Who will win the AFL flag?

AFL Premiers

  • Geelong

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Colonwood

    Votes: 2 25.0%

  • Sydney

    Votes: 1 12.5%

  • Port

    Votes: 1 12.5%

  • Brisbane

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Horethorn

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Fremantle

    Votes: 1 12.5%

  • St Kilda

    Votes: 1 12.5%

  • West Coke

    Votes: 1 12.5%

  • Other

    Votes: 1 12.5%
  • Total voters
    8
  • Poll closed .
Top Contributors
Re: Who will win the AFL flag?

Thursday night footy.

Richmond beat Carlton comfortably by 31 points, even with Chri$ Judd in the midfield.

In the other game the teal princesses couldn't reverse their 119 point embarrassment, losing by 9 points at home to Geelong.

Great night all up :)
 
Re: Who will win the AFL flag?

Bloody Fremantle. We need to make a few changes for the Saturday Night game @ Subi (hi Matt Carr) against the Hawks :( Pavlich must be pissed at getting all the passes to his feet or over his head :rolleyes:

Saw the last half of the Coasters win over Brissy, not a bad game both sides looking pretty good. Apparently the Sainters also won.

Oh and Pidgeon I have a spare ticket for free to the game if you want to come, you just have to make your own way to the wild west. I'm gunna catch up with my mate Buddy again this year and get on the Biscuits, but this time we are going to wait untill after the game cause he played like crap last year ;)
 
Re: Who will win the AFL flag?

Kram81;215417 said:
Bloody Fremantle. We need to make a few changes for the Saturday Night game @ Subi (hi Matt Carr) against the Hawks :( Pavlich must be pissed at getting all the passes to his feet or over his head :rolleyes:
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Same old Freo. Watched part of the game today and at times they were pretty bad. Matt Carr and Shaun McManus should be sent back to the WAFL, they looked completely out of their depth on occasions in that game.

Delivery to the forward line was very average and in general they were quite wasteful.

Kram81 said:
Saw the last half of the Coasters win over Brissy, not a bad game both sides looking pretty good. Apparently the Sainters also won.
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Listened to the game on the radio while I was at work. Should have put Brisbane away but as usual we let them back in. We can never seem to put teams to the sword at Subiaco in recent times, I'm not sure why this is.

I got a bit worried there during the third quarter but we were able to pull through in the last. Happy with the win but it should have been by more.

Saints won in a shit game, the usual Sydney Flooding crap came up again and they almost bored the Saints into losing.

Kram81 said:
Oh and Pidgeon I have a spare ticket for free to the game if you want to come, you just have to make your own way to the wild west. I'm gunna catch up with my mate Buddy again this year and get on the Biscuits, but this time we are going to wait untill after the game cause he played like crap last year ;)
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Don't forget Jarryd Roughead. @|
 
Re: Who will win the AFL flag?

YOU CAN'T BEAT THE BOYS OF THE BULLDOG BREED!!! :D


Go the DOGGIES!
 
Re: Who will win the AFL flag?

Round 1 Results

Thursday March 20, 2008

Richmond 17.7 (109) def. Carlton 11.13 (79)
Geelong 15.15 (105) def. Port Adelaide 14.12 (96)

Saturday March 22, 2008

Collingwood 16.15 (111) def. Fremantle 13.7 (85)
St. Kilda 6.15 (51) def. Sydney 6.13 (49)
West Coast 14.8 (92) def. Brisbane 11.10 (76)

Sunday March 23, 2008

Western Bulldogs 19.12 (126) def. Adelaide 18.15 (123)
Hawthorn 23.16 (154) def. Melbourne 6.14 (50)

Monday March 24, 2008

Essendon 19.8 (122) def. North Melbourne 9.13 (67)



Ladder after Round 1

Code: 
Pos Team             W L D  F   A     %    P 
1.  Hawthorn         1 0 0 154  50 308.00  4 
2.  Essendon         1 0 0 122  67 182.09  4 
3.  Richmond         1 0 0 109  79 137.97  4 
4.  Collingwood      1 0 0 111  85 130.59  4 
5.  West Coast       1 0 0  92  76 121.05  4 
6.  Geelong          1 0 0 105  96 109.38  4 
7.  St. Kilda        1 0 0  51  49 104.08  4 
8.  Western Bulldogs 1 0 0 126 123 102.44  4
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9.  Adelaide         0 1 0 123 126 97.62   0 
10. Sydney           0 1 0  49  51 96.08   0 
11. Port Adelaide    0 1 0  96 105 91.43   0 
12. Brisbane Lions   0 1 0  76  92 82.61   0 
13. Fremantle        0 1 0  85 111 76.58   0 
14. Carlton          0 1 0  79 109 72.48   0 
15. North Melbourne  0 1 0  67 122 54.92   0 
16. Melbourne        0 1 0  50 154 32.47   0



