Round 22: the other games. A few mini finals and plenty of meh.

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  • stevoswan
    Veterans List
    • Sep 2014
    • 8548

    #31
    Originally posted by mcs
    A reasonable level of composure and the Giants would of won that at the end. So many poor kicks into their forward line, then a soft as "high" tackle when it should have been gone for holding the ball. Was so hoping the Orange Men could finish off the fairypuppies, but not to be.
    So you're saying the umps got the Pups across the line yet again? What a bunch of pretenders they are.

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    • mcs
      Travelling Swannie!!
      • Jul 2007
      • 8161

      #32
      Originally posted by stevoswan
      So you're saying the umps got the Pups across the line yet again? What a bunch of pretenders they are.
      With the way the giants were kicking it, probably not. They just bombed it in time and time again towards the end. But it was a blatant holding the ball, not a high tackle at all at a critical.

      Someone will utterly flog the fairypuppies in the finals if they play like they did today - they were awful.
      "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
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        • Apr 2015
        • 8570

        #33
        Weather for the Suns v Cats game is better than predicted. There's been showers for most of the day, but they've now moved offshore. Still a bit wintry though.

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        • Sandridge
          Outer wing, Lake Oval
          • Apr 2010
          • 2064

          #34
          Originally posted by stevoswan
          So you're saying the umps got the Pups across the line yet again? What a bunch of pretenders they are.
          I thought that the umpiring was quite fair for most of the match but, yes, the final free kick to Liberatore for a high tackle was a "get out of jail free" card for the Poodles. Should've been paid against him and the ball was in the Giants attacking zone.

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          • dejavoodoo44
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            • Apr 2015
            • 8570

            #35
            Just noticed Izak Rankine. He's really gone for the Akermanis look. Not sure if I entirely approve?

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            • dejavoodoo44
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              • Apr 2015
              • 8570

              #36
              A few minutes to go in the first quarter and the commentators have just noticed, that Rankine is looking like Akermanis.

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              • stevoswan
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                • Sep 2014
                • 8548

                #37
                Originally posted by Sandridge
                I thought that the umpiring was quite fair for most of the match but, yes, the final free kick to Liberatore for a high tackle was a "get out of jail free" card for the Poodles. Should've been paid against him and the ball was in the Giants attacking zone.
                I checked the free kick stats and the Giants got one more.....13 to 12. Weird!

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                • Mel_C
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                  • Jan 2003
                  • 4470

                  #38
                  Originally posted by dejavoodoo44
                  A few minutes to go in the first quarter and the commentators have just noticed, that Rankine is looking like Akermanis.
                  The radio commentator said he looks like a toilet brush!

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                  • Mark26
                    Senior Player
                    • Jan 2017
                    • 1535

                    #39
                    Originally posted by dejavoodoo44
                    Just noticed Izak Rankine. He's really gone for the Akermanis look. Not sure if I entirely approve?
                    I remember when Aker started playing for the Dogs. We were scheduled to play them at Manuka Oval and as it so happened, my Mrs and I were sitting boundary side close to the Dogs' bench.

                    We were flogging them and I gave Aker absolutely heaps as he warmed up mid match only a few metres from us. I was taunting him with statements like, 'Why oh why did you ever join a #### team like the Dogs?' and 'How good are the Swans going today? Any regrets not playing for us? That's right, we didn't want you' and 'Do you ever think you'll do a handstand again, playing with this rabble?' I kept at it until my wife silenced me with one word, 'Enough'.

                    To his credit, he was the ultimate professional player. He didn't flinch or acknowledge me in any way. He just took his peroxide self, warmed up and rejoined the play.

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                    • dejavoodoo44
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                      • Apr 2015
                      • 8570

                      #40
                      Originally posted by Mark26
                      I remember when Aker started playing for the Dogs. We were scheduled to play them at Manuka Oval and as it so happened, my Mrs and I were sitting boundary side close to the Dogs' bench.

                      We were flogging them and I gave Aker absolutely heaps as he warmed up mid match only a few metres from us. I was taunting him with statements like, 'Why oh why did you ever join a #### team like the Dogs?' and 'How good are the Swans going today? Any regrets not playing for us? That's right, we didn't want you' and 'Do you ever think you'll do a handstand again, playing with this rabble?' I kept at it until my wife silenced me with one word, 'Enough'.

                      To his credit, he was the ultimate professional player. He didn't flinch or acknowledge me in any way. He just took his peroxide self, warmed up and rejoined the play.
                      Ohh, why are people so unkind?

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                      • Markwebbos
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                        • Jul 2016
                        • 7186

                        #41
                        Two words re: Aker

                        Jared Crouch

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                        • Mark26
                          Senior Player
                          • Jan 2017
                          • 1535

                          #42
                          Originally posted by dejavoodoo44
                          Ohh, why are people so unkind?
                          That was the only time I behaved like an idiot at the footy. There was something special about Aker that brought out the worst in me.

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                          • dejavoodoo44
                            Veterans List
                            • Apr 2015
                            • 8570

                            #43
                            Originally posted by Mark26
                            That was the only time I behaved like an idiot at the footy. There was something special about Aker that brought out the worst in me.
                            Yes, I always especially enjoyed the jobs that Crouch did on him.

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                            • Mark26
                              Senior Player
                              • Jan 2017
                              • 1535

                              #44
                              Originally posted by dejavoodoo44
                              Yes, I always especially enjoyed the jobs that Crouch did on him.
                              Crouch shut down a few talented smalls in his time. For what it's worth I think Crouch could do a job on Toby Greene too if they ever played at the same time.

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                              • Goal Sneak
                                Out of Bounds on the Full
                                • Jun 2006
                                • 653

                                #45
                                Originally posted by Markwebbos
                                Two words re: Aker

                                Jared Crouch
                                I reckon that would've got his attention.

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