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POSTGAME: Rd 23 vs Geelong

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1 hour ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Not sure if mentioned, but Hamish McLachlan’s call at the end of the game was brilliant.

It was good Clint, would love to hear the call of the last 30 seconds from the various radio stations broadcasting the game. 

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    47 minutes ago, Dante said:

    How do you get the replay on the AFL site? I can't see where it is, can you help?

    They should have it under the match centre. Click on Round 23 Geelong vs Melbourne and they usually have quarter by quarter replays in the video section.

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    Love the excitement of the last quarter. Love it.  It was the momentum building.  
     

    We were being embarrassed.  The umps were against us.  The cats at home.  Even the commentators were singing their man-love for Hawkins, Selwood, Rohan, Cameron, Dangerfield.  
     

    But we turned it around. 
     

    Incredible.  Amazing.  Unbelievable.  
     

    Perhaps our greatest victory since the 2000 preliminary final imv.  

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    Saturday was a bitter/sweet day for me. I awoke to the news that a family member in Australia had succumbed to cancer after a long and painful battle  over the last 7 years. Unfortunately over the last few week she went downhill very fast. To make it more difficult, it is impossible for me to get back to be there for the rest of the family. I spent the morning on the phone sharing stories and tears.

    Football was not in the forefront of my mind but I did sit down to watch the game to try and distract my mind from the morning's events. My heart was not really in it but I watched through the first half with a heart growing heavier by the minuet. I stayed watching it and did have a thought at the end of the third quarter that with an extra goal or two we might have been a chance.

    The way the team delivered really lifted my spirits and brought a smile to my face.

    I thought of the Pink Lady round, the Big Freeze game and the recent Reach game, but mostly the Pink Lady round and thought about how proud I am to support a club that works so hard to promote good causes.

    The footy is important but we need to ensure we all look more broadly at life.

     

    Go Dees.....

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    Garry Lyon on OTC gave a really moving opening about the game.

    Definitely worth a watch.

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    2 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

    Not sure if mentioned, but Hamish McLachlan’s call at the end of the game was brilliant.

    Made up for the commentary during the game where he reiterated the state of play regarding ladder positions ad nauseam.

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    On 8/22/2021 at 11:42 AM, Nascent said:

    Buy a new TV and leave this one on forever.

    Or AFL will have the full game replay up today on its website. Your call.

    Before this thread winds down I just wanted to say how much this suggestion is not a joke and the best bit of advice ever. Love it very much.

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    2 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

    Not sure if mentioned, but Hamish McLachlan’s call at the end of the game was brilliant.

    I wholeheartedly agree. He really does make up for some of the other Muppets 

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    4 hours ago, A F said:

    And what did the Eagles do later in 2006? ;)

    Shoot / sniff some drugs?

    4 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

    I'm still shocked that by now there haven't been more negative/pessimistic posters arguing Geelong put the cue in the rack at the 44 point lead mark and didn't care about the win.

    They ran out of puff, and needed their nap.  Throw in a large dose of smug arrogance and there we were.  

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    3 hours ago, Dee Zephyr said:

    It was good Clint, would love to hear the call of the last 30 seconds from the various radio stations broadcasting the game. 

    K-Rock especially 😂

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    2 hours ago, CHF said:

    Saturday was a bitter/sweet day for me. I awoke to the news that a family member in Australia had succumbed to cancer after a long and painful battle  over the last 7 years. Unfortunately over the last few week she went downhill very fast. To make it more difficult, it is impossible for me to get back to be there for the rest of the family. I spent the morning on the phone sharing stories and tears.

     

    Sorry to hear that, condolences.

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    1 hour ago, monoccular said:

    Shoot / sniff some drugs?

    They ran out of puff, and needed their nap.  Throw in a large dose of smug arrogance and there we were.  

    Thank Lucifer there were no heavy clouds lurking about or we might have seen another 'Devine Intervention' with Lightning Gate II pulled out of someone's [censored] down there to try and save Dad's Army 2.0

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    35 minutes ago, Redleg said:

    Sorry to hear that, condolences.

    Thanks Red.

     

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    1 hour ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    Great article. Thank you for posting. He is now officially my favourite player (soz Jayden). 😁

    Jayden is your, @Jadedand my favourite player (well for me equal #1 with Salem). 

    It strikes me as unusual (in a nice way) that we, the three most frequent female posters on DL have him at the top. 

    Desperately hoping we stay in finals long enough for him to get back.

