Ok this year is going waaaaaayyy too quick for me round 18 already! Who would have thought! Anyway to this week's games.
North Melbourne vs Carlton (Etihad) Friday Night.
This game has great potential on so many levels. For one thing, it's Adam Simpson's last Game for North Melbourne and the Roos will play for him that's for sure. Second of all Carlton were shocking last week and they would want to avenge that performance. Thirdly, North haven't won a game in a while, and came so close against Richmond a couple of week's ago. At first I didn't know who to go for in this game and I'm still not sure that I have made the right decision. In this case I think that the Blues will win and play much better than last week, although that won't be hard and they will win by 15 points.
Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle (Etihad) Saturday.
Well Brad Johnson breaks the club record, what a champion, he has done so much for the club and the dogs will win for him. I can't see the Dockers getting up, even though they had a very much needed win last week. It's the Dogs by 86 points.
Geelong vs Adelaide (Skilled Stadium) Saturday.
I like what Neil Craig has done for the Crows especially in the last say three months, beforehand they couldn't get their game plan into gear. Now they have some good young players that are standing up and being noticed. Geelong has had a mixed year with injuries and will be without Matthew Scarlett and Harry Taylor but welcome back their captain Tom Harley and Steve Johnson. This one should be a close encounter. The Crows have proven that they should do well in the finals and the Cats are already there, it's just a matter of whether their injuries can hold up for the remainder of the year. For me Geelong's home ground advantage and the fact that Darren Milburn (250 Games) and Jimmy (hero) Bartel (150 games) will both have milestones are the reason why I'm tipping them to win by 32 points.
Sydney vs St Kilda (SCG) Saturday Night.
This game will kind of test St Kilda. Sydney have a good record at the SCG and that will give them some sort of edge you would think, even though they lost to Essendon a couple of week's ago there. They would be wanting to make up for that performance that's for sure. St Kilda now would definately be the premiership favourites and rightfully so winning 17 straight in an unbelievable performance. Sydney will show something here but the Saints will be too strong and win by 45 points.
Collingwood vs Brisbane (MCG) Saturday Night.
Hmm interesting game. Collingwood have signed Malthouse and Buckley, Simon Black is playing his 250th game. What a prospect! Collingwood showed that they are right within contention for a top four finish. Brisbane I believe are doing the same thing. If Collingwood can stop the supply to Brown then they will have no problems but for me Brisbane will need to stop the midfield of Collingwood running away with it. Last time these two teams played at the G, it was the Lions that won by a massive 96 points. But in this case, Collingwood will win by 13 points.
Melbourne vs Richmond (MCG) Sunday.
Some weeks ago this would have been such a hard game to tip, I think now it's only marginally better. Richmond are playing better football and to an extent Melbourne is too without getting the results. To me both sides have similar game plans. I am however going for Melbourne in an upset to win by 6 points.
Port Adelaide vs Hawthorn (AAMI Stadium) Sunday.
Another game that's a toss of the coin. Port coming off a 70 point drumming from Adelaide, Hawthorn narrowly losing to Geelong by 1 point. Hawthorn didn't play too badly wheras Port did. If Hawthorn can get it out of the midfield quickly to Franklin and/or Roughead then Hawthorn will be in for a show. Port however need to win the ball themselves to have a chance of winning. For me Hawthorn will win and win by 14 points because they need to be in the finals.
West Coast vs Essendon (Subiaco) Sunday.
Another interesting game. West Coast have a fairly young side in which to me there is some exciting tallent which will assist the Eagles in the longrun. Essendon are without some of their stars but have some other tallent in. Both teams match up well but I believe that Essendon will have a little more firepower to win this game by 23 points.
That's my preview for Round 18, let's see how many winners I get.
Catch ya!
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Thought of the week
In case you haven't heard Karmichael Hunt is going from NRL to AFL! Hmm interesting. We even have thugby players wanting to change over to our great code. This particular aspect has got me thinking about a couple of things....
First of all. How on earth was this kept a secret? Everything these days gets leaked to the media and I'm surprised that this hadn't been. Now the people in the media would have felt left out because they didn't get a scoop before it was officially announced! Poor things!
Secondly. It makes me think that if Hunt can change over to AFL and go to the Gold Coast then why can't Barry Hall make the transition to NRL? It would be doing like a straight swap really. He He.
And finally. Karmichael Hunt has realised years later that Aussie Rules football is the best code that's why he changed. Or maybe it was the lure of the new team and money!
Catch ya!
First of all. How on earth was this kept a secret? Everything these days gets leaked to the media and I'm surprised that this hadn't been. Now the people in the media would have felt left out because they didn't get a scoop before it was officially announced! Poor things!
Secondly. It makes me think that if Hunt can change over to AFL and go to the Gold Coast then why can't Barry Hall make the transition to NRL? It would be doing like a straight swap really. He He.
And finally. Karmichael Hunt has realised years later that Aussie Rules football is the best code that's why he changed. Or maybe it was the lure of the new team and money!
Catch ya!
Monday, July 27, 2009
After the weekend.
Um did anyone notice the weekend? Cos it just flew for me, like usual. Now it's Monday and lets have a look at the washup from the weekend's AFL games.
To Friday Night. Well. Either Collingwood were awesome or Carlton were dreadful. Personally I think it was a bit of both. This is a game that saw Collingwood run away by by 54 points. The fact that this margin was so much was due to the fact that Collingwood applied immense pressure from the onset, that and the fact that Carlton's inaccuracy with disposals and in front of goal cost them any chance of getting in the game. I went to this game and it was an interesting experience that's for sure, even though I don't support either club. Whoever threw that bottle and nearly hit me, Shame on you, Shame on you!!!!!!!Arsehole!!!!
To Saturday and wellllllllllllll what a game! I was expecting such intense feirceness from this game especially from Hawthorn which is what happened. Geelong came out of the blocks and I honestly thought that we may control this game, but then Hawthorn came back in the first quarter and I thought that we are going to have an arm wrestle on our hands. Then Hawthorn came out and controlled the game and it sort of reminded me of Last years grand final and going into the last quarter Hawthorn had controlled the game getting out to a 28 point lead 4 minutes into the last quarter. I remembered thinking that that was game over, Hawthorn were playing better than Geelong and it could end up being a blowout and kind of embarrasing. But really I don't know what happened. Oh yeah, we got three goals rather quickly and I thought oh my goodness we are going to make a game of this. And before you know it scores were level after one of the points from Jimmy Bartel, and after a miskick from Joel Corey it landed straight on the chest of Bartel who kicked a point to win the game. Basically people are saying that that was the best point he'll ever kick! Makes me think why couldn't they do this last September? It would have to be one of the games of the year and believe you me there has been some beauties! Basically it does make it hard for Hawthorn to get into the finals, they are going to have to win all or most games and rely on other teams and realistically you don't want to do that, it's doesn't always work out.
Next is the Derby over at Subiaco on Saturday arvo. From what I was told it was not much of a game, but what I saw was pretty good. There is a big rivalry between these two teams and it did show, that's probably why there were a lot of errors, the pressure was immense. Fremantle ran away winners by 5 points to make it five in row against the Eagles.
To Saturday night. Brisbane hosted North Melbourne at the Gabba. And for two and a half quarters North really took it up to Brisbane before the muscle power of Jonathan Brown who kicked eight goals put North away by 41 points.
To Etihad Stadium. St Kilda hosted Western Bulldogs in a game that people thought that there could be an upset in this one. But it wasn't to be and St Kilda proved why they are the top team and the premiership favourites running away by 45 points. All I can say is hand over the cup to St Kilda now and get it over and done with!
To Sunday. Melbourne hosted Sydney at Manaka Oval, one of those cash deals really. In this game the Demons stayed with the Swans for most of the game. But Sydney just ran away winners by 18 points. It really wasn't Sydney's best game and especially should have put Melbourne away but to Melbourne's credit they did play well and if they kicked straight would have caused an upset, but it wasn't to be.
To the MCG. Essendon hosted Richmond. Richmond came out of the blocks in a similar story to last week and I thought that the same thing could happen this week. And before getting out to a couple of goal lead late in the last quarter I thought maybe not. Then Essendon kicked a couple of goals and got it back to within a kick and I thought yes it's going to happen again. But Essendon ran out of time and Richmond ended up winning by 5 points in a much needed win. Man I'm so not happy with Richmond at the moment, I needed them to hang on last week!
To AAMI Stadium at the Showdown between Adelaide and Port Adelaide. Port Adelaide got the first couple of goals and I thought that this is going to be a good game. But pretty much Adelaide dominated the rest of the game, running away winners by 70 points in an awesome display. This win by Adelaide meant that Hawthorn are in a better position than what they were before Sunday to get into finals, interesting!
Well it had been an entertaining Rivalry round for many reasons. Can't wait to see what Round 18 brings!
Catch ya!
To Friday Night. Well. Either Collingwood were awesome or Carlton were dreadful. Personally I think it was a bit of both. This is a game that saw Collingwood run away by by 54 points. The fact that this margin was so much was due to the fact that Collingwood applied immense pressure from the onset, that and the fact that Carlton's inaccuracy with disposals and in front of goal cost them any chance of getting in the game. I went to this game and it was an interesting experience that's for sure, even though I don't support either club. Whoever threw that bottle and nearly hit me, Shame on you, Shame on you!!!!!!!Arsehole!!!!
