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3 hours ago, Dee Zephyr said:

 

Petty broke Draper, now Darcy and Dogga’s turn. 

You must be kidding. Petty mostly fell over & fumbled. He seems totally bereft of confidence & form & has barely contributed this year.

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    3 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    I would like to say I'm confident but I'd be lying.

    I've watched Freo of late and they're impressive team on the rise. They're starting to build some really good self belief within the team, not saying we aren't either, but seems that JL seems to have them finally connecting in all three lines of the ground

    Freo at home this year have been hard to stop. Yes they lost to West Coast but I think like us they were just completely off their game. Their slingshot off half back and ability to move the ball at speed is what is winning them games this year. See the Sydney game where this was on display. 

    The Jackson/Darcy combo is another factor. Forget Draper, these two are miles ahead of him. It worries me that we're going to be putting more focus on JVR as a ruckman this week then we would initially like because Petty struggled to provide a solid contest when he was in there.

    Can see this one going right down to the wire.

    Go Dees.

    Yep agree. 

    We can win this, and I am 100% all in on the optimism and confidence, it’s refreshing and enjoyable. 

    But IMO Fremantle are a top 4 side and will be eager to bounce back after last week. We are deservedy marked underdogs. 

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    9 minutes ago, Cranky Franky said:

    You must be kidding. Petty mostly fell over & fumbled. He seems totally bereft of confidence & form & has barely contributed this year.

    20 pressure acts and 5 tackles. That's in the top 7 players for both stats, top 3 for Melbourne.

    Draper had 6 and 1.

    I don't disagree that he didn't offer much offensively, but he definitely had a go.

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    Not many blokes go well post concussion, so am hoping Darcy is ineffectual.  Not much has been made of our WA mafia combining in statement games but would love to see Riv, JVR, Kossie, Kolt and Judd remind the West Australians of what was left on the table...

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    13 minutes ago, Cranky Franky said:

    You must be kidding. Petty mostly fell over & fumbled. He seems totally bereft of confidence & form & has barely contributed this year.

    Absolute proof that you didn't watch the game closely!

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    15 minutes ago, Cranky Franky said:

    You must be kidding. Petty mostly fell over & fumbled. He seems totally bereft of confidence & form & has barely contributed this year.

    Haha agree.. must having been watching a different game.

    Took a 21 year old in JVR to turn the tide back our way in terms of being able to half the ruck contests with his physicality. 

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    Can you feel the tension? I can. I can feel it... down in my plums. They're getting a nice bluish hue, gettin' ready to take 'em to the farmer's market.

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    16 minutes ago, Cranky Franky said:

    You must be kidding. Petty mostly fell over & fumbled. He seems totally bereft of confidence & form & has barely contributed this year.

     Was tongue in cheek about Petty breaking Draper.
    But he was nowhere near as bad as the Petty haters are saying. He busted a gut last week. 

    DL right now reminds me of early 2021 when all people looked at was stats. Brayshaw was no good then cause he wasn’t getting 25-30 touches on the wing, but a lot were clueless about his role. 
    Same goes about Petty and Sparrow now. But I guess when the team is winning we must find something to hate.

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    10 minutes ago, seventyfour said:

    20 pressure acts and 5 tackles. That's in the top 7 players for both stats, top 3 for Melbourne.

    Draper had 6 and 1.

    I don't disagree that he didn't offer much offensively, but he definitely had a go.

    Petty had six touches, four clangers and 10 hit outs. He was below ordinary. 

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    I’m mates with their Head of Operations. Trying to think of the perfect text message that will completely derail them. Any suggestions welcome. 

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    Freo are like Essendon. Give them a shove and they will fall  over ( except for Pearce ). Now wether we are ready to shove them or not is another matter.

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    4 Quarters of Pressure Demons, is what we need today

    the job can be done 

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    12 minutes ago, Mel Bourne said:

    I’m mates with their Head of Operations. Trying to think of the perfect text message that will completely derail them. Any suggestions welcome. 

    Good luck today mate.  you beat us by 92 points in Alice last month. Easy win coming,  Rest Serong and Brayshaw

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    27 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

    Yep agree. 

    We can win this, and I am 100% all in on the optimism and confidence, it’s refreshing and enjoyable. 

    But IMO Fremantle are a top 4 side and will be eager to bounce back after last week. We are deservedy marked underdogs. 

    Pretty much my thoughts, they are building well and once they get consistent are the real deal. I like how we’ve progressed but we’re outsiders in this.

