Autopsy Smashed in the middle no worries brutal 14pt win against the Bulldogs
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People make noise at live sporting event? How dare they!
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Went to the presidents lunch out at Homebush years ago and after lunch,new go out to our seats, the idiot sitting behind me wearing an Essendon scarf he just kept banging on about Angus Monfries, for 2 qtrs this went for, thing was he was calling out “ go Angus” constantly even when the ball was down the other end of the field from him. Eventually one of my colleagues just turned around and said “mate there are 17 other members of the team on the ground - give them a shout ! His response was that Monfries was the only player he knew.
If you want quiet, go to the Library.
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You're literally complaining about passionate supporters cheering on their side. You're on your own on this.
Every club does
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Hopefully loud enough to make old Tombomb move away from me.
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I'd say Cripps/Butters have had better years than Errol so far, yeah.
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I wanted to go over to the Bulldogs board to congratulate them on a extremely tough contest and on arguably our toughest game of the year.
Its a passionate place to be especially after a tough loss but irony was not lost on me lots of comments about umpires a few on how Sydney supporters are pathetic after the whinging from 2016 while every post they make on 50/50 calls not going their way in a round 10 game validates every criticism we had about the umpiring in a GRAND FINAL.
They probably dont even know they are doing it oh well
Its a passionate place to be especially after a tough loss but irony was not lost on me lots of comments about umpires a few on how Sydney supporters are pathetic after the whinging from 2016 while every post they make on 50/50 calls not going their way in a round 10 game validates every criticism we had about the umpiring in a GRAND FINAL.
They probably dont even know they are doing it oh well
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Im sure we can fit Harley Reid in there if he wishes to play with the Chad.
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This game underscored what was already sorta known, but Rowbottom is the key in our midfield, and we lacked it last night. Without his usual zip and explosiveness to get from player to player and contest to contest everything just completely opens up for opposition mids. They just had an abundance of time and space and our mids just got caught out of position time and again. Not to mention we just really missed him feeding it out from the contest. Still laid 10 tackles so tried hard but was miles off.
Someone on Facebook commented that he was blacking out and in the arms of trainers before the game (which sounds completely normal and something that should totally be happening before a professional footy match!!!)
So I'm not worried about the midfield going forward but geez we're gonna need to manage him later in the season. Can't have him off the boil or carrying anything come finals.
Someone on Facebook commented that he was blacking out and in the arms of trainers before the game (which sounds completely normal and something that should totally be happening before a professional footy match!!!)
So I'm not worried about the midfield going forward but geez we're gonna need to manage him later in the season. Can't have him off the boil or carrying anything come finals.
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Legit tho our matchups especially in the middle must be a nightmare for opposition coaches.
And having to deal with obnoxious Bravedogs fans would sure beat having to deal with listening to BT.
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Yeah, there's been a lot of misguided complaints here. The free kick wasn't there, but the 50 was, and Chad needed to control his emotions better at that moment. Same with Grundy in the first, though I do sympathise with the fact that Grundy was just retaliating to a cheap shot from English who knew Grundy couldn't hit him back.
That being said, both players more than made up for it (especially Chad) by the end of the game.
The old lady behind me wouldn't stop talking. And got everything wrong, including her own player's names.
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not really sure how I could ask chad to play with the reckless enthusiasm that makes him so good and criticise him for a reckless point at the scoreboard.
As with errol more once a game turning the ball over with a kick that is truly risky, you accept the downsides because the upsides are so good.
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i think rowbottom can easily be replaced by mills or adams when it comes to it.
hes vital because hes the defensive cog that allows others to go forwards and run off him. but hes not the only player on the list that can be that disciplined
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This is a bit of a cop out IMO. He just didn't need to do it. Like I said, he more than made up for it and was easily BOG and the difference last night so fair play to him, but I don't think his reckless enthusiasm with necessarily means he needs to argue with the umpire when a decision goes against him.
I disagree with the comparison you've made to Errol, because there's huge upside with him taking those risky kicks. There's never any upside with arguing with the umpires.
Had the Incorrect Free not been paid, then there could not be a 50M penalty.
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Umpire compounded his mistake IMO.
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SSwans2011
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Most impressive of all about that pass is that Warner was around 20m away from where it landed when it left his boot and was to perfect advantage. Terrific vision and trust as well as execution.
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