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Hopefully their rebound is amazing as Gold Coast's was.

Heh. That's exactly the sort of thing I'd notice and comment on, too.

Surely we're past the need to condemn disasters before they happen these days.

Nah - just supporters who haven't been in this position in either a long time, or ever if they're under the age of about 24.

It's a nice milestone. I think it goes without saying that we need to keep winning. Do you reckon the club might go "ripper, we're in the 8 one game in to round 8, let's pack up shop for the rest of the season now"?

So? You could pick out 100 should haves in a game of footy - it's a totally different equation if instead of saying "they should have kicked more goals", you change it to "Adelaide should have hit more targets through the middle/half forward". The possibilites in a game of footy are infinite - I think the only scenario that matters is the one that actually happened. Furthermore, any one of those misses going through for a goal changes the course of the game entirely - ball goes back to the middle instead of being kicked in and trapped again at half back, which takes the contest back to even, rather than giving them another opportunity to trap it at half back, which they've done really well. I think you could argue that if Geelong had kicked more goals early on, they'd have generated far fewer scoring opportunities, and some of them that turned out to be Geelong scoring opportunities could even have been Adelaide scoring opportunities due to the contest being reset.

Why should they?

I'd be stoked if Geelong lost this after so many scoring shots.

Amazing how much people will read in to a simple comment from a player for whom public speaking clearly isn't a strength. Purely a case of a country lad mincing his words.

Most human beings have this thing called empathy. I know some don't - we all have our shortcomings. It doesn't mean any of us want to win any less, in case that's what you were wondering.

Interpretation is a funny thing. No idea how willmoy got from that sentence, to the sentence he wrote here. Thanks - that actually makes sense.

nutbean, you are completely and utterly wasting your time.

Genetics and the right home environment are one thing, but the drive and competitiveness are all Jack.

That rumour was surely just proof they just take the [censored] out of us with this stuff. As if the man born in a Melbourne jumper was ever going to go. Viney has gone up a level this year, seems to have developed the physical capability to match his manic brain. Been simply awesome this year.

Nice choice. For some reason these two belong as a pair in my head. Our new age attacking defenders. Love it.

To be fair, if it was a modern era Nokia, it's not that impressive a feat.

Merged old thread with Picket's thread

Of course. I reckon being challenged is more important though.

Not sure what to make of these beltings. Is the competition that lopsided? I can never help but wonder how this affects the development of our seconds players when they play against witches hats.

Fringe players for fringe players is a mugs game, especially after a huge win. Salem is the only viable in in that list of yours, along with Lumumba.

Wright is hopeless. I was amazed by the worry about him during the week. It's not to say he'll never be any good as we all know how dangerous it is to write off tall forwards on early form, but last night he played at about the level I thought he is at.

Definitely lost it at selection (oli). Two Meter Peter gave us an absolute bath as tall forwards always do (Clint). Gold Coast absolute bounced back - words were indeed marked (praha). Collectively, Demonland friends, we know bugger all. Just remember that!

Hunt is in his third season on the list (notwithstanding missing most of the first injured) and Wagner is nearly 22. I'd be surprised if these two were treated with the kid gloves that have been applied to the first year players in Oliver, Weideman and Hulett. Especially not on the back of both of them playing their best games.

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That's behind us with the upgrade a couple of weeks ago, hopefully.