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The media are still harping on about what a great side the bulldogs are and could get a top 4 slot even after losing to the Swans. Most overrated club in recent memory.  Take Bont out of that team and theyre a bottom 6 side.

Caleb Daniel wouldnt get near selection in our backline. 

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    1 hour ago, YearOfTheDees said:

    Port might be playing with fire here. If they are resting players and lose to the Blues they then have the Pies. Lose both they then have the Crows a 50/50 game always and then the cats at Pussyland. Might be a long shot but all of a sudden 2nd place is in play. ok I'm dreaming but resting players is one thing but 7 changes can back fire big time.. 

    We want Pies and Port to keep winning. We finish 4th we get the MCG qualifier and possibly straight through to MCG prelim. Finish 3rd we could end up at the Gabba  AGAIN.  FFS.    We wont finish 2nd, too big a gap.

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    15 hours ago, Deebauched said:

    I forgot there was a game  on tonight. Ive drunk a bottle of whisky here in Bangers.Who cares? Swans and doggies are muppets. Theyre not in Sept mix.  Who cares???? 

    Go dees tomorrow or when-ever it is. I'm shizenhausened.

    MFC is doIng OK.

    How'd you pull up today mate 🥴

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    1 hour ago, Deebauched said:

    The media are still harping on about what a great side the bulldogs are and could get a top 4 slot even after losing to the Swans. Most overrated club in recent memory.  Take Bont out of that team and theyre a bottom 6 side.

    Caleb Daniel wouldnt get near selection in our backline. 

    They were always the darlings of the media. The poor old underdogs. The barracking for them in the media in the lead up to the GF made me sick.

    Let them continue to be overrated and overrate themselves. They are who I'd like to play in finals for the next decade if I could pick any side. 

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    57 minutes ago, kev martin said:

    Thought BBB's throw in the dying minutes against the Saints was a bit rich. Seems you just have to put a fist on the ball and make a two handed throw.

    As kids we were taught to hand-ball by keeping the ball relatively horizontal to the ground, flat in the palm of the non-striking hand. The projectile force was provided by the closed fist of the striking hand. Champions such as Polly Farmer were textbook practitioners of the true handball.

    Now we frequently have the hands-ball with all points of the compass seemingly acceptable including the over the head loopity-loop. Kevin as you rightly suggest the fist is on the ball but the motion is a two handed throw. Western Bulldogs appeared to be beneficiaries of this 'sleight of hand' in their 2016 premiership year. Ted Whitten as a leading proponent of the 'flick pass' would look down and nod his approval.

    Now the AFL rather than the defunct ANFC has wardship of the game, any chance of a timely correction is lost in the rush for spectacle at any cost.

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    48 minutes ago, Tarax Club said:

    As kids we were taught to hand-ball by keeping the ball relatively horizontal to the ground, flat in the palm of the non-striking hand. The projectile force was provided by the closed fist of the striking hand. Champions such as Polly Farmer were textbook practitioners of the true handball.

    Now we frequently have the hands-ball with all points of the compass seemingly acceptable including the over the head loopity-loop. Kevin as you rightly suggest the fist is on the ball but the motion is a two handed throw. Western Bulldogs appeared to be beneficiaries of this 'sleight of hand' in their 2016 premiership year. Ted Whitten as a leading proponent of the 'flick pass' would look down and nod his approval.

    Now the AFL rather than the defunct ANFC has wardship of the game, any chance of a timely correction is lost in the rush for spectacle at any cost.

    Often very little to none of the momentum that the ball gets comes from a fist (or even a hint of a fist).  It is clear the AFL wants a fast moving game that this allows. I suspect the only thing stopping them from changing the rules to allow throws is how to stop long overhead throws like in gridiron coming into the game which would be a terrible look.

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    Thai whisky isnt as strong as western plonk. Having said that, hundreds of 'farang' have died here from alcohol abuse.Not unusual for a farang tourist to run naked down the street or throw tv's and furniture out of hotel windows. They cant handle humidity and Asian grog at the same time.

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    17 hours ago, Demonland said:

    I’d be in a coffin

    haha if i drank that and i somehow managed to wake the next day - and knowing how i'd feel - i'd  gladly walk to my coffin!

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    From death riding to top 4 buffer all the games are of interest to me today. Great day of footy ahead which I can enjoy because of our win for the ages last night. Unfortunately, tomorrow's fixture is a dud.

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    Third would likely give us Port over there. 
    Secure a home final with fourth. 

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    Who knows what the final ladder positions will be. From an MFC perspective i just want us to keep winning matches and let the cards fall where they may. If we end up with a trip to AO so be it. I reckon if there's one team Port won't want to play over there its us.

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    Saints most likely to beat the Suns. Not sure if I want them to though.  If they do, they stop cats from moving to fifth as they are likely to account for the dons at fortress kardinia. But perhaps better if cats are fifth with 38 points.....a game and a half away from us

    Edited by leave it to deever

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    1 hour ago, Neil Crompton said:

    haha if i drank that and i somehow managed to wake the next day - and knowing how i'd feel - i'd  gladly walk to my coffin!

    Its not the booze but the smokes that mangle you. God knows what Thais put in them- same as beer . I never drink beer as im convinced they put alum in it.

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    Tuned in briefly to pies game.

    .....free kick N.Daicos  ball comes loose in goal sq  goal  pies!!!

    turned it off.   cant listen to it.

    Collingwood win by how far?

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    Still think Dockers are a good side @ Rhino Richards and DemonWa?

    Currently fourth last.

    Fair Dinkum. 

     

    Edited by leave it to deever

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    Suns playing like they've got a big weight off their shoulders. 

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    5 minutes ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

    Suns playing like they've got a big weight off their shoulders. 

    A weight called S Dew 😄

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    16 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

    Still think Dockers are a good side @ Rhino Richards and DemonWa?

    Currently fourth last.

    Fair Dinkum. 

     

    They definitely overachieved last year, they are still middle of the pack.

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