If only you had someone to go with...?

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“When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace turns into a circus.”
Turkish Proverb

Oh dear I'm such a slut...

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“When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace turns into a circus.”
Turkish Proverb

It wasn't a cork, it was Merrett's nose.....

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Go to http://www.snoutslouts.org/ for a look at the mighty GFC...

5 years. The full circle. Lick that Cornetto Brown!

Well the filth are sitting outside the eight and are unlikely to be top four by next week.

He had a quiet night tonight and got caught with the footy on the burst, which is unusual for him.
When Jamo and Duigan come back, I think Russell and Armfield might be the ones to make way. Russell first because he hasn't got the pace. Jamo will go to FB of course, Hendo to CHF so Bower should hold his spot and go to one flank, Duigan to the other for Armfield. The other consideration is to drop Bower and keep Armfield or Russell just for a balance of height and run, although Bower has been pretty reliable these first two games.

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Let slip the Blues of war (with apologies to William Shakespeare) (and Sir Francis Bacon, just in case)

The more I see of Laider the more I am impressed. Super business his targeted get.

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Green Shooter

bowser's been more than pretty reliable. He's been excellent in both games esp tonight. Really taken his opportunity with two hands...good on you bowse!

A good win. The channel 7 camera work is terrible, the first quarter showed Voss, Ratten and Jono Brown more than what was going on on the field. The change of angles is so annoying that you completely lose the play.
Judd is brilliant and Murphy is not far behind.
Loved Eddie's 2 marks.

WOW... Just Wow!!!
To win by 15 goals interstate against a team brimming with confidence after last week will gain us a lot of respect.
the hype leading into next weeks game against the Filth is going to be MASSIVE!!!!
Not getting too carried away just yet with our start to the year though, as at the end of the day, the way we perform against the better teams will truly show us if we re going to be a true force this year or not. The next three weeks against the Filth, the Scum and the Dorkers (in Perth) will be a massive test for us, and we ll have a more accurate picture of exactly where we re at as a team following that....

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James Hird and Essendon* FC - #FOREVERDRUGCHEATS

If only I was going...

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"The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, and the young know everything." Oscar Wilde

curnow continues to worry me - does some good things but got caught holding twice last week and probably should have been pinged again tonight.

A good effort...

Eddies 2nd Mark - Mark of the Year (to date)

Murphy - Goal of the Day..

We have to beat up on the higher teams of Hawthorn Collingwood Geelong and West Coast...If we don't, we have not improved....

im coming across for the collingwood game

gonna be massive

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*(grow - fun - gah)

Yeah but whatabout your whataboutism.

Scoring shots

Versus Richmond: 35 - 21

Versus Brisbane: 39 - 18

It felt like we kept Richmond in the game with inaccuracy last week, but got the right margin this round.

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"The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, and the young know everything." Oscar Wilde

Well? Don't rate the Brions atm and I expected an easy win, but this was massive.

We won by 15 goals but that first qtr was poor. Every goal we conceded was due to giving away silly frees or poor defensive structures. Also wasn't happy with the way we entered our forward 50 with all the long bombs. Need Walker to add that extra leading option.

Second half was extraordinary... such a domination. Best part, it seemed to me that we did it effortlessly. Let Judd run tagger-less at your own peril. Hard to find a bad player tbh.

Play of the day... Judd smother in the center kicks to Murphy, he spears a pass to Simpson, goal.

Let's be honest though... next 3 weeks will give us a better perspective of where we are. Who makes way for the likes of Jamison, Duigan, Warnock, Walker? A good problem to have.

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“I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.” ― Richard Feynman

Another nice step up from last week.

Similar pre-match to last. A lot of talk about 5 or 6 Brisbane players, but nothing mentioned of the rest. Sure Rockliff, Black, Leunberger, Adcock, Redden go OK, but it's 22 v 22, and we can match them at the top end, and just as important bat so much deeper.

What it means for next week?, well who knows. What we do know is that this team - if in a reasonable healthy state, and the effort is there - should be able to counter for half the competition on pure ability alone. Within 2 matches, how far away does the scoreless second half in Maroochydore, or the 9 goals in 20 minutes against Nth seem?

From last November I wanted to hit Rnd 3, 2-0 with nothing to lose, and I have my wish. Can wait for next Friday night, and I reckon we'll see a team who is looking forward to the challenge and seeing where they are at, rather than the one in previous years that sort of gave the impression that they were happy to just not get blown away.

Apart from the obvious mentions, couple of whipping boys in Carrazzo and Bower (Emu 2, Irish 0) did themselves proud tonight.

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"They're [REDACTED]'

One player who had yet another good game tonight was Zac Tuohy.

The poise and quality of disposal is remarkable for someone so inexperienced in the game.

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"The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, and the young know everything." Oscar Wilde

Notice who in the two great marks Betts took tonight had kicked the ball to Betts? His mate Yarran on BOTH occassions.

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For some silly reason, you people want to assassinate him, and it's just rubbish. You people. All of you, ALL of you!

That wizend old prune Kevin Bartlett will have his work cut out excluding either of Eddie's marks from the final list of mark of the year contenders, but I am sure he will give it a damn good try.

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"Hence you will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks"?

Winston Churchill