A.F.L Thread

[pasag]

Ah well. Well played by Collingwood in the end there.

 

[Matt79]

Tried to get on at 3/4 time but the site was running way too slow, for me at least.

Really good win by the boys in the end there, given they looked shagged by the third quarter without Pendles, and given how persistent Sydney always are. Kirk is an amazing player - wish he was a Pie. Someone was asking in here earlier in the week what the point of having a competitive ruckman was - Darren Jolly showed that tonight.

Thought we were gonners in the third quarter, but Didak got us home. Deadset love the bloke - moron off the field that he is. Presti did his normal sterling job - at least one of Bazza's goals was Leigh Brown's fault.

For a moment in the third, thought Barry Hall was going to make my night by finishing his career, and breaking Shannon Cox's face into four pieces. ****ing hate Cox, he's the worst player getting a regular game with us and tonight, when he wasn't comically falling over himself, whenever he did get a touch it seemed to hurt us more than Sydney.

They said they didn't think Pendlebury had done any structural damage, and he seemed to be up and about smiling after the siren, so hopefully he's only out for a couple of weeks.

Reckon we might be building to a big second half of the year. If we can get ourselves into a prelim, even against the Saints or Geelong, anything could be possible.

How good would that almost goal off the ground from the boundary have been if it had through!

 

[Matt79]

You can't challenge for a flag kicking around the boundary line, period.

Meh, we were a kick away from a grandfinal in 2007, and we're in the top four at the moment. We've as good a chance as anyone apart from Geelong and St Kilda, which is to say only a slim chance at this point.

 

[Jono]

Haha, Shannon Cox. Looks so overweight and unfit.

You know who had balls? Wellingham. Went up to Barry Hall (by himself) after he roughed up a Collingwood player, and flew the flag for the team. Was impressed.

 

[Matt79]

Yeah, big wrap for Wellingham. He's always shown glimpses, but he's slowly turning himself into a good AFL footballer.

As he'd want to after losing us a major sponsor (TAC).

 

[Redbacks]

Pies with a full 22 are top 4 material you would think.

Didak = forward line efficiency, when he plays well there aren't many better at setting up shots on goal, he gives great value to the I50 count.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Tough to pick the eight this year, even this late in the season. I think any of the Bulldogs, Collingwood, Brisbane and Adelaide can get the last two top four spots, and all of them will finish top six. The last two spots could go to any of four or five teams though. Wouldn't even write off Sydney yet.

My guess is probably Carlton and Hawthorn, but I wouldn't be surprised if a team like Port pulled it together towards the end of the year.

 

[Jono]

Geelong paying 3.50 to be undefeated in the regular home & away season. That's extraordinarily short for something that's never happened before in the history of the game (21-1 the best ever by Essendon in 2000 and Geelong in 2008 IIRC)

1.30 to not be undefeated, and 2.75 at this stage for their first loss to be against the Saints.

Would be amazing if they were to be 22-0.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Collingwood went 18-0 in 1929. Not a 22 game season obviously but they were undefeated.

Just looking at that season though, Richmond finished third and beat Collingwood by 10 goals in the second semi, and then Collingwood still went straight to the grand final instead of having to play the winner of the knockout semi the next week. Richmond played Carlton the next week in the Prelim and beat them, and then Collingwood again in the Grand Final, which Collingwood won.

Weird finals system.

 

[Ausage]

Ugh, that made me sick! That was our best chance at beating those damn pies and we pissed it away. Some **** calls by those dickheads with the whistle didn't help in the slightest either.

 

[Matt79]

Ugh, that made me sick! That was our best chance at beating those damn pies and we pissed it away. Some **** calls by those dickheads with the whistle didn't help in the slightest either.

There were some really bad calls each way tbh. The Cloke one has been a mark all day every day for years.

 

[Matt79]

Collingwood went 18-0 in 1929. Not a 22 game season obviously but they were undefeated.

Just looking at that season though, Richmond finished third and beat Collingwood by 10 goals in the second semi, and then Collingwood still went straight to the grand final instead of having to play the winner of the knockout semi the next week. Richmond played Carlton the next week in the Prelim and beat them, and then Collingwood again in the Grand Final, which Collingwood won.

Weird finals system.

Yeah, was a very strange system back then. Didn't Carlton go through undefeated in 95?

Edit: No, they went through 20-2, with losses to Sydney and St Kilda in rounds 8-9 respectively. Awesome team that year.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Fremantle vs. Geelong here today, and I think its fair to say that Fremantle have dominated the play. Both teams have been pretty inaccurate with their kicks and the score is pretty shallow at the moment.

A great kick from the young-looking Fremantle forward, Walters there. Left peg, read the wind well and curved it round between the sticks. 23 - 23, but the Dockers on top.

 

[Jono]

This reminds me of the 2008 match between Freo and Cats, where Geelong won by 1pt, with Pav hitting the post just before the siren.

If Geelong lose this would be so ****, need both Geelong and Saints to be undefeated for the rnd 14 clash (even though the Saints play my team next week).

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

****. I love this game, eh. Geelong just missing a few too many today. Just can't seem to find their man with the hand passes. Just not their usual game accuracy today. If Freo win this, I'll be delighted; even though it'll knock me out of Last Man Standing.

 

[cameeel]

[U][B][I]CW Tipping '09 - Round 12
[/I][/B][/U]
Simon - 71
Pasag - 70
James90 - 68
Sam_Vimes - 67
Jono - 67
SuperKD - 66  
Cameeel - 66
Alternative - 66 
Clapo - 66
Voltman - 65 
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BoyBrumby - 65
Sir B.I - 64
Ausage - 63
Howardj - 62
Heath DS - 61
MikeW - 59
NewZT - 58
DCYE - 57
Josh - 56
Vic_Orthodox - 53
Hoggy - 50

 

[NZTailender]

Essendon vs Carlton
Collingwood vs Fremantle
Adelaide vs Sydney
Brisbane vs Melbourne
West Coast vs Hawthorn
Geelong vs Port Adelaide
Kangaroos vs Footscray
St Kilda vs Richmond

 

[superkingdave]

Heard JB vs Cowro on Footy Classified was pretty good. Will see if I can watch it later

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Essendon vs Carlton
Collingwood vs Fremantle
Adelaide vs Sydney
Brisbane vs Melbourne
West Coast vs Hawthorn
Geelong vs Port Adelaide
Kangaroos vs Footscray
St Kilda vs Richmond

 

[mikeW]

ESS vs CARL massive game!!!