2015 GF - who will win and why
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Re: 2015 GF - who will win and why
Can't stand West Coast. Nearly up there with Carlton with how much I can't stand them.
Hawks please. Don't care by how much.
Tipping the Hawks to win comfortably.
Hawks please. Don't care by how much.
Tipping the Hawks to win comfortably.
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Re: 2015 GF - who will win and why
Hawthorn will probably win but I think they are second guessing themselves. Playing Schoemaker and Gunston and having Suckling as the sub seems a bit top heavy without the run of a sub like Hurtung late. They probably still win but if they lose they would only have themselves to blame.
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Re: 2015 GF - who will win and why
My pick leading into the finals was West Coast but now I'm leaning more towards the Hawks. Both sides will be nervous for various reasons but the added incentive to make it a three peat will get the Hawks over the line I reckon.
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Re: 2015 GF - who will win and why
Champagne glass filling time (and the reverse) loris.loris wrote:Don't think I'll be able to watch Channel 7 for much longer........ terrible they go to an advert after each goal ...... Really spoils it.
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Re: 2015 GF - who will win and why
Q1 subtitled - making the most of opportunities. I expect Q2 to see a tightening of the scores.
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Re: 2015 GF - who will win and why
Yes, bottoms up eh?perfectionist wrote:Champagne glass filling time (and the reverse) loris.loris wrote:Don't think I'll be able to watch Channel 7 for much longer........ terrible they go to an advert after each goal ...... Really spoils it.
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Re: 2015 GF - who will win and why
West Coast are toast.
I hope their arrogant supporters are enjoying this.
At least they can think of the free ride they get from the umps at Subiaco.
It's not Subi you flogs.
I hope their arrogant supporters are enjoying this.
At least they can think of the free ride they get from the umps at Subiaco.
It's not Subi you flogs.
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Re: 2015 GF - who will win and why
Hideously disappointing
How can you win or compete in a GF with a zoning Netball type set up... And some soft effort
They don't look like they want to compete
Half a dozen players are embarrassing
How can you win or compete in a GF with a zoning Netball type set up... And some soft effort
They don't look like they want to compete
Half a dozen players are embarrassing
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Re: 2015 GF - who will win and why
That is dismissing the Hawks.BigMart wrote:Hideously disappointing
How can you win or compete in a GF with a zoning Netball type set up... And some soft effort
They don't look like they want to compete
Half a dozen players are embarrassing
How can you tell on TV.
Hawks are playing exceptionally well.
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Re: 2015 GF - who will win and why
Totally agree Loris. The sooner Fox Footy gets the right to show the Grand Final the better.loris wrote:Don't think I'll be able to watch Channel 7 for much longer........ terrible they go to an advert after each goal ...... Really spoils it.
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How can I tell on the telly??
By watching the vision, checking the stats and reading the scoreboard
Are the 27 cameras not showing vision of the game??
Video and statistical evidence (what evidence coaches actually use to analyse games) suggests the ease Hawthorn are finding free targets means WC are not working hard enough to pressure the ball carrier or work back.
There have been four 50/50 contests where WC didn't body line the ball
LeCras twice
Cripps
Sheed
Hurn has not defended
They need a big second half
Either Darling or Kennedy needs to work up the ground and be a conduit... They are ineffectual and are filling the same space.
Put Yeo on the ball and allow him to hunt the footy
Hutchins fwd... Defensive role
Not sure who the sub is, but I'd activate him
Natinui to take the centre bounce (charge fwd)and all F50 taps and play i50
Sinclair start at CHF and do the reverse.
By watching the vision, checking the stats and reading the scoreboard
Are the 27 cameras not showing vision of the game??
Video and statistical evidence (what evidence coaches actually use to analyse games) suggests the ease Hawthorn are finding free targets means WC are not working hard enough to pressure the ball carrier or work back.
There have been four 50/50 contests where WC didn't body line the ball
LeCras twice
Cripps
Sheed
Hurn has not defended
They need a big second half
Either Darling or Kennedy needs to work up the ground and be a conduit... They are ineffectual and are filling the same space.
Put Yeo on the ball and allow him to hunt the footy
Hutchins fwd... Defensive role
Not sure who the sub is, but I'd activate him
Natinui to take the centre bounce (charge fwd)and all F50 taps and play i50
Sinclair start at CHF and do the reverse.
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Re: 2015 GF - who will win and why
Does anyone wonder what would have happened if we win the Flag in 1971? Was that a sliding doors moment?
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Re: 2015 GF - who will win and why
There is a whole different level of Footy going on here. The Hawks are on another plane.
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Re: 2015 GF - who will win and why
I know what you mean Con.Con Gorozidis wrote:Does anyone wonder what would have happened if we win the Flag in 1971? Was that a sliding doors moment?
I'm obsessed wit that particular GF because of how both clubs divirged since.
I'm not sure that it would have prevented an era of very poor management. Barry Breen talks about it in his interview with Mike Sheehan.
He said that we should have won at least 2 during the Jeans era.
He also said that with a bit of luck the club could have had 5 flags.
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If only we got to meet a soft bit of butter like the Eagles in 09 or 10. We have been stiff.
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The VFL changed zones because we were apparently too strong. Hawthorn got the Peninsula and the rest is history. Imagine us with Mathews, Brereton, et al.Con Gorozidis wrote:Does anyone wonder what would have happened if we win the Flag in 1971? Was that a sliding doors moment?
As ex-president Peter Summers said:
“If we are going to be a contender, we may as well plan to win the bloody thing.”
St Kilda - At least we have a Crest!
“If we are going to be a contender, we may as well plan to win the bloody thing.”
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Re: 2015 GF - who will win and why
Helps Hawthorn... That WC have been non-competitive!!
And when they got momentum
Shuey made a woeful decision (twice)
A team that does not play one on one footy
Will be found out
And when they got momentum
Shuey made a woeful decision (twice)
A team that does not play one on one footy
Will be found out
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A fact that is just consigned to history. It helped them but it still does not explain the great divergence.Jacks Back wrote:The VFL changed zones because we were apparently too strong. Hawthorn got the Peninsula and the rest is history. Imagine us with Mathews, Brereton, et al.Con Gorozidis wrote:Does anyone wonder what would have happened if we win the Flag in 1971? Was that a sliding doors moment?
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Anyone who picked West Coast should be banned from posting on the site for a week
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Re: 2015 GF - who will win and why
LeCras is the biggest front running, hungriest goal sneak in the AFL.SainterK wrote:Eagles.
Who cares they are young, they aren't burdened by history, eagles have flags and in recent memory.
They didn't just beat hawthorn, they smacked them.
Alistair has his players believing they were "flat" that day.
Dangerous strategy, I'd of challenged them to rise against a decent competitor as they will be shell shocked when they realise it had nothing to do with flatness.
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