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    16 hours ago, Hayden Junt said:

    Some more thoughts after rewatching: 

    • Sparrow was fantastic (specifically his mark with 6:01 remaining). Showed his talent, great selection.
    • Kozzy is one of the most accurate field kicks I've ever seen, especially for short <25m kicks. Watch his passes, he has a beautiful kicking action and never misses.
    • Rhys Stanley not marking up Gawn was the only reason Max got a free mark and shot at goal. Huge mistake from Stanley as he obviously thought Lever was going for the shot.
    • Petracca's emotion in his interview on Twitter is pretty emotional stuff. Good luck watching that without shedding a tear.
    • Clarry with 26 contested possessions. TWENTY SIX. Agree with Seraph, I think he is the best midfielder this club has ever had.

    Watching it again, Lever handled this ABSOLUTELY PERFECTLY. Lined up like he was going for goal, forcing all those big defenders further back. Gawn knew exactly what he was going too. He gave a little point in front of him to the hole. So many players would have bombed it further into the square and had it punched through. Shows we are a smarter team now

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    13 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

    Not sure if mentioned, but Hamish McLachlan’s call at the end of the game was brilliant.

     

    13 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    That is literally the first positive comment I’ve ever read about Hamish McLachlan.

    Have to admit he’s growing on me as a commentator.

     

    12 hours ago, Dee Zephyr said:

    It was good Clint, would love to hear the call of the last 30 seconds from the various radio stations broadcasting the game. 

     

    11 hours ago, layzie said:

    I wholeheartedly agree. He really does make up for some of the other Muppets 

    You lot have let the endorphins cloud your judgement.

    McLaughlin is the worst. For mine he’s the whitened teethed face of the appalling state the commentary of our game is in. Combined with Darcy and Richardson, my ears were bleeding and I’m just glad I was still able to enjoy the game in spite of their presence in the call.

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    Just now, low flying Robbo said:

    Watching it again, Lever handled this ABSOLUTELY PERFECTLY. Lined up like he was going for goal, forcing all those big defenders further back. Gawn knew exactly what he was going too. He gave a little point in front of him to the hole. So many players would have bombed it further into the square and had it punched through. Shows we are a smarter team now

    I reckon the rest  of the team did also. 

    It looked like a set play.  Not one of our players went near the drop of the ball keeping their opp far enough away from Max so they could not intercept or put body on him.  Max had an acre of space around him.

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    10 minutes into the last quarter and paddy was cramping up.  No wonder he was then off the ground for 9 minutes.  Doesn’t bode well for their finals campaign when the old guard can’t keep up for the full match.

    also, Selwood executed a massive, blatant throw in the second leading to the Hawkins goal.  Really, umpires?  And on this topic, the ‘lack of intent’ calls were appalling all night.  Why do the umps love the cars when all they do is whine and scream at the maggots what they should do? (Dangerfield by the point post was an obvious example).

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    13 hours ago, Dee Zephyr said:

    It was good Clint, would love to hear the call of the last 30 seconds from the various radio stations broadcasting the game. 

    With thanks to Bluelegs over on Bigfooty, nice job!

     

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    1 minute ago, buck_nekkid said:

    10 minutes into the last quarter and paddy was cramping up.  No wonder he was then off the ground for 9 minutes.  Doesn’t bode well for their finals campaign when the old guard can’t keep up for the full match.

    That's why Scott is so adamant about a finals bye, and he might get it yet, assuming the Cats can stay alive that long.

     

    1 minute ago, buck_nekkid said:

    also, Selwood executed a massive, blatant throw in the second leading to the Hawkins goal.  Really, umpires?  And on this topic, the ‘lack of intent’ calls were appalling all night.  Why do the umps love the cars when all they do is whine and scream at the maggots what they should do? (Dangerfield by the point post was an obvious example).

    This is good point. It is assumed that the Tigers are so low in the "free kick differential" because they moan and whinge to the umps, so why aren't the Cats equally disfavoured? Selwood & Danger get away with murder on the field. Hawkins and his "carelessness". Etc.

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    32 minutes ago, Lucifer&#x27;s Hero said:

    Jayden is your, @Jadedand my favourite player (well for me equal #1 with Salem). 

    It strikes me as unusual (in a nice way) that we, the three most frequent female posters on DL have him at the top. 

    Desperately hoping we stay in finals long enough for him to get back.

    That is interesting. Especially since Salem is my very close second favourite. 

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    16 minutes ago, In Harmes Way said:

    With thanks to Bluelegs over on Bigfooty, nice job!

     

    As if I needed an excuse to watch the last 30 seconds another 6 times, this be it. Fabulous! 

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