Australian-rules-football-afl-chatting-tipping-and-news

[Will27]

3 Clubs looking down the barrel, interesting Lyon and Buckley got contract extensions before the start of the season.....What do those clubs know?

WILL's Tigers, will now start fresh, Martin isn't getting enough of the ball, was a slow started last year too, players coming back....expect to see an improvement from them, I'm staking my reputation on that...

The gap has closed on the Hawks they just know how to win, at this early stage I'm liking the Swans big time and of course the Dee's, I've only been moody once this year after a game.

At 1-4, it would be difficult for Richmond not to make some improvement. They were favorites with the betting egencies for that game too

Freo has some big headaches of course. 0-5. DOes it get any worse for a team that was top of the table last year?

Well yes it does...it is possible Fyfe is injured again...calamitous really.

The BIG issue in the room regarding Freo for me, is where are the younger up and coming players coming from? I seem to remember when Ross left St Kilda, there was not a lot of up and comers ready to fill the void.

I said before round 1 and after round 1 that Freo would be lucky to make the top 8 this year...and so it has been...

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-04-24/injury-blow-for-reigning-brownlow-medallist-fyfe

As for Buckley...why did Collingwood resign him so early? There doesn't seem any need for it and all this rebuilding they have been doing? They are worse than last year, while teams such as ST Kilda, Western Bulldogs and even Carlton have turned things around much better with young lists.

Sometimes you just need a fresh injection of coaching blood and ideas... Maybe Eddie should have grabbed a few from the coaching sausage factory at Hawthorn...

Still don't rate Richmond. They have 5 maybe 6 A graders and then fall away significantly.

Not making excuses for Freo but they're bereft of any confidence.

Sandilands, Mundy, Bennell and now Fyfe would be in their top 6 players.

Been decimated by injuries.

At least Lyon has time for a rebuild.

Collingwood pulled the trigger on Bucks to early.

Like most clubs, worried about the media speculation.

[AlexRRR]

Rance's act was if it wasn't Rance woful, look pretty bad and it did hurt my boy Jack W, dont matter that he's been squeaky clean he has got to go for 2....it would be a miscarriage of justice if he didn't get 2.

Jack was already laid out was after the tackle and after the whistle matters not why it only matters he did so bye bye Rance.

[Will27]

Rance's act was if it wasn't Rance woful, look pretty bad and it did hurt my boy Jack W, dont matter that he's been squeaky clean he has got to go for 2....it would be a miscarriage of justice if he didn't get 2.

Jack was already laid out was after the tackle and after the whistle matters not why it only matters he did so bye bye Rance.

​AlexRRR, our boy Jack Watts is working beautifully​

Edited April 25, 2016 by Will27

[Will27]

There's been rumours of a rift in the playing group at Freo for a while now.

Rumour has it, that there are quite a few players within Fremantle that dont get along with Nat Fyfe. Over the off-season, there was a captaincy vote and Mundy and Fyfe were the two obvious choices.

Speculation has it that Dockers officials wanted Fyfe as captain, but the players wanted Mundy. When Freo officials discovered that the majority of players wanted Mundy,

the officials rigged the vote so Fyfe was announced as the captain.

Docker man Brad Hardie spoke of this back in February on radio:
http://www.6pr.com.au/news/fremantle-captaincy-bungle-20160215-gmuu6c.html

​

[Will27]

[BookMan]

So what is the media's golden boy Alex Rance going to get?

I think low impact, 2 down to 1 but wouldn't be surprised if it was medium so 3 down to 2.

Looked worse than it was. Just a cheap act. Not a good look for the game.

Loved the commentary "totally out of character", "he was frustrated", etc etc.

If it was Harry halfback flanker or Norrie No Name who did it, would've been

"Cheap", "unnecessary".

the commentators silence was noticeable

Rance has the umpires in a trance and must send good night mesages to the boys in the box.

it was a nasty looking cheap shot. he has to get one week minimum. 7 weeks if he is jeremy Cameron

13062374_1625391457702720_9145205545299690907_n.jpg

[BookMan]

There's been rumours of a rift in the playing group at Freo for a while now.

