Footy - eagles

If you guys want to discuss the footy, please do it here. I have removed the other thread as it was well off topic and there may be other issues arising from it that I dont think Channy deserves. Please keep it on topic. Bloody good win by the dockers!! Cheers, Adam

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Ahhh maan, i just typed a

Sat, 2012-08-04 21:53

Ahhh maan, i just typed a heap  in reply to Big John on that post non boobie related, can u cut and paste Adam? Lol Eagles Sucked....

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hey timo

Sun, 2012-08-05 10:55

got any happy pics of the hawks this week??????LOL

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Haha

Sat, 2012-08-04 21:59

Sorry mate! Hate to be a party pooper, but theres a time and place for everything and a line needs to be drawn as to whats acceptable, unfortunately theres a few dicks that ruin it for everyone, even outside of fw.

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 Specially outside of fw. 

Sat, 2012-08-04 22:03

 Specially outside of fw. 

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 nice shirt. 

Tue, 2012-08-07 20:44

 nice shirt. 

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didnt get to see the game but

Sat, 2012-08-04 22:21

didnt get to see the game but by the sounds of it we got a hamering! cant win them all!

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Freoooo way to go sucked in

Sat, 2012-08-04 23:23

Freoooo way to go

sucked in eagles, u do know it is possible for us not to make the top 8 now

and were only 1 win behind yous

enjoy geelong, hawthorn and collingwood coming up :)

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weeley merdel12

Sun, 2012-08-05 01:15

use might be surprised - You would have to be the number 1 ticket holder for Freo - surely?

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sorry

Sat, 2012-08-04 23:25

Oops sorry if anyone offended that wasn't the intention. As I said good to see some girls on here again sorry channy if you took offence

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turkeys got smashed

Sun, 2012-08-05 00:20

 

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If anyone would take pride in a toddler doing that

Tue, 2012-08-07 18:47

I would have thought a "Pies" fan. A docker? That"s sinking LOW.

But anything is possible.LOL

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and the score

Sun, 2012-08-05 00:21

Matthew Pavlich 2.2 4.2 7.2 8.2 (50)
West Coast Eagles 1.5 1.10 5.11 6.12 (48) enough said

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west coats: 3

Sun, 2012-08-05 00:58

west coats: 3 premierships

dockers..........

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the past means nothing on game day

Sun, 2012-08-05 01:09

ha ha

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I dont know mate

Sun, 2012-08-05 04:33

I'd still like to have that ammunition hahah

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Black anchors and purple

Sun, 2012-08-05 05:04

Black anchors and purple anchors, your a weapon strikezone!

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off the boil

Sun, 2012-08-05 06:39

seems west coast have gone off the boil at the wrong time, especially seeing as they have a surging geelong on their hands this week.

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Yeah on the money Rig. I said

Sun, 2012-08-05 07:13

Yeah on the money Rig. I said last week they need to be gaining momentum now not dropping off. If we can't kick goals then we are stuffed. Their lack of intensity yesterday was crap. Dissapointing but all the signs are there that they will be a strong team for a few years yet. Hate to say say it but the Dockers looked good yesterday BUT can't rely on Pav to win their games.

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go freo

Sun, 2012-08-05 06:55

go freo

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Yeah rig n seakem agree with

Sun, 2012-08-05 07:36

Yeah rig n seakem agree with you if we serve up that shit might be lucky to win another game imo !

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finals run

Sun, 2012-08-05 07:55

looking at whats coming up for eagles

geelong- unlikely to win 

port - pecentage booster

hawthorn- unlikely to win

collingwood- I think this is winnable if they pull their fingers out

from this a top 4 spot looks unlikely

Freo probably wont beat adelaide this week but will beat melbourne and richmond, really ned to beat north melbourne also.

If essendon lose to Adelaide today by more than 4 goals (likely) freo will be in 8th spot.  the verdict for freo is win 3 of those games and it should be enough to play finals so long as essendon continue their poor form

 

 

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derby final ?

Sun, 2012-08-05 08:08

Could be a Derby elimination final. Don't think I could handle getting knocked out of the finals by the dockers that would suck.

