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 best swimmers win tonight in adelaide. |
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North were very lucky Adelaide didn't kick straight all night otherwise it would have been a slaughter. They created a lot lot of unnecessary pressure on themselves Adelaide through their shocking inaccuracy.
Like I said when they were well clear at the top of the table North can't and won't win it. |
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fair suck of the sauce bottle lets, north were coming off two six day breaks onto a slow track, no wells or waite etc. ... and at the new lunatic park. Adelaide were 2/5 for pretty good reasons and north are a better chance of winning it all than adelaide is imo..... adelaide were sheisen most of the night.... they'e going nowhere.
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I've never mentioned Adelaide as a premiership hope I just know that North aren't, for all the reasons I've consistently listed.
They had the easiest draw of all time to start the season and their numerous veterans were fit and importantly injury free that was never going to be sustainable, especially with players who have the injury history of Wells, Higgins, Waite etc. Wonder what their coach is going to whinge about tonight, I see the sniper (on and off field) and self appointed doyen King has already started potting the likes of Swallow and Dal Santo, seems he's forgotten how extremely limited he was as a player. |
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And you want to whinge about short breaks, that's funny, how many short breaks have the Eagles had to work with when they've played interstate??? Not an excuse, just a fact.
In saying that though the only thing the Eagles have going for them currently is that they have9 or 10 hopelessly out of form players who can't play much worse than they've already played so they should have some decent up side in the second half of the season. They haven't played anywhere near their best footy yet or anything resembling a consistent four quarters of footy basically all season. Whether they can hit their straps and whether that's good enough to seriously put them in the mix is debatable but they certainly need to pull their finger out if they're going to be any sort of a contender. The return of Dom Sheed in a few weeks will help their midfield depth as he's been sorely missed. |
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hmmmmm ......... hawks get hodge back and will nail gold coast in the antarctic today and go to top of ladder, but still nearly six bucks to win the flag.
Do you have any predictions here henry, cos i surely cannot work it out  |
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cant see how north had the easiest of draws. its well known they had the hardest draw of all...maybe a easy start but overall the damn hardest.
as for injuries to older players. any team will persist with wells soft tissue injury.. as for higgins he aint that old and it wasnt a soft tissue injury as that of waite. no way any team would win any of those games against syd,geelong,hawthorn and adelaide with numerous injuries. to only get over run by geelong in the last quarter with no midfield, all injured in the first 15 mins, we know bad kicking cost them the game against hawthorn and two 6 day breaks AND against hawthorn 11 players regular players were out injured. after the bye they may get about 3 players back and the WCE game will make or break their season. the only positive i can read into north woes of injuries. IF they can stay inside the 8 they will be the freshes team in the finals series due to these injured players returning. |
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geelong punters don't fret.... Just another case of the stopper declaring geelong at home and putting half his pension into the machine at crown. Cats were doomed from that point on ........ normal transmission begins again next week.
Sydney will be there, pretty good midfield that showed up geelongs reliance on dangerfield/selwood because some of the others don't go the full four quarters. |
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roos V eagles today in the west. Stay tuned for lets elope and megsy game analysis with all stats and future predictions of september glory. lets predictions will become frighteningly accurate at .... ahhh .... ten minutes after the final siren
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Just a regulation win as expected Very against massively overrated opposition.
Although I did like the fact that they impressed for the first time for a long time with a far more balanced across the board level of effort, which as I have costantly bemoaned has been missing for much of the year, they're a chance to build from here and they have plenty of upside, how much is debatable but today was a step, albeit a small one, in the right direction. This was always going to happen to North so I can hardly be lauded for predicting it, it just amazes me how some who seemingly lack a fundamental understanding of the game and the concept that if you have an ageing list full of proven to be injury prone players that sooner or later they're eventually going to fall over. The natural result of this is of course the exposure of the massive over reliance on these players to consistently get the job done, a fact further exposed when they encounter quality opposition. If the game wasn't over prior to half time today it was about two minutes after half time when the Eagles flexed their muscles, Kennedy was outstanding today Shepherd was very good, McGovern marked everything, Cripps ran back into some form, Masten was much better etc, etc, really happy with the much improved level of effort from virtually the entire team today. They still need to improve a hell of a lot to trouble the genuine contenders but they haven't played anywhere their best footy yet all season so you never know, whether their very best will be good enough this year I don't know but what I do know is that they can play a lot better than they have for much of this season. Sheed back soon and a fit and healthy Naitanui soon after that, so as they say hope springs eternal. |
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I notice those who have continually talked up North and rubbished me for continually pointing out their glaring deficiencies over the last few seasons are now conspicuously absent as per usual, what a shock
 I said they were impossible when they were 9 and zip, enough said. |
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ive had to have a pineapple on your boys after that summary. I can now see the eagles being a massive threat in the next few weeks
and thought it wise to have a little half half saver on the only team not showing green. still think they'll be the wimps coming east when/if they get to the G.North not counted out just yet lets ... waite has been carrying for a lot longer than known and if they can get wells right and him back in same team... the wins will come. |
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Personally think that's a waste of money Very, but you never know like I said they can improve significantly if they can hit last year's form again or better that which they need to do be a serious competitor then they would be a chance.
