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PREGAME: Rd 08 vs West Coast

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2 hours ago, Lil_red_fire_engine said:

Other than the recent facts of Viney going to Serong and Taranto the last 2 weeks.

And Selwood in 2018 and beyond. The football media’s goldfish memory is astounding, Viney has played the tagging role well in the past and Goodwin was his coach then. I hope he renacts his famous grab the arm don’t argue tackle a few times this week and wears Harley like a cheap suit.

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    3 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

    Danger game

    Danger game

    Called it last year

    Danger game

    Eagles will definitely fancy their chances

    Reid will Play on ball

    Eagles had big media focus this week out west

    Dees are perhaps doing some drinking of their bath water after 2 wins

    Eagles have been pathetic but nearly beat the Bombers only 2 weeks ago

    This is a MUST WIN game or we will be an embarrassment!!!

    How did you know last year this week would be a danger game?

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    Drop 10% in this game and we'll lose.

    Need to bring something close to our best.

    The days of winging it are over so wing over there and get the job done.

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    Fair bit of chat on this thread that the Eagle's match is danger game. I reckon the only sense in which it's a danger game is the fallout of a loss.

    With the exception of the roos game, this is the first time all season I've been confident of a win.

    They can have as many crisis meetings as they like but that won't change the fact they are clearly not fit enough and are coming off a six-day break (after having to fly from Melbourne, after a late Sunday arvo game, and arriving back in Perth midnight Sunday)

    I think we will:

    • look to attack and be aggressive with our ball movement from the get-go

    • really look to spread them and use the width of Optus oval

    • do so by using short kicks to switch and hit up players leading at the ball carrier

    • control the tempo with short kicks until we can 'press go' and then go forward quickly

    • use the corridor more than we have been

    • use lots of long forward handballs

    • kick our highest score thus far

    • win by 64 points

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    16 minutes ago, binman said:

    Fair bit of chat on this thread that the Eagle's match is danger game. I reckon the only sense in which it's a danger game is the fallout of a loss.

    This is the first time all season I've been confident of win.

    They can have as many crisis meetings as they like but that won't change the fact they are clearly not fit enough and are coming off a six-day break (after having to fly from Melbourne, after a late Sunday arvo game, and arriving back in Perth midnight Sunday night

    I think we will:

    • look to attack and be aggressive with our ball movement from the get-go

    • really look to spread them and use the width of Optus oval

    • do so by using short kicks to switch and hit up players leading at the ball carrier

    • control the tempo with short kicks until we can 'press go' and then go forward quickly

    • use the corridor more than we have been

    • use lots of long forward handballs

    • kick our highest score thus far

    • win by 64 points

    Is it possible to place a multi on this game plus the election?

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    3 minutes ago, D Rev said:

    Is it possible to place a multi on this game plus the election?

    Sure is!

    It's called the Demon Dutton Double

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    I really hope we don’t try to feel them out and take a few hits like we normally do. We need to act like the hunter. Every interstate team regardless of how they are going are a different proposition at home .

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    32 minutes ago, binman said:

    Fair bit of chat on this thread that the Eagle's match is danger game. I reckon the only sense in which it's a danger game is the fallout of a loss.

    This is the first time all season I've been confident of win.

    They can have as many crisis meetings as they like but that won't change the fact they are clearly not fit enough and are coming off a six-day break (after having to fly from Melbourne, after a late Sunday arvo game, and arriving back in Perth midnight Sunday night

    I think we will:

    • look to attack and be aggressive with our ball movement from the get-go

    • really look to spread them and use the width of Optus oval

    • do so by using short kicks to switch and hit up players leading at the ball carrier

    • control the tempo with short kicks until we can 'press go' and then go forward quickly

    • use the corridor more than we have been

    • use lots of long forward handballs

    • kick our highest score thus far

    • win by 64 points

    Applaud your optimism.

    I hope for a win, not so much expect it.

    We just aren't that skilled or slick.

    We also seem to have problems scoring in the last.

    Crossed fingers and toes

    Go Dees

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    5 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    Sure is!

    It's called the Demon Dutton Double

    You'd get better odds on the Eagles into a Liberal PM:

    • 2.93 x 10.25 = 30.03

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    claz out per tom morris twitter

    Clayton Oliver isn’t playing v West Coast. He’s not feeling well so the Dees have ruled him out.

    @FootyonNine @9NewsMelb

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    Shame about Oliver, hope he's okay, always barracking for him to come in and tear it up!

    I wonder if this maybe means Rivers to the midfield and Disco down back...kind of makes some space without actually wanting to make the space that way.

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    Oliver out.

    Rivers to the mids, Sestan gets his call-up?

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    On 30/04/2025 at 15:57, layzie said:

    Has anyone used the Mcqualter intel line yet?

    It's easy just copy last week's about Yze and change one word.

    My answer would be the same

    Opposition Coach may know our game plan

    Not many of our players do

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    8 minutes ago, bing181 said:

    Oliver out.

    Rivers to the mids, Sestan gets his call-up?

    Riv goes to the midfield, Turner adds some height to the backline.

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    Really hope that all the keyboard heroes on this site who enjoy calling Clarry fat, lazy, unmotivated and so forth when they know absolutely stuff all, sit the [censored] down and shut the [censored] up.

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    7 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    Really hope that all the keyboard heroes on this site who enjoy calling Clarry fat, lazy, unmotivated and so forth when they know absolutely stuff all

    Why? They've been right all along.

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    1 minute ago, Cosmic Baby said:

    Why? They've been right all along.

    Careful.... they might hear you

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    1 hour ago, binman said:

    Fair bit of chat on this thread that the Eagle's match is danger game. I reckon the only sense in which it's a danger game is the fallout of a loss.

    This is the first time all season I've been confident of win.

    They can have as many crisis meetings as they like but that won't change the fact they are clearly not fit enough and are coming off a six-day break (after having to fly from Melbourne, after a late Sunday arvo game, and arriving back in Perth midnight Sunday night

    I think we will:

    • look to attack and be aggressive with our ball movement from the get-go

    • really look to spread them and use the width of Optus oval

    • do so by using short kicks to switch and hit up players leading at the ball carrier

    • control the tempo with short kicks until we can 'press go' and then go forward quickly

    • use the corridor more than we have been

    • use lots of long forward handballs

    • kick our highest score thus far

    • win by 64 points

    The one missing from your list is pressure without the ball. Done it well last 2 weeks.

    The other watch from me is no Oliver impact. Does he have a positive, negative or neutral impact in the midfield.

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