AFL 2021
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@antipodean said in AFL 2020:
@mariner4life they might want to ensure that they have a team in the final.
Tigers beat West Coast convincingly.
I wouldn't worry too much about the Eagles based on that performance. They were right in it.
Losing Kennedy in the first quarter hurt them, as did the short turnaround.
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@barbarian said in AFL 2020:
@antipodean said in AFL 2020:
@mariner4life they might want to ensure that they have a team in the final.
Tigers beat West Coast convincingly.
I wouldn't worry too much about the Eagles based on that performance. They were right in it.
Losing Kennedy in the first quarter hurt them, as did the short turnaround.
Richmond lost grimes around the same time so that was like for like , best forward , best defender ,
Had one extra day but played in the Sapping heat in Darwin which was pretty draining ,
so not too much in it really
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The Dees beat St Kilda in Alice Springs and move back into the 8. Last four games are all winnable, which probably means we're sunk.
The TV coverage was shit, desperately lacking a high camera. And I've witnessed numerous Welcome to Country ceremonies over the last few years but none anywhere near as cringe worthy as last night. The worst of it was the women with their tits hanging out, and one of them might have only been a teenager. Gross.
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@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2020:
@barbarian said in AFL 2020:
@antipodean said in AFL 2020:
@mariner4life they might want to ensure that they have a team in the final.
Tigers beat West Coast convincingly.
I wouldn't worry too much about the Eagles based on that performance. They were right in it.
Losing Kennedy in the first quarter hurt them, as did the short turnaround.
Richmond lost grimes around the same time so that was like for like , best forward , best defender ,
Had one extra day but played in the Sapping heat in Darwin which was pretty draining ,
so not too much in it really
Jesus. Needy much?
Okay, Richmond are just the besterest and the Eagles were lucky to be within 10 goals
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2020:
@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2020:
@barbarian said in AFL 2020:
@antipodean said in AFL 2020:
@mariner4life they might want to ensure that they have a team in the final.
Tigers beat West Coast convincingly.
I wouldn't worry too much about the Eagles based on that performance. They were right in it.
Losing Kennedy in the first quarter hurt them, as did the short turnaround.
Richmond lost grimes around the same time so that was like for like , best forward , best defender ,
Had one extra day but played in the Sapping heat in Darwin which was pretty draining ,
so not too much in it really
Jesus. Needy much?
Okay, Richmond are just the besterest and the Eagles were lucky to be within 10 goals
Yes correct
To be honest, they have been a bit crap this year , and i was pumped how well they played . lets see if they can back it up
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what is the point of North Melbourne?
Not much changed over the weekend. Melbourne showed that not making finals would be a massive choke. And they should be aiming for the 2nd week after that.
Someone is going to be unlucky and miss out, because Collingwood to GWS is (and okay the Bulldogs) is bloody close.
Everyone else can start thinking about 2021
I have tickets to the Dees v Freo on Monday
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2020:
what is the point of North Melbourne?
Not much changed over the weekend. Melbourne showed that not making finals would be a massive choke. And they should be aiming for the 2nd week after that.
Someone is going to be unlucky and miss out, because Collingwood to GWS is (and okay the Bulldogs) is bloody close.
Everyone else can start thinking about 2021
I have tickets to the Dees v Freo on Monday
And dont forget, before they came up with the suns concept, North were offered a massive package to be the gold coast team keeping their colors and logo and they turned it down , im sure they would have still kept most of their melbourne supporters and may well be developing into a powerful club by this stage
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GF at the 'gabba apparently
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The Dees beat St Kilda in Alice Springs and move back into the 8. Last four games are all winnable, which probably means we're sunk.
The TV coverage was shit, desperately lacking a high camera. And I've witnessed numerous Welcome to Country ceremonies over the last few years but none anywhere near as cringe worthy as last night. The worst of it was the women with their tits hanging out, and one of them might have only been a teenager. Gross.
How about that goal review aye. It was touched, but the reviewer didn’t have the intestinal fortitude to make the call.
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Crows get a win!! and the end of Hawthorn has finally arrived (when is it fucking Geelong's turn?). Their list is fucked.
The look on the Crows' boys' faces singing the song was pretty great.
West Coast made beating Essendon look really hard.
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Tigers play Freo tonight ,
With Astbury and now Grimes out are much smaller than ideal down back for this game , and Freo have brought hogan immediately back in which will give them 3 tall marking targets up forward plus will have Fyfe drifting forward , which adds a bit of intrigue .
