DemonWheels
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This is awesome, up by 100 before half time -
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Totally agree he’s been a massive loss but if his absence is the cause of our demise then there must be a huge weakness in all the connecting parts of our club. For one person to leave to have such a dramatic and negative impact is an indictment on the other leaders. He was pivotal in our premiership and in the grand final game itself - he turned the game or at least kept us in it when it was getting away. There’s some corporate rule about relying too heavily on key staff (can’t recall exactly what it is) and maybe that’s what we’ve experienced. Whole thing is just sad, for us all.
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Our handballing is disgusting. Clearly no priority put on the simplest of basic skills in the game, it’s where we fall down in most chains whether it be back / mid / forward. So many times today we were out and clean, but then a bumbling and half-hit and I’ll-timed and too-high and most commonly a too-short handball that bounces and doesn’t allow the receiver to keep moving handball completely ruins the chain and then we turn it over (meanwhile team mates have run forward and were exposed out the back).
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Understand they’ve got a few important players out but their starting 18 still looks threatening, albeit dropping away in quality on the interchange. Based on our last 5 weeks I see no reason for any confidence whatsoever. Just hope we turn up and silence their likely dominant crowd early on, and build into the game from there.
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Papley down low runs into a stationary players legs. High tackle, free kick Sydney. Goal.
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Kenny is getting pretty desperate I think. They extended his contract but if they continue to falter and lose the same way as they have done for a little while now I think they'll move him on, with the succession plan already in motion. Cornes this morning suggesting the loss felt a lot bigger for Port than just a 'regular' loss and that maybe it sums up a lot about Hinkley and what he's done over the years. He's been there a long time now and they still appear a bit flakey to me.
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15m in Melbourne must be about 30m in Adelaide as both JHF and Rankine have run a mile without bouncing.
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Shouldn’t be any. If you’re being tackled and still choose to try and make a disposal while off balance and about to hit your head if you hit the ground and choose not to brace yourself/body in favour of the potential disposalit’s all on you me thinks.
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I think @Webber might have questioned it during the game day thread: couldn't believe how many times we kicked it straight to the opposition, often we’d kick it straight on their chest with no one else around. It honestly felt like we were mistaking their jumpers for ours OR (conspiracy incoming) maybe with their all black jumper/shorts combo and reduced yellow sash they were somewhat camouflaged in the night so we just weren’t seeing them? I recall on the TV noting that as their players crossed the logos/graphics on the wing on the grass they simply blended in.
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Not sure if the TV commentators have mentioned it (as I'm listening via SEN app) but there was absolute bedlam for people getting to the ground tonight. Power outage on the train lines and the trains weren't even stopping at Southern Cross before the game. Then everyone jumped in their cars and the roads were stuffed. Hence pretty poor crowd.
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Freo were still up by 8 or 10 points with 3 mins to go but an unpaid mark at half forward for Freo (which should have been paid) goes down the other end and Carlton score. Game on from that point and momentum is huge in modern footy. The whole of umpiring needs reviewing and I think as a code we need to look at better options as it’s ridiculous how small little decisions unfortunately do affect a whole game when the comp is so so even and tight.
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Geeeeepers I love Fritta and everything he does, but I think maybe even I take him for granted! Genuine A-Grader in our forward line.
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