Preview 2019 Season Opener v Hawthorn Pre-game Hype Thread
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I'm shocked to be sitting here.
Hawks are the worst exponents of the gut punch tactic. I’m sure they bank on never getting suspended for it. Wil be interesting to see if it happens again Saturday and if it does, you know it’s an instruction.
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Anyone got footage of Shiels punch?
If you want to send a message at the start of the year you’d surely give him a game if it’s a blatant punch or do the AFL prefer fines so the bottom line looks better helping their bonuses?
If you want to send a message at the start of the year you’d surely give him a game if it’s a blatant punch or do the AFL prefer fines so the bottom line looks better helping their bonuses?
At least it’s understandable that Dougie might have a few credits in the bank. We’ve gifted Mackay about 150 games of football so one can assume he has a pretty significant overdraft facility. Hopefully he maxed it out last year or we’ve called it in.
It seems very mean to give us back footy via the JLT and then cut us off for a week.
I would say that Knight, Dougie and Rat are all locks. Hugh a lock if fit. Murph, Gooch and Jones fighting for a spot but doubt that Gooch will be available anyway. Keath/Harto could go either way. Keath is great with ball in hand but Harto’s body does a lot of good things. If the game stopped at quarter time, Keath would be a certainty but Harto worked back into the game quite well. I won’t be surprised if either name appears in the 22. Any change other than Hugh for either Murph or Jones will shock me though.
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We all know the rules....no key player of a big Vic club can be suspended for round 1.....or a GF.
As interstate supporters we need to grow up and accept the rules....our constant demands for equality and fairness are getting tiresome.
As for Taylor Walker.....that outspoken, undisciplined thug is walking a VERY fine line....we dont need South Australians thinking they can attack the ball like that in this competition. Fog will be next.
We should all pay our Foxtel subscriptions....pay our memberships, thank the Victorians for allowing us to play in their MCG (once or twice a year) ...and shut the hell up.
From memory there’s no statistical disadvantage having a 6 day break but the chances of winning after back to back 6 day breaks is pretty slim.
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Just for some balance, If a big name player was getting off at a Victorian club, May would have got off. It's Liam Shiels. He's hardly a gamebreaker.
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One of the hardest weeks of the year.
This week the bye weeks and every other week not football.
We win, time to stand up.
This week the bye weeks and every other week not football.
We win, time to stand up.
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The AFL didn't even wait until the season proper started before dropping the facade that they will be cracking down on punches behind play.
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The Shiels decision is ridiculous. The AFL stated at the end of last season that they would be cracking down on players hitting other players. The Shiels punch was exactly what they were talking about, a deliberate gut punch when the ball was nowhere to be seen.
The rule now seems to be that you will get a fine if you punch the opposition in the guts providing they don’t collapse like a pricked balloon (think Selwood or Dangerfield).
If we need Shiels to miss in order for us to beat Hawthorn then we are not as good as we would like to think.
The rule now seems to be that you will get a fine if you punch the opposition in the guts providing they don’t collapse like a pricked balloon (think Selwood or Dangerfield).
If we need Shiels to miss in order for us to beat Hawthorn then we are not as good as we would like to think.
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Clear footage of it on the AFL site (surprisingly!)
https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-03-09/match-report-hawthorn-v-richmond
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We said BIG Vic club....Melbourne ??? ...you pea nut !!!
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We've clearly been intimidated by them in recent times. Even Laird has played a few stinkers against them, fumbling and looking like a rabbit in the headlights.
I want to see that this has changed. Similar to that minor round game against Geelong in 2017, this is our chance to break the cycle and make a statement on our home turf.
I want to see that this has changed. Similar to that minor round game against Geelong in 2017, this is our chance to break the cycle and make a statement on our home turf.
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I Bet a filthy player like Tex would be rubbed out pretty quick for the same hit....to the aplause of all in AFL house.
We need slaughter this year and rub thier faces in it.
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thankfully geelong will be coming off a 5 day break.
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Well.....we play Richmond 5 Days after GWS.....with Richmond coming off the Bye.
Similar to the bullshit we copped against Hawthorn last year.
Clearly a coincidence.
Naturally the VFL will do what it can to help out those poor big Vic clubs.
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played in the trial game though, my worry is he re-injured or even a different injury.
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