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NON-MFC: Round 1, 2022

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11 minutes ago, John Crow Batty said:

That Rioli incident was similar to the Viney incident of a few years ago when he smashed into I believe Shannon Hurn of WC. Difference was he got to the ball ball first and had his eyes on it. Rioli was far too late. It was reckless.

had to be at least a free kick

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    31 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

    Carlton, Geel, Sydney and Brisbane the impressive sides of round 1.

    And it will be a question of whether they can back it up and keep it up but Collingwood looked a far better side too.

    Fast aggressive footy with good scoring.

    Brisbane impressive? If one quarter is enough then you can add Gold Coast to your list of impressive sides.

    Melbourne, Sydney, Carlton and Geelong the four most impressive. The first two beat known quantities (Dogs and GWS). Reserve judgment on the latter two until we see how they go in Round 2 (Richmond wasn't very good and Essendon was appalling).

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    1 hour ago, DeeSpencer said:

    Carlton, Geel, Sydney and Brisbane the impressive sides of round 1.

    And it will be a question of whether they can back it up and keep it up but Collingwood looked a far better side too.

    Fast aggressive footy with good scoring.

    Brisbane really disappointed me. Port wins that game if not for injuries. Poor skills. Slow. Very uninspiring. 
    Sydney were the standout for me. Quality list. Good balance all over the ground. Excellent coaching. Will trouble most teams. 
    Can’t write GWS off. They’ll improve when Greene returns and Hogan is fit. They lacked fire power on the weekend. 
    Carlton were impressive but again we need to see if they can sustain that effort. They have a good list. Defense is very suspect but excellent midfield that will only improve when Walsh returns. 
    And we can’t judge the Dogs. They played a hard opposition 😂

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    Yesterday I watched North and the Hawks game. The difference was The Hawks had a key forward who could take a mark North did not. Add North shot themselves in the foot with 3-  50 metre penalities for chatting back to the ump. 1 cost them a goal. Hawks are ordinary. With Brown in their team yesterday North wins that game

    2 hours ago, monoccular said:

    Just watched the Kayo Mini WCE v GC$.  Just emphasised the totally feral nature of the WCE "crowd" (a mere handful for season's opener at their home ground)  - booing absolutely every goal by GC$ however achieved.

    The capacity was limited to 50% to be fair


    14 minutes ago, old dee said:

    With Brown in their team yesterday North wins that game

    Ben Brown seems sad about that

    Brown goes from scrap heap to flag star | The West Australian

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    On 3/19/2022 at 5:05 PM, Demonland said:

    This exactly. Let all the hype be on Geelong. We have been forgotten in the Bevo/Morris controversy. Fine with me.

    I love how little we have been mentioned in Mondays round reviews so far. Beating the second best team with 5 of 6 of our backline missing but it’s all about Carlton today. Magnificent 

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    Just catching up on some old news, Didn't Mick Malthouse predict the 2022 flag for the Bombers??

     

     

    Bwah ah hahahahaha

     

    :blink:  🤣

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    10 minutes ago, von said:

    I love how little we have been mentioned in Mondays round reviews so far. Beating the second best team with 5 of 6 of our backline missing but it’s all about Carlton today. Magnificent 

    Nothing to see here.
    Demons just doin' what they do.

     

    19 hours ago, daisycutter said:

    tom phillips, dead ringer

    Tom Phillips - Hawthorn Hawks - AFL Player Profile - SuperCoach & AFL Fantasy - Zero Hanger

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    2 hours ago, Salems Lot said:

    The capacity was limited to 50% to be fair

    Mental?

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    1 hour ago, binman said:

    Tom Phillips - Hawthorn Hawks - AFL Player Profile - SuperCoach & AFL Fantasy - Zero Hanger

    old photo......facial hair much longer now

    there was close up footage in yesterday's game where it so reminded me of your avatar 

    3 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

    Brisbane impressive? If one quarter is enough then you can add Gold Coast to your list of impressive sides.

    Melbourne, Sydney, Carlton and Geelong the four most impressive. The first two beat known quantities (Dogs and GWS). Reserve judgment on the latter two until we see how they go in Round 2 (Richmond wasn't very good and Essendon was appalling).

    Good call on this. Dees and Swans for mine.

    I reckon you can reduce even further.  Swans were impressive in coming back agaisnt a class opposition. Dees in control against the seond best team, not some middle of the road outfit. As The Age reported today, Dees, then daylight, then the rest (so far anyway)

    Cats beat nothing, Blues bullied an undermanned, brave but past- it- now Tigers. Cats to be judged properly this week against Dogs.

    Lions, struggled to overcome brave and injured Power. Big Deal. 

