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I read somewhere on Twitter/X that Roy George was very lively during the Casey match. Will be fun to watch at Casey this season

 

Langford had 19 disposals and 5 marks.

Edited by dazzledavey36

4 hours ago, forever demons said:

was not skull doing the  sleeper hold it was a bloke with dark hair cant remember his name

Skull Murphy’s finishing move was his lethal head but. There was no escape once he administered it. He was reputed to have a skull 5 times thicker than a normal human.

 
14 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Langford has 19 disposals and 5 marks.

Is there a full stats sheet somewhere?

17 minutes ago, John Crow Batty said:

Skull Murphy’s finishing move was his lethal head but. There was no escape once he administered it. He was reputed to have a skull 5 times thicker than a normal human.

That's VERY funny.


24 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Langford had 19 disposals and 5 marks.

Not a bad debut at all! 

And from following a few of the other practice matches it seems like he had one of the better stat lines of the other rookies who played 

I reckon we’ve got one here 

Watched the game this morning and was really happy with the performance.

North looked ordinary, but our ball movement and spread of goalkickers was very 2018.

I've been banging on this Chaplin drum for a while. He is brilliant and whichever line we send him to, his group elevates itself.

Anyway, so really happy with the very solid performance, particularly without our best winger, our leading goalkicker over the last half decade, our x7 AA captain and our Norm Smith medallist to name a few. And I get on here and start reading the thread and you would think we were being belted.

Good old Demonland. Proving that we have just as many nuffies as any other supporter group.

 

What was the final score after 4 qtrs?

I can't be f kd scrolling through pages watched until the start of the 4th we were 15 points up.

8 minutes ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

What was the final score after 4 qtrs?

I can't be f kd scrolling through pages watched until the start of the 4th we were 15 points up.

10.11.71 to 18.9.117.

So really close and worth gnashing our teeth over...


just watched the highlights on the afl website. 

we looked good. and I'm always happy to see us kick straight.

can't wait for the season proper to get started.

 

52 minutes ago, John Crow Batty said:

Skull Murphy’s finishing move was his lethal head but. There was no escape once he administered it. He was reputed to have a skull 5 times thicker than a normal human.

Would make a good politician 

I like a lot of the comments (more than I noted)

AMW was great and I hope his injury doesnt set him back too far.

The players we had out were our best 22 and it will be hard to get in the side but Langford was one obvious.

The most influential factor was the wind, and it certainly affected the input of JVR, Disco and Jeffo and indeed all the talls. I was concerned all day that we did not structure up for the wind. When we had the wind In attack  we had noone behind the pack and North were able to clear it often. In defence when they had the win we were too far forward. TMac was great and seemed to position himself aware of the wind. Jake also played his usual role. 

Kozzie was excellent in creating so many movements through the centre, it was obvious in the first two quarters and he really did keep us in the game. 

The last half was a bit of a walk away as all our players finished well. 

I liked Jeffo who did add a different aspect to the forward structure. but he will be competing with Fritta on todays performance. I would like JVR as dedicated forward with ruck duties only deep forward.

6 hours ago, hardtack said:

Possibly an MCL? He was holding the inside of the knee.

 

6 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

That was my suspicion, often hurts more than acl. Hoping for the best 

Hope this is true.

Problem might be that he's done the unhappy triad, which is where you pop the ACL, the MCL and the meniscus. The ACL is often agonising pain that subsides reasonably quickly and then becomes a dull ache inside the knee - it's hard to point to. The MCL is also painful, but lingers and is easy to identify (if a physio asks you). 

14 minutes ago, dpositive said:

I like a lot of the comments (more than I noted)

AMW was great and I hope his injury doesnt set him back too far.

The players we had out were our best 22 and it will be hard to get in the side but Langford was one obvious.

The most influential factor was the wind, and it certainly affected the input of JVR, Disco and Jeffo and indeed all the talls. I was concerned all day that we did not structure up for the wind. When we had the wind In attack  we had noone behind the pack and North were able to clear it often. In defence when they had the win we were too far forward. TMac was great and seemed to position himself aware of the wind. Jake also played his usual role. 

Kozzie was excellent in creating so many movements through the centre, it was obvious in the first two quarters and he really did keep us in the game. 

The last half was a bit of a walk away as all our players finished well. 

I liked Jeffo who did add a different aspect to the forward structure. but he will be competing with Fritta on today’s performance. I would like JVR as dedicated forward with ruck duties only deep forward.

Gee I thought we had a few possibles not playing today, Gawn, Viney, Tracc, May, Windsor, Salem, Langdon might be chance to sneak in come round 1! 


15 minutes ago, The Taciturn Demon said:

 

Hope this is true.

Problem might be that he's done the unhappy triad, which is where you pop the ACL, the MCL and the meniscus. The ACL is often agonising pain that subsides reasonably quickly and then becomes a dull ache inside the knee - it's hard to point to. The MCL is also painful, but lingers and is easy to identify (if a physio asks you). 

And what’s the recovery road for an MCL? 

3 hours ago, Return to Glory said:

I've read two comments indicating Harvey Langford may lack pace. I'm a wrap for Harvey but is this a genuine concern or about adjusting to a quicker pace?

Does Bont have ‘pace’? That’s who Langford reminds me of in the way he moves and kicks the footy. 
 

don’t think it’ll be an issue for him. Gonna be a Star. 

1 hour ago, John Crow Batty said:

Skull Murphy’s finishing move was his lethal head but. There was no escape once he administered it. He was reputed to have a skull 5 times thicker than a normal human.

Actually he was supposed to have a metal plate in his skull which was BS.

And he was promoted as coming from County Cork in Ireland but was in fact Canadian.

25 minutes ago, Earl Hood said:

And what’s the recovery road for an MCL? 

i think generally it's 8 weeks at the extreme end

the way chaplin was talking at the end it sounds like it's an acl unfortunately


4 hours ago, Return to Glory said:

I've read two comments indicating Harvey Langford may lack pace. I'm a wrap for Harvey but is this a genuine concern or about adjusting to a quicker pace?

He’s one-paced in the same way Robert Harvey and Scott Pendlebury are. A bloody good way.

1 hour ago, Adam The God said:

And I get on here and start reading the thread and you would think we were being belted.

Thought the same 'Adam'...I didn't get to watch it live and won't see the game until tomorrow night.

...but man I thought we were getting smashed then someone put the score up.

 
37 minutes ago, Cranky Franky said:

Actually he was supposed to have a metal plate in his skull which was BS.

And he was promoted as coming from County Cork in Ireland but was in fact Canadian.

My cousin claimed he saw Skull, the Brute, Mario Milano and Spiros Arion dining together in a Lygon St restaurant. He actually believed wrestling was real before then.

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