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    Oppo Camp Other Clubs News/General Discussion (Part 2)

    I find it bizarre that Sheedy is saying that you have to be an Essendon person to coach Essendon. He had a bit of success there, but he came form Richmond. A total outsider at the time.
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    The Selwood Shrug

    Nothing wrong with shrugging a tackle to get away. Everything wrong with shrugging a tacklers arms high to stage a free kick. I repeat. it is too hard for the umpires to see the nuances of the shrugs in the heat of play. They have to protect player's heads and pay free kicks when they see them...
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    Toast Round 11 = Collingwood 92-82 West Coast

    And every other defender for that matter.
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    The Selwood Shrug

    Nothing to do with my post. Perhaps you have a guilt feeling about your players, but I only mentioned Hawthorn because it's that game where I watched the shruggers and heard the commentary around their normalization. Most clubs have their practitioners. They are a blight on the game and a means...
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    Toast Round 11 = Collingwood 92-82 West Coast

    There were pre game calls for Moore to have a run in the ruck. Given he is a ruck sized player with a great leap, there was sense there. He looked effective in the couple of ruck things he had time to do. We needed someone to back Cameron up. He got injured pushing as he slipped over. This is...
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    The Selwood Shrug

    Watching some of the Hawthorn game last night, I was struck by the way in which the Selwood Shrug has become acceptable. Commentary seemed to be about how tacklers could cope with it. It is the AFL that needs to cope with it. There have been a number of attempts to use rule interpretations to...
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    Game Day Match Discussion: Round 11 vs. WCE, Sat 23/05 at 4:35pm (MCG)

    I'm always afraid of this. I've seen it happen so many times ove rthe years. (Not just to us)
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    Autopsy Round 10 = Sydney 81-75 Collingwood

    Yeah, I had trouble with this too. I guess they were hoping to capitalize on him forward, but couldn't get the ball there.
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    Game Day Round 9 vs. Geelong, Sat 09/05 at 7:35pm (MCG)

    The attacks on Moore are really annoying. He is one of our best players. He made some mistakes in his first game back from injury. Calls for his dropping on that basis don't make any sense. We came close to winning a game that we should have been trailing badly on general play, and yet people...
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    Review Round 8 = Collingwood 93-93 Hawthorn

    It's very disappointing to read the attacks on our players in this thread. Moore had a poor game, but has barely played this year. How many goals did the Hawthorn tall forwards kick anyway? Josh Daicos had to kick long at the last kick in because there was no short option. You could see him...
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    Review Round 8 = Collingwood 93-93 Hawthorn

    5 day breaks pandering to TV will do that.
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    Rules 7 new rules - AFL Rule Changes for 2026

    Why do they have to keep it in play? TV appearance.
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    Game Day Match Discussion: Round 8 vs. Hawthorn, Thur 30/04 at 7:30pm (MCG)

    I have no idea why there is so much commentary on Cornes. I just don't read any of his stuff, and thus have no reaction to give. I have had the same policy with regard to Barratt for years, and neither of them cause me any stress. I look at the AFL site often, but anything with either tag on it...
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    Toast Round 7 = Essendon 60-137 Collingwood

    This was a fantastic win that was by no means a given. After Essendon's previous effort, I was concerned for this one. I was not much happier after the first half. I got sick of seeing handballs to team mates feet, passes over their heads and fumbles of straight forward possessions (for these...
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    VFL VFL Round 4 v Carlton. Friday April 17th. 7:05pm @ Ikon Park

    Not relevant to the thread, but I can't let this snipe at Dawes go without comment. Dawes was a good overhead mark until his hand injury. After that, he struggled to hold them.
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