NON-MFC: Rd 18 2023

[Bang Bang Bang 5,765]

44 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Correct. 
Geelong still have to play Brisbane in Brisbane, Port and Pies. If they’re to overtake us we need to lose 2-3 more games and realistically they have to win every game. 

So… you’ll be…. going for…. Geelong… tonight? Never thought I’d see the day. 

[Dee Zephyr 19,158]

Lol, Cotrell, Silvagni and Motlop have combined for 9 of their 11 goals. 

[Jaded No More 67,643]

4 minutes ago, Bang Bang Bang said:

So… you’ll be…. going for…. Geelong… tonight? Never thought I’d see the day. 

Please. I’ll be watching a movie and drinking wine to avoid watching them play. 

[binman 41,960]

23 hours ago, Deebauched said:

Thai whisky isnt as strong as western plonk. Having said that, hundreds of 'farang' have died here from alcohol abuse.Not unusual for a farang tourist to run naked down the street or throw tv's and furniture out of hotel windows. They cant handle humidity and Asian grog at the same time.

Maybe they're just furious at the standard of umpiring in the AFL. 

Edited July 15, 2023 by binman

[Jaded No More 67,643]

Just now, binman said:

Maybe they're just furious at the standard of umpiring in the AFL. 

I’m interested in your thoughts on how you think Port is going to “load” manage from here. 

[pitmaster 3,446]

So we're...gulp...barracking for Hawthorn tomorrow in the vague hope that they could move above the Dockers by season's end?

Edited July 15, 2023 by pitmaster

[binman 41,960]

8 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

I’m interested in your thoughts on how you think Port is going to “load” manage from here. 

Not sure what you mean.

How is that related to my Bangkok gag?

[Jaded No More 67,643]

4 minutes ago, binman said:

Not sure what you mean.

How is that related to my Bangkok gag?

It’s not. I just wanted to tag you in the post so you see it 😂

 

I am genuinely interested to know what you think Port will do for the remainder of the H&A season to make sure they hit peak form in September. 
I feel like they’ve gone too hard too early and tinkering now is very risky. 

[DubDee 24,355]

Port defence looks poor.

Getting towelled up by Silvani and Motlop!

[layzie 32,829]

Carlton fans to be up and about again.

[Little Goffy 14,001]

I'm just going to whisper this quietly, but we are halfway through the round and so far every single result has fallen in our favour to absolute perfection.

We are now at minimum a game and good percentage clear of 5th, which can be only one team, with the rest of the top-8 chasing from at least two games behind.

At the other end, Gold Coast and the Swans have both pulled ahead of the Dockers.

Carlton as I type this are going into the final quarter 5 goals up against Port, which would put them a win and a draw ahead of Freo while also... just maybe... cracking the dome at Port.

 

[Little Goffy 14,001]

5 minutes ago, layzie said:

Carlton fans to be up and about again.

Carlton equivalent of MFCSS is the eternal lament 'Great too late, where was this in April to June?'.

They'll be having very mixed feelings at the moment, especially with the Harry McKay injury.

Personally I hope they make finals by percentage over Geelong and then knock Essendon out in the elimination final, just because that would be the most possible pain for Cats and Bombers.

[DubDee 24,355]

Top 3 on the Coleman are all in teams outside the 8

that ever happened before??

[layzie 32,829]

Port's defence issues getting seriously found out

[DubDee 24,355]

Hinkley will regret this game. he might reckon after 12 wins a loss is fine. but you don’t flirt with form. 

i reckon in a months time we won’t be speaking of Port in the same terms as we are right now

they have the Pies/Crows/Cats away. reckon they win one of them and i wouldnt bet against the crows either

[Fork 'em 6,940]

Great to see Hinkley sulking on the bench instead of strutting his smug mug on the boundary line.

 

[Return to Glory 8,213]

It's not beyond the realm of possibility that we could snatch second on percentage by year's end

[ElDiablo14 4,925]

1 minute ago, Return to Glory said:

It's not beyond the realm of possibility that we could snatch second on percentage by year's end

But that requires us winning all the remaining games right? Maybe lose one at the most.

[Chook 14,997]

With Port losing handily today, Melbourne's 17 game winning streak from round 20 of 2021 to round 10 of 2022 remains the longest since St Kilda won 19 in a row in 2009.

[The heart beats true 17,799]

Can’t help but wonder if Kenny’s contract will end up being the undoing for Port. He needed them to be up and about, but can they sustain it for a long season? They’ll have doubts. I don’t see them preparing to be at their best in September.

Edited July 15, 2023 by The heart beats true

[Return to Glory 8,213]

1 minute ago, ElDiablo14 said:

But that requires us winning all the remaining games right? Maybe lose one at the most.

It's fundamentally based on Port losing it big time (and I can see this happening) and us dropping one, at worst two. But if you look at the draw, it's possible. And Brisbane has a tougher rum imo than we do

[layzie 32,829]

Well done Dark Blues

[Demonland 70,269]

15 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Hinkley will regret this game. he might reckon after 12 wins a loss is fine. but you don’t flirt with form. 

i reckon in a months time we won’t be speaking of Port in the same terms as we are right now

they have the Pies/Crows/Cats away. reckon they win one of them and i wouldnt bet against the crows either

it was 13

[SFebes 4,860]

Port were always going to struggle to win that with their "outs" - no surprises tbh.

[Return to Glory 8,213]

Don't think Port will beat Pies, are 50/50 (away) against Adelaide and won't beat Cats away. That'd certainly get the wheels wobbling.