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@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2020:
Tigers play Freo tonight ,
With Astbury and now Grimes out are much smaller than ideal down back for this game , and Freo have brought hogan immediately back in which will give them 3 tall marking targets up forward plus will have Fyfe drifting forward , which adds a bit of intrigue .
you'll absolutely hammer them. They are shit.
Fyfe is the best player in the comp, but he can't do it alone.
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2020:
@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2020:
Tigers play Freo tonight ,
With Astbury and now Grimes out are much smaller than ideal down back for this game , and Freo have brought hogan immediately back in which will give them 3 tall marking targets up forward plus will have Fyfe drifting forward , which adds a bit of intrigue .
you'll absolutely hammer them. They are shit.
Fyfe is the best player in the comp, but he can't do it alone.
Win the midfield battle we should be right ,
But if they did get a decent amount of ball going forward , it could get awkward being so small , but it can go the other way , we will be quick bringing the ball out of the backline and might exploit them,
I guess they have to try something , no doubt they will kick long at every opportunity
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So the AFL has started. Who knew?
How shit must Hawthorn be?
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@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2020:
@mariner4life said in AFL 2020:
@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2020:
Tigers play Freo tonight ,
With Astbury and now Grimes out are much smaller than ideal down back for this game , and Freo have brought hogan immediately back in which will give them 3 tall marking targets up forward plus will have Fyfe drifting forward , which adds a bit of intrigue .
you'll absolutely hammer them. They are shit.
Fyfe is the best player in the comp, but he can't do it alone.
Win the midfield battle we should be right ,
But if they did get a decent amount of ball going forward , it could get awkward being so small , but it can go the other way , we will be quick bringing the ball out of the backline and might exploit them,
I guess they have to try something , no doubt they will kick long at every opportunity
see, no worries. Took two quarters off and still won pretty easily
Great spray from Hardwick at 3/4 time to get them actually focused
Nat Fyfe is a fucking beast
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2020:
@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2020:
@mariner4life said in AFL 2020:
@kiwiinmelb said in AFL 2020:
Tigers play Freo tonight ,
With Astbury and now Grimes out are much smaller than ideal down back for this game , and Freo have brought hogan immediately back in which will give them 3 tall marking targets up forward plus will have Fyfe drifting forward , which adds a bit of intrigue .
you'll absolutely hammer them. They are shit.
Fyfe is the best player in the comp, but he can't do it alone.
Win the midfield battle we should be right ,
But if they did get a decent amount of ball going forward , it could get awkward being so small , but it can go the other way , we will be quick bringing the ball out of the backline and might exploit them,
I guess they have to try something , no doubt they will kick long at every opportunity
see, no worries. Took two quarters off and still won pretty easily
Great spray from Hardwick at 3/4 time to get them actually focused
Nat Fyfe is a fucking beast
Yeah I was a little concerned with it being a potential banana skin game lodged in between West coast and geelong ,
Fyfe is fucken awesome ,and a bit of a touchy subject with tiger supporters ,
he jokes openly of his dream as a kid to play for richmond and did everything he possibly could of to impress them to get drafted there and they ignored him
He went at pick 20 , every club bypassed him -
Richmond are in such a good spot for a really good run at this thing now.
They have players to come back in who are proven performers, but those guys are no guarantee to just waltz in, because their replacements are performing.
Their game plan can be beaten, but it takes an enormous amount of energy to do it. Combine that with a defense that doesn't concede a lot, and shorter games, and they are never out of the game. And then they finish strongly, so they know they are a chance to win.
They also have a lot of talent. Talent wins finals.
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2020:
Richmond are in such a good spot for a really good run at this thing now.
They have players to come back in who are proven performers, but those guys are no guarantee to just waltz in, because their replacements are performing.
Their game plan can be beaten, but it takes an enormous amount of energy to do it. Combine that with a defense that doesn't concede a lot, and shorter games, and they are never out of the game. And then they finish strongly, so they know they are a chance to win.
They also have a lot of talent. Talent wins finals.
Potentially yes , I think the shorter quarters doesnt quite suit them as much , it was more evident they tended to break teams down in a war of attrition in the longer version , and i think a lot of that was mental where they felt their was no relief and they eventually cracked
I think their next game against Geelong is as big as any final to their destiny , it cements a spot in the 4 if they win , lose they will probably miss the 4 and it gets a whole lot tougher from there , think West Coast last year ,
Long way to go ,still wide open for mine , different but interesting season -
It appears no one wants to come 8th
