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NON-MFC: Rd 06 2023

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  On 23/04/2023 at 00:47, leave it to deever said:

And will the Afl still refuse to schedule Pies and tiges games there, citing crowd capacity?

You bet. Just pencil in the Demons for the 100th time. Nobody cares about them. 

Geelong v Hawthorn at the MCG  nudged 70K.   17th v18th!  That sealed our fate next year. Geelong will not have home games against Hawthorn at the cattery.

Melbourne are stuck down there.

Melbourne dumped again in Tassie against Norff. Have pies ever been there? Doubt it.

That p.o.s Gill loves sticking the boot into us.  How many days break will we get after Alice Springs ..5or6.Cant imagine us getting the same breaks as Collingwood.

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    Sad news in the passing of Barry Humpries.

    A great  talent and international superstar of the entertainment industry.

    Never to be replaced. Thanks for all the wonderful laughs from Edna to Les.

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    I'm wondering how much last weeks win took out of the Swans. Playing undermanned in key positions puts a lot of strain on your other players to cover. Their mids looked to be running in quicksand last night...probably the worst game Warner has played and Gulden was continually caught with the ball.

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      On 23/04/2023 at 01:00, rjay said:

    I'm wondering how much last weeks win took out of the Swans. Playing undermanned in key positions puts a lot of strain on your other players to cover. Their mids looked to be running in quicksand last night...probably the worst game Warner has played and Gulden was continually caught with the ball.

    I wonder if like us against the dons, playing interstate twice in a row maybe hindered them. Perhaps?

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      On 23/04/2023 at 01:00, rjay said:

    I'm wondering how much last weeks win took out of the Swans. Playing undermanned in key positions puts a lot of strain on your other players to cover. Their mids looked to be running in quicksand last night...probably the worst game Warner has played and Gulden was continually caught with the ball.

    It's a very much a compounding effect in those situations, throw all the travel into the mix and they were always going to be up against it. The usually super quick and spreading Swans mids and flankers looked like they had lead in their boots.

    I too thought this was the worst game I've seen Warner play. 

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      On 23/04/2023 at 00:56, Deebauched said:

    Geelong v Hawthorn at the MCG  nudged 70K.   17th v18th!  That sealed our fate next year. Geelong will not have home games against Hawthorn at the cattery.

    Melbourne are stuck down there.

    Melbourne dumped again in Tassie against Norff. Have pies ever been there? Doubt it.

    That p.o.s Gill loves sticking the boot into us.  How many days break will we get after Alice Springs ..5or6.Cant imagine us getting the same breaks as Collingwood.

    Afl draw is a just that aimed at ratings & nowhere close to a home & away concept ..  mfc playing at the cats 3 times vs 1 @ the G in 2021 … not sure why we just can’t rotate each season?? We had 3 road trips in first 5 rounds vs Ess once … cats playing Collingwood twice at the G?? just wouldn’t see this BS happening in the EPL… 

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      On 23/04/2023 at 01:12, Demonsone said:

    just wouldn’t see this BS happening in the EPL… 

    Apples and oranges.  EPL consists of 20 teams and every team plays every other team twice (at home and away) over the course of a 38 game season.

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      On 22/04/2023 at 22:53, grazman said:

    Effort without talent at the highest level will still result in a slaughter like we saw last night.  I've predicted the Swans to fall out of the eight this year based on history (teams that get flogged in GFs rarely come up the following year) and some list deficiencies that are masked to a certain extent playing on their postage stamp home ground.  

    I think the whole 'Bloods' culture like the 'Shinboner' spirit is a little overblown- particularly by the media who love the romanticism of it - it plays well when you have a good list, but it means diddly squat if your game plan doesn't stack up and you are missing key players. 

     

    Injuries hasn’t stopped st Kilda fronting up every week this season and having a proper crack.

    attitude and standards should be the same irrespective of injury list. Swans aren’t bringing at the moment for whatever reason after years of really consistent application.

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      On 22/04/2023 at 07:41, layzie said:

    I'd back you to go one for one with the best of them. 

    Yeah nah, three cans and that’s me for the day. Struggled to watch the match on TV last night. Not that it was worth watching coz Geelong. Copping heaps from the Frittata clan for going to bed before 9pm. 😂

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      On 23/04/2023 at 01:19, WalkingCivilWar said:

    Yeah nah, three cans and that’s me for the day. Struggled to watch the match on TV last night. Not that it was worth watching coz Geelong. Copping heaps from the Frittata clan for going to bed before 9pm. 😂

    Should have come to training this morning WCW! It's rare for me to be able to make it 😀

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      On 23/04/2023 at 01:18, Demonstone said:

    Apples and oranges.  EPL consists of 20 teams and every team plays every other team twice (at home and away) over the course of a 38 game season.

