beelzebub
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Think of it this way also. Kennedy wasn't playing...so HIS feed wasn't intercepted. He is...and Pig and Frost will. Horses for courses. -
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Momentum and belief are very valuable commodities at this end of the season. Teams that falter and stutter are getable. Hawks this week...Eagles next . Eagles looked beatable ( still ) against Pies. Filth lacked then ( and last night ) enough avenues to goal. That not currently our Achilles. I expect ( oddly ) a very similar result to last time.
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Collingwood are foolish to think they've got form. They only just got home from a very poor fumbling Giants. We crushed them. Pies will hopefully tire the Tiggies for us. Dees by 18 over Eagles
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Melbourne by 18 Lewis is right. There's is a Hawthorn style game. Deny them the control with constant pressure and just like Hawthorn they'll fall away. Our game has to be at its Zenith but we will beat them. Beat them last time... we'll beat them this time. McGovern will find his day a hard long slog. Darling is a worry...but maybe we're just more of a worry now than we were a few weeks back. We've seen the best of the Weagles I think. Still to see the best of us.
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It was THEIR grand final. Ours is coming !
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Tigers will be kicking their lips. Watch the feathers fly next Friday.... Giants... rubbish as they are were unlucky with Razor out there.
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Change from those silly around the corners that are so trendy lol
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Howe such a tough princess lol
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Rubbish game. We'd eat either of them. Pies playing the man...dumb footy
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I caught a bloke a few years back in the process of "decorating " my side fence . (lived on a corner then ) Made the mistake of thinking he could outrun me. He made the further mistake of running onto the beach. ( Lived pretty close to it then ) . Must have thought i was some dithering old bugger...Shame for him I was just back from trekking Nepal...fittest id been in 20 years. He never came back...nor strangely anyone ...they must talk among selves Hope you get yours !!!
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strangely confident myself..If we come out the blocks again like last game Hawthorn wont get to install their style of game. Its a game of Kaos v Control sorry about that Chief !!!
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That particular bump on Robbie...was actually a sandwich... Dipper one side...guess who the other !! ???
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I don't normally do this as to do so is to ( in the past ) invite the "gods of nasty' to smite me but right now I think I will. What is that yo might ask ?? I'm buying in !! Ive been severely critical of this team and the coaches and much with good reason but just as it was obvious at one point we were doing a lot wrong..or not properly it would seem we are clicking to some degree. For those that are at least inclined to keep reading I've found it incredibly fortuitous to be currently reading The Red Fox. ( highly recommended to any who havent ) This very well researched tome not only brings the man ( Smith to life ) but is a wondrous journey through the halcyon days of this club. You want to understand what sort of culture we once had, what sort of club and team win premierships then here it all is spelt out and described in black and white ( sic ). Maybe its a willingness on my part to see it , or it might just be "what is " but I see many parallels , of a fashion , in Melbournes resurgence in 54 to our present situation . ( Numeroligist might have fun with 54 and 64...lol ) The essence of this emergence of the most successful Demon era was , as is mentioned elsewhere , the creation and nurturing of our Esprit de Corps. A One for all and All for One club. Team Team Team. It's here again. Weve had some very good players...and some very good teams over the past 50 or so years and even made a few finals and cup tilts. At each juncture where we have the TEAM has been paramount to the cause. The lads bought in and played for each other, played for the jumper , played to excel for themselves to aid the cause. And they revelled in this. Just didnt quite get the choccies ( 87 being the big one that got away imho .....and @!$# Hawthorn !! ) Smith was incredible at getting his charges to do their utmost. The Demon game was not that which every club managed to play. A characteristic of all Smith teams was you played your part, you did it to the best of your ability and you did it unselfishly. Smith didnt care about personal glories, he thought that a team shared one was infinitely more satisfying and lasting. Teams win premierships. Players might win games but finals require team efforts. They need players to rally and support each other. Smith was not a fan of shirkers. You were encouraged to NEVER take a backward step.....or the door out the club was shown. Norm understood it was often the little things that made the difference because if you add them all up it's often the difference between winning and losing. He wasnt much a fan of losing. Smith understood synergy even if he never gave it that name. We as a team are still maturing, just like that team of 54, which also had a lot of youth, but Smithy knew that that one possibly element which might undo a young team, that devil may care attitude , the natural instinct to take risk, to disregard personal safety can actually be directed into a very powerful asset; blind determination. We may or may not go beyond friday. I think we will. Is it all bathwater ? or is it the gurgling of a tide, a Tsunami building. Are the media just creating a beat up or are they just writing about what they observe ? Probably both, but who can deny there's something in the air. To drink the bathwater is to indulge in false prophecy. It would be fair to say we are witnessing , not faux bravado, but BELIEF. The army that BELIEVES in its cause will always beat the one that doesnt, or is mercenary, because they will fight for each other, they will fight for the their cause, indeed they will fight for their flag !! They are willing to sacrifice to the greater end. This is how Im seeing us play now. Much is made of the idiom a Champion team will beat a team of champions. Im wary of Clarkson, only a fool isnt . Much as Richmond denied the Hawks their game so do I believe will we. If it takes a little bathwater in the drink bottles to keep us going, I'm all for that. If we indulge ourselves with a little between beers and such...well....why not. Self belief is not a bad thing. It's how it's harnessed. Im really not fussed by all the media attention. For years we craved it. But just like the sun..too much and your burnt, just enough and all is well. One thing for sure, you invariably will fail if you dont believe you can succeed. Speaking to a family member last night who plays footy and quite well,understands the nuances and the unmeasurables he thought, as a Weagle supporter ( hes ex WA ...poor lad ) that hed much rather face Hawthorn in a prelim than us. His own words :" you guys are a bit scary at the moment" in the immortal words of Alice Cooper: We're the Department of Youth The new Department of Youth We're the Department of Youth We've got the power Go Dees
