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AFL (Aussie Rules) 2011 |OT| Team Bonding, St. Kilda Style
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Ydahs said:
Matchups to come are important though:
Essendon have Port Adelaide and a bye.
St Kilda have North and Carlton.
Sydney have Geelong and Brisbane.
North have St Kilda and Richmond.
An Essendon win against Port (highly likely) will seal one spot.
St Kilda/North will open it right up: the loser will be done.
North must win both games.
St Kilda and Sydney need to win 1 game also.
I'm tipping the 3 teams will be Essendon, Sydney and North Melbourne. Not in that order necessarily though.
Big percentage changes could be decided by Ess/Port and Syd/Geelong. I reckon those two will end up 6th and 7th, so the margins in those games will determine if Sydney or Essendon host the final against each other.
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jambo said:
I'm a Geelong supporter and I think it'll be a lot tougher for us to get through than some are letting on.
I think Hawthorn will be a serious challenge and if we lose to them in the opening round then we can pretty much kiss our finals campaign goodbye. We'd eventually have to play Collingwood in the prelims and I don't see that being an easy task. We'll see how it goes in the last round.
I think it'll all depend on how the ladder falls and how the early games play out in the finals.
If Hawks beat us in the opener then I'd comfortably put them in the GF game. I don't see other teams beating them. They're a stronger side then Geelong is atm. Sure we thumped GC and Melb but we've struggled in a lot of games lately.
Baring an upset to Collingwood you'd have to put them in the GF also. I would love to see them get knocked out earlier.
I don't see West Coast being able to get past Hawthorn or Geelong in the prelims tbh. Stk, Syd, Ess I don't see really challenging. Though with the right games you never know. Nth could be the dark horse, I haven't seen them play much but they've played some decent footy against some good sides last month or two. Carl is an odd one. Not sure if they can beat Haw but against Geel it may be close.
My hope for the flag: Anyone but Collingwood.
I had the displeasure of going to the Carlton Hawthorn game on friday night hoping to see a great spectacle of two top 4 teams going toe to toe in front of a packed house. As an impartial supporter, I just wanted to see a great game.
boy was I disappointed.
What was on display was one of the worst games, skill wise, I have ever seen. Yes Franklin kicked 4 goals including a great running effort but he also shanked a few, and other than those 4 goals was largely anonymous for large parts of the game. The amount of clangers between the two teams was atrocious, as was the inept kicking for goal. I mean, almost 40 behinds for the two teams? Really?
Based on what I saw neither Collingwood nor Geelong should be fearful of those two. I think any other team would have absolutely thrashed either side on Friday night and the question was not who was the better team, but basically who sucked less. In the end, that was Hawthorn.
boy was I disappointed.
What was on display was one of the worst games, skill wise, I have ever seen. Yes Franklin kicked 4 goals including a great running effort but he also shanked a few, and other than those 4 goals was largely anonymous for large parts of the game. The amount of clangers between the two teams was atrocious, as was the inept kicking for goal. I mean, almost 40 behinds for the two teams? Really?
Based on what I saw neither Collingwood nor Geelong should be fearful of those two. I think any other team would have absolutely thrashed either side on Friday night and the question was not who was the better team, but basically who sucked less. In the end, that was Hawthorn.
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I only had a friend tell me about this game recently, but god it looks awesome.
Ben Hudson retires. I guess he realized the writing was on the wall once he was dropped by the stand in coach.
A bit of a surprise, since he was having a good year, averaging nearly 17 disposals and over 22 hit outs per game, well above his average last year which had him finish high in the best and fairest.
A bit of a surprise, since he was having a good year, averaging nearly 17 disposals and over 22 hit outs per game, well above his average last year which had him finish high in the best and fairest.
Friday August 26th
Fremantle vs. Collingwood @ Patersons Stadium
Saturday August 27th
Hawthorn vs. Western Bulldogs @ The MCG
Geelong vs. Sydney @ Skilled Stadium
St Kilda vs. North Melbourne @ Etihad Stadium
Brisbane vs. West Coast @ The Gabba
Sunday August 28th
Adelaide vs. Richmond @ AAMI Stadium
Melbourne vs. Gold Coast @ The MCG
Essendon vs. Port Adelaide @ Etihad Stadium
Bye
Carlton
Round 23 Teams
Fremantle vs. Collingwood @ Patersons Stadium
Saturday August 27th
Hawthorn vs. Western Bulldogs @ The MCG
Geelong vs. Sydney @ Skilled Stadium
St Kilda vs. North Melbourne @ Etihad Stadium
Brisbane vs. West Coast @ The Gabba
Sunday August 28th
Adelaide vs. Richmond @ AAMI Stadium
Melbourne vs. Gold Coast @ The MCG
Essendon vs. Port Adelaide @ Etihad Stadium
Bye
Carlton
Round 23 Teams
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Awfully quiet today. One massive upset and near upset.
