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GAMEDAY: Rd 11 vs Adelaide

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Que Benny Hilll music...

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    1 minute ago, GCDee said:

    How good has Brayshaw looked this quarter?? 

    Feel free to retract ?

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    I love these jumpers......

    Great first quarter, but boy Brayshaw couldn't have done much worse in that last 1 minute of play! Especially after kicking such a fantastic goal!

     
    Just now, Demon Disciple said:

    For those of us not with a tv, is there much wind?

    Zero apparently 

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    Just now, Demon Disciple said:

    For those of us not with a tv, is there much wind?

    No. Just very slippery. 

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    Isn’t that two quarters in a row we have won.  A first this year I think

    Where was this effort last week?

    Jeffy has looked lively, although I wish he'd use his chances more. Promising stuff from Weid, Baker and Hunt. Brayshaw has looked good here and there but geez he looks so horribly down on confidence, hopefully that goal helps.

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    If I had a dollar for every time OMac lost his feet...


    1 minute ago, 640MD said:

    Isn’t that two quarters in a row we have won.  A first this year I think

    We won the first three against WC...

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    Just now, mikeydemon said:

    If I had a dollar for every time OMac lost his feet...

    That was a pizzweak effort from o Mac then. Lucky Jenkins is an equally inept footballer

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    Gus, Clarry and Trac are all on so far. Makes a big difference. 

    A couple of efforts from bailey last in the Q to make up for a poor Q

    If I had a dollar for every time I have sworn  at some of Melbourne play in the last 50 years!

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    So can we safely say that there is no such thing as holding the man, around the neck or dropping the ball in the AFL? 


    Well apart from a few dumb frees that was a good quarter. Weid looks good and happy to have Hibbard back in the backline. Lets keep it going. Maxy dominating the ruck. 

    5 minutes ago, Brownie said:

    Feel free to retract ?

    Hahaha jinxed him hey...

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    Makeshift backline could be our undoing here. The question is going to be if we can kick a big enough score to overcome the goals we're going to leak up the other end. Still, at least we're kicking goals and looking like a decent team. Next week with More, Salem, May and Lever in ... look out.

     

    I'm liking our forward entries. Finally, the boys are running into good spaces, we're lowering the eyes a little and not being so damn predictable. 

    I tipped us tonight. Just goes to show, if you tip us enough, sometimes you're 1/4 right!

    1 minute ago, Dee Since 73 said:

    So can we safely say that there is no such thing as holding the man, around the neck or dropping the ball in the AFL? 

    Depends on how much the crowd yells


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