Around The Grounds - ROUND 21

[hells bells 2,022]

Harvey's forearm to Mitchell's jaw was probably worth a couple. Handy out  

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

54 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

ok, now we can get back to hating the dorks with a vengeance

Yes cant believe i had to support the Hawks today, even worse than the tanking days!..... i mean list management days....

[Whispering_Jack 28,013]

4 minutes ago, hells bells said:

Harvey's forearm to Mitchell's jaw was probably worth a couple. Handy out  

Most likely will get the Cyril treatment - low impact, look the other way.

[Watts the matter 1,235]

11 minutes ago, hells bells said:

Harvey's forearm to Mitchell's jaw was probably worth a couple. Handy out  

A free kick is all it deserved. 

[FireInTheBennelly 4,026]

It's all set up perfectly for us, as long as we can get the 3 wins..... The remaining Norf opponents will still be relying on a good percentage to pick up their best final ladder position. They'll both be trying to towel the Roos up big time.

[dees189227 10,876]

as I have been saying in other posts that essendon and the west coast losses will come back to bite us. But yes you wouldn't have wanted to play Hawthorn this week, I think Clarko would have got them going. 

But it would be nice to see the saints beat sydney just to put the extra pressure on nth and be only 1 game behind. Obviously I'd love to see us sneak in but it would be funny to see nth drop out whoever replaces them. Brad looked a shattered man on the news tonight. 

 Wow can't believe brisbane beat carlton. But happy for Leppa, not sure it will save him though.

[Lord Travis 10,184]

20 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

But it would be nice to see the saints beat sydney just to put the extra pressure on nth and be only 1 game behind. Obviously I'd love to see us sneak in but it would be funny to see nth drop out whoever replaces them.

Don't want St Kilda to win. They've got Richmond and Brisbane to play and are a game clear of us so they'd make the 8 then regardless if we won all 3 remaining games. We need Saints and North to lose and we need to win it all!

[FireInTheBennelly 4,026]

1 minute ago, Lord Travis said:

Don't want St Kilda to win. They've got Richmond and Brisbane to play and are a game clear of us so they'd make the 8 then regardless if we won all 3 remaining games. We need Saints and North to lose and we need to win it all!

Geary a late out helps.

[Deestroy All 14,262]

20 hours ago, DemonAndrew said:

interesting listening to howe post-match on abc - he still hankers to play forward.

 

he's a natural defender, i don't know why he's got such a bee in his bonnet around playing closer to goal.

Glory hunter.

[PaulRB 5,979]

So the Hawks beat Roo's by 39, so is the difference we now need to make now approximately 100 points? 

Edited August 13, 2016 by PaulRB

[daisycutter 28,630]

7 minutes ago, PaulRB said:

So the Hawks beat Roo's by 39, so is the difference we now need to make now approximately 100 points? 

roughly and over 5 matches

[Little Goffy 12,707]

13 minutes ago, PaulRB said:

So the Hawks beat Roo's by 39, so is the difference we now need to make now approximately 100 points? 

Yep, exactly.

North's percentage dropped from 113 to 108.5. Leaving the gap to us (102.5) at just 6 percentage points. So, for shorthand, a neat 100 points worth of for/against difference will do the job.

With 2 more losses for them and 3 wins for us, average margins of just 20 points per game will sort out percentage.

Basically, it's just the wins to think about now.

 

Edited August 13, 2016 by Little Goffy

[Ethan Tremblay 28,468]

Nic Nat goals with literally two seconds left to win the game for the Eagles. 

[45HG 1,539]

Amazing finish.

[Cards13 9,117]

Luke Shuey should be embarrassed by his ducking. 

Amazing finish to the Eagles GWS game. NikNat snapped a goal for them to win it in the siren...

[SaberFang 7,141]

That was an incredible finish to the West Coast game. Never thought in a million years West Coast could get up with such little time left after GWS got that goal.

Yet I had a feeling, with 8 seconds left, West Coast would score an incredible goal from that throw in. Fantastic to see the Franchise Concessions Giants lose.

[Chook 14,595]

Hell of a finish to that game. Makes me wish even more that we had taken our opportunities against the Eagles over there a few weeks ago.   

[daisycutter 28,630]

last score was 39+ minutes. what happened for such a long qtr?

[45HG 1,539]

Kennedy knocked out.

[Redleg 37,891]

Sensational coverage by Fox Footy. We get every stupid stat and theory rammed down our throat every game. Today, Nic Nat kicks a goal from the ruck, on the siren, to win the game and they don't show it again, but interview him and then leave the game.

Fantastic TV. They should do the olympics and stop the coverage, when each event is at the half way mark.

[dees189227 10,876]

that last quarter was almost 40 minutes. So should that wc palyer be suspened for that sling tackle? Isn't that why the rule was bought in to stop a concussion. That was a sling tackle for sure. 

Anyway everyone will rave about Nic Nat and his game winning performance. I don't care. Give me Maxy anyday. 

[Ethan Tremblay 28,468]

1 minute ago, Redleg said:

Sensational coverage by Fox Footy. We get every stupid stat and theory rammed down our throat every game. Today, Nic Nat kicks a goal from the ruck, on the siren, to win the game and they don't show it again, but interview him and then leave the game.

Fantastic TV. They should do the olympics and stop the coverage, when each event is at the half way mark.

Thought the same thing RL. Such a fantastic finish to the game and it was almost a non-event. Really disappointing coverage.

[The heart beats true 16,373]

7 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Sensational coverage by Fox Footy. We get every stupid stat and theory rammed down our throat every game. Today, Nic Nat kicks a goal from the ruck, on the siren, to win the game and they don't show it again, but interview him and then leave the game.

Fantastic TV. They should do the olympics and stop the coverage, when each event is at the half way mark.

It was really odd - but I think because the game went so far over in terms of time (40 minute quarter) they had no time to recap before the Swans game.

[SaberFang 7,141]

It probably screwed their schedule because of the long last quarter, bit out of Fox's control.

Tonight unfortunately St Kilda are taking it up to Sydney. I don't rate them at all but they will have earned their spot in the finals over us if they can win the next 3 games against all odds.

[Whispering_Jack 28,013]

Saints lead by 1 point halfway through the second.