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i still want to win, regardless of the pear result

i also want to see us continue to play strong, committed, and determined football

let's finish the season heading into the first final  

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    My final 8:

    1  Collingwood

    2  Brisbane

    3  Port Adelaide

    4  Melbourne

    5  Carlton

    6  St Kilda

    7  GWS

    8  Sydney

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    A win takes the team to 64 premiership points that is a good omen. 

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    4 minutes ago, Tarax Club said:

    A win takes the team to 64 premiership points that is a good omen. 

    True... but if lose and finish with 60 thats a good omen too ;-)

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    Hate to say it, but I think we have better flag chances if we take it easy today, no injuries and are in better shape for Collingwood at the G, than bursting our boilers trying to beat Sydney, who really want to win (causing greater injury and niggle chances) then the Lions at the Gabatoir. 

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    Tis a beautiful sunny day here in Sydney.  Ground is going to be dry.

     

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    9 minutes ago, kryton101 said:

    Tis a beautiful sunny day here in Sydney.  Ground is going to be dry.

     

    That is such wonderful news. Many of our losses this year have been in wet or damp conditions 

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    4 hours ago, Min Xie said:

    My final 8:

    1  Collingwood

    2  Brisbane

    3  Port Adelaide

    4  Melbourne

    5  Carlton

    6  St Kilda

    7  GWS

    8  Sydney

    Port, Dees and GWS win?

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    What a cracking day here in Sydney, been looking fwd to this all year, slightly disappointed it may be a dead rubber but we’ll take it as there was no game in Sydney last year. 
    Excited to see how our fwd line will operate, all of our fwds on their day throughout the season have kicked multiple goals. Both Fritsch and Melksham should prove a headache for the opposition. 

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    Not sure how we approach this game 

    Clearly we want to go into finals with another scalp but the final quarter may require players to be protected somewhat.

    The interest factor for me is how Fritta and the other forwards go today.

     

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    17 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

    Sydney’s public transport has nothing on Melbourne’s…..

    Although the airport train is pretty handy!  Especially for avoiding peak time traffic

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    Typooo

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    17 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

    What a cracking day here in Sydney, been looking fwd to this all year, slightly disappointed it may be a dead rubber but we’ll take it as there was no game in Sydney last year. 
    Excited to see how our fwd line will operate, all of our fwds on their day throughout the season have kicked multiple goals. Both Fritsch and Melksham should prove a headache for the opposition. 

    This is the x factor for me. How it will be difficult to cover both Fritta and Milk. Maybe even Smith. Yes we won't be tall but we will be super mobile. Also keen to see if Tmac gets a run.

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    No chance of port losing to the tigers

    So play hard, go for the win but don’t kill yourselves. 

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    Huge game for the Swans

    Lose and they potentially play Carlton away in finals

    Win and they play home to Saints

    plus Buddy farewell. 

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    Reckon the Swans will be fired up at home and beat us. They’ve got a home final to play for. We’ll give a decent account of ourselves but ultimately fall short and have key players spend long periods on the bench.

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    In opposition to the top dog, @binman, I'm expecting us to free the shackles and I think we'll allow this game to flow free a bit, to minimise the crash and bash, and we'll also be psychologically freed to play with less fear of failure given the double chance is locked up. Additionally, it'll give us a chance to defend faster ball movement in preparation for Collingwood. 

    It'll be interesting to see which way we go, I'm expecting us to win it though, and we won't want to head into a QF off a loss.

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    Swans are pathetic at scg. Their record isn’t great. They have a real issue in that their home games are played on a postage stamp and the big games are on mcg. Essentially they need 2 different games styles. 

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