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While I wouldn't have closed the thread, I'm genuinely surprised people wanted to retain two threads simultaneously discussing the same event. Ah well.

If it's that easy, perhaps you should consider a career in recruiting. Yeah, thought not.

I think what makes me feel it is that it all seems to be in his head. As a junior, clean use of the ball was apparently a feature. It's not often I agree with the idea of a player being "Melbourned" but I reckon he was one. The demolition job done on his confidence seems to be irreversible.

Ahhh, Toump! You're breaking my heart lad.

Not going for Port and I couldn't give a rats about them, but they're still making me groan and swear with some of the errors, e.g. the Westhoff spilt mark, Trengove kicking it to nobody.

Goal to Toumpas. Good young player that guy.

It's all good mate. I agree entirely - or at least would, if we were the players. The players absolutely must adhere to what you've said. Just reckon we fans can say and do whatever and it makes no difference.

Hard to believe this is the same Port we played last week. Looking really on the ball tonight.

Yep. I think it's just their talent at getting completely and utterly belted when they lose that has done that. Must be a frustrating side to watch.

Right. I replied to an instruction, not an opinion.

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All good. P.S. how good is being able to reply to locked threads. :-)

Well if I'd known you were going to do that, I'd have just closed the 'Hurley and Hibberd' thread instead of merging it with the existing 'Hibberd' thread. Booooo.

We have no influence on the outcome. We can get as far ahead of ourselves as we want.

At what stage did Bradshaw "hardly get a game"? He played a minimum of 16 games in all but his first and last season and kicked over 50 goals in a season 4 times. He was a bonefide full forward who people underrate because he spent most of his career next to Jono Brown. Pedersen record for goals in a season is 18. Again excluding Bradshaw's first season (3 games for zero goals), the least he ever kicked was 19. He kicked 28 in his last year for Sydney when he was clearly finished. I get the point you were trying to make, but you do your argument no favours with such an outrageous comparison.

Yes - it's a proportion of total score, hence 'percentage'. Nice illustration - makes the point very clear. Also nice to know that it's really only the first three of those outcomes, and possibly the fourth, that are really plausible, and they all make a good dent in the percentage diff between us and North. So much at stake in this game that it's ridiculous. So glad that we're still in the hunt, it would have been a real let down if the Swans had failed today. We play twice now before North play their game against GWS, so the ball is well and truly in our court.

Because there was two concurrent threads going on the same topic. Not sure how the software picked the title, but the OP is P_Man's post from the original "Michael Hibberd" thread. I don't see "Michael Hibberd and Michael Hurley" a massive difference to "Michael Hibberd", especially when everyone had all but stopped talking about Hurley.

Phew - still alive. Dang Swans could have put a bit more dent in North's percentage though, but I'll still take it.

Not at all. I knew I'd got pretty much every call in this thread wrong. I was expecting a ribbing - I even actively went looking for it.

Sob. Stuck at home with a sick 6 year old. Really would have loved to go. Would have gone as far as borrowing Swans gear from a mate and giving all the Norf fans lip. Ah well.

That's twice in two days I've been falsely accused of backing Grimes and Garland!

Then I went soft on it later in thread

Yes, crap call. Never made one, Pro?

I am on a losing streak in this thread.

Maybe the group think on Harmes was right after all. That has caught me off guard, I've got to confess. Best of luck to Michie and ANB. Say what you will about them as players, one thing you can definitely say is that they've had to go down the hard road this year to get their chances, and have sustained high quality VFL performances all year.