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What they’re saying down at Arden St

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12 hours ago, Deemania since 56 said:

It would be nice to win the game against North. They are struggling, as we knew it for so long, yet man-up to field a team, as we did as part of the League. 

We must strive to anihilate the rest of the competition who have had it so good for so long, including AFL/umpire liberties and income-generating preferences, again, for so long.

A win against North is expected; if it is a healthy or very healthy victory, well and good - we could do with a little more percentage preference at this time of the year. However, there is no real need to 'can' them for poor fortunes. In any case, it could be imagined that North could create an upset - that is the nature of our great game, rare as it is, these days. If so, well done to them. 

 

Yes, English is not your strong suit is it ??? Nonetheless, well done ! We get the gist of it. Inarticulate yet compelling insights.

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    11 hours ago, Fork 'em said:

    100%
    There'd be a long list of clubs who'd love to knock us off our perch.
    And if they put on enough pressure we'd crack and fold.
    Like we've done so many times before.
    Gotta put that perception to bed.

    The players  just need to keep their minds on the job at hand, there will be a few hiccups along the way. 

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    13 hours ago, hells bells said:

    If we’re serious the coach should challenge the players to win each quarter by 4 plus goals.

    I remember Clarkson a few years ago when the Hawks were 100 pts up against Melbourne and in the last quarter he played a spare man in defence.

    I said at the time thinking Clarkson was mean and wanted to inflict a 100 pt loss on Melbourne but a few weeks alter I was chatting to a Hawks Board member who told me that Clarkson uses such occasions to experiment with game plans and style.

    Like practice a 'last 2mins of the game drill with scores level' type of thing.

    It made total sense not to waste such an occasion. Even in a lop sided win you can be practising different tactics .

    I really liked that idea and think Melbourne should try to get control of the game but use it to refine  or rehearse certain strategies. Our forward line hasn't yet dominated a side and we definitely need to frefine our skills in this area.

     

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    On 4/26/2021 at 7:52 AM, Luther said:

    They have supporters?

    I wonder whether they now have more supporters in Melbourne or Hobart? If it's the latter, it should make it easier for the AFL to relocate the club to Tasmania. I can't actually see them surviving another decade if they don't take that option. 

        

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    18 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    I wonder whether they now have more supporters in Melbourne or Hobart? If it's the latter, it should make it easier for the AFL to relocate the club to Tasmania. I can't actually see them surviving another decade if they don't take that option. 

        

    Why?  They aren't struggling off field.  They pare financially sound off field and have money to burn on field.

    They are going through a re-build and are struggling. Weren't we not in this situation 10 years ago?

    They will be fine,  if the AFL didn't muck around competing with other codes (which isn't a competition)  Tas would already be in and not bloody GWS and GC which is a joke They are in the league before Tas!

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    1 hour ago, Travy14 said:

    Why?  They aren't struggling off field.  They pare financially sound off field and have money to burn on field.

    They are going through a re-build and are struggling. Weren't we not in this situation 10 years ago?

    They will be fine,  if the AFL didn't muck around competing with other codes (which isn't a competition)  Tas would already be in and not bloody GWS and GC which is a joke They are in the league before Tas!

    Whether I think they can survive in Melbourne or not is a moot point. But if their supporter, and more importantly, member numbers grow in Hobart to the extent that Tassie has more North members than does Victoria, the members could vote to have the club relocate to Hobart (with the AFL's permission, of course, which I would imagine would be readily forthcoming.)

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    1 hour ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    Whether I think they can survive in Melbourne or not is a moot point. But if their supporter, and more importantly, member numbers grow in Hobart to the extent that Tassie has more North members than does Victoria, the members could vote to have the club relocate to Hobart (with the AFL's permission, of course, which I would imagine would be readily forthcoming.)

    i don't have any stats, but brother lives in hobart and he thinks club support is quite spread across a lot of clubs. norf probably have a good few but i doubt it's anywhere near the number on mainland, especially paid up members 

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