But it was a a fine long weekend in Sunny Sydney, as we had crowsfc visit ye olde town before heading off to Stockholm for the hot stuff! Oh the tales he confided to me in a drunken haze of soon-to-be-defeated sexual frustration - 101 & Gutterguard, there were many long stories made short, and I will start up another blog devoted to tales of your drunken depravity! Scene 1: France. Tres Disturbing.
But to the football... and what a weekend it was for the Loyal! Yes, it all pretty much went to plan this weekend, with really just the one upset - the Blues beat the Lions up at the Gabba. Huge effort there with The Fev cranking out 8 goals while Johnno Brown sprayed them wider than Ian Perrie used to on a good day.
But why was it one for the loyal? Well my friends, it's because Chris Judd's Hair scored a perfect 8 (and thus 9), AND profited by putting his $ where his mouth is due to Loyalty, while a certain Mr Falcon - supposed BluesMan - dobbed seven from 8. I know - yer thinking he must have picked an upset - maybe the Bombers over the Mighty Mighty Crows? But Nay! He picked the Lions over His Blues. And not only did it cost him 2 points in the tipping but the 'Blue All The Way Thru' boy put his hard earned crusties on all the certainties this weekend... ie Cats... Saints... Lions... OOF! SHAME FALCON SHAME. Utility Smoothing? I celebrate your failure Falcon ole chap, almost as much as I take delight in the victory of the Mighty Mighty's over the Bombers.
Speaking of the Crows... we thought we would switch from our standard "dominate the first half, take the third quarter off and make sure of it in the last" routine. It was getting tired. So this week we made it a lil fun for the Bombers Faithful (there are a couple out there aren't there?), give them a show in the first half and then let Tyson & Tippet get on with the rest. How good was the game? Goals from every Bombers orifice - even the 3rd worst player in the AFL scored 3 in the first half (LRT is still President, Stanton is Vice, but Jooooobe is definitely Secretary of State). The umpires kicked 2 for the Bombers as well just to keep the Victorians interested, but none of this was enough to keep the Bombers in with a show. As per usual JimmyBoy Hird said the Bombers threw the game away. LET GO JAMES! If he Coaches another team he will throw games against the Bombers. Move on. Too Good James. Too Good.
On Friday night the Tigers dragged the Doggies down to their level for the first half but once it was confirmed that Rawlings was the new Richmond Coach, the team lost all respect for anything associated with the Black n Gold, packed up and went home. Rawlings? He IS Mr Squiggle. The only surprise to me is that Essendon didn't pick him as their coach first.
The Roos ended up getting spanked by the Sinners although it was a little closer than the scoreboard said. But lets be honest. It's North Melbourne and no one cares. 30,000 people showed up and 25k of them were Sinners supporters. THe sooner Laidely packs his bags and buys 22 tickets to the Gold Coast the better. On second thoughts they should just join forces with Melbourne and form a SuperPower... Actually we all know they would form a team that would still get beaten by everyone - even the Pies would beat em but not by as much as they did the Dees on their own. Ahh the Pies. Is it possible for them to get a better draw? I'm surprised Eddie hasn't organised with the AFL to get a bye any time they are drawn to play a top 3 team. More than half the season to go and they play one Top 3 team again, and after the next round they play interstate once more. Oh the charmed life.
Port beat Freo. I suppose that will make them happy. The Dockers are shizer and beating crap teams seems to validate the folk down at Alberton. The Cats beat the Eagles but they seemed to sleepwalk through that one. It's always handy when the opposition pinpoints passes into your forward line. And finally, Barry Hall beat the Swans on behalf of the Hawkers. Oh dear. I only turned on as he was halfway through the 2nd 50...
Round 11? It's split. And you'll get yer damn update soon!
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