AFL Round 1, 2018 Discussion

[Greystache]

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I hope the package plays well. I hope he can get his shit together and give his girls something to be proud of.

I fear with the combination of their Dad and their Mum there will be little to be proud of. That is of course unless their moral compass or badly skewed, which is entirely possible.

[The Adelaide Connection]

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Essendon v Adelaide
What a rank game. These two teams made Carlton look elite. Poor skills and endless rushed kicks that resulted in easy turnovers. Both teams looked fatigued the whole game.

Stringer’s first half was average. Bruce was talking up how impressive he had been and someone in the commentary box audibly scoffed. His second half was terrible and he spent most of the time running around in circles 5 yards behind play. He went close to not even touching it in the second half. I’ll tell you what he did do well- enthusiastically congratulating people with pats on the backs and high fives. I guess that’s something.

Final thoughts: The Crows, who have been blessed with a freakishly good record of never getting anyone injured, ever are finding out what life with injuries is like. They may just find some newfound respect for us.

[G-Mo77]

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Yeah awful game. I turned it off at quarter time. Stringer has got to get 3 votes the way they gushed over him. I'll watch very few games outside of the WB. The game is getting harder to watch every year and the muppets talking over the top makes it worse. I can't remember the last time I've been so disinterested in the "football"

[soupman]

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Ok....I really enjoyed last nights game and thought it was entertaining.

I hate the fact the Essendon won, but aside from that it was an excellent last quarter from them, and that crowd was going nuts. Honestly looked amazing to be a part of.

[Hotdog60]

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Yeah awful game. I turned it off at quarter time. Stringer has got to get 3 votes the way they gushed over him. I'll watch very few games outside of the WB. The game is getting harder to watch every year and the muppets talking over the top makes it worse. I can't remember the last time I've been so disinterested in the "football"

I'm Kinda with you on this one. I won't miss a Doggies game men and women but as for the rest.
Last nights game was so good at quarter time I started watching Game of Thrones again and that was the end of the football.

[hujsh]

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Stringer’s first half was average. Bruce was talking up how impressive he had been and someone in the commentary box audibly scoffed. His second half was terrible and he spent most of the time running around in circles 5 yards behind play. He went close to not even touching it in the second half. I’ll tell you what he did do well- enthusiastically congratulating people with pats on the backs and high fives. I guess that’s something.

Looks like a possible pattern is emerging. Question of if he can even build up the fitness base to play mid in the AFL (or become so great at reading the play he can just walk around the field)

[The Adelaide Connection]

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Ok....I really enjoyed last nights game and thought it was entertaining.

I hate the fact the Essendon won, but aside from that it was an excellent last quarter from them, and that crowd was going nuts. Honestly looked amazing to be a part of.

I thought that the only entertaining aspect was that it was close. It felt like a scrappy preseason game to me, but to be fair it is only round 1 and both teams were missing key personnel (Merret going out early would certainly have added some lactic acid to a few legs). Both teams would want to seriously work on their skills.

I think Adelaide are going to be in a bit of strife against Richmond next week.

[Twodogs]

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I didn't think it was a terrible game but could of been because it was the second night of footy for the year.


The lack of defending by either team has me excited about playing them. Adelaide are in a similiar position to us with a few key players out so I was keen to see what they would do with just the one key defender v a team with key talls already that kept loading up with talls in attack at every opportunity. Like GWS will.

[Greystache]

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Watching a bit of the St K vs Bris game. Wow, what an appalling standard. The skill level is horrendous, short kicks missing the target by 10m, short handballs missing the mark, fumbles, and terrible goal kicking. I can't understand how as the game continues to get more professional the skill level is getting worse. This isn't watchable.

[Mofra]

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Watching a bit of the St K vs Bris game. Wow, what an appalling standard. The skill level is horrendous, short kicks missing the target by 10m, short handballs missing the mark, fumbles, and terrible goal kicking. I can't understand how as the game continues to get more professional the skill level is getting worse. This isn't watchable.

Brisbane will be a good team in time but they are raw as hell.
Still not convinced by St Kilda, love Jack Steven though.

[Sedat]

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Pies always flatter to deceive. Guys like Treloar and Adams are ball butchers as bad as anyone in the comp.

[Go_Dogs]

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Darcy Macpherson seems to be going well at GC.

[Twodogs]

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Darcy Macpherson seems to be going well at GC.

He's got a touch of nastiness too like his dad.


I'd like to see him do well.

[Sedat]

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Geelong kissed on the you-know-what again to start this season. They are ridiculously lucky in close games.

[Bornadog]

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Geelong kissed on the you-know-what again to start this season. They are ridiculously lucky in close games.

What a ridiculous miss from Gawn - AFL player and can't kick straight from 15 metres out