Yep. We have to basically bottom out to get access to that talent, or just get very lucky.
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Yep. We have to basically bottom out to get access to that talent, or just get very lucky.
I love bakes but he needs to think things through when the game is heating up. Last qtr alone made 3 crucial errors.
Mark on the boundary line he tries a pass to Bolton who had 3 on him. Wrong decision with Lynch calling for it in the goal quare.
Holding the ball near our forward line bakes takes the advantage and kicks it straight to the blues defender. Slow the ball down as only lynch was playing key tall and he was out of position and Balta was playing back.
Then Dekoning marks and bakes gives away 50 which ended up being 60.
2017 it was Richmond and Adelaide then daylight even though Gelong and GWS were thereabouts.
Im not convinced about carlscum also. They barely got over us well if we didn't have 3 down we win 100% and we are still finding our way under Ooze. Lets face it they rely heavily on their 2 key main forwards and Cripps.
They dont have much coming through in terms of youth from their reserves.
GWS and Swans yes its early days I know but they look way ahead than most.
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Yeah exactly - 2 teams that didn't have the 20mile stare. We missed the finals entirely in 2016 and the Crows had came 10th,7th & 5th the years preceding 2017 & only been able to win finals in "week 1" & got well beaten in the Semi's both times.
They were hardly a experienced, mentally strong group - otherwise the coaches wouldn't have taken them on that stupid boot camp.
And i also don't think that is entirely true re the "daylight". The Cats looked pretty solid all year - Richmond only really got its groove going over the last 6 weeks of the season, after we got pants by the Saints. And in that 6 weeks, we still lost a tight battle with the Cats who, at the time, was considered our "big test".
Come finals though we had a lot of momentum going in. It felt a bit more like 2016 Dogs than 2023 Pies.
We won our first 5 and then dropped a few close games. The saints game woke us up but that was at marvel we returned the favour and pantsed them in the last round. The cats game we lost was at GMHBA again at the G it would be a different story in the QF.
I think what made us a really dangerous side was our game plan and system, it was fast, frenetic and the pressure we put on was insane. I thought we could beat anyone and that's the way it panned out. I never felt like that before prior to 2017.
I don't disagree entirely, but it really wasn't until we proved ourselves in the Geel final that people truly believed
This article in August 2017 shows us ranked 4th with 3 games left
AFL Power Rankings: Fox Footy’s ranking after Round 20, 2017 of every club from best to worst
Crows, daylight, then who? Grading the contenders
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According to the bookies, we were the slight underdog against the Cats
This article as well, written AFTER our Cats win, talks about how our odds jumped. In July we were still $26 to win the flag
Can't find any other clear numbers pre the finals (ie round 23), but until we actually proved something against the Cats, we were not clear of any pack - that only happened once we were in the position to only require 1 more win to make the GF, to be played at our own home ground.
I don't disagree entirely, but it really wasn't until we proved ourselves in the Geel final that people truly believed
This article in August 2017 shows us ranked 4th with 3 games left
AFL Power Rankings: Fox Footy’s ranking after Round 20, 2017 of every club from best to worst
Crows, daylight, then who? Grading the contenders
According to the bookies, we were the slight underdog against the Cats
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This article as well, written AFTER our Cats win, talks about how our odds jumped. In July we were still $26 to win the flag
Can't find any other clear numbers pre the finals (ie round 23), but until we actually proved something against the Cats, we were not clear of any pack - that only happened once we were in the position to only require 1 more win to make the GF, to be played at our own home ground.
Im just going by how we played throughout the year, finished half a game from top.
Media, bookies and oppo supporters were i guess wary of us as we hadn't won anything for decades but if you delved closer between the cracks, the tiges and crows looked to be ahead of the pack.
Bookies for the QF would've been based on cats beating us the previous 13 times. Was quietly confident we'd beat them with our pace and pressure which we did quite comfortably.
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I forgot about prestia. Either mcauliff or Cumberland in. Dusty can play more midfield
In miller brown clarke mcauliff
Out gibcus young pickett prestia
Excited about port game
In miller brown clarke mcauliff
Out gibcus young pickett prestia
Excited about port game
midfield gonna determine the game
if we let them waltz out and deliver our depleted bl gonna crack eventually
if we let them waltz out and deliver our depleted bl gonna crack eventually
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ye but they have a cheat fixture that almost guarantees finals each year
Doggies ground is bigger...why don't they take advantage of its use!?
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Very similar dimensions to Kardinia Park too. Long and narrow.
nahhh...its wider!
We played our best footy last Thursday when Pickett went into the ruck. Why doesn't he ever get played as a legit midfielder? 
He was in there when we tore GWSapart in the granny. He had a couple of games the next year then dimma decided he wasn’t a mid….. crazyWe played our best footy last Thursday when Pickett went into the ruck. Why doesn't he ever get played as a legit midfielder?
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Not much wider. I said similar. It's still long and narrow.
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Don’t you mean the umpires?
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Forget the sides playing, how can 2 sides play a full game with a difference after the 100 minutes being less then a kick have such a glaring difference in free kicks. I would assume that overall play was fairly evenly contested, both sides being first or second to ball etc etc but the free kick differential is app 30%, it astounds me. Re the 50m penalty that was really 60 or 70, who knows. We can tell, via computer, how long they hit a golf ball, whether that ball was in Mr McEnroe, we use technology to decide whether it is a score, remember Brisbane. Why do we not have a light that shines on oval to mark the actual distance of the given penalty, add to the spectacle in the night games, heck we can even have some music to accompany the event.
Wouldn't think so. He's more your Vlastuin/Broad/Grimes replacement and none of those are missing this week.
Only room for so many medium defenders.
We played our best footy last Thursday when Pickett went into the ruck. Why doesn't he ever get played as a legit midfielder?
Never really understood that either. When he had the GF debut, all his most memorable moments were either in the middle of the ground or in the forward half. After that he basically has lived everywhere but - wing, and generally dropping more to back flank
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