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Bombers v Eagles at the Gabba tomorrow (Tuesday) night.

Eagles without Kennedy and Daniher in form for the Bombers with Heppel .and Hurley back

Eagles by 20... I hope

Preceded by Hawks v Crows... a battle of the near extinct birds ?

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If Essendon beats West Coast, things will get bad for two reasons:

  1. Essendon will be challenging for finals
  2. Essendon supporters will come even further out of the woodwork

Away from Perth, no Kennedy, no Cripps...who knows.

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25 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

If Essendon beats West Coast, things will get bad for two reasons:

  1. Essendon will be challenging for finals
  2. Essendon supporters will come even further out of the woodwork

Away from Perth, no Kennedy, no Cripps...who knows.

If Dons win they'll be fan-declared flag favourites. 

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Al Clarkson said this: “our focus isn’t on the urgency of a win or loss....at the moment, winning is valuable for us but it’s not absolutely critical.” So winning isn’t their priority  

This is less about Clarkson but more about how in the past the AFL created a system that rewarded “experimenting” with players in different position and other clubs exploited it but we were the only ones to be punished. 

Tell me if we see Frost playing forward this week will that be scrutinised or will the media just say “oh Clarko is a genius coach and was trying something different”. 

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Just now, Pates said:

Al Clarkson said this: “our focus isn’t on the urgency of a win or loss....at the moment, winning is valuable for us but it’s not absolutely critical.” So winning isn’t their priority  

This is less about Clarkson but more about how in the past the AFL created a system that rewarded “experimenting” with players in different position and other clubs exploited it but we were the only ones to be punished. 

Tell me if we see Frost playing forward this week will that be scrutinised or will the media just say “oh Clarko is a genius coach and was trying something different”. 

Remind me again why we got fined $500,000?

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24 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

Remind me again why we got fined $500,000?

Yes i heard that grab and thought exactly the same. Adelaide Betting plunge

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53 minutes ago, Pates said:

Al Clarkson said this: “our focus isn’t on the urgency of a win or loss....at the moment, winning is valuable for us but it’s not absolutely critical.” So winning isn’t their priority  

This is less about Clarkson but more about how in the past the AFL created a system that rewarded “experimenting” with players in different position and other clubs exploited it but we were the only ones to be punished. 

Tell me if we see Frost playing forward this week will that be scrutinised or will the media just say “oh Clarko is a genius coach and was trying something different”. 

Given we’ve got the Hawks second round pick... I say play on Clarko pop Scully in the ruck... Frosty to Full Forward. You are a genius. 
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Interestingly, Frosty is out, managed.  Hawks have beefed up their defenders and running players.

Out:  Jonathon Patton (Injured), Liam Shiels (Managed), Michael Hartley (Omitted), Sam Frost (Managed), Will Day (Managed)

In:  Ben Stratton, James Frawley, Jarman Impey, Mitch Lewis, Shaun Burgoyne

Solid and quality albeit some aging 'ins'.  Altho Day is a loss.

I think Clarkson is saying:  'no way is Adelaide winning their only game for the year on my watch!'  That sort of ignominy would be a bridge too far for Clarkson.

I think they'll win.

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I hope Adelaide win a game as they will for sure ask for an extra pick round one.

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Crows have a good lead over Hawks.  Should be further ahead.  Lots of points and missed a few easy shots completely.

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In tonight's game can't see the Bombers beating Eagles even without Kennedy.

That will slam the door shut on any hope Ess have of making finals.

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Jesse Hogan back against Richmond, I wouldn’t be expecting much from him but it’ll be interesting to see how he goes. 

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13 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Crows have a good lead over Hawks.  Should be further ahead.  Lots of points and missed a few easy shots completely.

Not a good game but have seen worse. Adelaide should win. Both these sides will be down near the bottom next year. 

Live with it Hawthorn and you may lose some of that arrogance. We know what it is like to be a poor side and it sucks. Just glad we are better than those 2 at the momment.

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Hawks tanking? They have form once they are out of contention. I might put a call into Adrian Anderson and give Caro a heads up. 

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2 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

Wow Crows going to win a game finally!

Only 22 points up going into the last quarter.  I'd be nervous as a Crows fan as the Hawks are well within striking distance.

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1 minute ago, Lord Travis said:

Wow Crows going to win a game finally!

Wouldn't bet on it just yet, Crouch missed that set shot and then the Hawks squeezed that late goal (it was almost scripted). I haven't watched the entire match but the crows have very clearly been the better team from what I have seen, they've had some pretty stock standard opportunities that they've missed. Crouch's ball drop was absolutely awful, never looked like it.

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To demonstrate just how wacky Bruce has got with his rhetorical questions, here’s a breakdown of everything from the Carlton v Collingwood match on Sunday.

 

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