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Why everyone will slide in 2013

By on March 28, 2013 in Opinion, Team Previews

According to the punditry, everyone will do better in 2013. This rather extraordinary exercise in groupthink has occurred holistically but, basically, everyone seems to be suggesting this year is the most difficult to pick the eight finalists, how everyone is improved in 2012, all the while essentially picking the same final eight, the next four, [...]

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Brisbane to Complete South Australian Sweep

By on August 24, 2012 in Team Previews

WHERE AND WHEN: AAMI Stadium, Saturday August 25, 1.40pm Brisbane will be looking to make it two wins in a row against South Australian teams when they face Port Adelaide. The Lions pulled off the upset of the round last week defeating Adelaide at home. This was the second top 5 team they have beaten for the year which will [...]

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St Kilda 2012: The Thrill of the Unknown

By on March 2, 2012 in Opinion, Team Previews

Sometimes the greatest feeling of excitement is the one that accompanies having no earthly idea what is going to happen. It is a feeling that has disappeared from the standard range of emotions for St Kilda fans watching their team play over the last few years. While they have enjoyed a consistent performance and level [...]

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Great video preview of the Dockers 2012

By on February 13, 2012 in Team Previews

Seppo on BigFooty.com has cut together this ra-ra video preview by Sir David Attenborough. “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.”

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Collingwood Magpies 2012 Team Preview

By on February 13, 2012 in Team Previews

2011 Position: 2nd Win/Loss: 22/3 Percentage: 167.66% Ignoring the last game of the season, Collingwood had a wonderful season which saw them defeat all but one team. Unfortunately for the Pies, that team was the Geelong juggernaut which saw them fall agonisingly short of a back-to-back premiership. They won twenty of twenty two games, one [...]

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Geelong Cats 2012 Team Preview

By on February 13, 2012 in Team Previews

GEELONG CATS2011 Ladder Position: 2nd Win/Loss: 19/3 Percentage:157.38Coming off yet another Premiership Flag, Geelong will have to ensure the fitness and desire of their older brigade is at a premium if they are to finally go ‘back to back’.Heavily favored to slide after the loss of Gary Ablett to the Gold Coast Suns, the Cats [...]

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Hawthorn Hawks 2012 Season Preview

Hawthorn Hawks 2012 Season Preview

By on February 13, 2012 in Team Previews

2011 Stats Ladder Position: 3rd Win/Loss: 18/4 Percentage: 144.12% Hawthorn’s 2012 was bordering on elite, but in a competition with such cream at the top it becomes difficult to work out a winner. In the end, it took a battling, scrappy preliminary final and for Hawthorn to get run over in the final quarter to [...]

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West Coast Eagles

West Coast Eagles 2012 Season Preview

By on February 13, 2012 in Team Previews

WEST COAST EAGLES 2011 finish: 4th W/L: 17-5 Percentage: 130.32   Perhaps the only thing harder than achieving a meteoric rise up the ladder is backing it up the following year. Yet that’s what West Coast have in mind as they take on 2012 with a fit list and an attitude that anything, maybe even [...]

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Carlton Blues 2012 Season Preview

By on February 13, 2012 in Team Previews

Carlton Blues 2011 Ladder Position: 5th Win/Loss: 14/7 (1 Draw) Percentage: 130.88 After two consecutive Elimination Final exits in close encounters, Carlton finally managed to snare that elusive finals win in prolific fashion against rival Essendon. The win was the club’s first finals victory since 2001. Carlton emphatically responded to claims that their forward line [...]

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St Kilda Saints 2012 Season Preview

St Kilda Saints 2012 Season Preview

By on February 13, 2012 in Team Previews

2011 Stats Ladder Position: 6th Wins/Losses: 12/9 (1 Draw) Percentage: 112.76% 2011 was more a hangover for the Saints than anything else. After two seasons of coming so close to premierships, they started extremely slowly and were embroiled in questions of whether they were capable of challenging again. Their finals appearance saw them lose to [...]

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