    Hoping for a win, not confident but looking forward to seeing upside and this mornings conditions in Perth very similar to the morning leading into the Sunday arvo game in 2004.

    That day they were the better side for most of the day but we just hung in there. Heavy showers hit and we dominated the final quarter to win with Vardy very prominent in that quarter.

    Would love a repeat 

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    Ideas on pubs to watch the game today? or is everyone staying home?


    4 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    I would like to say I'm confident but I'd be lying.

    I've watched Freo of late and they're impressive team on the rise. They're starting to build some really good self belief within the team, not saying we aren't either, but seems that JL seems to have them finally connecting in all three lines of the ground

    Freo at home this year have been hard to stop. Yes they lost to West Coast but I think like us they were just completely off their game. Their slingshot off half back and ability to move the ball at speed is what is winning them games this year. See the Sydney game where this was on display. 

    The Jackson/Darcy combo is another factor. Forget Draper, these two are miles ahead of him. It worries me that we're going to be putting more focus on JVR as a ruckman this week then we would initially like because Petty struggled to provide a solid contest when he was in there.

    Can see this one going right down to the wire.

    Go Dees.

    I agree with most of this. Where I'm more hopeful is around our ability to reduce their successful slingshot game. And last week provided the blueprint at stoppage to prevent them getting it to the outside. Bring the same pressure and cleanness at stoppage ourselves and we're a good chance.

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    26 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    Can you feel the tension? I can. I can feel it... down in my plums. They're getting a nice bluish hue, gettin' ready to take 'em to the farmer's market.

    I think it's time for you to seek professional help Ethan.

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    Woke up this morning resigned to a loss. I'm hoping we put in a gutsy display and keep our momentum, rather than just capitulating like we did in Alice. I'm pretty confident we'll perform OK but be shown up in the midfield and as a result they'll get too many easy entries into their forward 50.

    A win requires a tremendous performance in the ruck to nullify Jackson and Darcy, with AMW, Tholstrup, Pickett, Viney, ANB, and others preventing their midfield spread from getting easy transitions/turnover goals.

    Do that and we can possibly scrounge enough points to win, but it's going to depend on that high pressure midfield we've seen over the past month since the Lions 2nd quarter.

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    1 hour ago, titan_uranus said:

    Yep agree. 

    We can win this, and I am 100% all in on the optimism and confidence, it’s refreshing and enjoyable. 

    But IMO Fremantle are a top 4 side and will be eager to bounce back after last week. We are deservedy marked underdogs. 

    Yet we win and we'll most likely be 4th ourselves.

    It's a strange season.

    It's Sydney and then the rest atm IMO.


    2 minutes ago, Binmans PA said:

    Yet we win and we'll most likely be 4th ourselves.

    It's a strange season.

    It's Sydney and then the rest atm IMO.

    A strange season it is! Even Swans lost to the Tigers!

    Hope the Demons bring their best, kick straight, Freo have a not so good day, and we might bring home the bacon!

    Go Demons!!

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    4 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    I would like to say I'm confident but I'd be lying.

    I've watched Freo of late and they're impressive team on the rise. They're starting to build some really good self belief within the team, not saying we aren't either, but seems that JL seems to have them finally connecting in all three lines of the ground

    Freo at home this year have been hard to stop. Yes they lost to West Coast but I think like us they were just completely off their game. Their slingshot off half back and ability to move the ball at speed is what is winning them games this year. See the Sydney game where this was on display. 

    The Jackson/Darcy combo is another factor. Forget Draper, these two are miles ahead of him. It worries me that we're going to be putting more focus on JVR as a ruckman this week then we would initially like because Petty struggled to provide a solid contest when he was in there.

    Can see this one going right down to the wire.

    Go Dees.

    I feel JVR is actually more physical than Jackson. Maybe at least in that specific contest we break even?

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    15 minutes ago, Demonland said:

     

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    The relief post-treatment was palpable.

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    36 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

    I think it's time for you to seek professional help Ethan.

    Trust me Bitters, I’ve tried everything.

    Edited by Ethan Tremblay

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    1 hour ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    Can you feel the tension? I can. I can feel it... down in my plums. They're getting a nice bluish hue, gettin' ready to take 'em to the farmer's market.

    The biggest FM is Australia is just down the road from me @Ethan Tremblay. Should we win, I recon I can get a good price on them ripened plums. Don't bruise 'em between now and game time.

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