To Saturday and wellllllllllllll what a game! I was expecting such intense feirceness from this game especially from Hawthorn which is what happened. Geelong came out of the blocks and I honestly thought that we may control this game, but then Hawthorn came back in the first quarter and I thought that we are going to have an arm wrestle on our hands. Then Hawthorn came out and controlled the game and it sort of reminded me of Last years grand final and going into the last quarter Hawthorn had controlled the game getting out to a 28 point lead 4 minutes into the last quarter. I remembered thinking that that was game over, Hawthorn were playing better than Geelong and it could end up being a blowout and kind of embarrasing. But really I don't know what happened. Oh yeah, we got three goals rather quickly and I thought oh my goodness we are going to make a game of this. And before you know it scores were level after one of the points from Jimmy Bartel, and after a miskick from Joel Corey it landed straight on the chest of Bartel who kicked a point to win the game. Basically people are saying that that was the best point he'll ever kick! Makes me think why couldn't they do this last September? It would have to be one of the games of the year and believe you me there has been some beauties! Basically it does make it hard for Hawthorn to get into the finals, they are going to have to win all or most games and rely on other teams and realistically you don't want to do that, it's doesn't always work out.
Next is the Derby over at Subiaco on Saturday arvo. From what I was told it was not much of a game, but what I saw was pretty good. There is a big rivalry between these two teams and it did show, that's probably why there were a lot of errors, the pressure was immense. Fremantle ran away winners by 5 points to make it five in row against the Eagles.
To Saturday night. Brisbane hosted North Melbourne at the Gabba. And for two and a half quarters North really took it up to Brisbane before the muscle power of Jonathan Brown who kicked eight goals put North away by 41 points.
To Etihad Stadium. St Kilda hosted Western Bulldogs in a game that people thought that there could be an upset in this one. But it wasn't to be and St Kilda proved why they are the top team and the premiership favourites running away by 45 points. All I can say is hand over the cup to St Kilda now and get it over and done with!
To Sunday. Melbourne hosted Sydney at Manaka Oval, one of those cash deals really. In this game the Demons stayed with the Swans for most of the game. But Sydney just ran away winners by 18 points. It really wasn't Sydney's best game and especially should have put Melbourne away but to Melbourne's credit they did play well and if they kicked straight would have caused an upset, but it wasn't to be.
To the MCG. Essendon hosted Richmond. Richmond came out of the blocks in a similar story to last week and I thought that the same thing could happen this week. And before getting out to a couple of goal lead late in the last quarter I thought maybe not. Then Essendon kicked a couple of goals and got it back to within a kick and I thought yes it's going to happen again. But Essendon ran out of time and Richmond ended up winning by 5 points in a much needed win. Man I'm so not happy with Richmond at the moment, I needed them to hang on last week!
To AAMI Stadium at the Showdown between Adelaide and Port Adelaide. Port Adelaide got the first couple of goals and I thought that this is going to be a good game. But pretty much Adelaide dominated the rest of the game, running away winners by 70 points in an awesome display. This win by Adelaide meant that Hawthorn are in a better position than what they were before Sunday to get into finals, interesting!
Well it had been an entertaining Rivalry round for many reasons. Can't wait to see what Round 18 brings!
Catch ya!
Friday, July 24, 2009
Round 17 Preview
Wow round 17 is upon us! Who would have thought! And this week it's rivalry round, and hasn't there been some beauties over the years!
Carlton vs Collingwood (MCG) Friday Night.
This game would have to be one of the biggest if not THE BIGGEST! These two teams traditionally hate eachother (almost as much as Victoria and South Australia) and they have games that prove it! Grand Finals, Brawls, fights you name it, Carlton and Collingwood have been through it. These two team do give out great games that we will remember for a long time. For instance what about the 1979 Grand Final. Was that out? I'm still undecided but a lot of Collingwood and Carlton supporters will argue that one forever! Ok to this game tonight, man who do you go for. Last time round it was Carlton getting the chocolates in a great performance from Chris Judd. But when you look at Collingwood's form of late, apart from the hickup last week, it's been really good. On paper these two have put out really good sides with the exception of Jarrod Waite (Carlton) and Josh Fraser (Collingwood) but both teams back this up well. In tonights game it will be the Pies getting the chocolates and winning by 24 points.
Geelong vs Hawthorn (MCG) Saturday.
Wow another tough game! These two teams have an extensive rivalry that takes them back to the 1960's. Playing in Grand Finals and in tough matches there is no love lost between these two sides. I think that the rivalry was twice fold in the last three or four matches that these two sides have played. Round 17 last year was a beauty with the Cats winning by 11 points. Then who could forget last years Grand Final (us Cats supporters are trying to) with the Hawks winning by 26 points. Then earlier this year the Cats winning by 8 points even though Franklin kicked 5 goals. This time round the year has been different for both sides. It's been up and down for Hawthorn with them finding some much needed form against Collingwood. Meanwhile for Geelong they dropped two games in a row and to me have lost momentum even though they won against Melbourne last week. This game will test where both sides are at. Hawthorn need it for any chance at playing finals and Geelong need it to say that Hawthorn definately did get arsey last Grand Final day. Whatever the result is it's going to have an important bearing on the eight. I did say at the start of the year that whoever wins round 1 will lose round 17 and that means I must tip Hawthorn. However during the week the Geelong Cheersquad lost one of its own Chanelle Rae, Rest in peace dear girl! And maybe that will have a bearing on the result. Tough one to tip, Hawthorn just by 7 points.
Fremantle vs West Coast (Subiaco) Saturday.
Ah the Western Australian Derby! These things are so interesting to watch! There has been a lot of feeling in this game over the years and I reckon this one will be no acception! West Coast are positioned better than the 16th place Dockers who are in the need of a win. Fremantle played at home in the wet last week while the Eagles played a tough game at AAMI Stadium. Both teams will need really good preparation for this game. Freo will welcome back Matthew Pavlic which if he fires against Darren Glass then Fremantle will be in for a good show. But if West Coast can play with heart then it's game on. The most interesting factor is that the Dockers have won the last four games and will make it five, winning by 14 points.
Brisbane vs North Melbourne (GABBA) Saturday night.
I am looking forward to this game. It's not going to be a landslide like people think, I personally think that this game will have a lot of bite in it. Brisbane coming off a gruelling match in Western Australia and losing Bradshaw and Brennan and North Melbourne coming off a draw which they nearly snatched from the jaws of defeat! Both factors could come into play but I do believe that the home ground advantage will be the deciding factor and Brisbane will win by 38 points.
St Kilda vs Western Bulldogs (Etihad) Saturday Night.
Wow another tough game! St Kilda are 16 and nothing, what a record! Western Bulldogs however have some really good form coming into this game. I love the rivalry between these two sides, they have provided us with some awesome duels over the years. St Kilda have Koschitzke and Dawson out which will cause a minor hickup, but I reckon they will cover because they have the depth to back it up. If the Dogs can exploit this and match up really well then they can cause an upset. Again I think that this game should be won in the midfield and if the Dogs can stop the supply going into the St Kilda forwardline then it should be an interesting game. I do believe the it's Nick Reiwoldt that will be the key and if the Dogs can't stop him then they won't stop St Kilda. I don't think they will, the Saints will win by 10 points.
Melbourne vs Sydney (Manuka Oval) Sunday.
Hmm. This game has interesting potential in it. The whole tanking debate has reared it's ugly head again and someone has suggested that Melbourne are doing it with the players they have out like Grimes, Robertson, McLean, Jamar but you know I think that they are just genuine injuries. It will be intesting to see how the young players go of Melbourne as I thought that they played not too badly last week. Sydney on the otherhand have come off a ten goal loss to Carlton a side that hasn't beaten them since 2000 and will be looking at making emmends. I personally think they will and will win by 32 points.
Essendon vs Richmond (MCG) Sunday.
The Kevin Sheedy cup LOL! These two have great rivalries going back a long time! Even though Essendon won the last game earlier on in the year, Richmond had won the last four. What a game this turns out to be! Last week the Bombers went down to a very good Western Bulldogs team by 33 points and Richmond had that famous draw after leading by 42 points at half time (they should have won, cost me eight right damn Tiges!) so it does play out to be a good match. In this case I am going to tip Essendon to win by 56 points.
Adelaide vs Port Adelaide (AAMI Stadium) Sunday.
Ah the Showdown! Speaking of two teams hating eachother! This goes further than you can imagine! I had spoken to a Port Supporter and asked her whether the rivalry was as fierce as they say it is and she said DEFINATELY! I would say that the Adelaide supporters would have felt that Port was invading when they came into the competition. Another thing was that I had heard that the Port Adelaide supporters were known as the blue collar workers and Adelaide Tie and shirt, that's what I heard anyway. Either way you look at it, these two teams put on a great show whenever they play! The last one had Port Winning well but now Adelaide have strung together some great form. Between these two sides I would say that along with the Carlton Collingwood matches would have to have produced as big rivalry. I am going to tip Adelaide in this game to even up the stakes in the year by 16 points.
Well that's my tips for rivalry round. I'm hoping I don't get eight right this week I don't want Hawthorn to win. Knowing my luck it probably would happen this round. We'll see what happens!
Catch ya!
Carlton vs Collingwood (MCG) Friday Night.
This game would have to be one of the biggest if not THE BIGGEST! These two teams traditionally hate eachother (almost as much as Victoria and South Australia) and they have games that prove it! Grand Finals, Brawls, fights you name it, Carlton and Collingwood have been through it. These two team do give out great games that we will remember for a long time. For instance what about the 1979 Grand Final. Was that out? I'm still undecided but a lot of Collingwood and Carlton supporters will argue that one forever! Ok to this game tonight, man who do you go for. Last time round it was Carlton getting the chocolates in a great performance from Chris Judd. But when you look at Collingwood's form of late, apart from the hickup last week, it's been really good. On paper these two have put out really good sides with the exception of Jarrod Waite (Carlton) and Josh Fraser (Collingwood) but both teams back this up well. In tonights game it will be the Pies getting the chocolates and winning by 24 points.
