Bulldust, had we beaten Geelong last year we had one hand on the flag. We go very well against the Swans. This year is only classified as a rebuild year after the first 5 week disaster. Sydney's turn around is proof there is always much to play for.
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Bulldust, had we beaten Geelong last year we had one hand on the flag. We go very well against the Swans. This year is only classified as a rebuild year after the first 5 week disaster. Sydney's turn around is proof there is always much to play for.
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Just watched the last 2 minutes again - anyone else reckon Smith should have got another kick - he was clearly pushed in the back?
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He shouldn't and if so we will have to manage without him. Against the Crows that so should be a interesting one.
Some of them were fair calls in my opinion, but amazing how HTB has gone out the window all year then suddenly it changes today.
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Dude, cmon it was a accident and it was much further then 25m from goal. At most its a free, but that would be pretty stiff.
Difference is Swines are getting players back and we aren't. But it's good exposure for the kids nonetheless.
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Hodge just can't bend over anymore to tackle which results in these coathangers as his only alternative.
I think that's the reason why he's been kicking off the ground for the past 18 months. But fair call.
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Anyone see Burgoyne go beserk at Duryea in the 3rd when he took that snap instead of passing it, then followed it up with another huge spray 3 mins later when Cats got a goal? Rough had to interfere in the end...
I'm still optimistic, and say grand final!!
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Yep - my thoughts re HTB. Today of all days to get retro about HTB
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Went to the game and was gutted for what could have been, but pretty happy overall.
The last month we've dominated (for the most part) the three so called premiership favorites, and are clearly on a positive upswing.
I always felt today that Geelong had more match winners around the ground and it pretty much proved to be the case in the end.
We are really going to miss Luke Hodge. Just for his leadership, I can see that is going to end up being a giant hole in the side next year.
We are also at least 2 elites away from cashing in at the top I think. Maybe one of them is JOM, but we certainly need to get busy during the trade period, we are too light on otherwise.
It would be great if TOB or Sicily could have a jack lever-esque break out year into the potential elite zone, but either way they'll be good solid players.
Good times ahead though.
The last month we've dominated (for the most part) the three so called premiership favorites, and are clearly on a positive upswing.
I always felt today that Geelong had more match winners around the ground and it pretty much proved to be the case in the end.
We are really going to miss Luke Hodge. Just for his leadership, I can see that is going to end up being a giant hole in the side next year.
We are also at least 2 elites away from cashing in at the top I think. Maybe one of them is JOM, but we certainly need to get busy during the trade period, we are too light on otherwise.
It would be great if TOB or Sicily could have a jack lever-esque break out year into the potential elite zone, but either way they'll be good solid players.
Good times ahead though.
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Let's not talk about accidents - Hodge is getting labelled a sniper for an accidental kick to Guthrie and that's even been given the all clear via commentary which replayed it a few times just to make sure and he rightly received a free and yet ruff didn't receive the same treatment from a fist to the face.
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Burgers gave Breust a right royal spray when Breust went for goal instead of passing off from the boundary line in the pocket.
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Good on him. We need to keep the standards high internally and it's the old guard who should be responsible for that.
They were burning burger all day. Our first two forays into the 50 he was on and got ignored.
You ****ing serious? It was one of the great grand final goals, kicked under extreme pressure in the last quarter. Freo were storming home, and that goal totally swung the game back in our balance.
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Roughead got punched hard enough in the face to put him down in the first quarter by a Geelong flog during a marking contest, no free kick or anything of course, but he still played out the game.
Especially when Selwood had just got one for over shoulder after doing his regular "Now I'm going to look like I'm sitting on this invisible toilet" mime he does just before the tackler reaches him.
Dangerfield is a very hard man to stop. Players like Dangerfield are why they need a sin-bin in the Grand Final. Take Dangerfield out, and you are playing a 6-12 side. Take the full Dangerwood out and you are playing a bottom 4 side. A sin-bin would provide more protection for the "my team is complete shit without me" players. Looks like we tried to physically target Dangerfield today (nothing worse than a free kick from what I saw), and it backfired in the end, although he may well have won the game in the midfield if he wasn't forced to go deep forward.
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Nah , not the sort of push that ever gets paid.
what about Rioli, Birchall, Frawley, Stratton, JOM, Gibson?
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Odds are that none of them will play for Hawthorn this season.
Yep. For once, Selwood didn't do his embarrassing duck.
No kids, playing AFL, should ever follow the cheating, head damaging ways of Joel Selwood. If he took the duck out of the arsenal he'd be all class.
Agreed! Money well spent. Awesome spectacle. Result would have been preferable with Isaac's kick about 3 metres to the left.
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