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3 minutes ago, picket fence said:

ENGLISH should get 4 weeks for that bump! Umps reprehensible!

Picket, you've worked yourself into a frenzy. That's utterly delusional.

 
1 minute ago, picket fence said:

Ungle Bungle gets 7 disposals and they are interviewing him as if he is a star??? UNBELIEVABLE

4 were frees.

3 minutes ago, pitmaster said:

It's time the Dogs had the Salvation Army as their main sponsor.

Considering their love of diving, I would have thought a pool company would suit

 
19 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Replace dishlickers with the Carlton "paper bags" and I'm with you picket.

Yes sorry Uncle AGREE

9 minutes ago, fr_ap said:

He has a lot of talent - but absolutely bends the rules. Flops on the ground, in the air and generally dives the moment he feels contact. 

Worse, he then celebrates his ill gotten gains (goals) harder than most celebrate a running team lifter. Over the top and ridiculous. Does it for non goals too - a teammate makes a run of the mill tackle and watch him bounce around with fake bravado and joy. 

Kid is genuinely a germ, if he concentrated half as hard on his game and role as he does on geeing himself and others up he'd be an even better player. 

Case in point - in all his crazy enthusiasm he tried to mark that ball on the goal line in the 1st QTR of the GF. Was going through for a goal - a crucial, grand final first quarter goal. He was so excited he genuinely stopped the goal and damn near knocked himself out in the process

The kid is a germ? Cmon mate that’s harsh

i get people don’t like him but he seems like he might be maturing. Tonight he chased non stop, no cheating or diving. 

anyway if you don’t him that’s alright. I guess I still don’t get it. No big deal 


1 minute ago, Redleg said:

4 were frees.

What does that tell you??

3 minutes ago, Return to Glory said:

Picket, you've worked yourself into a frenzy. That's utterly delusional.

Yep 

 
1 minute ago, picket fence said:

What does that tell you??

That he was ordinary and if not for 4 soft frees, he has had a 3 possession game.

1 minute ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

How is the vino going down tonight picket?

Yep


2 minutes ago, DubDee said:

The kid is a germ? Cmon mate that’s harsh

i get people don’t like him but he seems like he might be maturing. Tonight he chased non stop, no cheating or diving. 

anyway if you don’t him that’s alright. I guess I still don’t get it. No big deal 

Fair enough it is harsh, he doesn't deserve that. I'll edit it, thanks mate

1 minute ago, Redleg said:

That he was ordinary and if not for 4 soft frees, he has had a 3 possession game.

Yep

The Swannettes Forward Line was so bad. The had so many chances to take that game, and failed dismally 

Horse will be breathing fire

1 hour ago, fr_ap said:

He has a lot of talent - but absolutely bends the rules. Flops on the ground, in the air and generally dives the moment he feels contact. 

Worse, he then celebrates his ill gotten gains (goals) harder than most celebrate a running team lifter. Over the top and ridiculous. Does it for non goals too - a teammate makes a run of the mill tackle and watch him bounce around with fake bravado and joy. 

if he concentrated half as hard on his game and role as he does on geeing himself and others up he'd be an even better player. 

Case in point - in all his crazy enthusiasm he tried to mark that ball on the goal line in the 1st QTR of the GF. Was going through for a goal - a crucial, grand final first quarter goal. He was so excited he genuinely stopped the goal and damn near knocked himself out in the process

Don’t back down from this opinion, I for one share it and so do many others. He is a germ and carries on like nobodies business. He kicks a standard goal and goes bonkers looking for high fives from all and sundry. It’s good though, because it’ll hold them back. It’s that sort of arrogance that leads to teams getting ahead of themselves, which we know the Dogs do. He is very elusive, but I get the sense that he will get his comeuppance one day. There is something very Stephen Milne-like about him. Pure Germ

9 minutes ago, Kick_It_To_Pickett said:

Don’t back down from this opinion, I for one share it and so do many others. He is a germ and carries on like nobodies business. He kicks a standard goal and goes bonkers looking for high fives from all and sundry. It’s good though, because it’ll hold them back. It’s that sort of arrogance that leads to teams getting ahead of themselves, which we know the Dogs do. He is very elusive, but I get the sense that he will get his comeuppance one day. There is something very Stephen Milne-like about him. Pure Germ

Nothing worse than high fives after a goal

what a germ 


2 hours ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Why players take a bounce two steps after receiving the ball is beyond me.

