It is indeed time to celebrate for the Paps. Never one to look at the dark side, lets concentrate on the UP! Sure they lost by ten goals, but (a) they scored a goal before quarter time, (b) they scored goals in the second quarter, and (c) they kicked more than ten goals for the entire match! That is sensational! There aren't many teams that can lose by ten goals and still have their percentage improve. Yep, they are back on track.
Speaking of back on track, the Tigers are playing to their normal game plan. Start the season ok, lose the middle 15 to rule themselves out, and then win a couple at the end when it means diddly squat. The only question is who is going to be the Tigers 2012 Cousins? Maybe Fev? And every year the media jump on it and say oh it all looks good for next year. Go Tiger Fans! Never mind they were playing a crap team - the Dees are K Rudderless. Starting yer Captain as the substitute is a genius move, especially if he is out of contract. GWS would have a spot for him I'm sure.
Fifty One possessions to Mr Thompson on the weekend for the Crows. Handy effort. Clearly we should have got rid of N Craig earlier - 3 wins and a nearly since he took over. Either we should have got rid of him earlier or we should have played the bottom teams every week for the whole season. Hmmm actually that didn't work so well earlier in the season - we lost to Port and Melbourne didn't we... Still at least we aren't Port. Hmm for some reason I'm reminded of the TISM song... "I might be a c*nt but I'm not a f*cking c*nt" <<rude language alert!>>.
There were a cuppla games that mattered on the weekend... the Sinners n Sydney was one. Good to see Sydney stop MadJacob from scoring a perfect scrore not once, not twice, but three weeks in a row. Not sure where that puts the Sinners - they have gone from being no chance for the 8, to almost deadset certs for 6th, to a bit wobbly. But if they beat the Roos then they'll be fine - and they will. Sydney should have won by more. RO'K is saying they were too tired to kick straight. Uhm. OK. Sydney should make it through now but their holidays are only deferred by a week. The other game of note was the Purples v Roos. The Purples are 'cooked' apparently. I love the way the media jumps on a term and start using it for everything they can. Six weeks ago - before K Hunt was 'cooked' - it was never used, now any player that is tired is cooked! After the weekend the Haze has ANOTHER 7 players out... Pv, Mundy, McPhee, Broughton, Ballantyne, Silvagni and probably Grover. 25 people left on their list to choose from. The skill levels of both teams was low - medium to rare. But if people are thinking the Roos are anything but ordinary on the back of that game then they are trying to sell newspapers to keep the interest up. They will get baked by a decent team and Chef Lyon will deliver them well done to a September holiday.
No surprise that the Beagles smashed the Bombouts. As soon as Jobe 'milkman son' Watson headbutted Waters it was all over. And if Brissy had kicked straight they would have smashed the Pies! Go Brissy!
Tippers
3 folkettes got the Royal Flush on the weekend - fava, kschafer and The Anti-Dave. He clearly didn't pick the Roos by a margin of under 40. Who goes margin bets? Destined for failure. It's almost like the TAB knows that only idiots go for margin bets. Hey Dave? HEY DAVE?
Still leading the way we have the Judder, Drizza and Once Great, and Fava moves up a few spots into 5th.
Yes we do include finals.
Round 23
Where are we... hmm... two rounds to go and games of consequence are starting to narrow. The Pies should smash the personnel challenged Dockers. Loved the comments page on the herald sun page where Pies supporters are saying THEY have injuries... not sure who they were referring to. Jolly is the only one of consequence, and maybe Dawes but he is support cast. Compared to the dockers injuries?? Anyway, Pies to win in a remote foreign land and end any remote chance the Dockers had.
Hawks should have too much for the Doggies but there is the sniff of an upset about this one. No such sniff for the Cats n Swans. Swans just don't have the cattle. And maybe they are cooked. And maybe they can't go the Journey. Any others?
The Sinners/Roos game will spell the end for the Roos. The Sinners are the only team that I reckon can challenge the Cats/Pies/Hawks for a shot at it, and they will make it through.
Upset of the Round? The Lions over the Eagles. It's a long trip ladies and the Lions are playing ok. In the last three games the Crows will smash the Tiggers, the Dees should beat the Suns, and The Bombers have a bye.
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