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2 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

For starters

Luke Jackson-Fullerton/Schache

That’s the number 1 problem this year 

Losing Brayshaw and Jordon.
Angus was never going to pass a medical after last September, We let Jordon go way too easily 

I hope McAdam can show us something, but he is very injury prone, if you know any Crows Supporters, they weren’t too fussed losing him

They weren't too fussed after they knew McAdam was leaving but before he was leaving they wanted a straight swap for Petty.

It took them a couple of weeks to work out it wasn't happening.

He played well for them for a 3 year period.

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    4 minutes ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

    They weren't too fussed after they knew McAdam was leaving but before he was leaving they wanted a straight swap for Petty.

    It took them a couple of weeks to work out it wasn't happening.

    He played well for them for a 3 year period.

    McAdam played some good games at Crom, but he hasn’t had consistency yet. If we can get that out of him, then he will be an asset. 
    His kicking sure let him down last week. 

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    Of course the club with the most frees by far, gets a quiet patch in a game and the Coach is complaining about umpiring.

    Blues just must have every free.

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    Anyone watch the Giants beat the cats at the cattery.  Wow. They were desperate.  They missed chances in the first half and early in the third quarter.  Giants should have been 8 goals up but at 5 goals, the cats clawed their way back.  Yet even with the home town fans screaming for the cats, the giants held on and then got the last goals through a piece of Greene magic. Their pressure then to hang on and keep the cats scoreless in the last 8 minutes.  Bodies on the line.  Tackles that held.  Yes held the player up.  
     

    I honestly would love to see Dees take our intensity to lift to this level.  We show it in parts.  Yes in parts only and certainly not at the start of games.

    Somehow we got comfortable. Maybe the Dees got “ freed from desire “ too much after 2021.  Goody also got comfortable imv and needs 240 volts as well. 

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    13 hours ago, binman said:

    Essential viewing:

    The Scott press conference.

    Old mate Scotty didn't disappointed.

    I admire his confidence.

    He could have gone safe in his attempt to win the coveted Poor sportsmanship- coaches division award (or as it is colloquially known, the sour puss).

    After all  he has a handy lead over mcrae, who has surged of late, scoring big with his patented go to passive aggressive routine.

    But, no, Scotty decided to attempt the rare triple pay the opponents no respect move - and totally nailed it. Respect.

    The cats apparently played poorly for 3 quarters against the giants, port and dees - and still almost won (he got bonus points for using the under a goal line - the judges loved it).

    Though he missed a chance to try the even rarer quadruple disrespect trick by not disrespecting the suns a bit more.

    Though he did pick up some easy points by acting if having 160 points scored against them is no big deal.

    And really, probably didn't need the extra points after totally nailing his signature 'no disrespect with a backhanded compliment twist' trick.

    As scott noted, a big factor in the game was the giants taking contested marks

    But, with 'no disrespect', the giants' old school strategy of kicking long to a contest was very basic - but only worked because the cats marked poorly.

    And the judges gave Scott extra points for that trick for the litte twist only the true sour puss aficionados would have picked up - that backhanded compliment was the ONLY time he mentioned the Giants.

    Personally, I loved how Scotty slipped in the tried and true trick of, apropos of nothing, mentioning that the cats have young players (all 3 of them)

    A bravura performance.

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    I was at Marvel Stadium yesterday. A solid, professional win by the Blues. It could have blown out further but I think Carlton were easing up in the last 10 minutes of 4th quarter as they play Port in Adelaide on Thursday. Voss made some interesting selections and positional changes (they all worked), a bit adventurous for him, seems to be evolving as a coach now 🤔

    The Suns are a solid team now and will get better. Mac Andrew will be a star. Not sure what Max King's contract status is but the Dees should definitely be chasing him as it could be one of those 'missing piece' signings.

    I caught some of Geelong v GWS on Kayo and did watch all of the last quarter. Both teams were annointed as likely Premiers early in the season and both faltered since. Gritty win by GWS away in Geelong, this might get their season back on track.

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    McKenzie is coming along really nicely at the Hawks. 

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    I know they choked it last week. But i fear that disgusting brown Hawk thing will be back making havoc soon. 
     

    they must be taken down 

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    Anyone hear of MRO results from last night?

    There was a couple of cheap shots from the Cats

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    Is that Brisbane out of the finals race or does their draw keep them just barely clinging on?

    They would need to pick up a game on the Dogs, two games on Freo and Gold Coast, and also three games on one of the current top 7.

     

     

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    1 hour ago, Little Goffy said:

    Is that Brisbane out of the finals race or does their draw keep them just barely clinging on?

    They would need to pick up a game on the Dogs, two games on Freo and Gold Coast, and also three games on one of the current top 7.

     

     

    Done, with the amount of injuries they have.

     

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    We should have smashed the Eagles last week. This is the side they are and we didn’t show up, expected a win without effort and got embarrassed by a cellar dweller. Nothing can convince me otherwise. 

    This game will likely cost a top 4 spot.

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    2 minutes ago, Gawndy the Great said:

    We should have smashed the Eagles last week. This is the side they are and we didn’t show up, expected a win without effort and got embarrassed by a cellar dweller. Nothing can convince me otherwise. 

    This game will likely cost a top 4 spot.

    Really cringeworthy too see Essendon in second place.

     

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    Good to see 2 Cats suspended from last night

    they played dirty and lost

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    It's just sickening watching this crows Eagles game after west coast looked like this star team last week & seeing them perform like this.

    We should not have lost that game last week. 

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    On 24/05/2024 at 22:19, deegirl said:

    This is really annoying me. Collingwood have the grit to fight out these wins. Not sure we have the same 

    My own craziness did not age well 😂

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    The only thing worse than losing is playing a slow, defensive garbage game style and losing, while at the same time having an deep lack of talent from systemically overrating and overestimating your list. 

    I don't see a way forward for the Saints that doesn't involve bottoming out completely 

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