Round 20 - Non MFC Games.

[titan_uranus 25,174]

That hurts.

That's Brisbane's fifth loss this year by under 10 points.

[SFebes 4,884]

Haw NM results at least don’t gain their percentages, that’s the positives

[YesitwasaWin4theAges 6,766]

21 minutes ago, MSFebey said:

We needed Ess to win that TBH

yes we did.

[What 18,810]

The Scott brothers seem to get a lot of luck for two blokes that deserve zero of it.

[Dirts 429]

2 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

Rayner had been super and thenshanked the last shot to win the game.

Surely the runner would have yelled out waste the 30 and take a shot with a bit of maturity. 

[Tom Dyson 1,633]

both of these games are gonna make things difficult but for once lets take our destiny into our own hands and stop worrying about the results of other teams. 

Come on Dees!

[Dr. Gonzo 24,443]

1 hour ago, Demonland said:

North's percentage could worry us with their generous run home. 

Having a look at the ladder predictor if we win our next 2 games we should be safe

[dees189227 12,453]

Thank god the Hawks held on. Im sorry but essenscum have stkilda next week and I do not want them to have any chance of making finals. Plus im sick of people talking them up and mr tird saying they can win the premiership 

Geelong hawthorn play each other each week so that could sort things out. 

Anyway Adelaide and Sydney have to win. Tomorrow we need to win most importantly but also boost our percentage 

[layzie 34,336]

My god Brissy really should have won that. What Rayner was thinking I’ll never know. Young kid, he’ll learn volumes from that. 

Great young side but they really lacked that composure in the end.

[Engorged Onion 10,224]

Just now, layzie said:

My god Brissy really should have won that. What Rayner was thinking I’ll never know. Young kid, he’ll learn volumes from that. 

Great young side but they really lacked that composure in the end.

And if he was a Melbourne player - he really should go back and learn his 'craft' in the vfl and have him ready for 2019 ?

[Tom Dyson 1,633]

2 minutes ago, Petraccattack said:

The Scott brothers seem to get a lot of luck for two blokes that deserve zero of it.

could not agree more mate! haha

[Diamond_Jim 12,687]

now to barrack for the Crows....this has been a hard weekend so far

[layzie 34,336]

It’s infuriating watching a guy turn around to kick round the body on a 45 degree angle. Not once does it ever fill me with confidence.

[SFebes 4,884]

2 minutes ago, Danelska said:

And if he was a Melbourne player - he really should go back and learn his 'craft' in the vfl and have him ready for 2019 ?

He wouldn’t have a chance to go back to VFL, he would’ve been delisted by now

[John Demonic 5,901]

Essendon don't deserve to be in the 8, so it was justice served. Hawthorn on the other hand looked out of place below us on the ladder all season. I"d definitely back us to get back at them, 6 v 7 would be a fitting place to do it.

Edited August 4, 2018 by johndemonic

[DubDee 26,306]

12 minutes ago, Jaded said:

Terrible results for us so far

Geelong lost and will be outside the 8 with the hawks to come and the form team of the comp in bombers are out of the running! Lions getting up would have been perfect but hardly terrible results

[sue 9,193]

2 minutes ago, layzie said:

It’s infuriating watching a guy turn around to kick round the body on a 45 degree angle. Not once does it ever fill me with confidence.

You have to wonder if he compares 20 attempts with each method at practice and uses the result to decide which way to do it in a game.  

[Little Goffy 14,750]

Gee, football is in terible condition.

Starting to think the bruhaha about 'spectacle of the game' and 'need to change what is happening on the ground' was just a smokescreen to cover the fact that all the real problems in the game at the moment have their source either at HQ or the Broadcasters.

Meanwhile, that's three games in a row with see-saw surges of scoring and decided by less than a goal. I would guess that the actual fans are feeling pretty 'engaged with the content' at this point.

[layzie 34,336]

5 minutes ago, sue said:

You have to wonder if he compares 20 attempts with each method at practice and uses the result to decide which way to do it in a game.  

Possibly true. I’d rather him take all his attempts practicing the drop punt on that angle but that’s just the purist in me talking.

[SFebes 4,884]

4 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

Gee, football is in terible condition.

Starting to think the bruhaha about 'spectacle of the game' and 'need to change what is happening on the ground' was just a smokescreen to cover the fact that all the real problems in the game at the moment have their source either at HQ or the Broadcasters.

Meanwhile, that's three games in a row with see-saw surges of scoring and decided by less than a goal. I would guess that the actual fans are feeling pretty 'engaged with the content' at this point.

Funny how it’s seen a massive turnaround since coaches met for dinner at Gil the shills house

[Nasher 33,617]

Only early days in the Showdown but so far it’s 4/4 awesome games this week. The AFL are full of it with this horse crap about the “spectacle”.

[Bitter but optimistic 22,289]

Jeez, I'd have almost parted with a knacker to have seen Brisbane win that game and wipe the grin of that smug little [censored] Scott's face!!!

Anyway I've tipped the Ravens.

[sue 9,193]

After all that, anyone want to modify their view of best result for us in C'wood v Sydney?

(you can tell I'm confused)

Edited August 4, 2018 by sue

[SFebes 4,884]

3 minutes ago, sue said:

After all that, anyone want to modify their view of best result for us in C'wood v Sydney?

(you can tell I'm confused)

I’d rather Collingwood win. With their injury list they won’t go far in finals. Gives us breathing space on swans for next week?

[SaberFang 7,151]

7 minutes ago, sue said:

After all that, anyone want to modify their view of best result for us in C'wood v Sydney?

(you can tell I'm confused)

Both have positives and negatives. It's pretty much impossible to gauge what result is better because we can't know how the next 3 rounds will go. 

For all we know, Brisbane blowing that win was the win that gets Norf to 14 wins and nullifies our superior percentage in the final round.

I don't really want to play the Swans next week coming off 3 losses. If they win today it releases the pressure valve on them and lowers their stakes for the match against us. Would also be a sign that Collingwood's injury list is starting to take its toll. 

Edited August 4, 2018 by SaberFang