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13 minutes ago, Young Blood said:

Sorry, I didn't realize there was a backstory to that particular poster actually trolling. My apologies

It's a bit like Home and Away sometimes. If you miss a week of viewing, you miss a lot.

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    What an absolutely awful decision insufficient intent against Ratagolea - takes the ball a foot inside the boundary with only one way to turn.   Disgusting lack of feel for the game. 

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    8 minutes ago, Demonsone said:

    Spot on ..  both should have been at our club & our list mgt has been poor!

    True, Casey would have been a lot better with Grundy still with us 

     

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    OMG those who have a go at the totally banged up Dees choking in finals 2022 and 2023, after a flag, have a good close look at Port and Hinkley.  
    How many straight sets have they done in recent years?

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    9 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

    Swans fans booing Hinkley is odd. Are they trying to protect the good name of Jack Ginnivan? LOL.

    I thought it was port fans

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    2 minutes ago, rufus said:

    I don't believe it is related to the academy. They have built a culture of relentless competitiveness. Have not seen a contest or a chase they haven’t committed to. Have seen Port, similar to last week, just not quite go hard enough when they've needed to. That is the difference between the Syd, Haw, Coll cultures and that of Port and us (amongst others).

    Culture is over rated. Parker has been there for 2 windows. That just does not happen elsewhere. Brisbane is rebuilding as we speak. In 2-3 years time they’ll have one of the best midfields going around.
     

    Too much of an advantage.  

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    3 minutes ago, Sir Windsor said:

    Culture is over rated. Parker has been there for 2 windows. That just does not happen elsewhere. Brisbane is rebuilding as we speak. In 2-3 years time they’ll have one of the best midfields going around.
     

    Too much of an advantage.  

    I don't know. Pendlebury has been at Coll for multiple windows (2009-2011 was probably a pretty talented group, their 2018 and 2023 groups were just bog ordinary competitors). Selwood multiple windows.

    Even if you think it's too much of an advantage, from an MFC perspective we just needed to maximise the window with what might have been the best group of talent we will have for a long time. Maybe a flag was maximising it? I don't think we did and it was because our big guns weren't good enough against the best opposition, and across the board we couldn't go as hard for as long as any of the top end teams.

    Culture might be over rated, but I respect sporting teams that find a way rather than teams that find an excuse.

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    1 hour ago, Dingo said:

    It seems Port are playing like Melbourne- kick it long into the forward line and hope somebody marks it. Except they don’t.

    Definitely some similarities between us and Port.

    Contest and defence, inefficient inside 50 entries, impotent forward line, inaccurate.

    No surprise that our last 3 games against Port have been sub 8 point margins either way.

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    29 minutes ago, rufus said:

    I don't know. Pendlebury has been at Coll for multiple windows (2009-2011 was probably a pretty talented group, their 2018 and 2023 groups were just bog ordinary competitors). Selwood multiple windows.

    Even if you think it's too much of an advantage, from an MFC perspective we just needed to maximise the window with what might have been the best group of talent we will have for a long time. Maybe a flag was maximising it? I don't think we did and it was because our big guns weren't good enough against the best opposition, and across the board we couldn't go as hard for as long as any of the top end teams.

    Culture might be over rated, but I respect sporting teams that find a way rather than teams that find an excuse.

    Swans hate them or like them they have developed great culture & have stting development through their academy and assistance from the afl to endure they retain academy players. They have a unique attraction as it’s out of the afl melb bubble.. they also managed to build a 50mill training centre close to the scg .. vs our disability study and disconnect and questionable culture 

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    1 hour ago, monoccular said:

    OMG those who have a go at the totally banged up Dees choking in finals 2022 and 2023, after a flag, have a good close look at Port and Hinkley.  
    How many straight sets have they done in recent years?

    Hinkley - 12 years

    Zero GFs

    Finals record 6-9

    Imagine he was the Demons coach with that record? 

     

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    1 hour ago, Demonland said:

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    I am absolutely killing it with my finals predictions. 
    The ONLY one that I have got right so far is Brisbane to beat Carlton two weeks ago.

    Every single other one has been incorrect.

    Hoping for Brisbane again tomorrow.

    Almost guarantees a Geelong victory.

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    30 minutes ago, layzie said:

    Port stink 

    At least it’s other teams that are attracting spectator vitriol and not us.

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