AFL 2021
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2021:
@barbarian said in AFL 2021:
I've got question marks over Essendon, Hawthorn and GWS. I'm not sure how the game between the former two will look in the context of the season, what I saw didn't impress me that much.
And GWS should have put St Kilda away yesterday, but they just lack the edge they once had in those tight contests. The Saints were impressive but the Giants let them in. Himmelberg misses a kickable set shot which would have put them up 16 with 10 to play, and from there they were on the back foot.
GWS are so flawed despite their talent. I cannot understand how Cameron still has his job. They bleed players every year, they underachieve, and yet he keeps his spot.
I have no expectations on the Bombers or Hawthorn, i would be astounded if they played finals. The game looked like 12th plays 13th.
I would also actually love for Geelong to be the team that falls off a cliff this year (there always seems to be one). I have an intense dislike for Patrick Dangerfield. I would love to see Jeremy Cameron move to a team to hunt a flag and miss finals.
My wildly too early prediction is that this season is all about West Coast hunting Richmond for the flag. Again.
I can see the Bulldogs making a real run at it, they were impressive on Friday night.
I am sympathetic the GWS bleeding players, as their draft harvest in the mid 2010s means that keeping a hold of their talent under the salary cap is virtually impossible. If Carlton want to pay an ungodly sum to Zac Williams then they can't do much to keep him.
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@barbarian said in AFL 2021:
@mariner4life said in AFL 2021:
@barbarian said in AFL 2021:
I've got question marks over Essendon, Hawthorn and GWS. I'm not sure how the game between the former two will look in the context of the season, what I saw didn't impress me that much.
And GWS should have put St Kilda away yesterday, but they just lack the edge they once had in those tight contests. The Saints were impressive but the Giants let them in. Himmelberg misses a kickable set shot which would have put them up 16 with 10 to play, and from there they were on the back foot.
GWS are so flawed despite their talent. I cannot understand how Cameron still has his job. They bleed players every year, they underachieve, and yet he keeps his spot.
I have no expectations on the Bombers or Hawthorn, i would be astounded if they played finals. The game looked like 12th plays 13th.
I would also actually love for Geelong to be the team that falls off a cliff this year (there always seems to be one). I have an intense dislike for Patrick Dangerfield. I would love to see Jeremy Cameron move to a team to hunt a flag and miss finals.
My wildly too early prediction is that this season is all about West Coast hunting Richmond for the flag. Again.
I can see the Bulldogs making a real run at it, they were impressive on Friday night.
I am sympathetic the GWS bleeding players, as their draft harvest in the mid 2010s means that keeping a hold of their talent under the salary cap is virtually impossible. If Carlton want to pay an ungodly sum to Zac Williams then they can't do much to keep him.
i get that, but there doesn't seem to be an awful lot going on to keep those players either. They have had an awful lot of talent there and done not much. Proving that winning a GF is actually really freaking hard.
I like the Dogs as a club, and like Beveridge as a coach, so i hope they go alright. But i think their youthful endeavor still isn't good enough to beat the best sides.
Doesn't help that their best player and major possession winner is actually a pretty ordinary kick. That's gonna hurt this year.
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also, did they add an award on Brownlow night for "Rudest Haircut" and "Shittest Facial Hair"? Because half the fucking comp seems to have gone out of their way to look like slightly inbred tip rats from housing estates.
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@mariner4life Same story in SRA when you look at the rude lids employed by J Barrett, DMac, Richie, David Havili'i etc. At least Goodhue has finally tidied up his fucking monstrosity.
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could be a good boost, take a little bit of pressure of the young guns to hit the same heights two weeks in a row
our potential forward line looks good
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imagine if we'd secured Daniher...i might have even started to get excited
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@kiwiwomble I reckon you might be better without him
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@barbarian maybe, trying not to get excited as buddy could break again real easy and these young guns...are young. The more options the better
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@kiwiwomble said in AFL 2021:
@barbarian maybe, trying not to get excited as buddy could break again real easy and these young guns...are young. The more options the better
Maybe, but adding in a highly paid (arguably overrated) key forward could upset what appears to be a really happy squad. Will be interesting to watch how he goes at the Lions.
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@barbarian said in AFL 2021:
@kiwiwomble said in AFL 2021:
@barbarian maybe, trying not to get excited as buddy could break again real easy and these young guns...are young. The more options the better
Maybe, but adding in a highly paid (arguably overrated) key forward could upset what appears to be a really happy squad. Will be interesting to watch how he goes at the Lions.
of course, not saying id swap what we have for him or anything
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@barbarian said in AFL 2021:
I've got question marks over Essendon, Hawthorn and GWS. I'm not sure how the game between the former two will look in the context of the season, what I saw didn't impress me that much.
And GWS should have put St Kilda away yesterday, but they just lack the edge they once had in those tight contests. The Saints were impressive but the Giants let them in. Himmelberg misses a kickable set shot which would have put them up 16 with 10 to play, and from there they were on the back foot.
Hey hey hey, letโs not play down that fantastic win in tough conditions, down in the final quarter, away from home...
Itโs our year and itโs not 1966.
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Dangerfield gets his 3 weeks. Good job.
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god the TV demands on the schedule suck. It's how you end up with Carlton v Collingwood as the Thursday game.
should be a good weekend. Geelong v Brisbane will see an early season favourite go 0-2. One of Sydney and the Crows will be 2-0. Saints v Melbourne will tell a bit. Bulldogs v West Coast in a battle of a couple of contenders.
But we start with Carlton and Collingwood...
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swans v crows one of the games of the round and not on free to air
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2021:
god the TV demands on the schedule suck. It's how you end up with Carlton v Collingwood as the Thursday game.
should be a good weekend. Geelong v Brisbane will see an early season favourite go 0-2. One of Sydney and the Crows will be 2-0. Saints v Melbourne will tell a bit. Bulldogs v West Coast in a battle of a couple of contenders.
But we start with Carlton and Collingwood...
Whiney bitch much?
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2021:
god the TV demands on the schedule suck. It's how you end up with Carlton v Collingwood as the Thursday game.
should be a good weekend. Geelong v Brisbane will see an early season favourite go 0-2. One of Sydney and the Crows will be 2-0. Saints v Melbourne will tell a bit. Bulldogs v West Coast in a battle of a couple of contenders.
But we start with Carlton and Collingwood...
Whiney bitch much?
๐your club sucks, everyone hates them, and i hate having them on TV
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2021:
@mariner4life said in AFL 2021:
god the TV demands on the schedule suck. It's how you end up with Carlton v Collingwood as the Thursday game.
should be a good weekend. Geelong v Brisbane will see an early season favourite go 0-2. One of Sydney and the Crows will be 2-0. Saints v Melbourne will tell a bit. Bulldogs v West Coast in a battle of a couple of contenders.
But we start with Carlton and Collingwood...
Whiney bitch much?
๐your club sucks, everyone hates them, and i hate having them on TV
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2021:
@mariner4life said in AFL 2021:
god the TV demands on the schedule suck. It's how you end up with Carlton v Collingwood as the Thursday game.
should be a good weekend. Geelong v Brisbane will see an early season favourite go 0-2. One of Sydney and the Crows will be 2-0. Saints v Melbourne will tell a bit. Bulldogs v West Coast in a battle of a couple of contenders.
But we start with Carlton and Collingwood...
Whiney bitch much?
๐your club sucks, everyone hates them, and i hate having them on TV
My club?
You got issues man๐