Geelong vs Hawthorn (MCG) Saturday.
Wow another tough game! These two teams have an extensive rivalry that takes them back to the 1960's. Playing in Grand Finals and in tough matches there is no love lost between these two sides. I think that the rivalry was twice fold in the last three or four matches that these two sides have played. Round 17 last year was a beauty with the Cats winning by 11 points. Then who could forget last years Grand Final (us Cats supporters are trying to) with the Hawks winning by 26 points. Then earlier this year the Cats winning by 8 points even though Franklin kicked 5 goals. This time round the year has been different for both sides. It's been up and down for Hawthorn with them finding some much needed form against Collingwood. Meanwhile for Geelong they dropped two games in a row and to me have lost momentum even though they won against Melbourne last week. This game will test where both sides are at. Hawthorn need it for any chance at playing finals and Geelong need it to say that Hawthorn definately did get arsey last Grand Final day. Whatever the result is it's going to have an important bearing on the eight. I did say at the start of the year that whoever wins round 1 will lose round 17 and that means I must tip Hawthorn. However during the week the Geelong Cheersquad lost one of its own Chanelle Rae, Rest in peace dear girl! And maybe that will have a bearing on the result. Tough one to tip, Hawthorn just by 7 points.
Fremantle vs West Coast (Subiaco) Saturday.
Ah the Western Australian Derby! These things are so interesting to watch! There has been a lot of feeling in this game over the years and I reckon this one will be no acception! West Coast are positioned better than the 16th place Dockers who are in the need of a win. Fremantle played at home in the wet last week while the Eagles played a tough game at AAMI Stadium. Both teams will need really good preparation for this game. Freo will welcome back Matthew Pavlic which if he fires against Darren Glass then Fremantle will be in for a good show. But if West Coast can play with heart then it's game on. The most interesting factor is that the Dockers have won the last four games and will make it five, winning by 14 points.
Brisbane vs North Melbourne (GABBA) Saturday night.
I am looking forward to this game. It's not going to be a landslide like people think, I personally think that this game will have a lot of bite in it. Brisbane coming off a gruelling match in Western Australia and losing Bradshaw and Brennan and North Melbourne coming off a draw which they nearly snatched from the jaws of defeat! Both factors could come into play but I do believe that the home ground advantage will be the deciding factor and Brisbane will win by 38 points.
St Kilda vs Western Bulldogs (Etihad) Saturday Night.
Wow another tough game! St Kilda are 16 and nothing, what a record! Western Bulldogs however have some really good form coming into this game. I love the rivalry between these two sides, they have provided us with some awesome duels over the years. St Kilda have Koschitzke and Dawson out which will cause a minor hickup, but I reckon they will cover because they have the depth to back it up. If the Dogs can exploit this and match up really well then they can cause an upset. Again I think that this game should be won in the midfield and if the Dogs can stop the supply going into the St Kilda forwardline then it should be an interesting game. I do believe the it's Nick Reiwoldt that will be the key and if the Dogs can't stop him then they won't stop St Kilda. I don't think they will, the Saints will win by 10 points.
Melbourne vs Sydney (Manuka Oval) Sunday.
Hmm. This game has interesting potential in it. The whole tanking debate has reared it's ugly head again and someone has suggested that Melbourne are doing it with the players they have out like Grimes, Robertson, McLean, Jamar but you know I think that they are just genuine injuries. It will be intesting to see how the young players go of Melbourne as I thought that they played not too badly last week. Sydney on the otherhand have come off a ten goal loss to Carlton a side that hasn't beaten them since 2000 and will be looking at making emmends. I personally think they will and will win by 32 points.
Essendon vs Richmond (MCG) Sunday.
The Kevin Sheedy cup LOL! These two have great rivalries going back a long time! Even though Essendon won the last game earlier on in the year, Richmond had won the last four. What a game this turns out to be! Last week the Bombers went down to a very good Western Bulldogs team by 33 points and Richmond had that famous draw after leading by 42 points at half time (they should have won, cost me eight right damn Tiges!) so it does play out to be a good match. In this case I am going to tip Essendon to win by 56 points.
Adelaide vs Port Adelaide (AAMI Stadium) Sunday.
Ah the Showdown! Speaking of two teams hating eachother! This goes further than you can imagine! I had spoken to a Port Supporter and asked her whether the rivalry was as fierce as they say it is and she said DEFINATELY! I would say that the Adelaide supporters would have felt that Port was invading when they came into the competition. Another thing was that I had heard that the Port Adelaide supporters were known as the blue collar workers and Adelaide Tie and shirt, that's what I heard anyway. Either way you look at it, these two teams put on a great show whenever they play! The last one had Port Winning well but now Adelaide have strung together some great form. Between these two sides I would say that along with the Carlton Collingwood matches would have to have produced as big rivalry. I am going to tip Adelaide in this game to even up the stakes in the year by 16 points.
Well that's my tips for rivalry round. I'm hoping I don't get eight right this week I don't want Hawthorn to win. Knowing my luck it probably would happen this round. We'll see what happens!
Catch ya!
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
After the weekend.
Well. Round 16 came and flew by so quickly I think I missed it?! What a weekend for footy that's all I got to say, it saw us our first draw and hoodoos that got broken!
To Friday night and this saw Essendon host Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium. In the first half Essendon played some really good football and took it up to the dogs. But after half time the Western Bulldogs proved that they are a professional outfit and went on to win by 33 points. Give it time Bomber fans, these boys are going to be good but right now they are improving at a rapid rate which would be exciting to see!
To Saturday and Carlton hosted Sydney at Etihad Stadium. This for the first quarter had a real close game brewing and you didn't know which way it was going to go! There was some game changing moments. For me when Fischer tackled Ted Richards I thought that Carlton were going to get the upperhand and they did and ran away winners by 61 points and finally Carlton beat Sydney, the first time since 2000 and the hoodoo was broken! Fevola kicked five a nice follow up to his nine from the last week. If he can do that against Collingwood this week then they are going to be in with a good chance of winning!
In the other game Saturday arvo, Geelong hosted Melbourne at Skilled Stadium. From the start Geelong controlled the game outscoring the Dees 7 goals to none in the first quarter and I honestly thought that this was going to be a long match for Melbourne. But to their credit they didn't give up and continued to try and make inroads only going down by 46 points (I had Geelong by 45 points not bad) it could have been more.
To Saturday night. Collingwood hosted Hawthorn at the MCG. To be honest I was looking forward to this game as Collingwood are one of the in form sides at late and Hawthorn you never know what's going to happen with them. Well it was the Hawthorn of 08 and not 09 that came out on Saturday night and they played like the team that won them the premiership (mind you I still say Geelong lost it) last year, the brutal and brilliant with Buddy Franklin (why is he called that? Can anyone let me know?) kicked five on the way to a Hawthorn win, winning by 45 points.
In the other game. Fremantle hosted Brisbane at a rain sopped Subiaco, yeah I know it was unusual to me too. It was a tough match for both sides but it the arm wrestle Brisbane were too strong winning by 15 points.
To Sunday. Port Adelaide hosted West Coast at AAMI Stadium. Port came out like they should have and blew the Eagles away in the first half. But again to the Eagles credit they came back and made it a much better scoreline only going down by 36 points. This gives Port a chance of making the eight but in my book they have a lot to do before they can have a chance of making an impact in September.
To the MCG. Richmond hosted North Melbourne. Richmond came out firing and at half time they lead by 42 points and I thought maybe just maybe they would have a chance at another win. But it wasn't to be North Melbourne coming back and hitting the front in the last quarter. Then a last minute goal brought back the scores to being level and that's how they remained. Money could not split this game and so couldn't the result, this game ended up being a draw. It was an exciting game but really Richmond should have won this game and have only themselves to blame as chances went beckoning!
To the last game of the round. St Kilda hosted Adelaide which was toughted up to be another match of the round. But it wasn't to be, St Kilda came out and controlled the game, showing that they should be Premiership favourites, I believe it's only a formality might as well give them the cup now! The Saints running away to win by 52 points!
So.....when you look at my tips from before the weekend, it meant that I got 7 right. It was the draw that let me down! I would have much rather North had got up, it's painful when you miss out by a draw! Peoples I haven't got 8 right since 2006 and it's a drought that I am looking at breaking this year! I have got 7 plenty of times! Hey I even won a tipping competition in 2007 and I didn't get 8. The fact that Richmond were ahead and were playing like they had a chance of winning was the bit that disappointed me the most! If they had have lost then that would have warranted them letting North Melbourne back into the game! Well you know what they say, there is always next week and I will continue to aim to get 8 right. I am well behind in the tipping but 8 would have helped, if I can get one before the end of the year then I will be wrapped! Let's see what happens next week!
Catch ya!
To Friday night and this saw Essendon host Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium. In the first half Essendon played some really good football and took it up to the dogs. But after half time the Western Bulldogs proved that they are a professional outfit and went on to win by 33 points. Give it time Bomber fans, these boys are going to be good but right now they are improving at a rapid rate which would be exciting to see!
To Saturday and Carlton hosted Sydney at Etihad Stadium. This for the first quarter had a real close game brewing and you didn't know which way it was going to go! There was some game changing moments. For me when Fischer tackled Ted Richards I thought that Carlton were going to get the upperhand and they did and ran away winners by 61 points and finally Carlton beat Sydney, the first time since 2000 and the hoodoo was broken! Fevola kicked five a nice follow up to his nine from the last week. If he can do that against Collingwood this week then they are going to be in with a good chance of winning!
