Oppo Camp Non Geelong football (AFL) discussion 2024, Part 2

[UnitedWarrior93]

Dogs may as well be wearing port jumpers.

 

[winty]

Hawks hitting the Dogs with the footballing equivalent of a rolled up newspaper here.

 

[Strange Cat]

Good on the hawks they played this well and made the dogs look very ordinary

 

[Mad_Hatter]

Dogs saw port last night and thought "hold my beer".

 

[frggr]

lol. Bulldogs are surely gone.

 

[Munich]

This ain't looking good

 

[StonedCat]

Ok, can someone tell me what the Hogwarts supporters are about please ?

 

[Baudolino]

It will never cease to annoy me that Beveridge Bradbury'd a flag on the back of every other team in 2016 inexplicably choking. Absolute fraud coach.

 

[Lana]

Both good rules imo. Has opened the game up and brought the runners into it.

More space with the 6-6-6 and its so easy to get the overlap handball from a mark/free kick to a runner with the stand rule. Holmes is made for the current game.

Just waiting for recruitment to catch up, could see the comp flood with sub 6 footers Darcy Jones types,

 

[UnitedWarrior93]

Ok, can someone tell me what the Hogwarts supporters are about please ?

Something about the midget in their forward line, calls himself the wizard.

 

[MisterMarcus]

Ok, can someone tell me what the Hogwarts supporters are about please ?

Watson = "The Wizard", I guess....

 

[BotsMaster]

Weightman needed to give it off then.

 

[StonedCat]

Something about the midget in their forward line, calls himself the wizard.

Hmmm that's very Hawthorn

 

[Lana]

Calling it now. The Blues, Lions, Power have 2024 to win a flag.
Hawthorn's impending awakening will end their windows.

There's the clubs that know how to win, and there's those that hope they can stumble upon it.
Those 3 are the latter.

Their run is a bit like Collingwood, in that it is built on a gimmick. Once teams do the homework it will come unstuck

 

[Strange Cat]

Hawks skills are still shit lol

 

[Baudolino]

It's a lesson that when you're in the flag hunt you need to take your opportunity when it's there for you, because your window might open for a shorter period of time than you think. After Carlton's Prelim run last year I'm sure all their fans would have been thinking that that was just the first year of a 4-6 year window of success and opportunity. But looking at where their list is at now, their window may already be on the verge of closing. They don't have a young list anymore and there isn't much in the way of young talent come through to improve what they already have. And who knows how much longer Cripps has left until his level starts to fade?

Btw, my logic here actually applies to Geelong 2024 too. I don't think we should be viewing a Prelim this year as a "pass mark" that we're all happy with just because we went into the season with low expectations, I think we should be viewing this a huge flag opportunity that may not come our way again for some time. I was of this "our final campaign is a free hit" mentality before, but I've reconsidered my perspective.

 

[Mad_Hatter]

dogs playing with zero intensity at all

 

[Pollywaffle]

Jeez a lot of throws being allowed these days

 

[The_Todd07]

How can the AFL look at that below the knees free and think "yep we need that in the game"

No dangerously sliding knees first is all it needs to be

 

[Lana]

Btw, my logic here actually applies to Geelong 2024 too. I don't think we should be viewing a Prelim this year as a "pass mark" that we're all happy with, I think we should be viewing this a huge flag opportunity that may not come our way again for some time. I was of this "our final campaign is a free hit" mentality before, but I've reconsidered my perspective.

Same, if we gotten this far...

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Brisbane still a chance to get through to prelim…

I'm betting on it

 

[Baudolino]

Thank **** we beat Port, the thought of playing Hawks in a final makes me feel physically nauseous

 

[Cataholic]

Hawks skills are still shit lol

They've looked better as the game has gone on, but is that because the semblance of pressure the Dogs were bringing has evaporated?

It's easier to execute with space.

 

[Tony Barber]

$?

Smaller bet. Not a $500 type bet. Odds were $14. not sure if I'll cash out to be honest. I dont usually do it but I can see giants getting the swans. I'm iffy.

 

[Cataholic]

Thank **** we beat Port, the thought of playing Hawks in a final makes me feel physically nauseous

Look out if we meet in the GF!