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    Training Ground?

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    On 2/18/2022 at 5:10 PM, Longsufferingnomore said:

    Maybe just maybe there will be announcement before the next Vic election and Andrews hoping that he will win over all the South Eastern suburbs liberal voters😜

    He won't 

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    Oliver on Petracca

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    Suffice it to say Petracca would waltz into any team in the AFL and he's entrenched as a top 5 player in the league ( probably 1 or 2 ) 

    The only areas I'd like to see improvement in him is set shots from 25- 35 metres and working on those skin folds !! 

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    Petracca - Future captain?

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    We’ve got, comfortably 5 ‘ leaders ‘ on the field at any moment in this team… and not just the ones that stick out like a sore thumb. 
    Look at Sparrow getting between Viney and a couple of Cats players and easing him out of the danger zone in the Preliminary final or Neal Bullen coming into a group of celebrating forwards after the second goal of the last quarter in the Grand Final, telling them to focus. That’s where leadership is appearing in our team now!!!

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    POSTGAME: GRAND FINAL vs Western Bulldogs

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    On 12/22/2021 at 12:44 PM, Colin B. Flaubert said:

    With the release of the new Matrix movie, I thought that making this analogy was apt.

    I've been thinking of the best way of describing our our comeback from the halfway point of the 3rd quarter over the last few months. This is close to the best way of doing so. That said, the Doggies are in no way the first team I'd compare to Agent Smith (the Hawks, Bombers or Eagles are worthy candidates). I do have a soft spot for them for sure.
     

    Like Neo, it was almost like when we re-realized that we WERE the best team in the league, nothing they could throw at us would land.

    I watched The Matrix for about 10 minutes before I thought to myself WTAF ??? and turned it off, so your analogy is somewhat lost on me.

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    Bruce McAvaney on Petracca

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    On 10/15/2021 at 4:59 PM, DeeSpencer said:

    Richmond certainly weren't the home and away side we were. I'm usually a big percentage believer and there's was very low for a 15-7 team, even lower when you account for them losing 4 times under 10 points including some classic Richmond choke jobs. 

    But they did start the year 5-0, battled through a mid year slump with people doubting them then finished very strongly in the lead in to finals. There home and away season was a less impressive but similar path to ours.

    And they dominated finals. We put the Cats and Dogs right out of their misery by blowing the game way out but once you're 40 up in a final it's all a bit academic from there. The smashed Geelong, they took care of business after a nervy start against a strong GWS side and then they really took care of a Crows side that had dominated 2 earlier finals. If it's finals that really matter for judging a side then super dominant Melbourne (with a blip in the grand final for 45 minutes) v regularly dominant Richmond.

    Our home and away season is interesting. I've seen people saying we were the best team all year and maybe first is first at the end of the day. I will say I think the Dogs were right with us or even had us covered in the home and away season until the loss of Bruce and lack of ruckman had them going a bit batty. And the reality is we were a Max Gawn set shot after the siren away from finishing 3rd. Our top 5 (there were 5 contenders this year) and top 8 record was very promising, but tripping over ourselves 2.5 times against Adel, Haw and Coll counts too. 17.5 wins and finishing top for the first time is one heck of an achievement, although my thoughts at the end of the year was we've snuck in to pole position of a very tight 5 car race.

    Melbourne 2021 v Richmond 17 is clearly advantage us. Richmond definitely played their best footy in 18 and 19 though, and remained good enough to win it in 2020, so let's go out and do that!

    The thing I remember in particular about Richmond in 2017 was the excellent run they had with injuries, similar to us this year.

    What stamps us as different to the Tigers I reckon is that I believe you could comfortably name 5 leaders amongst our team this year. Players who lead by example with their form, their steely focus and their willingness to put the team first and protect and guide teammates. And I'm including Tom Sparrow and Alex Neal Bullen in that description for actions in the prelim and the granny.

    Maybe Richmond had a number of them as well, I don't know, but what I do know is that quality is the bedrock of this team and it could well get us two more flags with this group.

    GAMEDAY: Grand Final vs Western Bulldogs

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    Just now, ANG13 said:

    Not sure about everyone else but I have absolutely hated the week off between preliminary and grand final. One thing I have learned through it though is I much prefer review shows than preview shows. I mean seriously some of the garbage that has been mentioned is just laughable. 
     

    Today will either be one of the greatest days of our lives or one of the most painful. If we play our best we win and it’s a great day bring it on. 

    I have lived two of the most painful days of my life (. 1988 and 2000 ) This won't end like those.

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