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LOL

Sun, 2012-08-05 08:31

Your a glass half empty kind of guy I take it SABRE.

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derby final

Sun, 2012-08-05 11:13

Wouldn't we all love that!!!

 

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To much instabillity in the

Sun, 2012-08-05 08:34

To much instabillity in the eagles team at the moment with the injuries and the suspentions, no excuse but, the players out there need to pull their fingers out therwise theres no point even making the finals.Freo outplayed the eagles yesterday,but the umpires were obviosly feeling sorry for the purple poofs so had to help them,also might be a few suspensions coming the dorkers way.That will be handy coming into the finals with must win games ahead.Thats ok  because they played their grandfinal yesterday. How tom swift gets a game is beyond me?He must have some dirty pictures of somebody important me thinks.LOL.Mitch brown is no better.Bring back brennan,glass,kennedy,strijk and we will see you in the  finals, if ya make it!

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Umpires always

Sun, 2012-08-05 09:08

get some of th the blame for the poor old weagles losses...

 

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When it warranted and

Sun, 2012-08-05 10:51

When it warranted and blatantly obvious. Your right on the money Meersy discipline and intensity neeeded to shape the side again.

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the easy start

Sun, 2012-08-05 09:17

catching up with you guys,like when you were p/ship favourites after playing no one

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Na big john but if we play

Sun, 2012-08-05 09:29

Na big john but if we play like we did yesterday don't think we could win. Might be ok with a few players back n no swift or brown in team. Brenann should have played ahead of brown.

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discipline

Sun, 2012-08-05 09:59

twice on TV the eagles were captured swearing at the umpires and had 50's or free kicks reversed,Poor discipline theres no way woosha would be happy with that, duck your head into a players shoulder you wont get sympathy anymore the umpires have woken up.  .  When Coxy started pointing at the ump and threatening I would think he would be pretty embarrassed about that in hindsight.  there were a few toys getting thrown out of the pram when things didnt go there way yesterday.  As always the umpires protect the player thats first to the football and having a crack, the eagles were mostly second yesterday

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Head thrown back

Sun, 2012-08-05 10:56

Selwood was chastised by the ump for throwing his head back in the tackle to make it look like it was high then mouthed off and gave away 50 metres. Looks like the umps are awake to him and his brothers because big brother copped much the same on Friday night.

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Your obviously quite happy with the umps C

Tue, 2012-08-07 20:31

but then again, why wouldn't you be since you would not have got the 4 points last game it it wasn't for them. Harry O says hi.  

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Umps

Tue, 2012-08-07 20:39

Nothing wrong with the men in white / green /orange / red / yellow or whatever colour they are wearing this week. They are my and Collingwoods friends

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Sun, 2012-08-05 15:16

please refer to the above pic

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Sit and spin kid is a crack

Sun, 2012-08-05 15:30

Sit and spin kid is a crack up 

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BAHAHAHA  

Sun, 2012-08-05 17:05

BAHAHAHA  

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That will still be empty

Sun, 2012-08-05 19:25

when it gets a run on Antiques Roadshow  

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They do have premiership cups

Sun, 2012-08-05 17:15

They do have premiership cups Lamby when they have beaten us. But for a real one .....as Dan Hill sung "It's a long road" Ba ha ha ha

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Sun, 2012-08-05 18:36

Worth a few bucks at the tab....

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Interesting

Mon, 2012-08-06 15:36

Interesting MRP findings today. The weekend just gone was equivalent to passing 'go' on monopoly.

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MRP

Mon, 2012-08-06 15:50

Even the commentators agreed that selwood did not throw his head back in that tackle-the boy who cried wolf i guess. Pav and deboer got get out of jail free cards.

All the talk about eagles fans booing players then dockers fans booed shuey when he just about had his head torn off in a tackle.......pot calling the kettle me thinks

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Credit where it is due though -

Mon, 2012-08-06 16:00

Freo were very worthy of their grand final spot - they thoroughly deserved it.  

