Opinion Round 20 Changes vs. Geelong

[strobe00]

I just hope it doesn't hurt that much when you are kneed by your idol...

Duffy is safe. Stevie likes to knee taggers and defenders. No fear that Duffy will be either of them.

 

[Unique Name]

Feeling good. Cats form hasn't been great. Knocking off North was good but hardly world breaking. They struggled against GWS a few weeks ago.

We always rise against Geelong.

Freo by 19 points.

 

[Reginald Perrin]

I don't know why I'm feeling this.
Never have before in a H&A game.

This feels like a final to me.

I hope it feels exactly like a 2013 final to you.

 

[strobe00]

I hope it feels exactly like a 2013 final to you.

I'd actually prefer that feeling be delivered as it was in 2013.

 

[Bulldocker]

2nd worst umpire after that Nicholls idiot.

What - you didn't see Fisher last week then Kram? That maggot awarded 12 frees for the game......... every one of them to Carlton including the three shockers given to Murphy. Fact!

 

[se17enteen]

Excited about this game, just hope we won't tank this game like the one last year.

 

[willoblue]

There is no such thing as a 'new' Fyfe. There is only one Fyfe.

Cletus is a handy player. And I'm pretty sure Duffy is a fan if his.

True

QUOTE="im_a_lazy_sod, post: 34423957, member: 47406"]That fisher guy isn't umpiring again is he?

Because Ross Lyon delisting him at the saints isn't going to make him unbiased when umpiring games involving Ross lol

Edit:

We have Stevic, Armstrong and Pannell. I don't know any of them other than Stevic

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Stevic is usually ok, but pannell, nichols & fisher are the 3 worst IMO.
If we ever get that unholy triumvirate expect a free kick count in the order of 2 for & 42 against

 

[strobe00]

Wow... not so long ago the unholy triumvirate were margetts, farmer and nicholls.

Dunno if pannell is really evil enough to sit in with that company. No argument on fisher.

 

[Clems Knee]

Peter Bell on pr suggesting that he feels (doesn't know) that Pav may not play tonight.

 

[couldhavebeen]

Silvagni Johnson ,dawson and Mcpharlin all played in the qualifying final last year as well as Pavlich and we won so I think if they are all fit to go RTB will play the same line up . Only Walters missing from that line up and Sheridan was the sub .

 

[vinum coupe]

I hope it feels exactly like a 2013 final to you.

Oi !

That's not fair !

 

[Reginald Perrin]

Oi !

That's not fair !

Fair. Now that's a word we'll be hearing a lot today. Is it fair that their scragger is tagging our scragger and we're trying to get him to stop by scragging him? It's a vexed question.

 

[vinum coupe]

FWIW. I have no problem with Crowley. I reckon he's bloody good at what he does.
Players need to find a way through it.

It will be fair if I get to see Kersten kick 4 tonight.
And for Motlop to kick 2 bananas on the run

 

[ilikepotatoes]

FWIW. I have no problem with Crowley. I reckon he's bloody good at what he does.
Players need to find a way through it.

It will be fair if I get to see Kersten kick 4 tonight.
And for Motlop to kick 2 bananas on the run

Yeah it'll be fair if you kick 6 goals, but no more

 

[vinum coupe]

Yeah it'll be fair if you kick 6 goals, but no more

ha ha. Yeah that's the thing. I'm happy for balla and Pav to kick 6 between them if we win because I like the way they get their goals. It's entertaining.

I'm sure you'd think the same way about Motlop etc.

We all want to see our team win.
But we also want to see elite footy.

 

[salim malik]

Silvagni Johnson ,dawson and Mcpharlin all played in the qualifying final last year as well as Pavlich and we won so I think if they are all fit to go RTB will play the same line up . Only Walters missing from that line up and Sheridan was the sub .

Dont forget the Gu

 

[willoblue]

FWIW. I have no problem with Crowley. I reckon he's bloody good at what he does.
Players need to find a way through it.

It will be fair if I get to see Kersten kick 4 tonight.
And for Motlop to kick 2 bananas on the run

Kersten can kick all of geelong's goals if he kicks 4 & motlop can kick 2 bananas (thank goodness u didn't call them checksides) but they will be straight to us in our forwardline

 

[mike91]

Silvagni Johnson ,dawson and Mcpharlin all played in the qualifying final last year as well as Pavlich and we won so I think if they are all fit to go RTB will play the same line up . Only Walters missing from that line up and Sheridan was the sub .

Nah, he was a late omission for McPharlin.

 

[estibador]

Wow... not so long ago the unholy triumvirate were margetts, farmer and nicholls.

Dunno if pannell is really evil enough to sit in with that company. No argument on fisher.

Yeah I haven't noticed Pannell being as bad for us as those three (and now Fisher).

And I'll give him 'credit' for another thing too - I never really understood the term 'shit eating grin' until I saw him in action.

 

[couldhavebeen]

Nah, he was a late omission for McPharlin.

I watched the replay on Fox today and he was on the ground .

 

[The Anchorite]

I watched the replay on Fox today and he was on the ground .

Don't know what you're watching then, but it's not the 2013 QF.

 

[electricfeel]

Silvagni played in the Geelong game early this year but was subbed out for De Boer... were you watching that game?

He was definitely a late omission for McPharlin for the Geelong Qualifying Final.

 

[estibador]

Silvagni played in the 2012 final against Geelong too from memory.

 

[Righteo]

Silvagni played in the 2012 final against Geelong too from memory.

Yeah Luke missed the finals that year and Walker capitalised on it in the semi.

 

[Quokka]

Yeah he's a creature of habit with structure..., but I'm curious about these ins.

I haven't seen much of Duffy at Peel, but I'm curious as to just how quick he is. I've wanted more closing speed around the ground for ages now and both croz and Duffy are supposedly pretty quick (haven't seen croz run down too many times). Both are half forward types to my mind, with croz being most damaging on a forward wing.

Duffy however is a hard player for me to pin down. He seems to have this knack for being invisible.

I admit I haven't seen him play very much, but In the games I've seen, he seems to be pretty good at losing his man, finding space, pouncing on the ball from out of nowhere and jagging a goal somehow given barely half a chance... which might make him quite damaging in a forward pocket. He doesn't strike me as being particularly fast or classy with the ball, but he somehow finds it up forward and kicks goals fairly regularly.

He doesn't strike me as having x-factor... It's more like a '...hey, WTF - where did that come from??' factor.

Duffy won't set the world alight on saturday, but he may surprise many. I have a hunch we still might see a few more experiments happening up forward.

Anyone who's better informed on Duffy care to comment? Is that how he plays, or do I have a warped perspective from only seeing him play a few times?

Called it early and Duffy delivered on the WTF factor. Well played sir, well played