In the other game Saturday arvo, Geelong hosted Melbourne at Skilled Stadium. From the start Geelong controlled the game outscoring the Dees 7 goals to none in the first quarter and I honestly thought that this was going to be a long match for Melbourne. But to their credit they didn't give up and continued to try and make inroads only going down by 46 points (I had Geelong by 45 points not bad) it could have been more.
To Saturday night. Collingwood hosted Hawthorn at the MCG. To be honest I was looking forward to this game as Collingwood are one of the in form sides at late and Hawthorn you never know what's going to happen with them. Well it was the Hawthorn of 08 and not 09 that came out on Saturday night and they played like the team that won them the premiership (mind you I still say Geelong lost it) last year, the brutal and brilliant with Buddy Franklin (why is he called that? Can anyone let me know?) kicked five on the way to a Hawthorn win, winning by 45 points.
In the other game. Fremantle hosted Brisbane at a rain sopped Subiaco, yeah I know it was unusual to me too. It was a tough match for both sides but it the arm wrestle Brisbane were too strong winning by 15 points.
To Sunday. Port Adelaide hosted West Coast at AAMI Stadium. Port came out like they should have and blew the Eagles away in the first half. But again to the Eagles credit they came back and made it a much better scoreline only going down by 36 points. This gives Port a chance of making the eight but in my book they have a lot to do before they can have a chance of making an impact in September.
To the MCG. Richmond hosted North Melbourne. Richmond came out firing and at half time they lead by 42 points and I thought maybe just maybe they would have a chance at another win. But it wasn't to be North Melbourne coming back and hitting the front in the last quarter. Then a last minute goal brought back the scores to being level and that's how they remained. Money could not split this game and so couldn't the result, this game ended up being a draw. It was an exciting game but really Richmond should have won this game and have only themselves to blame as chances went beckoning!
To the last game of the round. St Kilda hosted Adelaide which was toughted up to be another match of the round. But it wasn't to be, St Kilda came out and controlled the game, showing that they should be Premiership favourites, I believe it's only a formality might as well give them the cup now! The Saints running away to win by 52 points!
So.....when you look at my tips from before the weekend, it meant that I got 7 right. It was the draw that let me down! I would have much rather North had got up, it's painful when you miss out by a draw! Peoples I haven't got 8 right since 2006 and it's a drought that I am looking at breaking this year! I have got 7 plenty of times! Hey I even won a tipping competition in 2007 and I didn't get 8. The fact that Richmond were ahead and were playing like they had a chance of winning was the bit that disappointed me the most! If they had have lost then that would have warranted them letting North Melbourne back into the game! Well you know what they say, there is always next week and I will continue to aim to get 8 right. I am well behind in the tipping but 8 would have helped, if I can get one before the end of the year then I will be wrapped! Let's see what happens next week!
Catch ya!
Friday, July 17, 2009
Round 16 Preview
Man another week has flown where has it gone! Here are my tips for round 16.
Essendon vs Western Bulldogs (Etihad) Friday Night.
Well after the two contrasts in results for these two sides, it would be fair to say that this game's going to be a beauty! First of all the Dogs narrowly falling short to the Pies by a point and Essendon beating Sydney (told ya) by 35 points in Sydney. Realistically there are not much between these two sides in terms of strenghts, but at the moment I would say the Dogs have more bite (ha ha geddit?) than the Dons, But watch out in the future these Essendon boys are going to be a good side. However in tonights game, I am tipping Western Bulldogs to win by 15 points.
Carlton vs Sydney (Etihad) Saturday.
Another good game this shapes up to be. The Blues haven't beaten Sydney for quite some time. Last time they played there wasn't much in it, however it would have been interesting had Carlton kicked straight. Looking forward to this match. Fev got a much needed nine goals in a wonderful display and I was there to watch the match and that goal...wow! However I believe that if any time that Carlton are going to break the hoodoo it would be this round, The Blues will win by 23 points.
Geelong vs Melbourne (Skilled Stadium) Saturday.
You know it's been a little while since the Cats played at Skilled and they love playing there. Interesting as I said last week the fact that Geelong have lost the last two and Melbourne have won the last two. Very good football from the Dees to beat pretty good (not fantastic) sides and they are going to need their best if they are going to win against Geelong. Geelong are boosted with some quality players going back into their side but are still missing Steve Johnson (come back soon I need you in my team). For me Geelong should win by 45 points.
Collingwood vs Hawthorn (MCG) Saturday night.
This was a tough game to pick for me surprisingly. Collingwood are on a roll, Hawthorn just scrapped through to win last week against North Melbourne. Hawthorn are in need of winning games to have any chance of finals action, Collingwood will definately be there. It's hard to go past Collingwood but if any team is going to beat them it will be a unpredictable Hawthorn side and that is why I'm picking them to win by 5 points.
Fremantle vs Brisbane (Subiaco) Saturday night.
Hmm. Freo are having a horror year! Brisbane however have surprised me. If Freo are ever going to win another match it has to be this week. However Brisbane coming off a valuable win against Geelong (which I still would be cheated if I was Michael Voss that I didn't play a full strengh Geelong side and win) and that would have given them much excitement. And that excitement will shine through and they will win by 21 points.
Port Adelaide vs West Coast (AAMI Stadium) Sunday.
It's been an interesting year for these two sides. Port Lost to Melbourne (definately a game that they should have won) and West Coast weren't disgraced at home against St Kilda. West Coast haven't won against Port at AAMI for a while and I think that will continue a little bit more. Port Adelaide to win by 38 points.
Richmond vs North Melbourne (MCG) Sunday.
Help! I don't know who to go for here! That is the question that I reckon a lot of people would be asking I reckon. This shapes up to be a really good game. The battle of the Caretakers that's what I'm going to call it. Weighing up the odds and the form of both sides there is nothing much in it. But my deciding factor is the question of whether or not the weather of Tassie last week had a bearing of how North performs this week and that is why I will Tip Richmond to win by 10 points.
St Kilda vs Adelaide (Etihad Stadium) Sunday.
Well this shapes up to be a good match. Both teams are in form, St Kilda all year and Adelaide in the last 8 weeks, so this to me is match of the round, although there are a few games that can try to claim equal stake. The question is going to be where the forwardlines are, who is going to fire and which midfield is going to be the best on the day, keeping in mind Tyson Edwards (another Brownlow fancy) is out. For that reason I will tip St Kilda by 18 points.
Well that's my tips, let's see how I go!
Catch ya!
Essendon vs Western Bulldogs (Etihad) Friday Night.
Well after the two contrasts in results for these two sides, it would be fair to say that this game's going to be a beauty! First of all the Dogs narrowly falling short to the Pies by a point and Essendon beating Sydney (told ya) by 35 points in Sydney. Realistically there are not much between these two sides in terms of strenghts, but at the moment I would say the Dogs have more bite (ha ha geddit?) than the Dons, But watch out in the future these Essendon boys are going to be a good side. However in tonights game, I am tipping Western Bulldogs to win by 15 points.
Carlton vs Sydney (Etihad) Saturday.
Another good game this shapes up to be. The Blues haven't beaten Sydney for quite some time. Last time they played there wasn't much in it, however it would have been interesting had Carlton kicked straight. Looking forward to this match. Fev got a much needed nine goals in a wonderful display and I was there to watch the match and that goal...wow! However I believe that if any time that Carlton are going to break the hoodoo it would be this round, The Blues will win by 23 points.
Geelong vs Melbourne (Skilled Stadium) Saturday.
You know it's been a little while since the Cats played at Skilled and they love playing there. Interesting as I said last week the fact that Geelong have lost the last two and Melbourne have won the last two. Very good football from the Dees to beat pretty good (not fantastic) sides and they are going to need their best if they are going to win against Geelong. Geelong are boosted with some quality players going back into their side but are still missing Steve Johnson (come back soon I need you in my team). For me Geelong should win by 45 points.
Collingwood vs Hawthorn (MCG) Saturday night.
This was a tough game to pick for me surprisingly. Collingwood are on a roll, Hawthorn just scrapped through to win last week against North Melbourne. Hawthorn are in need of winning games to have any chance of finals action, Collingwood will definately be there. It's hard to go past Collingwood but if any team is going to beat them it will be a unpredictable Hawthorn side and that is why I'm picking them to win by 5 points.
Fremantle vs Brisbane (Subiaco) Saturday night.
Hmm. Freo are having a horror year! Brisbane however have surprised me. If Freo are ever going to win another match it has to be this week. However Brisbane coming off a valuable win against Geelong (which I still would be cheated if I was Michael Voss that I didn't play a full strengh Geelong side and win) and that would have given them much excitement. And that excitement will shine through and they will win by 21 points.
Port Adelaide vs West Coast (AAMI Stadium) Sunday.
It's been an interesting year for these two sides. Port Lost to Melbourne (definately a game that they should have won) and West Coast weren't disgraced at home against St Kilda. West Coast haven't won against Port at AAMI for a while and I think that will continue a little bit more. Port Adelaide to win by 38 points.
Richmond vs North Melbourne (MCG) Sunday.
Help! I don't know who to go for here! That is the question that I reckon a lot of people would be asking I reckon. This shapes up to be a really good game. The battle of the Caretakers that's what I'm going to call it. Weighing up the odds and the form of both sides there is nothing much in it. But my deciding factor is the question of whether or not the weather of Tassie last week had a bearing of how North performs this week and that is why I will Tip Richmond to win by 10 points.
St Kilda vs Adelaide (Etihad Stadium) Sunday.