Rumour has it, that there are quite a few players within Fremantle that dont get along with Nat Fyfe. Over the off-season, there was a captaincy vote and Mundy and Fyfe were the two obvious choices.

Speculation has it that Dockers officials wanted Fyfe as captain, but the players wanted Mundy. When Freo officials discovered that the majority of players wanted Mundy,

the officials rigged the vote so Fyfe was announced as the captain.

Docker man Brad Hardie spoke of this back in February on radio:

http://www.6pr.com.au/news/fremantle-captaincy-bungle-20160215-gmuu6c.html

​

that would make some sense

reminds me of school. students vote for the prefects of their choice... then the teachers decise who wins and who doesn't

I thought Mundy was Captain anyway....

[BookMan]

Mark Robinson’s reveals his likes and dislikes from Round 5

CARLTON making a stand against Fremantle and matchwinning performances from Ben Brown, Paul Puopolo and Ted Richards were among the highlights from the weekend.

As for the lowlights, Port Adelaide talked the talk but didn’t walk the walk and several Eagles went missing.

MARK ROBINSON looks back at the good, the bad and the ugly from Round 5.

LIKES

1. Carlton

Stunning, gutsy, inspiring win on the road against a team that is a shadow. Plenty of inspiring performances, not least captain Marc Murphy’s smother and goal with six minutes to play and Bryce Gibbs’ 55m drop punt to ice the game. They were the big moments.

It was the smaller moments, the individual battles, which won this game for Carlton, such as Sam Rowe in defence, Patrick Cripps at stoppages, Kade Simpson at the back, Liam Jones’ goals in the final quarter, Matthew Wright and Sam Kerridge everywhere. It was horror match to watch until the final quarter and from then on, the Blues made a name for themselves. As for the Dockers, they are 0-5, Fyfe is hurt, Sandi is hurt and they’re in a world of pain.

2. Ben Brown

Five from five for the Kangaroos and all is ready for a, yes, Friday night blockbuster against the Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium. Much has been written about their experience, about Boomer and Goldstein and Waite and Higgins, but there’s two players who have improved the Kangas from last year. One is Daniel Wells. The other is Ben Brown. In just his 38th game, and at 200cm, he kicked four goals and appears to have further improved his agility and his hands. He looms as a major player this campaign.

3. Dangerfield/Selwood

Yes, they are not a two-man team, but when these two get to work, the impact on Geelong is profound. The Cats won the quinella — contested ball (165-126) and clearances (46-34) — and together they supplied 32 contested numbers and 18 clearances. They were whopping numbers, but perhaps even more impressive was the 12 tackles to Mark Blicavs, a bloke standing 198cm.

4. Toby Greene

His difficult journey for the GWS forward hasn’t been fully documented and there was perhaps a time he was running out of front-office supporters. Yet, it’s games like Sunday’s why the club persevered. It was 32 disposals, nine marks, 10 inside 50s, four goals, as many behinds and five score assists. He can still butcher it (six clangers), but he combines competitiveness with footy smarts. Probably his best game for the club.

5. Ted Richards

Really, 130 ranking points? That would be a first and the strange thing is Teddy played like it was 160 points. Criticised the week before against Adelaide, as being too slow and old, as was Heath Grundy, the pair was outstanding against the Eagles.

In sometimes heavy conditions, Richards took 10 marks, six of which were contested, including a hangar. Maybe the conditions helped with their so-so pace, but Richards was also assured with ball. Opposed to Kennedy, Darling, sometimes Nic Nat, Richards had 22 disposals at 86 per cent efficiency. Clearly BOG and clearly had a licence to go for his marks.

