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It was a clinical game with no highlights. Normally with a close one you at least get caught up in the energy generated by the crowd but that even lacked due to the absence.

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    That was pretty boring and very low scoring considering it wasn’t raining. 
     

    Hope it’s not an indication of what’s to come. 

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    Lowest scoring game this century I believe. Rubbish game of football to watch. 

    Pies lucky not to get overrun after not scoring a goal after the 6 minute mark of the second quarter. Pathetic. 

    Hopefully our match on Saturday is more enjoyable to watch!

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    1 minute ago, TheKozzieExperience said:

    Felt bad for both teams as neither list has a player with the raw talent or excitement of either Kozzie or LJ.

    U know the tigers have won a couple of GF’s right. 

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    I switched to  masterchef after the pies came out and kicked the first 4 goals. I thought how boring. Then watched the last few minutes. My god can't believe the final score. It was so low.

    But seeing the dejected looking on eddie's face after the game gave me a laugh. 

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    Up there as one of the worst games I've watched since our 2009 game against Adelaide on a cold Sunday night at the G.

    Interestingly Jamie Elliot who we chased really hard in the off season had just 5 disposals for the game.

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    4 minutes ago, TheKozzieExperience said:

    Yeah but we have the top 10  picks.

    Checkmate, Melbourne.

    Ha ha but I would rather the premierships. 

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    Not an exciting match, though I did like the artificial crowd noise, made it better to watch than round one with the silence.

     

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    The NRL have come back with a better product and the AFL come back with this???

    All the excuses in the world can't explain what just happened.

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    4 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    That paid mark to Higgins was a joke, clearly it was over the line. It wouldn’t have been paid if the scoring was higher. 

    and the just prev tigers goal from a staged-for free was pretty sus too

    those 2 gifted goals  represented 33.3% of their score

    neither side deserved to win

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    1 minute ago, daisycutter said:

    and the just prev tigers goal from a staged-for free was pretty sus too

    those 2 gifted goals  represented 33.3% of their score

    neither side deserved to win

    Fittingly in the number 29 jumper.

    KB would have been proud.

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    1 minute ago, daisycutter said:

    and the just prev tigers goal from a staged-for free was pretty sus too

    those 2 gifted goals  represented 33.3% of their score

    neither side deserved to win

    There were two goals I was going to mention but couldn’t remember the second one, that was it. Clearly milked the free and the umpire appeared to have a good view of it. Another gifted goal to keep Richmond in it and the score ticking over. 

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    7 minutes ago, Deemented Are Go! said:

    What the hell was that?! 

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    Relax Robbocop will break it down on AFL 360 so we can all get our heads around it.

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    1 hour ago, Mister Ed said:

    Seems to me that there might be an issue with player fitness after the long lockdown. 

    Fitness isn't the issue it's the boring defensive stacks on football that's the problem.

    If this is emblematic of footy in the 20s I reckon we get Ross Lyon on the phone. It's his time to shine.

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    Please AFL

    25 min quarters

    60 interchange a game(15 a quarter)

    War of attrition freeing up space

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    I did find it interesting that the small/medium forwards and 'zippy' players of both sides had a bit of a rough night.

    Rioli, Pickett, Castagna, Higgins, Lambert and Bolton for Richmond had varying levels of individual influence but were mostly pretty insignificant considering that is almost a third of the team.

    Josh Thomas and Jamie Elliott were minimal for Collingwood, though Callum Brown at least got involved in some scoring.

    Also notable, more than half of Collingwood's players laid one or no tackles.  Shortened game and all, but yikes.

    Final gut feeling - at least for a couple of rounds there will be a serious gap between the main contributors and the less diligent and mentally prepared players.  Getting the most out of the 'weaker half' of the 22 could be a very big deal until people remember the rhythms of playing.  Leaders and highly motivated players will matter a lot.  There could also be some monstrous early blow-outs whenever a team clicks into full gear and the opponent is still mentally running around their back yard.

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    It was very scrappy, both teams didn't have their mojo running at full tilt. That last two minutes of play looked particularly unorganised and low in skill, I think all the teams could be a little cagey as to what they do. The lesson here is the team that settles the best will get the chocolates, both teams looked almost confused, at the final siren they were laughing with each other. I think with the shortened quarters extra should've been brought in as an option for 2020.

    By the way I wasn't sold on the crowd effects, I think they need to peel it back a bit. Too much crowd noise with clearly no one there is jarring.

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    The sooner we go to 16 players a side, a three player interchange with a cap of 30 interchanges per game, the better the spectacle with become. 

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