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32 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

The Casey ground is exact same size of the MCG...

Great retort DD nothing like facts

 

 
10 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Crazy! Why is it being played on the G? why would rugby be played on the G in general!?

Theres no World Cups matches at Aami today

Bledisloe Cup a bit big an occasion for AAMI.

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    59 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    The Casey ground is exact same size of the MCG...

    Acknowledged. Most of the others are smaller. Random not extensive sample below.

    MCG 171m x 146m

    Coburg 165m x 140m

    Sandringham 160m x 120m

    Punt Road 159m x 124m

    Williamstown 165m x 135m

    Preston 169m x 127m

    Footscray 161m x 123m

    Edited by Lil_red_fire_engine

     

    Who was the moron who scheduled  a rugby game at the MCG in July ? What is it anyway   Sydney v NZ?

    Battle of the south pacific poms.

    About as boring as watching cricket.

     

     

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    Are we doing the wrong thing by trying to force two talls into our fwd line. Look at the pies last night, McStay is a bust, was talking to a few pie supporting mates and they would rather Ash Johnson. He’s more mobile, little bit of X factor about him and a more reliable set shot. I think we should be playing Smith ahead of Petty, he ticks the first 2 boxes, hard to say on the goal kicking as there’s only a limited sample size for both.


    Happy that Tommo and Woey have held their spot

    Thought the former might've been dropped for Petty 

    Woey will have his quiet patches, but IMO worth getting games into him

    Will we see Blake Howes before the season finishes?

    1 minute ago, Stiff Arm said:

    Happy that Tommo and Woey have held their spot

    Thought the former might've been dropped for Petty 

    Woey will have his quiet patches, but IMO worth getting games into him

    Will we see Blake Howes before the season finishes?

    No he has a broken wrist

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    2 hours ago, Clintosaurus said:

    Bledisloe Cup a bit big an occasion for AAMI.

    Another loss to NZ coming up...

    Union is an example of a sport that went from high profile to unseen. (Lesson...never put your premium product behind a niche paywall)

     
    2 hours ago, DubDee said:

    Crazy! Why is it being played on the G? why would rugby be played on the G in general!?

    Theres no World Cups matches at Aami today

    Bledisloe Cup in lead up to a World Cup. Should be a decent crowd, too big for AAMI

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    9 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    Another loss to NZ coming up...

    Union is an example of a sport that went from high profile to unseen. (Lesson...never put your premium product behind a niche paywall)

    Rugby audiences are actually way up vs 5 years ago… but the current Wallabies performance isn’t helping this year.


    On 7/27/2023 at 6:52 PM, Young Blood said:

    I'm hoping the ins are Petty and Hibberd.

    Would like to see Rivers rotate through the middle more to backfill some of Sparrows time. Hibberd to cover more of Rivers role.

    Pleased to see Tomlinson not omitted. Means Petty will play forward and they will hopefully see how it looks over the next few weeks.

    I hope Smith stays sub as Mr. Versatile. Spargo to keep pressing to try to force Chin out but I liked the balance of smalls we had last week in the forward half, especially if Trac continues to spend more time there.

    Now ya talkin'

    6 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    The Casey ground is exact same size of the MCG...

    Incorrect. They aren’t the same dimension. 

    4 hours ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

    Are we doing the wrong thing by trying to force two talls into our fwd line. Look at the pies last night, McStay is a bust, was talking to a few pie supporting mates and they would rather Ash Johnson. He’s more mobile, little bit of X factor about him and a more reliable set shot. I think we should be playing Smith ahead of Petty, he ticks the first 2 boxes, hard to say on the goal kicking as there’s only a limited sample size for both.

    Mcstay had 2.2 goals, 7 marks and 4 marks inside 50… what else did you want him to do? 

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    4 hours ago, Radar Detector said:

    Rugby audiences are actually way up vs 5 years ago… but the current Wallabies performance isn’t helping this year.

    Its an unfortunately secret blessing given the bogan rubbish that is League overwhelms it

    If only they got more air time...at least so I could work out why it's the game played in heaven

    Goody has been mind-melting the competition all year, just hope he gets the balance right between experimenting and having team cohesion. I think he's been great. If we go deep I reckon his preferred setup will be Grundy in, Petty back and, sadly, Tommo to miss. If it does happen that Grundy doesn't make it back, well at least we took the second best ruckman in the comp out of the comp. 

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    27 minutes ago, AmDamDemon said:

    Goody has been mind-melting the competition all year, just hope he gets the balance right between experimenting and having team cohesion. I think he's been great. If we go deep I reckon his preferred setup will be Grundy in, Petty back and, sadly, Tommo to miss. If it does happen that Grundy doesn't make it back, well at least we took the second best ruckman in the comp out of the comp. 

    Tomo's in fine fettle and the FD may have learned their lesson post the last time they swapped Petty straight in.

    Should hold his spot unless Hibb is back to full flight on the GPS etc after tomorrow's game and we need him for particular match ups.

    Petty will need to up the ante up forward tomorrow.

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    SMITH surely the Sub again as his last weeks have been excellent! Would have actually liked to see him in instead of Petty!

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    1 minute ago, picket fence said:

    SMITH surely the Sub again as his last weeks have been excellent! Would have actually liked to see him in instead of Petty!

    I think we should trade Petty for a packet of chips

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    1 hour ago, bandicoot said:

    Mcstay had 2.2 goals, 7 marks and 4 marks inside 50… what else did you want him to do? 

    Nail the easy shots he missed.

    1 hour ago, bandicoot said:

    Mcstay had 2.2 goals, 7 marks and 4 marks inside 50… what else did you want him to do? 

    I hope Collingwood continues to play him, I believe their more dangerous with Johnson playing.


    1 hour ago, picket fence said:

    SMITH surely the Sub again as his last weeks have been excellent! Would have actually liked to see him in instead of Petty!

    Who would have thought?

    Well hopefully there won't be anymore upsets this round after the Suns win. 

    the dees seem to be only putting in for half the game, last week they played well for half of each of the four quarters, did not put together one 4 quarter effort. similarly in other games we put in a few good moments but then seem to let the opposition back in. it would be good to see 4 quarters out of them.  All games are important to win at this stage of the year, none should be taken for granted.

     
    42 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

    Well hopefully there won't be anymore upsets this round after the Suns win. 

    One more would be sweet and that is the Crows beating Port.

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    8 hours ago, Stiff Arm said:

    Happy that Tommo and Woey have held their spot

    Thought the former might've been dropped for Petty 

    Woey will have his quiet patches, but IMO worth getting games into him

    Will we see Blake Howes before the season finishes?

    Tomo = Selection integrity and this is what builds confidence and cohesion amongst the 22.

    Woey .... spot on.  Some ppl expecting him to be racking them up so early at this level have no idea.

    While SOS may be slightly out of his depth tank wise at this early stage, the quality, decision making and finish is building when he does get on the end of it with ball in hand.

    Will he just roll on without ever going back for a reset or managed at Casey?  Of course not!

    But in the mean time we're getting valuable experience into a player who will eventually become a very very good regular 22 (at worst) and possibly a champion 200 plus gamer for the MFC going forward.  Enjoy the ride folks!

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