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Yes well such facts are irrelevant when you can pile on the umpire over one wrong call
The bitterness dating back to the 2015 PF and earlier matches is what brought me the utmost joy I must say
Forget the history of melbourne being perennial underperformers, the tanking and the absolute first half choke of the 2018 prelim. They have fixed the holes in their list and their younger high end draft picks are now developed and ready. They are absolutely a contender this year.
Steven may is a great full back and being able to use Lever as a third tall along with their rebound and run from defence is very good. Some of their mids are also very capable down back if needed.
Petracca, Oliver and Gawn as a centre square start up with viney to come back (probably as a defensive mid) is strong. They have hard runners the only thing is think they may be lacking in the midfield is great kicking skills. However with the AFL continuing to push the drop, fumble, push the ball forward style they are able to get around that.
Up forward Brown really straightens them up and provides a genuine tall marking presence who will kick straight as well. Takes a lot of pressure off fritsch and allows him to play as either a half forward, roving the packs or as a lead up marking target. Tom Mcdonald needs to keep his form or it all isn't close to best in league. Their small forwards outside of fritsch aren't really first class and that along with their midfield kicking is really their only weakness.
The other thing that will be interesting to find out is how can their depth perform as their injury list is almost exclusively non best 22 players. Against a tall forward line with good delivery they can still be torn apart with the season ending injury to tomlinson and if teams can break even around the ball and bring pressure through the midfield combined with good kicking skills they are still suspect.
With our best 22 on the park i'd still back us in but we are unlikely to see close to that 22 until rounds 18-23.
To my mind however this season is really all about whether Geelong are fit and healthy for finals. If they are imo it's their premiership to lose. They have the experience, the stars, the structure and with the additions of smith and higgins the outside class to really tear teams apart combined with two peak key forwards. Their only real weaknesses are age of best 22 and fast breaks from centre ruck contests. In a high pressure finals game i also suspect their kicking from defence could be an issue. However with the midfield power and depth of flankers all they need is the tall down the line to bring it to ground and they will likely win a lot more ground ball contests than they lose.
Port, the Dogs are also genuine contenders and until someone actually wipes Richmond out of finals even with the change of play and a couple of key injuries hurting them a lot you can't discount them.
We need to be able to just keep chalking up wins until we get key players back in particular in defence but the real key piece is Elliot Yeo. Without him at peak fitness with his ability to compete with and dominate other teams offensive stars defensively whilst being a great mark and offensively damaging too we can't go all the way.
The return of rioli, ryan and shuey may be the cream that allows us to win a premiership but Yeo is the key missing piece imo.
Steven may is a great full back and being able to use Lever as a third tall along with their rebound and run from defence is very good. Some of their mids are also very capable down back if needed.
Petracca, Oliver and Gawn as a centre square start up with viney to come back (probably as a defensive mid) is strong. They have hard runners the only thing is think they may be lacking in the midfield is great kicking skills. However with the AFL continuing to push the drop, fumble, push the ball forward style they are able to get around that.
Up forward Brown really straightens them up and provides a genuine tall marking presence who will kick straight as well. Takes a lot of pressure off fritsch and allows him to play as either a half forward, roving the packs or as a lead up marking target. Tom Mcdonald needs to keep his form or it all isn't close to best in league. Their small forwards outside of fritsch aren't really first class and that along with their midfield kicking is really their only weakness.
The other thing that will be interesting to find out is how can their depth perform as their injury list is almost exclusively non best 22 players. Against a tall forward line with good delivery they can still be torn apart with the season ending injury to tomlinson and if teams can break even around the ball and bring pressure through the midfield combined with good kicking skills they are still suspect.
With our best 22 on the park i'd still back us in but we are unlikely to see close to that 22 until rounds 18-23.
To my mind however this season is really all about whether Geelong are fit and healthy for finals. If they are imo it's their premiership to lose. They have the experience, the stars, the structure and with the additions of smith and higgins the outside class to really tear teams apart combined with two peak key forwards. Their only real weaknesses are age of best 22 and fast breaks from centre ruck contests. In a high pressure finals game i also suspect their kicking from defence could be an issue. However with the midfield power and depth of flankers all they need is the tall down the line to bring it to ground and they will likely win a lot more ground ball contests than they lose.
Port, the Dogs are also genuine contenders and until someone actually wipes Richmond out of finals even with the change of play and a couple of key injuries hurting them a lot you can't discount them.
We need to be able to just keep chalking up wins until we get key players back in particular in defence but the real key piece is Elliot Yeo. Without him at peak fitness with his ability to compete with and dominate other teams offensive stars defensively whilst being a great mark and offensively damaging too we can't go all the way.
The return of rioli, ryan and shuey may be the cream that allows us to win a premiership but Yeo is the key missing piece imo.
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Stop the Steal!
Yeah but if the Big Vic clubs can brag about their flags in the 1920s then Port should be able to brag about their SANFL flags too.
Both as embarrassing as each other tbh.
Flexing over s**t from 100 years ago is truly moronic.
They look good but I won't be convinced until I see them win a final. May be peaking too early I that other teams will be putting a lot of work into emulating what they do well and trying to stop them. Looking at their game style, I think we will match up very well on them as they are using kick-mark to get it into tall forwards. Our skills and forwards are better than theirs. McGovern and Barrass can match May and Lever if in form.
Thanks for the info, will watch one of their games against quality oppo..
Don't rate Geelong or Richmond?
Ok, was my next question-have they played quality oppo!
Definitely pull a game up and watch!
Yes, didn't know which teams they'd played to date..will flick thru both those games.
You don't rate Geelong, Richmond and Sydney?
I've already said who they've beaten.
As unlikable as they are, they're actually a damn good team to watch. Appear to have fixed the issues which played them in the past and will be tough to beat this season.
Um, it's a misunderstanding, I understood your post, can we move on...appreciate the replies!
Carlton looking to do us a favour here.
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Would be a shocking loss if the dogs lose today.
Would be good for us.
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Could be the mother's day massacre today.
And Fyfes mascara starts running
And Fyfes mascara starts running
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Carlton you had one job.
Thanks for nuthin carltank
The hill I've chosen to die on is that the Eagles were an expansion club in the VFL, but a foundation club of the AFL, and Adelaide, Freo, Port, Gold Coast and GWS are the only expansion clubs. When talking about the AFL, the only relevant stats are the ones from 1990 onwards.
Your Carltons and your Essendons are almost as relevant as your Universities.
Collingwood's AFL record is just as funny as their VFL record though.
Carlton were weak as piss.
20 years of mediocrity coming to the fore right their.
Their leaders only know a culture of constant failure.
20 years of mediocrity coming to the fore right their.
Their leaders only know a culture of constant failure.
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