POSTGAME: Rd 22 vs Adelaide

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12 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

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Butthead is The Fritta!!!

Come to think of things, if Melk had more of an underbite, he'd make a decent Beavis!

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6 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Im not so sure .. Depending on matchups I think it a line ball between him and Hibbo. Both were great today (especially Smith) 

Special praise to Spargo who put together a very good 4 quarter effort today! 

My changes assuming fitness

May for Hibbo

Viney for Sparrow

T Mac for Melksham 

with Gus and Jordan lucky but might still go depending on if they want Hibbo in the side

Also Harmes to do a Tough as nails tagging job take no prisoners on Duckwood!

Good call.

But I hope Hibberd stays. Was a tough as nails today after an absence and showed lots of courage. Not to mention how many early games he was worth his weight.

Either of Smith and Hibberd will be unlucky but Id keep Hibberd for his previous efforts for what its worth.

Tmac for Melk who deserves credit for his eagles game and viney or maybe chunk in for sparrow.

[DubDee 26,117]

Anyone know what happened to Brown after quarter time? He looked like he was on for 8. 

he lost quite a few one on ones in the 2nd half especially. Perhaps an injury?

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56 minutes ago, ding said:

Posted 13 hours ago

We should win this one in a canter. Crows have nothing to play for and we have top spot on the line.

Dees by 40+

 

 

 

Anyone want next weeks Tatts numbers ??

 

No but last weeks $80mil  Powerball numbers would have been good.

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2 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Anyone know what happened to Brown after quarter time? He looked like he was on for 8. 

he lost quite a few one on ones in the 2nd half especially. Perhaps an injury?

Looked doubled teamed every time the ball came his way after his first couple of goals

[Jaded No More 68,973]

We can win this season. We aren’t even in really top form to be honest. 
I’m scared

[D4Life 2,517]

Seeing the Eagles really struggling against Freo team missing Fyfe and Brayshaw, puts Demons struggling to get out of 2nd gear into perspective.

Very good result today, Fritsch, Langdon both hitting form, Jackson another 👍game, Spargo played well, Pickett won’t be far away from coming good.

Smith filled in well.

Only downers we’re Brayshaw & Melksham very quiet, and Sparrow turned it over too much. Jordon fair!

Assuming Viney, May & TMac all good to come back next week, we should be cherry ripe heading into the finals, and a big show to beat the Cats next week at GMHBA (Hawkins should get a  week or two, the guy was concussed, so careless, high & high).

[P-man 13,366]

Jon Ralph on Fritsch: “He’s got 46 goals and surely is All Australian”.

Interesting. Can’t say I’ve seen his name mentioned much in AA media chatter.

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29 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

check out the Side Profile HB

Butthead is The Fritta!!!

I always thought the comparison was he looks more like Beavis, just darker hair!

Quality show, I lived in Florida when it was all the rage! Classic!

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31 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Im not so sure .. Depending on matchups I think it a line ball between him and Hibbo. Both were great today (especially Smith) 

Special praise to Spargo who put together a very good 4 quarter effort today! 

My changes assuming fitness

May for Hibbo

Viney for Sparrow

T Mac for Melksham 

with Gus and Jordan lucky but might still go depending on if they want Hibbo in the side

Also Harmes to do a Tough as nails tagging job take no prisoners on Dangermouse!

My mouth is salivating at the thought. Thump the living sh_t out of him.

[jnrmac 20,185]

Adelaide's first 7 goals from our turnovers.

Pretty untidy that.

Twice we let them get back to a 3pt margin but in the end we did what we needed to do including some junk time goals for a change

 

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4 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

Adelaide's first 7 goals from our turnovers.

Pretty untidy that.

