Everything posted by Red and Bluebeard
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PREGAME: Rd 15 vs Geelong
I have no problem with Geelong playing all home games, without exception, in Geelong. The problem comes when they want to move home games to Melbourne to maximise crowds. That is a bit like Gold Coast moving big-crowd games to the Gabba. It seems Geelong can have their cake and eat it too in this sense.
- POSTGAME: Rd 13 vs Collingwood
- POSTGAME: Rd 13 vs Collingwood
- PREGAME: Rd 15 vs Geelong
- PREGAME: Rd 15 vs Geelong
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PREGAME: Rd 15 vs Geelong
True. The problem for me is that this stinks of being a "conditional" home ground for Geelong. Either it is their home, or it isn't. The long-term trend since the 90s seems to be consolidate at the big grounds (allowing generally more attendance). So this exception makes no sense to me (but there are plenty of other things in that category).
- PODCAST: Rd 13 vs Collingwood
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PODCAST: Rd 13 vs Collingwood
Love the podcast, excellent work all. One topic that has barely been mentioned is May's kickout with 1.44 remaining. Why kick long to a contest? Presumably we were confident of winning by then, but I would have though the only thing to do would be to chip it around, short and safe, for at least 90 seconds. Going long to a contest gave the Pies a sniff, and that was all they needed to almost pinch the win. Thoughts?
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PREGAME: Rd 15 vs Geelong
It does make me think about the long term future of Kardinia Park as an AFL ground. If the Cats play "big" games in Melbourne (eg Easter Monday vs Hawks), then all that is left are "small" games at their ground. Surely we have to go all in on a small number of major venues (ie 9 Victorian clubs at 2 major stadiums rather than 8 or 9 individual grounds) or Geelong play all home games, without exception, in Geelong. The crowd on a Thursday night at Geelong is in danger of being outnumbered by seagulls ...
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POSTGAME: Rd 13 vs Collingwood
As someone said earlier, 16 points up with less than 2 minutes to go and us with ball in hand at a kick-in should mean that the opposition doesn't touch the ball again. Chip kicks and switches galore should have been the order of the day. We got there in the end, but heart palpitations should have been unnecessary!
- Neale’s Special Request
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NON-MFC: Rd 13 2023
It is a lot easier now than in many seasons. But I doubt it will ever be easy (unless one day we top Collingwood's cakewalk with the first ever run of five premierships in a row. We can revisit this issue then ... 😉)
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NON-MFC: Rd 13 2023
Nobody says it is easy to be a Dees supporter.... 😀
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Show Me The Puppy!
What part of an ostrich is that? 😃
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The No T$ No B$ Thread
- The No T$ No B$ Thread
- JvR Free!!!
- JvR Free!!!
- The No T$ No B$ Thread
- The No T$ No B$ Thread
- The No T$ No B$ Thread
- The No T$ No B$ Thread
- The No T$ No B$ Thread
- NON-MFC: Rd 05 2023
I may be just old-fashioned, but I always take all my rubbish with me to the nearest bin on the way out. Is it too much to expect crowds to behave like responsible adults? I find it frustrating that it seems socially normal just to drop litter all over the place because it might be slightly inconvenient otherwise ... (and I guess that confirms that I am indeed old-fashioned).- PREGAME: Rd 05 vs Essendon