Whispering_Jack

Eddie and co did not need to resort to what amounts to personal attacks of the lowest order on Caroline Wilson. I've disagreed with a lot of what she's said and done in the past and the way to respond is by reasoned argument and not cowardly ad hominem attacks. The same applies to some of the comments from posters here - please stick to the subject and leave your personal grievances with others out of this forum.

Biffen and Stuie - give it a break before you both get banned for a very long time.

Full statistics Angus Brayshaw 2 goals 1 behind 28 disposals 12 kicks 16 handballs 5 marks 7 tackles 125 dream team points Colin Garland 1 behind 24 disposals 14 kicks 10 handballs 9 marks 2 tackles 100 dream team points Jeff Garlett 1 goal 13 disposals 9 kicks 4 handballs 5 tackles 62 dream team points Jack Grimes 2 behinds 24 disposals 14 kicks 10 handballs 9 marks 2 tackles 85 dream team points James Harmes 3 goals 23 disposals 11 kicks 12 handballs 5 marks 7 tackles 107 dream team points Liam Hulett 4 goals 1 behind 17 disposals 10 kicks 7 handballs 3 marks 2 tackles 88 dream team points Max King 1 goal 2 behinds 13 disposals 10 kicks 3 handballs 4 marks 4 tackles 16 hit outs 87 dream team points Matt Jones 40 disposals 15 kicks 25 handballs 8 marks 2 tackles 124 dream team points Alex Neale-Bullen 1 behind 33 disposals 11 kicks 22 handballs 4 marks 8 tackles 124 dream team points Ben Newton 1 goals 1 behind 20 disposals 11 kicks 9 handballs 4 marks 5 tackles 88 dream team points Jake Spencer 4 goals 17 disposals 7 kicks 10 handballs 2 marks 2 tackles 44 hit outs 124 dream team points Dean Terlich 1 behind disposals 6 kicks 6 handballs 3 marks 4 tackles 58 dream team points Mitch White 14 disposals 8 kicks 6 handballs 3 marks 4 tackles 56 dream team points

The Western Australians prevailed over the Allies yesterday in a tight, hard-fought game. U18s: Fisher inspires WA to victory over Allies Western Australia 3.3.21 6.5.41 9.8.62 10.9 (69) Allies 1.1.7 2.4.16 4.6.30 7.10 (52) Goals Western Australia Waterman 2, Wright 2, Logue, Powell-Pepper, Fisher, Baker, Guelfi, Bolton Allies Marshall 2 Sproule, Maguire, Allison, Davis, Hampton Best Western Australia Fisher, Guelfi, Baker, Petrevski-Seton, Rotham Allies Mutch, Perryman, Scheer, Marshall, Sproule, Macreadie There's a big game on today between Vic Metro and SA. The Croweaters have been doing well in these championships and victory would place them in a good position to take out the title. Match preview here - Rd 3 U18 Champs: Vic Metro v SA preview

Not for the first time this season, the team is facing a crossroads game against a side that it has struggled against in the past but a win would move it up in everyone's estimation as well as ladder position. This is a test that we need to pass. It's away from home and the weather is looking inhospitable. I was reminded yesterday by a Bulldogs fan that his team was in a similar place last year when it went up north and had to play the Swans on a rain drenched SCG. They won and the game was a turning point for them. With the advantage of added self-belief knowing they were capable of beating good sides, the Doggies went on to win 14 games and make the finals. Can we make history repeat itself in the same vein today?

Apparently has lost a fair bit of weight which makes it difficult to predict a return date when his condition is brought under control. Expect a fair bit of 324 weeks in future reports.

Unfortunately, the Casey teams also have a bye next weekend which means he misses out on the opportunity to get some more match fitness which would be vital given that he's missed so much footy this year.

I reckon Spencer should have been on the plane to Sydney anyway after last week.

A story about two favourites for this year's draft:- PLAYER FOCUS: WILL BRODIE & HUGH MCCLUGGAGE

Surely this is a photograph of the father of the player whose name we are not permitted to mention on this thread and whose earnings have been slashed by more than half this week? If so, it would appear that the crash diet is working.

Let's not forget that there was a fair bit of ducking by certain Hawthorn players when we played them a fortnight ago.

One of the Under 18 championship games is being televised on Foxtel today (503). It's the game between Western Australia and the Allies. The teams:- WESTERN AUSTRALIA B: Anton Scotney (29), Aaron Naughton (31), John Levien (20) HB: Jake Patmore (19), Griffin Logue (36), Josh Rotham (23) C: Shai Bolton (8), Matt Guelfi (9), Sam Petrevski-Seton (7) HF: Brandon Starcevich (34), Jake Waterman (27), Cameron Zurhaar (22) F: Liam Baker (2), Luke Strnadica (40), Quinton Narkle (13) FOLL: Tim English (37), Sam Powell-Pepper (24), Zac Fisher (1) I/C: Tarir Bayok (4), Jeremy Goddard (50), Bailey Banfield (17), Stan Wright (3), Noah Hura (10) EMG: Calvin Thorne (5), Kristian Morisey (32) ALLIES B: Ryan Garthwaite (25), Declan Watson (27), Angus Baker (15) HB: Jamie Hampton (17), Harrison Macreadie (29), Isaac Cumming (11) C: Jack Rolls (12), Harry Perryman (13), Fletcher Carroll (2) HF: Will Setterfield (23), Zac Sproule (30), Benjamin Davis (19) F: Mitchell Maguire (1), Todd Marshall (31), Brad Scheer (16) FOLL: Tony Olango (35), Kobe Mutch (14), Jack Bowes (18) IC: Daniel Charlesworth (22), Brandon Parfitt (6), Jacob Allison (26), Rohan Armstrong (3), Nathan Richards (32)

So Cam Pedersen who wasn't selected in either the Melbourne or the Casey teams and isn't on the injured list is being rested ahead of next week's bye?

