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[ripstanley]

Are we watching EPL or AFL, Snow falling and kicking the ball along the ground.

[farmerjo]

2 hours ago, ripstanley said:

Are we watching EPL or AFL, Snow falling and kicking the ball along the ground.

Winners are grinners Rip.????

[Will27]

55 minutes ago, farmerjo said:

Winners are grinners Rip.????

I'd love to know how many times the underdog has won on a Friday night.

 

Well done to Rip, FJ and Radar????

[Radar501]

11 hours ago, ripstanley said:

Are we watching EPL or AFL

GWS kicked four goals.   Not bad for EPL really.

 

[Will27]

Apologies for being off topic, but Marmite were giving out free jars during the first cricket

test calling it the Marmy Army.

 

Vegemite hit back in true Aussie style by placing these ads in the UK papers

 

 

 

Edited August 10, 2019 by Will27

[Will27]

This is the worst round of footy I've seen in a long long time I reckon.

[farmerjo]

2 hours ago, Will27 said:

This is the worst round of footy I've seen in a long long time I reckon.

I wonder if Norf could get another record with 3 coaches in a year.????

[Radar501]

[Will27]

Well Trend Setters

 

Rip has picked the card and gone back to back to back to

win for the 3rd week in a row.

 

He gets the Turkish Delights for this week.

 

Next weeks round will separate the men from the boys.

[ripstanley]

7 minutes ago, Will27 said:

 

 

 

Next weeks round will separate the men from the boys.

Very true Will about next week. Fridays game of Melb V Swans. What a Friday night game with no importance to the top 8 but very hard for tipping with the margin thrown in

Edited August 11, 2019 by ripstanley

[AlexRRR]

11 minutes ago, ripstanley said:

Very true Will about next week. Fridays game of Melb V Swans. What a Friday night game with no importance to the top 8 but very hard for tipping with the margin thrown in

 

Ha you jest of course......My club woudnt even put your money on them for a win RIP... Swans by 17...

[ripstanley]

2 minutes ago, AlexRRR said:

 

Ha you jest of course......My club woudnt even put your money on them for a win RIP... Swans by 17...

I hope with a big H

[Will27]

On ‎8‎/‎10‎/‎2019 at 8:19 AM, Will27 said:

Apologies for being off topic, but Marmite were giving out free jars during the first cricket

test calling it the Marmy Army.

 

Vegemite hit back in true Aussie style by placing these ads in the UK papers

 

 

 

The Poms hit back in grand style

 

 

[AlexRRR]

9 hours ago, Will27 said:

The Poms hit back in grand style

 

 

 

Wasnt it beer left overs or something....almost as disgusting as some of the Thai condiments ....No wait...that pink shit disguised as a sauce they put on my burger in Palawan ......

[AlexRRR]

Well the purge is on in ernest at Deeland...Mr Mission was leaving anyway performance honcho....new guy bringing in his troops....culling several in that dept....plus Brendan MaCartney ex Doggie coach wont be back next year....expect a few more assitants to bite the dust over this year....lets face it with Goodwin on 3 more years the Dee's arnt going to shell out a couple of million to move him on plus the team is the team and there not going to cut many so its cheaper and more cost effective to move the middle men on and place the blame at there feet....

 

Steve May out for the rest of the year.....wont make a dam differance anyway....

 

On a postive note....praise be to the exculted one up high...Vodapone finally have issued Esim......been waiting forever for this....since i got my new Iphone to be precise....yesterday....and i got it today....no more physical sim card needed...my XR is noooooow a duel sim card phone....great feeling and the only win i had all year considering.....

 

Watched a couple of NFL practice games already....the one in particular happend to be my 2 teams Browns at home to the Redskins, well...Baker Mayfeild is looking even sharper that last year did the opening start with the 2 min drill scoring a touch down and the pond went crazy....big things expected from the Browns this year...good in the draft exceptional in Free Agency....As for the Skins....Case Keenum was at his ordianry best and just played the first quarter with new kid on the block Hassel or something like that looking like a 4th string QB now we know why he slipped to pick 15....its looking like a long American winter for the Redskins....

