Round 18: Death of Crows

It's not often that I score more in an entire round of stableford golf than an entire footy team in an entire game of footy but this weekend has produced it.  And I would like to say it's partially because I had an absolute corker of a round but... nope!  Twenty Four Points to the Crows.  Thirty One Points to the Horseboy.  I would be disappointed with either in a quarter of footy but 24 points in a whole game?  Ouch.  Sorry Neil... I love yer stuff but you've lost em.  Now, I know we've lost about 38,000 games of experience - Edwards, McLeod, Bock etc but they are playing without passion damnit! And that's the crux of the matter.  Hmmm.  I mean... even Amy Winehouse got 27 on the board.

But enough of that.  In the Match of the Round - the Derby - the Eagles did everything they could to lose the game by kicking SEVENTEEN points.  Halfway through the last quarter the Beagles were 22 up (thats like... a whole GAMES worth of points!) and then bang... dodgy ump decision 1, 2, 3.  Are the Dockers paying the umps at the moment? All of a sudden there's only 3 points the diff... then 2... then with 2 seconds to go the Umps yet AGAIN do their best to try and get the Dockers higher into the 8 by calling a deliberate out of bounds 50 out... and that annoying little RUNT Ballantyne gets a shot on goal after the siren... and he kicks it long... and it's headed towards the goals... and the RUNT starts to celebrate... and it hits the post... PHEW!  Can you imagine how annoying that RUNT would have been?

On Saturday night the Suns went down to the Pies - but not as badly as they could have - and the Blues gave the Bombers a spanking after half time.  Eddie Betts kicked 8 of the best while Walkers mark has everyone forgetting Krak's, NikNaks, and the other half dozen marks that have been Mark of the Year at various times during the year to date...

And of course all the rest of the games went to script.  The Hawks bashed the Dees, the Cats the Tigers, and the Swans the Doggies.  Although how any Swans fan didn't pick em I'll never know... eh Mozz?

Tippers
Well I would love to easily let you know who got what but for now... the oztips site is BRILLIANT... yes BRILLIANT! And I can't quite tell.... but given there were 8 faves winning from 8 games... I'm guessing there were a few 9's on the board this week!

Round 19
Some big games this week - dare I say that some finals positions WILL be sorted.  First up the Kangas need to beat the Blues if they are going to make the 8 this year.  And it's quite do-able.  The Roos are in as good form as the Blues - both teams struggling with half decent teams.  If you want an upset, this is the one.  Meanwhile the Doggies host the Eagles.  And again, if the Doggies are going to make the 8, they need to beat them, but being in Melbourne, the Doggies have got to be a good chance... eh?

Geelong will douse Melbourne's slim hopes with a caning, as will the Pies over the Bombers, while Freo will consolidate their's by beating the Hawks over in the West.  I can't see the Sinners losing to the Suns, but in the Match of the Round, the new Coach of the Crows will get off to a winning start over the Paps....