NON MFC: Round 11

[Pickett2Jackson 3,904]

Blues could get up in this one.. would send them to 5-5 and make the log jam even more crazy.

[darkhorse72 1,918]

happy listening to Daisy on the coverage.   Love to see the blues get up.   Getting sick of the niknat fawning at the moment by commentators.  

[Nelo 813]

2 minutes ago, Darkhorse72 said:

happy listening to Daisy on the coverage.   Love to see the blues get up.   Getting sick of the niknat fawning at the moment by commentators.  

Glad someone else is sick of the praise around niknat. Yeah he’s been good with hit outs but gets nothing of the ball around the ground. I’d take gawn every day of the week. 

[Willmoy1947 4,089]

Carlton have one bullet proof player, who umpires love even more than WC players..WC should still win.

[Return to Glory 8,441]

2 minutes ago, dl4e said:

West Coast are playing like they just had to show up for the points. They are paying the price for it so will wait and see what happens after 1/2 time.

Trouble is, they never really pay the price. I actually struggle watching games in the West because they get such a great run. I.e.

1. the holding the ball decision on Seeton cost a goal
2. the Darling 'dive' cost a goal

So whilst Carlton are 13 or so points ahead, it's not a reflection

[Billy 2,530]

Footsteps afl love child Paddy Cripps 

[whatwhat say what 22,766]

10 minutes ago, Billy said:

Footsteps afl love child Paddy Cripps 

poor man's clayton 

[Demon Disciple 12,132]

Umpiring has been shocking with the htb rulings during the baggers v weagles game. Great to see umpiring standards haven’t changed (then miraculously get better during finals)

[darkhorse72 1,918]

20 minutes ago, willmoy said:

Carlton have one bullet proof player, who umpires love even more than WC players..WC should still win.

So true...

[Return to Glory 8,441]

As I'm watching, I'm convinced that if they play the GF in Perth it's handing West Coke the flag

 

[Brownie 5,981]

1 minute ago, Demon Disciple said:

Umpiring has been shocking with the htb rulings during the baggers v weagles game. Great to see umpiring standards haven’t changed (then miraculously get better during finals)

Its just bamboozling this season. 

Rewarding players for standing off and waiting to tackle the player having a crack at the ball. Then pin the ball to them.

The amount of times its the tackler(s) who are holding and dragging the ball in and then getting rewarded is sickening.

It does nothing to speed the game up.

[Bitter but optimistic 22,241]

Blues are [censored] now !!

[Graeme Yeats' Mullet 6,775]

Eagles have a solid lead today in the Free Kick count - who would have thought

Wonder what the season tally will look like with 85% home games...??

[Return to Glory 8,441]

2 minutes ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

Eagles have a solid lead today in the Free Kick count - who would have thought

Wonder what the season tally will look like with 85% home games...??

So now WC is up by 11 points with at least 2 goals that were dead set wrong. A game in the balance is probably no longer.

[Willmoy1947 4,089]

5 minutes ago, Return to Glory said:

As I'm watching, I'm convinced that if they play the GF in Perth it's handing West Coke the flag

 

Better than playing a bunch of thugs(mark 2) in Port's territory...

[Brownie 5,981]

3 minutes ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

Eagles have a solid lead today in the Free Kick count - who would have thought

Wonder what the season tally will look like with 85% home games...??

They're paying $5 for the flag. Probably easy money if it's a home granny.

[Whispering_Jack 30,169]

West Coast have been woeful throughout the game but they put on a show for about five minutes and suddenly lead by 11 points. Reminiscent of the last five minutes of the first quarter of round 1.

[Return to Glory 8,441]

18 minutes ago, willmoy said:

Better than playing a bunch of thugs(mark 2) in Port's territory...

Not sure I agree there Willmoy

 

[DubDee 25,878]

Cripps is crying out for a rest. Must be carrying a few niggles. They’d benefit a lot more from him being fit than struggling through each game

[Sir Why You Little 37,039]

Waterman’s Haircut!!

[darkhorse72 1,918]

20 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

West Coast have been woeful throughout the game but they put on a show for about five minutes and suddenly lead by 11 points. Reminiscent of the last five minutes of the first quarter of round 1.

They are good at that, but it is a trait of a quality team.

[Little Goffy 14,553]

6 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Cripps is crying out for a rest. Must be carrying a few niggles. They’d benefit a lot more from him being fit than struggling through each game

They could realistcially have experimented with putting him at full forward.  A bit less of a bashing for him, and Carlton are bereft, bereft I tells ya, due to injured to forwards. 

[DubDee 25,878]

I thought Carlton had flown past us and are closer to a flag? ?

[Little Goffy 14,553]

6 minutes ago, DubDee said:

I thought Carlton had flown past us and are closer to a flag? ?

Injury fecalised their season.  Won't know where they really are until next year. but I expect us to be playing them in finals in 2021.

 

[Lucifers Hero 39,818]

Remaining Round 11 Games:

• Tonight:  Cats vs Saints and Dockers vs Hawks
• Tuesday night:  Crows vs Pies
• Wednesday night:  Suns vs Ess

We are 9th on the ladder.  Have bolded the teams I would like to see lose to max our chances of overtaking them or be further ahead of them to make the 8. 

Then we play Pies, Bulldogs and probably Ess (in Alice, a real Home game).  All immensely winnable games.

Dare I dream that after round 14 we are 8/5 ??