A.F.L. Thread II

[benchmark00]

This has all the makings of another heart breaker...

Proceed with caution, Jono.

 

[Jono]

ONE MORE QUARTER!

ONE!

Cotchin and Martin are so awesome in the wet.

I love wet weather footy.

Port too soft.

 

[Matt79]

So I guess the way the rest of the AFL feels about Geelong is the way the rest of the cricket world felt about Australia through the McGrath-Warne-Gilchrist-Hayden era?

Port-Richmond - it's like the special Olympics for the AFL.

 

[pasag]

So I guess the way the rest of the AFL feels about Geelong is the way the rest of the cricket world felt about Australia through the McGrath-Warne-Gilchrist-Hayden era?

Port-Richmond - it's like the special Olympics for the AFL.

Nah, like the Cats aside from Milburn.

Zimbabwe then Richmond, weird weekend of sport.

 

[Jono]

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Oh we're from Tigerland

 

[benchmark00]

Are they talking finals down at Punt Rd. now?

 

[Jono]

If every game is played in those conditions I wouldn't rule us out

 

[Matt79]

Lol Port. No self-respect whatsoever.

 

[mikeW]

Since when did Leroy Jetta become a good footballer? pleasantly surprised.

 

[Craig]

Daniel Rich keeping Brisbane in this.

 

[James90]

****. Turned up at The Gabba at around 6pm to find that it was sold out. Would have been a good game.

 

[pasag]

Collingwood is Fev's bunny.

Gibbs re-signing = orsm.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Now I know eff all about AFL. I try, but remain largely clueless.

Could anyone tell me why a team that seemed in reasonable nick like Carlton (hit Les, demand it) lose at home by 50 points to one that looked in dire straits? Seems faintly anomalous to the uneducated.

& now Richmond beating Port by 47 in Adelaide? Come on.

Betting scam, surely?

 

[Ausage]

& now Richmond beating Port by 47 in Adelaide? Come on.

Betting scam, surely?

Nah that's just how Port roll apparently.

 

[benchmark00]

& now Richmond beating Port by 47 in Adelaide? Come on.

Betting scam, surely?

See how interesting sport can be when you have a salary cap?

 

[BoyBrumby]

See how interesting sport can be when you have a salary cap?

Fair enough and all that, but if Casson's odds were accurate (and, given his chosen profession, I'd hope they weren't far off) Richmond were paying over $7. Even allowing for the cap, the weather and that only two results are realistically likely for them to smash Port seems a helluva turn up to the outsider.

 

[benchmark00]

Fair enough and all that, but if Casson's odds were accurate (and, given his chosen profession, I'd hope they weren't far off) Richmond were paying over $7. Even allowing for the cap, the weather and that only two results are realistically likely for them to smash Port seems a helluva turn up to the outsider.

Would suggest that $7 was always overs (didn't see the official odds ftr). Noone has ever won the week after playing in Darwin, that's not to say Richmond were anywhere near favourites, but when you couple that with the wet weather, and the fact that Port are pretenders, then it closes the gap a fair bit.

 

[Jono]

Brumby the odds changed the minute it was clear what the weather was going to be like.

No team will ever be $7 in those conditions.

Half way through the first quarter I got on Richmond, who were 1 goal up, paying $2.30. The odds closed huge the minute it was clear what the match was going to be like.

 

[Jono]

Seems like Collingwood enjoy giving up leads btw. Prone to giving away 3-5 unanswered goals at times.

Daniel Rich was awesome.

 

[Matt79]

****en Fevola...