6. Shaun Burgoyne

So much has been said about Cyril Rioli not fumbling and getting the ball to Sam Mitchell, who squeezed the kick to Paul Puopolo, who was fortunate to get a free kick for in the back because he went to ground and Brodie Smith did all he could not to fall on him. Anyway, it all started with Burgoyne’s crunching tackle which enabled Rioli to win the loose ball. It was perfect because if Burgoyne also took the ball out of bounds in the tackle, the Hawks would have lost. It was one of his 11 tackles for the night.

7. Poppy

Puopolo has to get the three Brownlow Medal votes — which would be his first votes. Twenty-three disposals, 17 contested, a sprint-off goal, the matchwinning goal and five goals all up didn’t even get a mention when he was interviewed by Richo post-match. This was all about Shaun Burgoyne which says plenty about Poppy and plenty about Hawthorn and their culture.

8. Pick a player

Go on, look at the Bulldogs on Saturday night and pick a player you like. You could name 15. Tom Campbell (five contested marks) and Jordan Roughead in the ruck, the bevy of midfielders led by Stevens (34 disposals), Wallis (33) and Hunter (32) and small forwards McLean and Dahlhaus. What about old man river Boyd at the back? “They hit the contest hard and they run forward hard and defensively,’’ Justin Leppitsch said. “They really are a complete team.”

9. Nick Riewoldt

Against the flow for the much of the game and roaming from key forward, through the middle and to deep defence, the skipper was outstanding. Gathered a triple double with 15 kicks, 10 handballs and 11 marks and kicked four goals. It was a desperately poor final 30 minutes from the Saints, which is makes them as frustrating as any team in the competition.

DISLIKES

1. Port Adelaide

Talked tough in the build-up, played tough in the first quarter, and then it got all too hard. Mentally fragile when Dangerfield, Selwood and Guthrie put their heads over the ball and Corey Enright said not tonight boys. All this talk about the players being upset at what the president said is hogwash. It wasa disgrace last week. It smacks of players looking for excuses. No excuses on Saturday night, no excuses for Wingard, Gray, Westhoff, Hartlett and Dixon who, as leaders, were missing. What has happened to Hartlett

2. Tom Jonas bashing

Jonas had committed to the contest and even if he knew Dangerfield would be collateral damage, so what. We ask forwards to hit backs every weekend and cause trouble and Jonas did just that. The brawl will reap as much as $30,000 and while there’s a reluctance to say it was good for football, no one was hurt, no one was flushed with a king hit, it was just bodies crashing in.

3. Chris Scott

Should have not got involved with an opposition player in such a heated confrontation. As said, there was flag flying and Port wanted to make a stand and Geelong stood strong, but that’s no place for officials. Scott said in the post-match he was indicating to Hamish Hartlett to settle down, and we have to take him on his word. The AFL, however, should investigate what occurred and the result could be a suspended fine for the Cats coach.

4. Brodie Smith

He didn’t lose the game, yet he supplied the momentum killer. Three goals up with five minutes to play, he missed a 30m pass to Paul Seedsman, who dived, couldn’t contain it and Ben Stratton picked it up and whistled dixie. The Hawks went bang, bang, bang with three goals and although teammates also made mistakes, it was Smith’s error which gave Hawks the game changing possession.

5. Jetta and friends

While Tom Papley buzzed around his forward 50m, putting the head over the ball, four Eagles didn’t near enough have the impact. This was a ground-ball day and Brad Hill, Lewis Jetta and Mark LeCras failed to contribute. Jamie Cripps worked hard, but one goal from the four of them was one area where the Eagles struggled. It was another poor effort on the road from the premiership fancy.

6. Brisbane

They are a bloody frustrating team. Smacked by 50 in the contested ball and lost the inside 50 count by 40 — what an annihilation against a team some people were wondering how they would handle the loss of Murphy, Johannisen and then Suckling on the day. Coach Justin Lepptisch spoke about the mental side of the game and the topsy turvy nature of youth. Yes, but what about Rockliff, Zorko, Martin, Hanley, Robinson, Bastinac, Bell and Rich? That’s the midfield and they got pumped.

