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Magpies miss out on finals on percentage 

Aaaaah that feels good

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    4 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    Nice to know Jackson has mum nearby if he needs a cry

    Gee , you really respect our Grand Final players.

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    1 minute ago, Dingo said:

    Gee , you really respect our Grand Final players.

    he walked out at 21.

    he can [censored] right off

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    2 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    Are you talking about that semi last year? We may’ve panicked in the last two minutes but we didn’t gift them the win. The score review result gifted them the win when Tracc’s goal was deemed touched by Marchbank when it clearly wasn’t. 

    Yes we gifted them the win with our panicked play in the last. Couple of minutes,  we were exhausted but made errors in delivery,  umpiring errors happen. 
    We were still in front until we allowed them to hit the goals in the last minutes.

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    Absolutely hate this season. Carlton missing out would have been a great consolation. Instead they’re probably going to beat Brisbane with all their players back and the media will fall in love with them again when all they’ve done is beat North and West coast over the last 6 weeks.

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    What was he supposed to do?
    wait till he was ANB’s age?
    He needed to go home.

    GIVE IT A BREAK!

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    12 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    he walked out at 21.

    he can [censored] right off

    Yeah, but half of the players that return to Freo end up coming back over here. Not wise to sledge him - could be wanting to come back in another couple of disappointing Freo years. 

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    23 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    Magpies miss out on finals on percentage 

    Aaaaah that feels good

    Yep & they'll be annoyed it was carlton that took there spot.

    Imagine if crippa beats daicos for the brownlow.  They'll riot

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    Freo are going to really rue that 1 point loss to essendon. 

    Just watched the last 2 minutes if the marvel game. Wow what a finish. If I lost 8th spot in the final 12 seconds, I'd be crying to. 

    But had a feeling port would win.

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    15 minutes ago, Dingo said:

    What was he supposed to do?
    wait till he was ANB’s age?
    He needed to go home.

    GIVE IT A BREAK!

    He wanted to get paid big dollars at Freeo. Going home would have meant allowing the MFC to negotiate with both WA clubs. 
     

    Let’s not gloss over Dogga’s dog act. 

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    20 minutes ago, Dingo said:

    What was he supposed to do?
    wait till he was ANB’s age?
    He needed to go home.

    GIVE IT A BREAK!

    Naww Poor Lukey

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    In Round 18:

    • We were in the top 8
    • Carlton was 2nd
    • Fremantle was 5th
    • Essendon was 6th
    • Port was 9th, 2.1% behind us
    • The Dogs were 10th
    • Hawthorn was 11th, a game and 10% behind us
    • St Kilda was 15th, 4 wins and 14.4% behind us
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    The help of a bottom 6 draw can be seen in Hawthorn.

    They got each of Richmond, North Melbourne and Adelaide twice. They went 6-0 against them.

    The way they play is very attractive and exciting, but it's also important to note that the only finalist they've beaten since Round 13 was Carlton two weeks ago, when they had no one on the bench in the second half, and they only played three finalists in total since Round 13 (lost to Geelong and GWS, beat Carlton).

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    4 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

    The help of a bottom 6 draw can be seen in Hawthorn.

    They got each of Richmond, North Melbourne and Adelaide twice. They went 6-0 against them.

    The way they play is very attractive and exciting, but it's also important to note that the only finalist they've beaten since Round 13 was Carlton two weeks ago, when they had no one on the bench in the second half, and they only played three finalists in total since Round 13 (lost to Geelong and GWS, beat Carlton).

    Safe to say Richmond, North and West coast will all struggle again next year so that could be 6-0 for us.

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    40 minutes ago, Dingo said:

    What was he supposed to do?
    wait till he was ANB’s age?
    He needed to go home.

    GIVE IT A BREAK!

    ANB is leaving for family reasons because he has a wife and a child. He also isn’t telling us which SA club he wants to go to. 
    Let us not compare a single 20 year old chasing money and listening to mum, to ANB who gave us 10 years of service. 

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    Overall record against the finalists:

    1. Sydney: 6-3
    2. GWS: 6-6
    3. Collingwood: 6-6
    4. Port Adelaide: 5-3
    5. Geelong: 5-5
    6. Bulldogs: 5-5
    7. Adelaide: 4-1-8
    8. Hawthorn: 4-5
    9. Carlton: 4-6
    10. Melbourne: 4-7
    11. Brisbane: 3-5
    12. Essendon: 3-6
    13. Gold Coast: 3-7
    14. Fremantle: 3-8
    15. St Kilda: 3-8
    16. Richmond: 1-10
    17. West Coast: 0-8
    18. North Melbourne: 0-12

    So whilst the bottom 6 draw worked for Hawthorn, it did not work at all for North, who copped 4 of a possible 6 maximum repeat games against finalists (Carlton, Geelong, the Dogs and Hawthorn). 

    Adelaide had the roughest on this metric, with 5 of its 6 repeat games against finalists (Geelong, Port, Brisbane, Hawthorn and Sydney), meaning 13 of their 23 games were against finalists.

    Meanwhile Brisbane, despite making the GF last year, and Port, despite being a top 4 H&A side last year, ended up with just 1 of their 6 repeat games against finalists. Brisbane fared well getting Collingwood and us twice.

    It's obviously a rudimentary metric - part of the reason the finalists are finalists is because they beat the other sides. Also this doesn't take into account when a side won these games (e.g. of our 4 wins, 3 were in in Rounds 1-3).

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    1 hour ago, Dingo said:

    Not fair  or nice - Nick off!

    VERY FAIR AND APPROPRIATE 

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    38 minutes ago, Demonsterative said:

    He wanted to get paid big dollars at Freeo. Going home would have meant allowing the MFC to negotiate with both WA clubs. 
     

    Let’s not gloss over Dogga’s dog act. 

    Dog act from a wuuuna go home to my MUMMA

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    26 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    ANB is leaving for family reasons because he has a wife and a child. He also isn’t telling us which SA club he wants to go to. 
    Let us not compare a single 20 year old chasing money and listening to mum, to ANB who gave us 10 years of service. 

    Exactly.

    ANB played his heart out till the end.

    Dogga phoned it in for the second half of 2022. And a lousy finals performance for someone of his talent.  Half an effort and we would have got over the line in at least one final.

     

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    9 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

    Why? Saints winning helps our draft position 

    I'm the token Blues supporter here, I get some shade thrown my way, but don't forget you are all a bit Navy Blue too 😁

    'Interesting times' in the Docklands today ... All's well that ends well I guess ... 😅

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