Round 10 - Grinners

Round 10 had its hits and misses.

On Friday night, the Bombers took the tackling to the Dogs. They looked pretty quick and applied too much pressure to the kennel. Bazza still snagged 5 in a lone hand up forward. Too many skill errors cost the Dogs, as did leaving their run a bit late. Big come back in the last quarter - but just couldn't make up the difference. Bombers get a couple in a row and look like a chance for 8th spot.

At AAMI it was all yellow and black as the rains fell. They smacked that Paps. Absolutely hammered em. Lowest ever score for the Power. Tiggs just played the better wet weather footy. Probably brought the difference in skill levels back to neutral and lets face it...when you haven't won for 13 games you'd hope the selected 22 would have a decent crack! Happened to notice about dozen in the inner circle singing the song. That's a few popped cherries.

The Pies wilted sadly on the Gabba. Few selection issues for mine. Jack Anthony looks shot and to be fair to the Lions they played the better footy. Pies led for 90% of the game. Lions took the four points. A few expletives (ok I was filthy) - but it don't change the result people. Aaaargh!

Hawks toughed it out against the Swannies. Got over em by 3 points with quite a few of the bloods missing. They are a quality team. Goodes and co. never far from the contest. Buddy again in the headlines. Has accepted a week ban - for cleaning up another little bloke. He's gotta learn to pick on blokes his own size.

The Cats look impressive. Any catch Pods' latest 5 goals down at the Cattery? The bloke had it on a stick. Nearly kicked a banana from 45 metres out, took a 1 handed grab and slotted pretty much everything that came his way. How the heck can a bloke that good not make it until now? I've got the 2002 Pies team photo at the office......and there he is! He's alongside Tarrant, Rocca, Molloy, Scotty Cummings, Didak and Nick Davis. What about the Pods Pies? Eight years on - he's the form forward of the comp! Hindsight eh?

The Blues did a number on the Eagles. Bryce Gibbs racked up a lazy 45 possessions. Apparently Woosha was happy to let him play loose man in defence. He racked up 196 Supercoach points. No wonder the Blues won. Judd and co. looking also likely to be around the 8 come September. Setanata O continues to impress. Luck of the Irish?

The Purple Haze pumped the Roos. No Barlow either. Hamstring soreness apparently. That also has Supercoach repercussions. He's been another revelation this season (along with J-Pod). Pav kicked a few and racked up plenty. Kepler Bradley had a blinder (6 goals). The Dockers seem to have found a bit of depth in 2010. Expect them to be 4 top this year. Pav is among the best going around. He's destined to play in a Grand Final before he's done.

So from what most thought was a pretty easy week - on came the upsets which no doubt played havoc with everyone's tips. Good luck for week 11 people. For mine, I like the Sinners, Blues, Dockers, Roos, Cats, Swans, Hawks and Pies. Big game for the Dogs and Pies. Thats MOTR in my view. I'll be there!

The Nipster (Go Pies).