The Horseboy is Back!
Yep I return from the land called Saffa in one piece and I praise the almighty. All those stories you hear are 100% true. Every person I met that had spent more than a month there (locals and visitors) had been mugged or worse at least once. Apparently "you just need to be sensible". Sounds like sound advice but you have to realise "sensible" means not going out. It's like going to a Pies game 24x7 although to be fair the beer is a lot cheaper than at the MCG.
On the upside, the Saffas that aren't mugging you are quite friendly. And even the ones that are rifling through you jacket when you turn your back for 2 minutes are quite friendly and apologise afterwards. Maybe he was looking for some change for the 8-ball table?
Anyway, I am back and just in time to see some of the crappiest crappiest football played by a team. I have never seen such crap in my life. Defence? None. They sliced us up. Attack? Forward the ball would go only to have missed opportunity after missed opportunity. That we stayed within two goals for so long just shows how crap the opposition were before they blew us away in the last 30.
Now you see... I have written two reviews with the one paragraph cos the Socceroos were very ordinary and the Crows equally inept. The only real difference is that the Germans are actually reasonable opposition while I still don't rate the Hopeless Hawks. Sure they ended up smacking the Crows by 47 points, but the fact that we were missing easy goals and turning over the ball with greater regularity than the Socceroos, and STILL the Hawks were only up by 10 points several times in the last quarter....? Well that says the Hawks are crap. Yes they've won a few in a row, but that is the draw. They haven't beaten anyone of note. So Ando and Line in the Sand... lull yerselves if you like but yer kidding yerselves if you think any different. My money is on Franklin being caught for drugs on his third strike in Round 21. Tippett must be on something too cos those missed goals were an absolute JOKE. And as for that Mexican ref...
How bout the Riewoldt lad? Ten goals. Still looks like he needs to go through puberty. Hard to rate him but ten goals in a crap team... well hard NOT to rate him I guess. That's the first ten goal haul since 2007 by anyone and he now leads the Coleman. Amazing effort and the Tigers got their second win on the board, smashing the Beagles by 49 points.
Great to see the Paps go down like a sack on home turf. Sad to see so many injuries. Can you sense my tears? Lets see... Salopek, Ebert, Chutney Cornes, Trengrove, Harlett and Surjan all possibly out injured. Welcome to my world. The Swans did it easy really. Goodesy kicked 3. And there I reckon I have found the solution to the Socceroos problems... snatch an AFL player. Goodesy can do pretty much anything. Imagine him in the box. He kicks goals off the ground half the time anyway. And he can't be worse at soccer than Hunt and Folau will probably be at AFL. Come on Pim! Be honest with yerself... we've got NOTHIN! Harry is about as injury-prone as Riewoldt crossed with Hirdy. Get on the job.
Carlton continued their season of who cares. This time against a team about which no one cares. The Kangas do what they do best. Display mediocrity by winning the odd game when you don't tip them. Seriously who cares about North Melbourne? Their 4 supporters turn up to about half the games they play. They should just fold and be done with it. Brayshaw shts me for what he did to them - promising to get them out of a coma but keeping them on life support and feeding through an AFL sponsored straw is a joke. He is to Eddie McGuire what Jar Jar Binks was to Chewbacca.
In a ripper of a game the Pies n Dees drew. If bad kicking is bad footy, the Pies were total crap - ten more scoring shots and dzzzzt... unbelievable. Still with the Cats pumping the Bombers and the Doggies absolutely slappin the Lions around, we did have some order restored. But what has happened to the Dockers in my absence? Have they gone down the gurgler? A cuppla losses... well we'll see. The Sinners are coasting along it seems, dreaming of the return of Riewoldt the Lesser, and with Milney firing up they still look good. Goddard continues to be as solid as he is ugly.
The Side Comp
In my absence the comp did of course go off in Round 9 - you get $30 each. Please email me to get the cash. And with the draw, it has gone off again - another $30 this time going to Ruby2shoes. It will restart again this week and you can choose from any game.
The Ladder
Well out on top - well and truly - is the D Master! He is a lazy 14 points ahead of his father Pize Rule... thats gotta hurt. I hope he paid the $30 and not the PR man.
Also thanks Beccsta - no bonus point YET for the Bazza picks... and yes, people have selected right through to the finals...
Round 13 - Split Round
Indeed it is... and it starts with a very hard to pick Hawks v Bombers. Toss the coin for these two contenders (for positions 8 - 11). Dave will yet again pick the Hawks cos he still has no scruples. I haven't spoken to him for 3 weeks but I know it to be true. I don't care if you won two rounds of golf on the trot. I'll back the Bombers after seeing the Hawks struggle over the Mighties.
The Blues will get an easy win over the flailing Dockers, while the Lions at home over the Tigers are NOT a certainty. Again, an indictment on the Lions, not a positive for the Tiges. No (fit) Browny, no Lions. Who would have thought THAT was the case when you have Fev up front as well? Amazing.
Finally, the Kangas should win over the Power, so I'll tip the Power, and the Doggies will destroy the Eagles. If the Tigers can beat em, the Doggies will leave no trace they even existed.
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