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babytiger2001

06 May 2004, 01:07 AM

This week's matches...

Friday, 7 May
Western Bulldogs v Essendon, at Telstra Dome, 7:40 p.m. Melbourne time

Saturday, 8 May
Carlton v Collingwood, at the MCG, 2:10 p.m. Melbourne time
Fremantle v St. Kilda, at Subiaco Oval, 2:10 p.m. Perth time
North Melbourne v Brisbane, at Telstra Dome, 7:10 p.m. Melbourne time
Port Adelaide v Adelaide, at AAMI Stadium, 7:10 Adelaide time

Sunday, 9 May
Sydney Swans v Richmond, at the SCG, 1:10 p.m. Sydney time
Melbourne v West Coast, at the MCG, 2:10 p.m. Melbourne time
Hawthorn v Geelong, at Telstra Dome, 5:10 p.m. Melbourne time

Note that the start time on that last game is not a typo. The AFL is trialling a few Sunday late-afternoon/early-evening clashes this year, and the Hawthorn v Geelong match is the first in that series. Not sure what kind of a crowd it will get, with it being Mother's Day and all.

And speaking of that match... On behalf of Geelong supporters everywhere, I have to get in this pot shot for all the Hawthorn fans on this forum, such as the likes of Spartacus and goaldrush, to name but a couple...

We are Geelong.
You are Hawthorn.
We own you.
Get ready to meet with another bitter defeat.

*cue maniacal laughter, á lá Garry Lyon's Houston Crabbe character on "The House of Bulger"* :D

babytiger2001

06 May 2004, 01:23 AM

And here are my tips...

Essendon
Collingwood
Fremantle
Brisbane
Port Adelaide
Sydney
Melbourne
Geelong

I'm 31/48 for the season so far...

Some points to be made:

Last week I said that Collingwood were due for a win, but it wasn't going to happen away to Port Adelaide. Well, against a Carlton side that lost by 105 points against Melbourne last week, coach Mick Malthouse's team will get back on the track this week, even if Nathan Buckley and Chris Tarrant don't play. After all Blues coach Dennis Pagan has gone on record to say that his team's confidence is quite inconsistent at the moment, and I'm banking on a further mental crisis on the part of Carlton.
I've been backing St. Kilda all season-- but after an emotional win over Brisbane and a log flight into Perth, this may be their first loss of the season. And besides, hardly anyone wins at "The House of Pain".
Brisbane to bounce back, with a big win over the Kangaroos. Interesting stat I saw on "White Line Fever" on Fox Footy Channel last night-- in the Lions' last 14 games decided by 10 points or fewer over the last few years, they've only won three of those. However, this won't be one of them.
Port Adelaide are a different class than the Crows, even if this is another South Australian "showdown".
Richmond appear to have had their win for the month, so I'm tipping Sydney.
West Coast are terrible travellers, but this game will prove whether Melbourne deserve to be in the rarified air of second spot on the ladder right now.
And Geelong are on the cusp of the eight, and are in line for a great rise in the coming weeks. Playing a rabble of a club like Hawthorn this week will only help. :D

ScouseCat

06 May 2004, 06:15 PM

And here are my tips...

Essendon
Collingwood
Fremantle
Brisbane
Port Adelaide
Sydney
Melbourne
Geelong
I have tipped the same as you this week William, with Sydney being my best bet this week to beat the struggling Richmond Tigers at home.

And Geelong are on the cusp of the eight, and are in line for a great rise in the coming weeks. Playing a rabble of a club like Hawthorn this week will only help. :D
Until Geelong beats Hawthorn this week, the line I'm taking is that Hawthorn are a quality team not in crisis, and Peter Schwab is a very good coach! :p

babytiger2001

06 May 2004, 07:00 PM

I have tipped the same as you this week William, with Sydney being my best bet this week to beat the struggling Richmond Tigers at home.

So you won't be able to make any ground on me. :)

My best tip, obviously, is Geelong. And kinda like what Sam Newman said on "The Footy Show" last night, it's equally because Hawthorn are so bad at the moment as well as Geelong having a bit of form.

I'm rating Collingwood, Melbourne and Freo pretty highly, too.

