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Rnd 12 Other Games.
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Unlikely unless we win all our remaining games and Swans lose 3 of their last 10, or we win all but 1 and Swans lose 4.
Edit, as pointed out they will only be 1 game above us. Still a tough ask from here.
Oh yes that's true. 2 games with percentage. I think Swans will finish above us now with their relative easy draw.
Tex has kicked very straight this year, 34 goals 17. 4 goals 3 behinds wasn't a great conversion rate against us last week.
Saints winning would've be been best result for us.
That loss to Port especially and the Swans disaster could well be very costly in the end as well as the fact we've been pumped a few times and had our percentage slashed.
That loss to Port especially and the Swans disaster could well be very costly in the end as well as the fact we've been pumped a few times and had our percentage slashed.
I thought it was clearly a free. Jumped early kneed the Saints player in the head and didn’t get near the ball. The Saints player was taken out of the contest so it should have been a free.
No, I'd say they used to always pay that, but now they pick and choose when to pay it far more. All rules are now quite flexible and arbitrary in application. Thus the umpires can be selective in terms of influencing results - according to AFL objectives. I know you claim we are paranoid but, I would be highly confident if Higgins kicked that last shot, the ball would have been rushed forward for a Swans free within good range. This did happen, even with Higgo's terrible miss, but thought the free to Rowbotham was there. It just consolidated the win.
I believe there will be huge AFL momentum behind a GoDeez flag this year, if Geesook cannot make it, after 60+ years in the wilderness, as against RFC winning a threepeat. Just wait and see if we even make it into a final against them. The H & A match was a slight indicator. A great story to be had in Dees flag, just like Dogs in '16, us in '17, leading to much marketing promos and $$ rewards into AFL coffers.
AFL wants to promote the game commercially at all costs. Its objectives are predominantly financial, to advance the monetary value and revenues with success in the northern markets a crucial aim for it (especially to limit and redress the huge losses there so far on AFL outlays) That's first priority - not motivated by the interests of a fair and equitable competition.
What really annoyed me was how with both his two crucial late shots, he rushed, after missing badly most of the game. And kicked the same way - ran out to the right trying to swing it back ... and left the kicks out there too. So predictable ... for a not-smart-enough footballer!
Higgo's weakness is his over-confidence. Really rates himself highly, so he was just too good to be not getting a guaranteed game for RFC who gave him his first big chance, and to play for a great, successful club.
A smarter and not over-confident player would have taken closer to the fully allowed time on both those shots, and corrected a technique failure, not repeat it over and over!
Never understood why lower teams play perfect against us and bad against others. Cows showing it now.
True, but if we focus on winning each game the rest will look after itself. If we can't win tonight, it really doesn't matter.
