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Pies to be Hawks by 48

Port to beat Freo by 6

Bris to beat Geelong by 30

Dons to beat Saints by 22

Blues to beat Swans by 9

WC to beat Crows by 15

GWS to beat GC by 20

Dogs to beat North by 3

 

 

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    7 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Pies to be Hawks by 48

    Port to beat Freo by 6

    Bris to beat Geelong by 30

    Dons to beat Saints by 22

    Blues to beat Swans by 9

    WC to beat Crows by 15

    GWS to beat GC by 20

    Dogs to beat North by 3

     

     

    Ummmmm u forget a game???

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    Geelong getting smashed but are +12 in f50s - no Cameron or Hawkins though. Get those matchups right and you go a long way to beating the reigning premiers 

    Hawkins sooner or later is going to fall off the perch. This year may just maybe that year.

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    57 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

    Hello??? Anyone watching ? 

    Just tuned in to Freo and Port DZ.

    Love this ground, got a good look at it first week of Jan.

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    10 hours ago, Gawndy the Great said:

    Hawkins sooner or later is going to fall off the perch. This year may just maybe that year.

    duke williams recap GIF

    Here’s hoping some malevolent buzzards are ready to clean up.

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    Did Jacko play last night? If so how did he go/

     

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    12 minutes ago, Kent said:

    Did Jacko play last night? If so how did he go/

     

    Nah mate, concussed from last week.

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    38 minutes ago, AzzKikA said:

    Nah mate, concussed from last week.

    cheers

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    11 hours ago, The Jackson FIX said:

    Dunkley, Ashcroft, Gunston In…. They’ll be hard to beat this yr

    And we picked up Hunter and Grundy. The Lions beat us in the semi last year and now we’ll never hear the end of it. A 13 point victory, with the injuries we had. That’s the only game they can salvage from the last 4 years of final. The Lions get off on flogging the weaker sides and the media jumps on board. This year the Lions should only be judged on how they play against us, Geelong, Sydney and Collingwood. Freo and Richmond to a lesser extent.

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    FT | It may only be pre-season, but Brisbane Lions have made a powerful flag statement against Geelong Cats.

    That was the headline by Fox Footy on FB, ridiculous.

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    4 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

    And we picked up Hunter and Grundy. The Lions beat us in the semi last year and now we’ll never hear the end of it. A 13 point victory, with the injuries we had. That’s the only game they can salvage from the last 4 years of final. The Lions get off on flogging the weaker sides and the media jumps on board. This year the Lions should only be judged on how they play against us, Geelong, Sydney and Collingwood. Freo and Richmond to a lesser extent.

    Exactly, the blow torch needs to be applied to every game they have against top line opposition. 

    All signs point to them being hard to beat but they must shed the flakey tag. 

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    Didn’t they lose Marcus Adams to concussion? If not him it was another key defender and I personally believe Andrews is a touch overrated. 

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    Are we a sneaky chance for the Ansett Cup...or am I living in the past?

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    2 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

    Didn’t they lose Marcus Adams to concussion? If not him it was another key defender and I personally believe Andrews is a touch overrated. 

    No you're right it was Adams. Sounds like he's really struggling with that head knock he got late last year which is pretty disturbing actually.

    Andrews is akin to Lever and would struggle to be the main post down back. 

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    We’ve had the no.1 defence for the last 2 seasons. 
    Not sure how our midfield has ranked the last couple of seasons but I’m guessing it would have been in the top 4. With the addition of Hunter & Grundy along side Oliver, Petracca, Langdon, Viney and Gawn I’d like to think we will have a top 2 if not the best midfield in the comp. 
    We have the best medium sized fwd in Fritsch and arguably the best small in Pickett (some would argue Stengle and fair enough). Brown is obviously nearing the end but is still serviceable and TMac can hold his own without staring. 
    I’m in a group chat and bet with mates with my mates, one a Pies and one a Swans supporter. One thinks Melbourne hands down has the best list and the other thinks it’s between us and Geelong. But one thing we all agree on is that anything other than a premiership for the Dees is a massive fail.

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    24 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

    And we picked up Hunter and Grundy. The Lions beat us in the semi last year and now we’ll never hear the end of it. A 13 point victory, with the injuries we had. That’s the only game they can salvage from the last 4 years of final. The Lions get off on flogging the weaker sides and the media jumps on board. This year the Lions should only be judged on how they play against us, Geelong, Sydney and Collingwood. Freo and Richmond to a lesser extent.

    Wasn’t saying we won’t be hard to beat.
     

    I just think they have a really good list (underperformed last 24 months) that got significantly better in the off-season. Their defence and what is between the ears the question marks though.

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    1 minute ago, The Jackson FIX said:

    Wasn’t saying we won’t be hard to beat.
     

    I just think they have a really good list (underperformed last 24 months) that got significantly better in the off-season. Their defence and what is between the ears the question marks though.

    2 seasons is a long time to be underperforming, but have they? They dominate by big margins every team placed 6th through to 18th. IMO they’ve been a good side but never been great. 
     

    Agreed, I think their defence is overrated. 
     

    Also agreed, I think they don’t don’t like being hit hard, they strike me as a team that really have to build themselves up for a tough game which they would have against us in the semi final last year but couldn’t sustain it two weeks running, they held on against Geelong (just) being 4 goals down at 1/2 time only to 9 goals down by 3/4 time.

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    1 hour ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

    2 seasons is a long time to be underperforming, but have they? They dominate by big margins every team placed 6th through to 18th. IMO they’ve been a good side but never been great. 
     

    Agreed, I think their defence is overrated. 
     

    Also agreed, I think they don’t don’t like being hit hard, they strike me as a team that really have to build themselves up for a tough game which they would have against us in the semi final last year but couldn’t sustain it two weeks running, they held on against Geelong (just) being 4 goals down at 1/2 time only to 9 goals down by 3/4 time.

    Top 4 finish 2021 and then a prelim last yr (with 2 finals wins and 15 regular-season wins) - they’ve hardly been awful. 

    I just reckon they get better this year from an already-strong position. 

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