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Got to disagree with Yeo, Naitanui pbviously but that just comes with the territory of being the highest impact player in the comp.
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Let's go for the "Not impossible "then shall we
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CJ to work with NN in ruck casting BBBW to the twos.
BBBW to request a trade to collingwood at the end of the year
BBBW to request a trade to collingwood at the end of the year
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After watching preseason training & having the bias of a supporter, i still cant see us getting out of the bottom 4. Another year of good recruiting will help as well as the recruits we have gained over the past 3 years.
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I think our blokes "burning up the track" vs each other turning into "woefully off league pace" vs other sides has put me into a conservative mindset.
Let's see how we fare in a more realistic cut and thrust of the early matches.
Let's see how we fare in a more realistic cut and thrust of the early matches.
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Lol, this is just such a ridiculous take.
2021 we still had an injury riddled season and weren’t in the bottom 4, why would you expect less than that with a clean injury run?
Don’t point to 22 because nearly every team is coming bottom 2 with that run.
guys like Xon and young Edwards were walk up starts last year.Now they sit at seventh or eighth in midfield pecking order. Barass,Guv,Cole,Duggan,Hunt,JJ,Hurn,Edwards,Basso is a bloody good backline in any bodies lingo.
OA,JD,Ryan and Cripps is a fairly handy forward quartet.
It’s rare for us to not have at least one maybe two new recruits make an impact. Hewitt and Ginbey look ready to go. Long looks a smokie.
Hough will get a gurnsey somewhere. SPS will have to be at his best to get a gig.
Our big man stocks are looking fit and they will need to give their all as NN is a lock . Shuey shouldnt be needed in the guts as Yo,Kelly and
Sheed will be there and Hewitt,Ginbey,Chesser,and Culley will all be around the place.
TAB paying $10 for top eight. Think I may have a stab at that.Barring another catastrophic injury run our list is nowhere near bottom four.
OA,JD,Ryan and Cripps is a fairly handy forward quartet.
It’s rare for us to not have at least one maybe two new recruits make an impact. Hewitt and Ginbey look ready to go. Long looks a smokie.
Hough will get a gurnsey somewhere. SPS will have to be at his best to get a gig.
Our big man stocks are looking fit and they will need to give their all as NN is a lock . Shuey shouldnt be needed in the guts as Yo,Kelly and
Sheed will be there and Hewitt,Ginbey,Chesser,and Culley will all be around the place.
TAB paying $10 for top eight. Think I may have a stab at that.Barring another catastrophic injury run our list is nowhere near bottom four.
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Well...This is sort of a prediction.
Pity about the Bont part of it; Culley is a good call.I took a $100 on top eight at 15-1. How dare they!!!!
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Thanks mate...I think this might be the year of the Nose.
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Am on the exact same mate, as well as one with just eagles and Culley paying 220.
Hopefully we are shoving copious amounts of coke up our nose come September
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Boys look fit and if we can stay injury free…I weirdly wouldn’t be surprised if we landed in top 8….
Maybe I’m being optimistic but it has a “could be anything Year” about it
Maybe I’m being optimistic but it has a “could be anything Year” about it
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When I look at oppo mids like Richmond:
Dusty, Prestia, Taranto, Hopper, Cotchin, Bolton etc it's top shelf and we've got a long way to match that
but good signs.
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Dusty, Prestia, Taranto, Hopper, Cotchin, Bolton etc it's top shelf and we've got a long way to match that
but good signs.
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If we are ignoring our older guys then sure, but it would only be fair to ignore their older guys in Dusty and Cotchin (which, when excluded, makes that midfield much less intimidating!).
Dusty/Yeo (Dusty is the better player obviously, but a fully fit Yeo is still more than handy!)
Cotchin/Shuey (fairly even I would say, maybe a bit biased but there isn't that much between them)
Bolton/TK (TK just, Bolton is good and gets noticed as he is flashy, but TK has been carrying a midfield for a couple of years)
Toranto/Sheed (pretty close, Sheed probably as Toranto is yet to cement a full time mid spot - or at least he hadn't at GWS, granted the age difference isn't accounted for though)
Prestia is a gun, and Hopper I'm not sold on yet. So yeah we're 1 player short of what they have, but I would say other than prestia both teams have the same issue at the top end (age).
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Think I'd rate Bolton ahead of Kelly at the moment
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Some of these are very poor takes, the biggest difference in the midfield is Naitanui.
Absolutely carried vs Richmond last time.
The real frustrating thing is seeing Natas awesome taps continually stolen and our mids being out-sharked by opo mids
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I don't think our list will get us anywhere near top 8 no matter what. Whether we get out of bottom 4 or not probably depends on injuries during the season, fitness levels, onfield organisation and the overall mentality of the squad. Injuries during the season obviously can't be predicted or accounted for in advance. The other factors could be by astute and honest observers of the pre season plus maybe a bit of inside knowledge or info. Only the media are really are in a position to offer that, but they are neither astute nor honest. So those variables will remain a mystery to us.
Lets remember how horribly unfit a lot of our side was going into last season, with some players displaying beer guts and others failing to ever break out of a jog during games. The entire club must have known how behind the curve we were in terms of fitness needed for the AFL the squad was. Yet i don't remember the WA sports media ever saying anything about it during pre season. I think they probably knew or heard whispers but chose to not report it.
Lets remember how horribly unfit a lot of our side was going into last season, with some players displaying beer guts and others failing to ever break out of a jog during games. The entire club must have known how behind the curve we were in terms of fitness needed for the AFL the squad was. Yet i don't remember the WA sports media ever saying anything about it during pre season. I think they probably knew or heard whispers but chose to not report it.
If TK was playing as 3rd/4th/5th mid we don't know how good he would be....
Oh wait, yes we would he was an All Australian and top 5 in the brownlow when not the main man.
Bolton has rarely if ever been the #1 mid in that side.
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Well NN wasn't mentioned at all, hence he was excluded in my comparison.
But add him in at something like full fitness and our starting 4 match up well with most teams (on paper!).
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All very well to say players were fat ,unfit,etc but guys were coming back from injury and being pitched straight into battle.Gaff played injured.Duggan played injured,Cully came from serving fast food into a AFL side.Hunt said that coming from over east he didnt realise just how bad it was behind the scenes.Its very hard to be fully switched on when you havent got a preseason under your belt and your carrying niggles.
Hey AE. What betting app are you on??
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I was using pointsbet mate but I found better odds on TAB.
I haver to place 5 separate bets so the total win on each one is no more than $150000k to be allowed.
Tab had WC at 10-1 for the eight. Got 15s with Ladsbroke
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I got 17 a few days ago with them.
They must be worried
*Will check tomorrow to confirm, that seems to be too much. Maybe it was bont 17
They must be worried
*Will check tomorrow to confirm, that seems to be too much. Maybe it was bont 17
