Whatever the fark round it is non Essington games

Football Discussion Non Essendon Stuff
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Rance took another huge dive, as did Riewoldt. (Although Riewoldt managed to get a free kick from the dumpire and kick a goal so it will fly under the radar. Rance flew but not so much under the radar).

Stoked that Richmond lost :slight_smile:

I am not a petty person but I am really stoked that those poo heads lost and I hope they never ever win another flag :slight_smile:

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We need to go after Wines and try to ruin him, get him to play off half back and kick 15m sideways and stuff like that.

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signs of a really bad team when your opponent goes into the next week thinking footy is really easy and getting smashed

Richmond had gotten used to playing against witches hats.

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Rance didnā€™t dive.

I loathe the bullshit that hypes him up as much as anyone but he didnā€™t dive then.

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FKn LoL. This is just really trying really really hard to find another reason to complain about Essendon, rather than watching the actual game or taking in its context. Weā€™re ā– ā– ā– ā– , but Port beating Richmond has nothing to do with us being ā– ā– ā– ā– . And how were Richmond ā€˜smashed!ā€™?Seriously? If anything, you are giving Essendon way too much credit, to think they would effect Richmondā€™s game in any shape of form. Carry on though.

Edit: sorry if I went overboard, butā€¦

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Yep. How awful for them that theyā€™ve won 1 flag.

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ā€œBut,but heā€™s not worth 2x first round picksā€ lol

Would happily give 2 first rnd picks for Wines

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Tigers played their GF

Iā€™m sick of good teams belting us to make a statement.

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Say wut?

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Iā€™d give two first round picks and two second round picks for Ollie Wines

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Was a very good game from port last night, had tigers measure for most of it.

Itā€™s exactly what I was hoping from us.

  • opposition kept accountable
  • lesser lights stepping up
  • kicking goals when they had opportunity

On Richmond

  • rance again being shown up for a bloke who chooses to go to ground commentators finding it tough to articulate
  • frick they get to drop the ball A LOT.
  • they have a couple of head duckers and knee bucklers that need to be called out
  • theyā€™ve taken blocking the ruck and opponent going for a mark to a new level, but they were even drawing free kicks from it last night which shows how far down the toilet this game has gone.
  • they have some punchable heads on their list
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we canā€™t use 2 1st round picks though, due to the 2 in four rule.

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Anyone else reckon north will win today?

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Add that they hold/scrag taller opponents to allow teammates to take the easy mark.

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Or instead of whinging about it, the players could learn a lesson.

-Richmondā€™s biggest home & away match of the year.

  • Richmond players want to get up against their biggest rivals.
  • they hunt the match. Make a statement from start to finish.

While we:

  • get a feel for the conditions early on in the match.
  • suss out the mentality of the opposition early on.
    -cave under big pressure matches
  • more concerned about failure, than we are driven for success
  • overwhelmed by the expectation of beating our biggest rivals.
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Didnā€™t notice that last week? It is unreal.

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Iā€™m pretty sure thatā€™s actually only an interpretation, not a rule. But yeah, weā€™re Essendon, so in practice youā€™re right.

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No doubt, I notice it every week.

I reckon EFC are one of the few clubs that donā€™t actively throw/drop the ball to advantage. Sure a few players do at times, but hawks and tigers clearly have a team ethos to do it at all times.

Itā€™s what seperates the teams who win flags from the rest. Not playing to the spirit of the game, but to the interpretation.

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One Scott will lose
One Scott will win

I donā€™t know how to feel

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Your reminder than this is 5th vs 6th and weā€™re a mile away.