7. Travis Cloke

He hoped he “had tickets in the bank”, but positions in football teams are about current performance and not what happened last year or the year before, or in Trav’s case, four years ago. He is an $800,000 player who played VFL on Sunday and the way Collingwood was using him (not a target) combined with a lack ball-getting ability himself, meant coach Nathan Buckley made the right decision. Cloke is not going to be in Collingwood’s next flag team so if a new club is interested him, or Cloke fits, it might not be a bad idea. On a reduced contract, of course.

8. Ben Cunnington

Looked ordinary and only Cunnington knows if he intentionally dropped the knees into the back of Gary Ablett who was on the ground. Dermott Brereton called it untidy and in his heart believed it to be an illegal action. Tend to agree. Cunnington didn’t use his arms to protect himself from falling and simply fell knees first. For a player who might have the best hands in the game, to not use them in this case was indeed untidy. Expect the match review panel to give him a week.

9. Umpires

Understand and accept the reasoning about dumping players on their heads in tackles, but we still can’t take aggression out of the game. Alex Sexton was pinged for tackling Ben Jacobs over the boundary line in the second quarter on Saturday evening. It was a hard tackle, Jacobs’ head did not touch the ground, yet it was adjudicated as dangerous and the Kangas won the ball. There were about 1500 tackles laid at the weekend, many of them having the potential to hurt players as much as Sexton’s was thought to.

Edited April 25, 2016 by BookMan

[GrantSmith]

Morning Gents...

What a bloody weekend of footy eh... Speaking with Somchai this morning down at the Som Tam cart, he's got it on good authority that Hawthorn have been allowed an additional 3 players this year it seems - perks of winning 3 on the trot? Adelaide is filthy at the moment with every second word being f**** and every third word being maggot... I thought there might've been a fly infestation but apparently I was wrong

The Bondi Billionaires continued on their merry little way, Buddy a bit unlucky not to kick a bagful but roamed the ground like a man possessed (thought he was going to take someones head off in those close tackles), Tommy Papley what a <deleted> gun this kid is going to be, had the worst quarter of footy in the first then came out in the second and gunned it and never looked back. I fear Heeney's going to get an ego, hopefully Kirky can instill some Buddhist dharma principles and calm the young fella down... Mills possibly the Malceski replacement we've been hungering for. Sinclair was sheepish against his old club, perhaps carrying an injury?

Jetts also looked sluggish and had little impact, Kennedy was kept mute inside 50 for most of the match... Nic Nat was getting little support and was probably their best. Thought it was going to be a lot closer but will take the 4 points with pleasure...

Hope the old mate who crash landed is doing alright, that looked pretty damn rough...

Will be interesting to see if Collingwood steps up today...

[GrantSmith]

Rance given 3, down to 2 with an early plea...

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-04-25/mrp-full-statement-round-three

[ripstanley]

Collingwood have come to play today. They are up by 45 points at quarter time.

Mason Cox is having his first game. His first kick of the game was a goal. He is an American.

[AlexRRR]

Rance's act was if it wasn't Rance woful, look pretty bad and it did hurt my boy Jack W, dont matter that he's been squeaky clean he has got to go for 2....it would be a miscarriage of justice if he didn't get 2.

Jack was already laid out was after the tackle and after the whistle matters not why it only matters he did so bye bye Rance.

​AlexRRR, our boy Jack Watts is working beautifully​

Your a fickle lot...

[BookMan]

Rance's act was if it wasn't Rance woful, look pretty bad and it did hurt my boy Jack W, dont matter that he's been squeaky clean he has got to go for 2....it would be a miscarriage of justice if he didn't get 2.

Jack was already laid out was after the tackle and after the whistle matters not why it only matters he did so bye bye Rance.

​AlexRRR, our boy Jack Watts is working beautifully​

Your a fickle lot...

