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1 hour ago, Deeoldfart said:

I’m easily satisfied today.  The following will do me nicely:

-  some solid ‘in-game’ breaks for Max, Tracc, Vines and Maysie;

-  some game-day run into Fritta;

-  Clarrie to clean out any remaining cobwebs;

-  a good look at Disco in the Ones;

-  nice little win;

-  no injuries.

Thanks

Does Tmac figure anywwhere?

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43 minutes ago, Supreme_Demon said:

Hope we play well and are "in form" against the Swans.

Winning is preferred. As it helps build momentum for us.

Don't care where we play in the finals. You gotta beat the best to be the best. Although, obviously at the MCG against the Magpies is preferred.

No injuries is important. As we need to be fit and healthy for finals football.

Lastly, I hope Christian Petracca plays extremely well and gets the 3 votes in our match today. That helps him to be a sneaky chance to win the 2023 Brownlow Medal! Fingers crossed!🤞

Have a good hit out to half time, then cue in the rack. May subbed off, and as in the 2021 Prelim the last 10 minutes bench will consist of May, Max, Lever, Trac and Clarry.

Jack viney just keeps the team going on the field.  Although I wouldn't mind seeing him rested during the game also.

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35 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

If we know we are playing Thursday, I’d give the AFL the big FU they deserve and make as many late changes as possible. 
For one I would pull May out. If he gets injured or concussed we are in big trouble. 

Absoluteley No. 1 priority.

Or subbed off at half time due to ' tightness'  or similiar.  Dr. Laura will think of something.

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Just now, Demon17 said:

Absoluteley No. 1 priority.

Or subbed off at half time due to ' tightness'  or similiar.  Dr. Laura will think of something.

You don’t need an injury to sub off now. Tactical sub. The tactic is we don’t want our best players injured before finals. 

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1 minute ago, Demon17 said:

Absoluteley No. 1 priority.

Or subbed off at half time due to ' tightness'  or similiar.  Dr. Laura will think of something.

You don't need a medical reason to deploy the sub this year.

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13 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Will be great to see Carlton beaten today 

I loved watching the cats get put to the sword at home last night.

Blues going down would be too much fun for 1 weekend.

Then Toby knocks them out of the finals in Week 1.  Kicking 5 on Marchbank?

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4 minutes ago, Return to Glory said:

This match will be one of the greatest Sydney lovefests of all time, from umpires (let's include goal) to commentators. 

Buddy's farewell. 

Commentators will be driving this agenda hard.

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45 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Smallest hint of injury and I’ll be on the floor hyperventilating 

I hope that of all players, Clarry gets through unscathed!

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16 minutes ago, Demon17 said:

I loved watching the cats get put to the sword at home last night.

Blues going down would be too much fun for 1 weekend.

Then Toby knocks them out of the finals in Week 1.  Kicking 5 on Marchbank?

I'd prefer us beating Sydney, and GWS beating Carlton today, which would leave Carlton playing an elimination final against Sydney.

Sydney then take care of Carlton and go out themselves in the semis.

Perfection.

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It really is a spectacular Sydney August day today. I had to move my feet along the couch by the window because they were starting to cook. Rainbow lorikeets staring in the window demanding attention. The occasional small dense cloud giving a little relief from the sun but nothing that would bring rain. The spring winds haven't kicked in yet.

My magical good luck charm wife will be coming along - looks like we got literally the last adjacent seats in the house, up in the goal umpires' reserve (top deck, partially obstructed, exposed!)

My only concern is that we are fairly close to the ledge and she has a habit of levitating when excited during games.

Only the second game of football I've been able to get to in person this season - the other was round 1!

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6 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Interested in how the Casey watchers think Disco Turner is traveling.  Obviously he's picked to play today, but I'd expected to see more of him this season based off his mature showing Queens Birthday last season before getting injured.

He was injured for the second half of the season else we might have seen him instead of Tommo

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3 hours ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

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

Can’t agree with that. You can tap on and off with your credit card. Great for folks like me who lose on average one Myki card every five days. 

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Just now, WalkingCivilWar said:

Can’t agree with that. You can tap on and off with your credit card. Great for folks like me who lose on average one Myki card every five days. 

I think the key part is that on any given weekend about 1/3rd of the system in Sydney is closed for track repairs, with the replacement buses being a nightmare for the drivers because Sydney's roads are all designed to push people onto the tollways, and getting to and from each station in turn requires all kinds of winding and weaving, including three-point turns across intersections!

Although, one thing that is definitely in Sydney train's favour is that I've never picked up that strange smell of barn hay that I get from Melbourne trains. I'm told it is related to a cleaning product they use, but it is especially common on the South-East lines.

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