    Understand the the AFL can’t play each other twice but at least some integrity & why are the Dees playing the cats at their home ground 2 yrs in a row  & no doubt it’s happening to other club also ..the Cats playing their home game vs pies at the G an afl or club driving? Why would you give up ur home ground for gate takings in particular when your not struggling $$$

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    Sydney's GF team was a relatively young side and are probably feeling the affects of a short off season.  Add the injury list to that young side and it will be difficult to back up each week.

    So far Sydney is a replica of our 2018/2019 seasons.  We had a young team in the 2018 prelim team, followed by short off season (only one week extra than Syd) followed by injuries in 2019 and we slid down the ladder.

    Geelong are a hardened team and even they started slowly.

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      On 23/04/2023 at 01:28, Demonsone said:

    Understand that… but why are the Dees playing the cats at their home ground 2 yrs & no doubt it’s happening to other clubs… 

    I would imagine the Dees Vs Cats at the MCG would get 70,000 plus. 

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      On 23/04/2023 at 01:24, layzie said:

    Should have come to training this morning WCW! It's rare for me to be able to make it 😀

    Bummer. I was planning on going to training except I’m still out here in the sticks. Next time, fo sho. 👍🏽

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      On 23/04/2023 at 01:28, Demonsone said:

    Understand the the AFL can’t play each other twice but at least some integrity

    I think the only fair way to do it is to have every team play each other once and alternate the venue from year to year.

    However, I doubt the AFL would adopt this fair system as money is the key motivator.  Forget integrity!

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      On 23/04/2023 at 01:40, Demonstone said:

    I think the only fair way to do it is to have every team play each other once and alternate the venue from year to year.

    However, I doubt the AFL would adopt this fair system as money is the key motivator.  Forget integrity!

    This is precisely it, as long as we have the fundamentally flawed fixture we have now then there is little point complaining or trying to rationalise how to make a 100% fair fixture for everyone. 

    As for integrity and the AFL, ha!

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    I dont care if this is sexist but why do women take so long to choose items in shops. Im in the menswear section and its banb bang bang....all items picked and paid for.

     

    Meanwhile 50 mins later my wife has tried who knows how many items while I have to suffer sitting on a very small shoe seat listening to Kenny g playing through the extra large store speakers.

    Finally she's ready to go and Yes she doesn't even buy anything.

    No wonder men die before there spouse. 

    They want to.

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      On 22/04/2023 at 11:26, Lord Travis said:

    Are posters here unaware how horrific Sydney’s current injury list is? They’re missing an entire spine and more of talls. They’re not just rubbish, they have half a team missing. Off the top of my head they’re missing

    Rampey

    T Mccartin

    P Mccartin

    Hickey

    Buddy

    Amarty

    Reid

    Take away the Full back, centre half back, third tall defender, ruckman, centre half forward, tall forward/second ruck and full forward out of any team and they’ll capitulate. Given their injury list, tonight’s belting is completely expected and until they get some talls back the Swans are in for a world of pain.


    Imagine us playing Geelong down there with no May, Lever, Petty, Gawn, Fritsch, BBB, VR.


    Tomlinson, Turner and Smith on Cameron, Hawkins and Henry?
     

    Yikes…
     

     
     

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      On 23/04/2023 at 02:07, leave it to deever said:

    I dont care if this is sexist but why do women take so long to choose items in shops. Im in the menswear section and its banb bang bang....all items picked and paid for.

     

    Meanwhile 50 mins later my wife has tried who knows how many items while I have to suffer sitting on a very small shoe seat listening to Kenny g playing through the extra large store speakers.

    Finally she's ready to go and Yes she doesn't even buy anything.

    No wonder men die before there spouse. 

    They want to.

    I figured out pretty early not to go shopping with the wife. I have no opinion about whether that top goes better with those shoes etc. Whatever she wears looks fine to me. She usually shops with her sisters. She's happier and I'm happier with that arrangement. 

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      On 23/04/2023 at 02:39, BDA said:

    I figured out pretty early not to go shopping with the wife. I have no opinion about whether that top goes better with those shoes etc. Whatever she wears looks fine to me. She usually shops with her sisters. She's happier and I'm happier with that arrangement. 

    I go every now and then, like to keep in touch with what's hot and not. 

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      On 23/04/2023 at 02:07, leave it to deever said:

    I dont care if this is sexist but why do women take so long to choose items in shops. Im in the menswear section and its banb bang bang....all items picked and paid for.

     

    Meanwhile 50 mins later my wife has tried who knows how many items while I have to suffer sitting on a very small shoe seat listening to Kenny g playing through the extra large store speakers.

    Finally she's ready to go and Yes she doesn't even buy anything.

    No wonder men die before there spouse. 

    They want to.

    Agree entirely. Mission impossible I call it. I will never forget years ago ( when I was stupid enough to go the supermarket with the missus ) she took about 20 minutes to decide which pack of yakult to buy. They are all the bloody same. That's what did it for me.

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