Round 2 Fixtures

Friday March 28 2008

Brisbane Lions vs Collingwood at Gabba (n)

Saturday March 29 2008

Melbourne vs Western Bulldogs at MCG
Adelaide vs West Coast at AAMI Stadium
Fremantle vs Hawthorn at Subiaco Oval (n)
St. Kilda vs Carlton at Telstra Dome (n)

Sunday March 30, 2008

Sydney vs Port Adelaide at SCG
Geelong vs Essendon at Telstra Dome
Richmond vs North Melbourne at MCG (t)
 
Re: Who will win the AFL flag?

aussieman;215485 said:
YOU CAN'T BEAT THE BOYS OF THE BULLDOG BREED!!! :D


Go the DOGGIES!
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Top effort by the Dogs to get up in Johno's 300th - fantastic player @|

Surprised at the Bumbers thrashed the Kangas, might have underestimated them. Early days though I suppose..

Tossing up whether or not to try and get tickets for the Eagles' home Western Derby. Maybe I should just get em as I'm sure if I can't go they will be easy to get rid of.
 
Re: Who will win the AFL flag?

Ljp86;215290 said:
Carlton have started tanking already. :D
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You would have thought so by watching the 2nd half wouldn't you?
Actually, for the 1st time in half a year, I was actually pissed off that we lost. :eek: Pathetic effort in the 2nd half. That's all it was.
 
Re: Who will win the AFL flag?

SouthSwans;215438 said:
You're a Hawks fan aren't you??
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Yeah I am a hawks fan. I was just giving Kram some shit that's all SS. Don't worry I won't give you shit. I tipped your mob on Saturday night.
 
Re: Who will win the AFL flag?

pidgeon fan;215848 said:
Carn the hawks Kram81. your team should just play their kids. Their older players are too slow and are crap.
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We did noodle head :D Chris Mayne on debut with 2 goals, Rhys Palmer on debut with 22 possesions and a goal, Garrick Ibbotson's 2nd game went ok. What game were you watching or do you just have NFI?

All should play against the Slime next week and hopefully they bring in Marcus Drum for that gaylord Tarrant.

Horethorn have done very well with Cyril Riolli Pidge - should be gun @|
 
Re: Who will win the AFL flag?

Thank Lord the Dockers finally got a win on the board. Palmer looked very good but will get some more defensive attention against the tigers next week.
 
Re: Who will win the AFL flag?

I wish we were playing Melbourne next week instead of in a fortnight. Surely, for ********in ********'s sake, surely there are some records that can just be left as it is instead of Carlton seemingly doing their best to break them.
Equalled a 104-year old record losing streak, big chance it will be broken this Sunday, one game off the all time record of consecutive games where over 100 points that have been conceeded, and if I do some more research I would know what losing streaks we have against other clubs and biggest losing margins since they "won" their 1st ever wooden spoon. It's getting more embarrassing by the day. :eek:
 
Re: Who will win the AFL flag?

Round 2 Results

Brisbane 13.18 (96) defeated Collingwood 13.16 (94)
Western Bulldogs 24.17 (161) defeated Melbourne 9.12 (66)
Adelaide 21.7 (133) defeated West Coast 8.9 (57)
Hawthorn 16.16 (112) defeated Fremantle 14.13 (97)
St. Kilda 19.11 (125) defeated Calrton 12.13 (85)
Sydney 22.14 (146) defeated Port Adelaide 11.12 (78)
Geelong 22.18 (150) defeated Essendon 6.15 (51)
North Melbourne 20.7 (127) defeated Richmond 13.8 (86)

Round 3 Results - Rivalry Round

Western Bulldogs 19.11 (125) defeated St. Kilda 13.9 (87)
Hawthorn 15.12 (102) defeated North Melbourne 13.8 (86)
Fremantle 12.15 (87) defeated West Coast 10.13 (73)
Sydney 13.10 (88) defeated Brisbane 10.11 (71)
Essendon 23.12 (150) defeated Carlton 21.8 (134)
Geelong 16.16 (112) defeated Melbourne 12.10 (82)
Collingwood 18.14 (122) defeated Richmond 11.12 (78)
Adelaide 12.13 (85) defeated Port Adelaide 11.13 (79)

