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PREGAME: Rd 08 vs West Coast

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21 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, sit the [censored] down and shut the [censored] up.

Jaded where have you been, missed your input!

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    8 minutes ago, Cosmic Baby said:

    Why? They've been right all along.

    I will never understand the psychology of trolls.

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    6 minutes ago, jules7 said:

    Jaded where have you been, missed your input!

    Trying to not waste my time arguing buttholes

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    When does the team get announced, it seems to get later and later. I miss the old days of Thursday night team announcements

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    2 hours 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

    If we don't win the fall out will be vicious.

    So many things in our favour and the fact we're playing on a Sat night is an added bonus.
     

    10 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

    I think Oliver is replaceable but prefer him playing. I wonder if Culley is seen as a possible replacement?

    Like for like in my book, but I think Laurie probably has earned the call up.

    44 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, sit the [censored] down and shut the [censored] up.

    Goodwin said before round 1 he still has work to do to get back to his best, I think this is all part of that journey, good news is it sounds like him and the club are on the same page these days.

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    I hope the media and the football world can just leave Oliver alone this week, and get on with the business of the games and players involved.

    I'm sure there'll be plenty to talk about. Hopefully one of those things is 3 in a row for the Dees.

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    23 minutes ago, Demon_spurs said:

    When does the team get announced, it seems to get later and later. I miss the old days of Thursday night team announcements

    Assuming this is a joke? It is the same time/same day every week. Which is a Thursday. At 6.30pm

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    51 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, sit the [censored] down and shut the [censored] up.

    I enjoyed watching prime Clarry. Chill out Jaded.

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    12 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    Happy for people to discuss replacements for Clarry while he is out but please respect his privacy regarding the mental health stuff and leave it at that.

    I find the notion that we should be lying about a mental health issue puzzling. Not sure who that helps.

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    4 minutes ago, The Jackson FIX said:

    Assuming this is a joke? It is the same time/same day every week. Which is a Thursday. At 6.30pm

    If it was a joke then I would have made it funnier, and FYI I checked after I wrote (which I should have done before), and the AFL site tells me it's actually 6:20 (so there!)

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