Very unlikely, given it crossed at T**ty height. Probably needed to be overhead for that to happen.
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And let's not forget, the kick was 15m out and he almost snuck it in. Even for on one leg, it was odds-on to kick it.
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How ironic would it have been if we had won that match and Holmes had missed the GF again because of an injury?
If he'd handed it over, we'd have lost another fifteen, twenty seconds (he kicked with thirty seconds on the clock). Not enough time to hand the ball.
I'm not celebrating the loss, I am being pragmatic as to where we are. And that we got to a PF is extraordinary - we can celebrate that.
Should we/could we have won? Sure. But realistically the better team on the day got the choccies.
Kobe Gryant
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Of course, but there's levels to it.
Had this game instead been the 2022 preliminary final, then this place would be a mad house, and rightfully so.
I'm a pretty optimistic poster on most occasions, but even I would've lost my shit if that had happened.
It's a very different scenario watching a team that was primed to win with all the expectation fail in the penultimate moment, than it is watching a team that is both before their time, and after their time simultaneously not quite get there.
It's a disappointing result, but we can celebrate the ground that has been made this year while still feeling dissatisfied after last night.
At the end of the day, if you don't win the flag, your season is going to end with disappointment. It's the reality for 17 clubs every year.
Was invisible till the last 40 minutes, then he did a few good things.
Also, what kind of masochist are you? That's like the French watching WW2 movies.
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I immediately thought of Stevie J
I cant remember what year it was.
Put the ball on the ground and the clock immediately stops. Hold it in your hands and it keeps going. Dem the rules..... somehow.
Vdubs
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Yes, Lions spared us the stress and unfairness of that.
If your a top 2 team the draw doesnt matter. Plus other teams form jump around from year to year. Dont know for certain we get a tough draw.
rocker_oz33
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I remember SJ sucking them in for a 50.
Was Gold.
Vdubs
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And we aren’t.
rocker_oz33
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Even in my word smith posting .
Not the words I would use ..
Haha. Every neutral is saying how good a final it was so I wanted to re-watch it as being at the ground it just looked like we were sloppy AF and didn't take our chances.
I can understand letting them have the bait of the hit up in the middle, but if your off your game 10 percent you don’t get those mid/ forward half turnovers and the team or the coach look silly
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Is it the one I was thinking of?
Would have been a left foot snap.
He put the ball on the ground and paced out the five metres to show the ump where they should have been.
Then went and got the ball and they over stepped the line.
It was genius.
rocker_oz33
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We def have some gaps in the list .
But finding .
Lawson and Dempsey...hope they get better .
Been great finds.
Had other small back , mids,,etc .
But finding .
Lawson and Dempsey...hope they get better .
Been great finds.
Had other small back , mids,,etc .
Fair enough. Yes, we left a few on the table, but at the end of the day, the Lions were able to take Route 1 through the middle too often and we weren't.
Also that in the last fifteen minutes, even when we had the balance of play, they took some crucial, excellent contested marks through the middle.
rocker_oz33
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Like when ordered a coffee .
Gave the name Norm.
They call out Norm.
He gets his coffee..
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I feel like those calling for Hawkins to replace Neale also haven't been paying attention to how we've been structuring up since Hawkins injury, and are actually utilising Cameron, Henry & Neale
Cameron has spent a lot more time playing as our key FF target in Hawkins absence, with Henry also playing deeper, while Neale is often pushing further up the ground - bringing Hawkins in would change that structure, as Tom really isn't one who's going to be following up beyond the forward 50
Sometimes for players, especially forwards, they just need that little something to kick start their match and then everything flows - for Neale he looked to have the perfect chance in the second quarter for a set shot straight in front from like 30m, but instead Stengle stupidly jumped for a mark he was never a chance of taking & unnecessarily gave away a free kick
When we've got a tall forward competing for the mark, I'd rather see our smalls stay down ready to crumb the pack - something we don't see often enough from them
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No everyone is saying that if you wanted to send a video overseas of what AFL is like then this was the game you'd send.
That was my pass mark for this year, too.
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