Ladder after Round 3

Code: 
Pos Team            Pl  W  L  D   F    A     %    Pts 

1.  Geelong          3  3  0  0  367  229  160.26  12 
2.  Hawthorn         3  3  0  0  368  233  157.94  12 
3.  Western Bulldogs 3  3  0  0  412  276  149.28  12 
4.  Sydney           3  2  1  0  283  200  141.50   8 
5.  Adelaide         3  2  1  0  341  262  130.15   8 
6.  Collingwood      3  2  1  0  327  259  126.25   8 
7.  St. Kilda        3  2  1  0  263  259  101.54   8 
8.  Essendon         3  2  1  0  323  351   92.02   8
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9.  Fremantle        3  1  2  0  269  296   90.88   4 
10  North Melbourne  3  1  2  0  280  310   90.32   4 
11. Brisbane         3  1  2  0  243  274   88.69   4 
12. Richmond         3  1  2  0  273  328   83.23   4 
13. West Coast       3  1  2  0  222  296   75.00   4 
14. Carlton          3  0  3  0  298  384   77.60   0 
15. Port Adelaide    3  0  3  0  253  336   75.30   0 
16. Melbourne        3  0  3  0  198  427   46.37   0


Round 4 Fixtures

Friday 11th April

Essendon vs Western Bulldogs at Telstra Dome (n)

Saturday 12th April

St. Kilda vs Geelong at Telstra Dome
North Melbourne vs Melbourne at MCG
Sydney vs West Coast at ANZ Stadium (n)
Port Adelaide vs Brisbane Lions at AAMI Stadium (n)

Sunday 13th April

Hawthorn vs Adelaide at Aurora Stadium
Carlton vs Collingwood at MCG
Fremantle vs Richmond at Subiaco Oval



From early on, it's looks like it's heading towards a Geelong/Hawthorn Grand Final with Melbourne to win the wooden spoon. However, we've only three rounds so it's impossible to predict what's going to happen later down the track.

Geelong and Hawthorn look very good with the Bulldogs the surprise so far. Adelaide has been the best improver from last year with Essendon in 8th. West Coast and Port Adelaide have been the big sliders, last year's Grand Finalists haven't won a game yet. Melbourne and Carlton will fight it out for the wooden spoon.
 
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Round 4 Results

Western Bulldogs 19.14 (128) defeated Essendon 14.14 (98)
Geelong 21.10 (136) defeated St. Kilda 13.16 (94)
North Melbourne 18.19 (127) defeated Melbourne 11.13 (73)
Sydney 16.11 (107) defeated West Coast 5.15 (45)
Brisbane 18.16 (124) defeated Port Adelaide 16.8 (104)
Hawthorn 17.12 (114) defeated Adelaide 10.10 (70)
Carlton 17.9 (111) defeated Collingwood 13.10 (88)
Richmond 20.17 (137) defeated Fremantle 10.13 (73)

Ladder after Round 4

Code: 
Pos Team            Pl  W  L  D   F    A    %      Pts 
1.  Hawthorn         4  4  0  0  482  303  159.08  16 
2.  Geelong          4  4  0  0  503  323  155.73  16 
3.  Bulldogs         4  4  0  0  540  374  144.39  16 
4.  Sydney           4  3  1  0  390  245  159.18  12 
5.  Collingwood      4  2  2  0  415  370  112.16   8 
6.  Adelaide         4  2  2  0  411  376  109.31   8 
7.  North Melbourne  4  2  2  0  407  389  104.63   8 
8.  Richmond         4  2  2  0  410  401  102.24   8
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9.  Brisbane         4  2  2  0  367  378   97.09   8 
10. St. Kilda        4  2  2  0  357  395   90.38   8 
11. Essendon         4  2  2  0  421  479   87.89   8 
12. Carlton          4  1  3  0  409  472   86.65   4 
13. Fremantle        4  1  3  0  342  433   78.98   4 
14. West Coast       4  1  3  0  267  403   66.25   4 
15. Port Adelaide    4  0  4  0  357  460   77.61   0 
16. Melbourne        4  0  4  0  277  554   50.00   0


Round 5 Fixtures

Friday 18th April

St. Kilda vs Essendon at Telstra Dome (n)

Saturday 19th April

Geelong vs Sydney at Skilled Stadium
Adelaide vs Fremantle at AAMI Stadium
Brisbane Lions vs Hawthorn at Gabba (n)
Collingwood vs North Melbourne at MCG (n)

Sunday 20th April

Melbourne vs Carlton at MCG
Western Bulldogs vs Richmond at Telstra Dome
West Coast vs Port Adelaide at Subiaco Oval


Geelong and Hawthorn still at the top and looking very good. The Bulldogs too are also looking well, still no losses after four rounds. Sydney have fourth outright while a range of teams are on two wins which includes Richmond who were favourites to finish last this year and also St. Kilda who were tipped to perhaps win the flag. Carlton got their first win of the season in a boilover over Collingwood whilst the two WA teams, Fremantle and West Coast continue to struggle near the bottom of the ladder. Port still haven't won despite making the Grand Final last year and a 0-4 record will make finals hard to come by let alone a top four spot. And rounding out the teams once again is Melbourne who just don't look one bit competitive at the moment. It could be a very lean season for the Demons, and for it to happen in their 150th anniversary year would make the club all the more poorer.

