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MELBOURNE V SYDNEY – THE MONGREL REVIEW

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I love this guy's analysis! My hat goes off to people who see the game in this detail, meanwhile I am busy shouting ball and getting excited when we score a goal!!

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    16 minutes ago, Salems Lot said:

    meanwhile I am busy shouting ball and getting excited when we score a goal!!

    What other way is there to watch the footy?

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    It's a great read, but not sure I agree with this bit,

    " Plenty of late, hard hits, scuffles, following with the elbow when you lose out on a contested mark. Both teams played like they felt hard done by, which in turn created more scuffles, more malice, more venom in the contests."

    It's not what I saw.

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    15 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    It's a great read, but not sure I agree with this bit,

    " Plenty of late, hard hits, scuffles, following with the elbow when you lose out on a contested mark. Both teams played like they felt hard done by, which in turn created more scuffles, more malice, more venom in the contests."

    It's not what I saw.

    Yes i agree. This wasn’t a violent game at all. It was slick. 
    there was some good pack marks, but I didn’t think it was spiteful 

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    33 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    It's a great read, but not sure I agree with this bit,

    " Plenty of late, hard hits, scuffles, following with the elbow when you lose out on a contested mark. Both teams played like they felt hard done by, which in turn created more scuffles, more malice, more venom in the contests."

    It's not what I saw.

    This sounds like the rd 2 Brisbane game, but describing only Brisbane.

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    4 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Yes i agree. This wasn’t a violent game at all. It was slick. 
    there was some good pack marks, but I didn’t think it was spiteful 

    I thought Buddy played in several instances outside the rules, and is starting to impact his legacy

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    12 minutes ago, In Harmes Way said:

    I thought Buddy played in several instances outside the rules, and is starting to impact his legacy

    He is the ultimate protected species, including the reason he went to Sydney 

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    mongrel is an amazing website - very impressive analysis except I disagree Melbourne played "deliberately, cautiously".

    We had serious play on intent with rapid ball movement looking to run through the corridor when possible, otherwise attacking via the flanks/pockets.

    We lacked caution and played instinctive attacking football.

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    20 hours ago, In Harmes Way said:

    I thought Buddy played in several instances outside the rules, and is starting to impact his legacy

    My Dad and I had the same discussion at the ground during the game

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