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Sea of smiling faces helps keep players happy in the trade
The Age | BOB MURPHY | May 13, 2010

FOOTBALL is a funny little trade, and a trade is exactly how I see it. It's to be toiled with, rarely mastered, and requires more than a few skills from left-field. A job it ain't though.

Away from the field of play and the spotlight, there are a few things that must be completed as part of this trade. I talk of school visits and footy clinics.

Friday night football is exciting to watch, exhilarating to be a part of and absolutely disastrous if you miss out on the four points.

A weekend of regret, guilt and just the right amount of anxiety ensues.

We were pretty darn relieved to get away with the win on Friday night. Just as well, too, because not only were those four points against Melbourne crucial to our season, but every single Bulldogs player had an Auskick clinic the following morning


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