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  On 14/04/2023 at 12:30, Brownie said:

If he was a demon, I'd still thinks he's a #%@!!

(Papley) played a couple of games at Casey. He could have been ours!

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      On 14/04/2023 at 13:09, wizardinoz said:

    It's official. The Toigs are a rudderless rabble of a football club. licking bbc one GIF by BBC

     

      On 14/04/2023 at 13:17, BoBo said:

    I could be being pedantic, but those are lions. Haha

    image.gif.512fe5af5aff0535a8476e705c27a909.gifThat's not how you spell Pandas!

     

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      On 14/04/2023 at 13:29, dee-tox said:

    (Papley) played a couple of games at Casey. He could have been ours!

    If we dig up some of @KC from Casey VFL Game day reports from 2016, I'm pretty confident you'll find him suggest a few times that he was someone Melbourne should look at.

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      On 14/04/2023 at 12:14, Vipercrunch said:

    Yeah, the crowds at the two double-header’s are going to be very interesting.  Looking forward to hear from those at the ground what it’s like because I don’t think the broadcasters will be very honest with the crowd size, especially during the first half of our game.

    I just hope the narrative isn't twisted to make it look like we can't draw a crowd. Then again the AFL don't want any whiff of the Gather Round not being a resounding success so the broadcasters will definitely not be mentioning it. That being said it will be plain as day that there are a lot of empty seats in the first 1/2 to 3/4 of our match.

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      On 14/04/2023 at 13:32, MadAsHell said:

    If we dig up some of @KC from Casey VFL Game day reports from 2016, I'm pretty confident you'll find him suggest a few times that he was someone Melbourne should look at.

    Absolutely. And big Oscar Mac who ended up the Lions...

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      On 14/04/2023 at 08:22, layzie said:

    What a stupid time slot 

    That's why it's Freo & Gold Coast. Not too much interest TV wise.

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      On 14/04/2023 at 13:21, dee-tox said:

    Absolutely. Last two games we've only seen glimpses but the are impressive. Can kick a ball 50+ metres off one step, jump on an opponents shoulders and mark. Great agility. Will only get quicker and stronger.

    You and vipercrunch would be content to wait another five years for a top 5 draft pick to prove his worth? But what about last night? Did Andrew justify his place in the side? IMO, his seven possession performance indicated he’s simply not yet ready for football at this level. He looked lost to me. He was playing at half back where he was supposed to be either guarding space or an opponent but too often it was neither. The Dockers often had the out number when the ball was kicked into the pack at the front of their goal and Mac was nowhere to be seen.

    My concern for the kid is that being at Gold Coast is neither the right time or place for his development. If he was at a decent club, he would still be running around in the VFL to ensure that when the time comes, he would be ready to play the game.

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      On 14/04/2023 at 20:59, Blistering said:

    You and vipercrunch would be content to wait another five years for a top 5 draft pick to prove his worth? But what about last night? Did Andrew justify his place in the side? IMO, his seven possession performance indicated he’s simply not yet ready for football at this level. He looked lost to me. He was playing at half back where he was supposed to be either guarding space or an opponent but too often it was neither. The Dockers often had the out number when the ball was kicked into the pack at the front of their goal and Mac was nowhere to be seen.

    My concern for the kid is that being at Gold Coast is neither the right time or place for his development. If he was at a decent club, he would still be running around in the VFL to ensure that when the time comes, he would be ready to play the game.

    Here’s the 2021 NAB AFL National Draft Top 20

    1. Jason Horne-Francis (North Melbourne)
    2. Sam Darcy (Western Bulldogs)
    3. Finn Callaghan (Greater Western Sydney)
    4. Nick Daicos (Collingwood)
    5. Mac Andrew (Gold Coast)
    6. Josh Rachele (Adelaide)
    7. Josh Ward (Hawthorn) 
    8. Jye Amiss (Fremantle)
    9. Josh Gibcus (Richmond)
    10. Neil Erasmus (Fremantle)
    11. Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera (St Kilda)
    12. Josh Sinn (Port Adelaide)
    13. Ben Hobbs (Essendon)
    14. Campbell Chesser (West Coast)
    15. Leek Aleer (Greater Western Sydney) 
    16. Darcy Wilmot (Brisbane Lions)
    17. Tom Brown (Richmond)
    18. Angus Sheldrick (Sydney Swans)
    19. Jacob van Rooyen (Melbourne)
    20. Kai Lohmann (Brisbane Lions)

    Picked straight after Daicos and just before Rachele. Great drafting if he comes good.

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      On 14/04/2023 at 12:51, Nascent said:

    No first round pick for them this year either. Wonder if the 3 Giants supporters have their own death riding thread, or even a fan forum for that matter.

    I think they just text each other 

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      On 14/04/2023 at 13:29, dee-tox said:

    (Papley) played a couple of games at Casey. He could have been ours!

    He could have been anybody’s actually.

