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    @barbarian said in AFL 2023:

    maybe Brisbane (but I wouldn't overreact).

    it's not an overreaction when it's a continuation of previous problems. There is a core problem there and teams can just overwhelm us. our team defence and ability to halt momentum is still a serious weakness.

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    @mariner4life the pleasing thing for my Saints was to see some defensive pressure back. Thought we tackled well in the back half.

    But kicking a score is going to be a massive problem this season especially with no Membrey or King in the lineup.

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    R2 and your tips are probably a shambles

    Carlton beat Geelong, who are looking like the team everyone thought they were last year. Except Cameron, who nearly won the game by himself
    The Lions and Melbourne completely reversed R1 form. Ignore the scoreline, if the lights don't go out the Lions win that by 40
    Collingwood are the most impressive team so far
    Huge alarm bells at the Bulldogs
    And maybe at Freo too. North are 2-0!
    Sydney smacking Hawthorn was the easiest call of the weekend. Hawks nailed on for the spoon
    Essendon beat the Suns with a dominant 4th quarter
    And to round it out the previously rubbish West Coast beat the previously impressive GWS.

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    Lions have the Bulldogs at Marvel tonight

    You would be pencilling in the 4 points for the Lions if you look at how the Dogs are travelling. But this has ambush written all over it. The media have found their guy very early, and thus the drums are beating for Bevos head. If he still has the dressing room i expect a massive backlash.

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    and there you go

    If i was the Bulldogs i wouldn't be changing my thinking around where we are based on that. In a dogshit game that had the skill level of Cairns AFL reserves, they kicked 67 points.

    And the Lions were awful. Daniher is a fucking spud. Hipwood is a spud. Charlie Cameron played terribly. Our forward line lost that game. Couldn't kick goals (even from simple set shots you absolute spuds) and applied zero pressure. Meaning the ball went inside 50 a lot, and came zipping straight back out.

    Seriously the Lions are shit and quite frankly are not a contender. That forward line worries fucking no one. Fagan continues to prove he has no idea how to take the club forward. Write us off, we're fucking cooked.

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    stupid bulldogs

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    @Kiwiwomble said in AFL 2023:

    stupid bulldogs

    Tipping a shambles!

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    so, slightly interesting discovery. a few months ago out TV antenna went dud, maybe hit by lightning or wind pulled out a connection....either way, we havent got around to getting it fixed basically because we watch almost everything streamed and even if we want to watch something "live" we can normally stream that.....except i have discovered the AFL, even the free to air games, they have the pre and post match shows....but in between its 3 hours of border force

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    @Kiwiwomble said in AFL 2023:

    so, slightly interesting discovery. a few months ago out TV antenna went dud, maybe hit by lightning or wind pulled out a connection....either way, we havent got around to getting it fixed basically because we watch almost everything streamed and even if we want to watch something "live" we can normally stream that.....except i have discovered the AFL, even the free to air games, they have the pre and post match shows....but in between its 3 hours of border force

    streaming partner is Kayo that's why

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    @mariner4life yeah, i assumed it was something like that, just thought the free to air games would be different

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    That, skill-wise, was a very ordinary round of football. I didn't watch a lot, but what i saw was very average. Extended highlights packages aren't pretty. Look at the scores, only three teams over a hundred, two teams won with scores in teh 60s

    If you are doing a tipping comp, it's probably being won by someone who knows nothing about football.

    There was obviously thursday's abortion
    Collingwood winning was probably a given
    Hawthorn tip over North
    The Saints beat the Bombers
    The Crows beat the Power
    Fucking Gold Coast beat Geelong, who only kick 54 points
    Melbourne flog Sydney

    Anyone who picked the majority of those did so with darts

    Seriously, look at the fucking ladder. St Kilda are first, and Geelong are last. Is it fucking opposite day?

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    damn, 2 from 9....i did not get many right at all!...topped off with seeing the swans get a hiding, so annoyed we managed to get back within 6 but didn;t kick on

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    @mariner4life said in AFL 2023:

    If you are doing a tipping comp, it's probably being won by someone who knows nothing about football.

    Anyone who picked the majority of those did so with darts

    I did ok considering my knowledge of the sport is somewhat limited with a five from nine record thanks to Collingwood, Carlton, Saints, Demons and Freo all getting home. I must be one of those described above!

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    so i guess, just for a change, Ken Hinkley is the guy. The drums, the drums they are a beating.

    Large numbers of Port fans have wanted him gone for ages, but he always seems to win enough games to keep his job, without ever looking like a real premiership team.

    If at least one Lions forward isn't playing for the twos this week i will be banging the "Fagan out!!" drum hard (not for the first time)

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    Fagan is cooked

    Forwards intact. There is no accountability at this club

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    @mariner4life not too worried about Fagan’s future, but if he doesn’t do anything else in his footy career, just get the boys up for tonight. Would love to see the Lions get the win over the Pies.

    I do like how the Pies are playing, they have some great players and their coach is damn good - but their supporters are still the same…

    Let’s go Lions.

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    Dare to believe. What a quarter by the Lions.

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  • mariner4lifeM Offline
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    Smashed them. Cam rayner the spark, Charlie Cameron the scoring danger

    Shut down the Collingwood run too.

    Good win.

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    It's so weird to see the Easter Monday "blockbuster" being the bottom 2 teams in the league.

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    god damn im sick of supporting teams that loose!

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