Preview AFL Returns - Round 2: North Melbourne vs GWS @ Giants Stadium - changes/prematch discussion

[Gasometer]

Hoping for a Dwayne/Derm combo to celebrate the reboot.

 

[kool kangas]

Hoping for a Dwayne/Derm combo to celebrate the reboot.

Not Dwayne and especially BT . Anyone else...Dwaynes voice is so BLAH!.

 

[Rod Stroker]

Fox Footy just branded tomorrows Giants team as "the best Giants team ever".

 

[Twinkletoes]

Just have to hope we’re better prepared for the restart than they are.

North by 15 points.

 

[DunderHead]

Fox Footy just branded tomorrows Giants team as "the best Giants team ever".

Good. Build them up. We dont want our guys getting ahead of themselves or underestimating the competition.

 

[gokangas]

Don’t know what to expect. Just want us to be competitive. GWS are a much better team on paper so I am happy to win or get within 20 points to be honest.

 

[The acurate one]

I doubt Kyron tags.

Something tells me Shaw has moved him back and he has brained it the role in training and simulation. Hence the quick call up.

Hayden has replaced Murphy.

I believe we're going to back ourselves in, head to head if you like. But this social distancing is making it harder to get info that's correct. I reckon yesterday was the first time I've got the team wrong in a very long time.

 

[The acurate one]

Don’t know what to expect. Just want us to be competitive. GWS are a much better team on paper so I am happy to win or get within 20 points to be honest.

I understand what you're saying gk- when though can we expect to challenge all comers? I'm a bit over it all tbh. A 20 point defeat is a tick over a goal a quarter.

 

[gokangas]

I understand what you're saying gk- when though can we expect to challenge all comers? I'm a bit over it all tbh. A 20 point defeat is a tick over a goal a quarter.

Fair question. Just don’t think we have the class they have on their list.

 

[goalieboy82]

Looking forward to tomorrow night watching the game here live

 

[New_Roo]

Fair question. Just don’t think we have the class they have on their list.

They are yet to win a premiership though despite the class on their list.... need more than class


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[Caracas]

By chance, for the first time in my life, I have a direct line to a member of North’s inner sanctum. The good news is that he’s very bullish about how we are going about things from a team build/management point of view. The bad news is he doesn’t believe we have a hope in hell of beating GWS tomorrow. I hope he’s underestimating the boys.


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[Sillygit]

By chance, for the first time in my life, I have a direct line to a member of North’s inner sanctum. The good news is that he’s very bullish about how we are going about things from a team build/management point of view. The bad news is he doesn’t believe we have a hope in hell of beating GWS tomorrow. I hope he’s underestimating the boys.


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what kind of inner sanctum guy says we have no hope?

 

[Passmore]

They are yet to win a premiership though despite the class on their list.... need more than class


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They're getting talked up like they're about to break Collingwood's 4 in a row.

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[Passmore]

I believe we're going to back ourselves in, head to head if you like. But this social distancing is making it harder to get info that's correct. I reckon yesterday was the first time I've got the team wrong in a very long time.

They're a good side but we need to take them on and beat them. What's the point in going out to nullify them about eke out a 30 point loss?

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[Rod Stroker]

By chance, for the first time in my life, I have a direct line to a member of North’s inner sanctum. The good news is that he’s very bullish about how we are going about things from a team build/management point of view. The bad news is he doesn’t believe we have a hope in hell of beating GWS tomorrow. I hope he’s underestimating the boys.


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Not great if our inner scrotum is thinking like that, but it's probably on the money.

Apparently the boys will all leave Arden Street at 6:45AM on the same bus together to the airport. That's a bloody early start, probably up around 5AM or earlier for many of the boys. Not an ideal lead into a game.

The * campaigners have it worse. Up at 5AM, but have to wait almost 12 hours before they play. Zero sympathy.

 

[The acurate one]

They're a good side but we need to take them on and beat them. What's the point in going out to nullify them about eke out a 30 point loss?

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No point mate at all , let us off the leash and see how we go . Run, run and run . That will be the plan Stan.

 

[Rod Stroker]

'There'll be some bruises': Giants brace for rugged bout with Kangas

It is almost 12 months to the day since Giants tagger Matt de Boer fractured his shoulder after a clash with North Melbourne's Ben Cunnington.

www.theage.com.au

 

[Tectonic]

1pm tomorrow can't come soon enough.

 

[Shermanator]

Looking forward to tomorrow night watching the game here live

ESPN, AFL app or Scampercam?..

 

[DunderHead]

'There'll be some bruises': Giants brace for rugged bout with Kangas

It is almost 12 months to the day since Giants tagger Matt de Boer fractured his shoulder after a clash with North Melbourne's Ben Cunnington.

www.theage.com.au

The way that journo describes it you'd think it was Cunnington who tackled Deboer and not the otherway around. If he didnt continue to scrag Cunners after the whistle, Cunnington wouldnt have had to thrown him off.

Do you reckon that we'll use Hoppers comments to goad the team on. I reckon the team wouldnt be happy with the idea that they are going to target Cunners.

 

[Val Keating]

Go after Cunnington = get hurt. He’s the last person I’d go after on our list, closely followed by Ziebell and Taz

 

[Dan]

Too many good players in that team to keep quiet....you only need 2-3 to have a good start and then the rest jump on board. Rubbish finals team but home & away GWS are a difficult side to beat.

I think our effort will be there. Who knows maybe the pandemic may have had harder effect on them then us and we might be able to capitalise.

 

[discodaddy]

Fair question. Just don’t think we have the class they have on their list.

Hearts, minds, and sheer will can overcome class. If Rhyce has us in the right headspace, who’s to say we can’t win?

 

[Horizons_00]

Anyone can win after this massive break

These games will show how fit and serious teams take their conditioning over the break. Melbourne stormed out of the blocks but then lost all steam. Same with the pies.

If Shaw is right and we really used the time off well, I wouldn’t underestimate our chances of winning

Then again, GWS have a great list but they’ve had less recovery than us too