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    Quote Originally Posted by barry View Post
    On GWS selection, there is a lot of chat about coniglio and whitfield but is the left-field wildcard Johnathon Patton as the ruckman.???
    His knee is fixed and he's been training for a month.
    No.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sandrevan View Post
    It will be interesting to see how the umpiring pans out this weekend. Overwhelming publicity for Richmond so will the umpires play for Richmond. Or, is there a sense of destiny for a first premiership for the minnow of the competition.


    A few of you have mentioned GWS thug playing style. I noticed in the elimination final (vs Bulldogs) and the semi (vs Lions) - as soon as the umpiring calls started to go the way of the opposition the GWS players got really aggressive (even thuggish). I suspect the CEO of GWS has had a conversation with Steve Hocking to remind him of the cheating umpires in 2016 - both in the prelim and the GF. We all remember Easton Wood playing 'the Captains role' in 2016. I can see Trent Cotchin taking on a similar role this year. He's not averse to taking out an opposition player. I hope GWS are awake to this.
    I noticed the same thing in the Lions game. It seemed coordinated.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MattW View Post
    I noticed the same thing in the Lions game. It seemed coordinated.
    I like to call it "manufactured".
    As in, the AFL manufactured a team, now they are manufacturing them a granny.
    Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sandrevan View Post
    It will be interesting to see how the umpiring pans out this weekend. Overwhelming publicity for Richmond so will the umpires play for Richmond. Or, is there a sense of destiny for a first premiership for the minnow of the competition.


    A few of you have mentioned GWS thug playing style. I noticed in the elimination final (vs Bulldogs) and the semi (vs Lions) - as soon as the umpiring calls started to go the way of the opposition the GWS players got really aggressive (even thuggish). I suspect the CEO of GWS has had a conversation with Steve Hocking to remind him of the cheating umpires in 2016 - both in the prelim and the GF. We all remember Easton Wood playing 'the Captains role' in 2016. I can see Trent Cotchin taking on a similar role this year. He's not averse to taking out an opposition player. I hope GWS are awake to this.
    I doubt Cotchin will see out the first half. No doubt the Giants will target him like they did with Bont. They still remember what he did to Shiel 2 years ago in the prelim.
    Its going to be a good old fashioned blood bath. Sensitive types should look away.

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    Quote Originally Posted by barry View Post
    There are only two teams who got the same sort of setup assistance to compare: GWS and GC. Did GWS succeed or GC fail, or a bit of both?

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    You are ranting like a bitter old woman Annie.
    I can just imagine you with your fists to the sky.

    It will all be over in a few days.
    Thanks princess, but I'm NOT old.
    There are people here who think you work at GW$ and have inserted yourself as a spy.
    Is this true?
    Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AnnieH View Post
    Thanks princess, but I'm NOT old.
    There are people here who think you work at GW$ and have inserted yourself as a spy.
    Is this true?
    Yes, I am Leon Cameron. Thanks for all the tips on the swans weaknesses. I have used them to good effect.
    Do you know much about Richmond ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by barry View Post
    Yes, I am Leon Cameron. Thanks for all the tips on the swans weaknesses. I have used them to good effect.
    Do you know much about Richmond ?
    They never actually take possession of the ball
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    Quote Originally Posted by barry View Post
    Yes, I am Leon Cameron. Thanks for all the tips on the swans weaknesses. I have used them to good effect.
    Do you know much about Richmond ?
    Richmond players are good at staging.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Velour&Ruffles View Post
    Can't believe I'm saying this, but Giants for me.
    I love a first. And being able to hear crickets chirping 30 seconds after the final siren blows at a VFL/AFL Grand Final will be a first.
    I absolutely loathe the Giants. They are a plastic farce. But I loathe the AFL administration even more. Let the blood-sucking merchant bankers and captains of industry who have slowly but surely turned the VFL/AFL from a passionate sport into a soulless commercial endeavour (yes I'm looking at you Fitzpatrick, you @#$%face) bask in the golden view of all 8 genuine Giants supporters in the known universe revelling in victory while 99,950 seats stand empty around them in the colosseum that is footy's beating heart. Let them enjoy the electric atmosphere of 3 people throwing ticker tape and confetti at them as they enjoy their parade through the streets of Lakemba (ho ho, like that would happen) the following Monday.
    Reap what you have sown you venal, money-obsessed parasites.
    Agreement from me. Oh, a team that was allowed to play dirty from the beginning playing dirty years later! Who would have thought?

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnnieH View Post
    Yes, yes, yes, Ralph.
    Except for the go tigers bit. They should have finished 9th.
    It's an odd-numbered year. Richmond have never finished ninth in an odd-numbered year since admission to the VFL (2008, 2006, 2000, 1998, 1996, 1994, 1964, 1952, 1912, 1908). They did finish ninth once in the VFA in 1885 which was their first season.

    Quote Originally Posted by Jimitron5000 View Post
    GWS. Good for footy in Sydney which will have benefits for us as well.
    Same, for similar reasons. Two competitive clubs in Sydney is good for the game in Sydney.

    Richmond haven't lost a Grand Final since 1982. This is a longer drought for Grand Final losses than any other side except the Bulldogs (1961).
    "Unbelievable!" -- Nick Davis leaves his mark on the 2005 semi final

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    Quote Originally Posted by dejavoodoo44 View Post
    Richmond. I like the harem scarem, fast break footy that they play. And if the Giants win, there will probably be some sort of unhinged attack on the northern academies; which will end up hurting us as well.
    Deja your second point is why I’m reluctant to barrack for Gws - no doubt there will be retribution against the Giants (which will likely be ham fisted and extend to the swans) if they have the temerity to win a flag against one of the Victorian stalwarts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Industrial Fan View Post
    Deja your second point is why I’m reluctant to barrack for Gws - no doubt there will be retribution against the Giants (which will likely be ham fisted and extend to the swans) if they have the temerity to win a flag against one of the Victorian stalwarts.
    Don't worry, the AFL don't have it in them to hurt their Giants.

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