We love little Jacky

He is an inspiration to so many players in the women's football league

[BookMan]

Collingwood have come to play today. They are up by 45 points at quarter time.

Mason Cox is having his first game. His first kick of the game was a goal. He is an American.

Collingwood are treating Essendon like they are a seconds side from the VFL/NEafl/WAFL/SAFL...running around them like a practice match

oh, hang on a minute...

[Will27]

Mark Robinson’s reveals his likes and dislikes from Round 5

Looks as if Robbo forgot about Rance's cheap shot

Edited April 25, 2016 by Will27

[Ron19]

There's been rumours of a rift in the playing group at Freo for a while now.

Rumour has it, that there are quite a few players within Fremantle that dont get along with Nat Fyfe. Over the off-season, there was a captaincy vote and Mundy and Fyfe were the two obvious choices.

Speculation has it that Dockers officials wanted Fyfe as captain, but the players wanted Mundy. When Freo officials discovered that the majority of players wanted Mundy,

the officials rigged the vote so Fyfe was announced as the captain.

Docker man Brad Hardie spoke of this back in February on radio:

http://www.6pr.com.au/news/fremantle-captaincy-bungle-20160215-gmuu6c.html

​

I don't know whether this is true or not but it could well be. There is obviously something wrong down there.

Just listened to the link,someones head should roll if Brads comments are correct.It has obviously affected the teams on field performances.

Edited April 25, 2016 by Ron19

[Will27]

There's been rumours of a rift in the playing group at Freo for a while now.

Rumour has it, that there are quite a few players within Fremantle that dont get along with Nat Fyfe. Over the off-season, there was a captaincy vote and Mundy and Fyfe were the two obvious choices.

Speculation has it that Dockers officials wanted Fyfe as captain, but the players wanted Mundy. When Freo officials discovered that the majority of players wanted Mundy,

the officials rigged the vote so Fyfe was announced as the captain.

Docker man Brad Hardie spoke of this back in February on radio:

http://www.6pr.com.au/news/fremantle-captaincy-bungle-20160215-gmuu6c.html

​

that would make some sense

reminds me of school. students vote for the prefects of their choice... then the teachers decise who wins and who doesn't

I thought Mundy was Captain anyway....

It seems as though the players got to vote on a 5-4-3-2-1 basis and then they started to count the votes for who was going to be captain.

Well Fyfe was somehow in front - well and truly in front - then it got to a stage where one player put his hand up and said 'this isn't right, what is going on here"?

They then had recount which Mundy won.

[BookMan]

There's been rumours of a rift in the playing group at Freo for a while now.

Rumour has it, that there are quite a few players within Fremantle that dont get along with Nat Fyfe. Over the off-season, there was a captaincy vote and Mundy and Fyfe were the two obvious choices.

Speculation has it that Dockers officials wanted Fyfe as captain, but the players wanted Mundy. When Freo officials discovered that the majority of players wanted Mundy,

the officials rigged the vote so Fyfe was announced as the captain.

Docker man Brad Hardie spoke of this back in February on radio:

http://www.6pr.com.au/news/fremantle-captaincy-bungle-20160215-gmuu6c.html

​

that would make some sense

reminds me of school. students vote for the prefects of their choice... then the teachers decise who wins and who doesn't

I thought Mundy was Captain anyway....

It seems as though the players got to vote on a 5-4-3-2-1 basis and then they started to count the votes for who was going to be captain.

Well Fyfe was somehow in front - well and truly in front - then it got to a stage where one player put his hand up and said 'this isn't right, what is going on here"?

They then had recount which Mundy won.

yeah sorry... i listened to the radio grab after i had posted

[AlexRRR]

The rout continues, only Grant can hold his head up rest of Tv members are struggling, the once powerful Chooks obviously doesn't have the nephew on board any longer and the results speak that, The premiers on the improve but fell away in the last quarter, still early days yet fantasy not like the real deal it's still wide open...

