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19 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

Gee the dogs were lucky to land Darcy under father son. He's going to be great for them.

I'm more peeved they got Jamara and we missed out on Mac Andrew.

Posted
21 hours ago, The heart beats true said:

I reckon if the state government built us our own Stadium at Casey, and then we only allowed 300 opposition supporters in we’d give that record a fair shake.

Maybe if you moved Casey to Red Hill

Posted
2 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Agreed!

blatant free. Meek blocking English from contesting the ball. You can’t just clear the space around the ball drop and not even contest it yourself

how do they not know the basic rules?

100% plus the main reason it was paid was cause he turned his head looking for English. Block and take eyes off ball = free kic

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Posted
2 minutes ago, Jibroni said:

I'm more peeved they got Jamara and we missed out on Mac Andrew.

Yeah basically we are the only ones who got stuffed with that rule change and change back.


Posted
4 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Curling.

Yeah, I'll go with that.

2 minutes ago, Dingo said:

Ok so why use cricket word in Aussie Rules?

[censored] if I know.

 

"Sweepers" was never traditionally a position in cricket.  It came in with 50 over games but moreso in 20/20 to describe deep fielders who swept the leg of off side boundary.

They now run more ( and faster) than deep mid wicket or deep cover in the traditional form!

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Posted
4 minutes ago, layzie said:

Outstanding football

I hope it stays this close. 

Posted

The great German footballer Franz Beckenbauer, nickname ‘Der Kaiser’ (translated as the emperor) is recognised as the creator of the sweeper role (also known as the 'libero').

The sweeper is a defensive player who sits behind the defensive line, sweeping up and dealing with any balls played through the defensive line. Beckenbauer was a great distributor and was also very adept at setting attacks in motion.

 

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Posted
1 minute ago, BDA said:

i don't like the look of the Hawks here. 

I'm feeling dogs are going to pull away.

(Battle between Frost-ball and Harmes; Harms with the Big Game credentials)

(Also, calling @binman, I am not convinced the Hawk's #loading took finals into contention.)

Posted
1 hour ago, BDA said:

All the Hawks fans are up and about again after a long interval.

It's sickening to see.

I hope the doggies smash em

I'm with you, hate the Hawks. Arrogant supporters.

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Posted
10 minutes ago, BDA said:

The great German footballer Franz Beckenbauer, nickname ‘Der Kaiser’ (translated as the emperor) is recognised as the creator of the sweeper role (also known as the 'libero').

The sweeper is a defensive player who sits behind the defensive line, sweeping up and dealing with any balls played through the defensive line. Beckenbauer was a great distributor and was also very adept at setting attacks in motion.

 

So a half - back flanker? Use that instead!

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