Yeah, I constantly try to coach that habit out of the my junior teams.  I think they pick it up in Auskick!  Slows their ability break from contests.

On the subject of Weightman, was he in the same draft and still available when we took the Kozmonaut? Seem to recall he was being touted as an option for us. Happy with our selection if so.

8 hours ago, ANG13 said:

How bad are Sydney playing, average game to watch. 

Played their "grand final" last week it would appear.

8 hours ago, rjay said:

Must have been a message from HQ for the commentators to talk up Ugle-Hagan tonight...

Impossible. Ch 7 tell's the AFL what is going on. Been happening since they started paying billions. Ch 7 control the narrative.


7 hours ago, picket fence said:

Ungle Bungle gets 7 disposals and they are interviewing him as if he is a star??? UNBELIEVABLE

Ch 7 for you. Follow the narrative.

8 hours ago, fr_ap said:

He has a lot of talent - but absolutely bends the rules. Flops on the ground, in the air and generally dives the moment he feels contact. 

Worse, he then celebrates his ill gotten gains (goals) harder than most celebrate a running team lifter. Over the top and ridiculous. Does it for non goals too - a teammate makes a run of the mill tackle and watch him bounce around with fake bravado and joy. 

if he concentrated half as hard on his game and role as he does on geeing himself and others up he'd be an even better player. 

Case in point - in all his crazy enthusiasm he tried to mark that ball on the goal line in the 1st QTR of the GF. Was going through for a goal - a crucial, grand final first quarter goal. He was so excited he genuinely stopped the goal and damn near knocked himself out in the process

I would love to see the highlights of all of his flops, I just don’t see it. It feels to me people have a massive bias for him playing for frees and I can’t see it, he’s no Lindsay Thomas. Is it because people don’t want him compared to Kozzie from the same draft? 

I see a young player who works his tail off chasing and harassing in his fwd line to keep pressure on. Someone who works back defending the space he needs to and then pushing hard again fwd. He is usually flying for marks against much bigger opposition and can take a good one and is a great kick for goal. 

The example of the attempted mark in the goal square of the GF was a mistake, he also wasn’t flopping, he put himself into a vulnerable position, knocked himself out into the post. Brave but he should put the block on.

7 hours ago, Kick_It_To_Pickett said:

Don’t back down from this opinion, I for one share it and so do many others. He is a germ and carries on like nobodies business. He kicks a standard goal and goes bonkers looking for high fives from all and sundry. It’s good though, because it’ll hold them back. It’s that sort of arrogance that leads to teams getting ahead of themselves, which we know the Dogs do. He is very elusive, but I get the sense that he will get his comeuppance one day. There is something very Stephen Milne-like about him. Pure Germ

He gets over excited kicking a goal = a germ? Yeap he sure does and it looks over the top at times but he’s still young and enjoying being an AFL player plus he worked really hard for this goals (and the only one to kick straight), the team is 0-2 and losing momentum… and it’s a game… it’s supposed to be entertaining. 

 

I tipped the Doggies as I thought the Swans might have a little let down after last week/Dogs with the full backs to the wall mentality game being 0-2 looking to come with the pressure game style. 
If the Dogs had of kicked straight they could have won by 10 goals, they have massive limitations in both defence and the forward line but that was an enjoyable second half of footy. Swans are a dangerous team, the access to academy picks really is a joke but they’ll be a big challenge the next few years.

10 hours ago, Maldonboy38 said:

Don't understand all the Tim English hate. He has been good tonight in both attack and defence. 

Is having a very good season.


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