     

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    9 minutes ago, Demon17 said:

    Good call on this. Dees and Swans for mine.

    I reckon you can reduce even further.  Swans were impressive in coming back agaisnt a class opposition. Dees in control against the seond best team, not some middle of the road outfit. As The Age reported today, Dees, then daylight, then the rest (so far anyway)

    Cats beat nothing, Blues bullied an undermanned, brave but past- it- now Tigers. Cats to be judged properly this week against Dogs.

    Lions, struggled to overcome brave and injured Power. Big Deal. 

     

    cats play sydney this week, in sydney

    will be a good test anyway

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    4 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

    Carlton, Geel, Sydney and Brisbane the impressive sides of round 1.

    And it will be a question of whether they can back it up and keep it up but Collingwood looked a far better side too.

    Fast aggressive footy with good scoring.

    What was so impressive about Brisbane?

    they looked disinterested and arrogant for the first 3 quarters. 
    That was the worst 1st Quarter i have seen in a long time. 
    Port lost that game because of their injury toll

    Brisvegas were lucky 

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    36 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    What was so impressive about Brisbane?

    they looked disinterested and arrogant for the first 3 quarters. 
    That was the worst 1st Quarter i have seen in a long time. 
    Port lost that game because of their injury toll

    Brisvegas were lucky 

    The injuries helped but I thought it was a reasonably high pressure game in tricky conditions and Brisbane rallied and turned it around. It was far from perfect footy but a comeback win against a prelim team is a solid effort. Daniher and Adams impressed at either end. In fairness to Port they probably deserve as much credit even with losing.

    1 minute ago, DeeSpencer said:

    The injuries helped but I thought it was a reasonably high pressure game in tricky conditions and Brisbane rallied and turned it around. It was far from perfect footy but a comeback win against a prelim team is a solid effort. Daniher and Adams impressed at either end. In fairness to Port they probably deserve as much credit even with losing.

    Those conditions should have suited Brisbane. It was their home game and they played poorly. 
    I doubt Fagan is thrilled with what they showed. 

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    3 hours ago, von said:

    I love how little we have been mentioned in Mondays round reviews so far. 

    If our guys continue to chalk up premiership points whilst flying close to under the radar that’s fine. All those below daylight can scrap like a superfluity of steroided seagulls seeking substance from Gill’s leftover cold chips. All amply illuminated by the media circus spotlight of course.

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    send in the clowns

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    7 minutes ago, Tarax Club said:

    If our guys continue to chalk up premiership points whilst flying close to under the radar that’s fine. All those below daylight can scrap like a bunch of steroided seagulls seeking substance from Gill’s leftover cold chips. All amply illuminated by the media spotlight of course.

    Hear hear. Let's have Carlton win again this week, let's even have Essendon have a win. Richmond, Collingwood ... all of them. So all their media fans can start cancelling their September holidays and forget we even exist.

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    2 hours ago, daisycutter said:

    cats play sydney this week, in sydney

    will be a good test anyway

    Thanks. Confused myself with blues being significantly tested by dogs.

    Blues and cats games will both be fascinating reality checks hopefully.

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    I still think Port Adelaide, when fully fit, can be the second best team in the league. I think their youngsters are great and Boak will always be a gun! If they end up on the right side of the finals draw this year, I could see them making the grand final against us!

    https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/teams/afl

    Have a look at their list!

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    36 minutes ago, Thehardtackler said:

    I still think Port Adelaide, when fully fit, can be the second best team in the league. I think their youngsters are great and Boak will always be a gun! If they end up on the right side of the finals draw this year, I could see them making the grand final against us!

    https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/teams/afl

    Have a look at their list!

    Thanks Ken.

    41 minutes ago, Thehardtackler said:

    I still think Port Adelaide, when fully fit, can be the second best team in the league. I think their youngsters are great and Boak will always be a gun! If they end up on the right side of the finals draw this year, I could see them making the grand final against us!

    https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/teams/afl

    Have a look at their list!

    Cream-puffs.

     

    🍐 look very small down back without:

    • mckenzie - looked to be gone for some time, amazingly apparently available this week
    • aliir - syndesmosis, 5-12 weeks (depending on who you believe)
    • clurey - already on the injury list, 3-4 weeks
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    2 hours ago, Thehardtackler said:

    I still think Port Adelaide, when fully fit, can be the second best team in the league. I think their youngsters are great and Boak will always be a gun! If they end up on the right side of the finals draw this year, I could see them making the grand final against us!

    https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/teams/afl

    Have a look at their list!

    They’ve had a good list for a while. They just seem to fall apart under pressure. If they can fix that they’ll go a long way to winning a flag. 
    But you don’t win flags if your team isn’t capable of playing high pressure footy. 


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