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Bluto said:
Absolutely gutted. And I was very glad to see the devastation in the locker room, they will either fire up like 2006 or completely fall away now. Really hoping for the former.
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Exactly, the season isn't over if we can play like this or even close to this every week.
 
Would hate to be a Dockers supporter this morning. To come so close to the number one team and have it snatched away and yet put in such a fantastic effort.


That would seriously mess with anyones heads.
 

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Jafa said:
Would hate to be a Dockers supporter this morning. To come so close to the number one team and have it snatched away and yet put in such a fantastic effort.


That would seriously mess with anyones heads.
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or not. Might make those players realise how close they are to the top team, and how close they were to a win last week in Adelaide against Adelaide.

They have played themselves into some good form in the last few weeks.
How have the Eagles done in that time?
 
campbell said:
or not. Might make those players realise how close they are to the top team, and how close they were to a win last week in Adelaide against Adelaide.

They have played themselves into some good form in the last few weeks.
How have the Eagles done in that time?
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This has nothing to do with West Coast - why try and bring them into the thread. Hoping to see another West Coast/Dockers fracas? I didn`t even mention the players.

Are you just trying to stir the pot champ.
 
sdsdsdsd said:
Just wondering wat were some of ur reactions when Pavlich hit the most in the last 30 secs?, that would have killed
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i thought it was through, so i was up out of m seat with my hands in the air and then i saw in the corner of my eye the ball hit the post and i think almost everyone in our block had their head in their hands.
 
I'm gutted!

But sheesh we have some poorly skilled players, Macca yes you ! We ____ed that game up it was ours for the taking.

You cant blame Pav for the miss, how many goals do you want him to kick?
 
Hey guys, I reckon your team for 2 and a half quarters last night were brilliant. Since we got our act together early last year I've never seen a team shut us down like you guys did for a lot of last night. It was just our purple patch late in the 2nd quarter and a large part of the last quarter that got us across the line.

I know losing is shizenhousen but I reckon there were a lot of positives you guys can take out of that. Some of your young blokes were great and will only get better.
 
Those whining about Ablett, perhaps he wouldn't get so many frees if:

a) Crowley didn't deliberately stomp on his leg (could have done serious injury to a brilliant player)
b) Carr didn't deliberately cork him 100 metres off the ball
c) Sandilands didnt drop his knees into Gaz's face

I thought Hawthorn were the dirtiest and cheapest players, but last night Freo took that to a whole new level.
 

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burto said:
Those whining about Ablett, perhaps he wouldn't get so many frees if:

a) Crowley didn't deliberately stomp on his leg (could have done serious injury to a brilliant player)
b) Carr didn't deliberately cork him 100 metres off the ball
c) Sandilands didnt drop his knees into Gaz's face

I thought Hawthorn were the dirtiest and cheapest players, but last night Freo took that to a whole new level.
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I'd say now that every club in the league knows that Ablett can't handle a hard tag, and now that the umpires know he's a diving girls blouse, last night is going to be the least of his problems.
Any club serious about beating Geelong is going to do exactly the same thing, and I doubt the umpires are going to be as convinced by his pathetic fall to the ground routine next week.
 
Rob said:
I'd say now that every club in the league knows that Ablett can't handle a hard tag, and now that the umpires know he's a diving girls blouse, last night is going to be the least of his problems.
Any club serious about beating Geelong is going to do exactly the same thing, and I doubt the umpires are going to be as convinced by his pathetic fall to the ground routine next week.
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Watching last night's game, we decided no Ablett no Bartel = No Geelong. I'm betting a few coaches are thinking the same thing and the close checking will continue.
 
Rob said:
I'd say now that every club in the league knows that Ablett can't handle a hard tag, and now that the umpires know he's a diving girls blouse, last night is going to be the least of his problems.
Any club serious about beating Geelong is going to do exactly the same thing, and I doubt the umpires are going to be as convinced by his pathetic fall to the ground routine next week.
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Thats up to us next week. A hard tag, to an easily rattled Ablett.

Geelong have to realise they are the hunted now, and teams will do whatever it takes to beat them.


