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04-07-2021, 10:38 AM
#766
Re: The unofficial 2019 "Where is T&T?" who to root for thread
Exactly. 5 teams vying for top 4 positions. One will obviously miss. I don’t want that being us.
I will never see #16 the same!!
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04-07-2021, 11:14 AM
#767
Re: The unofficial 2019 "Where is T&T?" who to root for thread
Originally Posted by
Bulldog4life
Yes. Whoever is playing Geelong, Melbourne, Port and Brisbane I am rooting like mad for them.
This and I am happy we are back in the position to be 100% committed to rooting for Essendon losses.
I want all of the air to be sucked from their positive balloon via a sequence of absolute paddlings. Is it too much to ask that they cop this, but also don’t improve their draft position via the teams below them losing too (whilst all the top end contenders also keep losing)?
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04-07-2021, 11:38 AM
#768
Re: The unofficial 2019 "Where is T&T?" who to root for thread
Its us and Brisbane I reckon. Every other top’s sides big flaw (Geelong’s rucks, Dee’s forwards) seem fatal.
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04-07-2021, 11:41 AM
#769
Re: The unofficial 2019 "Where is T&T?" who to root for thread
Originally Posted by
Happy Days
Its us and Brisbane I reckon. Every other top’s sides big flaw (Geelong’s rucks, Dee’s forwards) seem fatal.
Really like our chances against the Lions
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04-07-2021, 11:44 AM
#770
Re: The unofficial 2019 "Where is T&T?" who to root for thread
Pray Stef Martin stays healthy so our ruck's are not our fatal flaw.
Love English but one is not enough. And he's very young.
You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. ― Epicurus
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04-07-2021, 11:53 AM
#771
Re: The unofficial 2019 "Where is T&T?" who to root for thread
Originally Posted by
The Adelaide Connection
This and I am happy we are back in the position to be 100% committed to rooting for Essendon losses.
I want all of the air to be sucked from their positive balloon via a sequence of absolute paddlings. Is it too much to ask that they cop this, but also don’t improve their draft position via the teams below them losing too (whilst all the top end contenders also keep losing)?
It just feels right, and natural. Much though I despise them, I can hope for a GWS win for strategic reasons. I can never do the same for the Bombres. Maybe you have to have stood in the Windy Oval outer getting beaten by 130+ points to understand, but I can never, ever, mellow in my views towards them.
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04-07-2021, 12:51 PM
#772
Re: The unofficial 2019 "Where is T&T?" who to root for thread
Originally Posted by
Ghost Dog
Pray Stef Martin stays healthy so our ruck's are not our fatal flaw.
Love English but one is not enough. And he's very young.
I've been a big critic of Timmy in the ruck, but I actually saw something last week that makes me reasonably confident if he was forced to ruck on his own. It's not ideal and we'd need a third tall defender to provide back up (Cordy or Young) so we're not relying on Hannan/Macrae/Bruce etc but I think we would make it work. A fit and firing Stef is our best option but I don't like our chances of seeing it this year.
Our 1954 premiership players are our heroes, and it has to be said that Charlie was their hero.
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04-07-2021, 12:55 PM
#773
Re: The unofficial 2019 "Where is T&T?" who to root for thread
Originally Posted by
comrade
I've been a big critic of Timmy in the ruck, but I actually saw something last week that makes me reasonably confident if he was forced to ruck on his own. It's not ideal and we'd need a third tall defender to provide back up (Cordy or Young) so we're not relying on Hannan/Macrae/Bruce etc but I think we would make it work. A fit and firing Stef is our best option but I don't like our chances of seeing it this year.
Really agree on Tim.
His effort on NicNat was the best ever ruck game from him.
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04-07-2021, 01:07 PM
#774
Re: The unofficial 2019 "Where is T&T?" who to root for thread
What I love is this group has the minor premiership in their hands right now. While we may be able to drop a couple of games in the run home, this group owns their own fate. That’s such a special feeling and reward for a lot of hard work over a long time.
Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023
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05-07-2021, 12:45 AM
#775
Re: The unofficial 2019 "Where is T&T?" who to root for thread
So who are we rooting for Thursday night? A Melbourne win puts Port 5th and a difficult task to gain top 4, which means a top 4 finish for us is more likely.
A Port win gives us a better shot at first place.
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05-07-2021, 12:57 AM
#776
Re: The unofficial 2019 "Where is T&T?" who to root for thread
Originally Posted by
bulldogsthru&thru
So who are we rooting for Thursday night? A Melbourne win puts Port 5th and a difficult task to gain top 4, which means a top 4 finish for us is more likely.
A Port win gives us a better shot at first place.
Sadly, Melbourne.
Top 2 to be Vic based clubs has to be the preference even if it's not us.
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05-07-2021, 01:49 AM
#777
Re: The unofficial 2019 "Where is T&T?" who to root for thread
Originally Posted by
bulldogsthru&thru
So who are we rooting for Thursday night? A Melbourne win puts Port 5th and a difficult task to gain top 4, which means a top 4 finish for us is more likely.
A Port win gives us a better shot at first place.
Originally Posted by
The Bulldogs Bite
Sadly, Melbourne.
Top 2 to be Vic based clubs has to be the preference even if it's not us.
I’m all in on just keeping winning, rooting be damned. But I think we finish top on points or percentage. I would rather 4th, the QF, be against Port Adelaide than Geelong. Given them beating us 18 of the last 22 times or whatever that god awful stat is. Let them take on Richmond and one can knock the other out.
For the sake or argument, if you accept we finish top, then 2nd & 3rd is settled. It’s just the MCG or GABBA. If we can just hold down top and hopefully get Port hopefully at Marvel (crowd won’t exceed 52,000). Our destiny is in our hands with in interstate team on our home deck. Having beaten them once and played them in the last round at the same venue.
Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023
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13-07-2021, 11:30 AM
#778
Re: The unofficial 2019 "Where is T&T?" who to root for thread
This thread will start heating up now.
Freo v Geelong is the big one this week, on Thursday we are all Dockers fans and I reckon they're a good chance too over there and fighting for top 8.
Richmond v Brisbane is the other one, and again, it being Jack's 300th I reckon the Tigers might do us a favour.
If we win and the Cats/Lions both lose, top 2 is close to being locked away.
Our 1954 premiership players are our heroes, and it has to be said that Charlie was their hero.
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13-07-2021, 04:02 PM
#779
Re: The unofficial 2019 "Where is T&T?" who to root for thread
Originally Posted by
comrade
This thread will start heating up now.
Freo v Geelong is the big one this week, on Thursday we are all Dockers fans and I reckon they're a good chance too over there and fighting for top 8.
Richmond v Brisbane is the other one, and again, it being Jack's 300th I reckon the Tigers might do us a favour.
If we win and the Cats/Lions both lose, top 2 is close to being locked away.
2 big games. Freo and Rich it is..
I will never see #16 the same!!
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13-07-2021, 04:17 PM
#780
Re: The unofficial 2019 "Where is T&T?" who to root for thread
I prefer if Richmond lose, don't want them anywhere near the 8
I think Freo can beat Geelong at home.
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Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.