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LOL

Mon, 2012-08-06 16:03

Love the freo trophy cabinet pure gold  sometimes fact is funnier than fiction

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MRP

Mon, 2012-08-06 16:41

wins some lose some, Hopefully freo appeal Mcpharlin I thought his was in play and he hit darlings shoulder FFS shouldnt have warranted a free kick although I think the ump thought he connected with the head from where he was standing.  Will be intersting to hear the full verdict when I get a chance later

Kerr got a away with a beauty

 

Sabre if your going to foolish enough beleive what the comentators say as Gospel then go ahaead.  Plenty of times in that game the eastern staters struggled to get the names of players right, those guys try to make a story out of nothing.... Its pretty easy to critisise a team thats losing with comments like "they arent working hard enough" etc and thats all 3/4 of them seem to do these days.  The head chuckers are going to suffer from boy who cried wolf becasue they do it all the time and the umpires are over it, they get reviewed after each game and have no doubt been spoken too about this.  Anyway how long can you go on about umpiring facts a facts 10 goal thumping! suck it up boys

 

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Na not saying the umpires

Mon, 2012-08-06 16:50

Na not saying the umpires cost us the game we got outplayed by a better team and we were rubbish no excuses there.

I saw the tackle i didn't thiink he threw the head back but as i said boy who cried wolf scenario.

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mrp

Mon, 2012-08-06 16:57

ok

just read the deal on Pharlin, I dont know just when you think its gone a bit soft Deboer get let off with a reprimand for kicking Kerr in the balls(deserving).  Yet McPharlin was going at the football and as darling got to it first he threw the shoulder in for contact fair bump play on.  Even the MRP stated it wasnt head high contct so its in play whats the problem?

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Have you received

Mon, 2012-08-06 19:46

a high bump lately Rig?

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Head

Mon, 2012-08-06 20:41

 It's not high when it is level with the shoulder paully, read the rule book

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Ahh , mate you should take your own advice

Mon, 2012-08-06 21:57

and have some idea what your on about - It was front on contact that is not allowed, specifically when someone is making a play for the ball. It was catergorised as negligent contact because it was not deemed reckless or intentional, given the circumstances. Also it was rated as low impact because of the outcome of the contact, which is based largely on medical reports from the victim club, so to speak, in the case WCE. So if anything, WCE have helped his cause in the end - the fact remains though, it is irrelevant whether or not it hit him in the head or shoulder - it is front on - so what do you think about them apples (hows the rule book looking now).  

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Hello Rig -

Tue, 2012-08-07 08:33

you there

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Shuey got 2 weeks for an

Mon, 2012-08-06 21:03

Shuey got 2 weeks for an elbow to the nuts.Deboer got a repremand for kicking kerr in the nuts.WOT A FUC#@!NG joke.I guess as long as the eagles arnt winning ,the rest of the AFL will be happy.Tall poppy syndrome if ya ask me.

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Big Difference

Mon, 2012-08-06 21:13

Big difference between an accidental kick in the goolies when De Boer was trying to stop Kerr taking off and Shueys deliberate elbow when the blokes was standing over him and the footy was long gone. Was going to say the ball but thats a bit of a sore point.

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Accidental??

Mon, 2012-08-06 21:18

Come on John! The replay clearly shows Kerr with the balll under his arm. De Boer only had one thing in mind and that was to down Kerr and it probably would have suited him more if he broke his leg. Probably would have suited a lot of other one eyed supporters too.

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Trip

Mon, 2012-08-06 21:21

You and I know that he was actually trying to trip him but Kerr ducked, that is what caused the high contact.

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Yes well,

Mon, 2012-08-06 21:37

I would probably have ducked also if someone had landed a blow to the goolies LOL.

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not that big

Tue, 2012-08-07 03:39

kerrs goolies certainly aint that big (if he has any?) that they would hang that far down his leg

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Sore losers

Mon, 2012-08-06 21:08

Seems some Eagles diehards get somewhat spiteful when Dockers expose their weaknesses... (Even the umpires couldn't have saved em from a flogging...)

Paully, I'm talking about you!

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Funny that Jun

Mon, 2012-08-06 21:55

Havent heard from you for a while re the footy, why now.  What is spiteful about the normal weekly footy banter?