Well this shapes up to be a good match. Both teams are in form, St Kilda all year and Adelaide in the last 8 weeks, so this to me is match of the round, although there are a few games that can try to claim equal stake. The question is going to be where the forwardlines are, who is going to fire and which midfield is going to be the best on the day, keeping in mind Tyson Edwards (another Brownlow fancy) is out. For that reason I will tip St Kilda by 18 points.
Well that's my tips, let's see how I go!
Catch ya!
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Ponderings of the AFL
Ok here are some things that are on my mind and I'm going to make a comment about.
First of all. What is the issue with these coaches not signing. Mark Williams puzzles me. For a start Port Adelaide have come out and said that they are going to re-sign him and now there are a delay with the details of that contract. We all know he's going to sign it's just a matter of how long and how much for. Then there is Mick Malthouse. Hello!? He wants to coach and here's another thing is that he doing good things with Collingwood. What more do you want? Get the signings done, that way you can truly make a charge especially at Collingwood and to a degree at Port Adelaide.
Secondly. The tanking issue has reaped it's ugly head again! Guess what AFL?! If you don't like teams doing it, then change the rule! Simple! The debate of To tank or not to tank seems to be a question that has been asked on many footy shows. To me while there are loop holes in the system then teams are going to exploit it. To me Melbourne are trying to win games, and that's to their credit and they probably would win maybe another game or two before the end of the year, to me that would excite Demons supporters. Although they are saying that the potential number one pick Tom Scully is a ready made player and worth tanking for. I don't know how many games Melbourne would potentially win but I think they would be alright to pick him up even if they try to win games. Back in 2007 Carlton were known to tank in order to get Matthew Kruezer and rightfully so, he had one of his best games on the weekend. There were a lot of people saying how dare they and if Melbourne did the same thing then the same reaction would be immenent. In my opinion if you can win games, try because that's the building blocks for the future with the confidence of the young and experienced players at the club. If you don't, then at least you can get a valuable draft pick.
First of all. What is the issue with these coaches not signing. Mark Williams puzzles me. For a start Port Adelaide have come out and said that they are going to re-sign him and now there are a delay with the details of that contract. We all know he's going to sign it's just a matter of how long and how much for. Then there is Mick Malthouse. Hello!? He wants to coach and here's another thing is that he doing good things with Collingwood. What more do you want? Get the signings done, that way you can truly make a charge especially at Collingwood and to a degree at Port Adelaide.
Secondly. The tanking issue has reaped it's ugly head again! Guess what AFL?! If you don't like teams doing it, then change the rule! Simple! The debate of To tank or not to tank seems to be a question that has been asked on many footy shows. To me while there are loop holes in the system then teams are going to exploit it. To me Melbourne are trying to win games, and that's to their credit and they probably would win maybe another game or two before the end of the year, to me that would excite Demons supporters. Although they are saying that the potential number one pick Tom Scully is a ready made player and worth tanking for. I don't know how many games Melbourne would potentially win but I think they would be alright to pick him up even if they try to win games. Back in 2007 Carlton were known to tank in order to get Matthew Kruezer and rightfully so, he had one of his best games on the weekend. There were a lot of people saying how dare they and if Melbourne did the same thing then the same reaction would be immenent. In my opinion if you can win games, try because that's the building blocks for the future with the confidence of the young and experienced players at the club. If you don't, then at least you can get a valuable draft pick.
After the weekend.
Man. Round 15 just came and went like that! There was some good games and well not so entertaining games. Interesting times ahead for the AFL.
To Friday Night. And I would have to say that it was such an entertaining game. I had the Dogs winning by 12 points. I knew that it would be close either side and in the back of my mind I was thinking that I wouldn't be too surprised if the Pies got up. Western Bulldogs and Collingwood games over the last couple of years have always been entertaining to watch and this one was no acception. Going into the last quarter I thought that Collingwood had the game won and thought they would go on and maybe get some percentage. But I believe that the Dogs have really proven that they are getting some form at the right time and made a charge for the finish line only to fall short by 1 measly point! I know what that feels like. The good thing about this game is it gave an opportunity to see where both teams were and in my oppinion they will take up 3rd and 4th spots.
To Saturday. Sydney hosted Essendon. A lot of people had Sydney pencilled in to win this one mainly because of the emotional farewell build up of Barry Hall who left the club during the week. But I think that Essendon played I reckon the best game all year. Some people would disagree with me saying that their win over Carlton just recently was the best, but they've won the last few encounters against Carlton so to me that doesn't count. But up at the SCG where they don't have the best record of late, the young players pulled together and come up trumps to win by 35 points.
At the MCG. Carlton hosted Richmond in what was a interesting prospect that this game could go either way. And it would of but there was one deciding factor Brendan Fevola. Yes his nine goal haul was truly remarkable. This guy had been up and down (mainly down) of late and this is something that he needed for himself and for the footy club. And that over the head soccer goal (mind you he was being held and it could have been a free kick) would be in the top three for goal of the year (I'm biased I like Gary Ablett's against Brisbane) but those two would be the front runners. There were other stand out performances from the likes of Chris Judd and Marc Murphy.
To Saturday Night. Brisbane hosted a rather depleated Geelong side. Missing from the Geelong side was Kelly, Ling, Milburn and Scarlett (as named on Thursday night) and Gary Ablett and Varcoe as named on Friday, then there was Mackie who was a late withdrawl. Without that experience Brisbane was able to control that game and win by 43 points. In my book, with the players out that Geelong had, if Brisbane didn't win by at least 40 points then they wouldn't be deserving of getting into the 8 this year, that just proves that they will. And the stand out performance of the night would be Daniel Rich, I'm so glad I have him in my Supercoach side! I saw him last year play in the Under 18's championships and I saw him dominate on both sides and was one of the names that I said to people to watch out for him. The others included Steele Sidebottom, Dayne Beams, Nic Natinui.
At AAMI Stadium. Adelaide hosted Fremantle. Well Adelaide dominated the game and put Fremantle away pretty much in the first quarter. Adelaide winning by a massive 117 points and Fremantle only kicking one goal.
To Sunday. Hawthorn hosted North Melbourne at Aurora Stadium. It was a tough game and the conditions in Tassie didn't help the state of the game much although it was sorta entertaining. That and the fact that Lance Franklin finally returned with some form, much needed form. With his performance the Hawks come back from a deficit to win by 9 points. Yes I did say that the Hawks will win by 9 points so I finally got one right.
At the MCG Melbourne hosted Port Adelaide. This game on paper was Port's for the taking but I thought that you never could discard Melbourne having come off a win. Jim Stynes the President yet again inspired the Melbourne side coming home from hospital and they won by 11 points. An awesome performance from Liam Jurrah giving the Demons that edge.
Over at Subiaco, West Coast hosted top of the ladder St Kilda. West Coast performed well keeping with the Saints for the first three quarters and at three quarter time scores were level. Then St Kilda proving they are the real deal kicked away to win by 20 points.
Well round 15 gone. Looking forward to round 16! Great performances this round. St Kilda two games clear at the top of the ladder and in my book should win the Premiership, I would put money on them! Will they lose a game? The longer the year gots on the less likely that will be.
I will have more footy stuff soon.
Catch ya!
To Friday Night. And I would have to say that it was such an entertaining game. I had the Dogs winning by 12 points. I knew that it would be close either side and in the back of my mind I was thinking that I wouldn't be too surprised if the Pies got up. Western Bulldogs and Collingwood games over the last couple of years have always been entertaining to watch and this one was no acception. Going into the last quarter I thought that Collingwood had the game won and thought they would go on and maybe get some percentage. But I believe that the Dogs have really proven that they are getting some form at the right time and made a charge for the finish line only to fall short by 1 measly point! I know what that feels like. The good thing about this game is it gave an opportunity to see where both teams were and in my oppinion they will take up 3rd and 4th spots.
To Saturday. Sydney hosted Essendon. A lot of people had Sydney pencilled in to win this one mainly because of the emotional farewell build up of Barry Hall who left the club during the week. But I think that Essendon played I reckon the best game all year. Some people would disagree with me saying that their win over Carlton just recently was the best, but they've won the last few encounters against Carlton so to me that doesn't count. But up at the SCG where they don't have the best record of late, the young players pulled together and come up trumps to win by 35 points.
At the MCG. Carlton hosted Richmond in what was a interesting prospect that this game could go either way. And it would of but there was one deciding factor Brendan Fevola. Yes his nine goal haul was truly remarkable. This guy had been up and down (mainly down) of late and this is something that he needed for himself and for the footy club. And that over the head soccer goal (mind you he was being held and it could have been a free kick) would be in the top three for goal of the year (I'm biased I like Gary Ablett's against Brisbane) but those two would be the front runners. There were other stand out performances from the likes of Chris Judd and Marc Murphy.
To Saturday Night. Brisbane hosted a rather depleated Geelong side. Missing from the Geelong side was Kelly, Ling, Milburn and Scarlett (as named on Thursday night) and Gary Ablett and Varcoe as named on Friday, then there was Mackie who was a late withdrawl. Without that experience Brisbane was able to control that game and win by 43 points. In my book, with the players out that Geelong had, if Brisbane didn't win by at least 40 points then they wouldn't be deserving of getting into the 8 this year, that just proves that they will. And the stand out performance of the night would be Daniel Rich, I'm so glad I have him in my Supercoach side! I saw him last year play in the Under 18's championships and I saw him dominate on both sides and was one of the names that I said to people to watch out for him. The others included Steele Sidebottom, Dayne Beams, Nic Natinui.
At AAMI Stadium. Adelaide hosted Fremantle. Well Adelaide dominated the game and put Fremantle away pretty much in the first quarter. Adelaide winning by a massive 117 points and Fremantle only kicking one goal.
