Round 12, the other games. When too much footy is never enough.

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  • AB Swannie
    Senior Player
    • Mar 2017
    • 1579

    #31
    Originally posted by 707
    Not happy about umpire influenced Carlton win.

    If we beat Freo next week we'll be up to 12th, with JUH matching very early, that means pick 8, about where Campbell might attract a bid. There goes our double dip at the pointy end of the draft :-(
    So you don’t want us to win next week?

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    • 707
      Veterans List
      • Aug 2009
      • 6204

      #32
      Originally posted by AB Swannie
      So you don’t want us to win next week?
      A narrow loss due to a last minute umpiring error Freo's way (to balance up last night's wrong calls) would do me fine. Happy to win against top 8 sides not the "eight point" games against those in the lower reaches of the table vying with us for picks 2,3,4

      Got my heart set on a pick before matching Campbell and Gulden :-)

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      • MattW
        Veterans List
        • May 2011
        • 4218

        #33
        Originally posted by 707
        A narrow loss due to a last minute umpiring error Freo's way (to balance up last night's wrong calls) would do me fine. Happy to win against top 8 sides not the "eight point" games against those in the lower reaches of the table vying with us for picks 2,3,4

        Got my heart set on a pick before matching Campbell and Gulden :-)
        I think wins for this young squad are more valuable than picks.

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        • stevoswan
          Veterans List
          • Sep 2014
          • 8557

          #34
          I just don't get all this whining about the fact that winning is wrecking our high draft pick position and somehow threatening our future.
          We play to win......not too manipulate the draft. We are not Melbourne.....we have pride and a 'winning' culture.
          Move on.....

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          • Markwebbos
            Veterans List
            • Jul 2016
            • 7186

            #35
            Originally posted by stevoswan
            I just don't get all this whining about the fact that winning is wrecking our high draft pick position and somehow threatening our future.
            We play to win......not too manipulate the draft. We are not Melbourne.....we have pride and a 'winning' culture.
            Move on.....
            I agree with you and MattW, wins are what we want. Worth bearing in mind too that Freo are in deficit and will slip a place or two in the draft from their ladder position.

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

              #36
              Originally posted by MattW
              I think wins for this young squad are more valuable than picks.
              Spot on. The joy in the change rooms after the match is all the evidence you need.

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              • Sandridge
                Outer wing, Lake Oval
                • Apr 2010
                • 2077

                #37
                Originally posted by stevoswan
                I just don't get all this whining about the fact that winning is wrecking our high draft pick position and somehow threatening our future.
                We play to win......not too manipulate the draft. We are not Melbourne.....we have pride and a 'winning' culture.
                Move on.....
                Absolutely!! You've only got to look at how we played Thursday night and the celebration afterwards.

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                • KTigers
                  Senior Player
                  • Apr 2012
                  • 2499

                  #38
                  Originally posted by stevoswan
                  I just don't get all this whining about the fact that winning is wrecking our high draft pick position and somehow threatening our future.
                  We play to win......not too manipulate the draft. We are not Melbourne.....we have pride and a 'winning' culture.
                  Move on.....
                  Yes, it is odd thinking isn't it? ie let's not win now, so that we can maybe get a higher draft pick that might be able to help us
                  win in three or four years. How about this idea instead.... we win now AND we win later.

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                  • Sandridge
                    Outer wing, Lake Oval
                    • Apr 2010
                    • 2077

                    #39
                    Early days but Hawks getting thrashed.

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                    • 707
                      Veterans List
                      • Aug 2009
                      • 6204

                      #40
                      Originally posted by Markwebbos
                      I agree with you and MattW, wins are what we want. Worth bearing in mind too that Freo are in deficit and will slip a place or two in the draft from their ladder position.
                      Good point, forgot that

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                      Originally posted by Sandridge
                      Early days but Hawks getting thrashed.
                      Oh no, they'll drop below us and grab pick 3!

                      How's the angry gnome taking it? In his usual surly manner no doubt!

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                      • rb4x
                        Regular in the Side
                        • Dec 2007
                        • 968

                        #41
                        Yes Hawks are below the Swans on a live ladder at present

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                        • dejavoodoo44
                          Veterans List
                          • Apr 2015
                          • 8631

                          #42
                          Originally posted by rb4x
                          Yes Hawks are below the Swans on a live ladder at present
                          One down, another seven and we're in the eight.

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                          • dejavoodoo44
                            Veterans List
                            • Apr 2015
                            • 8631

                            #43
                            Odd first quarter: Richmond leading the inside 50 count 17-4. The quarter time score, 13-13. Also odd is Oleg Markov wearing boots that are almost all black, and matched with black socks, they seem really strange. Times have changed. Pink, fluoro green, bright orange and shiny gold stripes, all now par for the course, but black; well, that's a bit weird.

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                            • MattW
                              Veterans List
                              • May 2011
                              • 4218

                              #44
                              I really don't like Richmond's Tom Lynch.

                              AFL 2020: Tom Lynch hit on Sam Collins, Richmond vs Gold Coast Suns | FOX SPORTS

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                              • KTigers
                                Senior Player
                                • Apr 2012
                                • 2499

                                #45
                                Originally posted by MattW
                                Yes, he has turned into a bit of a dickhead. Or was he like this before, when he was at the Suns?

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