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Expose weakenessess with

Tue, 2012-08-07 06:37

Expose weakenessess with grubby low blow tactics.

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Such a good call.  Lots of

Wed, 2012-08-08 06:40

Such a good call.  Lots of sour grapes on here that is for sure

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My oh My Rig you must be back at work

Mon, 2012-08-06 21:09

The wash out from all of this is that the Eagles copped a deserved thumping but we are pretty gracefull about it. Did we sit there and carry on when Glass got done? You talk about umpiring and MRC technicalities and yet you make statements like "Kerr kick in the nuts deserved"? How can anyone with any claim to credibility make such a comment? Pav is a protected species and will always fade into the background when it comes to scrutiny. Same can be said for some of the other big names around the place pushing for a Brownlow.

Honestly, sometimes I really worry about some of you guys. There is an inch between the shoulder and the neck and a shoulder high tackle is illegal. A negligent front on to the shoulder will mostly drive itself upward to the head region so it's illegal IMO. Wait till I see your next patanoster Rig.. I'll give you heaps about it LOL.

 

 

 

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 Carn the bloody Crows :P

Mon, 2012-08-06 22:00

 Carn the bloody Crows :P  Dont worry eagle fans we'll give em a lesson 

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you guys make me laugh

Tue, 2012-08-07 06:47

just remeber vince it was a bump not a tackle and not OVER the shoulder whcih is fair either way the tribunal has ruled if the club contest so be it if not we move on for the crows this weeks.  My comment about Kerr kicked in the nuts surely you could seee the sarcasm in that love to hate him, or has the rage fogged up a few screens out there.  As for Pavlich a protected species what a laugh 274 games as one of the fairest players in the league a true role model for the game

You guys need to get used to losing becuase over the next for weeks I cant see alot of sunshine

 

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No way rig, we got brown and

Tue, 2012-08-07 07:17

No way rig, we got brown and swift so we got nothin to worry about.LOL

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Swift needs to find a new home

Tue, 2012-08-07 09:08

How he continues to get a game is amazing.     

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will e girls

Tue, 2012-08-07 08:49

make the 8???

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Slip sliding away...

Tue, 2012-08-07 18:23

Questionable, they are sitting just a game and percentage from 9th with Geelong on Friday and Collingwood and Hawks awaiting, eagles could pretty much be "plucked"

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Pav's now ineligible for the

Tue, 2012-08-07 08:51

Pav's now ineligible for the brownlow, still got booked just doesn't miss any matches. If he was a protected spiecies he would have no charge to answer for. Mcpharlin's bump is fair enough, it's front on contact and it's not allowed, dunno what they risk if they challenge it, De Boer's was just sloppy and was lucky to only get a reprimand as well, could have easily been a week.

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He he

Tue, 2012-08-07 09:00

 Don't worry I don't rate our sub robberton much better.  In the 2 years he has been on the list the only that's improved is his tackling

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Struggle

Tue, 2012-08-07 09:01

Rig if we wanted to get used to losing we would become dockers supporters

But you are right the next few weeks will be a struggle we need to pull our fingers out.

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Dane Swan rubbed out for two

Tue, 2012-08-07 17:41

Dane Swan rubbed out for two weeks by his own club. Troops are getting restless sir loool.

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Yeah

Tue, 2012-08-07 17:49

Yeah not good. Be interested to hear the whole story.

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From what I've read he

Tue, 2012-08-07 17:51

From what I've read he fronted up training looking like he'd had a skinfull.

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says he didn't have a drink

Tue, 2012-08-07 18:39

must be previous or something, [still not good for your team mates] don't get too excited, plenty of depth and he gets 2 weeks rest before the finals, don't know what it does for team harmony though,   just can't understand these blokes,libertore as well

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Cousins not alone

Tue, 2012-08-07 19:04

Young guys, testosterone to boot, Money and fame plus plus. Got to hard on them, and yes they should know better, but when you think about what we have done when we were young, even Angels have clipable wings. Not sure I fit that.

