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POSTGAME: Rd 09 vs West Coast

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It seemed like the boys were a bit thrown by the crisp, accurate lettering on the banner (particularly the exclamation mark) and it took them until the last quarter to shake off their admiration and fully concentrate on football.

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    21 minutes ago, Return to Glory said:

    I cannot listen to Kelli Underwood. Excruciating. 

    Like nails down a blackboard would be my description. 

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    12 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    Some ppl need to have this stapled to their foreheads. 

    I’ll bring the stapler. 

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    10 minutes ago, deejammin' said:

    I turned the commentary off at quarter time. Gives a much more balanced perspective, bizarrely so much of the AFL media are trying to construct negative views of us rather than acknowledge how remarkable what we are doing is.

    They'll get over it. Nothing begets admiration as much as a winner, and if we keep winning they will turn.

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    1 minute ago, Mazer Rackham said:

    It seemed like the boys were a bit thrown by the crisp, accurate lettering on the banner (particularly the exclamation mark) and it took them until the last quarter to shake off their admiration and fully concentrate on football.

    Are you laying the blame for the poor 2nd and 3rd quarters at the feet of WCW MR?

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    To the D'landers at the game. Was the ground slippery? It seemed like the ball took many a strange bounce time and time again. Usually to our disadvantage as our boys were in the right spot for a regulation bounce.

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    19 minutes ago, monoccular said:

    Thank Barassi for our current depth.   ?????

    My biblical figure of choosing considering my devotion to the religion that is the MFC.

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    I felt terrible for Kade Chandler. You’re frequently right on the very edge of the team. You come on with 15 to go and the result well beyond doubt, you have to make every chance to state your case count. He was trying to aggressively defend and he almost got it right, but ended up injuring the player. It was an accident and he seemed shaken.

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    2 minutes ago, Mazer Rackham said:

    To the D'landers at the game. Was the ground slippery? It seemed like the ball took many a strange bounce time and time again. Usually to our disadvantage as our boys were in the right spot for a regulation bounce.

    You don’t need to be at the ground to know the ground was slippery, you’d be able to see that from Mars given all the players slipping over.

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    My small Checklist going into a Fox Footy televised game such as this evenings game:

    Check that Dermie isn’t on special comments ✅

    Check that Kellie Underwood isn’t the play by play caller ❌

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    The best news is we are 5 games clear of 9th with 13 games to play.

    Dare I say it, looks like we’ll play finals this year guys. Fantastic.

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    Of all the 'firsts' we've ticked off on our 16 game winning run we can now add underwhelming 74 point win away against WC to the list. 

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    2 minutes ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

    Are you laying the blame for the poor 2nd and 3rd quarters at the feet of WCW MR?

    The Army will hide the scissors from me this week. I’ll be relegated to sticking the freaking crepe paper together. 🙄

    #blueSoledSocks

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    This is a perfect example of how a trend of not getting out of 2nd gear has now become a habit where we now can't kick goals. 

    It's concerning. The skill level forward of centre was hopeless.

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    23 – Geelong (R12, 1952 to R13, 1953)
    20 – Essendon (R1, 2000 to R20, 2000)
    20 – Collingwood (SF, 1928 to R18, 1929)
    20 – Brisbane (R10, 2001 to R4, 2002)
    19 – St Kilda (R1, 2009 to R19, 2009)
    19 – Melbourne (R15, 1955 to R13, 1956)
    18 – Carlton (R10, 1995 to R2, 1996)
    17 – Collingwood (R5,1903 to R2,1904)
    16 – Essendon (R7, 1950 to R2, 1951)
    16 – Essendon (R12, 1949 to R5, 1950)
    16* – Melbourne (R20, 2021 to R9, 2022)

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    2 minutes ago, Deedubs said:

    This is a perfect example of how a trend of not getting out of 2nd gear has now become a habit where we now can't kick goals. 

    It's concerning. The skill level forward of centre was hopeless.

    Hopeless? Really? Was it hopeless 7 days ago? A better choice of word may have been “unusual”

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    2 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

    There’s only one game that matters this year and the boys know it

    Yep. Their faces walking off said it all. "9 down, 16 to go."

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    We now boast the best defence this year (per crude stats anyway), by just one point over Freo. 

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    Not for the first WC seem to think it's to their advantage to water the ground.As well, the worst and most dangerous exhibition of maggotisms for the the year Lots of high stuff let go as well every experienced WC (suitable) player thought it was his job to knuckle another player..

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    27 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    My small Checklist going into a Fox Footy televised game such as this evenings game:

    Check that Dermie isn’t on special comments ✅

    Check that Kellie Underwood isn’t the play by play caller ❌

    Underwood's pre-game preparation . . . make sure I:

    1. mention the 2021 grand final (200 times),
    2. remember that Jackson is from WA,
    3. note that Brayshaw's brother is at Freeo,
    4. remind everyone that Jackson once played basketball,
    5. always refer to Ben Brown as Big Ben Brown,
    6. say that Jackson used to love Nic Nat,
    7. declare that May and Lever are good footballers,
    8. mention that Jackson used to support Meth Coke (10 times),
    9. observe that Kosi is a good footballer,
    10. suggest that Jackson will be keen to drive his price up today (five times).

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    Typo

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    i'll be very disappointed when we don't win by 74 points at perth stadium in future games

    that's our greatest ever winning margin over meth coke

    and their lowest ever score at home

    happy days

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