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That loss means it's the season over for the Swans. Same for North if they lose to Richmond.

Freo v WC is a bit of a cut throat final as well.

Wouldn't do our slim chances any harm if Adelaide could knock off St Kilda

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    I have a cunning plan.... sack all the commentators and hire mrandrewcotter. If he can make his dogs, Olive and Mabel, eating their breakfast sound exciting, he can do miracles with any boring game. Plus I love his accent.

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    It's lovely to watch the fall of the Hawks and Swans.

    I just looked up Grand final results and at least one of those teams featured in 5 straight Grand Finals between 2012-2016, including playing each other in 2012.

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    11 hours ago, Mazer Rackham said:

    You'd think this would have occurred to the TV stations by now.

    Because they could say to the commentators, "turns out only 50% of viewers listen to the commentary, so you're not as important as we thought, so you, you're taking a pay cut, and you, you're fired."

    And they could pay some teenager minimum wage to push the button on a crowd sound effect mp3 they downloaded for free. "Audio department? Boss here. You're all fired."

    Sometimes BT & Bruce sound like teenagers MR

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    24 minutes ago, GoGetRossLyon said:

    It's lovely to watch the fall of the Hawks and Swans.

    I just looked up Grand final results and at least one of those teams featured in 5 straight Grand Finals between 2012-2016, including playing each other in 2012.

    Whorethorn are not done yet. 
    We must finish them off tomorrow 

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    11 minutes ago, bingers said:

    Where's the famous shinboner spirit?

    In the late nineties where it died forever.

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    40 minutes ago, bingers said:

    Where's the famous shinboner spirit?

    It's only there when they win. Never seen it mentioned in reports of a North loss.

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    Norths 2 best players are missing but I also think Mr Shaws simplistic approach to the game has caught up with them.

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    Scorebored ? flattering North...

    Meanwhile, anyone else getting a bit of an Akermanis-ish vibe about Rankine?  He's got the game, the body shape, the dumb hair, and the wet trouser commentators!

     

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    Roos v tigs,  horrible game to watch any part of it.  North game plan doesn't work, worse than ours.  Bet they're happy they went with a rookie coach.  As it wasn't like Tigers were on fire with their game either which makes it worth.

     

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    Gee we copped it 2 weeks ago. I know nth lost 2 early but they kicked 2 goals for the whole match. They were both kicked in the 2nd quarter. Horrible performance by them. 

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    2 hours ago, Darkhorse72 said:

    Roos v tigs,  horrible game to watch any part of it.  North game plan doesn't work, worse than ours.  Bet they're happy they went with a rookie coach.  As it wasn't like Tigers were on fire with their game either which makes it worth.

    Tigers are missing a few players as well, North should surely be under the spotlight this week. 

    More I look at the ladder the more I think this week could make/break our year. I know we have a game in hand vs Essendon but there’s still the psychological aspect of being planted down the bottom which hurts. 

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    55 minutes ago, Pates said:

    Tigers are missing a few players as well, North should surely be under the spotlight this week. 

    More I look at the ladder the more I think this week could make/break our year. I know we have a game in hand vs Essendon but there’s still the psychological aspect of being planted down the bottom which hurts. 

    Agree. Tomorrow is the game

    Win it and we go up, lose we continue the wallow 

    I am confident of a win

    (Goodwin was told to get his act together before the GC game) 

    not saying anymore, but it happened....

     

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    8 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

    Scorebored ? flattering North...

    Meanwhile, anyone else getting a bit of an Akermanis-ish vibe about Rankine?  He's got the game, the body shape, the dumb hair, and the wet trouser commentators!

     

    Yup, and the arrogance too. His front on spoil to Luke Parker's face and flop to the push in response, sealed the deal for my distaste. At one point when he was run down in a tackle, the commentator said something to the effect of the whole footy world not wanting him to be tackled there, and to have a shot on goal, P*** off. I have a feeling I'm going to be cursing under my breath for a decade while he walks up to podiums and accepts medals. 

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    15 hours ago, DubDee said:

    The Bears are the best team in the comp at the moment. easily beat GWS away
     

    They will smash us next week. Need to win tomorrow!

    I would put money on Geelong, Collingwood and Richmond to beat them if the finals were next week.

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    3 hours ago, John Demonic said:

    Yup, and the arrogance too. His front on spoil to Luke Parker's face and flop to the push in response, sealed the deal for my distaste. At one point when he was run down in a tackle, the commentator said something to the effect of the whole footy world not wanting him to be tackled there, and to have a shot on goal, P*** off. I have a feeling I'm going to be cursing under my breath for a decade while he walks up to podiums and accepts medals. 

    I have not been listening to commentary and generally don't, but if they're doing that, they've lost sight of what their job is. Barracking for teams, barracking for players, barracking for certain outcomes .... call the play and let the audience do the barracking!

    Roaming F-wit and his ilk clearly think they are the entertainment, and have to step in when the game isn't up to their (or their producers) expectations.

    This can be traced back to Rex Hunt, who when he started, was certainly something different and entertaining. As the years went by, he got lazy and indulgent and relied on a few circus tricks for the simple-minded. By the end, he and his gang had lost it completely (while thinking the whole time they were King Richard) ... listening to them on the radio, you had absolutely no idea what was going on on the ground ... not even the score. They were the show and the game was just the stage for them to perform on.

    Around the same time, along comes Mr Everywhere, with his impeccable instinct for media (lately proved to be a bit shabby). I recall Garry Lyon once saying he was in the box with Eddie and Brereton, and the game had just been decided, and Eddie turned around and gave them a razz and let them know they had to keep the excitement level up. Lyon took this as a lesson in good commentary, but I take it as a lesson in fakery which has led us to a place where the TV stations think we need Roaming F-wit and his "gee wowee", and crowd noise piped in to keep our tiny minds doped and happy. Even Bruce has been dragged into the vortex and can't get out.

     

    On another note, anything could happen with our friend Rankine. The game needs exciting players right now. But oppo coaches will be watching for weaknesses to exploit. It wouldn't surprise if he suffers some second year blues in his first year. Imagine what Petracca would do if he was left to his own devices by oppo coaches.

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    11 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

    Scorebored ? flattering North...

    Meanwhile, anyone else getting a bit of an Akermanis-ish vibe about Rankine?  He's got the game, the body shape, the dumb hair, and the wet trouser commentators!

     

    And is a Fl og also.

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    1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    And is a Fl og also.

    Interesting. How so, Dazzle?

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    Todays Age has a preview of the game between Melbourne and Hawthorn. Melbournes coach and personnel are not mentioned once. It is just about Clarko.

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    Fun Fact. Essendon have four wins.  Three of them are against; Kangaroos (17th)  Swans (16th) and Freo (14th) and next week they play Adelaide (18th).

    Meanwhile, Hawthorn, at 13th, is the lowest ranked team we've played against and next week we have Brisbane.

    Our destinies are somewhat woven together because of the missed game, but it should be fun watching Essendon slide as the season goes ahead while we have a whole bunch of difficult teams we wont need to see again until finals.

    Definitely looking forward the re-match, too.

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    42 minutes ago, Damo said:

    Todays Age has a preview of the game between Melbourne and Hawthorn. Melbournes coach and personnel are not mentioned once. It is just about Clarko.

    We are taking about a comparison between a multi GF winning coach and a third rater. Hawthorn sell papers the Deed don't it's that simple. Damo. 

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