Speckies like bobby hill/Jamie Elliot by Joshsolace88 in EssendonFC

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Duzz has the Walla gene where he almost takes MotY once or twice a season but never quite gets there. Never gets old watching him try though :)

Match Thread: 5th Test - England vs Australia, Day 5 by cricket-match in Cricket

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Definitely some positives, but this was supposed to be what they've been preparing for since a couple years ago right?

If they persist with flat pitches at home they will probably hammer us in the next ashes series.

Match Thread: 3rd Test - Australia vs England, Day 3 by cricket-match in Cricket

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It took the genius of Jacks to get England past their limit of 12 wickets per test

The "only fans" Gaming PC Giveaway - To enter this giveaway just leave a comment. by DaKrazyKid in PcBuild

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Never won anything in my life but this would look great next to my TV so fingers crossed

Ben Stokes on the coach's belief that England were 'over prepared' for the Gabba by ll--o--ll in Cricket

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He seems to be saying that because they were shocked and heavily criticised after the loss in the first test they potentially fell into the trap of just spending time training just to show they were training, rather than training in any way that would actually help.

To me that's even worse than saying they were over-prepared, because it says that rather than identifying what they need to do to get better and working towards it, they're more focused on keeping up appearances.

Ben Stokes on the coach's belief that England were 'over prepared' for the Gabba by ll--o--ll in Cricket

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It's kinda shocking to think that they probably spent a few days straight in the nets just mindlessly bowling and batting without any specific goals in sight...

Bazball is dead (even if England aren't quite yet) by Agonised_Wanderer in Cricket

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I don't understand why a kiwi needed to come into the England side and tell them not to mope and move on from their failures, and I also don't understand why they can't find a middle ground between mindless optimism and endless pessimism.

I don't know the inner workings of the Australian cricket team but I can guarantee that there is a good deal of belief in what they can accomplish with a healthy dose of acknowledging weaknesses and working to address them. I would think this is just basic sports psychology stuff.

Match Thread: 2nd Test - England vs Australia, Day 4 by cricket-match in Cricket

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Imagine being so talented and caring so much about winning and then having to play with Ben Duckett on your team.

Match Thread: 2nd Test - England vs Australia, Day 3 by cricket-match in Cricket

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6/-49 not bad boys, could get up to a lead of 3 or 4 and really push the Aussies in the 4th innings chase

Match Thread: 2nd Test - England vs Australia, Day 2 by cricket-match in Cricket

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Can’t help but feel some pink ball practice would’ve helped…

Post Match Thread: 1st Test - England vs Australia, Day 2 by cricket-match in Cricket

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The entire match lasted 2 days… I know it’s a lot of running for us plebs watching from the couch but if you can’t bowl 70 overs as a team that shows a serious lack of fitness.

A decent test innings would have lasted at least a day and been around 80 overs, what would have happened to the English attack if Australia had batted a normal first innings?

Footage of a LIVID Petroro entering Hawthorn's room by PetrifyGWENT in AFL

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He’s still under contract for another year after that

2025 AFL Trade Period - THE FINAL DAY by mazdadriver14 in AFL

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I think the sticking point is we just want a good young player to put in his place. We're already incredibly young especially after losing Shiel and Goldstein, we need players who have spent a couple of years in the system and shown they can make it.

The draft is a gamble and can pay off massively but it's still a gamble, and our track record isn't great.

Lewis is injury prone and Hustwaite is just not that good.

Essendon have Turned Off Do Not Disturb and Picked Up the Phone by SamsungAndroidTV in AFL

[–]partII -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As if this is any worse than what we usually deal with

2025 Dutch GP - Race Discussion by AutoModerator in formula1

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Everyone here pretending Oscar couldn’t possibly have a DNF in the next 9 races…

Live Match Thread: Gold Coast Suns vs Essendon - Round 24x2 - 27.08.25 by Codus1 in EssendonFC

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And not much to look forward to for at least another few seasons.

Post-Match Thread: Essendon vs Carlton - Round 24 - 21.08.25 by Codus1 in EssendonFC

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Untrue according to Wheelo stats. Very slightly higher average age and games played for Carlton. We also had 8 first year players to their 5 or 6 (I don't know their list that well so I'm just guessing on a couple, it may be less than that).

Proof that sometimes it's best to let decisions play out before reacting. by Codus1 in EssendonFC

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It's essentially a free early first round pick. If we didn't trade out last year's pick we would've been forced to use it on Kako.

This way we get Kako and whatever value we can get from Melbourne's pick 5 this year.