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[Smartys Power]

I'm out of 'Pick 5' already Geelong win today it'll only be my 4th tip!

Same boat. Mega sads.

 

[ploppy]

The crows are alright. Skiing over the top of a shithouse North Melbourne at home in round one is one thing, sustaining it for the season is another thing entirely. Yesterday at Adelaide Oval was two mid table teams going at each other. Remember, North Melbourne started their pre season almost a full month after Adelaide began theirs and it showed. This is the one positive about our tough first month - we're playing teams with a similar preparation for the season as us.

I still think they have a average list and the hole that Paddy will leave when he goes home at the end of the year will be of Grand Canyon porportions. manys years of bottom dwelling ahead for them i reckon.

 

[philreich]

The Scott brother who coaches Norf will be sacked this year. Good luck to whoever takes on that list.

Hopefully the 12 goal loss to Port will intensify the pressure on him!!!

 

[finbarr]

Hopefully the 12 goal loss to Port will intensify the pressure on him!!!

How about we just worry about beating Sydney, and then worry about just beating North.

 

[tribey]

I still think they have a average list and the hole that Paddy will leave when he goes home at the end of the year will be of Grand Canyon porportions. manys years of bottom dwelling ahead for them i reckon.

Elite ruckman.
Elite key forward.
Elite key defender.

That's an awfully good template to start with, unfortunately.

 

[Trewth]

I'm barracking for Geelong. What have I become

 

[Dylan8]

Elite ruckman.
Elite key forward.
Elite key defender.

That's an awfully good template to start with, unfortunately.

It's not like they're lacking in midfield either. Some smart drafting, trading and good development in the next couple of years and they could be genuine top 4.

 

[Noobz0r]

Imagine a forward line of Walker, Tippett and Gunston

 

[JohnHinckleyJr]

Pricks like hawkins and clark or roughhead and gunston make me relise **** we need a keyforward like yesterday thats the missing piece

 

[mic59]

Each team has had a big score turnaround in this match. First Clark misses an easy mark close to goal and the Hawks take the ball and run it down for a Roughhead goal. Then Breust, of all people, misses an easy goal and Geelong move the ball down for Clark to run into an open goal.

Both teams are making the type of round 1 errors we saw yesterday but it still is a good game.

Pricks like hawkins and clark or roughhead and gunston make me relise **** we need a keyforward like yesterday thats the missing piece

Maybe we should use Redden as a forward mostly.

 

[Dylan8]

Would love to have Clark, hey...

 

[PJ Power]

Pricks like hawkins and clark or roughhead and gunston make me relise **** we need a keyforward like yesterday thats the missing piece

16 minutes in, and 2 goals to Roughy, 1 to Hawkins, 1 to Clark.
Big, power forwards.

 

[JohnHinckleyJr]

Nah prefer the 5ft superforward neade lol

 

[Schulzenfest]

Imagine a forward line of Walker, Tippett and Gunston

Imagine a team with tall timber stocks of Walker, Tippett, Gunston, Jacobs, Maric, Talia, Davis and (if he'd stayed injury free) Bock. They'd be a flag chance.

 

[JohnHinckleyJr]

Why dont we bring harvy in or shaw baptism by fire maybe i would love to see butcher prevail but .... i dont no i belive one monster forward and we go all the way

 

[BornPort]

Why the **** is Rompingwins calling such a big game?

 

[ozph1870]

Pricks like hawkins and clark or roughhead and gunston make me relise **** we need a keyforward like yesterday thats the missing piece

schulz ryder westhoff, our forward line is just as potent, especially with gray wingard monfries.....

 

[finbarr]

16 minutes in, and 2 goals to Roughy, 1 to Hawkins, 1 to Clark.
Big, power forwards.

It helps with the quick, purposeful ball movement getting it in quickly to one on ones and an open forward line. A fit Lobbe, Ryder forward and we'll be fine.

 

[philreich]

How about we just worry about beating Sydney, and then worry about just beating North.

Fair call: one game at a time and all that. But just once it'd be nice to see us dominate those pretenders!!!!

 

[JohnHinckleyJr]

schulz ryder westhoff, our forward line is just as potent, especially with gray wingard monfries.....

You would like to belive that but when jay is on the wing westhiff is in defence gray in the middle monfries the sub i woukd be happy with a stay hime monster forward just my opinion dont wanna be rude

 

[finbarr]

Fair call: one game at a time and all that. But just once it'd be nice to see us dominate those pretenders!!!!

I'd like us to do the dominating on field rather than talk a big game in here. Let's remember, for all of our gains in the last couple of years we're still to finish a season in the top 4. Let's act like Hawthorn supporters when we've won a premiership.

 

[PJ Power]

I love the new interpretation of holding the ball.

 

[jack_black16]

I love the new interpretation of holding the ball.

Don't get too comfortable. It will probably be different in a week or two.

 

[tribey]

Pricks like hawkins and clark or roughhead and gunston make me relise **** we need a keyforward like yesterday thats the missing piece

When St Kilda sucked balls in 2000 they got Riewoldt and Koschitzke.

When Hawthorn sucked balls in 2004 they got Roughead and Franklin.

When Collingwood sucked balls in 2005 they got Thomas and Pendlebury.

When Carlton sucked balls in 2005 they got Murphy and Kennedy.

When we sucked balls in 2011 we got pick #6 ONLY. Now thankfully that player was Chad Wingard but having only just missed the wooden spoon on % with just the 3 wins, there's no way we weren't entitled to Chad and a Patton/Cameron type - and there would be our super elite premiership dynasty big.

Pays not to bottom out right as priority picks are removed thanks to perennial tankers and not one, but two expansion teams are picking the eyes out of multiple draft classes.

 

[edgie]

Imagine a team with tall timber stocks of Walker, Tippett, Gunston, Jacobs, Maric, Talia, Davis and (if he'd stayed injury free) Bock. They'd be a flag chance.

Chance? On paper, they'd be setting up a dynasty.