The talking point of the round though will be Sydney player Barry Hall's gutless hit on West Coast player Brent Staker near the end of the first quarter. In a completely unprovoked attack, Hall, who is a boxer, turned around to his opponent, Staker and decked the Eagles player with a fierce left hook which wouldn't look out of place in a boxing ring. The incident itself can only be described as nothing but weak, gutless and cowardly considering Staker had no idea the punch was even coming. Ironically though, Hall had a collision with a fence late in the game, the impact breaking his wrist and also cutting his head open. The injury is expected to keep Hall out for about four weeks. Nonetheless, a weak act by a player who is nothing but a thug and he will cop a lengthy suspension at the tribunal which could be up to eight weeks. Hope the Match Review Panel throws the book at him.

Here's a video from Youtube for those who haven't or didn't see it,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzN4Ly_yd9w
 
Re: Who will win the AFL flag?

If you didn't know, Hall copped seven weeks for his hit on Staker. It looks as though he could miss up to ten weeks with his wrist injury as he has suffered some serious damage to his hand from that collision with the fence.

Round 5 Results

St. Kilda 18.15 (123) defeated Essendon 14.3 (87)
Geelong 16.18 (147) defeated 10.12 (72)
Adelaide 12.16 (88) defeated Fremantle 10.11 (71)
Hawthorn 19.16 (130) defeated Brisbane 17.16 (118)
North Melbourne 16.16 (112) defeated Collingwood 15.15 (105)
Carlton 15.11 (101) defeated Melbourne 9.14 (68)
Western Bulldogs 19.16 (130) drew Richmond 20.10 (130)
Port Adelaide 19.14 (128) defeated West Coast 16.8 (104)

Ladder after Round 5

Code: 
Pos Team           Pl  W  L  D   F    A    %      Pts
 
1. Geelong          5  5  0  0  617  395  156.20   20 
2. Hawthorn         5  5  0  0  612  421  145.37   20 
3. Bulldogs         5  4  0  1  670  504  132.94   18 
4. Sydney           5  3  2  0  462  359  128.69   12 
5. Adelaide         5  3  2  0  499  447  111.63   12 
6. North Melbourne  5  3  2  0  519  494  105.06   12 
7. St. Kilda        5  3  2  0  480  482   99.59   12 
8. Richmond         5  2  2  1  540  531  101.69   10
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9. Collingwood      5  2  3  0  520  482  107.88    8 
10. Brisbane        5  2  3  0  485  508   95.47    8 
11. Carlton         5  2  3  0  510  540   94.44    8 
12. Essendon        5  2  3  0  508  602   84.39    8 
13. Port Adelaide   5  1  4  0  485  564   85.99    4 
14. Fremantle       5  1  4  0  413  521   79.27    4 
15. West Coast      5  1  4  0  371  531   69.87    4 
16. Melbourne       5  0  5  0  345  655   52.67    0


Well, we've had the first draw of the season between Western Bulldogs and Richmond. The Bulldogs trailed by 19 pts late in the final quarter but somehow managed to salvage a draw. Will Minson kicked the goal that tied up the game after Brian Lake was unable to take the kick after injuring what looked to be his thigh.

Geelong and Hawthorn still undefeated after five rounds, that game will be a cracking match-up when they meet, the Bulldogs haven't lost either although that draw means they haven't won every game. A handy gap back to Sydney in 4th place with three wins, they are in a group of four with the same amount of victories.

Richmond's draw sees them consolidate 8th place for the second week in a row whilst Collingwood are knocking on the door in 9th. That miss by Didak in the dying minutes could have seen them 6th had they won. Carlton made it two wins a row, some thought they wouldn't even win that many games for the entire season whilst Port won their first match over a struggling West Coast. The two WA sides are going to struggle this year, West Coast's injuries are really hurting them along with their off-season departures. Their fall from grace has been surprising whilst Fremantle continue to underachieve, they need to start playing their younger players more frequently, something which West Coast is starting to do although very slowly.

And the Demons, well, they are in big trouble. Their captain, David Neitz is out with a career threatening neck injury which may keep him out for up to eight weeks. His injury is bad enough for the Dees to put him on their long-term injury list. Add that to the fact they are still winless and looking rather uncompetitive sees their season going downhill rapidly.

Thoughts AFL fans?
 
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