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GAMEDAY: Rd 20 vs Fremantle

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Statement game tonight, its almost a 12 point game. 

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    2 hours ago, Deespicable said:

    As much as I am sure we will play like a home side tonight (it was our finals home ground after all), I am still concerned that we have not picked a side to beat Freo.

    Since our loss to the Pies we have scrapped our three talls down back, three talls up forward set up and Freo have a plethora of solid high-marking talls (Darcy, Cox, Pearce, Ryan, Lobb, Taberner and Logue) - that's one more than us. They also have back-up three-quarter talls in Young and Chapman. So it had better be wet or slushie. If not we better have a late change on the horizon.

    We also named eight defenders this week. Is one a late withdrawal or is Brayshaw going to go into the middle to tag his brother - not a bad idea I reckon, except I doubt it will happen because our guys train in their three clusters and Goody and selectors never seem to switch roles, unless catastrophic injuries occur.

    Is Rivers going to take Frederick again. This was the match up that cost us big time at the MCG and it looks to me like it is on the cards again. Let's hope redemption comes for our boy. 

    Where will Jayden play. We lost Harmes from our midfield/forward rotation and replaced him with an extra defender - is he going to play as a forward or provide run and carry from down back sadly missing in recent weeks. Or could James Jordon be sent into the middle to tag Brayshaw, allowing Jayden to play his wing. 

    Ultimately our big advantage is that we have a player who loves the hard stuff - Viney - and even if Oliver is tagged by Aish (and he will be), he can be the difference and the reason we get first use of it. And hopefully Trac lifts. If he doesn't it's hard to see us taking control of the game. And if it is a hurried, harassed first use by Viney, Trac and Olly, then Freo's tall defence will gobble it up.

    Excited? Yes! Worried about our planning? Not if we win!

    You realise it's going to be wet tonight, right? Having all those big guys could be a massive mistake for Freo.

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    Expecting a big statement from the boys tonight, this game could definitely shape whether we finish top 4 or not

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    Sportsbet have Demons favourites @ $1.72.

    Age "experts" ... 10 Freo, 4 Demons.

    Hopefully the bookies have got it right.

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    Tonight we see if we have been ‘loading’ or we are loaded with BS.  Training footage looked intense and contested.  Boy oh Boy!  Really want Sam Weid to have a great game. Win it by a point or by a mile, don't mind. As long as we start showing something akin to our best structure and process.  It has to start now.

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    2 minutes ago, loges said:

    Expecting a big statement from the boys tonight, this game could definitely shape whether we finish top 4 or not

    Also expecting a big statement tonight from the boys - or @binmanis toast!

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    30 minutes ago, Winners at last said:

    Sportsbet have Demons favourites @ $1.72.

    Age "experts" ... 10 Freo, 4 Demons.

    Hopefully the bookies have got it right.

    interestingly fwiw the hun has it 14 freo 12 dees (omitting the kiss of death)

    furthermore most of the freo are tipsters are in the bottom third of the tipping ladder

    and as usual melbourne's lord mayor sally capp has picked against us

    make of this what you will

    3 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

    and as usual melbourne's lord mayor sally capp has picked against us

    Being a filth supporter, I wouldn’t want her tip anyway.

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    46 minutes ago, Winners at last said:

    Sportsbet have Demons favourites @ $1.72.

    Age "experts" ... 10 Freo, 4 Demons.

    Hopefully the bookies have got it right.

    I think we’ve come in from about $1.82 from earlier in the week as well.

    Just now, Megatron said:

    I think we’ve come in from about $1.82 from earlier in the week as well.

    Started off $1.90 evens

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    57 minutes ago, Winners at last said:

    Sportsbet have Demons favourites @ $1.72.

    Age "experts" ... 10 Freo, 4 Demons.

    Hopefully the bookies have got it right.

    The punters, not the bookies

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    1 hour ago, Winners at last said:

    Sportsbet have Demons favourites @ $1.72.

    Age "experts" ... 10 Freo, 4 Demons.

    Hopefully the bookies have got it right.

    Usually a good indicator to go with the bookies when they oppose the “experts”. No guarantees, but from a value perspective it works. 
     


    based on the talk out of the club it sounds like the players have received some home truths around how we're going and about some of the bad habits we have creeping in. 

    I am expecting a pretty emphatic response tonight, Freo have struggled in wet conditions this year and it really suits our chaos style so i think we can have a pretty strong win

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    The way I see it, our forward 50 entries are already poor, so the wet weather ain’t gonna make it any worse.

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    7 minutes ago, Dwight Schrute said:

    based on the talk out of the club it sounds like the players have received some home truths around how we're going and about some of the bad habits we have creeping in. 

    I am expecting a pretty emphatic response tonight, Freo have struggled in wet conditions this year and it really suits our chaos style so i think we can have a pretty strong win

    Yep I have heard the same. Got a pretty big rocket up the you know what. 

    Weather is turning absolutely feral here in Perf. 

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    7 minutes ago, McStaff said:

    Weather is turning absolutely feral here in Perf. 

    Just looked at the Radar and it appears to be clearing but no doubt soft underneath. Dees by 28 points.

    9 hours ago, 1964_2 said:

    Pros must believe we will suddenly remember how to pressure, run both ways, be sharper with skills, be mentally more ruthless, have greater inside 50 connection. Can’t think of any other factors :)) 

    Favourite umpires??

     
    1 minute ago, daisycutter said:

    demon army to get us over the line

    dees by 7 points  :laugh: :blink:

    The DA will have to try harder dc - my punt requires 20 - 39.

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    31 minutes ago, Dwight Schrute said:

    based on the talk out of the club it sounds like the players have received some home truths around how we're going and about some of the bad habits we have creeping in. 

    I am expecting a pretty emphatic response tonight, Freo have struggled in wet conditions this year and it really suits our chaos style so i think we can have a pretty strong win

    Is there an article on this, or inside info 

    The boys need to eyeball each other and say “let’s go”


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