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4 minutes ago, Fromgotowoewodin said:

Pretty poor last few minutes, we’re supposed to have plans for situations like that except the plan seemed to be bomb it to a pack of 20 players, have a couple of hail mary shots from 50 (ok Salem’s wasn’t that far and he should’ve kicked it, Trac was robbed but it wasn’t the right option imo) and repeat bombing it. Gotta be better than that. 

Blues were good though, pressure was massive. Clarry not quite up to speed yet

Ditto.  We are our own downfall!!! 
 

Insanity.  Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Bombing it in … FFS

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2 best teams in the competition going head to head in an absolute 18 round belter. bloody loved the game, hated the result. 

there was SOOOOOO much to like about our performance and i am more confident we can win it all.

No team outside of the two that played tonight is capable of playing at that level. and the scary part is neither were at our best.

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The better team on the night won, but I'm not convinced that Petracca's kick was touched.

So many of our players just cruise along at about 70% - Salem, Hunter, Langdon and Grundy to name four. Salem was especially poor. 

I'm not convinced Hibberd was a good sub choice. We need impact in the middle, not a defender getting two nothing touches. I'm also worried about Bowey - he is clearly the weakest link in our defence. 

Ultimately we lost because we gave up soft goals at the start of the third and fourth quarters. We can't afford to do that in the finals. 

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It’s all about team selection, if we get it right we look so much better.

Jordon should never have been in the team, Hibberd has confirmed he’s a lock for finals. I’d still have Tomlinson in there and Hibberd over one of McVee/Salem/Bowey who are all guns but Hibberd so important.

Grundy isn’t a forward, he’s a ruck who rests forward which is why we need Smith down there as well and ideally another marking option if we have any.

Melksham isn’t a lock anymore if he can’t take marks.

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I’d like to understand how the umpires can go without being held to account 

week after week after week

AFL house needs to hire scomo and whatshername that just lost her aukus gig to design an roboumpire scheme that hounds transgressors out of a job

jesus wept 

it’s making the game unwatchable

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We fell asleep the first 5 mins of the last and that was costly because we had the game on our terms towards end of the 3rd.

We were 5 metres away from that call. Once he called touched they were never going to overturn it. Watching it live it wasn’t touched. 

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1 minute ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

You wouldn't be saying that if it was a final its a flawed system, just get the decisions you can right that's what the videos for.

#FMD.

Really the video is a sham, grainy footage, no clear angles, for a multi million dollar sport its a joke, and please dont cofuse my statement with my level of disappointment, I would love to have pipped the blues again on the siren. 

If you want to see VAR done properly watch the soccer. AFL is a tight fisted joke

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Could have won it but it’s a tough competition. Carlton played very well. Brought plenty of heat. We let them get the jump on us at the start of the 4th and that was the game. Disappointing after wrestling the game back on our terms.

we’re still in it up to our necks.

go dees

edit: I haven’t seen replays of tracs non goal. Inconclusive from the replays at the ground.

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2 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

I know the goal line decisions going to be the main talking point but really we have so many problems that need addressing before worrying about that. 
 

Selection on a greasy/wet night was not great.

Still love bomving it long to outnumbered or out sized contests.

Players don’t shepherd for each other, don’t do the hard yards for each other.

Max whinges more than the whole of England. Also flops around like a fish out of water.

Salem has some of the worst disposals I’ve seen in a long time. He was once elite at hitting a target now he is elite at panicking and butchering the ball.

As bizarre as it sounds Petty out might cost us any chance. 

Right about Salem he is so used to dinky kicks he can no longer kick past 40 and panics in his disposals now, some shocking mistakes.

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Brutal game. Insane intensity. Forget top two, that was the type of footy we need to be playing. That'll get us to a prelim (anything can happen from there). Undone by a few lucky bounces, kicks that fell short and a damn good midfielder in Cripps. Nothing to be ashamed of here, let's replay it in September.
 

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The side on camera shot clearly showed a decent gap between his hand and the ball? But they only played that about once compared to the other angles? Am I being biased or did anyone else see that shown once and then they went back to the two which I agree were inconclusive….

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6 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

SWYL is very Angry 

That was a goal

i HATE everything about Carlton. There is no difference between them and Collingwood 

Never Forget that

Their massive sense of entitlement - this separates them from the filth. 

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The soft call should have been a goal and check to see if it was touched

 

Insufficient evidence

 

We Win

 

We'll take back 2nd spot next week when the Pies beat the Lions at Marvel and we beat the Hawks

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9 minutes ago, Maldonboy38 said:

I have major issues with Salem running into an open goal, unpressured, and not making the distance from about 42 metres. I just don't get it. Furious with that.

Great game of footy, but we were beaten at our own game and looked slow around the contest, especially at stoppages. 

Yes he was abismal tonight, same as Langdon and Melksham MIA.

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