The AFL / Aussie Rules Thread

Holden · March 16, 2024, 01:41:29 AM

Quote from: Papy Oli on March 16, 2024, 12:35:51 AMCome on Cats!!

And they're 14 points ahead at the moment. The Suns have made a good start against the Crows and the Giants have smashed the Kangaroos.

As for Collingwood.... what a shower of shite! I won't back them again this season.

Papy Oli · March 16, 2024, 01:59:39 AM

Quote from: Holden on March 16, 2024, 01:41:29 AMAnd they're 14 points ahead at the moment. The Suns have made a good start against the Crows and the Giants have smashed the Kangaroos.

As for Collingwood.... what a shower of shite! I won't back them again this season.

Very scrappy playing by the Cats, lots of handling errors. The Saints have more fluidity in their counter-attacks and handballs. What saved us is some good defending by Stewart, De Koning, etc. Geelong turned it around in Q2 by some better constructed attacked and some good runs and kicks by Jezza Cameron and Oliver Dempsey.

Papy Oli · March 16, 2024, 02:02:18 AM

Quote from: Holden on March 16, 2024, 01:41:29 AMAs for Collingwood.... what a shower of shite! I won't back them again this season.

As holding premiers, everybody will be out to get them this season. It won't be a walk in the park.

it was horrible for us, 2023 was just a long hangover

Papy Oli · March 16, 2024, 02:10:16 AM

Side point: great to see a full Kardinia Park at last with the new stand fully done

Papy Oli · March 16, 2024, 03:16:01 AM

Fudge me....

Kilda came back within 1 point with 2 min to go.

Dangerfield makes a mark on the 50m line. Hits it, looks like going behind and curves back in for goal right at the end in the last min.

I am knackered

and I have 3 Rugby games to follow today, including Le Crunch this evening

Papy Oli · March 16, 2024, 03:31:39 AM

3 in the row for the Crows.

Hardwick has that seething face on of the bad Richmond days

(and that's with GC 20 up

)

Papy Oli · March 16, 2024, 03:39:37 AM

5 in a row...

ADE back within 8 points of GC with 3 min to go.

Hardwich has gone up from seething to extremely disappointed

Papy Oli · March 16, 2024, 03:42:24 AM

2 behinds.

6 points in it.

1 min to go.

You ok, @Holden ?

Papy Oli · March 16, 2024, 03:45:43 AM

and a failed mark on the 50's line for the Crows just seconds from the siren...

blimey!!

Holden · March 16, 2024, 09:27:11 AM

Last season we would probably have coughed that one up so a big plus to see them hold on.

Dangerfield to the rescue for the Cats.

Papy Oli · March 22, 2024, 05:35:18 AM

Caught up with the Cats' game 2-3 hours later. A good win by 20. Should have been much closer if the crows hadn't missed some clear goal chances and other poor kicking for marks. Geelong played a patient and solid game and manage to disrupt and slow down their attacks enough to hold them back at the siren. Not flamboyant but a serious game and four more points on the ladder.

Papy Oli · March 31, 2024, 05:05:57 AM

I don't know what was in the Aussie water this weekend but blimey, what a bunch of cracking games...!!!

I watched three games on catch-up this weekend (without looking up any scores !!). That was a blast as a "neutral". Brisbane held on a long while against Collingwood until it drifted away. Port v Dees was a cracking tense game, as was Richmond edging it against the Swans.

No wonder you guys are keeping quiet about the betting outcomes...

I then checked the score of Bombers-Saints. What a timeline, flippin' heck !! I just watched their Q4 , because why not.

5.20am kickoff for the Cats tomorrow. I don't think so. That will have to be a catch up as well on Tuesday as won't have time tomorrow.

Madiel · April 01, 2024, 04:40:36 AM

Sigh. Don't tell me the games were great, I failed to watch any of them.

I'm spending too much time trying to plan my European journey to pay attention to Australia!

I'm not in the office tipping competition this year because I'll miss half the season anyway.

Papy Oli · April 01, 2024, 05:02:45 AM

Quote from: Madiel on April 01, 2024, 04:40:36 AMSigh. Don't tell me the games were great, I failed to watch any of them.

I'm spending too much time trying to plan my European journey to pay attention to Australia!

I'm not in the office tipping competition this year because I'll miss half the season anyway.

That's a good enough excuse I guess. Shame, I enjoyed your tipping ups and downs

Up early enough to catch some of the Geelong game, before hitting the road. Switched on at the end of Q3 to find the game suspended for nearby lightning for 50 min

Managed to just about squeeze Q4 in before leaving. I'll watch the full game tomorrow.

Three for nought will do nicely. Good way to celebrate the Tomahawk's 350th.

Dogs next.

Holden · April 01, 2024, 03:54:38 PM

There will be some low scores on the tipping sheets this week that's for sure. I"ll find out today when I go into my local to check.

Papy Oli · April 25, 2024, 05:59:50 AM

Geelong eventually pulled away strongly in the horrendous weather last weekend at Brisbane. Top of the table is of course a great start but it'll be a clearer picture in a month's time once we've met other teams in form : Carlton, the Dees, GWS, Suns and Swans.

A tough month ahead.

Caught up with pies v bombers Anzac day game. A great hard fought draw, only one behind for each team in the last 12 minutes!!

Papy Oli · April 25, 2024, 06:05:42 AM

A quirky thing happened yesterday in the Richmond v Melbourne game.

A Melbourne player unexpectedly kicked into play after a Richmond behind, but not from the square in front of his goal posts, he did it from behind his goal line...thereby giving the Tigers another behind.

Not one I had seen before.

Needless to say he kicked the next play from the right position!!

Madiel · April 25, 2024, 01:37:19 PM

I had other things on my mind and completely forgot about watching THE Anzac Day game. I'm kicking myself after seeing the result. Talk about dramatic!

Papy Oli · April 26, 2024, 03:27:12 AM

Quote from: Madiel on April 25, 2024, 01:37:19 PMI had other things on my mind and completely forgot about watching THE Anzac Day game. I'm kicking myself after seeing the result. Talk about dramatic!

The Anzac ceremony was very moving at the eve game between Richmond-Melbourne. Seeing the horse guard carrying the flame in a pitch black ground, with only the phone lights is a superb sight. Was reading the Anzac game wiki page earlier, this has really become a cornerstone of the Aussies AFL season.

Didn't see the game yesterday but Brisbane took another walloping in the second half

Same configuration as the Cats game last week and too many behinds again.

I have Port/Saints in the background - Another close game on the cards there.

Papy Oli · April 27, 2024, 04:06:40 AM

Caught up now with this morning's game between Geelong and Carlton.

What a match and an intense to and fro all the way through play-wise. Bar a couple of minutes in Q1, Geelong was always ahead thanks to the Blues' lack of accuracy in goal kicking.

A late flurry of Carlton goals cut our lead in the end of Q4 but we saw the game out for a seventh straight win by 13 pts.

600th career goal and then some for Cameron, a good return by Cam Guthrie, and a strong team performance to make Carlton pay for their mistakes. Weirdly, this is the 3rd goalless game for Hawkins, a first since 2013 but the rest of the team chipped in as usual to score some and maintain the winning streak.

That Said, Carlton should still be a strong contender for the finals. Despite lots of injured players, they looked really neat in some of their phases and scored some cracking goals. A fit team will make some damage.

Bring on the Demons next week