If we do, will they get to cheer too?
Haha my phone knows how bad i am when drunk
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Accompanying it with something HOT no doubt.
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THIS
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This from the H-S live football commentary: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/afl-round-10-follow-all-the-action-from-a-massive-saturday-of-football/news-story/c001eea5bc14823b4de7d764279cbd43
BOMBERS PRESSURE TELLS
JAMIE TATE
IT all came down to pressure in the end.
Devon Smith led Essendonâs constant harassment of his former Greater Western Sydney teammates to help the Bombers score an emphatic 35-point win at Spotless Stadium.
Essendon had a team pressure rating of 211, the third week in a row it has been above 200. Champion Data says they are ridiculous numbers.
Smith, one of Essendonâs few consistently high performers this year, had 13 tackles in a well-rounded game that also included 21 disposals and a goal.
âWhen we bring it (pressure), as you saw last week we were amazing with it, our intent was great ⌠We bring that, we can beat anyone,â Smith said.
Essendon was smashed by the critics for its Round 8 loss to Carlton but has hit back hard with wins against Geelong and the Giants on the road.
âIt was great for us to get a win,â Smith said.
âI feel a bit sad for the (Giants boys), theyâre going through a tough time. So were we, so thatâs why it was a massive game for us and it was huge to get the win.â
It was also Smithâs first game against GWS after 109 games in six years at the Giants.
âIt was strange,â he said. âI almost called for the ball off Coggsy (Stephen Coniglio) in the first.â
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Thatâs how you know itâs genuine.
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It is - their thought chain should be we can beat anyone + the 3 umps any day
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Those Langford decisions just show you how fallible the umpires are and how prone they are to influence that they shouldnât be prone to.
I said it in the match thread but if Buddy did what he did in the goal square the mark would be paid 99 times out of 100. If Dangerfield or even some other big name like Jobe was held by Shaw the whistle would have been blown before he even let go.
And Langford would have 3 goals to his name and weâd be all creaming about how much heâs building some form.
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But two of these games were wins, and one was one of the worst losses youâve ever seen.
So maybe itâs a useless metric?
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Re Guelfi he has played on some big bodied seasoned blokes in the WAFL and although the WAFL skills may not be at AFL level, he is far ahead of most first year AFL players in terms of pressure and consistency.
Iâd say he has been picked up on the basis of his WAFL performance.
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Perhaps, but there is a strong correlation between that number and winning games.
Doesnât guarantee you the win but you wonât lose too often if you have a pressure rating over 200.
basically saying ââ â â â themâ
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How many? 3?
True, fact is no other club rated him but us given we took him so late - especially the WA clubs.
One day, recruiters will work out how to spot these types earlier.
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Official crowd: 10,789
45% full? Yeah nah.
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Itâs an interesting stat regardless of how important it is.
Theyâve basically found a way of quantifying if a team has âturned upâ or not.
Honestly the most all round, 4 quarter interstate display against good opposition since 2014 v Port?
I just canât believe the difference between this and the carlton game 14 days ago, its mind boggling.
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Did we turn up against Carlton?
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Damn that Mark Neeld.
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Sadly, yes.