Didn't even  notice geelong beating the bombers tonight 

Edited March 7, 20196 yr by biggestred

Have the bombers been full strength have lost to both Carlton and Geelong, and been hyped up by the media all summer

Bombers looked poor. Cats not much better. 

Hightlight of the match was a kid doing some commentary for a few minutes. Nailed it

 

Can't take any notice of pre season games. Druggies will finish higher than the cats at the end of the year.

Geelong are almost certain to play finals, but it's false hope in my view.  They have a serious home ground advantage, especially against to poorer interstate teams, so they chalk up around 7 wins just from that.  They will then have away games against some of those poorer sides, so they are almost good for that 12 win season that generally sees you sneak in to 8th.

As soon as they are playing on big grounds against better opposition, especially in September, they are useless.

I'd prefer them not to make it at all, rather than be embarrassed in the first final.

15 hours ago, brendan said:

Have the bombers been full strength have lost to both Carlton and Geelong, and been hyped up by the media all summer

Maybe they are deliberately trying to Fly under the bridge, Pre season matches, to catch by surprise.   I expect them to push up the ladder in 2019. IF they have they're heads down and rsses up.

Adelaide look ok.  Top 4 quality with easy draw.  Only real weakness is the ruck.

2 hours ago, Watson11 said:

Adelaide look ok.  Top 4 quality with easy draw.  Only real weakness is the ruck.

Jacobs is ok...

I think their 2 big forwards are front runners & their defence could be suspect against good opposition talls.

Also need to keep their small/medium defenders honest, that's where they launch from.

13 hours ago, Demonland said:

Hoping we can sneak into the 8 with a hard fought win this arvo...

1 hour ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Hoping we can sneak into the 8 with a hard fought win this arvo...

According to my calculations we're still a massive chance for Jalapeno top-four - and even a sneaky shot at runners up behind Carton (hehe) or, as official moral pre-season premiers, Collingwood. Go Dees!

(Damn - forgot about Radelaide)

Edited March 8, 20196 yr by Skuit

47 minutes ago, Skuit said:

According to my calculations we're still a massive chance for Jalapeno top-four - and even a sneaky shot at runners up behind Carton (hehe) or, as official moral pre-season premiers, Collingwood. Go Dees!

(Damn - forgot about Radelaide)

Will be hoping and praying that Richmond, GC and Carlton get done this weekend to sneak into the top 6.

Sadly I think top 4 is out of the question as  Collingwood and Carlton play each other, while WC and Brisbane’s percentage may be too hard to overtake.

Hats off to the Crows for a fantastic Jalepano series.

 

8 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Will be hoping and praying that Richmond, GC and Carlton get done this weekend to sneak into the top 6.

Sadly I think top 4 is out of the question as  Collingwood and Carlton play each other, while WC and Brisbane’s percentage may be too hard to overtake.

Hats off to the Crows for a fantastic Jalepano series.

 

At the risk of unsettling the MFCSS-superstitious masses prior to the season proper, my predicted 80-point win over a travelling BrisVegas outfit should see to that percentage deficit quick-smart.

Edited March 8, 20196 yr by Skuit

1 hour ago, Skuit said:

(Damn - forgot about Radelaide)

One of Port or Norf in their game should change jumpers at half time. Ridiculous choice of strips in my eyes.

AFL will be happy with Port v Norf scoring fest.  At one stage North kicked 5 goals in 5 minutes from 5 consecutive centre clearances. 

11 minutes ago, Watson11 said:

AFL will be happy with Port v Norf scoring fest.  At one stage North kicked 5 goals in 5 minutes from 5 consecutive centre clearances. 

dominant ruckmen feeding big bodied mids who can kick it to leading forwards will be worth their weight in gold in 2019

7 hours ago, Demonland said:

Big game for us today in the context of the Jalapeño Lettuce & Tomato season.

Brisbane sitting pretty in second spot and will be keen to post another win to lock in a top four finish and due to our reasonable percentage, a win for us should see us slot into the top 8.

 

 

...hmmm, I should have read the rest of the thread better before duplicatING a fairly obvious point.  Ar well, I guess it is just a preseason post, doesn't count for as much as posts in a few weeks time against Port.

Edited March 9, 20196 yr by Rodney (Balls) Grinter

Thought I'd play Hogan watch.... 3 kicks .. two handballs... one behind

Qtr time

1 hour ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Thought I'd play Hogan watch.... 3 kicks .. two handballs... one behind

Qtr time

Not too bad considering he smashed a six pack before the game. 

Edited March 10, 20196 yr by Ethan Tremblay

Frees:  Doggies 40  Aints 14

Umpiring is going to the dogs (no pun intended)......are you watching gil?