Pretty sure Ratten said before the game they flew in on the day by choice - to replicate what they did last year, when they jagged a win
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Rotate Rozzee and Houston through there and it looks better. Could well be wet anyway
Burton will play on Cameron. He’s matched up on the best small/medium forwards for 3yrs and counting
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Ah well there you go. RussellEbertHandball was likely spot on then. AFL HQ being vindictive bastards
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Stand up for Dan Houston as that sniper Charlie Cameron has something against him.
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that'll test his hamstrings
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I hope it rains. Brisbane's height (Hipwood, McStay, etc) have troubled us & Daniher used to be a problem if kicking straight for Essendon, Then again their mids might be better equipped in a physical scrap. Brisbane will have done homework on our key mids Wines, Houston, Amon. Pity Boak out .. depth will be put to test. Even with SPP in, line up feels a little short on "grunt" if we aren't controlling the ball. Hard to predict how this one will go ..
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SPP is reasonably quick over the first few metres, but yeah, a bit one paced. That's where Butters was a point of difference.
Hope the guys have packed their flippers. Been pouring up here most of the night - more expected for this evening.
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Beautiful one day, perfect the next?
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I love wet weather football. Requires a completely different skillset that a lot less players possess. I am very confident we will play well against Brisbane in this weather. Against Richmond in Prelim we played as well as you possibly could without winning. Against Freo in Round 3 last year when the rain came we kicked something ridiculous like 5 goals to 1 behind in the second quarter. A few guys who I think will excel in this weather- Rozee, SPP, Fantasia, Gray, Jonas.
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I think we have the grunt but lack the polish with Boak and Butters out.
Will be interesting how we perform tonight, I think they may be our new bogie side
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By "grunt", I meant the ability to win 50/50 (or worse) contests all around the ground. Against Brisbane in the last 3 losses, they've got on top at the stoppages, for critical short periods, that's overwhelmed our defence and made it too tough for our outside players.
I actually hope rain stays away now. They might be stronger in a contested game. We might have the edge if we can control the ball on the outside. On paper, our forwards match up well and should be hard to contain. Not sure how they'll go if very wet.
Port in a close one.
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raman
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God yes, one of the bizarre quirks of the Hinkley era is that it has seemed to take us at least 20 minutes longer than the opposition to realise there's water falling from the sky.
Have to play good uncle tonight and watch my nephew play Auskick at half time at the SCG. His father is deployed....
rest ashore, he knows what team to support. Even though we live in Sydney (and his father may disagree).
rest ashore, he knows what team to support. Even though we live in Sydney (and his father may disagree).
