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oh is that what it was for, i couldn't work it out (turned commentary off)

free kick to luker i50 for interference in the marking contest (he dropped the mark, i thought) perfect kick for his 3rd and all of a sudden it's only 4 the diff

delightful pass from aj to laplanche sees him kick his first and it's back to 10 the diff we're hanging in there really well, about 17 mins into the 3rd quarter, 12.6.78 to 14.4.88

triple prong forward 50 of el jefe, aj, and luker is working, with the middle of those nailing a set shot if we had any semblance of a midfield other than heath we'd be okay back to 16 behind now

half time stats for the dees:

adams is a very ordinary player

2 kicks, 2 goals

taylor has taken a couple of nice marks floating back to intercept 3 prong forward line working

poor set shots costing jefferson from having a big game

great turnaround by casey el jefe and luker combining beautifully

lovely dribbler goal el jefe this is exactly what we wanted to see from him

el jefe really attacking the ball in the air - great to see

el jefe - 4 aerial contests, 2 contested marks and 1 free for (all resulted in i50 set shots), 1 goals 2 (i think? only credited with 1 on the stats), and 1 goal assist to aj max the younger - looks like a blonde max the elder; dominating in taps and floating back to take contested defensive marks we are getting smashed in the midfield

watch here: https://www.afl.com.au/afl-tv/stream?player=arILJvH9PY&streamId=State%20League%20CH6

heath is going to need to absolutely dominate around stoppages as that midfield has to be the weakest one at casey in quite some time

similar to fiorini last year, he'd be fringe starting mid at mfc too behind the likes of pickett, steele, windsor, sparrow langford, lindsay, plus rivers and viney as well

rowell had a finger injury; his fitness base won't be an issue i don't think will powell is an absolute jet too

agreed for the most part with this, based on the limited understand i have of the transience of east and south freo club's supporters glomming onto the dockers the pear has a genuine feeling of being an organic football club with an established identity that they really work hard to emphasise since the reunification of the 'power' and the 'magpies' under the one club mandate - what basheer etc did to the maggies side of the pafc was deliberately cruel their supporter base has a massive - and justified - persecution complex as a result

still reckon it's the wrong word to use, although at least they said tied to two clubs, rather than one franchise anyway, semantics... one of the white twins is meant to be pretty good? with the miniscule discounts these days, it'll be interesting to see how either mfc or gc17 can claim both in the same draft if both end up being draft-worthy

he's such a dangerous contributor to every match - he's completely unpredictable as to what decision he's going to make or not make it

our forward structure is very different without fritsch down there as always, the midfield battle is where the game will be decided - huge test for our young group

yr take on what 'tied' means is different to mine i would guess i'd say they're 'in' the nga for gc17 and the bears respectively, but 'eligible' to be selected by those sides or their father's team last i heard hodge was leaning towards the bears - play with his mates, stay at home in brisbane, etc. etc. i hate that the likes of he, white boys, and blakey at sin city are able to go to an academy when their development is decidedly not outside the normal pathways for sons-of-guns

not one iota they're massive, and they will remain that way regardless of results on field before covid the reports internally at the afl had it that the cost of running them was about the same as the increased revenue brought in by the broadcast rights that they had attributed towards them i can't imagine that has changed

that's not 'tied' tho is it; it just means that they're 'in' the academy ah mu and prasad are in ours, but not 'tied' to us

no, i don't blame them - it's a different way to play it i personally can't see it working for them as they've had to pay $2m a season to keep nas, and they're only getting him for 2 seasons as it stands, and then they've paid a small fortune to bring in tdk and sosos and flanders and i don't think they're quality enough to justify it