Sandy and Cowley and co did nothing wrong last night.He just is mentally weak and has been found out, ALL the other teams were watching and taking note of how to beat Geelong. We thank you for next week. lol
 
I'll throw this up to you Freo fans.

2004, Anzac Day. Freo vs Geelong at Subi.

Freo were flying, Geelong were lowly, sitting at 1-3. Nobody gave Geelong a chance and from the start it looked like Freo were going to run away with it. Kicking the first 5 unaswered. Geelong fought back and were down by about 3 goals at qtr time. Freo kept a lead of about 20 points to 3/4 time. Geelong fought back again and kicked 3 quick goals to be right back in the match.

Freo ran over the top to win by 20 odd points but Geelong showed a lot of guts and determination. After not making the finals since 2000 and not winning a game interstate for a long time this game really lifted my spirits about our future.

Geelong sat at 1-4 to start the season. Geelong would then go on to lose only 3 more matches for the regular season. Those 3 losses were a 4 point loss to Port Adelaide in Adelaide (with Ben Graham missing an easy shot with about 1 minute left on the clock). A 2 point loss to West Coast at subi and a 22 point loss to Adelaide in rd21. We finished top 4 and missed out on the Grand Final by a couple of kicks.

Could this be your Anzac Day revival?
 

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Rob said:
I'd say now that every club in the league knows that Ablett can't handle a hard tag, and now that the umpires know he's a diving girls blouse, last night is going to be the least of his problems.
Any club serious about beating Geelong is going to do exactly the same thing, and I doubt the umpires are going to be as convinced by his pathetic fall to the ground routine next week.
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Spot on, Geelong have a lot of stars though, I think tagging out Bartel and/or Gablett every week will not be enough to stop them completely, but will certainly slow them down! I can't believe GAblett was held so well, I'd hate it if the Eagles best player was so crap when tagged... oh wait. :o

It was great to see Freo play the way they should have been playing since round 1. Imagine if Headland and Black were playing, could have been the difference.
 
campbell said:
Thats up to us next week. A hard tag, to an easily rattled Ablett.

Geelong have to realise they are the hunted now, and teams will do whatever it takes to beat them.


Sandy and Cowley and co did nothing wrong last night.He just is mentally weak and has been found out, ALL the other teams were watching and taking note of how to beat Geelong. We thank you for next week. lol
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lol i think you will find that freo arent the first to try and rough up ablett.look forward to next week now that you guys have discovered the secret to beating geelong ;) .

I think last nights game showed freo are a top 6 side when they are playing well.
 
geelong_crazy26 said:
Freo deserved to win,but i dont know how you can say the umpires cost you.Freo kicked 4 goals from free kicks
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Not too many of us are blaming umpires. But which of these 4 free kicks were unwarranted? Maybe the Pavlich HTB was a bit red hot, but that would get paid 6 or 7 times out of 10 anyway.
 
Rob said:
Not too many of us are blaming umpires. But which of these 4 free kicks were unwarranted? Maybe the Pavlich HTB was a bit red hot, but that would get paid 6 or 7 times out of 10 anyway.
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I don't get why supporters think that goals from free kicks are always unwarranted? Geelong would have had at least a couple as well. It's the way the games gone - as soon as there is a contest, the umpire blows his whistle and pays a kick. It's the same as the deliberate one, just because both teams had one each doesn't make the fact that another 2 were missed ok. If umpiring is only good when the free kick count and type are level, then Freo got screwed last night.
 
Rob said:
Not too many of us are blaming umpires. But which of these 4 free kicks were unwarranted? Maybe the Pavlich HTB was a bit red hot, but that would get paid 6 or 7 times out of 10 anyway.
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I would have to watch the game again to get a better idea, i cant think of any free that we got that wasn't their.Some people say ablett was lucky to get that free in the center but in all honesty when crawley is playing on ablett like that how many things do you think he would of got away with that should of been frees ?

I thought freo was very good last night, start of the year I had you guys 3rd.In retrospect that was to high ,I still think tho you are a top 6 side.Freo can still make the 8.
 

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