AFL round 22 ‘expert’ tips
Congratulations Greg Naylor
The 2010 AO AFL Tipping ‘expert of experts’.
Rd 22 results: Ray: 5 (114) – - Baldrick: 3 (100) … thanks for not trying! – - Greg: 6 (116) WINNER – - Rox: 3 (107)
It’s ‘Independents Round’
The 3 amigos from the bush - Mad Bob Katter, Farmer Tony Windsor & Happy-pill-boy Rob Oakeshott - meet in Canberra to decide the question that is on all our lips - "Who will win the AO tipping contest?"
Now that the election result seems pretty well settled, how much longer will ‘The 3 amigos’ from the bush make us hold our collective breaths before they decide whether Julia Gillard or Tony Abbott will be our next PM? While the Coalition is one seat ahead at 73-72, there’s every possibility that the independents will still opt for Gillard and give her an unlikely come-from-behind victory.
Hmm, it’s much like the Alpine Opinion tipping contest where, presently, Greg leads yours truly by the narrowest of margins @ 110-109 as we go into the final round. And, just like the election result, the whole nation is watching!
So here are the ‘experts’ tips (Note: In the interest of fairness I have not, as of the time of making this post, seen Greg’s tips, which are being held by Rox. Likewise he has not seen mine):
Ray (8) (109)
Fremantle v Carlton : The winner gets a home final and I can’t see Freo giving up that opportunity over there tonight.
Geelong v West Coast : It’s a joke isn’t it? This is just too easy.
Hawthorn v Collingwood : Big ‘outs’ for the Pies, who have top spot sewn up and nothing to gain here. The Hawks have lost Hodge but a win might mean a home final instead of a trip to Perth or Sydney. And Hawthorn usually beats the Pies anyway (Btw, this could decide the AO comp, as I’m pretty sure Greg will go for his beloved Collingwood).
Adelaide v St Kilda : I reckon this will be very close up to 3/4 time. The Saints are getting back to full strength and are quietly going about another tilt at the big one.
Bulldogs v Essendon : And this will quite possibly be their last win of the year. I’d actually go for Essendon but Watson is a huge loss for them.
Brisbane v Sydney : No Brown, no Brisbane; it’s as simple as that. Sydney are finishing strongly.
Richmond v Pt Adelaide : The Tigers 6 wins have all been against interstate sides and there’s no reason to think they won’t beat Port after last week’s top effort against St Kilda at the same ground (Etihad). Cousins’ last game will really inspire them to finish on a strong note. They’re a team of the future.
Melbourne v Nth Melbourne : Hardest pick of the round and maybe this will determine the AO tipping contest as well. The Dees will win because they will want to cap off a much improved year.
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Baldrick (1) (97)
Still waiting. Somehow I think he’s lost all interest.
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Greg (5) (110)
I have picked:
- Carlton
- Geelong
- Hawthorn
- St Kilda
- Bulldogs
- Swans
- Port Adelaide
- North Melbourne
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Rox (5) (104)
Blues to beat Freo. I don’t care what the markets say.
Cats to beat the Eagles.
Pies to beat the Hawks – maybe
Saints to beat the Crows
Swans to beat the Lions, because I want them to. I like Paul Roos. He’s been great as a player and as a coach. And he’s gorgeous.
Dogs to beat the Dons – they’d better or I reckon it’s curtains.
Tigers to beat Port.
Demons to beat NMFC, to which I have taken a great dislike since the Barry Hall incident.
Promoting 'Beautiful Bright'.
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Greg’s tips are now in.
We differ on:
Freo(R) v Carlton(G)
Richmond(R) v Pt Adelaide(G)
Melbourne(R) v Nth Melbourne(G)
Baldrick’s tips have just arrived:
Carlton
Hawthorn
Essendon
Pt.Adelaide
West Coast
Adelaide
Brisbane
Melbourne
I won’t worry about engrossing them into the post. I’m just thankful that 3 people have participated in the right spirit this year.
Ahahhaaaa! You reckon?
Not just the whole nation, Rox. There are 60 million Indians betting on it.
Off to a flier Ray!
Yep, it’s 110 each now !
This is just like the hung parliament – which way will it go?
The last 2 games tomorrow will be the deciders.
Good grief. Everyone picked that Hawks except me.
The humiliation.
Someone up there is looking after me. I was staggered to see my tips published here picking Hawthorn over Collingwood.
At first I thought Rox was being cheeky by changing my tips – but when I looked at the original email, there it was – I had actually picked the Hawks. So, I let it be …
Rox, it seems we both picked the wrong team in this game.
Just as well – Ray would now be one up on me and I haven’t got any independents or greens to negotiate with.
Tomorrow will tell the tale – we could still have a hung tipping competition on our hands.
No one picked Adelaide! Good end to the season but a blood awful season! Sorry Ray……Good luck in the finals.
Yes Greg, it surprised me too that you picked Hawthorn. It’s very honest of you to admit that you made a mistake! Anyway, you get the point for it.
