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52 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

We have only Salem who's best 22 to come back into our team whilst they have Adams, Murphy, Lipinski, Howe, Cameron and McStay.

We have a bit of work on our forward half yet plus our defence is not ticking along at all.

So we have time to sort it and we're nicely placed.

Of their missing players, most are not going to be a big upgrade except for Howe and there is no guarantee he makes it back.

They bat pretty deep with players that fit their game style.

Adams and Merritt cancelled each other out today although I think Merritt was a bigger loss as EFC have skill deficiencies all around the ground. 

Losing Laverde during the game also hurt EFC.

September is a long way off.

If we make top 4 we will be hard to beat this year but as I say, it's a long way off.

 

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2 hours ago, DubDee said:

Does young Nick ever win his own ball?

you can play fully uncontested footy for so long. 

Gary Ablett jnr made a career out of it at Gold Coast. 

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1 hour ago, BoBo said:

Yup. 

Port tried to tag him, (the port bloke didn’t do a great job) and what it showed is Daicos is QUICK from a standing start. Goes from 0-100 in a couple steps. 

Whoever tags him needs to wear him like a glove and be physical. 

Even then, he only needs 10 minutes and  he can take the game away from you. Unreal player. 

The best player on our list for this is Brayshaw, not Harmes.  Whenever the FD gives him a role his football brain works it out. He completely nullified Stringer.   Daicos is quick but he doesnt get 40 touches and goals cause he is a physical speciman.  Brayshaw will cut down angles and nullify his influence. 

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1 hour ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

He’s now on my ‘I wanna hate him but I can’t’ list, dagnabbit. 

FFS WCW will  you stop using that dreadful American import "word"!

It looks ugly and sounds uglier - although I doubt I could utter it without vomitting.

I don't think I've even heard the maniacal "serpent catchers" on that fascinating Fox programme about "Swamp people" use it.

The insidious undermining of Aussie English by septic tank slang is driving me bonkers. I'm about to spit the [censored] dummy.

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Just now, McQueen said:

Gary Ablett jnr made a career out of it at Gold Coast. 

lol. he is 3rd in the all time list for 25+ contested touches games 

Gary got his own ball

Nick might do it in the future but right now he is HB flanker with amazing skills, not a brownlow winner

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8 minutes ago, Jjrogan said:

The best player on our list for this is Brayshaw, not Harmes.  Whenever the FD gives him a role his football brain works it out. He completely nullified Stringer.   Daicos is quick but he doesnt get 40 touches and goals cause he is a physical speciman.  Brayshaw will cut down angles and nullify his influence. 

LOL

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1 minute ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

Did it, they had a say where they wanted to go though which is the extension of it.

for sure. the club choose to trade a player without consent. then the player should have a say in where they play obviously 

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25 minutes ago, Jjrogan said:

The best player on our list for this is Brayshaw, not Harmes.  Whenever the FD gives him a role his football brain works it out. He completely nullified Stringer.   Daicos is quick but he doesnt get 40 touches and goals cause he is a physical speciman.  Brayshaw will cut down angles and nullify his influence. 

Daicos could literally walk away from Brayshaw

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Other teams up the top of the ladder like Collingwood and St Kilda have already put all of their cards on the table. We haven't. We are experimenting and will continue to do so until the 2nd half of the season. We have more upside than these other contenders. Still confident we will ultimately be the team to beat.

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Just now, BW511 said:

Daicos could literally walk away from Brayshaw

Smart players work it out. Gus is a competitor.   Daicos doesnt win 40 touches cause he's fast. He's smart and knows where and when to run to collect easy kicks.  

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38 minutes ago, Jjrogan said:

The best player on our list for this is Brayshaw, not Harmes.  Whenever the FD gives him a role his football brain works it out. He completely nullified Stringer.   Daicos is quick but he doesnt get 40 touches and goals cause he is a physical speciman.  Brayshaw will cut down angles and nullify his influence. 

I like the confidence! I only mention his speed (not saying he’s a sprinter, saying he creates space between himself and others quickly from standing position) because the port tag was so loose. You’re either all over him, or you just persist letting him do his thing. It’s like tagging Pendlebury, you can do it, but he’ll use every inch to his advantage. So if you’re going to do it, it’s all in or you don’t bother. 

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1 hour ago, BoBo said:

Yup. 

Port tried to tag him, (the port bloke didn’t do a great job) and what it showed is Daicos is QUICK from a standing start. Goes from 0-100 in a couple steps. 

Whoever tags him needs to wear him like a glove and be physical. 

Even then, he only needs 10 minutes and  he can take the game away from you. Unreal player. 

How about Kossie? 

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29 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

FFS WCW will  you stop using that dreadful American import "word"!

It looks ugly and sounds uglier - although I doubt I could utter it without vomitting.

I don't think I've even heard the maniacal "serpent catchers" on that fascinating Fox programme about "Swamp people" use it.

The insidious undermining of Aussie English by septic tank slang is driving me bonkers. I'm about to spit the [censored] dummy.

I love Swamp People!
Who doesn’t love Troy “Choot ‘em” Landry?! Louisiana Cajun on his quest to find a “honey-hole.” Talks like he has a mouthful of cotton wool and needs subtitles despite speaking English.

Dagnabbit BBO, pick another example of insidious septic yank-ism!

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7 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

I love Swamp People!
Who doesn’t love Troy “Choot ‘em” Landry?! Louisiana Cajun on his quest to find a “honey-hole.” Talks like he has a mouthful of cotton wool and needs subtitles despite speaking English.

Dagnabbit BBO, pick another example of insidious septic yank-ism!

I'll give you a hint....a mate of John Wayne's was the first one i heard use it........Gabby

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10 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

I love Swamp People!
Who doesn’t love Troy “Choot ‘em” Landry?! Louisiana Cajun on his quest to find a “honey-hole.” Talks like he has a mouthful of cotton wool and needs subtitles despite speaking English.

Dagnabbit BBO, pick another example of insidious septic yank-ism!

FMD! I am officially denoting you as a lost  cause in the service of Aussie slang WCW.

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4 minutes ago, Dingo said:

How about Kossie? 


That would be absolutely fascinating. 

Kozzie would have him covered for speed and agility without question. Would be a very brave move as you would have to sacrifice Kozzy to just being locked to Daicos.

Could be genius or madness!

 

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13 minutes ago, Willmoy1947 said:

I'll give you a hint....a mate of John Wayne's was the first one i heard use it........Gabby

No idea, Willmoy. I do luvs me a guessing game though. Which mate of John Wayne’s said it? Also, is Gabby part of the word/phrase?

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53 minutes ago, Glorious Day said:

Other teams up the top of the ladder like Collingwood and St Kilda have already put all of their cards on the table. We haven't. We are experimenting and will continue to do so until the 2nd half of the season. We have more upside than these other contenders. Still confident we will ultimately be the team to beat.

Cannot agree. Saints have so many injured their efforts so far have been surprising. It might be that their wins are about their system and personnel matters less, but if I were a Saints fan I’d be upbeat, surprised and looking forward to the rest of the season (for the first time in a loooong time.

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aints are the best defensive side in the competition - conceded 100 less points than the next best, geelong, and their points for is pretty solid too, coming in mid table

fwiw we are 2nd for points scored (2 less than the cats) and 6th for points against

in terms of points differential we're third with +143 behind puddy tatts (+173) and aints (+153)

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