Until Geelong beats Hawthorn this week, the line I'm taking is that Hawthorn are a quality team not in crisis, and Peter Schwab is a very good coach! :p

You sure you're not in need of one of these, for a statement like that?

http://www.americanartifacts.com/smma/advert/ay192b.jpg

babytiger2001

06 May 2004, 07:03 PM

Round 7 teams -- afl.com.au (http://)

Among the highlights has Buckley and Tarrant returning for Collingwood. (http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=147466)

hiddink_magic

06 May 2004, 09:16 PM

Round 7 teams -- afl.com.au (http://)

Among the highlights has Buckley and Tarrant returning for Collingwood. (http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=147466)
Carn the Hawks.

babytiger2001

06 May 2004, 09:25 PM

Carn the Hawks.

Sorry, Suzi-- but it has to be said...

Geelong by 45 points.

With all due apologies in advance, if anything is to be observed from the Hawks' narrow loss to Richmond last week, aside from Crawford and Spider Everitt, and MAYBE Angelo Lekkas, it's really hard to pick out too many players in the brown and gold who really had a lot of passion out there.

With the form the Cats are on at the moment, they'll run Hawthorn ragged... and man, oh man, am I going to have fun at the office this afternoon, rubbing this in to the Hawthorn fans on staff there. :D

Hawthorn are an absolute rabble at the moment, and we own them.

ScouseCat

06 May 2004, 10:58 PM

You sure you're not in need of one of these, for a statement like that?

http://www.americanartifacts.com/smma/advert/ay192b.jpg
Remember the Seinfeld episode with George Costanza's words of wisdom... "it's not a lie if you believe it!" :D

Having said that, you might be right with what you say about the Hopeless Dawks... ooops, I mean Hawthorn Hawks, but until we beat them on Sunday, I'm keeping quiet! I will say that I am very confident we'll come away with the 4 points from this game. I am reminded of how easilly we brushed them aside last year when we'd won just one game, and we're in pretty good form at the moment with confidence high, so providing we don't take them lightly, we should win.

babytiger2001

07 May 2004, 05:08 AM

Remember the Seinfeld episode with George Costanza's words of wisdom... "it's not a lie if you believe it!" :D

To that, I counter with the time Jerry was dating a cop, and she hooked him up to a lie detector-- just to prove whether he was telling the truth to watching episodes of "Melrose Place"! :D

Having said that, you might be right with what you say about the Hopeless Dawks... ooops, I mean Hawthorn Hawks, but until we beat them on Sunday, I'm keeping quiet! I will say that I am very confident we'll come away with the 4 points from this game. I am reminded of how easilly we brushed them aside last year when we'd won just one game, and we're in pretty good form at the moment with confidence high, so providing we don't take them lightly, we should win.

Damn straight, this seems like an exact carbon copy of the corresponding fixture last year, except that we have a bit of form entering this game.

babytiger2001

07 May 2004, 05:13 AM

Just ahead of the Western Bulldogs v Essendon match on Friday Night Footy from Telstra Dome, and the commentators on Triple M Melbourne's radio pregame show just noted that the blockbuster of the round pits Fremantle and St. Kilda... and specifically, it's hard to believe how much that seemed unfathomable as recently as a couple of years ago.

By the way, there's free live audio via the AFL's official website (http://www.afl.com.au).

babytiger2001

07 May 2004, 05:38 AM

Update from Collingwood-- Buckley's good to go, but...

Tarrant still under a cloud -- Collingwood's official site (http://collingwoodfc.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=147554)

In other news...

Sydney v Richmond
Big Barry's lament: Bad on the run -- The Age (http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/realfooty/articles/2004/05/06/1083635280722.html)
Smooth movin' Richo ready to return -- afl.com.au (http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=147625)

North Melbourne v Brisbane
Laidley calls for show of character -- The Age (http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/realfooty/articles/2004/05/05/1083635203875.html)
Knee is Voss' concern: Scott -- afl.com.au (http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=147656)

Fremantle v St. Kilda
No charges for Saints pair -- afl.com.au (http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=147545)
Butterss expresses Saints' relief -- afl.com.au (http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=147572)
Farmer hauled in over on-field celebrations -- The Age (http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/realfooty/articles/2004/05/06/1083635287311.html)

Port Adelaide v Adelaide
A lowdown on Showdown -- Adelaide Advertiser (http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/footy03/story_page/0,8747,9493659%255E25397,00.html)
Ayres keeps faith -- Adelaide Advertiser (http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/footy03/story_page/0,8747,9493669%255E25397,00.html)

