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Media Swans Talk in the Media 2024
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that's beyond bizarre ...
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Whateley's been waiting for ANYONE to look like a contender in a game so he could say that
May gets a spot for what - staging?
And Dyl Stephens gets a spot in the sub role ….. ?
Strange days we live in.
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I prefer it that way.
I would rather the media acknowledge that Carlton are clearly the best team in the competition. Rather than everyone saying how unbeatable and far ahead the Swans are from everyone else.
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i get your point, and largely agree ... but there's also the "credit where credit's due" element, and at this stage of the season, making carlton number one can only be about bias ... geez, 4-5 weeks we gave carlton a four-goal start and belted them
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There's been this strange false narrative bubbling away that if Carlton had been full strength we wouldn't have beaten them, as if they didn't have Walsh, Cripps, TDK, Curnow, McKay and Weitering all playing at the SCG and we weren't missing McCartin and Mills and still beat them by 10 goals.
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And for three quarters they were quite competitive. It's not like they weren't in the game and didn't have their chances (they led by 5 goals in the first.)
We just blew the game open in the third quarter, with most of the damage being done out of the centre, where they were at full strength.
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De Koning's in rare air; have Port finally had Kenough?
Tom De Koning soared to new heights, and a young Docker continues to impress in the midfield. But have Power fans finally had Kenough of Hinkley? Here's whose stocks are up and down after Round 15.
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He means that he's been consistently high on Carlton for a few years, so it's more natural for him to have them as the #1 seed. I'm pretty sure him putting Carlton #1 is more a bit than say if he had to stake his life on who wins the flag today that he'd pick Carlton.
I wouldn't read too much into it.
Oh thats makes sense thanks Indie!
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Weitering going out balanced up with us missing McCartin for the full game in one sense. So while I do (and have previously) acknowledged we were fortunate with that injury, and of course Cerra was out too, I just can't see how people think they're a 60-70 point better team with those small changes.
It's not like Curnow, Walsh, TDK and Weitering were all missing.
I heard the poindexter say it Cats flog
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yeah, i thought he was one of the best sports commentators/analysts in the country at the abc ... those days are long gone
i largely dismissed all the comments over the past few years that he had a real thing against the swans, but i now accept that to be the case ...
We really shouldn’t get so riled up over a journo saying Carlton are godlike.
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sydney played more recently than carlton
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But Carlton played Geelong more recently than the Swans.
