AFL 2022
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really regretting not going to the Bledisloe now, with the prelim on the Friday as well
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@mariner4life i have the bledisloe on thursday, club presentation night on friday and then premlim with a good mate that is a dyed in the wool pies fan on sat...im too old and will burn hot and fast but i'll give it a go!
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@Kiwiwomble said in AFL 2022:
@mariner4life i have the bledisloe on thursday, club presentation night on friday and then premlim with a good mate that is a dyed in the wool pies fan on sat...im too old and will burn hot and fast but i'll give it a go!
I'll back you in to stay up and about until you crash hard on Sunday.
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@mariner4life from your lips to my livers proverbial ears
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thoughts for the Prelims?
I actually give the Lions a decent chance against the Cats at the 'G. I wouldn't have picked us to win either of the two finals so far, but there seems a bit more of an edge around the Lions at the moment. Playing two games that have gone very deep might mean they are too tired in teh 4th.
Swans should be too good for the Pies. Double figure win
If i was having a bet i would still pick the Cats and the Swans
Only question mark is what influence the lack of game time will have.
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Also if Berry gets a week for that i will be fucking livid.
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2022:
Also if Berry gets a week for that i will be fucking livid.
Narrator: Berry did not get a week for that, justice was served.
Prelim weekend is always tasty. A weekend for the footy fans before the corporates take over for GF day.
Two rested sides waiting around to fulfill their destiny. One playing a side that had a very close loss, but bounced back for a convincing win. A side that doesn't really know when they are beat, and will make Sydney work right to the wire.
The other playing a side that entered the finals with what looked like the worst form, and the worst morale. A side that has then won two close finals, both times overcoming late deficits.
Most years Prelim weekend throws the form book out and the games are crackers (last year Melbourne just fucking smashed their way through the finals). For Brisbane's sake i hope this happens. The first GF back in Melbourne for a couple of years being Sydney v Brisbane would be pretty funny.
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Can Essington please do as they appear likely to, and hire James Hird back? A shit coach with a dirty black mark beside his name who last coached properly in 2013. And whose record is awful without Bomber Thompson telling him what to do.
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2022:
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Can Essington please do as they appear likely to, and hire James Hird back? A shit coach with a dirty black mark beside his name who last coached properly in 2013. And whose record is awful without Bomber Thompson telling him what to do.
This smacks of a couple of things - is the club inviting him to go through the process just so he can lose and try and put this thing to bed (well at least until the next guy fails), or do they think that 9 years in the wilderness is enough for the favourite son to now come back. And if he had even the slightest bit of success it will be played as one of the “great redemption stories” of this generation.
Bad PR around Essendon, long may it continue.
Just on that period, I think Bomber Thompson was the biggest problem. He bought the Weapon with him and obviously had his own demons that he had kept masked (from the public but not footy insiders), which was ultimately impacting his judgment on things.
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carn the Lions!
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This game is ridiculous
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Pendle’s has taken over.
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Fucking come on the Swans
If Danger never wins a flag I'll be happy
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2022:
Fucking come on the Swans
If Danger never wins a flag I'll be happy
fluffybunny should have stuck with the Crows ...
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Exciting Brownlow (just like the season) and a deserved winner in Cripps.
The cream rose to the top - Neale, Miller, Brayshaw, the two Demons players.
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@ACT-Crusader said in AFL 2022:
a deserved winner in Cripps.
loool
if i believed in conspiracies
Somehow gets off the most clear cut suspension ever
Polls 3 votes in two losses late in the season to win by a point
Why are the AFL so set on making Carlton relevant?
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up the fucking bloods
...and where will i be watching....magnetic island....booked a trip to somewhere warms months ago...oh well...will still be better than sat when watching with my pies mate....he was unhappy
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big game!
Geelong looked fucking ruthless on Friday. Smashed the Lions everywhere. If Hawkins didn't have an uncharacteristic shit night with the boot that is even uglier (than 12 goals already is, eeesh)
Sydney deservedly get the other spot. I hope they have one more big effort in them.
Good season lions. In or around the top 4 all year. Won 2 more finals than i expected. Some serious re-work needed in the offseason, as the hallmark of all our bad losses this year was getting intercept marked to death. But at least we are competing with the best teams and not talking about draft picks. except, oh look, we get the best player in the draft this year. Father/Son, how good?