 

 

[ozzydom]

Things have been pretty static on the leaderboard lately, with Will hanging onto his top spot , but with 8 of the games this weekend being anybodies guess, we might see a surge from the ranks.????

[AlexRRR]

29 minutes ago, ozzydom said:

Things have been pretty static on the leaderboard lately, with Will hanging onto his top spot , but with 8 of the games this weekend being anybodies guess, we might see a surge from the ranks.????

 

Fat chance Oz....WILL has it wrapped up.....hes going for his 3rd or 4th cup he knows how to win...its all playing safe from now on....a lead of 5 is hard to peg back in 2 weeks fella....i tried the mind games on him a few years ago and it didnt work...about the only thing that would upset WILL would be if Eagles got spanked in both games in the next few weeks...

[ripstanley]

2 hours ago, ozzydom said:

Things have been pretty static on the leaderboard lately, with Will hanging onto his top spot , but with 8 of the games this weekend being anybodies guess, we might see a surge from the ranks.????

WILL WILL be the 2019 champ. No mind games WILL stop him. 2nd spot is up for grabs. We all have to remember the Lions this weekend and in the finals. They will be a big threat. 

[Radar501]

WILL WILL WILL himself on? WE'LL know next week.

Edited August 14, 2019 by Radar501

[AlexRRR]

Second caretaker coach gets the nod...3 year deal....https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/david-teague-named-carlton-coach-20190814-p52h5q.html Judge will have to go.....a nong off the field with hot ageing wife and a garage without a support pole to fit the Land Rover... Pratt is gone and so should he be, 5 wins from 9 and comparison to Paul Roos of the early 2000s when taking over @ the Swans....ummmm the press and there liberal view too quickly turn like a cobra who's had its tail stepped on....

 

The Great Polly has passed.....did have the pleasure of seeing him in his last years, today he would be considered a bit of a lumbering gaint, though a lot more mobile than what was around in those days, then ruckman were just for the centre square and sitting at full forward....Polly was the first truly mobile ruckman was seen as once in a generation until Jimmy Stynes re wrote the ruck caper, Stynes if anything was a fierce competitor was really just average at the centre square but his worth was as a 6ft 5 ruck rover cum rover cum ruckman cum midfielder cum stopper...in someways the two were similar...

 

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/bombers-turn-to-snowboard-star-for-september-help-20190814-p52h4r.html Bomber pep talk from a bronze medalist snowboarder.... Freo go heads to head with Woooooooshas boys....a loss and the knifes WILL be out at Windy Hill....Dons not known for taking mediocrity lightly, was talk earlier in the season to bring Herd back.....now id like to see that....

 

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/stephen-coniglio-should-stay-a-giant-afl-ceo-says-20190813-p52gth.html AFL put there 2 cents worth in....They want Coniglio to stay put....for the good of the game and the Gaints but....did they not give them a deal of the century to grab the best talent around not so long ago?....called trade bait....trade away and pull something else in...lets face it...it smacks you in the face when the AFL says this yet introduced Free Agency.....pillage like the vikings and the Hawks with no boundary's....I recon there should be a limit on how many FA's you can take a season or reintroduce paying for these guys...in $$$$ and draft picks...The AFL is beginning to look like the Premier League a lot.....and of course nothing new except X which has bitten the dust because it stunk and lets not forget the tinkering of the preseason games..... the boys at AFL house to justify there salary package including the BMW 5 M3 and along with Porsche SUV's likes to keep us guessing with whats going....even the other day there was talk a transfer window leading up to the start of the season.....too many wild ideas there with no leader, as your well aware I am NO fan of the people who run the game, for heavens sake leave it alone, I can live with the Hawks taking the cream of FA, so far it hasnt worked but if they pull a flag soon every cat and dog will be in on it then its a blood bath....you have been warned....by the way its called progress of professional sport...

 

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/trade-window-on-eve-of-afl-season-20190813-p52gsw.html and I rest my case....mid season draft looks dead...Scratch my head, was it ever really worth it?

The AFL is mindful of the enormous interest generated when players move clubs – web traffic is enormous in the major media outlets and on the AFL’s website during the trading period – and has clearly been keen to open this up further, as happens in American sports...... they can sell adds on there websites no?????

