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    Traded Jake Carlisle [traded w/ #23 and #44 for #5, #24 and Craig Bird]

    When Buddy left a lot of that money would have gone towards our more expensive contracts to free up space now. As you said though it's hard to know.
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    The Grand Final should be hosted at a neutral venue

    Agree every team should get a few games there because that's where the Grand Final is played and probably will be for a long long time. I think it should always stay there. Nothing will be completely fair but generally the best team of the finals will win the GF. West Coast do get an...
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    The Grand Final should be hosted at a neutral venue

    All teams outside of Victoria get more of a home ground advantage throughout the year because they don't share their ground with as many teams. If they can take advantage of that it will carry on through the first few weeks of the finals.
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    Umpires Coach Admits - We miss 80,000 free kicks per weekend

    In fairness to Suckling if you are mid stride and can't see or expect contact it doesn't take much to put you on the ground. Ballantyne knew what he has doing and go risk a reversal where the ball was is dumb. If it was legal to do I think the Hawks would be pretty happy to play like that...
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    Great Finals Players

    Schoenmakers? :)
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    Triple MMM Commentary - The Ballantyne decision

    It was a free kick. Soft yeah but it's easy to knock someone over mid stride if they don't see or expect it. Also what if Ballantyne received the ball since he didn't have a player near him and Fremantle were able to capitalise on that, get the ball down the other end and score a goal? Would...
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    Suckling and Franklin play on when they kick long set shots

    Looked to me that there was more than one player standing the mark so it should have been 50 anyway. The umpire could have solved this argument by just paying a 50m penalty as there was more than one player standing the mark. 16.1 says only one player is allowed to stand the mark. That...
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    Cyril, Wingard, Betts - pick one

    I've seen a lot of Rioli being a Hawks supporter and not as much as the other 2. All very good players but if it was to pick someone for a Grand Final as the OP stated I'll pick Cyril. He's the only one to have played one at AFL level and he was the initial spark that started us on that run...
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    AFL Finals 2015 - Semi Final: Hawthorn v Adelaide, MCG, Fri, 7.50pm (AEST), 7.20pm (SA)

    Yeah I agree best team will usually win regardless. It's just when different umps pay different things. If they are consistent players can adjust even when it's bad.
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    AFL Finals 2015 - Semi Final: Hawthorn v Adelaide, MCG, Fri, 7.50pm (AEST), 7.20pm (SA)

    Maybe just the bigger picture. I've only watched a couple games this year and I know the rules but sometines really don't know what the umps are going to pay when the whistle goes.
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    West Coast v Hawthorn - worst finals umpiring in a very long time

    I wouldn't say it favoured Hawthorn but Eagles still would have won no matter what. It definitely had an effect on me because some of there decisions were mind boggling and inconsistent. That went both ways as well.
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    Mitch Clark, Hawthorn and Jeff Kennett

    Its ok to make fun of the fact he looks like Matthew Lillard
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    Brad Sewell

    We do have Hodge, Mitchell, Lewis and even Burgoyne that can get those clearances and hard ball gets. I just think Sewell is going to be a slider this year.
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    Brad Sewell

    I think we should trade Sewell for a secound rounder and use that to pick up Dal Santo. Dal Santo is an upgrade on Sewell and will be around for a little longer.
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    Buddy a Swan (Footy talk only, read OP before posting)

    Haha. I still can't believe he is gone. You guys are going to love him. I'll be watching Sydney games next season just to watch Buddy. Hope he plays closer to goal for the rest of his career. Would love him to get to 1000.
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