If North and Dogs are 2 best teams in it ...

[whers_jacka_now 97]

We can win the flag.

[RalphiusMaximus 6,103]

They aren't.  Adelaide, Sydney and Hawthorn are clearly better.  Probably Geelong as well. 

[MadAsHell 4,217]

Then Williamstown deserve promotion!

[Rod Grinter Riot Squad 5,654]

Not even close. Dogs are decimated and should have lost by a lot more, but Norf are not nearly as good as most seem to think.

 

hell, we would have beaten them by 4 goals if not for some pathetic umpiring.

[syl 40]

Adelaide, Sydney and Hawthorn are better than the dogs. North are top 2-3.

 

But Geelong are woeful, WB are an also ran too.

[Ted Lasso 19,549]

I don't rate North at all, Waite won't stay fit/hold this form all year. 

I think they'll be around top 4 but there are 4-5 teams that are better than them this year.

[whers_jacka_now 97]

i think we will win the flag, leicester style.

[whers_jacka_now 97]

And I will get so drunk I will vomit hangover for a month

[Deestroy All 14,266]

The pressure was good. The rest, nnnnot so much. 

My footy multi has died every Friday night this year too. I've gotta stop betting. Or start chasing my bets even more. 

[whers_jacka_now 97]

1 minute ago, Deestroy All said:

The pressure was good. The rest, nnnnot so much. 

My footy multi has died every Friday night this year too. I've gotta stop betting. Or start chasing my bets even more. 

You should try the Pokies to chase it back.

[Deestroy All 14,266]

Just now, whers_jacka_now said:

You should try the Pokies to chase it back.

Excellent idea. Mathematically impossible to lose at both. 

[dees189227 12,453]

Next 3 weeks nth play saints carlton essendon. Most likely 9-0. But as JB keeps saying they will have a tough draw in the 2nd half of the year. But geez there forward line of Waite who marked beautifully tonight, Brown and Drew is a great advantage. 

We should have beaten nth. But it will be interesting to see if they can finish top 4. 

[Demon Head 299]

North are consistent - if we get rid of our tendency to lapse badly and string a few wins together, you never know what we can do.

[whers_jacka_now 97]

We will beat them in September, 87 style..

[Deestroy All 14,266]

4 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

But geez there forward line of Waite who marked beautifully tonight, Brown and Drew is a great advantage. 

I was going to say we'll see how those 3 go in the wet winter, checked their draw and all bar one of their games in Melbourne is under the roof. So it'll be a huge advantage indeed. 

[mrtwister 652]

NM only 5 games away from their home stadium. 

[SaberFang 7,151]

Geez, and we don't get ANY Friday night games this year.

Gotta wonder about that Etihad surface. Dogs are decimated. Geez why did Truck need to debut there... 

 

[jumbo returns 6,741]

42 minutes ago, whers_jacka_now said:

And I will get so drunk I will vomit hangover for a month

Wow.

[jumbo returns 6,741]

24 minutes ago, SaberFang said:

Geez, and we don't get ANY Friday night games this year.

Gotta wonder about that Etihad surface. Dogs are decimated. Geez why did Truck need to debut there... 

 

Saber, we don't deserve any Friday night games with the [censored] we've served up in the past...

[jnrmac 20,276]

22 minutes ago, jumbo returns said:

Saber, we don't deserve any Friday night games with the [censored] we've served up in the past...

Dont start that crud again. We deserve equal billing always. As do the other 17 clubs.

[jumbo returns 6,741]

2 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

Dont start that crud again. We deserve equal billing always. As do the other 17 clubs.

Not really.

Good effort, though...

[Dees2014 2,377]

Very poor standard game. Both teams constantly missed targets by hand and foot. Reminded me of Melbourne a couple of years ago. I reckon both teams will be at the bottom of the eight at best.

[RalphiusMaximus 6,103]

13 minutes ago, jumbo returns said:

Not really.

Good effort, though...

The AFL keeps talking about equalisation.  If they are serious about it then every club gets to host one Friday and one Saturday night game.  They can give the extra ones to the sides they think will be bigger drawcards or rank the highest, but at the most basic level they have to give every club an even chance to make money off those timeslots.  They also need to ensure that they don't do their usual trick of giving Melbourne a home game against GWS or Brisbane so that no away fans show up.  It would require a little work to arrange the fixture, but they have the capacity to give prime timeslots to the local derby's for the interstate teams and to put the Melbourne-based clubs against each other to maximise crowds.  This would make far more sense than what they've done for the last couple of years with the plethora of Carlton games on Friday nights. 

[RedBlueandTrue 359]

1 hour ago, Demon Head said:

North are consistent - if we get rid of our tendency to lapse badly and string a few wins together, you never know what we can do.

Well there's something i never thought we'd see, imagine a couple of years ago aspiring to have the consistency of North

[Adam The God 30,603]

I know there's a long way to go, but no one is really standing out at this stage. The Hawks could quite easily miss out on the top 4, but become one of the first (if not the first?) to win it from outside of the top 4. That's how even it is. The competition reminds me of 2005. Just about anyone in the top 6 could win it.

Edited April 29, 2016 by AdamFarr