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Round 6: The Holden Gemini games.
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Nah, Gone ... Durham too. We screwed up. Just think, not sure if my timing is right, but if Clarke and Hartley were astute enough to grab both S and D, we would never have needed to trade out all those high picks for TT and Hopper. Set with two strong young mids with longer careers ahead of them, as well as what we could have drafted instead.
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Honestly its not something I feel strongly about, BUT, to pass the time, I agree it was a free, but I can see why it wasn't paid.
I like Nicks as a coach he doesn't sugar coat anything but he's got to get a new list manager.
That Crows team made a billion unforced errors tonight. Some very poorly skilled players in that team.
That Crows team made a billion unforced errors tonight. Some very poorly skilled players in that team.
This is what I took out of the game. So many potentially good chains of play botched by a clanger. Even from players who are allegedly skilled or seemed skilled.
He's a ripper. To repeat myself, exactly what WE need. Rapid improver - noticeably bigger, stronger body developed in a couple of years. Soligo similar.
Draper having a laugh at his dive on the ball
In typical nose-rubbing Essendon fashion (how is it a club some 150 years old have never been any different in how their players behave in victory?) ... Draper takes the p1ss out of the non-call in full view by re-enacting the scene during the post-match celebrations out on the ground.
F*** you, you over-sized looking rat.
F*** you, you over-sized looking rat.
Wow. Another embarrassing moment for the umpires, the AFL (and Draper and Arsendon).
Just a shocking non- decision. Farcical. Even Draper knows it.
I have a real problem with umpires determining games. Yes, there's a valid case that a free could have been paid, although if you watch in real time, it wasn't long before he was buried after pulling it in. But, one of the few things I like about current umpiring is that they customarily are reluctant to pay one at the death that will decide the game. After all, both teams have had their chances to wrap it up earlier - if they were good enough. I understand that it is tough umpiring overall, and they want to avoid paying these last moment frees because they will be damned either way.
It was a really close game but, looking at the match stats, would have been a bit of a cheat if the Bummers lost it at the very end. They won the stats that matter IMO, plus kicked 3 goals in behinds, double the Crows. Slightly more frees 22/18 but they won key stats like Ds, i50s, Cls and stoppages (just), CPs, UPs, led on the scoreboard for over 3/4s of the game.
And if Tex got the one he put on a big act for, he'd be doing the same for sure. Neither were paid.
Come on, BB, winners are grinners. I have no soft spot for them at all.
But remember your Freo win a couple of weeks back. Reckon there was a few Bluebaggers taking the *smile*!
Wow. Another embarrassing moment for the umpires, the AFL (and Draper and Arsendon).
You sound surprised. Not used to "AFL operations" yet? Consistency is an unknown quality at AFL House.
