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North Melbourne 14.13.97 Defeated Carlton 10.8.68
Friday night football brought us another upset with North winning this match basically in the first quarter. The Blues had to play catch up football and were not good enough. It’s becoming impossible to tip these two teams consistently. Lindsay Thomas stopped annoying players and kicked a few goals – 7 actually. A match winning effort. Betts kicked 5 at the other end for Carlton but the Blues need to ask that question of whether they are fair dinkum.
Hawthorn 19.10.124 Defeated Adelaide 11.11.77
The result was as predicted but considering the form of both teams the margin was surprising. Hawks seem to be getting stronger. When Hodge, who normally plays off half back, kicks 3 goals then the opposition has a problem. Franklin, Roughead and Rioli all kicked 3 while Tippett kicked 4 goals for the Crows. Not sure where Hawthorn are heading because of their very ordinary start to the season while Adelaide are going to finish in the bottom 5.
Geelong 23.16.154 Defeated Essendon 12.11.83
In this game there was another huge score by the Cats who were held by a spirited Essendon in the first half – sort of. Goals by Varcoe (5), Podsiadly (5) and Johnson (4) were enough to beat the Bombers. Hurley kicked 5 for Essendon – a great effort in these circumstances. The Bombers are going to fight for a place in the 8 and Geelong will finish top of the ladder. This Cats team is one of the best in 20 – 30 years.
Sydney 14.9.93 Defeated Port Adelaide 8.7.55
Another sad day for the Power supporters watching their team at home go down to Sydney who have found enough form to win the last two games and firm themselves into the top 8. It is not recommended to tip Port too often in the future. Goodes played well which was a welcome return to form and he seems to be a barometer of the Swans’ performance. Early season success for Port may be put down to youthful enthusiasm and based on their performances over the past few weeks they won’t make the 8. Sydney will be where they were last year.
Richmond 19.12.126 Defeated West Coast 11.11.77
The big story here was not the huge score the Tigers kicked. It was not the fact that they won the game. It was Reiwoldt kicking 10 goals for Richmond, almost enough to beat West Coast on his own. But was that the biggest news? No. Reiwoldt didn’t give an interview to Fox, that’s the headline.....for Fox anyway. The Tigers were made to look good by the Eagles who were woeful and the BS that Worsfold keeps feeding the management and the supporters has been found out. At the start of the season the prediction was that West Coast would make the 8. The question hanging over West Coast’s head now is – will they win their first Wooden Spoon? Richmond are on the improve but they still lack quality players and until they can get a couple of players at that standard they will remain middle of the road.
Western Bulldogs 17.19.121 Defeated Brisbane 8.8.56
The Lions’ slump continued, apart from the surprise win against Collingwood, and, in this game they were simply outclassed all day. Hall continued his good form and kicked 6 goals. The Bullies needed that one. Injuries to Brisbane have been diabolical and it shows that the success of a team is really dependent on their available playing list. Brown is an added injury to the Lions they could well do without and it might be a godsend that they play Richmond next week. The Bulldogs look okay but it’s when they come up against any of the other top 4 teams that we will really know. Up to now they have been lacking.
St Kilda 12.13.85 Defeated Fremantle 10.07.67
St Kilda had the measure of Freo right from the first bounce and Sandilands and Pav both had off days which didn’t help. Milne bobbed up in his 200th game with 4 very good goals. The Saints have taken a couple of weeks to adapt without Nick Reiwoldt and whatever coach Lyons has set up it seems to be working...at last. The Saints have ground out some good wins against good opposition and they have easily beaten the pretenders. When you lose a player like Nick it takes time to make that adjustment. Fremantle haven’t gone back to their old ways it’s just that the young guys are getting tired so a week off mid season may re-energise them. The Dockers should fill one of the places in the finals but it’s a matter of in which position they will finish.
Collingwood 9.22.76 Drew With Melbourne 11.10.76
First draw of the season but the result for Collingwood was as bad as the Eagles being beaten by Richmond yesterday. 31 shots to 21 shots for goal. Well done Dees, they improved by a point since they met last. Sometimes a draw can be handy with the extra 2 points but the Pies need to finish in the top 4 again this year. It seems they are the 3rd best team in the AFL – same as last year. Melbourne was the worst team in the comp for a couple of years but they might just finish about 10 or 11 this year, a great improvement.
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