To Sunday. Hawthorn hosted North Melbourne at Aurora Stadium. It was a tough game and the conditions in Tassie didn't help the state of the game much although it was sorta entertaining. That and the fact that Lance Franklin finally returned with some form, much needed form. With his performance the Hawks come back from a deficit to win by 9 points. Yes I did say that the Hawks will win by 9 points so I finally got one right.
At the MCG Melbourne hosted Port Adelaide. This game on paper was Port's for the taking but I thought that you never could discard Melbourne having come off a win. Jim Stynes the President yet again inspired the Melbourne side coming home from hospital and they won by 11 points. An awesome performance from Liam Jurrah giving the Demons that edge.
Over at Subiaco, West Coast hosted top of the ladder St Kilda. West Coast performed well keeping with the Saints for the first three quarters and at three quarter time scores were level. Then St Kilda proving they are the real deal kicked away to win by 20 points.
Well round 15 gone. Looking forward to round 16! Great performances this round. St Kilda two games clear at the top of the ladder and in my book should win the Premiership, I would put money on them! Will they lose a game? The longer the year gots on the less likely that will be.
I will have more footy stuff soon.
Catch ya!
Friday, July 10, 2009
Preview for round 15
Wow! Round 15 is upon us, who would have thought! All I can say is that the last couple of weeks have been a hard one to tip and this week is no acception!
Western Bulldogs vs Collingwood (Etihad) Friday Night.
Well they were talking about last Sunday's game to have a massive build up, I reckon that this one is going to be a doozie! These two teams have won their last six and are in awesome form. Both teams will be chasing down a top four position and I reckon that they will. Looking at these two teams there is nothing between them (kinda like St Kilda and Geelong last week) and it will be a fierce game! The big question for me is whether or not the Bulldogs can string together a performance like they did against Hawthorn because if they do then they will apply the pressure early and control the game. However if Collingwood come out with the same then they can control the game. All I can say is strap yourselves in, this game's going to be a beauty! For me the Dogs will win by 12 points.
Sydney vs Essendon (SCG) Saturday.
For once this game is not played on a Sunday! Anyway. Originally I was thinking that the Swans so own this game! They have an awesome record at the SCG and they did play there last week. Then to the present day, I found that Essendon even though they lost last week (to a good side mind you) they are playing some really good footy. SO where does this leave me. Hmm I thought about this game for ages and I thought about what time of the year it is, that being the anniversary of my Grandmother's death (10 years where does it go) and she was an Essendon supporter. So I thought that since this game is close in my book, I am going to tip Essendon to win by 5 points.
Carlton vs Richmond (MCG) Saturday.
Who can forget round 1? Cousin's debut for his new club Richmond, the build up was massive! Then Carlton came out with a fierceness that I haven't seen that in them for a while. To the present day and well it has been a mixed bag for Carlton this year, although they are coming off a really good win, the first time that they had won against Fremantle at Subiaco in 8 years. For Richmond, they haven't had the best year however they have a spark in them that with time I reckon can build into something good, how good? Well only time will tell. For me, if Carlton can control the midfield then they will own the game and I think they will. The blues to win by 28 points.
Brisbane vs Geelong (Gabba) Saturday night.
Going from last weekend where both teams lost, I always thought that this was going to be a good game. I thought that Geelong had already won because they lost in a close game which normally would steer me in the direction of that team for the following week's game. However, Geelong needed a full side in order to control this game, enter earlier on in the year when Geelong won by 93 points in the wet. Geelong have Scarlett, Milburn, Kelly, Ling that were ruled out according to the Thursday night team, and then you have Steve Johnson who was a late withdrawl before last week's game and hasn't come back yet. Then I found out this afternoon that Ablett and Varcoe have pulled up sore and won't play tomorrow night. Brisbane are without a few but still look the better team. So in that case I am going to give my beloved Cats a chance by tipping Brisbane to win by 17 points (every time I tip against Geelong they win, hoping that's the case this time!) but the others will step up!
Adelaide vs Fremantle (AAMI Stadium) Saturday Night.
Adelaide to me have found some good form and this is year is one of the best years so far in a while in my book. They have key players and they're all playing. Then they have Kurt Tippet who I think will be chased heavily by the Gold Coast but I reckon he will stay at Adelaide. Enter Fremantle. Well I gave them every opportunity last week and well I can't see them beating Adelaide either. I am tipping the Crows to win by 52 points.
Hawthorn vs North Melbourne (Aurora Stadium) Sunday.
I reckon that this one's going to be a close game. Hawthorn aren't the side of last year and North Melbourne have stepped it up a notch under caretaker Darren Crocker. Both teams are on losing streaks and I think North are probably closer to a win than Hawthorn. North weren't disgraced by their performance at the SCG last week, whereas Hawthorn were shocking against Western Bulldogs in Melbourne. Due to the fact that this game is at Aurora Stadium and the Hawks don't lose two in a row there that's why I am tipping them only to win by 9 points.
Melbourne vs Port Adelaide (MCG) Sunday.
Well. Melbourne will be going into this game thinking that they have a really good chance to win this one! And I think that maybe they could. Port are having a mixed season especially winning a game that not a lot of people (apart from yours truly) gave them much of a chance. Both have had much needed wins so that bit makes this tip hard. Colin Sylvia will be a big loss for Melbourne as he is having his best season yet. Port have got some good players back and will be too strong for Melbourne, winning by 22 points.
West Coast vs St Kilda (Subiaco) Sunday.
Well St Kilda will be thinking they're so top shit (same with some of their supporters, although others are still pinching themselves) and think that they can win every game for the rest of the year. Well I reckon it could be within reach! There are a few games that will be 50/50 for them but the rest will be ones that they can lock in Eddy. Having said that West Coast have pushed sides over there to the max and that slows them up a bit. But not in this case, St Kilda to win for me by 35 points.
Well that's the Preview for Round 15. Let's see how I go this week!
Catch ya!
Western Bulldogs vs Collingwood (Etihad) Friday Night.
Well they were talking about last Sunday's game to have a massive build up, I reckon that this one is going to be a doozie! These two teams have won their last six and are in awesome form. Both teams will be chasing down a top four position and I reckon that they will. Looking at these two teams there is nothing between them (kinda like St Kilda and Geelong last week) and it will be a fierce game! The big question for me is whether or not the Bulldogs can string together a performance like they did against Hawthorn because if they do then they will apply the pressure early and control the game. However if Collingwood come out with the same then they can control the game. All I can say is strap yourselves in, this game's going to be a beauty! For me the Dogs will win by 12 points.
Sydney vs Essendon (SCG) Saturday.
For once this game is not played on a Sunday! Anyway. Originally I was thinking that the Swans so own this game! They have an awesome record at the SCG and they did play there last week. Then to the present day, I found that Essendon even though they lost last week (to a good side mind you) they are playing some really good footy. SO where does this leave me. Hmm I thought about this game for ages and I thought about what time of the year it is, that being the anniversary of my Grandmother's death (10 years where does it go) and she was an Essendon supporter. So I thought that since this game is close in my book, I am going to tip Essendon to win by 5 points.
Carlton vs Richmond (MCG) Saturday.
Who can forget round 1? Cousin's debut for his new club Richmond, the build up was massive! Then Carlton came out with a fierceness that I haven't seen that in them for a while. To the present day and well it has been a mixed bag for Carlton this year, although they are coming off a really good win, the first time that they had won against Fremantle at Subiaco in 8 years. For Richmond, they haven't had the best year however they have a spark in them that with time I reckon can build into something good, how good? Well only time will tell. For me, if Carlton can control the midfield then they will own the game and I think they will. The blues to win by 28 points.
Brisbane vs Geelong (Gabba) Saturday night.
Going from last weekend where both teams lost, I always thought that this was going to be a good game. I thought that Geelong had already won because they lost in a close game which normally would steer me in the direction of that team for the following week's game. However, Geelong needed a full side in order to control this game, enter earlier on in the year when Geelong won by 93 points in the wet. Geelong have Scarlett, Milburn, Kelly, Ling that were ruled out according to the Thursday night team, and then you have Steve Johnson who was a late withdrawl before last week's game and hasn't come back yet. Then I found out this afternoon that Ablett and Varcoe have pulled up sore and won't play tomorrow night. Brisbane are without a few but still look the better team. So in that case I am going to give my beloved Cats a chance by tipping Brisbane to win by 17 points (every time I tip against Geelong they win, hoping that's the case this time!) but the others will step up!
Adelaide vs Fremantle (AAMI Stadium) Saturday Night.
Adelaide to me have found some good form and this is year is one of the best years so far in a while in my book. They have key players and they're all playing. Then they have Kurt Tippet who I think will be chased heavily by the Gold Coast but I reckon he will stay at Adelaide. Enter Fremantle. Well I gave them every opportunity last week and well I can't see them beating Adelaide either. I am tipping the Crows to win by 52 points.
Hawthorn vs North Melbourne (Aurora Stadium) Sunday.
I reckon that this one's going to be a close game. Hawthorn aren't the side of last year and North Melbourne have stepped it up a notch under caretaker Darren Crocker. Both teams are on losing streaks and I think North are probably closer to a win than Hawthorn. North weren't disgraced by their performance at the SCG last week, whereas Hawthorn were shocking against Western Bulldogs in Melbourne. Due to the fact that this game is at Aurora Stadium and the Hawks don't lose two in a row there that's why I am tipping them only to win by 9 points.
Melbourne vs Port Adelaide (MCG) Sunday.
