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This is the blueprint to be competitive week in week out, even if the opposition looks scary on paper. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Bravo !

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    I reckon Juddy is BOG tonight super game! let’s hope we can finish this off loving the young guys brining the heat! 

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    Love them but gees , Salem, Bowey and sparrow are not up to the speed or have offered anything positive for weeks now 

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    Kick the first 1 or 2 and it will be very hard to overcome. Let’s hope we can keep it up

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    Let’s do this Demons. 
     

    Pressure has been immense tonight. 
     

    Keep it up. 

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    Well, it’s ours to lose. 

    We are in control. Tight, low scoring game but I hope we have learnt from the last few games (lions/roos) and we come out trying to score and put this away. The bombers will keep coming at us so we need to be firm, but bold. 

    We can do this, first goal straight from the bounce, let’s go! 

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    C'mon Demons one more quarter 🙏

    Playing a man down with Petty out there, sub him off for some fresh legs. May as well have one of these out there

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    3 minutes ago, loges said:

    Petty needs to get more involved 

    PETTY NEEDS TO BE DROPPED!

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    Please PLEASE don’t lose this in the last. We played so well. Hold on for one more quarter!

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    Need to sub bowel for woey

    Defence is outstanding

    We're leading clearances. Max who?

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    1 minute ago, Bates Mate said:

    Love them but gees , Salem, Bowey and sparrow are not up to the speed or have offered anything positive for weeks now 

    Salem and Sparrow slowly are becoming irrelevant in our list.

    If they can't find form, it may be time for them to look for opportunities elsewhere. Specially if we are going to be very active in the trade season.

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    Great grinding performance across the first 3 quarters to win a three-goal lead. Can't be scoreless in the last again though. 

    I worry about Jake Bowey. He's a very little guy, and is often caught out in one-on-one marking contests or moments where he has to lay tackle pressure.

    1 minute ago, GCDee said:

    I reckon Juddy is BOG tonight super game! let’s hope we can finish this off loving the young guys brining the heat! 

    Loving Kolt, Windsor, AMW, McVee, Riv etc

    Just need to keep the pressure up, don't let Bombers open up the play

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    Holey underwear. I just tuned in (from Calabria). Expected to see us 30 down. Wowee.

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    One more quarter lads.. we've got then on the ropes! 

    We look dangerous going inside 50 so the more entries and pressure the closer we'll look to the knock out blow.

    1 minute ago, Jaded No More said:

    Please PLEASE don’t lose this in the last. We played so well. Hold on for one more quarter!

    @WalkingCivilWarmust be very anxious and nervous at the moment 😅😅

     
    1 minute ago, picket fence said:

    PETTY NEEDS TO BE DROPPED!

    You are crazy. He is competing and contesting and is vital. 


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