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Lol lol lol...yiu sure are a funny man lets.
Do you seriously think your team would gave beaten a depleted north melb team in melbourne or a team full of no injuries fronting up on sunday? Seriously i thought if yiu cant beat north by 10 goals on the hardest fortress to win on. Sadly your team finally beat a top 8 team for the first time and everything was against north. You havent told anyone **** ffs know other teams before mak8ng outlandish statements Like i said if they can stay in the 8 by finals time. They have many fresh players to come back in. Dobt forget they had no mid field against geelong and bad kicking beat them against hawthorn. They have just gotten back swallow,(elite)cunnington (elite) and anderson.still awaiting wells (elite talk of all australian) waite( also elite and was rated best forward in the league) elite tagger jacobs,higgi s (elite) wright,gardner, hansen So please dont talk **** and i prey wce and north play off in melb in september |
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And gee talking about old teams cant get you anywhere. Wasnt hawthorn the oleest team in the league last year? I think havey pushes north age up 2 years and still not the oldest.
And yrt you give the foreign legion geelong a chance even though they are playing exactly the same as borth last year, wining the tough games but losing to the weaker clubs. Get your head out of the sand lets |
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Excuse my el typo. On my mobile. Has a mind of its own or it couldne my 5 thumbs
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 a samsung by any chance? Mine has just started randomly picking a tune from media files as the ringtone for the next phone call. War Pigs started up yesterday when jobactive called about some problem  |
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definately VeryLTU... large bloody screen and tiny little keyboard.. ive noticed sometimes my samsung has a mind of its own too
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http://www.afl.com.au/video/2016-07-14/watch-the-last-two-minutes-syd-v-haw
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can't anyone stop those ratbags from glenferry road. This is what the afl has destroyed, a team that knew how to smash 'em.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLiR4faNtA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMmJawLv1kg |
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If you think North are even remotely in the hunt Megsy you're completely delusional, zero chance, the big difference between hawks and them, hawks are all quality and ruthlessly professional from Box Hill on up, North aren't.
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I'M BACK
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what's going on in the AFL now? have Sydney won yet? how are the good old Collingwood playing these days?
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Still think North are even remotely in the hunt mate, they might yet drop out of the 8, no surprise really considering they were the worst nine and zip team I'd ever seen
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Pathetic today from the Eagles, terrible over use of the ball, poor set shots and continually failed to take the first and best option.
Like I've said repeatedly they are playing well below their capabilities currently and doubtful as to whether their best the way they've played for much of this season is going to be good enough anyway. McGinnity has to go out again he was next to bloody useless and his total lack of skill was continually exposed, Redden did nothing again, Gaff is a mile off his best form, Le Cras was actually very good today, McGovern outstanding all day, Barrass continues to improve and is extremely promising, Wellingham starting to run into some better form, Masten was pretty average again, Cripps was very good, Hill was good and did some really creative things and his pressure was good, Shuey was his usual reliable self, Yeo was brilliant in patches and not bad overall but you can't help but think he's got another couple of gears he can go up but it was the same old problems that haunted them all season way too many players carrying the load for a number of players who are well down on form. Unless they can shake off this lethargy and find some form in a real hurry they're not going to be any sort of serious player at the business end of proceedings. |
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What about Cripps from Carlton. Simpson week in week out.
Some big Moves are needed for Carlton next year. Kruiser have to shop him around. Cashbolt Please trade biggest tease ever. Rowe has to go |
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Rowe actually didn't do a bad job Lloydy, no one dumb enough to take kruizer so you're stuck with him, Cripps second half, in particular his final quarter was very good. But like I said it was the same old story for the Eagles as it has been for much of this season with the heavy lifting being left to far too few.
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Incredibly the Eagles are 4th on the ladder after today's results and can only slip back to 5th, a likely possibility if GWS win tomorrow but the manner in which they're playing currently they don't deserve to be anywhere in the hunt and realistically they're not unless they start playing to somewhere near their capabilities.
