I thought he punched it away legally.
I had most issue with the sling tackles.
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Close, but not quite.
The ball is actually lifted up and then the clenched fist comes through - thatâs why itâs a throw.
I had a perfect view from M12 of it.
It was clear the ball was lifted up from that side of the ground.
The video is from the Memberâs side of the ground which is why it doesnât look so obvious.
In the replay thereâs one angle they show on slow Mo over his right shoulder where you can just see to ball bobble up.
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I know itâs probably better for us, but Iâm surprised by the lack of hype around Essendon this week.
Media were quick to sink the boots in, but seem reluctant to give much credit to the team for the last 2 weeksâ.
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Too many media âexpertsâ went all in on Essendon being sh-t 2 weeks ago, any hint of a change would require them to swallow there pride.
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As much as I agree with you, I rather go through winning games unnoticed than having the hype train come our way. rather the boys focus on playing consistent footy like that on the weekend every week than the media beating us up again and we go into drinking our own bathwater mode.
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We havenât proven anything yet.
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Wonât be hyped until we go 4-2 and beat Pies on Anzac Day.
Pies are struggling and Norf are â â â â .
If we donât beat them both, we arenât good enough yet.
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Weâve won two games and are about to play North Melbourne, the ultimate minnow club. Neither of these things lend themselves to hype
Fair enough. Youâre right. The video doesnât show that the ball went airborne before he punched it.
My apologies.
Every time I try to show a bit of football intelligence I get shot down in flamesâŚever since school days. Iâll get it right someday.
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More a consequence of the nature of GWS and Richmondâs victories. Happy to cruise along under the radar again this week. Knock off Norf and roll into Anzac Day as underdogs but well and truly in the contestâŚ
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Iâm impressed by your confidence
I expect at least a couple of Essington level performances in the next month - an honorable loss to the Pies on ANZAC Day with Steele Sidebottom running the ball across the line five times followed by a â â â â â performance the week after.
We are 3-10 against the Pies in recent years and havenât won the week after ANZAC day since 2015 when we scraped across the line against a terrible St Kilda side.
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P.S. is there anything better than a 2.10pm timeslot on a Saturday arvo at the G?
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Winning the Grand Final?
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True but thatâs still 2.30pm time slot on a Saturday arvo at the G so near enough
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Whoâs proven anything, by mid April?
So far thereâs really only 1 side (Geel) whoâs played decently every week.
A small handful have been good for 3 and bad for 1. Weâve been good in 2 and bad in 2. Disappointing, but not panic stations.
Positives are weâve got what looks the hardest game in footy (GWS up there) out of the way, and weâre only 1 game off the pace.
Plus weâre one of a small handful of sides that have actually kicked a big score this year, even with JD sidelined and Raz barely going. Thatâs definitely a plus.
Donât get conned by the hyperbole about the season being done and we need to chuck everyone out. A long way to go.
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Worth highlighting. Couldnât believe how confident people were about winning that game up there. They look very good.
Saints taking points off other teams too (not to excuse our â â â â â performance).
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Yep.
I thought GWS would be worse than last year, but they look a lot better.
I would have them flag favourite as of right now.
Won 16 and a draw of their last 20 at the Showgrounds.
(We still shouldâve been better than we were!)