 

ho dear I might move to central Thailand to get away from this.....

[Will27]

Well gang

 

The penultimate round and what a cracker it is.

One of the rounds where you could get 7 or 3 I reckon.

 

Friday night kicks off with Melbourne and Sydney.

Sydney are rebuilding and Melbourne have had the year from hell.

Possibly Melbourne due to the home ground advantage.

 

Carlton against the Saints at the Gee.

Who would've thought that this would be a good game a few months ago.

The Teague train has arrived.

Toss of the coin.

 

Top of the table clash with Brisbane against Geelong.

A lot on offer with a top 2 finish to the winner.

Some doubts over Brisbane against quality opposition.

Good luck picking this one.

 

Adelaide host the Pies on Sat arvo.

Even though the Crows lost last week, was probably their best game in a month.

The jury is still out on Collingwood.

Won their last two but against the 17 and 18th sides.

Adelaide fighting to get back into the 8 whilst Collingwood fighting for a top 4 spot.

 

Norf host Port at Marvel.

Norf will be looking to bounce back after last weeks dismal effort.

Port on the other hand are playing for a spot in the 8.

This should be belter.

 

Freo against Essendon in Perth.

Thought the Dockers should've beaten the Saints last week

and Essendon were just dreadful.

Can the Dockers win for Sandilands last game or will Essendon

bounce back and stay in the 8?

 

A real blockbuster at the gee where Richmond host WC.

Richmond are heavy favourites but they've only beaten 1 side in the top 4

so far this year. They've also been kissed on the dick by the AFL, who in their wisdom

thought it reasonable that they play their last 7 games at the MCG. If Richmond win their

last 2 games and their first 2 finals, there's a good chance that they will be playing in

the GF having played 9 games in a row at the Gee.

 

WC have won their last 9 games in Melbourne so are in pretty good nick.

I reckon it comes down to the weather. If it's sunny, I'm backing the boys.

If it rains, I reckon it will suit Richmond.

 

The Giants have thawed out from last Friday night's game in the snow and host

the Bulldogs who destroyed Essendon.

Will be expecting a response from GWS but the Bulldogs are in pretty good nick and

are still in the hunt for the 8.

 

The only interest in the Hawthorn/Suns game is Jarrad Roughhead's last game.

Having said that, win and Hawthorn are still in the mix for top 8.

 

Should prove to be a cracking round.

 

All the best boys, but not too much

 

 

 

 

[AlexRRR]

Its highly unlikley the Demons WILL do much along with the Suns....MCG wont mean much to us....

[ripstanley]

6 hours ago, AlexRRR said:

Its highly unlikley the Demons WILL do much along with the Suns....MCG wont mean much to us....

Does this mean you are tipping Melbourne? ????

 

 

[AlexRRR]

18 hours ago, ripstanley said:

Does this mean you are tipping Melbourne? ????

 

 

 

Absolutely in the negative there RIP.....Swans by 13 i think .....Dee's arnt second last on the ladder becaue there a good team you know...In fact i wont pick them next week either nor should you...my tip for ya....

 

Hope Swans can play on a wet MCG....been raining on and off all day all over town, in fact its been a wet winter, rains at least were i live 5 nights out of 7 well showers, my pooch dont wanna get his feet wet he has pee'd on the undercover deck a number of times and ive found his piddle inside twice the little bugger......well i did turn his back yard into a fernery last summer hes got no more lawn to wander around on.....along with the unusual wet winter its been a cold one one of the coldest for a bit of a while...then top it off after a glorious autumn the sun hasnt poped out in weeks....makes me moody...next winter you will have the pleasure of my company in Thailand....unfortantly i got stuck here casue of my hip....but not next year...

[Will27]

On 8/15/2019 at 1:45 PM, AlexRRR said:

Its highly unlikley the Demons WILL do much along with the Suns....MCG wont mean much to us....

Oh dear.

 

I should've listened to Uncle Alex????

[AlexRRR]

11 hours ago, Will27 said:

Oh dear.

 

I should've listened to Uncle Alex????

 

Oh boy.....you didnt?....hehehe the pack are one closer....I expected us to bite the dust last night but not by 50 odd points....a dispirited bunch they were...and shocking decision making....