Recall State Under 21 Rugby Comp in Melbourne. Warm up games in Canberra. After the game vs ACT all went to Royal's Rugby League Club. Man that was a sight for eyes coming from Amatuer Rugby. And then to have a person like Mal Meninga buying you a beer or 2, then Tequila Sunrise"s. Who are you as a pip squick youngster going to refuse for long.

End results, 4 off us, smashed as a feather weight against Tyson, trying to turn up for Training 8am on a fking freezing Canberra oval.

Banned all 4 for next game. Deserved. But it happens so easy. Looking back, I am glad I had a beer with Mal. Not sure about the Sunrises, but hell he was a good bloke. I understand the term off a technicolor yawn well, doing that to the coach I think was a mistake!!!!

These "legends" are just young kids, and every now and then they will act like it. Cop the flack, get over it, learn and move on.

I never did that again and hope they learn. But I was not a legend, not famous etc. I think they cop a hell off a deal being so scrutinized. Sure glad I wasn"t one off them.

We all stand and winge about them, but what were we like at that age. We just didnt have a pack of media looking for blood.

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But that's the difference

Tue, 2012-08-07 19:42

But that's the difference Crasny. These guys are supposed proffesionals earning big $$$. They are warned and warned and still do it. It's the way of the world I suppose and there are always tools and fools. I travel offshore to drilling rigs and you are breathalised before you board the chopper. The last time I went out an older guy in front of me blew over, instant dismissal make your own way home. I don't have much sympathy for them. How old is Dane Swan definately not a kid. Talk about letting your mates down I'm glad his team mates had the balls to question his behavior.

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They have the world at their

Tue, 2012-08-07 18:48

They have the world at their feet then shit in their own nest.

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Bigger

Wed, 2012-08-08 06:49

No ones bigger than the club itself. Just have to do the business without him for the next two weeks.

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Tue, 2012-08-07 19:07

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JUST GOLD!

Tue, 2012-08-07 20:02

Couldnt help meself!

 

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You should put Wellinghams

Tue, 2012-08-07 20:06

mug on there as well.

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I am certainly not supporting their behaviour

Tue, 2012-08-07 20:38

And have no feelings for the PIES. But its us that pressure them, and like us they are just human and prone to everything human. Would never have thought Cuz would have gone there. Now another "superstar" in Swan.

Cant say much about Buddie, but so many more probaly sneeking under the media web.

They are just youngsters like we have all been. I dont know if I would have enjoyed that tight a scrutiny on my Juvenile life. My role in the community now should be an "angel", but I am just human. At least not so heavily scrutinised but like evryone I have my faults.

These guys dont get a chance at all, and IMO that is not fair overall when the rest off us arent up to the same (was going to mistype Dane) standards.

As for the older Idiot blowing over Seakem - that is about as stupid as you could get. He is not a 18-30yo and should have grown beyond the "testosterone"  days, but nobody has heard about it in the papers have they. He is not scrutinised like the footy players. They cant fart in public without us knowing, and apart from Cuz repeating it, you can forgive a minor departure from the norm as long as it isnt repeated. I feel sorry for the younsters, not able to be young.

 

Ah Edit: still an Eagles supporter. Not so sure as I was, but its not over yet. Everyone can have a stuff up, but at least my seond favourite team won. It is cleary stated I am a sandgroper down and out. Eagles first.

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Take what the media says with

Tue, 2012-08-07 20:44

Take what the media says with a pinch of salt. Sure incidents happen but the public doesnt get the whole truth really on many aspects of the news. The media controls society's opinions and views 

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Just got back from Shark Bay

Tue, 2012-08-07 22:46

but still had the pleasure of watching our boys carve up the turkeys. We will smash you they said, yeah right...

Luke McPharlin should have hit that stage acting poofter darling  a little harder and then maybe he might have knock the cigar smoker out good and proper in which we would of given him BOG.

Where was your hero paddy wack.. went  AWOL or something ? Told you he is over rated. 

Great umpiring IMO very fair and just.    

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Goin down to the wire tonite,

Fri, 2012-08-10 21:12

Goin down to the wire tonite, no tomahawk to kick the winner, wegirls can get their season back on track........

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well at least the cats came

Sat, 2012-08-11 08:21

well at least the cats came second even with there own umpires.