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PREGAME: Rd 04 vs West Coast

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6 hours ago, Young Blood said:

I really hope there is a genuine realization from the FD that Jordan is a much more effective, reliable player at the moment compared to Harmes. At least thats what this naive supporter believes

Hopefully, Harmes is either one of either sub, emergency or lines up for Casey. I hope everything with Harmsy is OK with possibly family member passing away. 

This. 

Hope his personal circumstances are okay, but I think we look elsewhere going forward unless Harmes magically turns it on at VFL level. 

He simply doesn't do the basics well enough, consistently enough and tries to be Petracca 2.0 too often. 

I'm actually looking forward to adding a top 10 midfielder into our group at the end of this year, will be refreshing. 

Thanks Freo! 

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    9 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Wouldn't say Bowey was immense at all....

    He had 10 disposal for the night and played like someone who was overthinking it knowing that he spot was under pressure.

    You’re right, immense is overstating it. But he hit targets, moved the ball quickly and won one on one contests. Salem got dinky kicks that led to turnovers and couldn’t move, compete or tackle to his usual standard. Bowey should’ve been able to move better and complete his role better, would he? who knows?  but I think an unfit Salem was one of many mistakes we made in last years finals. 

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    14 hours ago, Winners said:

    In:   Pickett

    Out: Melksham

             Jordan

    Jordan (Sub)

    *Jordon.

    No way Jordon is is relegated to sub after the way he played last week. He was superb.

    Outs will probably come from the sore/injured guys BBB, Hibbo and possibly Lever and they'll re-jig the midfield for Kozzie. 

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    12 hours ago, old dee said:

    Don't worry layzie the dees don't do 100 point victories. 60 is the max IMO. 

    I'll take 60 this weekend.

    6 hours ago, deejammin' said:

    You’re right, immense is overstating it. But he hit targets, moved the ball quickly and won one on one contests. Salem got dinky kicks that led to turnovers and couldn’t move, compete or tackle to his usual standard. Bowey should’ve been able to move better and complete his role better, would he? who knows?  but I think an unfit Salem was one of many mistakes we made in last years finals. 

    He (Bowey) may not have had many possessions, but I can't recall his opponent/s doing much. Which is a significant part of a defender's job. He's a ripper. 

    I worry about Salem's future. Bowey and McVee may have overtaken him.

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    On 4/4/2023 at 8:48 AM, Action Jackson said:

    Happy to offer my members barcode if that helps ET

    Me too

    1 hour ago, kryton101 said:

    Me too

    Oops sorry - interstate membership so nothing to share.  [censored] me…

     
    3 hours ago, layzie said:

    I'll take 60 this weekend.

    Me too. But I expect 36.

    2 hours ago, Matt Demon said:

    Any chance of a Blake Howes debut if Pig doesn't get up?

    Tomlinson should be next in pecking order he has done everything to stay in contention.

    Blake Howes had his best game last week but i would be letting him replicate that for few more weeks to be more AFL ready.

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    One thing for sure about this match is I'm not going to know who half the Eagles players are

    1 minute ago, sisso said:

    One thing for sure about this match is I'm not going to know who half the Eagles players are

    Half! That's still about 80% more than I'll be able to identify.

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    Wow wee Bowza

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    Does Collingwood, when they draw what is seemingly going to be a comfortable game, go through this " how much do we need to beat them by  to have satisfaction?" rubbish from some supporters?

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    A lot gets said about how we never play WC in Melbourne but we gave up home advantage to play them in the NT in 2015 and 2019 so that's on us. 

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    44 minutes ago, old dee said:

    Me too. But I expect 36.

    Layzie was talking about the winning margin, OD, not the crowd size. 

    32 minutes ago, sisso said:

    One thing for sure about this match is I'm not going to know who half the Eagles players are

    Half the Eagles players won’t know who half the Eagles players are. 😁

    11 minutes ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

    A lot gets said about how we never play WC in Melbourne but we gave up home advantage to play them in the NT in 2015 and 2019 so that's on us. 

    At least we get to play them at our home ground - Optus Oval :)

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    35 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    I find that Bowza kick mesmerising. I just keep watching it over and over.

    Now he's seen Goody moving the magnets, I bet he wants Petty's place in the forward line and is auditioning

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    36 minutes ago, Willmoy1947 said:

    Does Collingwood, when they draw what is seemingly going to be a comfortable game, go through this " how much do we need to beat them by  to have satisfaction?" rubbish from some supporters?

    Given how much joy they got out of multiple one point wins last year (or at least less than a goal in the dying seconds of the game) I'd say not!

     

    T Mac and Kozzi   IN

    Brown and Hibbo  OUT

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    1 hour ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    Layzie was talking about the winning margin, OD, not the crowd size. 

    Probably the same number.


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