 

The science says there either over coached or under coached or the players dont like someone....who is a key in the staff.....2 assistants plus performance people are almost gone...Goodwin and the look on his face in the coaches box was one of..ive tried everything look....

 

Was Goodwin alone in his box? normally  3 or 4 all together.,...but did u notice the Swans box? an army of red and a battery of PC's...

 

Anyway its a sunny morning in footy town reminding me spring is not far away and better days ahead before it pisses down rain tomorrow...

 

Jay Kennedy Harris may have saved his bacon last night...the only Dee who can hold his head up (Stretch did ok too), liked his game a lot but has never strung enough of them together.....often drops off around 3rd game in a row....Billy too....

 

That player North should have got.....father son..Baker Barker? something like that..looking at him ud think he was a string bean no shoulders.....but he can play and boy has aggression....something the Dee rabble lack...

 

Number 30 what a waste of talent....he is becoming more disappointing each year....the other duel Surname player and such a house hold name Alex Neal Bullion or something or other, get rid of him.....Billy....too....in fact I can make a case for half a dozen to be be delisted as no other club will want them....

 

Hope you do better in the next rounds there OLD WILL>>>>>>> can't have you falling down now at this stage of the season.....

[AlexRRR]

Wow just checked the leader board....im second and RIP is third...you're not alone there WILL...several stumbled over the Dee's...Oz what were you thinking? Chook Wazz and Radar....boys talk to me first next time...

[AlexRRR]

Will is in nervous meltdown up on the ranch in outback Thailand... The godfather has slipped up by 2 this week so far...and more to goooooo the precious legacy the stager has built up over the years is in  jeopardy..... and you wouldn't wanna loose to me....casue you know you WILL never hear the end off it...

 

We here in Melbourne are playing it one game at a time.... the sun is out this morning so that's a good omen for us Melb based guys.....carn the Tigers....WILL stick it up Wills boys today?

 

Nothing to loose.....but WILL has everything to loose....yaaa...hahaha....Oh I dont know,,,,could I get lucky? I've finnished second before....to Uncle WILL....WILL it be like the Moffet years at Bathurst 1n2?

[Will27]

1 hour ago, AlexRRR said:

Will is in nervous meltdown up on the ranch in outback Thailand... The godfather has slipped up by 2 this week so far...and more to goooooo the precious legacy the stager has built up over the years is in  jeopardy..... and you wouldn't wanna loose to me....casue you know you WILL never hear the end off it...

 

We here in Melbourne are playing it one game at a time.... the sun is out this morning so that's a good omen for us Melb based guys.....carn the Tigers....WILL stick it up Wills boys today?

 

Nothing to loose.....but WILL has everything to loose....yaaa...hahaha....Oh I dont know,,,,could I get lucky? I've finnished second before....to Uncle WILL....WILL it be like the Moffet years at Bathurst 1n2?

Nice work Alex.

Picking Essendon was a great get.

 

I'm nervous alright, but not about the tipping, about today's game.

I hope the sun stays out for it.

 

If it's fine I reckon we will get the chocolates.

But TBH, who really knows.

 

The Bulldogs/GWS game is a tricky one.

Win and the Bully's move into the 8.

 

 

[AlexRRR]

1 minute ago, Will27 said:

Nice work Alex.

Picking Essendon was a great get.

 

I'm nervous alright, but not about the tipping, about today's game.

I hope the sun stays out for it.

 

If it's fine I reckon we will get the chocolates.

But TBH, who really knows.

 

The Bulldogs/GWS game is a tricky one.

Win and the Bully's move into the 8.

 

 

 

Actually I had picked Freo and changed the pick just before the game, the North game should have and normaly would have gone for North as Port are my enigma...and I normally never change my pick once ive locked it in so there....by the time I realised my mistake the North game had started....well I pick thus nights normal so there....hehehe

 

Bombers pretty much mostly stand up if backs to the wall....so you learned something from me.....hahaha

 

The sun is due to go behind the clouds by game time according to my iPhone weather app with wind kicking up to blustery condions with a 100% chance of pissing down rain most of the game...but hey this Melbourne so you never really know...but I will take my brolly with me today....