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Saints are a dark horse? For the flag ? nope! for the finals? yes.
Autopsy AFL 2024 Round 9 - Dockers v Swans Fri May 10th 8:30pm AEST/6:30pm WST (OS)
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Saints are a dark horse? For the flag ? nope! for the finals? yes.
I think the Swans went after Clark & Young as the latter is our best kick inside 50.
Serong and Brayshaw are very good players but they don't hurt you kicking it inside 50 as much as Young can.
They didn't mind Aish delivering it either as he constantly kicks it over the forwards heads.
Frederick couldn't get near it either but he just seemed off all around.
Strange game. Swans were absolutely clinical. We just don't have the calibre of powerful goal kicking mids like Warner & Heeney or class like Gulden kicking it in or Papley, Hayward to finish. Thought we held up well in general play but the gulf in class/skills was very evident.
RIP Dardy McCrafty.
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That sounds reasonable to me. Seems like it's been a few seasons now where the Swans are more concerned with the quality of i50s than quantity. Breaking even or losing the raw inside 50 count but keeping the opposition conversion rate below average.
It could also be that Serong is good enough to get his no matter who the Swans put on him and your better off limiting the supporting cast.
Nobody tags Serong mate - he’s an absolute stat monkey but he’s more of a workhorse than a racehorse.
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yeah I see where you're coming from but it's the same reason why clubs tagged Libba over Bont. Getting the tag done at the source.
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Understandably the game was unusual. I don’t think there is a gulf in class and skills between the two clubs. I admired Freo’s efforts and thought both teams were pretty even in the contest.
Have no doubt Freo will make Finals.
RIP Cam McCarthy.
They were talking about it on the radio. Adelaide vs Hawthorn, 2021.
Adelaide kicked 14 straight in the first half, then another one after half time, for a total of 15. They lost by 3 points
I wouldn't take much out of Fremantle’s performance last night, as I think that was an outlier.
You could see how emotional quite a few of the players were during the remembrance for Cam McCarthy, and the days events would have had alot of them in shock and obviously very emotional....
You could see how emotional quite a few of the players were during the remembrance for Cam McCarthy, and the days events would have had alot of them in shock and obviously very emotional....
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Jeez there's some pretty average human beings who have posted on this thread. See how your work performance fairs after a mate passes away in circumstances like that. There is nothing football-wise to be concluded from this game.
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This is a cope.
Back flankers might be easy to tag, but that doesn't make shutting them down any less important.
For the past month, Jordon has not only shut down targets, he's actually been more productive and damaging than them in general play.
I'd say it takes a pretty bloody solid player to not only shut down, but beat, one of the most important and damaging players from the opposition every week. And that's coming from someone who wasn't sold on recruiting him in the first place.
How's that Dark Horse going ?
You beat me to it.
Sorry, but bigfooty comment of the week by old Plugger
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The Eagles can't wait to ride this dark horse in 3 weeks time.
I heard Harley Reid's been sending it dick pics in anticipation.
The ground was half full, and even less by 3 quarter
And north the week afyer
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