AFL 2017 - Year of the Dog (elephant! elephant!)

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NTRabbit: Aug 15, 2012; i wear this armour to protect myself from the histrionics of hysterical women

bitches

I think Matt Crouch may well be the worst midfielder in the comp getting a regular game

# ? Apr 8, 2017 12:39

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# ? May 12, 2024 05:25

NTRabbit: Aug 15, 2012; i wear this armour to protect myself from the histrionics of hysterical women

bitches

The slow, talentless spud just keeps handing the momentum back to Port at critical stages

# ? Apr 8, 2017 12:40

pkid: Jan 30, 2005; I was raised on the dairy, BITCH!

pkid posted:

I know he is only 19 and we've only played 2 practice games but I've been so impressed by what I've seen from Daniel Rioli this year.
His tackling has been great (a small forward who can tackle, at Richmond?!), he has great goal sense and he has been bobbing up all over the ground - he appears to have very good cardio endurance.

Really excited to see how he starts the year off.

https://twitter.com/AFL/status/850587934591930368

# ? Apr 8, 2017 12:49

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

McCarthy is a loving spud.

Walters has been great tonight. That slips catch in the centre was super

# ? Apr 8, 2017 12:54

snaeksikn: Feb 28, 2010

McCarthy looks too heavy, lost a lot of agility

# ? Apr 8, 2017 12:59

Spedman: Mar 12, 2010; Kangaroos hate Hasselblads

snaeksikn posted:

McCarthy looks too heavy, lost a lot of agility

His has no touch with his hands, they've been made of concrete, but he's shown glimpses in the first three games of how good he might be.

Cloke has been given a bath by Hamling all night

# ? Apr 8, 2017 13:02

snaeksikn: Feb 28, 2010

Also Kersten sucks

# ? Apr 8, 2017 13:04

Periphery: Jul 27, 2003; ...

Uhhh Freo may actually win this.

# ? Apr 8, 2017 13:05

Spedman: Mar 12, 2010; Kangaroos hate Hasselblads

snaeksikn posted:

Also Kersten sucks

He sure does, much rather Apeness or Taberner in the side

# ? Apr 8, 2017 13:05

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

Not sure what would be worse for us, freo with confidence or freo with a point to prove.

# ? Apr 8, 2017 13:10

Spedman: Mar 12, 2010; Kangaroos hate Hasselblads

Heave ho bulldogs

:allears:

Hill + Fyfe :allears:

# ? Apr 8, 2017 13:11

gay picnic defence: Oct 5, 2009; I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS

no crammers no doggies

# ? Apr 8, 2017 13:12

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

half decent kick from tex

# ? Apr 8, 2017 13:14

Periphery: Jul 27, 2003; ...

Tex just slotted a massive 70m goal. It was good.

# ? Apr 8, 2017 13:14

NTRabbit: Aug 15, 2012; i wear this armour to protect myself from the histrionics of hysterical women

bitches

Periphery posted:

Tex just slotted a massive 70m goal. It was good.

And Ryder is gonna get a three week holiday.

Tex was really loving good though

# ? Apr 8, 2017 13:22

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

NTRabbit posted:

I think Matt Crouch may well be the worst midfielder in the comp getting a regular game

I remember when Jordie Mckenzie was a mainstay for us.

# ? Apr 8, 2017 13:24

A baby ate my dingo: May 12, 2001

Spedman posted:

Heave ho bulldogs

Hill + Fyfe

....funny what happens when you cut a few players *cough* Dawson *cough*

# ? Apr 8, 2017 13:32

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

Jake Spencer v Sandi

# ? Apr 8, 2017 13:39

Spedman: Mar 12, 2010; Kangaroos hate Hasselblads

A baby ate my dingo posted:

....funny what happens when you cut a few players *cough* Dawson *cough*

Don't get me started, Dawson/Suban/Pearce, they should never get a game for Freo again. I didn't like Ross saying at the end of the game that he "feels" for the guys who got dropped.

# ? Apr 8, 2017 13:43

gay picnic defence: Oct 5, 2009; I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS

ryder obviously missed having his weekends free to go fishing or whatever

# ? Apr 8, 2017 13:43

A baby ate my dingo: May 12, 2001

Spedman posted:

Don't get me started, Dawson/Suban/Pearce, they should never get a game for Freo again. I didn't like Ross saying at the end of the game that he "feels" for the guys who got dropped.

Agreed. We won because they got dropped, they need to think about the rapid turnaround that happened this week when they weren't present.

# ? Apr 8, 2017 13:46

snaeksikn: Feb 28, 2010

I even drinking since the Dees kicked off but the Hills looked pretty great and Walters is still killing it

Freo trying to rely on Sandi through a rebuild is idiotic as poo poo though

# ? Apr 8, 2017 14:16

Spedman: Mar 12, 2010; Kangaroos hate Hasselblads

It's more that the ruckman we've tried since having sandi have turned out to be duds, and we recruited griffin to fill that slot when developing one hasn't worked.

The latest one we're trying is Sean Darcy from last years draft, 201cm already 111kg, time will tell if he makes it.