    He played with the Casey Scorpions and showed at the time, that he was a goal kicker.

    IIRC our own recruiting people made the decision not to treat him as a priority for recruiting.

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    Freo fans believe they've turned the corner. 

    Theyre 2-2  & 8th after beating a VFL standard Eagles and dumpster fire Suns. Delusional people.

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      On 15/04/2023 at 00:28, Deebauched said:

    Freo fans believe they've turned the corner. 

    Theyre 2-2  & 8th after beating a VFL standard Eagles and dumpster fire Suns. Delusional people.

    They have Dogs, Lions, Swans, Cats in their next five weeks

    Only 'easy' game is against Hawks

    Think I'd tip against them in 4 out of 5 of those

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      On 15/04/2023 at 00:28, Deebauched said:

    Freo fans believe they've turned the corner. 

    Theyre 2-2  & 8th after beating a VFL standard Eagles and dumpster fire Suns. Delusional people.

    They're actually 2-3

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      On 14/04/2023 at 13:32, Demonland said:

    I just hope the narrative isn't twisted to make it look like we can't draw a crowd. Then again the AFL don't want any whiff of the Gather Round not being a resounding success so the broadcasters will definitely not be mentioning it. That being said it will be plain as day that there are a lot of empty seats in the first 1/2 to 3/4 of our match.

    Well the 4 of us will leave after the Melb game & I assume others will especially if wet so there’ll def be empty seats at both games. Looks like our game will hopefully start in dryish weather 

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      On 15/04/2023 at 01:35, Deestar9 said:

    Well the 4 of us will leave after the Melb game & I assume others will especially if wet so there’ll def be empty seats at both games. Looks like our game will hopefully start in dryish weather 

    Radar at Adelaide is looking very promising.  

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      On 14/04/2023 at 20:59, Blistering said:

    My concern for the kid is that being at Gold Coast is neither the right time or place for his development. If he was at a decent club, he would still be running around in the VFL to ensure that when the time comes, he would be ready to play the game.

    That sums up where he's at.

    We gave JVR a full season in the VFL to develop. Andrew is still slight of frame, so would've spent the better part of 2 years at Casey. He shows signs, but at a s*** club with poor development he could waste his career

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      On 14/04/2023 at 22:10, Leopold Bloom said:

    Here’s the 2021 NAB AFL National Draft Top 20

    1. Jason Horne-Francis (North Melbourne)
    2. Sam Darcy (Western Bulldogs)
    3. Finn Callaghan (Greater Western Sydney)
    4. Nick Daicos (Collingwood)
    5. Mac Andrew (Gold Coast)
    6. Josh Rachele (Adelaide)
    7. Josh Ward (Hawthorn) 
    8. Jye Amiss (Fremantle)
    9. Josh Gibcus (Richmond)
    10. Neil Erasmus (Fremantle)
    11. Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera (St Kilda)
    12. Josh Sinn (Port Adelaide)
    13. Ben Hobbs (Essendon)
    14. Campbell Chesser (West Coast)
    15. Leek Aleer (Greater Western Sydney) 
    16. Darcy Wilmot (Brisbane Lions)
    17. Tom Brown (Richmond)
    18. Angus Sheldrick (Sydney Swans)
    19. Jacob van Rooyen (Melbourne)
    20. Kai Lohmann (Brisbane Lions)

    Picked straight after Daicos and just before Rachele. Great drafting if he comes good.

    He simply is not top 10 material IMO. I’m thinking the pre draft hype fooled the GC Suns recruitment team big time.

    I think they were trying to find the next Unicorn.

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      On 14/04/2023 at 20:59, Blistering said:

    You and vipercrunch would be content to wait another five years for a top 5 draft pick to prove his worth? But what about last night? Did Andrew justify his place in the side? IMO, his seven possession performance indicated he’s simply not yet ready for football at this level. He looked lost to me. He was playing at half back where he was supposed to be either guarding space or an opponent but too often it was neither. The Dockers often had the out number when the ball was kicked into the pack at the front of their goal and Mac was nowhere to be seen.

    My concern for the kid is that being at Gold Coast is neither the right time or place for his development. If he was at a decent club, he would still be running around in the VFL to ensure that when the time comes, he would be ready to play the game.

    Well said, he's raw and could be something decent but this isn't a hood environment to nurture that talent.

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    I said it before and I’ll say it again. How we lost to Brisbane in round 2 remains a serious mystery. 

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      On 15/04/2023 at 03:24, Jaded No More said:

    I said it before and I’ll say it again. How we lost to Brisbane in round 2 remains a serious mystery. 

    The GABBA is a flat track. And you know what they say about those who play on flat tracks all the time...

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    Love to see the Lions lose as an entree to our big win.

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      On 15/04/2023 at 03:24, Jaded No More said:

    I said it before and I’ll say it again. How we lost to Brisbane in round 2 remains a serious mystery. 

    I'm half expecting to see ads for the commemorative framed picture of their Rd 2 win over us.

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