Again far, far, too much of the heavy lifting is being left to way too few, they were absolutely blessed to get out of today's game with a win and need to lift dramatically and make a real statement by belting Collingwood at the MCG next week and try to get their season back on track. Somehow they still find themselves in a relatively good position with which to launch a serious flag assault but unless they extract their fingers on masse from their arrses and start to get down and dirty they're not going to play a part in anything this season. You have to feel for the Bulldogs though having again copped some shocking injuries to the emerging Redpath and Wallis, terrible bad luck. |
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yep...... wayne the stopper was flying in april and may with the bulldogs looking top dogs for first time in years. I had to inform him that etihad is a graveyard for sides which play their home games on that oval. Essendons whole reason for the supplements plan was to try and limit the sof t tissue injuries that were plaguing the club after moving from the MCG to Etihad. Now getting closer to finals and sure enough the dogs have copped the injuries that will prevent it from going anywhere in the finals. one by one the good explosive type players go down. Said it before and will say it again....... no side that plays its' home games at that stadium will EVER win a flag.
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Though that for a long time myself Very you would never get the AFL or stadium management to admit to that though. The other side of the argument is you get to play in perfect weather conditions all the time as there is no weather which gives you a tremendous advantage percentage wise if you're playing there as it is far easier to score heavily, so there are definite pro's and cons but agree with you I do not like the surface at all.
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at crown today and two north melb. supporters were even more p...d off about the place than i was
. Unfortunately for my side...... we are stuck there until 2025. Carlton are out in just 5 years, this will coincide with the blues becoming a power again i reckon. |
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It didn't stop the saints becoming a powerhouse very, arguably they should have won a flag, north are a selfish or were a selfish playing group that didn't work hard enough and believed their own publicity and have an old list full of injury prone players.
Bombers were cheats and again too impatient and recruited poorly, ditto Carlton, chronic salary cap cheats and copped their right whack which set them back years, terrible recruitment and made a huge mistake recruiting Judd as he was never going to have the supporting cast and then went for the quick fix again with appointment of malthouse, recruitment of thomas etc none of that can be blamed on the ground. Bulldogs also went close but then fell off a cliff but their recruitment except for recent times was also poor as was their financial management until recently, again none of which can be blamed on the etihad surface, try having to travel here, there and everywhere every second week while melbourne sides travel across town, now that's a disadvantage. |
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riewoldts hamstring ligament off the bone excluded.. st Kilda are the statistical outlier in the etihad equation but i think you will find even carlton has had a huge problem with injury at etihad.. only collingwood had a longer injury list than carlton earlier in this season, granted the players didn't respond to malthouses ancient game plan though. ASk a few afl players how well they pull up after playing two in a row at etihad and that is the reason why essendon hired a sports scientist to help recovery. ONE person at essendon was a cheat (technically still not proven btw... i think a "thief" describes his cheating better than a "doper" and i'd bet this aspect of his time at essendon will eventually be known ... people don't pepper your house with bullets because you have doped someone, they do it to warn you to PAY UP or else).The media is responsible for this falsehood that essendon were systematic cheats, one rotten apple doesn't describe the whole cast that was at essendon. Your mob were a chinese opium den compared to essendons panadol poppers imo and very much more adequately described as cheats.
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Now that's funny
Funny how there's no evidence of the Eagles systematically setting out to cheat the system unlike the bombers of which there is abundant evidence, especially when you use so many injections that your players resemble pin cushions and your players have to go off club premises to be injected. Nothing remotely suspicious about that at all of course. That's vastly different from several players making their own choice to flush their lives down the toilet by indulging in so called recreational drugs which are not performance enhancing but if anything would detract from performance. Just because the club had a number of lowlife scumbags playing for it doesn't mean the club is systematically cheating unlike what occurred at Essendon. |
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Of course there is no evidence of the eagles systematically cheating..... that incredibly efficient organisation ASADA was formed pre season 2006. i WONDER WHY it was then ... hmmmmmmm. Recall when the eagles won their last "highly suspicious" flag ??? Just a coincidence of course.... and no wonder nothing was found at WCE, that organisation couldn't find an elephant in a zoo.
AND........ what did they find at Essendon other than a system for injecting "SOME" legal supplements instead of taking them orally or topically. NOTHING.... as opposed to your "abundant" evidence. |
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Massive difference between party animals and cheats IMO.
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Couldn't have said it better myself BJT, can't believe some people are still trying to justify the bombers blatantly obvious and most poorly executed in history cheating program, at least if you're going to cheat actually do it properly and win something
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the flat earthers are still alive. None of your so called obvious evidence would be admissable in a court of law or possible to be used as proof. NOTHING proven your honour. Only the hateful witch hunters and story hunters can see any solid evidence in this saga so far.
We did win something actually, and a supposed drug cheating program would fully justify it in an essendon supporters eyes, ........ we knocked off the enemy early in the season....beat Hawthorn on the G... lolol .. justified the whole season for me seeing that glorious sight !!!!! |
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Careful Lets.
Very is one step away from launching an Essendon fatwa, running down the street yelling "Essendon Akhbar!!!!!" They cheated, they were caught, they were suspended. Deal with it and move on. Monica Monica |