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media trying to pump up gws lol theres like a million articles coming out
Autopsy Roast and toast vs North Melbourne and changes for round 8 vs GWS
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Take another look at it. Merrett swung his fist, round arm style in frustration because he wasn't going to catch him and body punched Silvagni from behind with enough force to break ribs. No attempt at tackling at all. Just thought he'd give him one. It was a punch by every definition of the word. Suspension every day of the week.
Entitled to your opinion but have to disagree.
Dusty got a fine for a belly tap. Silly by Dusty but I'm ok with that. Definitely not a suspension. Thought Grimes' hit was accidental but it was an elbow to the head so also ok that he got a fine.
I personally don't like the idea of George on a wing. Skills are questionable and under any sort of pressure he panics and will loop a handball to no one in particular. It's one thing to do it in our forward half but obviously in your defensive 50 it's going to cost you goals. Also he seems to panic more when he gets possession in defense, not that it's happened often but the few times it has his panic has been obvious. Keep him forward IMO.
What they do with the wing will be interesting, hard to see Astbury not coming back in (if fit) so do they go back to the 17-18 mold with the 4 talls (Astbury, Grimes, Broad, Balta/Rance) Grimes and broad can play medium and small so not exactly 4 lumbering talls but still a bigger back-line than what we've seen over the last 18 months. So then someone from within the team moves onto the wing. On paper I think Short is the best option coming out of the back-line but I'm not sure, maybe it's worth bringing in a like for like. Whether that's Naish or someone else I don't know. Interested to see how they approach selection this week.
What they do with the wing will be interesting, hard to see Astbury not coming back in (if fit) so do they go back to the 17-18 mold with the 4 talls (Astbury, Grimes, Broad, Balta/Rance) Grimes and broad can play medium and small so not exactly 4 lumbering talls but still a bigger back-line than what we've seen over the last 18 months. So then someone from within the team moves onto the wing. On paper I think Short is the best option coming out of the back-line but I'm not sure, maybe it's worth bringing in a like for like. Whether that's Naish or someone else I don't know. Interested to see how they approach selection this week.
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imo it’s gonna be extremely tough for Houli to get back into the side, if he decides to go up that is
Edwards might too but has a better chance
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Sorry to be a sourpuss but I haven't enjoyed any of our wins this year. I feel like the St Kilda game has been the only watchable game of footy we've been involved in.
I think we've done very well to be sitting where we are after the struggles we've had. 2 losses after 7 rounds given the injuries and out of form players is a strong return.
I'd really love a good game from us this week. Bring that tackling intensity and have a hard fought win against a strong opposition. We're yet to beat anyone good so this could give our younger players a real boost in confidence.
Won't be the end of our season if we lose it. Who know's what advantage if any finishing Top 2/Top 4 is going to have. The real test for us comes 4-5 weeks out from finals, seeing if we can get our strongest list together post-bye and have Lynch/Riewoldt/Martin finding their best form around that time. Our best is still better than anyone else's in the competition. Port and Brisbane are growing and look good but I still think West Coast and GWS (maybe Collingwood) are the only teams that can match us when our best team shows up.
I think we've done very well to be sitting where we are after the struggles we've had. 2 losses after 7 rounds given the injuries and out of form players is a strong return.
I'd really love a good game from us this week. Bring that tackling intensity and have a hard fought win against a strong opposition. We're yet to beat anyone good so this could give our younger players a real boost in confidence.
Won't be the end of our season if we lose it. Who know's what advantage if any finishing Top 2/Top 4 is going to have. The real test for us comes 4-5 weeks out from finals, seeing if we can get our strongest list together post-bye and have Lynch/Riewoldt/Martin finding their best form around that time. Our best is still better than anyone else's in the competition. Port and Brisbane are growing and look good but I still think West Coast and GWS (maybe Collingwood) are the only teams that can match us when our best team shows up.
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How do you not enjoy watching Grimes and floss keep the oppo to 2, 3 goals? (Balta, DES etc)
Especially watching Richmond get done by ten goals, 100 points back in the day.
It's be nice to win the middle battle more often. Be better offensively. Have a smoother game plan etc. But cant have it all I guess
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what bye? Jesus are they still having a bye?
There’s going to be 18 rounds of games so we will miss one at some point. Thought it could be anywhere from R9 to R16 so not sure it’s got the same meaning as in a normal year.
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We haven't defeated GWS in NSW since 2014, so I personally think it is time that we change this. I'd like RCD to debut. I haven't seen much to suggest that he'll have a good game and it is a risk, but I think that he has a high ceiling if he gets his confidence up
Good analogy, george might go alright in cbd , he’s a mad campaigner
Did I hear right on SEN talking to Melb storm that GWS have flown into QLD also
Opposition forwards will be walking on egg shells...
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lol now they have wheeled out Lids to fire them up 
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Had to read it twice. Nice
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They have to fit the Melbourne Dons game in. So they are going to go more than one game a season and somehow create a 'bye' for 16 teams. Work it out the maths is about the same as the moon landing.
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I don't disagree at all. Let's see how it plays out. He's still been one of our best performers in the big finals (Even losing finals PF '18) so he's worth giving some grace to IMO We will find out soon enough.
They just clarified on SEN that it was the GWS netball team they were talking about.
Our game is still on at Giants stadium.
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Yes getting sick of seeing valiant losses or throwing the game away like in 2017 ....the drive back from Canberra in 2016 was a shocker
This from Fox Sports...
The AFL won’t release its next batch of fixtures until Tuesday at the earliest, but when it does there will be nine rounds compressed into six weeks.
Foxfooty.com.au understands Rounds 17 and 18 are set to remain across a fortnight in order to give clubs a more ‘normal’ lead-in to finals.
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