Around The Grounds - ROUND 16

[titan_uranus 22,775]

You'd have to think GWS went into this a little over-confident. They'd had the bye, Collingwood hadn't, they were undefeated at home (the only club until today to remain undefeated at home) and Collingwood are, well, not that good.

With Geelong losing a chance to solidify their top 4 chances was there to be won. 

Major stuff up.

[John Crow Batty 8,307]

18 minutes ago, RalphiusMaximus said:

Bloody Useless Waste OF Space GWS!!!  They can't even beat the Pies when they're supposed to. 

Looking at the stats on AFL.com, Grundy has gone head to head with Mumford and smashed him.  Great effort from the kid.  Take away their ruck dominance and GWS are vulnerable. 

Last season after Mumford got injured they collapsed. I also question their staying power to finish a long  attritional season with their hard running game. 

Edited July 9, 2016 by america de cali

[Whispering_Jack 28,094]

Looking only at the scores and nothing else, I couldn't help but think of our game last week when we came back from behind with a big second quarter against Adelaide.

Seems to me that we blew our chances to do to Adelaide, exactly what Collingwood did to GWS.

 

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

Collingwood now have more wins than us and we have beaten them twice.

We must win tonight.

[Bombay Airconditioning 5,987]

Again, what part of come switched on to play every week don't the players get? People often throw up the argument "have you ever had an off day at work", well if we want to get technical, bar finals they only have 22 days a year where's they need to come 100% switched on, and yet they either can't or refuse to do it.

[Bombay Airconditioning 5,987]

18 hours ago, xarronn said:

Twelve before this round, ten left after this.

It is ten, I was going off what I head on 3AW. 

I was initially against the wildcard but am now leaning towards it. 8 rounds lest and ten teams are playing for (technically) nothing.

[Sir Why You Little 34,937]

55 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

It is ten, I was going off what I head on 3AW. 

I was initially against the wildcard but am now leaning towards it. 8 rounds lest and ten teams are playing for (technically) nothing.

How 'Bout Rubbish teams get better?

you cannot penalize the 8 sides who are already in there

[P-man 13,277]

2 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

You'd have to think GWS went into this a little over-confident. They'd had the bye, Collingwood hadn't, they were undefeated at home (the only club until today to remain undefeated at home) and Collingwood are, well, not that good.

With Geelong losing a chance to solidify their top 4 chances was there to be won. 

Major stuff up.

I didn't see the game, but prior to the match I was thinking it looked very close to if not the strongest side that Collingwood have fielded this season.

Not disputing that GWS should've won, but the Pies may just be starting to click. I'm somewhat glad we played them when we did.

In other news, Jack Martin could be anything in another couple of years if he can add some size to his frame.

[DSP 1,488]

Abblett done his shoulder, again.

 

 

[chook fowler 18,392]

Nice to a see Cloke resurrect his career against someone other than us.

[M_9 1,793]

Shaping up as a tipsters nightmare - Swans, Pies, Toigs?

[daisycutter 28,688]

toiges robbed - rubbish free for holding ball then 50m  and goal <chuckle>

[Bombay Airconditioning 5,987]

3 hours ago, chook fowler said:

Nice to a see Cloke resurrect his career against someone other than us.

Still missed one, dead in front 10 metres out. 

To be fair took a couple of great marks.

In summary nothing's changed, regardless of what Buckley spoke about post match.

[Bombay Airconditioning 5,987]

4 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

How 'Bout Rubbish teams get better?

you cannot penalize the 8 sides who are already in there

Fair call, the other part is that how the final 8 system currently works is perfect. Any wildcard scenario would add a fifth week of finals which is stupid. This year who ever finishes 5th or 6th could win it, 7th and 8th will be North and West Coast so they'll be out in the first week.

 

 

[Deemented Are Go! 3,642]

Adelaide giving Carlscum a bath. 

Shown their worth at the G, gotta be considered amongst flag favourites 

[What 18,810]

Need the Kangas to beat the Eagles to keep our slim finals hopes alive.  Our game vs Eagles in two weeks time will be huge if we can stay within 2 games of them before then.

[What 18,810]

Adelaide are now 3rd on the ladder and playing the best footy in the comp. They are a game clear of Geelong, and are a better team without Dangerfield the mercenary.

[DistrACTION Jackson 6,564]

How Priddis won a brownlow medal is beyond me. He would have to have one of the worst disposal efficiency of any of the brownlow medalists in history!

[FireInTheBennelly 4,027]

Geez, two weeks for Lycett would be very handy

[Wiseblood 24,636]

People keep banging on about the bright future for the Blues... but what do they have?  Take away Armfield kicking 4, three of which were long bombs from outside 50, and they were only able to kick another 3 goals for the day.  

It just goes to show how much we've improved - we attacked the Crows all game last week and we were right in the contest.  The Blues, on the other hand, were never really in it and seemingly just tried to shut the game down and get numbers behind the ball.  They didn't have the ability to do much else.

[Lucifers Hero 37,323]

30 minutes ago, Petraccattack said:

Need the Kangas to beat the Eagles to keep our slim finals hopes alive.  Our game vs Eagles in two weeks time will be huge if we can stay within 2 games of them before then.

That 132 % the Eagles have is worth another game so we are really 3 games away. 

I would prefer to see them win; North drop to 8th.  We will still be 3 games from North but there would be a wicked pleasure of seeing another miserable Scott coach this weekend.

And North will have an away Elimination Final probably vs WCE at Subiaco...

Edited July 10, 2016 by Lucifer's Hero

[Lucifers Hero 37,323]

Carlton will tank now. 

14th on the ladder and one game ahead of GCS with the same %.  No point winning more to get to 10th or 11th for draft pick 9/8 when they can let GCS go past them and have pick 4!! 

They have already won 6 games more than anyone thought they would.

Cue will go in the rack and hello pick 4.

Edited July 10, 2016 by Lucifer's Hero

[John Demonic 4,892]

Kangas suffering from demonitis, kicking to the spare man in defence on every forward entry. Need to be smarter and hit up a player from 40 out. Leaving themselves completely open to a WCE 4 goal blast at any point in the game and be finished if they keep wasting all of their entries.

Edited July 10, 2016 by johndemons

[deanox 8,782]

I'd love essendon to beat the saints so they don't get the no.1 pick this year. 

 

But I'm not sure I want to be paying the saints coming off a loss. 

 

Thoughts?

[chook fowler 18,392]

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