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  • Hotpotato
    Senior Player
    • Jun 2014
    • 2271

    #16
    Bruce just called it (Greenes) the performance of the season .

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    • dimelb
      pr. dim-melb; m not f
      • Jun 2003
      • 6889

      #17
      I enjoyed watching, and Toby was on fire. Good for the game in Sydney and NSW in general.

      The AFL must realise this.
      He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)

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      • KTigers
        Senior Player
        • Apr 2012
        • 2499

        #18
        Originally posted by dimelb
        I enjoyed watching, and Toby was on fire. Good for the game in Sydney and NSW in general.

        The AFL must realise this.
        Just got home from the game. There were a lot of people there I thought compared the other GWS games I've seen and our game last week.
        Toby was unstoppable and won the game for them. I thought Martin played pretty well actually. They both read the play so well.
        Last edited by KTigers; 24 July 2020, 11:33 PM.

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        • Mel_C
          Veterans List
          • Jan 2003
          • 4470

          #19
          Big crowd at the Adelaide oval. I actually feel uneasy seeing so many people close together...just not used it. The loud crowd noise seems strange too. They haven't forgotten how to boo!!

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          • Meg
            Go Swannies!
            Site Admin
            • Aug 2011
            • 4828

            #20
            Originally posted by Mel_C
            Big crowd at the Adelaide oval....... The loud crowd noise seems strange too. They haven't forgotten how to boo!!
            Haha, I was just thinking the same! The ‘Never tear us apart’ before first bounce was even more than usually emotional.

            Lucky Adelaide, I was supposed to be there this weekend for a dinner for my brother’s ‘significant’ birthday. Couldn’t go of course because of border control against NSW. I so much hope Vic & NSW regain control of Covid ...

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            • KTigers
              Senior Player
              • Apr 2012
              • 2499

              #21
              Amazing last quarter by St Kilda to beat Port. They kicked 12.1 for the game. Incredible goal by Membery. Worth watching.

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              • bloodspirit
                Clubman
                • Apr 2015
                • 4448

                #22
                Great win by the Saints. Jones was good. Our loss. Still, while we got unders for him, I think we used the pick on ET and hopefully we'll make it count.

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                Or did that pick slide and get used on Warner? Anyway.
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                • Melbourne_Blood
                  Senior Player
                  • May 2010
                  • 3312

                  #23
                  Originally posted by bloodspirit
                  Great win by the Saints. Jones was good. Our loss. Still, while we got unders for him, I think we used the pick on ET and hopefully we'll make it count.

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                  Or did that pick slide and get used on Warner? Anyway.
                  Not sure what the pick was but we got bent over on Jones. Big time. And not just in hindsight. His second half of last year was very, very good. He was one of the top rated wingman in the key stats. I know he was out of contract but we could’ve made a stand. He didn’t have to go to st Kilda


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                  • KTigers
                    Senior Player
                    • Apr 2012
                    • 2499

                    #24
                    I think it's really difficult when the players want to leave. Our bargaining position is just weaker. A lot of times we just have to take what is
                    on offer as far as picks go. We aren't alone on this. What pick did we give up for Buddy? Not a high one if I remember correctly. It's not like
                    us or Hawthorn are terrible at negotiating deals. Football players are just people in the end. There are often multiple reasons why people
                    in regular jobs change them and ultimately their original employer won't have much say in things. All the club can do really is create an
                    environment where the large bulk of the players are going to want to stay. Historically the club has been good at that.

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                    • snajik
                      Senior Player
                      • Jan 2003
                      • 1115

                      #25
                      Originally posted by Meg
                      Haha, I was just thinking the same! The ‘Never tear us apart’ before first bounce was even more than usually emotional.

                      Lucky Adelaide, I was supposed to be there this weekend for a dinner for my brother’s ‘significant’ birthday. Couldn’t go of course because of border control against NSW. I so much hope Vic & NSW regain control of Covid ...
                      +1 We want our Blood sisters and Blood brothers being able to watch live footy again.
                      It's very hard to live in a studio apartment in San Jose with a man who's learning to play violin. That's what she told the police when she handed them the empty revolver.
                      The Scarlatti Tilt - Richard Brautigan

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                      • dejavoodoo44
                        Veterans List
                        • Apr 2015
                        • 8626

                        #26
                        Eagles making a mess of the Pies. The last couple of quarters have been scary good. Kennedy five goals at 3/4 time. Papley still leads him by three.

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                        • mcs
                          Travelling Swannie!!
                          • Jul 2007
                          • 8166

                          #27
                          Originally posted by dejavoodoo44
                          Eagles making a mess of the Pies. The last couple of quarters have been scary good. Kennedy five goals at 3/4 time. Papley still leads him by three.
                          Nice trip down memory lane if correct: AFL 2020: West Coast fans, reaction, Michael O’Loughlin, cheer squad, same fan from 14 years ago, Collingwood | Fox Sports

                          That was such a magnificent victory that night in Perth. Such a shame we didn't get the job done 3 weeks later in the Grand Final, but those contests between the teams were supreme. Wet Coke the by far more talented side on paper, but our Swans an ultimate team.
                          "You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."

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                          • dejavoodoo44
                            Veterans List
                            • Apr 2015
                            • 8626

                            #28
                            Originally posted by mcs
                            Nice trip down memory lane if correct: AFL 2020: West Coast fans, reaction, Michael O’Loughlin, cheer squad, same fan from 14 years ago, Collingwood | Fox Sports

                            That was such a magnificent victory that night in Perth. Such a shame we didn't get the job done 3 weeks later in the Grand Final, but those contests between the teams were supreme. Wet Coke the by far more talented side on paper, but our Swans an ultimate team.
                            Yes, the bulging veins are a bit of a giveaway. A couple of weeks ago, I noticed the tubby guy next to him, still sitting in much the same place. Well, different ground, obviously, but still just behind the goals.

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                            • Meg
                              Go Swannies!
                              Site Admin
                              • Aug 2011
                              • 4828

                              #29
                              What a miserable night to be a Freo fan. Sit all night in pouring rain to watch your team kick 2.4 and get ‘thumped’. Then have to go to work tomorrow to put up with gleeful Eagles supporters!

                              (If 6.12 to 2.4 is ‘thumped’.)

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                              • KTigers
                                Senior Player
                                • Apr 2012
                                • 2499

                                #30
                                There is a very funny "letter" on the Titus site in the round up from Round 8 from a "Point Piper".

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