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AFL (Aussie Rules) 2015 |OT| Women's Round presented by Stephen Milne & Majak Daw
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Nevah! Go, Crows!
Jables Swan
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How good was that... Go Giants!
Dat third quarter
It was quite an impressive turn around.
chicko1983
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cmon crows, should be running over these chooches by now.
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We've been slipping up a bit that last quarter, so...chance?
We're smashing them.
The stats are absolutely damning. So far anyway. Flag's getting a lot of workout.Jables Swan
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My parents flew over for my Dad's birthday to watch the game. I hope he didn't have high hopes for a win. Crows are looking good for finals this year. Too early to tell if they'll keep it going though.
chicko1983
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shit, Smith injured. Looks pretty bad, knee to the back of the head.
Kinda looked like he had a seizure on the field (Ive seen a few in my footy days), so may have a serious head injury here.
Lets hope he is ok.
Kinda looked like he had a seizure on the field (Ive seen a few in my footy days), so may have a serious head injury here.
Lets hope he is ok.
chicko1983
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he gave a thumb up as he went down the race on the cart. So hopefully just a headache and week out.
He is one of the most underrated players in the AFL.
He is one of the most underrated players in the AFL.
chicko1983
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a week out would make it 14 odd days.
I would always sit a player out for a week if they have had a concussion. Who knows what is enough though....
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Well, if there's anything we've learnt so far - bringing in "successful" past coaches to take over rookie coaches and a "young an budding team" is a recipe for disaster. Are Carlton doing better with Malthouse than they did with Brett Ratten? Are we seeing immediate results from Rodney Eade over Guy McKenna? Why are we not seeing the Pies dominate with Nathan Buckley, the club's favourite son?
I reckon if those clubs stuck with their guns, they probably could've gotten somewhere. If the Hawks kicked Clarkson out after his first two years, we would've still been a basket case. Thank God this was still the time when kicking out coaches for not bringing immediate success was a trend.
I reckon if those clubs stuck with their guns, they probably could've gotten somewhere. If the Hawks kicked Clarkson out after his first two years, we would've still been a basket case. Thank God this was still the time when kicking out coaches for not bringing immediate success was a trend.
Port seem to have lost a bit of their mojo, that's for sure. Felt like the Power of old. I'm hoping it's just because we've played an underdone set of players - Trengove, Wingard, Hartlett, Monfries, Ryder and Redden - and it'll kick back into gear soon. Ryder already looked heaps better this week than he did week 1, for example.
No way they should've all been playing when we had players like Young having a good preseason. Maybe it's the time to make a few adjustments.
No way they should've all been playing when we had players like Young having a good preseason. Maybe it's the time to make a few adjustments.
PhantomZone
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Speaking of a plane crash, I hope Hawthorn deal the Essendon Bombers a football lesson today.
Sigh, another big out for the Cats. Bartel, Motlop and now Rivers are out for today's game. At least I'll get to see what Rhys Stanley is like for us. From all indications from last week's VFL game he really struggled with fitness due to pre-season injury. Hopefully he shows plenty today.
Edit: JC, that was some awful footy there.
Edit 2: Thought that 2nd quarter was much better. We actually looked interested in chasing and attacking the ball. Good pressure all round though we're really struggling in defense and letting the big Freo forwards easily mark the ball. Quiet game for our big forwards due to poor kicking into 50. Liked Gregson's (2nd gamer) game so far.
Edit: JC, that was some awful footy there.
Edit 2: Thought that 2nd quarter was much better. We actually looked interested in chasing and attacking the ball. Good pressure all round though we're really struggling in defense and letting the big Freo forwards easily mark the ball. Quiet game for our big forwards due to poor kicking into 50. Liked Gregson's (2nd gamer) game so far.
There were signs all throughout last year. We overachieved IMO. It'll only get worse because of our lack of players who can carry the team forward when all our older players leave in the next couple years. Lonergen, Mackie, Stevie J, Enright, Kelly, Bartel, Stokes are all 31+. Only Bartel has the potential to stick around beyond two years imo.
We lack players in the 21-24 age bracket that look ready to step up. Duncan, Guthrie and Motlop are really it. Christensen was another. Caddy still has plenty to learn and needs to get himself involved when a game gets tough. The rest of our list has question marks over them.
I still think we're good enough to play finals if they can get their act together but we're never going to be that scary good side of years past.
Success can't last forever I suppose.
I'd be enjoying this game if I wasn't so fucking hungover.
I was very close to picking Essendon this week too. The Dons have a pretty good knack of making good sides look pretty ordinary in a game when they're up against it and I think Geelong made the Hawks look more unbeatable than they really are.
Hopefully they can run it out this week.
Jables Swan
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Hawks are coming hard now. Gunny is the man.
Hawthorn were always going to come back. I'd just hope that Essendon can keep this quarter in their favor and then get back the momentum in the last and create some scoreboard pressure.
Edit: Entertaining game so far. Good pressure footy.
Edit 2: Hopefully Chappy can get involved this last quarter, he always loved playing the Hawks.
Edit 3: WTF was that Daniher?
Again? Idiot.
Edit 4: Good goal.
WOW!!!
Edit 5: 15 seconds.
Jables Swan
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OMG that ending. Well done Bombers.
Jables Swan
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Aren't you the same bloke that hopes Australia lose the cricket when they play? Hmmmm.
Something tells me the Hawthorn avatars will be quiet this week haha
Jables Swan
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Don't be like that. Give the Bombers credit.
They played well but we were atrocious. Like last week as well for us. Geelong weren't good enough to punish us, Essendon was
So Port got North @ Eithad, Hawks @ Home, the showdown the next 3 weeks, they have a good chance of starting off 0-5, enjoy dat Paddy.
Cats got Gold Coast (will they finally show up?) @ Skilled, North @ Skilled, Richmond and Pies @ the G and finally the swans... could be a rough start for them.
Cats got Gold Coast (will they finally show up?) @ Skilled, North @ Skilled, Richmond and Pies @ the G and finally the swans... could be a rough start for them.
PhantomZone
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Would've thrashed both grand finalists by 60+ with a full pre season
Extremely Hawthorn lost to drug cheats...........
Yep
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Gaz confirmed to be out this week
http://www.goldcoastfc.com.au/news/2015-04-14/ablett-ruled-out-of-cats-clash
I watched the last few minutes of the Dons Hawks game, that was a hell of thing.
Still doesn't top The Miracle on Grass though.
http://www.goldcoastfc.com.au/news/2015-04-14/ablett-ruled-out-of-cats-clash
I watched the last few minutes of the Dons Hawks game, that was a hell of thing.
Still doesn't top The Miracle on Grass though.
He didn't look right even early into the Melbourne and especially after that Viney tackle where Ablett landed on his shoulder. Not sure how he went last week.
BanShunsaku
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I'm not confident, but I've got a feeling about our game vs the Swans this weekend... I reckon it will be a tough messy game in the wet, and we just might pull off an upset.
Fingers crossed.
Fingers crossed.
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