The list of retirees continues, with Luke Power announcing he'll hang up the boots at the end of the season. Reckon he could have played on, but I guess it's time to let another young talent assume a key role in their midfield.
Also, Brendon Fevola kicked 10 in the VFL, 43 in the last 6 weeks. A chance? I reckon someone should pick him up. The guy's a sensational footballer and maybe he can turn his career around like both Ben Cousins and Barry Hall have.
The list of retirees continues, with Luke Power announcing he'll hang up the boots at the end of the season. Reckon he could have played on, but I guess it's time to let another young talent assume a key role in their midfield.
Also, Brendon Fevola kicked 10 in the VFL, 43 in the last 6 weeks. A chance? I reckon someone should pick him up. The guy's a sensational footballer and maybe he can turn his career around like both Ben Cousins and Barry Hall have.
Ydahs said:
I took a risk and picked Bris to beat Wce this week. Almost paid off for me. They had been playing some pretty competitive footy Brisbane. I was so excited when they were up 13 in the 2nd and Nth were up 20. Almost immediately I regretted gloating about the Nth score lol.
Man, I was so close. I think I've lost our home tipping comp cause of the Bris/Nth loss.
I was right about Geelong. I've been disappointed with how we've been playing lately prior to yesterday's loss. I think us winning so much despite some very poor displays has glossed over that. Not looking forward to next week if we play poorly again.
I don't want Fevola back. He's already had many chances to turn his life around. I don't feel his talent was ever in question.
And like any champion of the game, sad to see Luke Power hang up the boots.
Can start tipping on the finals now.
Collingwood vs West Coast
Geelong vs Hawthorn
Carlton vs Essendon
St Kilda vs Sydney
Only point of contention is whether St Kilda or Sydney will host the final, other than that the matchups are set.
I'm going all upsets:
West Coast, Hawthorn, St Kilda, Essendon.
Collingwood vs West Coast
Geelong vs Hawthorn
Carlton vs Essendon
St Kilda vs Sydney
Only point of contention is whether St Kilda or Sydney will host the final, other than that the matchups are set.
I'm going all upsets:
West Coast, Hawthorn, St Kilda, Essendon.
theb0xmIke
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Umpires gave us the rub of the green. Thats probably partly why we won. But tbh i don't think our players actually gave a toss about playing port and once they realised they were on the verge of losing they popped into gear.jambo said:
Port played very well though and if they played like that for most of this year they would not be on the bottom of the ladder.
Butcher will be a gun in a couple of years, really like the look of him! Treadea 2?
I really can't see West Coast beating Collingwood, but I can definitely see Hawthorn beating Geelong. A Collingwood vs. Hawthorn GF is a very real possibility in my mind.
Hopefully we can have a vastly improved season next year.
And I'm looking forward to seeing Butcher play at Adelaide Oval next weekend, hopefully he'll kick a tonne!
theb0xmIke said:
Hopefully we can have a vastly improved season next year.
And I'm looking forward to seeing Butcher play at Adelaide Oval next weekend, hopefully he'll kick a tonne!
Port were great last night. It's one of the few times all year they actually took the game on.
Does anyone want me to do the Finals tipping like we did last year? Was pretty successful and enough people ended up participating.
Saints losing will be an upset? I dunno, we're one of the in form teams of the competition at the moment.RandomVince said:
Does anyone want me to do the Finals tipping like we did last year? Was pretty successful and enough people ended up participating.
fisheyes said:
I was gutted lol. I don't even like Port either. Just think you guys deserved to win from how well you played. Plus I wanted to see the Essendon fans I know suffer from all the shit they talked about how the game would be a cakewalk. Port losing was my disappointment for the week.
I'm tipping Geelong to get knocked out without a win. Losses to Hawthorn then Saints.
I don't see anyone troubling Collingwood and Hawthorn making the GF.
I may change my mind depending on how Geelong play next week but I really don't see us being competitive at all. I think Collingwood will play to prove a point.
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