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NON-MFC: Round 5, 2022

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3 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

another goal from a free. 

Let’s not get ridiculous now Dub. Heat of the moment comment. Have a nice cup of tea and a little rest and you’ll come to your senses. Remember… ESSENDON 🤮

Essendon 💉💣🛬

1 hour ago, Pates said:

The questions about who we’ve beaten may be valid, but the way we’ve won is a different conversation altogether. We just seem to constantly go to a next gear the moment we get a challenge. I think the players even enjoy it, it’s like where running a race together and then just when the other team thinks they’re in with a chance we turn on the after burners. 

Rather perversely, and of course salivating at our 10 goal 3rd quarter, I actually looked forward at times to the ball going deep into our defence just for the pure joy of watching our TEAM defence clear it forward. 

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    3 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    Worst stage I’ve seen, I slowed it down and you can clearly see him jump. 
     

    He should be embarrassed 

    110kg flying sideways from a minor push

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    It was clearly a push by Frost. He gave him an almighty shove with his left pinky finger under Hawkins right armpit.

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    18 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    Worst stage I’ve seen, I slowed it down and you can clearly see him jump. 
     

    I will pay someone to put Titanic theme against that..... cue the 'WherEVER you are' bit right on the bit he launches himself. 

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    2 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

    The latter is the knock on us, and it won't be answered until either Round 7 (if Hawthorn hold their spot in the 8) or otherwise Round 8 when we play St Kilda.

    Geelong are 3-2, but they've already played three top 8 sides and 9th as well. Their repeat games include Port Adelaide, North and West Coast - you can almost lock in six wins right there, and certainly the three home games as they're all at GMHBA. They also have the Dogs and St Kilda twice, but again the two home games are at GMHBA. They have Fremantle, also at GMHBA, and are yet to play Adelaide, GWS and Richmond, all mid-table sides (at best). 

    This loss hurts Geelong, sure, but they've probably already had the hardest part of their fixture.

    I don’t disagree. Our second half of the year is much harder than the first half in terms of who and where we play. So banking wins now is super important. 
    On the other hand, the only games so far where we’ve gotten out of second gear have been against the Dogs and GWS, both teams who we know are quality and likely make the 8, and both teams who challenged and beat us last year. 
    We rise when challenged and when we play against better sides. And when we click into overdrive we are significantly better than the rest of the competition. 
     

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    The footy gods designed that Geelong had to lose that game.

    And so it came to pass...

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    Mayblooms had three goals in opening minutes before a Cat player touched the ball

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    51 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    He should be embarrassed 

    110kg flying sideways from a minor push

    Friggin cheat …. and an equally gullible / incompetent umpire.   Nobody can be forced to respect that. 

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    Will be interesting to see what the AFL do re Hawkins staging.

    Ironic that last year Hawkins went to great lengths to remonstrate with Joe Daniher after Daniher staged and won a free. Daniher was charged and fined.

     

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    2 hours ago, DubDee said:

    He should be embarrassed 

    110kg flying sideways from a minor push

    Blatant cheating. Needs to be more than a fine. Suspension mandatory, surely. 

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    5 hours ago, BAMF said:

    Hawks gameplan looks good. Playing quickly and moving it with pace through the midfield. Taking the game on. Similar to how Adelaide and Magpies played against us last year.

    Do you think that’s going to work against us this year?

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    3 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    Worst stage I’ve seen, I slowed it down and you can clearly see him jump. 
     

    That should be weeks but it’s Hawkins so de nada

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    We will never know what the AFL will do/say to Nathan Williamson (umpire #22) but that has to be one of the worse decisions this year - maybe in quite a while. He appeared to be side on so really should have had a very clear view. He, paying the free, undoes a lot of good work by other umpires and in the current light of "umpire respect" makes it very hard for both players and supporters when rubbish decisions like that are dished up. Note that decisions like that ALWAYS seem to favour one or two teams. Dogs and cats spring to mind.

    The AFL must come down heavy on Hawkins to stamp this out of our game.

     

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    8 hours ago, Freddy Fuschia said:

    Do you think that’s going to work against us this year?

    Geelongs leg speed slowness excaberated the success yesterday and looking at it even their supposed quicker players arent that quick compared to other teams including ours. Selwood and Dangerfield are slowing noticeably, Guthrie and Dahlhouse and others dont have explosive speed, hence the Hawks pace in the last quarter was telling in that their game plan was succesful. Hawks wont be able to do that against us.What will show Jeelong up in finals will be the ageing and slow legs again.

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    9 hours ago, Watson11 said:

    Will be interesting to see what the AFL do re Hawkins staging.

    Ironic that last year Hawkins went to great lengths to remonstrate with Joe Daniher after Daniher staged and won a free. Daniher was charged and fined.

     

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    Hawkins also put his arms out after a previous free kick against him and didn’t get a 50m penalty against. He was a lucky boy on Monday, that is until the final siren of course! 😝

    It’s really funny, my mum always gets upset when my brother and I dislike a particular player but she thoroughly dislikes Hawkins. Says, “he’s a thug, and a whiner!” Takes a special kind to get on the bad side of my mum! 🤣

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    Their supporters would have to be embarrassed by that, such a well respected Club with reps on the AFL.

    Blatent staging, as if my friends, the umpires have enough to contend with. I do think the public should know though what the rule of the week is going to be beforehand though.

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    How was the push by the Cats player in the ruck contest prior to that.. As to the free it surely wasn't a push in the back but it was a free. Hawkins was denied a run at the marking contest.

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    Absolute silence from the AFL on the Hawkins flop. Totally typical - they are so soft on certain favoured players.

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    6 hours ago, Ollie fan said:

    Absolute silence from the AFL on the Hawkins flop. Totally typical - they are so soft on certain favoured players.

    Gosh ... I'm so surprised !!  

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    7 hours ago, Ollie fan said:

    Absolute silence from the AFL on the Hawkins flop. Totally typical - they are so soft on certain favoured players.

    Disgraceful isn’t it. 
    If the Umpire had called that out, for what it was, Respect would be shown

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