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Can someone please explain to me why Freo beating Essendon is a bad thing, considering we now have a game and percentage break on a top 4 aspirant in Essendon.

I just don’t understand why sliding 2 or 3 positions up the draft is more of a priority than keeping top 4 aspirants at bay.

And Luke Jackson has been phenomenal tonight (sadly)

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Everything will be fine next week if Swans beat the Cats and Freo losses against Bulldogs.

Both are huge possibilities. I think Draper wasn't playing last night for Essendon. Tim English will be a hard proposition for the Freo duo.

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9 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Can someone please explain to me why Freo beating Essendon is a bad thing, considering we now have a game and percentage break on a top 4 aspirant in Essendon.

I just don’t understand why sliding 2 or 3 positions up the draft is more of a priority than keeping top 4 aspirants at bay.

And Luke Jackson has been phenomenal tonight (sadly)

It’s not that it’s a bad thing, but I’d rather back ourselves to make the top 4n merit and by the fact that we are playing good football. Essendon losing means less pressure on the players and I think more pressure might help them get going. 

The reason I want a Freo to lose is cos I do want a better pick in what’s a shallow draft for talent they believe to be top 10

and I reeeeeaaaaaallllllyyyyyyyy want Peter Bell to cop [censored] for the trade, but unfortunately that doesn’t seem likely.

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Whilst I admire our desire to bring in new talent: right here and now we have the most talented list in my long memory. I want us to contend this year win it. Agree in a fair world we can hope Freo fail and get us a more deserving pick, but that wont help us this year and I don't expect a top 10 draft pick to make the difference to our flag hopes over the next 2 seasons (unless his name is Josh Daicos).

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1 minute ago, Older demon said:

Whilst I admire our desire to bring in new talent: right here and now we have the most talented list in my long memory. I want us to contend this year win it. Agree in a fair world we can hope Freo fail and get us a more deserving pick, but that wont help us this year and I don't expect a top 10 draft pick to make the difference to our flag hopes over the next 2 seasons (unless his name is Josh Daicos).

True, but we also want to be competitive in the long run. That's why it's important we get properly compensated for the number 6 who shall not be named.


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I'm mildly annoyed because this round was one of those 'stars align' possibilities where if all the results went the right way our two picks from Freo could have improved three places. But by the time Richmond finished their nose-dive and the Swans and Cats both turned their percentage advantage to a moot point, it is all looking average.

It's fine, but also, come on Doggies!

Plus, Freo still have a very tough fixture to finish the season so there's still plenty of hope.

Also, after close investigation I can confirm that Luke Jackson stole Kade Chandler's mojo. Chandler was gunning it up to round 8 while Jackson was very flat, and then from exactly round 8 on Chandler has been struggling to hit the scoreboard while Jackson has been going berserk.

Hopefully Jackson's slow start today bodes well for Chandler tomorrow.

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On 6/24/2023 at 7:30 PM, JimmyGadson said:

Oath. 

Cannot believeee people are riding on the hope of other teams falling around us. 

We will dictate our position by wins and losses. And at the moment, we look a mile off a top four side. 

We should be riding a Freo loss every game, regardless of who they play. 

10 days before this post we beat the arousal specialists, Collingwood, and suddenly we look a mile off top 4?

You like your hyperbole, don't you, Steve?

Agree with the sentiment of not relying on others around us to make the top 4, but I'd much prefer less pressure on us heading into the last month of the H&A season because teams below us have dropped games and can't catch us.

Geelong won the flag last year in large part because they were able to manage players and had a very soft fixture at home leading into the finals series. Their last 4 games being the Bulldogs and St Kilda at Geelong, followed by the Suns away and then West Coast down at Geelong. A dream run. I'd prefer that into the final series personally, but all of this is irrelevant as I think we'll make top 4 and if we get going, will finish top 2.

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For the here and now it’s better if Freo win today.

The way we’ve been playing since round  10 we need all the breathing space we can get in respect of top 4 and sides 5th-8th.

I don’t understand the obsession with draft picks at round 16.

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4 hours ago, ElDiablo14 said:

True, but we also want to be competitive in the long run. That's why it's important we get properly compensated for the number 6 who shall not be named.

Little impact today. 1 mark. 1 hit out. 4 handpasses of which 50% at least were ineffective, 3 kicks and 3 spectacular but unsuccessful marking attempts. 

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On 6/24/2023 at 9:43 PM, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Can someone please explain to me why Freo beating Essendon is a bad thing, considering we now have a game and percentage break on a top 4 aspirant in Essendon.

I just don’t understand why sliding 2 or 3 positions up the draft is more of a priority than keeping top 4 aspirants at bay.

And Luke Jackson has been phenomenal tonight (sadly)

 

10 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

For the here and now it’s better if Freo win today.

The way we’ve been playing since round  10 we need all the breathing space we can get in respect of top 4 and sides 5th-8th.

I don’t understand the obsession with draft picks at round 16.

A couple of points here...

The first it's not about draft picks at round 16.

It's about what we have to deal with at the end of the season and every Freo loss is a good one for us.

The second point is, if we can't retain a top 4 slot from here without relying on other teams losing then it's no point us getting it. If someone overtakes us then we are not playing well enough to have an impact this season.

We don't need a breathing space, we need to have a strong run into the finals from here on to be a threat.

Last season we held onto a top 2 spot by default and see where that got us. Out in straight sets.

What you're posturing is another top 4 finish but again by default.

If that happens we will get the same result as last year...out in straight sets.

 

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My song to the tune of "What's new pussycat?" by Tom Jones.

"Suck [censored], Freo, heave ho-oh-oh oh oh.

Suck [censored], Freo, heave ho-oh-oh oh oh."

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1 minute ago, Kick_It_To_Pickett said:

Geeez, the Unicorn has had a stinker 🦄 

1 mark since i started watching towards the end of the Q2

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