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PREGAME: Rd 04 vs Sydney

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Many players lucky to get a game..

In no particular order

The witches hat in a Melb jumper ( Oscar)

Jones

Weeds

Petracca

Hibberd

etc etc

Spargo an emrgency? 

On his game last week at Casey??

Spare me

Would rather Lynden Dunne on one leg!

We are in serious Sheeeeeit!

T Mac must be in Doubt??

 

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    13 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

    Individuals are different...maybe hold off the smarmy sarcasm til we all a bit better informed.. or are you invoking god here

    That's a bit rich, you calling someone else sarcastic. If I were you, I would just continue reading your 36,681 posts.

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    2 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    Many players lucky to get a game..

     

    Maybe, but there isn't much else at Casey to replace them with for the minute.  We can only go with what we have.

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    11 minutes ago, Redleg said:

    Weid should be good in the Sydney grass.

    It aint actually Grass 

    Its artificial turf on a Mudflat that apparently is all OK for AFL Footy!

    Hnmm can Clubs Sue for substandard surfaces?? If players go down!??

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    Just now, Wiseblood said:

    Maybe, but there isn't much else at Casey to replace them with for the minute.  We can only go with what we have.

    Yep. 

    Serious question... would you not temper the style...a bit ...to accommodate the different levels of ability and experience ??

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    19 minutes ago, stevethemanjordan said:

    Hehe

    Haha. Nice. 

    I was wrong. It was bound to happen eventually!

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    As an expert once said...

    "Sometimes maybe good. Sometimes maybe sheet."

     

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    Preuss Gawn rotating plus T Mac and Weed up front. Bomb it long at the scg. 70 inside fifties we should win once we don’t leak a goal every two minutes

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    1 hour ago, Jaded said:

    I assume TMac will be a late out and Gawn will spend more time floating back to help our defence. Preuss will help in the ruck and rest forward and poor Weids will be saved from the horror of having to take Centre ruck contests. 

    We’ll kick 6 goals if that’s the case, lucky for us Swans will only kick 5.

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    AFL360 has just got me pumped for the game, those bastards! Murphy and Nick saying how you can often get a big response when you ‘circle up’ or have an honesty session. 

    On the other hand if no response then there is nowhere to turn

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    Imagine if Oscar lines up on a Buddy. 

    Que the benny hill music.  

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    3 minutes ago, DemonOX said:

    Imagine if Oscar lines up on a Buddy. 

    Que the benny hill music.  

    Problem is Oscar would never be where Buddy is lol

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    1 hour ago, Wiseblood said:

    Maybe, but there isn't much else at Casey to replace them with for the minute.  We can only go with what we have.

    Exactly and that is caused by injuries and we have a lot at present. 

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    4 hours ago, old dee said:

    Small joke WWS.

    No worries, i just dont get it...carry on.

     

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    Is Tmac still subject to a late test ? Just curious

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    I just saw on the idiot box slobbo say Franklin will kick 7 goals on us. Karp. Mr Frost will have a field day if he can actually sit tight on buddy and punch well. It can't be that hard ?

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    9 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

    Is Tmac still subject to a late test ? Just curious

    I am not convinced he will play, you take out two medium size mobile players and replace one of them with the tallest guy on the list who is way less mobile! Looks more like a replacement for TMac to me, without TMac we would have had only the Weid as the only tall. With Preuss in we can rotate him and Gawn in the forward line. 

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    1 minute ago, old dee said:

    I am not convinced he will play, you take out two medium size mobile players and replace one of them with the tallest guy on the list who is way less mobile! Looks more like a replacement for TMac to me, without TMac we would have had only the Weid as the only tall. With Preuss in we can rotate him and Gawn in the forward line. 

    I suspect a late change also

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    4 hours ago, bing181 said:

    Seriously? Jeff "zero tackles" Garlett is not the saviour. If defensive pressure is the mantra, he's the last person you want in the team, it's like giving the opposition an extra player down back. As for the goals part ... how many did he kick at Casey on the weekend?

    Having said that, I like Garlett a lot, but he's so far off the pace he's unrecognisable as the player he once was.

    Yes, people need to realise Jeffy has been out of form for the best part of 18 months.

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    Yes, if Tmac is a late out, let's hope we have someone who can do well on Allir Aliir.  AA must be one of the best defenders in the AFL now. He's phenomenal, incredible, unbelievable. ( or so people keep saying )

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