# ? Apr 8, 2017 14:34

Boonys Cut Shot: Nov 5, 2004; Elite athlete

pkid posted:

https://twitter.com/AFL/status/850587934591930368

This goal was loving sick. High degree of difficulty for every part of the move. I agree he'll have a big season.

Also the Cats were marginally less poo poo than Melbourne today. I reckon our field kicking wasn't much better than their goal kicking. Taylor simply must play in defence.

# ? Apr 8, 2017 14:53

hiddenmovement: Sep 29, 2011; "Most mornings I'll apologise in advance to my wife."

Shmoses posted:

This goal was loving sick. High degree of difficulty for every part of the move. I agree he'll have a big season.

Also the Cats were marginally less poo poo than Melbourne today. I reckon our field kicking wasn't much better than their goal kicking. Taylor simply must play in defence.

One of today's more upsetting stats is that Stewart, Henderson, Tonergan, Thurlow and to a lesser extent Ruggles all had poor days stat wise. The ball was buried in the back half and most of our backs couldn't touch it.

# ? Apr 8, 2017 15:28

NTRabbit: Aug 15, 2012; i wear this armour to protect myself from the histrionics of hysterical women

bitches

https://twitter.com/AFL/status/850685785342853121

Port will be taking on GWS without Ryder next week, that'll help, and it was the stupidest thing

# ? Apr 8, 2017 15:33

MysticalMachineGun: Apr 5, 2005

NTRabbit posted:

https://twitter.com/AFL/status/850685785342853121

Port will be taking on GWS without Ryder next week, that'll help, and it was the stupidest thing

Maybe Knight got Ryder below the belt accidentally or something, but it just looks like he loving snaps and has a go. Gotta be 2 weeks at least.

# ? Apr 8, 2017 17:01

Chairchucker: Nov 14, 2006; to ride eternal, shiny and chrome

THUNDERDOME LOSER 2022

Wait, Freo won?

lol

# ? Apr 8, 2017 17:14

realbez: Mar 23, 2005; Fun Shoe

MysticalMachineGun posted:

Maybe Knight got Ryder below the belt accidentally or something, but it just looks like he loving snaps and has a go. Gotta be 2 weeks at least.

Before that it looked like they had an accidental head clash. Ryder must have thought knight headbutted him or something and retaliated.

# ? Apr 8, 2017 19:37

NTRabbit: Aug 15, 2012; i wear this armour to protect myself from the histrionics of hysterical women

bitches

It was like one of those high school kid videos where one flicks the ear of a bro in front, and he turns around and beats the nearest person near to death, culprit or not.

# ? Apr 8, 2017 19:40

strap on revenge: Apr 8, 2011; that's my thing that i say

stoked for all these bottom of the ladder clashes today

# ? Apr 9, 2017 00:30

Periphery: Jul 27, 2003; ...

Days like today make me grateful for giant retractile roofs.

# ? Apr 9, 2017 01:21

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

Periphery posted:

Days like today make me grateful for giant retractile roofs.

St Kilda v Brisbane
Carlton v Essendon
Gold Coast V Hawthorn

Days like today make me grateful for the inevitable heat death of the universe

# ? Apr 9, 2017 01:54

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

AFL At MCG and Docklands, NRL at AAMI Park, Kids show at the tennis centre, and a bunch of the big roads are closed for the run for the kids

Traffic whatup

# ? Apr 9, 2017 01:58

Periphery: Jul 27, 2003; ...

Solemn Sloth posted:

St Kilda v Brisbane
Carlton v Essendon
Gold Coast V Hawthorn

Days like today make me grateful for the inevitable heat death of the universe

I'll have you know that the Saints v Lions game is easily going to be the game of the round. :colbert:

# ? Apr 9, 2017 02:02

Boonys Cut Shot: Nov 5, 2004; Elite athlete

Solemn Sloth posted:

AFL At MCG and Docklands, NRL at AAMI Park, Kids show at the tennis centre, and a bunch of the big roads are closed for the run for the kids

Traffic whatup

I live in the north-east and work on Clarendon St, today I had to drive all the way to Lakeside and Albert Park to get to work. Was awesome

# ? Apr 9, 2017 03:01

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

I think in review I'm actually slightly more bullish about our chances of making the 8 than I was before the game yesterday. If we had managed to kick better than Levi Casboult I think we set up a big enough buffer to win (I think we probably don't collapse in the last quarter quite as hard if the players had gotten some reward for effort throughout the game too).

Assuming the set shot conversion doesn't become a trend, and I don't think there's a particular reason to think it will, we're looking alright. There was a game against West Coast last year where we dominated and lost, but that was more about the quality of inside 50 entries, rather than actual goalkicking.

Defence is probably the biggest worry, Geelong's forwards were able to dictate the setup way too often, either through getting cheapies out the back, or setting up serious mismatches (Jetta caught one on one against Hawkins multiple times springs to mind). Part of that is because of how aggressively we are using our defenders which seriously hurts you on turnovers, but some of it was just bad communication when Geelong had had the ball for a fair while

Watts did really well filling in the ruck for the whole second half, I think Weideman needs to go out and spend some more time in the 2's, with Pederson coming in to replace him.

Interesting that Geelong have outrun their opponents to a big margin in the last quarter two weeks running, will be interesting to see if that becomes a trend.