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NON-MFC: Rd 18 2023

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44 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Correct. 
Geelong still have to play Brisbane in Brisbane, Port and Pies. If they’re to overtake us we need to lose 2-3 more games and realistically they have to win every game. 

So… you’ll be…. going for…. Geelong… tonight? Never thought I’d see the day. 

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    Lol, Cotrell, Silvagni and Motlop have combined for 9 of their 11 goals. 

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    4 minutes ago, Bang Bang Bang said:

    So… you’ll be…. going for…. Geelong… tonight? Never thought I’d see the day. 

    Please. I’ll be watching a movie and drinking wine to avoid watching them play. 
    Kim Kardashian No GIF by E!

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    23 hours ago, Deebauched said:

    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.

    Maybe they're just furious at the standard of umpiring in the AFL. 

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    Just now, binman said:

    Maybe they're just furious at the standard of umpiring in the AFL. 

    I’m interested in your thoughts on how you think Port is going to “load” manage from here. 

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    So we're...gulp...barracking for Hawthorn tomorrow in the vague hope that they could move above the Dockers by season's end?

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    8 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    I’m interested in your thoughts on how you think Port is going to “load” manage from here. 

    Not sure what you mean.

    How is that related to my Bangkok gag?

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    4 minutes ago, binman said:

    Not sure what you mean.

    How is that related to my Bangkok gag?

    It’s not. I just wanted to tag you in the post so you see it 😂

     

    I am genuinely interested to know what you think Port will do for the remainder of the H&A season to make sure they hit peak form in September. 
    I feel like they’ve gone too hard too early and tinkering now is very risky. 

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    Port defence looks poor.

    Getting towelled up by Silvani and Motlop!

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    I'm just going to whisper this quietly, but we are halfway through the round and so far every single result has fallen in our favour to absolute perfection.

    We are now at minimum a game and good percentage clear of 5th, which can be only one team, with the rest of the top-8 chasing from at least two games behind.

    At the other end, Gold Coast and the Swans have both pulled ahead of the Dockers.

    Carlton as I type this are going into the final quarter 5 goals up against Port, which would put them a win and a draw ahead of Freo while also... just maybe... cracking the dome at Port.

     

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    5 minutes ago, layzie said:

    Carlton fans to be up and about again.

    Carlton equivalent of MFCSS is the eternal lament 'Great too late, where was this in April to June?'.

    They'll be having very mixed feelings at the moment, especially with the Harry McKay injury.

    Personally I hope they make finals by percentage over Geelong and then knock Essendon out in the elimination final, just because that would be the most possible pain for Cats and Bombers.

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    Top 3 on the Coleman are all in teams outside the 8

    that ever happened before??

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    Hinkley will regret this game. he might reckon after 12 wins a loss is fine. but you don’t flirt with form. 

    i reckon in a months time we won’t be speaking of Port in the same terms as we are right now

    they have the Pies/Crows/Cats away. reckon they win one of them and i wouldnt bet against the crows either

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    Great to see Hinkley sulking on the bench instead of strutting his smug mug on the boundary line.

     

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    It's not beyond the realm of possibility that we could snatch second on percentage by year's end

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    1 minute ago, Return to Glory said:

    It's not beyond the realm of possibility that we could snatch second on percentage by year's end

    But that requires us winning all the remaining games right? Maybe lose one at the most.

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    With Port losing handily today, Melbourne's 17 game winning streak from round 20 of 2021 to round 10 of 2022 remains the longest since St Kilda won 19 in a row in 2009.

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    Can’t help but wonder if Kenny’s contract will end up being the undoing for Port. He needed them to be up and about, but can they sustain it for a long season? They’ll have doubts. I don’t see them preparing to be at their best in September.

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    1 minute ago, ElDiablo14 said:

    But that requires us winning all the remaining games right? Maybe lose one at the most.

    It's fundamentally based on Port losing it big time (and I can see this happening) and us dropping one, at worst two. But if you look at the draw, it's possible. And Brisbane has a tougher rum imo than we do

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    15 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    Hinkley will regret this game. he might reckon after 12 wins a loss is fine. but you don’t flirt with form. 

    i reckon in a months time we won’t be speaking of Port in the same terms as we are right now

    they have the Pies/Crows/Cats away. reckon they win one of them and i wouldnt bet against the crows either

    it was 13

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    Don't think Port will beat Pies, are 50/50 (away) against Adelaide and won't beat Cats away. That'd certainly get the wheels wobbling.

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