Twice we let them get back to a 3pt margin but in the end we did what we needed to do including some junk time goals for a change

 

I just looked at time on ground stats. A lot of our better players had a lot less TOG than usual. Trac was on the bench almost 20 minutes today. Oliver 15 minutes. Gawn 27 minutes off the ground. Gus had a full 30 minutes on the bench. 
We clearly went in with a plan to rest guys. We tried a few different things in the middle. We rested May. 
We wanted to get over the line and we did with minimum effort. Perfect outcome!

Edited August 15, 2021 by Jaded

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25 minutes ago, Jaded said:

We can win this season. We aren’t even in really top form to be honest. 
I’m scared

Too afraid to be positive Jaded?

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1 hour ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Where is old Dr. Depression?

 

dr d, tgr, olisik - only interested in revelling in misery

all on perma-ignore

[Jaded No More 68,973]

Channel 7 reporting Hawkins expected to have no case to answer. Of course. 
[censored] I hate that club. 

[deanox 9,989]

1 hour ago, Pollyanna said:

Well we've beaten everyone this year except Collingwood - that would be ironic in a Premiership year.

In the 18 the comp, no one has ever beaten all 17 other teams in the one season. Not sure how many have beaten 16.

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2 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Get them kicking sweetly

I have rigged up my 4yo, Clockwork Orange style, to watch Fittas 7 on repeat - now that's sweet.

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1 minute ago, Monocology said:

I have rigged up my 4yo, Clockwork Orange style, to watch Fittas 7 on repeat - now that's sweet.

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8 minutes ago, deanox said:

In the 18 the comp, no one has ever beaten all 17 other teams in the one season. Not sure how many have beaten 16.

Fremantle in 2015 beat 16 of the 17 sides, missing out only to Hawthorn.

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1 hour ago, picket fence said:

Im not so sure .. Depending on matchups I think it a line ball between him and Hibbo. Both were great today (especially Smith) 

Special praise to Spargo who put together a very good 4 quarter effort today! 

My changes assuming fitness

May for Hibbo

Viney for Sparrow

T Mac for Melksham 

with Gus and Jordan lucky but might still go depending on if they want Hibbo in the side

Also Harmes to do a Tough as nails tagging job take no prisoners on Dangermouse!

hibbo had much better stats than smith. may for smith

[Sir Why You Little 37,125]

50 minutes ago, Hell Bent said:

I always thought the comparison was he looks more like Beavis, just darker hair!

Quality show, I lived in Florida when it was all the rage! Classic!

Yes i was traveling through America in 1993 when it just started 

I wouldn’t miss it. The movie was a classic also :)

[Sir Why You Little 37,125]

28 minutes ago, Monocology said:

I have rigged up my 4yo, Clockwork Orange style, to watch Fittas 7 on repeat - now that's sweet.

Like this?

[Pates 9,660]

Given we have dropped silly games like this through the year there’s not much to be too disappointed about today’s performance. Wasn’t pretty and it wasn’t without lots to work on but when you get the 4 points and power home with a quick fire bunch of goals at the end, while missing two key pillars, you have to smile. Particularly with us being on top going into the final round. 

Next week the Melbourne vs Cats and Dogs vs Port matches look as mini QF finals, they set the tone for the finals. I honestly can’t wait!

It was great to see Fritta kick a bag, he really seemed to be enjoying himself. Brown started with a flurry but I felt he stayed involve. Some better kicks towards him could’ve give him a chance at a bag himself (looking at Harmes). 

Ultimately we got the job done and Fritta got a little confidence to go forward (after basically being MIA for the first quarter). 

Bring on Geelong with May and TMac back!

[Demon17 5,202]

Great forwrad planning by coaching staff w.r.t game time for key palyers.  Max played least ground time for the year I suspect with only 78%.  Similar lower numbers fro Oliver and Petracca.

The only high TOG were ther ususal suspects of Lever (only player with 100% on the ground), Langdon and Petty.

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1 hour ago, Jaded said:

Channel 7 reporting Hawkins expected to have no case to answer. Of course. 
[censored] I hate that club. 

How many players has that player concussed etc for no consequences.