Round 18 Talk

[Before I Die]

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Why don't media outlets require that their commentators/experts know the rules of the game? On Channel 10, Blight, Darcy, Christian and Hudson are all accusing a boundary umpire of a monumental error because the ball has bounced outside the boundary line and not been called out. But the ball was leaning back towards the boundary line when it bounced and then subsequently bounced back into the field of play. If any part of the ball remained in play, ie it was inside the outside edge of the line (just a millimeter is sufficient) then the whole ball is deemed to have stayed in play. In this case it is quite possible that even though the lower tip of the ball where it bounced is over the line, the upper tip of the ball stayed in play. This would mean that the umpire was correct to call play on. Of course it does depend on your line of sight, but that is the case for every decision.

[The Pie Man]

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If we win tomorrow, we would've been third if not for St Kilda pinching a draw last week.

[Flamethrower]

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Just watching the Hawks and Port - Cyril has lost the plot - throw punches all over the place.

And now Buddy is in there going after Brogan.

We are all set for a huge last quarter.

[comrade]

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Go port!

[The Pie Man]

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^^ Dawks off our tail - sweeeet

[comrade]

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^^ Dawks off our tail - sweeeet

Hopefully Cyril and co get weeks and the wheels fall off. Now all we need is to get over the line against North and the Weegles to pull one out of their jaxy in the Derby!

[Remi Moses]

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Thankfully this media driven B/S about The Dorks being the big threat outside the top 3 will now end!Port are showing some form and throughly deserved it. Just wondering how much last weeks draw took out of both sides.

[The Pie Man]

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Thankfully this media driven B/S about The Dorks being the big threat outside the top 3 will now end!Port are showing some form and throughly deserved it. Just wondering how much last weeks draw took out of both sides.

Fair question - look at how both Hawthorn & us played the week following our round 3 clash against Collingwood & Brisbane respectively.

[chef]

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Albert Prouds haircut was a little different last night

[Flamethrower]

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Fremantle are smashing West Coast - the flat track bullies go missing when playing real top 4 contenders though. It wouldn't surprise me if North rolled them at Etihad next week.

[boydogs]

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Fremantle are smashing West Coast - the flat track bullies go missing when playing real top 4 contenders though. It wouldn't surprise me if North rolled them at Etihad next week.

I still think its a travelling thing more than an opposition thing

[Bornadog]

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Is it time for woosher to go?

[Bulldog Revolution]

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Is it time for woosher to go?

Was it ever time for him to stay?

One of the worst coaches with a premiership to his name in recent history.

[chef]

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Hard to believe the Lions now sit 2ND last on the ladder.

And Cyril's a lucky boy to be only missing two weeks.

[mjp]

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Was it ever time for him to stay?

One of the worst coaches with a premiership to his name in recent history.

Harsh.

A bit inflexible but that insistence on playing one-on-one footy - in an era where every coach was starting extras in the defensive half (pre- Hawthorn zone) - probably won them the grand final (and nearly won them 2). I think West Coast and Sydney both pinched flags during a bit of a void in the AFL system (post- Brisbane/Port, pre- Cats) where there was no super talented team, but they still count.

For all the talk about it being done on the back of Judd, Kerr, Cousins, Cox and Worsfold being 'lucky', he did do it without a forward of note and played a style suited to his playing group.

As an aside, it isn't like ANY of the members of that great midfield group have exactly kicked on (from a team perspective) since Cousins went off the rails and Judd went too Carlton.