Macca
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old dee was there, I'm sure of it
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Haydn Bunton won 3 Brownlows in his first 86 games (5 years) That included a win in his debut season He also ran 2nd, just 1 vote off winning, in his 4th year One vote off winning 4 Brownlows (in his first 86 games) And our very own Ivor Warne-Smith won 2 Brownlows and was 2 votes off winning a 3rd Brownlow, within his first 100 games
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Apparently Daicos is no good (according to PF)
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6 experienced starting 18 players that are missing doesn't help Add Rivers, Bowey, Salem, Melk, Viney & CJ and we'd probably still struggle against a switched on Lions outfit But without them? Good luck, fellas
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Hope he gets played as the 7th defender (loose man) A soft intro much like when a new test batsman used to start off as the no.6 (Ponting, G Chappell et al) We know the Lions won't be playing a 7 man forward line so XT could just occupy an area in the backline
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Different process for the end product apparently, layz (red vs yellow) But I do remember the furore when they were introduced, way back when Like most other things, they got used to it and got on with it But to me, the same issue remains ... the yellow footy's are too slippery and too hard to mark
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Ain't that the truth!
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The wet weather games last weekend were painful to watch ... we went back to congested football and endless stoppages Make the footballs for wet weather football less slippery? (dimples?) It wasn't so long ago that we only used red footy's... when the yellow footy's appeared the complaint was that the yellow footy was too slippery (too much lacquer) I'm not sure the thinking has changed or the condition of the yellow footballs has changed
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Re the games clash tomorrow evening The AFL fails at the obvious Meanwhile, the NRL doesn't. And I'm not trying to turn this into an AFL vs NRL debate about which is the better sport. Just comparing both leagues with each other The NRL has 2 matches scheduled for nearly every Friday evening and has done so for well over a decade now ... one match is cable/streaming (6pm) and the other is FTA (8pm) Obviously, there's no overlap The AFL could split 2 games on a Friday evening quite easily ... just needs some creative thinking With split rounds and byes etc, there wouldn't be a need for a double-header on a Friday, every single week And there's always Monday night footy if they were to revisit that concept (I'd look at that, but not every Monday) But Monday evenings would solve the issue of trying to fit 9 games into 8 slots. The 2 teams that meet on a Monday could get a bye the following weekend?
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Of all the possible moves that could be made, I'd like to see XT get an easier time of it, first up Windsor to a wing and Langford more so as a mid, appeals The rest of it is just spitballing and talking points
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With 7 experienced players out it's hard to see a game-style that can win us the game. But you never know This is the perfect game to experiment in terms of trying players in different positions Windsor back to a wing (HFF ➡️ Wing for the centre ball ups) XL as a loose man in defence (Wing ➡️ HBF for the centre ball ups JVR to the backline has merit (if T-Mac is out) Kentfield (or Jeffo) up forward Moose as a 2nd ruck Langford more midfield minutes Lindsay on the other wing Langdon maybe back
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Butters got off lightly ... incredibly so Because he was found guilty he should have copped a few weeks (at least) It's about time umpires were treated with a lot more respect Fact is they are trying to umpire an unumpirable sport and at best they might get 7 out of 10 decisions right So accept the umpires decision and get on with it Stop calling them cheats and stop talking as if they are on the take .... all that is a nonsense I could go through 20 different types of adjudications and find grey area in each of those rulings That's how difficult it is. An impossible task Nothing has changed since the 19th century. The issue is the sport, not the umpires
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