[Ron19]

Edited April 25, 2016 by Ron19

[BookMan]

Good week for the tipsters this week!

We have 5 Tipsters with 8/9!!
Alexrrr (delightfuldees)
Ripstanley
Bookman
Ron19
OldCroc (sobek)

Alex had the best margin.

Overall winner continues to be Will27, with 34, slipping one more down the greasy pole to be just a point within reach. Ripstanley is looking dangerous with his healthy pick the margin score

Chooka looks to have really choked this year..dropping further down the ladder

Bookman continues to be in front of Alex

[AlexRRR]

Grant the only Tv member in the 8, Chooks slides out, JoBoss well we dont talk about him.....a few more weeks before it gets serious guys....

Edited April 25, 2016 by AlexRRR

[Will27]

Good week for the tipsters this week!

We have 5 Tipsters with 8/9!!

Alexrrr (delightfuldees)

Ripstanley

Bookman

Ron19

OldCroc (sobek)

Alex had the best margin.

Overall winner continues to be Will27, with 34, slipping one more down the greasy pole to be just a point within reach. Ripstanley is looking dangerous with his healthy pick the margin score

Chooka looks to have really choked this year..dropping further down the ladder

Bookman continues to be in front of Alex

How have I slipped?

I was 1 in front last week

** Congrats to AlexRRR for winning the round.

Edited April 25, 2016 by Will27

[AlexRRR]

Good week for the tipsters this week!

We have 5 Tipsters with 8/9!!

Alexrrr (delightfuldees)

Ripstanley

Bookman

Ron19

OldCroc (sobek)

Alex had the best margin.

Overall winner continues to be Will27, with 34, slipping one more down the greasy pole to be just a point within reach. Ripstanley is looking dangerous with his healthy pick the margin score

Chooka looks to have really choked this year..dropping further down the ladder

Bookman continues to be in front of Alex

Your in front of me by default Bookie......that essendon game cost me, it would have put me equal with Will and one of the best margins.......enjoy it while you can.....you can't take the pressure for long .......your already slipped back into some of last seasons habits....

[AlexRRR]

Good week for the tipsters this week!

We have 5 Tipsters with 8/9!!

Alexrrr (delightfuldees)

Ripstanley

Bookman

Ron19

OldCroc (sobek)

Alex had the best margin.

Overall winner continues to be Will27, with 34, slipping one more down the greasy pole to be just a point within reach. Ripstanley is looking dangerous with his healthy pick the margin score

Chooka looks to have really choked this year..dropping further down the ladder

Bookman continues to be in front of Alex

Your in front of me by default Bookie......that essendon game cost me, it would have put me equal with Will and one of the best margins.......enjoy it while you can.....you can't take the pressure for long .......your already slipped back into some of last seasons habits....

[BookMan]

Your in front of me ..Bookie...

yes Alex..i know..

[ripstanley]

Ted Richards ruled out for the next 2 to 3 games with a fractured eye socket. He suffered the injury in the 2nd quarter but played on.

http://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/2016-04-25/richards-ruled-out

Edited April 25, 2016 by ripstanley

[BookMan]

Ted Richards ruled out for the next 2 to 3 games with a fractured eye socket. He suffered the injury in the 2nd quarter but played on.

http://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/2016-04-25/richards-ruled-out

crikey! !

that is

Richards

Talia

Reid

Rohan

out of the backline injured .. crikey!!!

thank f.ook we e playing brisbane this week

Ted Richards ruled out for the next 2 to 3 games with a fractured eye socket. He suffered the injury in the 2nd quarter but played on.

http://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/2016-04-25/richards-ruled-out

[BookMan]

Attendances on record pace after huge round five

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-04-26/attendances-on-record-pace-after-biggest-round-five-ever

After the siren: The Eagles who can't fly

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-04-25/after-the-siren-the-travel-sickness-keeping-the-eagles-from-a-flag-tilt

[BookMan]

Anzac day AFL 360

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYUvIwOnlAw