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NON-MFC: Round 07, 2022

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Just now, Lucifers Hero said:

I noticed this as well.  So many are overweight, especially their senior players who should be setting the standards for the kids.

In the 2022 predictions thread before the start of the season, and before their covid disruptions, I tipped them for the wooden spoon.  Reckon I will go very close.

I also had them earmarked as bottom 4. Right now only North can take the spoon off them, and I reckon North is more competitive than they are with a much much younger list. Embarrassing stuff. 

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    The contrast between Max Gawn and Nic Nat could not be more stark. Maxy has built a tank which allows him to get up and down the ground all day. A huge asset to his team. Nic Nat is gassed after a quarter because he's so unfit. Gets hailed for his tapwork (which is good) but adds nothing else to his team

    West Coast are an arrogant club with an arrogant fanbase. And now they have an arrogant playing group who can;t be bothered to to present in proper condition. I've never had much time for this club because i don;t think they've ever had a particularly strong culture. They've folded many times on the road, even when contending for flags, despite having all the resources an AFL team could wish for and the pick of the best players in WA

    They've had some great players along the way and still do. Josh Kennedy has been outstanding. But there's a rot at the core of that club. Let them languish at the bottom for many years

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    WCE - State of the Union address:

    • Tim Kelly trade will cost them for the next 3 years. Absolute bust of a trade.
    • They have a really, really good coach whose calm demeanour hides his fierce competitiveness. He may even get brutal with selection for the rest of this year. At some stage even this year, a certain group of young players will commit to his gameplan and the tide will turn.
    • There appears to be a deep set resignation among the older leaders that this list and this year are done. Some of their efforts demand being dropped to the WAFL. Hurn, Kennedy and McGovern stand out as providing genuine effort and leadership but the rest are putrid. 
    • Keep Kennedy for 1 more year to build a new forward line around. 
    • Their worship of everything NicNat continues to hold back young developing ruckmen . 
    • They will come for Jackson and I reckon he will be very tempted. 
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    WCE - the quality on their list are well and trully the wrong side of 26 yrs old.

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    Weather is ordinary in Cairns today - windy, overcast with light showers.  The wind will favour one end.

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    If the Freo Cats game was at the G I would be tipping Freo. Just can’t see them getting past the umps and narrow ground in Mordor 

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    4-0 free kicks to Cats in first 3 minutes

    at least two of them not there at all. Other 2 were 50-50 calls

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    I thought Freo were supposed to have a good defense. Geelong marking everything that goes into their forward 50

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    Freo 10 shots to 6

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    Freo dominating this quarter. 

    cant kick goals but

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    Out of all the potential upsets I didn't see gws doing a number on the crows. We also own crows 3rd round pick so the more they lose the (slightly) better it is for us.

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    Geelong going down on their own dung hill

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    Freo have a lot of ‘replacement players’ but are doing team things.

    There is a player with the most appropriate of names; Meek. In name, and play from what I have seen.

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    Freo look so similar to us in defence, almost a mirror image. After 20 mins of defensive wrestling, Freo kick 2 and the [censored] looking down the barrel. Seeing Cameron having to wander into defence is such a huge win to Freo. Lucky turnover turns into [censored] goal. Tight game, but in Freo's court I reckon.

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    10 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

    no toby, no gw$

    He played last week. Didn’t help them much. 

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