Hawthorn v Geelong Schwab's emotional defence -- afl.com.au (http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=147478)
Arthroscopy for Chambers -- afl.com.au (http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=147295)
Cats spot danger signs -- The Herald Sun (http://heraldsun.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,9481717%255E19766,00.html)
Tenace a teen ace for the Cats -- The Age (http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/realfooty/articles/2004/05/04/1083635132813.html)

Tribunal to be televised?
Players still against telecasts -- The Age (http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/realfooty/articles/2004/05/06/1083635287314.html)

mrsbabytiger2001

07 May 2004, 10:23 PM

My picks for this round:

Essendon
Collingwood
St. Kilda
Brisbane
Port Adelaide
Sydney
Melbourne
Geelong

The Score from the Essendon/Western Bulldogs Game:
score
Essendon 18 13 (121)
Western Bulldogs 14 11 (95)

babytiger2001

08 May 2004, 10:40 AM

The Score from the Essendon/Western Bulldogs Game:
score
Essendon 18 13 (121)
Western Bulldogs 14 11 (95)

Report (http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=147710)

babytiger2001

08 May 2004, 10:49 AM

Saturday's scores (and there are some shockers here): :eek:

Carlton v Collingwood (http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=147740), at the MCG:
Carlton 13.11 (89)
Collingwood 11.14 (80)

The weekend's blockbuster, Fremantle v St. Kilda (http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=147748), at Subiaco Oval:
Fremantle 11.6 (72)
St. Kilda 14.11 (95)

The South Australian "Showdown", between Port Adelaide and Adelaide (http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=147770), at AAMI Stadium:
Port Adelaide 13.9 (87)
Adelaide 17.17 (119)

And North Melbourne v Brisbane (http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=147771), at Telstra Dome:
North Melbourne 11.10 (76)
Brisbane 18.12 (120)

babytiger2001

08 May 2004, 07:38 PM

Also from the Carlton v Collingwood game, the 'Pies lost captain Nathan Buckley to a recurrence of his hamstring injury, and "Bucks" will now miss at least a few more games as a consequence.

Pies lose Buckley to injury again -- The Age (http://www.theage.com.au/realfooty/articles/2004/05/08/1083911457485.html)

ScouseCat

09 May 2004, 08:42 AM

Just got back from the twilight match between Geelong and Hawthorn at Telstra Dome and what an empathic victory by the young and improving Cats! We never looked threatened in the game, keeping the Hawks to just 8.4.52 for the entire match while we peppered the goals for 15.18.108, a 56 point victory. We could have won by more, but I'm happy with the result and the way we approached the game. Add to that the fact our captain, Steven King is due to return from injury next week and our season is beginning to get back on track.

We're in the eight and looking great, keep going Cats! :D

ScouseCat

09 May 2004, 09:08 AM

And as for my tipping, I managed to salvage 4/8 from this week of upsets and move to 33 for the year. I missed on St Kilda, Carlton, Adelaide and Richmond. Sydney really let me down this week losing to Richmond, costing me a trump point in one of the competitions I'm in for the second time this year.

babytiger2001

09 May 2004, 10:07 AM

The results from Sunday...

Sydney v Richmond (http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=147837), at the SCG:
Sydney 8.6 (54)
Richmond 10.7 (67)

Melbourne v West Coast (http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=147846), at the MCG:
Melbourne 18.14 (122)
West Coast 11.7 (73)

And the aforementioned Hawthorn v Geelong (http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=147848) match, at Telstra Dome:
Hawthorn 8.4 (52)
Geelong 15.8 (108)

Updated ladder (http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=ladder)

Went 4/8 on my tipping this weekend as well-- quite simply, a disastrous round. I am now 35/56 on the season.

hiddink_magic

09 May 2004, 09:41 PM

babytiger2001

09 May 2004, 09:44 PM

I now owe you a can of coke because your team thrashed the pants off Hawthorn.

Gratefully accpeted, Suzi. Will let you know when I am next in Ballarat (maybe I'll be around to collect at the end of the week).

And I don't think "thrashed" is a strong enough word. That was as clinical a performance I have seen a Geelong team play since they beat Collingwood and Essendon in back-to-back rounds a couple of seasons ago.

I think we stand a really good chance against high-flying Melbourne next Sunday at Kardinia Park, especially with King and Loats due to come back into the squad.