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  On 09/09/2023 at 07:24, BDA said:

What is it with all the Bedford revisionism in this thread. He did not show this kind of form when playing for us. And he had chances to do so.

No he didn't and in the short stints he did have, which were barely enough to show anything, he showed enough to re-sign for at least one more season.

Played a VN game/role in the Premiership win also.

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      On 09/09/2023 at 08:42, Demon Dynasty said:

    No he didn't and in the short stints he did have, which were barely enough to show anything, he showed enough to re-sign for at least one more season.

    Played a VN game/role in the Premiership win also.

    We offered him a contract. FD wouldn't do that if they didn't think he could contribute.  Why didn't he stay with us and fight for his place like Chandler did? 

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      On 09/09/2023 at 08:33, spirit of norm smith said:

    Bedford played exactly as we thought we would.   Pace.  Pressure. Goalscoring. After being sub for 8-9 games and dropped , he wanted to be given a chance. Goodwin and others seriously got this one wrong imv.  He always looked like a player.  This is not hindsight.  We called it out over the past 3 years when he was on our list.  

    100% NS.

    I love how some on here make statements as if fact... that no one on here saw the upside in him and said nothing before his entre' efforts with  the Giants.

    A number of Landers saw the potential well before he was let go and were dissapointed that he was let go.

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    GWS will be hoping the bears towel Port so they can play them next week. 
     

    They will beat Port at Port and go into the prelims. 
     

    From there, if they make the granny and the bears make the granny, GWS will win the flag. 
     

    They have the talent, the game plan and the mongrel for finals footy. 

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      On 09/09/2023 at 08:49, Demon Dynasty said:

    A number of Landers saw the potential well before he was let go and were dissapointed that he was let go.

    he wasn't let go. he was offered a contract but decided to go elsewhere. it was his decision not the FD. 

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      On 09/09/2023 at 07:38, BDA said:

    A lot of hindsight Harry’s in this thread

    You and Dub are arguing about hindsights and that he was given enough of a chance.

    Now you're arguing contract negotiations and he shouldve just stayed.  That's a diff argument altogether and one that im pretty sure most on here would have no inside info as to how it played out.

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      On 09/09/2023 at 08:57, BDA said:

    he wasn't let go. he was offered a contract but decided to go elsewhere. it was his decision not the FD. 

    He must have gotten a more lucrative  offer then BDA which we didnt want to match.

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    We need the GWS forward line coach. They’ve averaged over 100 points the last 5 weeks and look super efficient. 

    Forward efficiency will be the story of this finals series.

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      On 09/09/2023 at 08:58, Demon Dynasty said:

    You and Dub are arguing about hindsights and that he was given enough of a chance.

    Now you're arguing contract negotiations and he shouldve just stayed.  That's a diff argument altogether and one that im pretty sure most on here would have no inside info as to how it played out.

    you said he was let go. he wasn't. he was offered a contract.

    there are comments on here that the FD should have recognised his talent. They recognised something otherwise they wouldn't have offered him a contract.

    Personally, I don't think that he showed enough. Thats a matter of opinion which we can disagree on

    He's had a great year. Good luck to him. Many the change of environment was what he needed. A bit like Perter Wright who i didn't think could produce what he did. 

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      On 09/09/2023 at 09:02, Demon Dynasty said:

    He must have gotten a more lucrative  offer then BDA which we didnt want to match.

    you would think so. or maybe more years.

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      On 09/09/2023 at 09:08, BDA said:

    you would think so. or maybe more years.

    Correct.  No club is going to get every list choice correct but some Landers did see his potential prior to leaving and said so.

    Not every comment on here is based on the benefit of 'Harry Hindsight' 

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      On 09/09/2023 at 08:54, BoBo said:

    GWS will be hoping the bears towel Port so they can play them next week. 
     

    They will beat Port at Port and go into the prelims. 
     

    From there, if they make the granny and the bears make the granny, GWS will win the flag. 
     

    They have the talent, the game plan and the mongrel for finals footy. 

    I hate the so-called "expansion clubs". I don't want to see them win. Not many will be celebrating.

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    So who do we want to win tonight?

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      On 09/09/2023 at 09:35, loges said:

    So who do we want to win tonight?

    My logic is Port

    If we do get through to the GF I would prefer it not to be on the back of a match in the relatively draining heat of Brisbane.

    And we did win the last prelim we played in Adelaide

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      On 09/09/2023 at 09:18, Green Demon said:

    I hate the so-called "expansion clubs". I don't want to see them win. Not many will be celebrating.

    Fair enough. 
     

    Im purely selfish about it from day to day. 
     

    I would rather a corporate, soulless and vacuous entity like GWS find success than to have to endure the endless amount of entitled and arrogant verbal diarrhoea spewing from the mouths of Pies and Carlton supporters by one year of success.

     

    If GWS play the pies and blues 5 times each in the next 10 grand finals, then I will be cheering GWS to their tenth flag in a row until my voice is destroyed. 
     

    I cannot express how much disdain I have for those clubs. 
     

    I wish them nothing but misery. 

     

     

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      On 09/09/2023 at 09:39, BoBo said:

    Fair enough. 
     

    Im purely selfish about it from day to day. 
     

    I would rather a corporate, soulless and vacuous entity like GWS find success than to have to endure the endless amount of entitled and arrogant verbal diarrhoea spewing from the mouths of Pies and Carlton supporters by one year of success.

     

    If GWS play the pies and blues 5 times each in the next 10 grand finals, then I will be cheering GWS to their tenth flag in a row until my voice is destroyed. 
     

    I cannot express how much disdain I have for those clubs. 
     

    I wish them nothing but misery. 

     

     

    You make good points 😁. Port or Brisbane winning would be somewhere in the middle.

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      On 09/09/2023 at 09:35, loges said:

    So who do we want to win tonight?

    PORT! I can’t stand the Lions. Didn’t particularly like nor dislike them up until round 23 last year but since then I’ve been giving my Dane Zorko voodoo doll a hiding.  The crushed nuts incident (thanks Touk!) is only partly satisfying. Them going out in straight sets this year will go a ways to eventual appeasement.

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    dont like off the ball hits unless they are on Zorko

    well played Butters!

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