Well. Melbourne will be going into this game thinking that they have a really good chance to win this one! And I think that maybe they could. Port are having a mixed season especially winning a game that not a lot of people (apart from yours truly) gave them much of a chance. Both have had much needed wins so that bit makes this tip hard. Colin Sylvia will be a big loss for Melbourne as he is having his best season yet. Port have got some good players back and will be too strong for Melbourne, winning by 22 points.
West Coast vs St Kilda (Subiaco) Sunday.
Well St Kilda will be thinking they're so top shit (same with some of their supporters, although others are still pinching themselves) and think that they can win every game for the rest of the year. Well I reckon it could be within reach! There are a few games that will be 50/50 for them but the rest will be ones that they can lock in Eddy. Having said that West Coast have pushed sides over there to the max and that slows them up a bit. But not in this case, St Kilda to win for me by 35 points.
Well that's the Preview for Round 15. Let's see how I go this week!
Catch ya!
Monday, July 6, 2009
After the weekend.
Well. All I can say is that it has been an interesting round for footy. So much was the build up especially with a couple of games and some didn't disappoint and some did.
Friday night's game on paper matched up pretty good. Both teams came off really good wins. But Collingwood came out and did to Essendon what they did to Carlton the week before, running away to win by 35 points.
To Saturday. And the build up to a game between the two teams Melbourne and West Coast, two teams that are down the lower half of the ladder had been huge, ever since Jim Stynes announced that he was battling cancer on Tuesday. It was a hard fought game by the two sides, Melbourne getting in front and even there was a challenge by West Coast but Melbourne held them off to win by 20 points. Saying that they needed this game was an understatement, but the most important thing was doing it for Jim Stynes. That will mean more I reckon than the win itself. I was so pleased for the Melbourne Football Club even though I don't support them.
To the other games. At AAMI Stadium, and this saw Port Adelaide host Brisbane. For about two and a half quarters it was close and at three quarter time there was not much in it. But then in the last quarter Port kicked away to win by 48 points.
To Saturday night and Richmond hosted Adelaide up at Gold Coast Stadium. Adelaide lead all the way but not before a fightback from the Tigers to win by 17 points.
At Etihad Stadium Western Bulldogs hosted Hawthorn. After a blitz by the Dogs in the first half, not allowing the Hawks to score a goal, they ran way to win by 88 points. It was an unbelievable performance by the Dogs and I reckon it would make the AFL world stand up and take notice that they could be a serious premiership contender.
To Sunday. Sydney hosted North Melbourne at the SCG. This game proved to be a tough game and for a moment there you thought that North could cause an upset. But Sydney's home ground advantage helped them and the Swans held on to win by 15 points. To me I believe that North Melbourne are close to win the way they are playing under their caretaker coach Darren Crocker.
Sunday afternoon saw the battle that the footy public had been looking forward to, and it did not disappoint. The build up to this game was massive, Grand Final like. A sell out game that saw the AFL shift the game time to suit the television network 7 due to their schedule. When and has that ever happened? The great thing is that the game was live into Melbourne. To the game and the start built up big and St Kilda came out firing and applied the pressure to lead in the first quarter by 31 points and to be honest I thought they were going to run away with it. But to Geelong's credit, they came back and were right in it at quarter time. The rest of the game was an arm wrestle, the Cats getting even at one stage. But St Kilda proved that they are the real deal holding on to win by 6 points after a shot at goal from Michael Gardiner with not long left in the game. Well all I can say is that thank goodness it wasn't a blowout and it did live up to the expectations of the build up. St Kilda do look good and proved it against Geelong. My question is "Can they win on the big stage of the MCG come September?" maybe, maybe not, but that will be the true test and will ask the question of how good they are. Someone did say to me that whoever loses this game will win the Grand Final, I sure hope that's true!
To the last game of the round. Fremantle hosted Carlton at Subiaco. In the start Fremantle started well and I thought that maybe this was going to be a badly needed win. Then Carlton came back and applied the pressure going on to win by 15 points. The first time the Blues won there since 2001. Carlton played in an all yellow number for Cancer research, good one!
Well that's another round of footy gone. Can you believe that we will be up to round 15 next week. Who would have thought?
Catch ya!
Friday night's game on paper matched up pretty good. Both teams came off really good wins. But Collingwood came out and did to Essendon what they did to Carlton the week before, running away to win by 35 points.
To Saturday. And the build up to a game between the two teams Melbourne and West Coast, two teams that are down the lower half of the ladder had been huge, ever since Jim Stynes announced that he was battling cancer on Tuesday. It was a hard fought game by the two sides, Melbourne getting in front and even there was a challenge by West Coast but Melbourne held them off to win by 20 points. Saying that they needed this game was an understatement, but the most important thing was doing it for Jim Stynes. That will mean more I reckon than the win itself. I was so pleased for the Melbourne Football Club even though I don't support them.
To the other games. At AAMI Stadium, and this saw Port Adelaide host Brisbane. For about two and a half quarters it was close and at three quarter time there was not much in it. But then in the last quarter Port kicked away to win by 48 points.
To Saturday night and Richmond hosted Adelaide up at Gold Coast Stadium. Adelaide lead all the way but not before a fightback from the Tigers to win by 17 points.
At Etihad Stadium Western Bulldogs hosted Hawthorn. After a blitz by the Dogs in the first half, not allowing the Hawks to score a goal, they ran way to win by 88 points. It was an unbelievable performance by the Dogs and I reckon it would make the AFL world stand up and take notice that they could be a serious premiership contender.
To Sunday. Sydney hosted North Melbourne at the SCG. This game proved to be a tough game and for a moment there you thought that North could cause an upset. But Sydney's home ground advantage helped them and the Swans held on to win by 15 points. To me I believe that North Melbourne are close to win the way they are playing under their caretaker coach Darren Crocker.
Sunday afternoon saw the battle that the footy public had been looking forward to, and it did not disappoint. The build up to this game was massive, Grand Final like. A sell out game that saw the AFL shift the game time to suit the television network 7 due to their schedule. When and has that ever happened? The great thing is that the game was live into Melbourne. To the game and the start built up big and St Kilda came out firing and applied the pressure to lead in the first quarter by 31 points and to be honest I thought they were going to run away with it. But to Geelong's credit, they came back and were right in it at quarter time. The rest of the game was an arm wrestle, the Cats getting even at one stage. But St Kilda proved that they are the real deal holding on to win by 6 points after a shot at goal from Michael Gardiner with not long left in the game. Well all I can say is that thank goodness it wasn't a blowout and it did live up to the expectations of the build up. St Kilda do look good and proved it against Geelong. My question is "Can they win on the big stage of the MCG come September?" maybe, maybe not, but that will be the true test and will ask the question of how good they are. Someone did say to me that whoever loses this game will win the Grand Final, I sure hope that's true!
To the last game of the round. Fremantle hosted Carlton at Subiaco. In the start Fremantle started well and I thought that maybe this was going to be a badly needed win. Then Carlton came back and applied the pressure going on to win by 15 points. The first time the Blues won there since 2001. Carlton played in an all yellow number for Cancer research, good one!
Well that's another round of footy gone. Can you believe that we will be up to round 15 next week. Who would have thought?
Catch ya!
Friday, July 3, 2009
Preview for Round 14
Ok people's here is my round 14 preview. This round as I've mentioned before has some doozies of games and it has been hard to tip this round. Well here they are:
Collingwood vs Essendon (MCG) Friday Night.
One of the games of the round in my book. Both teams have come off really good wins and regardless of where these two teams are on the ladder, they bring out the best in eachother. Collingwood are definately the in form team at the moment, despite there being two undefeated teams (until the end of the weekend) and their form screams top 4 material. On the otherhand Essendon have been pulling out some decent performances and are currently sitting 7th. Pulling this game apart, then putting it back together etc, I believe that Collingwood will win by 19 points.
Melbourne vs West Coast (MCG) Saturday.
Another tough game. Melbourne haven't won a game in a while and their form over the last month and over hasn't been the best. They have been canned in the media, especially some of their young players like Jack Watts (must be ill this week because of the media comments). However on the otherhand, West Coast have found some much needed form which saw them beat last years premiers Hawthorn (sob sob). Being in Melbourne, the prospect of this game promotes to be close after all Melbourne only lost to West Coast by 8 points earlier this year at Subiaco. Having said all of this, I am going to tip Melbourne by 11 points for Jim Stynes!
Port Adelaide vs Brisbane (AAMI) Saturday.
This shapes up to be another exciting match. Brisbane are another in form and Port Adelaide...well are not. Being at AAMI Stadium, this does give Port a bit of an advantage. And judging by Brisbane being in form and Port needing a win this is going to be another good game. I am in this case going to tip Port Adelaide by 31 points.
Richmond vs Adelaide (GCS) Saturday Night.
You can never be sure of how this game's going to go. On paper this game should go the way of Adelaide. But judging aside of the hidding at the hands of St Kilda, they did show something, and it will depend which Richmond side play. The one that played Fremantle could beat Adelaide. On nuetral ground, there is no favourtism with the ground setting. In this case I am going to tip Adelaide to win by 27 points.
Western Bulldogs vs Hawthorn (Etihad) Saturday night.
Yet again this shapes up to be another good match. The Bulldogs are in excellent form. Hawthorn are in a patch where they need to win after struggling of late. This game's at Etihad Stadium and that would suit the Bulldogs and Hawthorn don't have the best record there (well compared to other clubs). With the fact that Hawthorn need to win otherwise their chances of making the eight have gone bysky, and the dogs having a good run, it shapes up to be a good game. In this case I would tip Western Bulldogs by 8 points.
Sydney vs North Melbourne (SCG) Sunday.
