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Pies are super fit. The way they win contests and move from contest to contest is amazing. No passengers. Daicos has a poor night and Cripps rises. Hate to say it burn it looks like 2023 again.

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    The Filth have done this off a 5 day break

    Can we learn to be this resilient please?

    Can we learn to field kick with some precision?

    It should never take 2 years to learn a gameplan…

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    Regardless of personal Collingwood go into every game believing they can win whilst other teams are beaten mentally before the first bounce.

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    7 minutes ago, Dingo said:

    How can we recruit them ?

    Free parking at Gosch’s paddock, free city loop tram - unlimited journeys, corrugated iron beach hut on Port Phillip Bay.

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    5 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

    Regardless of personal Collingwood go into every game believing they can win whilst other teams are beaten mentally before the first bounce.

    Run and run and 1%s and run and skills

    Pressure and Pressure and defensive run and intercept marking

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    1 minute ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    The Filth have done this off a 5 day break

    Can we learn to be this resilient please?

    Can we learn to field kick with some precision?

    It should never take 2 years to learn a gameplan…

    Agree, It’s comical that this is even thrown up. Collingwood and the Dogs can have key personnel out and still play exciting attacking footy but not us.

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    10 minutes ago, Spargonicus said:

    Free parking at Gosch’s paddock, free city loop tram - unlimited journeys, corrugated iron beach hut on Port Phillip Bay.

    Portsea Polo VIP tickets and Hotel drink vouchers ?

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    27 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    No suspension. Both players were committed

    So was Archer and the dogs player but they still rubbed out Archer

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    52 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

    Season over for Freo, Pies resting quality players and still running rings around the opposition and here we are struggling to run out games and trying to learn a new game plan which has been around for years.

    Pies rested Pendlebury ..checkers had an abdominal strain ..Maynard is managing plantar fasciitis & De Goey is a liability at the moment. They play a system based game which they’ve played (with a few tweaks & the odd new player) for 4 to 5 years. Geelong is similar. We’re not at that stage ..yet. It’s still a very long season so I’m not quite as carried away with them …Freo have fallen off a cliff

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    2 hours ago, Chook said:

    Has Luke Jackson won possession at all so far tonight? He's always buzzing around contests looking vaguely like he's doing something but never seems to actually impact the play.

    2 hours ago, Grouse said:

    Was just about to say the same thing. 5 possessions half way through the second. Getting smashed when in the ruck. A much better player than that.

    1 hour ago, Demon Disciple said:

    Not too sure I’d be salivating over the prospect of bringing LJ back in a hurry either. Hasn’t done too much in his time over their and has stagnated badly, particularly for the $ he would be on.

    LJ horrendous. He actually hasn't improved since he was with us. If he wants to come back he'll need to take a severe haircut - and that ain't gunna happen.

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    1 hour ago, BoBo said:

    If Archer is suspended for 3 weeks then (Clarke was it?) also needs to go. He didn’t have to jump into Shultz.

    And I also am not saying it should be a suspension, but if players have to take ‘reasonable care’ then he has to be gone.

    1 hour ago, deegirl said:

    The AFL being such an imagine conscious organisation, and one that is worried about a concussion class action, I bet they bring in some type of rule to stop players trying to run off the ground like Schultz did then. It wasn’t a good look.

    and given their propensity to suspend for outcome is the Freo player a chance of being suspended? And I’m saying this not because I think it worthy of suspension but who can tell what the MRO will do

    You’re right about the MRO.

    Some players would get 6 weeks for that – some players would get Zero.

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    54 minutes ago, BoBo said:

    So was Archer and the dogs player but they still rubbed out Archer

    Who is the aggressor??

    Proactive/reactive??

    It looked 50/50 to me

    Edited by Sir Why You Little

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    3 hours ago, Jumping Jack Clennett said:

    Treacy should line up Moore’s back with his knee, the way he did to Max in the practice game.

    Unlikely, since Moore, like his father, studiously avoids getting into vulnerable positions, like being in front of the pack.

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    12 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Who is the aggressor??

    Proactive/reactive??

    It looked 50/50 to me

    You might be missing my point.

    I’m not saying (or would even argue on the merits of the act in isolation) that he should get suspended.

    I’m saying that if Archer (chuck in Curtis from North as well) got 3 weeks, then the Freo player should get something.

    If he doesn’t then the MRO/AFL is being inconsistent.

    Which it is.

    To be perfectly clear, I don’t think any of them deserve any weeks. Including the Freo player tonight.

    Edited by BoBo

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    1 hour ago, BoBo said:

    You might be missing my point.

    I’m not saying (or would even argue on the merits of the act in isolation) that he should get suspended.

    I’m saying that if Archer (chuck in Curtis from North as well) got 3 weeks, then the Freo player should get something.

    If he doesn’t then the MRO/AFL is being inconsistent.

    Which it is.

    To be perfectly clear, I don’t think any of them deserve any weeks. Including the Freo player tonight.

    You could be right, i am not arguing

    I am just making the point that, that particular incident was a genuine 50/50 with both players genuinely going for the ball, there was no malicious intent from either player, so i would find it difficult to suspend a player….

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    Thank goodness I didn't see a second of that game.

    Unfortunately Collingwood are going to be up there again & it's going to be hard to beat them.

    But surely more heat falls on JL

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    I love watching Collingwood play. Key personal out and yesterday they still get the job done because others stand up as a team.

    Say what you want, but McRea is a brilliant coach and his numbers speakers for themselves.

    They're 100% premiership contenders imo.

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    8 hours ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

    LJ horrendous. He actually hasn't improved since he was with us. If he wants to come back he'll need to take a severe haircut - and that ain't gunna happen.

    It was his second game back from a 4 week injury. He was close to BOG in his 2 games prior to injury and probably ranked 3 or 4th best ruckman at the time.

    With Darcy back out with injury he will be primarily rucking and will start dominating games again.

    I'd take him back with open arms if we can pull it off

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