon the supporters are feeling it for the first time in half a century. 

It's our time.

 

Perfect mirror of my thoughts this week. You must be a smart bloke ?

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    1 hour ago, jnrmac said:

    Not having a go at you but his play is much more influential than just the stats he gets. For a start he is a hard match up. He is quick, can jump and take a good mark, tackles well and can kick. If you watch closely he, Spargo and Melksham will often be the front and centre players for when the ball gets spoiled. He is part of the reason we are unpredictable in our fwd line.

    There is without a doubt a gulf between his best and worst, but I think we can carry his worst, knowing what his better and best provides.  Which is why I said I would continue to play him, even if his stats don't show the extra work he does.

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    Like the last 2 weeks - no nerves. Will be different if it's a 1 point game with 5 minutes to go.

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    4 minutes ago, Clintosaurus said:

    Like the last 2 weeks - no nerves. Will be different if it's a 1 point game with 5 minutes to go.

    so no nerves when the Hawks were within 12 points and Max kicks it out on the full in their forward line... wow you are a cool customer ?

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    20 minutes ago, ProDee said:

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    I ain't eatng my cookie. Imma frame it on my wall alongside a stuffed eagle, hawk, and cat. 

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    I wouldn't eat it either.  You'd spend days picking out all the little hairs stuck in your teeth.

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    10 minutes ago, Chook said:

    I ain't eatng my cookie. Imma frame it on my wall alongside a stuffed eagle, hawk, and cat. 

    I'm having visions of Mrs Haversham in Great Expectations ?

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    4 minutes ago, demonstone said:

    I wouldn't eat it either.  You'd spend days picking out all the little hairs stuck in your teeth.

    dont anyone go near that quote

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    1 hour ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    so no nerves when the Hawks were within 12 points and Max kicks it out on the full in their forward line... wow you are a cool customer ?

    I wasn't nervous.  Unless they kicked another to get it to 6 points

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    Not sure if anyone's posted this, but ... special finals edition that excludes one of the teams??

     

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    3 minutes ago, bing181 said:

    Not sure if anyone's posted this, but ... special finals edition that excludes one of the teams??

     

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    I hope the players get to see it.

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    Woke up this morning, 
    from the strangest dream 
    I was in the biggest army, 
    The world has ever seen 
    We were marching as one, 
    on the road to the holy grail

     

    Who's getting excited...?? I'm pumped! ?

    Bring on the Weagles!!! ?   Go Dees ❤️?

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    45 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

    very little comment anywhere on the impact of no gaff, especially considering the addition of viney

    He didn't play in the last game.

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    9 minutes ago, binman said:

    He didn't play in the last game.

    yeah, i know, but there were lots of wc stats being quoted covering the whole season (most including gaff who was in brownlow form), including some with/without certain other players 

    anway, all the better for our midfield stats

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    1 hour ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    I'm having visions of Mrs Haversham in Great Expectations ?

    nice work Jim, they said it couldn't be done but finally someone has referenced Charles Dickens on DL! 

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    Just now, DubDee said:

    nice work Jim, they said it couldn't be done but finally someone has referenced Charles Dickens on DL! 

    let's hope we don't end up like the young beneficiaries in Bleak House.

    Now to work Camus in for next week. ?

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    23 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    let's hope we don't end up like the young beneficiaries in Bleak House.

    Now to work Camus in for next week. ?

    As long as it’s not Milton’s Paradise Lost

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    Tim Smith and Fritsch are the travelling emergencies.

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    25 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    let's hope we don't end up like the young beneficiaries in Bleak House.

    Now to work Camus in for next week. ?

    And the eagles fan was shamed in perth because he never cried after his beloved team was beaten by the demons.

    With apologies to albert

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    I think we've got this. I just got allocated locker no.64 at the gym..

     

     

     

    Sorry to be that guy.

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    35 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    let's hope we don't end up like the young beneficiaries in Bleak House.

    Now to work Camus in for next week. ?

    you need to play like there is NO tomorrow or as some geezer said:

     “I shall tell you a great secret, my friend. Do not wait for the last judgement, it takes place every day.”

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