At the SCG, Sydney have a really good record. With the controversy surrounding Barry Hall, the two week suspension and the question of whether or not he should play on next year has been hanging around the Swans. With a new coach, North Melbourne played well last week only going down to the Bulldogs by 22 points. IF they apply this sort of pressure again, then they could very well cause an upset. In this case, I am going to tip Sydney by 32 points.
St Kilda vs Geelong (Etihad) Sunday.
Well well well, it's finally arrived! The game that the whole footy world has been talking about has arrived! It has been a massive build up hasn't it? On paper these two teams are equal. When you look at St Kilda, their attack and midfield are their strenghs . With Geelong it's their defense and midfield. Overall there are good match ups and both teams play well at Etihad, so it will be hard to pick. The key is going to be in the midfield, who will win the clearances? Put it this way, it will be a fiery game, it has been publicised that these teams don't like eachother! To break the gridlock, I would tip Geelong 14 points.
Fremantle vs Carlton (Subiaco) Sunday.
Yet another game that has a delicious (thanks Bruce) prospect. Fremantle at home you never know and Carlton away you never know. Both teams coming off a thumping so that indicates to me that this game can go either way. Which side will come out and play no frills footy? That will be the team that takes this game out. In this case though I think that Fremantle will win by 17 points.
Well that's my tips for this week. I will see how I go.
Catch ya!
Collingwood vs Essendon (MCG) Friday Night.
One of the games of the round in my book. Both teams have come off really good wins and regardless of where these two teams are on the ladder, they bring out the best in eachother. Collingwood are definately the in form team at the moment, despite there being two undefeated teams (until the end of the weekend) and their form screams top 4 material. On the otherhand Essendon have been pulling out some decent performances and are currently sitting 7th. Pulling this game apart, then putting it back together etc, I believe that Collingwood will win by 19 points.
Melbourne vs West Coast (MCG) Saturday.
Another tough game. Melbourne haven't won a game in a while and their form over the last month and over hasn't been the best. They have been canned in the media, especially some of their young players like Jack Watts (must be ill this week because of the media comments). However on the otherhand, West Coast have found some much needed form which saw them beat last years premiers Hawthorn (sob sob). Being in Melbourne, the prospect of this game promotes to be close after all Melbourne only lost to West Coast by 8 points earlier this year at Subiaco. Having said all of this, I am going to tip Melbourne by 11 points for Jim Stynes!
Port Adelaide vs Brisbane (AAMI) Saturday.
This shapes up to be another exciting match. Brisbane are another in form and Port Adelaide...well are not. Being at AAMI Stadium, this does give Port a bit of an advantage. And judging by Brisbane being in form and Port needing a win this is going to be another good game. I am in this case going to tip Port Adelaide by 31 points.
Richmond vs Adelaide (GCS) Saturday Night.
You can never be sure of how this game's going to go. On paper this game should go the way of Adelaide. But judging aside of the hidding at the hands of St Kilda, they did show something, and it will depend which Richmond side play. The one that played Fremantle could beat Adelaide. On nuetral ground, there is no favourtism with the ground setting. In this case I am going to tip Adelaide to win by 27 points.
Western Bulldogs vs Hawthorn (Etihad) Saturday night.
Yet again this shapes up to be another good match. The Bulldogs are in excellent form. Hawthorn are in a patch where they need to win after struggling of late. This game's at Etihad Stadium and that would suit the Bulldogs and Hawthorn don't have the best record there (well compared to other clubs). With the fact that Hawthorn need to win otherwise their chances of making the eight have gone bysky, and the dogs having a good run, it shapes up to be a good game. In this case I would tip Western Bulldogs by 8 points.
Sydney vs North Melbourne (SCG) Sunday.
At the SCG, Sydney have a really good record. With the controversy surrounding Barry Hall, the two week suspension and the question of whether or not he should play on next year has been hanging around the Swans. With a new coach, North Melbourne played well last week only going down to the Bulldogs by 22 points. IF they apply this sort of pressure again, then they could very well cause an upset. In this case, I am going to tip Sydney by 32 points.
St Kilda vs Geelong (Etihad) Sunday.
Well well well, it's finally arrived! The game that the whole footy world has been talking about has arrived! It has been a massive build up hasn't it? On paper these two teams are equal. When you look at St Kilda, their attack and midfield are their strenghs . With Geelong it's their defense and midfield. Overall there are good match ups and both teams play well at Etihad, so it will be hard to pick. The key is going to be in the midfield, who will win the clearances? Put it this way, it will be a fiery game, it has been publicised that these teams don't like eachother! To break the gridlock, I would tip Geelong 14 points.
Fremantle vs Carlton (Subiaco) Sunday.
Yet another game that has a delicious (thanks Bruce) prospect. Fremantle at home you never know and Carlton away you never know. Both teams coming off a thumping so that indicates to me that this game can go either way. Which side will come out and play no frills footy? That will be the team that takes this game out. In this case though I think that Fremantle will win by 17 points.
Well that's my tips for this week. I will see how I go.
Catch ya!
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
What's the build up for?
There is one game that people have been focusing on for quite some time and well it has shaped up to be a great anticipation with regards to how this game's going to go. I'm talking about the St Kilda and Geelong clash this Sunday.
Personally there are seven other games on for the round, I know I'm excited about those as well even though I am a Geelong Supporter. I know what your saying, "It's your own side you should be excited." Yes I am to be honest 1 vs 2 on the ladder is always built up to the game of the round but you know I can pick another 2 or so games that have as much anticipation around them. To be honest I wouldn't know which way I am going to go in terms of tipping with this game and others this round, it does lead up to be an exciting round. But people are going to solely focus on the St Kilda/Geelong clash that they are going to forget about the others in the round. It's only one game in the round after all?
I remember the build up last year to the Geelong/Hawthorn clash round 17 last year. Because they haven't played up until then, this game this weekend has the same sort of build up, basically because those two teams haven't played until now. The game was a good one all round. Is the same thing going to happen this weekend? Or will it be a blowout by one of the teams?
Basically I would say that there are some other games that I reckon would match in intensity. Take Friday night for example. The Collingwood and Essendon games have always brought out a big crowd and the games are always entertaining no matter where they are on the ladder. Do we remember ANZAC Day? What a game! Over 80,000 people I reckon would again pack in the MCG this Friday night.
And what about other games? One to look out for is the Fremantle/Carlton game is going to be a good one. Fremantle over at Subiaco has always had Carlton's measure, but they are coming off a bad loss and so is Fremantle. We should be in a treat for this one. What about Melbourne and West Coast at the G? West Coast coming off a win but Melbourne needing one, hmm? Then there is Port Adelaide and Brisbane. This is at AAMI Stadium and the home ground will suit Port but Brisbane has hit some form, this one should be a goodie. And what about Western Bulldogs and Hawthorn Saturday night at Etihad. Hawthorn need a win and Western Bulldogs are in form.
So when you look at it there are five other games at least that should have as much build up. I'm looking forward to the Western Bulldogs and Hawthorn game, the Fremantle/Carlton and Collingwood/Essendon game. There should be as much build up in these games as there is for the St Kilda/Geelong clash. I mean don't get me wrong, the prospect of watching a game live on Chanell 7 is exciting for me as well as seeing the top two teams go at it to take the number one spot is another lure to the game. I just believe that there are other games that should have as much build up as this game.
I will have my tips for round 14 later on in the week. I haven't been doing well but hey I enjoy the challenge of tipping.
Until then catch ya!
Personally there are seven other games on for the round, I know I'm excited about those as well even though I am a Geelong Supporter. I know what your saying, "It's your own side you should be excited." Yes I am to be honest 1 vs 2 on the ladder is always built up to the game of the round but you know I can pick another 2 or so games that have as much anticipation around them. To be honest I wouldn't know which way I am going to go in terms of tipping with this game and others this round, it does lead up to be an exciting round. But people are going to solely focus on the St Kilda/Geelong clash that they are going to forget about the others in the round. It's only one game in the round after all?
I remember the build up last year to the Geelong/Hawthorn clash round 17 last year. Because they haven't played up until then, this game this weekend has the same sort of build up, basically because those two teams haven't played until now. The game was a good one all round. Is the same thing going to happen this weekend? Or will it be a blowout by one of the teams?
Basically I would say that there are some other games that I reckon would match in intensity. Take Friday night for example. The Collingwood and Essendon games have always brought out a big crowd and the games are always entertaining no matter where they are on the ladder. Do we remember ANZAC Day? What a game! Over 80,000 people I reckon would again pack in the MCG this Friday night.
And what about other games? One to look out for is the Fremantle/Carlton game is going to be a good one. Fremantle over at Subiaco has always had Carlton's measure, but they are coming off a bad loss and so is Fremantle. We should be in a treat for this one. What about Melbourne and West Coast at the G? West Coast coming off a win but Melbourne needing one, hmm? Then there is Port Adelaide and Brisbane. This is at AAMI Stadium and the home ground will suit Port but Brisbane has hit some form, this one should be a goodie. And what about Western Bulldogs and Hawthorn Saturday night at Etihad. Hawthorn need a win and Western Bulldogs are in form.
So when you look at it there are five other games at least that should have as much build up. I'm looking forward to the Western Bulldogs and Hawthorn game, the Fremantle/Carlton and Collingwood/Essendon game. There should be as much build up in these games as there is for the St Kilda/Geelong clash. I mean don't get me wrong, the prospect of watching a game live on Chanell 7 is exciting for me as well as seeing the top two teams go at it to take the number one spot is another lure to the game. I just believe that there are other games that should have as much build up as this game.
I will have my tips for round 14 later on in the week. I haven't been doing well but hey I enjoy the challenge of tipping.
Until then catch ya!
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