Cam Pedersen? Mystery injury of the week or did I miss something?

For some perverse reason ?, I've actually been looking forward to this one:- VFL Player Review: Round 10 The interesting one is the comment about Jack Grimes:- "He was taken off the ground at three quarter time due to some stuff at AFL level that we just needed him to be ready for but we were really happy with Grimesy."

MATT BALMER’S JUNE POWER RANKINGS

Heard much the same thing over the weekend. I also heard that the Suns are working hard to keep him so I wouldn't regard anything you might hear other from the player or his manager as conclusive just yet and neither of them are saying anything.

The second round games - U18s: Scharenberg stars as SA downs Sandgropers South Australia 3.3.21 7.6.48 11.8.74 12.10 (82) Western Australia 0.4.4 2.5.17 3.7.25 6.9 (45) Goals South Australia: Hayward 2, Fogarty 2, Stengle, Jarman, Bedford, Slimming, Villis, Lee, Coleman-Jones, Ladhams Western Australia: Strnadica 3, Bolton, Zurhaar, Waterman Best South Australia: Graham, Walker, Scharenberg, Pitman, Jarman, McPherson Western Australia: Fisher, Strnadica, Zurhaar, Powell-Pepper U18s: Magpie father-son prospect Cal Brown stars as Vic Metro prevails in thriller Vic Country 5.2.32 6.3.39 12.4.76 14.8 (92) Vic Metro 1.4.10 6.6.42 8.8.56 14.10 (94) Goals Vic Country Ainsworth 4, McCluggage 3, Drew 2, Poholke 2, Worpel, Battle, Blake Vic Metro Taranto 3, Clarke 2, Larkey 2, Brown, Bunker, Gallucci, Duman, Venables, Lynch, Brown Best Vic Country Brodie, McCluggage, Poholke, Worpel, Ainsworth, O'Brien Vic Metro McGrath, Brown, Clarke, Taranto, Gallucci, Higgins Vic Country forward Ben Ainsworth stars in national under 18s championships for AFL draft prospects

Some articles on the game - Rd 10 Pies too strong Collingwood takes its fourth win on the spin by defeating top-of-the-ladder Casey Scorpions Pies steam-roll Scorpions

This is a topsy turvy season and, with a number of teams, you don't have any idea as to what's coming out at the start of the day. I go back a few weeks ago when I saw the quarter time score in the Collingwood v Geelong game and I thought WTF. On Saturday night Geelong made a meal out of North Melbourne. Carlton beat both Collingwood and Geelong. Confused?

The statistics from yesterday's game:- Colin Garland 14 disposals 12 kicks 2 handballs 2 marks 3 tackles 55 dream team points Jeff Garlett 8 disposals 4 kicks 4 handballs 7 tackles 46 dream team points Jack Grimes 14 disposals 12 kicks 2 handballs 2 marks 9 tackles 82 dream team points Liam Hulett 1 behind 8 disposals 5 kicks 3 handballs 6 tackles 46 dream team points Max King 10 disposals 5 kicks 5 handballs 1 mark 6 tackles 10 hit outs 61 dream team points Matt Jones 27 disposals 15 kicks 12 handballs 3 marks 8 tackles 92 team points Viv Michie 23 disposals 17 kicks 6 handballs 1 mark 4 tackles 84 dream team points Alex Neale-Bullen 18 disposals 11 kicks 7 handballs 6 tackles 71 dream team points Ben Newton 1 goal 17 disposals 9 kicks 8 handballs 7 tackles 2 hit outs 84 dream team points Cam Pedersen 1 behind 10 disposals 6 kicks 4 handballs 1 mark 7 tackles 6 hit outs 59 dream team points Jake Spencer 10 disposals 9 kicks 1 handball 2 marks 7 tackles 82 hit outs 142 dream team points Dean Terlich 9 disposals 5 kicks 4 handballs 1 mark 4 tackles 33 dream team points Mitch White 1 behind 19 disposals 7 kicks 12 handballs 1 mark 10 tackles 86 dream team points

I watched the game from the warm comfort of home on the television set and found it hard to believe that Casey was the top side of the competition. They fumbled, dropped marks, disposed poorly, rarely getting distance or accuracy with their kicks and turned the ball over constantly. That sort of play is usually a recipe for disaster and that's exactly how it turned out today.

I wouldn't call 11th v 12th a big game either.

Three weeks ago when we beat Brisbane.

Highlight player - Will Brodie ... and this ... Under 18 wrecking ball wreaks havoc