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Is Watts ill?

Argh.

Gifted them this lead. They have barely left second gear.

WE ARE SO DUMB. Why leave your man like that? It makes no sense.

We give away goals in the most infuriating fashion...

He's responded well imo. Not getting as many possessions because Norf have closed in at the stoppages, hence long quarters. Just can't seem to get a handball off. But he's still in it imo.

5 free kicks to half time is disgraceful the way we're being manhandled.

Weeds is just out of his league at certain contests. I'll be so filthy if we lose today. These duds have just bullied us for too long.

Called it.

They are beating us EXACTLY the same way Hawthorn did: fast running, put defense under pressure, exploit lack of height. We play into it by slowing the game down and forcing a long high kick to a contest. We are far more flat and slow than we were against the Hawks. Think it's also a matter of not respecting the opponent. That was a shocking lack of effort for a first quarter. Not so sure we'll come back from this. Happy to be proven wrong. I think Norf play into having the mental edge over us.

16 entries for 12 scoring shots. Unacceptable.

Game Over lol

too easy. Every time they go forward they score.

Shades of the Hawthorn Geelong and Freo games. Every time they go forward they look like scoring.

Lol Oscar.

I'm actually really concerned about their talls. More than I was about Adelaide's. Brown, Waite can go on a real tear.

How about 4-6 weeks at a time?

My post is not based on their current form. It's based on how they played last year and how they have played for patches this year. They seem like a very individualistic side that when challenged enough easily fold. My point being really that all of the top teams thus far have been "challenged" in some way, and all have failed the test (Crows vs North and Melbourne, Geelong vs Essendon, Bulldogs vs Cats, GWS vs St Kilda). My post was in response to Jimbo saying they are above the rest. I'm highlighting that, no, they're not. And I feel they're overrated in a way other top teams aren't. I called it with Adelaide earlier this season before the Richmond game. I genuinely thought the Toiges would beat them because I felt the Crows were pushovers and hadn't been challenged. I was wrong about that game but right overall. Talk about injuries and whatnot is overdone because GWS are supposed to have the best depth in the league. The Bulldogs played through 2016 having to make 2-3 changes every week, and lost best 22 players for long stretches. I just refuse to make the mistake that any one team is well above the rest. My issue with GWS is that I feel they're a "good team" in ways that are different to what we've seen from premiership sides the past decade. Their team reads like the School Boy All-Stars and they're well drilled but I'm not buying that they're so far above the rest.

GWS is so overrated it's not funny. I am 100% certain they will not win the flag. They have a bunch of players, probably 5-6 in their best 22 that are looking for their next big contract home, be it Victoria, WA or SA. They are the very definition of "a team of champions but not a champion team". They are showboaters like the Cats only difference being they have zero to show for it. Nothing made me happier than seeing the Bulldogs beat them last year. And I can assure you that should they play a final on the MCG, they'll get buried, regardless of who they play.

This scenario is a carbon copy of the Hawks game. Going in against a long-term finalist who is having a "down" year, and that has bullied the club for 10 years. On our home turf. Outright favourites. We're coming off a big win, opposition coming off a big loss. Must win. No excuses.

Imo one moment we "turned the corner" was the second half of 2016. While we lost the last two games in very disappointing fashion, we still had a very strong second half of the season with a number of great wins. I'm actually confident that we'll finish 2017 stronger than we started. But playing "catch up" makes a huge difference and we can either be a Bulldogs and head into the bye on a high, or we can break even or lose the next few, be a Richmond, and fond ourselves clawing back to make up the numbers. Either way I think we're set for a strong second half despite the tougher fixture.

so who plays Overwatch and who do you main and why is Symmetra the cause of every loss, ever?

IMO the AFL should get together with other consortiums (not necessarily sports leagues) to purchase an Overwatch League license, and base it in Sydney or Melbourne. That's ultimately going to be the future of eSports, city-based teams in domestic and world leagues. It stands to be very lucrative for the AFL if it does it the right way. Buying a LoL team today, in Australia no less, is like racing F1 with a year 12 high school billy kart entry.

Well yeah but that's a rare exception. Rarely do we see teams like that, that are so far ahead of the pack. Even the Cats in 08 and Pies in 2011 weren't huge favourites despite similar records.

No team is ever really outright favourites. One team might start at $3 or $3.50 but they eventually close in $2 with last minute bets and the emotion of the day. IMO there's never a real "underdrog" or "favourite" on GF day.