[By the way, it all starts on THURSDAY so get your tips in early!]
| Round 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Home vs. Away | Venue | AEDT | Local | TV | ||
| Sat, Mar 24 | GWS Giants vs. Sydney Swans | ANZ Stadium | 7.20pm | 7.20pm | SEVEN | ||
| Thur, Mar 29 | Richmond vs. Carlton | MCG | 7.40pm | 7.40pm | SEVEN | ||
| Fri, Mar 30 | Hawthorn vs. Collingwood | MCG | 7.50pm | 7.50pm | SEVEN | ||
| Sat, Mar 31 | Melbourne vs. Brisbane Lions | MCG | 1.40pm | 1.40pm | FOX | ||
| Sat, Mar 31 | Gold Coast Suns vs. Adelaide Crows | Metricon Stadium | 4.40pm | 3.40pm | FOX | ||
| Sat, Mar 31 | Fremantle Dockers vs. Geelong Cats | Patersons Stadium | 7.40pm | 4.40pm | SEVEN | ||
| Sat, Mar 31 | North Melbourne vs. Essendon | Etihad Stadium | 7.40pm | 7.40pm | FOX | ||
| AEST | |||||||
| Sun, April 1 | Western Bulldogs vs. West Coast Eagles | Etihad Stadium | 1.10pm | 1.10pm | FOX | ||
| Sun, April 1 | Port Adelaide vs. St Kilda | AAMI Stadium | 4.40pm | 4.10pm | FOX | ||
First off is what is normally the annual kick the Tiggers in the ribs game. They take on the Blues and if you all put yer picks in a few weeks ago, you tipped the Blues, didn't you! I know you did. So did I. But does NAB cup form matter? Cos if it does... then you may want to reconsider. The odds have come in from being $3.75 at one stage to now being $2.60! Of course when they lose it doesn't really matter what the odds were eh? But on their side, the Blues have a few injuries, with Walker, Warnock, Jamison, Duigan and Laidler out of their supposedly best 22. Must say, they may be in their best 22, but not sure any of them are in their top 5. The Tiggers are pretty much at full strength. And Jake King is playing for them. Those two things feel incongruous. He is still crap - I don't care how many push-ups he can do. I'll stick with the Blues and will enjoy hearing how the Tiggs are rubbish by friday.
Massive game on the friday night - nice to see the AFL finally schedule something good early in the year cos last year's draw was pretty average. The Hawks v the Pies eh? What a stoush. At full strength toss a coin. This will be a pearler. Both big bodied teams that will finish near the top of the table. Both without a decent ruckman. The Hawks have Buddy, the Pies have the midfield. The Hawks have a system while the Pies are tweaking theirs. I'll tip the Hawks.
The Dees n Lions. Yeah yeah whatever. Sorry Jimmy. Just the facts. Both teams are destined for the bottom rungs of the table, and the Lions without Browny are like pepper steak without the steak. And pepper. Early up in the season so home ground advantage will sway on this one - back the Dees to do it for Jimmy. Meanwhile up at Metricon the Suns host the Mighty Mighty's. I wish the Suns well, but the Crows will de-pants them. Unless Daaaave picks em by over 91 points. In which case we'll win by 90.
If you are looking for an upset then the Dockers could be your game against the Cats. New coach, homeground advantage, not a lot of injuries (although not sure where Sandilands is at). Yep... nothing against the Cats, they'll still be up top come the end, but the Dockers get my vote for this game.
The only thing upsetting about watching the Roos v the Bombouts is having to watch the game at all. I guess it is one of those night where you can flick between watching the Dockers getting the upset, flicking over and checking on which Bomber is about to cry, and then flicking over to watch Rockwiz. And then forgetting the games were even on. Still, as boring as it will be, its a 50/50 game and there's no homeground advantage... I think the Bombers will just have this one. But then again Petrie...
April Fools! Yep sunday is April 1st, and the Paps will fool you all to somehow beat a boring boring ageing St Kilda. Oh how they'll laugh. Equally amusing will be the Doggies showing how poorly the Eagles travel and getting on the board... well... maybe not... APRIL FOOL!!!!
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