Re: AFL 2008 thread

[Red]

So did Fev crack the ton??

Stranded on 99, umps helped him get that too with one of the softest frees you're ever privileged to see.

[skully]

Thanks for the confirm Red.

[embee]

Game's over , Dickhead

I was watching on delay. I suppose we've just found out what a selfish prick Fev is. There's meant to be no I in team but it was all about him. People get suspended for a week by leadership teams yet he demanded the ball. Forget about other forward targets. Suffer Blues. No wonder you got thumped you tankers.

There is a U in Fuc kwit ....

[Nath]

I'll be at the Hawthorn/Carlton game in rnd 22, one scenario has Franklin and Fev both reaching 100 at that match. I remember two pitch invasions some years ago when Lockett got his 1000th goal and 100th for the season in the same match at the SCG.

Fev won't get his 100.

told ya. sucked in, Fev!

[PearlJ]

Where IS that Pearly Jammy person?

We're in the 8. Couldn't care less

[Fred Nerk]

"There's meant to be no I in team "

Yebbut there's heaps of I's in 'cliche-spouting imbecile'.

[embee]

BUDDY!!! 100 goals!

Well done , Buddy

First Aboriginal to kick 100

[skully]

How many games did they play back in the season Peter Hudson kicked 150 goals to equal Bob Pratt's record? Seems a remarkable achievement given the kudos everyone has been heaping on Buddy for cracking the ton.

[lardbucket]

22 I think, skully ... two full home and away rounds, 12 teams.

[embee]

plus 2 finals

[embee]

Bob Pratt 18 H&A plus 3 Finals

[skully]

150 goals in 21 games by Pratt.

And I have clear recollections of watching Hudson going for the goal that would've given him the record. It was smothered by his opponent standing on the mark (at least that's the way my 40 something brain remembers it).

[Red]

Saints can still make fourth spot if they beat the Dons by enough and they're on track at half-time to do that with the Bombres looking a bit sick and sorry for themselves.

[Nath]

they're around 1.5% behind atm.
Live Ladder

Good ol' Ninthmond, missed the finals again.

[Red]

Looks like they got there and Adelaide misses out. Absolutely pathetic performance from the Dons though.

[Nath]

So it's:
Geelong vs St Kilda
Hawthorn vs Western Bulldogs
(losers have the double chance)
Adelaide vs Collingwood
Sydney vs North Melbourne
(Losers are eliminated)

[Red]

Adelaide will be pissed off at missing the double chance though I doubt they could have rolled the Cats. They now have a home final at least as some sort of compensation though would have had a home final in the second week of the finals albeit one where they were probably coming off a flogging.

[Nath]

Friday Night -

2nd Qualifying Final

Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs (MCG) 7:50PM

Saturday Afternoon -

1st Elimination Final

Adelaide v Collingwood (AAMI Stadium) 2:30PM CST

Saturday Night -

2nd Elimination Final

Sydney Swans v North Melbourne (ANZ Stadium) 7:20PM

Sunday Afternoon -

1st Qualifying Final

Geelong v St Kilda (MCG) 2:30PM

[embee]

150 goals in 21 games by Pratt.

And I have clear recollections of watching Hudson going for the goal that would've given him the record. It was smothered by his opponent standing on the mark (at least that's the way my 40 something brain remembers it).

The 'rough red' hasn't rotted all your brain ...he kicked it into Barry Lawrence ( father of Steven Lawrence who played for Brisbane and St Kilda )

[skully]

Cheers MB. I was barely 10 I think but followed the VFL religiously on ABC Sportsview. Hudson's distinctive, almost spastic running and kicking style was ingrained in the brain.

[Fred Nerk]

Breaking on 774: Leigh Matthews about to resign as coach of Brisbane, press conf at 11.

[ten years after]

I was at Docklands for both games this weekend. Incredible atmosphere considering they were very one sided.

Fev is the only target up front for Carlton so you can hardly blame him for expecting the ball to be delivered. Its something the Blues will need to address before next year. I was a bit surprised at how desperate Hawthorn were to stop him in the last few minutes since he was never in the hunt for the Coleman.

Fevola is clearly a better full forward than Franklin at the moment with a more accurate kick and he times his leads better, but Buddy will get better (which is a worry for the rest of the comp). At the moment Franklin has a better supply than Fevola but he wastes a lot of chances.

There are suggestions that the round 22 fixtures should be flexible to avoid this years situation where St Kilda knew what they had to achieve. Given that their opposition (the mighty Bombers) only bothered to turn up to send off a few stalwarts it was not all that tough a task for the Saints but you could cut the air with a knife (good cliche) as they got closer to the target.

[lardbucket]

Fevola might be a better full forward than Franklin, but Franklin could probably kick 5 goals a game (from 12 attempts) from the left half forward flank. Whatta freak.

[Nath]

Fevola is clearly a better full forward big girly sook than Franklin

[Ross]

Initial AA squad has been announced, I'm sure some supporters will be angry that their favourite has missed

Defenders: Nathan Bock (Adelaide) Corey Enright (Geelong) Sam Fisher (St Kilda) Tom Harley (Geelong) Luke Hodge (Hawthorn) Max Hudghton (St KIlda) Luke McPharlin (Fremantle) Andrew Mackie (Geelong) Darren Milburn (Geelong) Dale Morris (Western Bulldogs) Daniel Pratt (North Melbourne) Matthew Scarlett (Geelong)

Forwards: Jonathan Brown (Brisbane) Daniel Bradshaw (Brisbane) Brendan Fevola (Carlton) Lance Franklin (Hawthorn) Brent Harvey (North Melbourne) Steve Johnson (Geelong) Paul Medhurst (Collingwood) Daniel Motlop (Port Adelaide) Robert Murphy (Western Bulldogs) Ryan O'Keefe (Sydney) Matthew Pavlich (Fremantle) Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda)

Midfielders/ruckman: Gary Ablett (Geelong) Jimmy Bartel (Geelong) Simon Black (Brisbane) Adam Cooney (Western Bulldogs) Joel Corey (Geelong) Dean Cox (West Coast) Daniel Cross (Western Bulldogs) Brett Deledio (Richmond) Lenny Hayes (St Kilda) Chris Judd (Carlton) Brett Kirk (Sydney) Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn) Drew Petrie (North Melbourne) Matthew Richardson (Richmond) Aaron Sandilands (Fremantle) Joel Selwood (Geelong).

My early attempt at the team:

Harley (c), Scarlett, Milburn
Enright, Bock, Hodge
Corey, Bartel, Richardson
Cox, Ablett, Cooney
Harvey, Riewoldt, Johnson
Medhurst, Franklin, Fevola

Sandilands, Selwood, Judd, Pavlich

Backline is Cat heavy as I'll freely admit I don't know much about a few of the other players named. Not sure if Judd warrants selection but the selectors and the media love him so he'll make it on reputation, possibly even starting on the ground ahead of Cooney or Corey.

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