AFL Round 13 - they're all non MFC Games

[Ted Lasso 18,779]

Hey Alex Rance good game tonight.

Your still Jesse Hogans little b itch though

Haha i'll be sure to mention that monday if i see him

[P-man 13,366]

Nothing short of deplorable from the Swans in the second half. Richmond took their opportunity though, so credit to them.

[MadAsHell 4,209]

Nothing short of deplorable from the Swans in the second half. Richmond took their opportunity though, so credit to them.

They sure did to, and good on them.

They're still soft though and will cause zero damage come the business end.

[KingDingAling 3,737]

Good comeback by Richmond, they saved the game. Prior to that it was a boring spectacle being ruined by over umpiring.

[Sir Why You Little 36,628]

Well the Premiership Cup is wide open this year

2 games out of the 8

10 rounds to go.....

[rjay 24,592]

Yes pretenders falling over is letting the Dawks in with a chance at top 2 yet again. Might as well pencil them in for three in a row now.

Starting to look more & more like it everyday 'Hood'.

[titan_uranus 24,593]

Richmond's last three weeks have involved wins over Fremantle and Sydney, both on the road.

I don't like them but they have to be considered more than 'pretenders' if they can get those sorts of wins.

It's also good for the game to see middle-of-the-road sides beating Sydney in Sydney. The last thing we need is a Hawthorn-Sydney GF.

Tippet seems a waste of space every time I see him. Am I watching the wrong games?

IMO has to be top 5, if not number 1, in the AFL's most overrated players.

Absolutely useless player who cannot mark, can hardly move, and has not an iota of a football brain. He's just strong and fit (in a stamina sense). He's continually required to wrestle his defender because he can't get on any sort of lead.

If he didn't have Franklin next to him and Kennedy/Hannebery/Jack/McVeigh/etc. kicking it to him he would hardly be playing seniors.

[Curry & Beer 5,444]

Looks like the pretenders beat the pretenders tonight...

battle of then pretenders to see who can who pretender hardest, well pretended tiges!

[Ethan Tremblay 29,976]

Well the Premiership Cup is wide open this year

2 games out of the 8

10 rounds to go.....

2 + 8 = 10. 10 rounds to go...its a sign.

[titan_uranus 24,593]

Having watched the videos on the AFL website, Franklin deserves at least 4 weeks (that is the classic kind of bump we are trying to get rid of. He makes a conscious decision not to go get the ball, runs past it, sizes up a player he knows he's bigger than, elects to bump, and hits him in the head. It should not matter one bit that Edwards didn't suffer catastrophic injuries. He could have, and that was wholly preventable from Franklin. That is why he deserves lots of weeks).

As for Tippett, that wasn't nearly as bad IMO but it was a bad spoiling attempt and hit the head. Maybe one week.

[dees189227 12,062]

I think people used to have sydney as one of there favourite teams but I suspect that they are slowly becoming of one of the most hated. I mean they get Tippett in then they sneakily get franklin in, which was a great move by the club but from the outside we all don't agree with there extra funding and they have Goodes who people are sick of with whinging, sliding and trying to score frees.

As much as I laugh at Richmond and how they stuff up there seasons I actually found myself barracking for them, actually a draw would have been good as well.

But I did laugh when sydney only kicked 3 goals after 1/2 time. There millionaire forward line failed miserably and Rance just rag dolled buddy after 1/2 time.

[Sir Why You Little 36,628]

2 + 8 = 10. 10 rounds to go...its a sign.

not sure of your logic Ethan

But this season is wide open

11 wins may get a final 8 spot

I just hope the MFC go into games planning to Win rather than minimizing a loss

Those dark days must be over...

If Richmond can beat the Swanettes at The SCG then it is game on

[Curry & Beer 5,444]

11 wins may get a final 8 spot

Rubbish! 12 would be very lucky, 13 is the requirement with lowly %

[Ethan Tremblay 29,976]

not sure of your logic Ethan

But this season is wide open

11 wins may get a final 8 spot

I just hope the MFC go into games planning to Win rather than minimizing a loss

Those dark days must be over...

If Richmond can beat the Swanettes at The SCG then it is game on

There was no logic.

I have to say i gave us no hope against Geelong, in actual fact i have never been more certain of a loss. Apparently the players didn't feel the same. i also hope the days of going into a game and playing overly defensive in an effort to minimise being thrashed are over. The next few weeks will be telling.

(Your probably all wondering if thats a real gun in my profile photo, it's not. It's a stage prop for some new head shots I had done).

Edited June 26, 2015 by Ethan Tremblay

[Whispering_Jack 29,185]

Richmond's win, along with a couple of upsets from last week, has breathed life into the competition and prevented the top four closing up from the rest of the pack.

Some good games loom in the next round with the Thursday night game (Swans minus Buddy? v Port) and Collingwood v Hawthorn on Friday night being key indicators as we move into the business end of the season.

Of course, nothing can beat the Top End blockbuster on Saturday night which should attract more than 5,000 fans and will no doubt just outrate Father Brown on ABC Vic and Judge Judy on Arena.

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

Holding the ball?

[Sir Why You Little 36,628]

Rubbish! 12 would be very lucky, 13 is the requirement with lowly %

If Top sides lose more games it coud become a real log jam for positions 7-13

Not rubbish at all

[Fork 'em 6,940]

Toig bandwagon.



Bomber bandwagon.

[rjay 24,592]

Having watched the videos on the AFL website, Franklin deserves at least 4 weeks (that is the classic kind of bump we are trying to get rid of. He makes a conscious decision not to go get the ball, runs past it, sizes up a player he knows he's bigger than, elects to bump, and hits him in the head. It should not matter one bit that Edwards didn't suffer catastrophic injuries. He could have, and that was wholly preventable from Franklin. That is why he deserves lots of weeks).

As for Tippett, that wasn't nearly as bad IMO but it was a bad spoiling attempt and hit the head. Maybe one week.

I think you're right 'titan', I don't think it will happen though.

Too much emphasis is placed on the injury to the player, Edwards was lucky. We need to really stomp this sort of thing out of the game before someone else ends up in a wheelchair.

4 weeks minimum but I would like to see a lot more. I think they will hit him with 2 though....

[The Great Pretender 454]

Gee I hope Hawthorn give Essendon a right royal flogging today.

[daisycutter 29,320]

I think you're right 'titan', I don't think it will happen though.

Too much emphasis is placed on the injury to the player, Edwards was lucky. We need to really stomp this sort of thing out of the game before someone else ends up in a wheelchair.

4 weeks minimum but I would like to see a lot more. I think they will hit him with 2 though....

now this is a shirtfront

[Strapping Young Lad 227]

Holding the ball?

He is the Australian of the year and he wonders why we boo him. Are we allowed to boo that effort?

Hahaha!!!

He needs to get a grip. A better one.

[sue 9,006]

At the risk of hijacking this dying forum into the Goodes booing issue: An earlier poster listed a number of booable things that Goodes does or has done. The point is that there are many players who do that sort of stuff as much as he does. The thing is he gets continually booed and they don't. Why?

[dees189227 12,062]

Got a good grip there goodsy

[Jesse Christ 2,884]

School of commentary by Bruce Mcavaney; be grovely and use sexual terms. Done.