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    Re: AFL Game Day R8 2023

    Quote Originally Posted by angelopetraglia View Post
    Who knows the real reason.

    My take on the highlights. He was soft in a few contests where he got too far under the ball. Some of his spoils were incredibly weak and went straight to Brisbane players. Kill the ball!!! The last handball where he didn't want to take the body contact of the tackle and then make a good decision to offload it sums him up as a player IMHO.

    He panics under pressure. He doesn't like physicality. He is a slow decision maker. He is just an average player. You can see why Bevo didn't want to play him. He is also now 24 years of age. He ain't a young player anymore (pardon the pun).
    It's like we had to choose between Gardner and Young.
    The fans loved Young, but Gardner actually plays to his potential. I think we made the right choice.
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    Re: AFL Game Day R8 2023

    Quote Originally Posted by Mofra View Post
    It's like we had to choose between Gardner and Young.
    The fans loved Young, but Gardner actually plays to his potential. I think we made the right choice.
    The big difference is that Gardner is not scared of body contact and is aggressive at the ball.

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    Re: AFL Game Day R8 2023

    Quote Originally Posted by The Adelaide Connection View Post
    The conspiracy theorist in me thinks Carlton?s fixture request was to bulk up on likely low-ladder teams early on in the season. They have 20 years of losing culture and choked like no one else to miss finals last year. I think they. Wanted to bank early wins and belief- they literally played the 6 teams you would have likely pencilled in for the bottom 8 in their first 7 games (including 3 of last years bottom 4). It?s maybe only missing Hawthorn, Essendon/Suns as teams you would suspect could be lower down.

    It was:
    North Melbourne
    West Coast
    GWS
    Adelaide
    St. Kilda
    Richmond

    It hasn?t gone quite to plan because Adelaide and the Saints have bucked the prediction and they were only able to bank 4 and a half wins in this stretch.

    Let?s see how the do in this run of:
    Lions
    Dogs
    Pies
    Swans
    Melbourne

    PS We absolutely have to get our shit together when playing them and put them to the sword. We looked crap against them last year.
    If Essendon don?t make the 8 it shows how bad they are . They play north and hawks twice , that is 4 wins out of min of 12 to challenge for the eight

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    Re: AFL Game Day R8 2023

    Quote Originally Posted by angelopetraglia View Post
    On Dunkley's game last night. He was elite in how he took Cripps out of the contest and got his hands on it so many times. 13 tackles was also unbelievable.

    But he has a massive deficiency as we know in his disposal.

    He had 33 touches last night. But he had 11 turnovers last night. 11 !!! The next on ground was only 5. So he touched the ball 33 times but he turned over the ball every third time. That is poor. His disposal efficiency was also at 60%
    To add to these incredible stats and praise he had 555 meters gained, 13 tackles And 86% tog
    He was everywhere ! Only thing he did not do was kick a goal

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    Re: AFL Game Day R8 2023

    Richmond struggling against WC.
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    Re: AFL Game Day R8 2023

    Quote Originally Posted by Mofra View Post
    It's like we had to choose between Gardner and Young.
    The fans loved Young, but Gardner actually plays to his potential. I think we made the right choice.
    Good call in on letting go of Young . Fact that he was subbed out last night confirmed his limitation . His now Carlton’s problem

    This version of Liam jones has some mongrel about him . It’s wonderful to watch him

    We need to ask him where he got his angry pills and coach some of the younger players to mature

    I hope we can get a couple of years from him

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    Re: AFL Game Day R8 2023

    Quote Originally Posted by The Adelaide Connection View Post
    The conspiracy theorist in me thinks Carlton?s fixture request was to bulk up on likely low-ladder teams early on in the season. They have 20 years of losing culture and choked like no one else to miss finals last year. I think they. Wanted to bank early wins and belief- they literally played the 6 teams you would have likely pencilled in for the bottom 8 in their first 7 games (including 3 of last years bottom 4). It?s maybe only missing Hawthorn, Essendon/Suns as teams you would suspect could be lower down.

    It was:
    North Melbourne
    West Coast
    GWS
    Adelaide
    St. Kilda
    Richmond

    It hasn?t gone quite to plan because Adelaide and the Saints have bucked the prediction and they were only able to bank 4 and a half wins in this stretch.

    Let?s see how the do in this run of:
    Lions
    Dogs
    Pies
    Swans
    Melbourne

    PS We absolutely have to get our shit together when playing them and put them to the sword. We looked crap against them last year.
    I think they'll get us. Just ask Dog God. One of their forwards will have a field day.

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    Re: AFL Game Day R8 2023

    Quote Originally Posted by bulldogsthru&thru View Post
    I think they'll get us. Just ask Dog God. One of their forwards will have a field day.
    Nah, have some confidence
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    Re: AFL Game Day R8 2023

    Umpires are actually blind at Geelong
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    Re: AFL Game Day R8 2023

    Quote Originally Posted by bornadog View Post
    Umpires are actually blind at Geelong
    Tanner Bruhn : always thought he had "it" first time I saw him.
    Moves to the midfield after Danger gets hurt and looks a million bucks.

    Another go home high draft pick.

    What am I missing with Geelong?

    It's bogan central.

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    Re: AFL Game Day R8 2023

    Melbourne get Chandler out of the rookie draft and he becomes one of the best small forwards in the comp.

    Their recruiters need statues.

    Then there's Schache.....

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    Re: AFL Game Day R8 2023

    Quote Originally Posted by macca View Post
    To add to these incredible stats and praise he had 555 meters gained, 13 tackles And 86% tog
    He was everywhere ! Only thing he did not do was kick a goal
    It was an amazing individual effort.

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    Re: AFL Game Day R8 2023

    Quote Originally Posted by Grantysghost View Post
    Tanner Bruhn : always thought he had "it" first time I saw him.
    Moves to the midfield after Danger gets hurt and looks a million bucks.

    Another go home high draft pick.

    What am I missing with Geelong?

    It's bogan central.
    Surf coast or the Bellerine peninsula are great places to live, so much better than living in a city imo. You dont have to be in Geelong.
    The curse is dead.

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    Re: AFL Game Day R8 2023

    Quote Originally Posted by Grantysghost View Post
    Tanner Bruhn : always thought he had "it" first time I saw him.
    Moves to the midfield after Danger gets hurt and looks a million bucks.

    Another go home high draft pick.

    What am I missing with Geelong?

    It's bogan central.
    $ea$ide living.
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    Re: AFL Game Day R8 2023

    Come on Gold Coast
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