Opposition Camp Non Eagles Discussion thread - 2016 Finals/offseason edition

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Sure did the throw is acceptable now i hope we train this in the off season ..... All though most likely they will ping us every time !!
Ah I see. Sorry, I missed your point. Yeah, the amount of incorrect disposal that isn't paid anymore is ridiculous. I feel like a broken record with 'how'd he get rid of that' playing on a loop.

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http://m.afl.com.au/news/2016-09-19...ants-rise-should-get-a-life-says-kevin-sheedy

Sheedy can go eat a massive bag of giant dicks

For those of us old enough to remember Sheedy spent all of the early 90's bitching about the Eagles and how they were going to dominate the competition because we were a "state" side. In short he was a massive sook and did exactly what he's accusing people of doing now with the Giants

He was a big part of why the dockers were formed prematurely and also why they were given the least generous start up concessions of any team

Victorians love him but he's an out and out campaigner
 

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Oh good it looks like a team of 20 year old first round draft picks is about to win its first premiership. In 4 years time they will probably have five. Great for their couple of supporters and for the game generally.
 

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Would also be enjoyable to see another new team win a flag before freo!!
Don't really want GWS to win as they would break our record for quickest flag by a new club (us in year 6, they're currently in year 5). Plus they have plenty of time to beat Freo to a flag.
 

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Oh good it looks like a team of 20 year old first round draft picks is about to win its first premiership. In 4 years time they will probably have five. Great for their couple of supporters and for the game generally.
I'll start to panic when they get their 3peat. Injury, form and events like Nick Davis can all make it much harder for a team on paper to actually get it done on the field.
 

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GWS will not able to keep all their stars in the next few years. Their value will only continue to rise.
But as players leave they get traded for draft picks so they keep the conveyor belt of talent coming through the doors via high draft picks. They had such a ridiculously high number of high draft picks in their first year coupled with picks from their low finishing position in their early years that players leaving hasn't hurt them because they keep filling from underneath

That cycle will just perpetuate itself for years so they will keep regenerating
 

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GWS and then at some stage in the not to distant future GCS, everyone having some silver in the cupboard bar freo would be a dream come true!
GWS won't be too far off you wouldn't think. But I think GCS might have botched their concessions. Their two best young recruits - O'Meara and Swallow - want out (or at least one is out and there are big rumours about Swallow) and they wont get as much compensation as their talent is worth due to their injuries. Their star recruit - Ablett - is now constantly battling injury and whilst still a gun when he is out there, is not the clear best in the competition as he was 3 years ago. Bennell ended up not getting much for them in trade (equivalent to about pick 26: Bennell + pick 22 = pick 16 + pick 36).

From all reports one would think their injury management has been terrible so it's not just a case of bad luck.
 

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If the dogs somehow win the flag this year from 7th it will be just like how Richmond won 9 in a row to play finals after being 3-12... we will never see it again in our lifetime.
 

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If the dogs somehow win the flag this year from 7th it will be just like how Richmond won 9 in a row to play finals after being 3-12... we will never see it again in our lifetime.
Or how Freo lost the first 10 games of the season after they'd been minor premiers the year before
 

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Or we could quite easily see it again, given how even the comp seems right now.
Maybe from 5th or 6th. 7th you play away the whole time, certainly couldnt see a non-Vic team doing it compared to a Vic team due to the increased chance of playing an 'away' final in Melbourne (like the hawks/dogs SF). I know you can point to this year and say 'well the dogs (might have) done it' but I dont think it will happen again.
 
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