AFL Game Day R8 2020

[jeemak]

Why don't we ever have a Charlie Cameron type. An electric forwards on my wish list

They're generational type players, players like Cameron.

[jeemak]

Very Melbourney loss
Look like winning , and not get it done
In fairness on the first half Brisbane should have been further up
In the end a mature win for Brisbane
Brisbane’s forward line is a concern for me in big games

It's interesting, both teams wasted a lot of opportunities. Melbourne were in it up to their eyeballs and should have gotten level at least in the end.

[Sedat]

Hopefully they stay bottom for a very long time.

Have some compassion BAD. There are some 4yo Dawks fans who have never seem a premiership in their lifetime.

[Sedat]

They even managed to bring Joel Selwood into the discussion when discussing Pendlebury......and within a breath Bruce squeals how much Kelly is like Pendlebury.

It's just so, so strange.

Not sure if you know this but apparently Pendlebury comes from a basketball background

[mjp]

They're generational type players, players like Cameron.

Rookie selection and lucky to be that. Only one team interested in him.

Pretty sure we drafted a small, inside mid from vic metro with our last pick in that draft who did everything right and that’s why he would make it. Happy for guesses As to who it was...no cheating now - google free zone!

[EasternWest]

Not sure if you know this but apparently Pendlebury comes from a basketball background

Buy do you know if he played today or not?

[bornadog]

How good as Josh Kennedy been since he went to the Eagles - old fashion full forward type who gets the job done.

[jeemak]

Not sure if you know this but apparently Pendlebury comes from a basketball background

No way!

I guess that's why his hands are so good and he seems to have so much time in congested areas.

[jeemak]

Rookie selection and lucky to be that. Only one team interested in him.

Pretty sure we drafted a small, inside mid from vic metro with our last pick in that draft who did everything right and that’s why he would make it. Happy for guesses As to who it was...no cheating now - google free zone!

Honeychurch?

[jeemak]

Buy do you know if he played today or not?

We've been over this. Yes, he definitely did.

[jeemak]

Rookie selection and lucky to be that. Only one team interested in him.

Pretty sure we drafted a small, inside mid from vic metro with our last pick in that draft who did everything right and that’s why he would make it. Happy for guesses As to who it was...no cheating now - google free zone!

Doesn't mean he can't be a generational player though.

To a point you keep banging on about, there's a lot of value, recruiters just won't or can't see it in certain players and rely on "credentials" too often.

[The Adelaide Connection]

Essendon are easily the worst 5-2 team in living memory.

Adelaide just had to shoot fish in a barrel and didn't even know how to fire the gun. Seriously, they had one easy job.

I was extra pissed because I thought the Bombers hanging on would mean Bomberblitz wouldn't be melting down. I thought I'd do a quick check anyway and who was I kidding?

Just a few samples:

"Good job Essington, you beat the bottom of the ladder team by 3 points."

"WTAF was that…"

"We are the worst team ever."

"That was a putrid mess with no redeeming qualities. We took on a winless team with a percentage of 50, who lost two of their best players by half time, and only questionable umpiring helped us pratfall over the line. I’m used to stomping around the place fuming after a spiritless loss like last week. But if I’m this ■■■■■■ off after a win, what the hell is the point of watching footy?"

"We ■■■■■■■ suck. The crows are the worst team in the last five years and we fell in against them with two injuries. This back end of the season collapse is going to be more brutal than usual."

"Paul Seedsman must circle the Essendon fixture on his calendar.
Yep, Paul farking Seedsman. Christ on a farking bike…"

[merantau]

No way!

I guess that's why his hands are so good and he seems to have so much time in congested areas.

Pendlebury reads the game so well. It's as if he's operating in his own time zone, ten seconds in advance of mere mortals. His basketball background enables him to envision the ground as a series of basketball courts and he is able to picture where every player is positioned on eash court SIMULTANEOUSLY! - and, at every moment of the game. This hyper vision capability allows him to pass the ball perfectly by hand or foot often without even bothering to look because he just KNOWS his team mate is going to arrive in the precise spot to take delivery of the ball. Remarkable really. He is a SPECIAL player.
Of course he also has the ability to SLOW DOWN the reactions of his opponents. It is a little known fact that he developed this skill during the 2010 off season. Rather than join team mates at a high altitude training camp in Colorado, Pendles spent a month living alongside a Tibetan lama, The Venerable Lobsang Rampasang, in a cave on the Changtang Plateua in Ladakh. Here he refined his remarkable basketball-inspired powers. So now we have Pendles-San - the perfect embodiment of Western physicality and Eastern mysticism. Om! Om! Om! Boom Shankar!

[comrade]

WC look like a scary proposition once again. Aerial strength is our Achilles heal and they have it in spades, plus a ruckman who will just physically dominate English.

They're one side I can't see us beating unless we play perfect footy.

[Sedat]

WC look like a scary proposition once again. Aerial strength is our Achilles heal and they have it in spades, plus a ruckman who will just physically dominate English.

They're one side I can't see us beating unless we play perfect footy.

Yep, 4 pronged key forward set up with Allen and Waterman very mobile for their size (Allen also pinch hits in the ruck). Nic Nat elite at stoppages. And then McGovern and Barrass rebound marking most F50 long kicks. That's not to mention their already strong midfield which added Tim Kelly to it this season. And they are at home for most of the rest of the season. They are the #1 seed at the moment.