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16 hours ago, SidVicious said:

Bombers’ speed advantage would be blunted in the wet. Bring on the rain!

I’ve fallen for the wet conditions so many times.

Trust me we’re even worse in the wet weather and I can’t recall us winning a game in recent years on a genuine wet day.

At this stage they’re only predicting a shower or 2 on Sunday so it might not even rain during the game.

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    You look forward to Thursday nights for selections then suddenly realise you play Sunday and have to wait another 24 hrs for the final team. 

    Predicting they will include Weid, Kossie, Hibbo and Lockhart to the squad. If Hibbo does get selected for the final 22 I’m also fearing it will be at the expense of Jetta.

    One thing to look forward to is seeing Langdon and Tomlinson on the MCG wings for the first time. 

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    I think what a lot of us are missing is the first quarter and a half of last Saturday’s game. We were well and truly back to 2018 form. If we can do it then, we can do it again, and we did it with the players playing last Saturday. 
     

    I think it would be more constructive to consider how we can consistently recapture that form for four quarters, rather than considering wholesale changes for this week. 
     

    Having said that though, there are players waiting in the wings who missed that game for a variety of reasons who would make our side even stronger and deliver a better result. For mine l would go with:

    IN: Weid, Kosie, Hannan 

    OUT: TMAC, Melksham, Neil - Bullen

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    2 hours ago, Dee Zephyr said:

    You look forward to Thursday nights for selections then suddenly realise you play Sunday and have to wait another 24 hrs for the final team. 

    must say I am tired of this practice. May as well announce the Sunday teams on Friday.The Thursday announcements are a hangover from the old days and are really irrelevant except that the AFL is so reluctant to release any of its media space.

    It's strange that the teams are announced with such fanfare on Thursday and then the final teams are a deeply hidden postscript.

    Mind you it could also be that we seem to perennially play on a Sunday.

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    Just now, Diamond_Jim said:

    must say I am tired of this practice. May as well announce the teams on Friday.The Thursday announcements are a hangover from the old days and are really irrelevant except that the AFL is so reluctant to release any of its media space.

    It's strange that the teams are announced with such fanfare on Thursday and then the final teams are a deeply hidden postscript.

    Mind you it could also be that we seem to perennially play on a Sunday.

    It's part of the TV right deal with Channel 7. They get to unveil the teams on Thursday night on the 5pm news and make a spectacle of it. Noone is allowed to release them or discuss them officially in the media before then.

    I agree though, it is backwards. We're stuck with it for however long the current TV rights deal is.

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    2 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

    It's part of the TV right deal with Channel 7. They get to unveil the teams on Thursday night on the 5pm news and make a spectacle of it. Noone is allowed to release them or discuss them officially in the media before then.

    I agree though, it is backwards. We're stuck with it for however long the current TV rights deal is.

    Bit like the player numbers and the Footy record. Belongs to another era

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    53 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    Bit like the player numbers and the Footy record. Belongs to another era

    Have to disagree Jim. I still use and need both

    Have to say I had some odd looks from others when they see me dutifully marking the goals and behinds

     

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    Goody has just confirmed that Kozzie is a lock for this week. Great news!

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    16 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

    Have to disagree Jim. I still use and need both

    Have to say I had some odd looks from others when they see me dutifully marking the goals and behinds

     

    pencil or pen ?

    Each season I do a sheet on the computer and update it for each game I attend. After they increased the price of the record from a shilling I stopped buying it.

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    1 hour ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    Bit like the player numbers and the Footy record. Belongs to another era

    Oh come on.  I guess you want to move to 16 players a side as well?

    At what point does it stop being Aussie Rules altogether..  sheesh.

    58 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

    Have to disagree Jim. I still use and need both

    Have to say I had some odd looks from others when they see me dutifully marking the goals and behinds

     

    Were you using your ostrich quill pen at the time?

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    Did anyone hear Jennings on SEN today about Goodwins strategy in how the premiership quarters are now played in the first quarter now rather than the third?

    Was super interesting stuff and made me think that maybe Goodwin knows how to win but the 2nd and 3rd quarter we just stunk. Clean that up and if we continue to start well out of the blocks we should be ok. Still a lot of work to do but it was interesting to hear Jennings talk on how he thought Goodwin coached well

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    1 hour ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

    Have to disagree Jim. I still use and need both

    Have to say I had some odd looks from others when they see me dutifully marking the goals and behinds

     

    Fountain Pen or Crayons,  'Bbo'.?

    A dog ran onto the field at Casey and bit Petracca on the hand subsequently broke it?

    Screen Shot 2020-06-18 at 4.48.13 pm.png

     

    Updated: Marty Hore injured in rehab mishap.
    Stevens fast becoming the Tom Browne of news breaking...

    Edited by AaronDaveyChipsAndGravey

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    4 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    pencil or pen ?

    Each season I do a sheet on the computer and update it for each game I attend. After they increased the price of the record from a shilling I stopped buying it.

     

    3 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    Were you using your ostrich quill pen at the time?

     

    2 hours ago, MyFavouriteMartian said:

    Fountain Pen or Crayons,  'Bbo'.?

     

    Bah !!!!    Vulgarians, all of you !!!

    Does no one appreciate or recognise the sensitivities of a true artist and poet these days?

     

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    10 minutes ago, AaronDaveyChipsAndGravey said:

    A dog ran onto the field at Casey and bit Petracca on the hand subsequently broke it?

    Screen Shot 2020-06-18 at 4.48.13 pm.png

     

    Updated: Marty Hore injured in rehab mishap.
    Stevens fast becoming the Tom Browne of news breaking...

    "Reasonably serious" quad injury in the gym apparently.

     

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    12 minutes ago, AaronDaveyChipsAndGravey said:

    A dog ran onto the field at Casey and bit Petracca on the hand subsequently broke it?

    Screen Shot 2020-06-18 at 4.48.13 pm.png

     

    Updated: Marty Hore injured in rehab mishap.
    Stevens fast becoming the Tom Browne of news breaking...

    Hore's already out for 6 weeks with a broken toe after someone stood on it

    PS.. Ah a fresh injury a la Preuss

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    31 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

     

     

     

    Bah !!!!    Vulgarians, all of you !!!

    Does no one appreciate or recognise the sensitivities of a true artist and poet these days?

     

    BBO - the modern day William Shakespeare!

    A few of us here appreciate your talents mate - do not despair. 

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    43 minutes ago, AaronDaveyChipsAndGravey said:

    A dog ran onto the field at Casey and bit Petracca on the hand subsequently broke it?

    Screen Shot 2020-06-18 at 4.48.13 pm.png

     

    Updated: Marty Hore injured in rehab mishap.
    Stevens fast becoming the Tom Browne of news breaking...

    WATT...?

    You cannot be serious...!

     
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