Thanks JB, but the Saints were pathetic tonight and (based on that game) they’ve got no hope next week against Geelong. Honestly, wasn’t that the most insipid St Kilda performance you’ve ever seen? 5 goals for the match and no wonder – they just kept kicking it backwards and turning it over. I’d say it’s season over.
Crows are ok, especially at home. This is how the new side is going to look and the future from my perspective is looking up. Don’t read too much into this game. St Kilda can beat anyone on their day! Sure bit of a down day today, but the opposition had a lot to play for. Cheers
I hope you’re right, JB. I realise the result meant nothing to St Kilda in that they were going to finish 3rd regardless, but – for God’s sake! – you’d think they’d make a better effort than that. Not to take too much away from Adelaide who, as you say, were very good and outplayed the Saints at their own game. It might have saved Craigy his job.
Craig is safe. Contract up at next year and that’s when the pressure will be on.
MOI?
How lucky was Greg? Oh well, it’s up to these last two games – maybe we’ll draw and have a ‘hung’ tipping competition? How fitting.
Btw, I just heard on ABC Radio that Ross Lyon instructed his St Kilda players at 3/4 time last night to “close the game down” and “not bother going for a win”. Apparently he was just concerned to get through without injuries to players (although Fisher got one) and didn’t care about the result! Amazing honesty. I hope that’s right because they played bloody awful & unattacking football.
It makes it hard to tip when the coaches don’t bother to get their teams to play their best footy. You have to second-guess his decisions and well as the team’s quality – unfair.
Yes, hard for tipsters but I also reckon there will be a lot of angry punters. Too bad for them – betting on football sucks.
Whoa, Pt Adelaide off to a flyer. Looks like Greg will go one up and the best I can do now is draw (if Melbourne wins – how are they going?).
Hang on, Richmond were down by 51 pts at 1/2 time – now they’re only 9 pts down. Half way through the last quarter. Plenty of time! This is just like the election!
Only 3 pts behind now.
9 pts now. Looks like Greg is safe with this one and will go one up. Melbourne v North to come though.
Great game by Richmond.
But Port won it, Rox. And now North is leading Melbourne. Looks like Greg will win.
The Gods are still with me … in the second quarter :0
It’s going your way. Even if Melbourne gets up we’d be tied.
Are we tipping through the finals?
We can tip finals if you like, Rox, but it wouldn’t be part of the comp, which ends in about 30 minutes time.
Btw, Melbourne are 2 pts ahead.
It’s all over, North by 10 pts.
CONGRATULATIONS GREG, THE 2010 AO AFL TIPPING ‘EXPERT of EXPERTS’.
Rd 22 results:
Ray: 5 (114)
Baldrick: 3 (100) … thanks for not trying!
Greg: 6 (116) WINNER
Rox: 3 (107)
Thanks Ray – it has been fun participating and I hope I have the opportunity to join in next year
So do we, Greg. Cheers.
Congratulations Greg! Hopefully same time next year.
Heavens – did I really only get 3? And I WAS trying.
Congratulations to Greg, Raymond and Rox. A tight contest.
Gone awfully quiet on here, did I upset everyone that much?
No, you haven’t upset any one, Baldrick – we don’t take you that seriously.
Sorry, just joking.
I see Geelong are so worried about the Saints they’ve resorted to:
1. Asking the umpires to “please protect us from the nasty Saints”.
2. Stealing St Kilda’s computers containing player data and game tactics.
If you win it will be forever tainted!
Like the Liberals for their black holes?
Cats
Hawks
Pies
Swans
So there.
Oh, okay – I forgot.
St Kilda 77 Geelong 73 (same result for Gillard!)
Collingwood (unfortunately)
Hawthorn (I hope not though)
Sydney – easily.
Its a bit late and St Kilda is leading by nine points at quarter time … but I’ll pick
Geelong
Collingwood
Hawthorn
Sydney
Gee Ray, You might get to meet the Magpies in he Grand Final yet … doing great into the last quarter. Good Luck.
Well, I picked the margin at least – Saints by 4 pts.
Suffer Geelong!
Seriously though, wasn’t that just a classic finals game? Saints held on with sheer guts. Our first half was superb and we had enough gas left to just hold them out.
It’ll be a C’wood v St Kilda GF for sure.
Was at a 18th party. Saw nothing. Well done Saints. Do us good that loss.
But even better news is that West Ham can’t lose this weekend, we’re not playing.
Baldrick, isn’t it about time you stopped chasing teenagers? Honestly man, act your age.
As for the game, it was a classic & epic finals contest. St Kilda & Geelong seem destined to play each other in these ‘fight to the death’ contests. You never know, they might meet again in the GF, although it’s now a very tough path for Geelong with (likely) games against Hawthorn & Collingwood to get there.
Great to see Kosi exerting his influence again and standing up when it matters. As for Riewoldt’s super human efforts – words cannot do him justice.
What a classic. I think a Saints/Pies GF is quite likely.
Then who would I barrack for?
That 18th was my niece’s birthday Raymond.
We went back to the pub and I went right up to a couple of Saints supporters, and shook their hand and the look on their faces was priceless.
Had a half hour chinwag with them and left them shaking their heads. Sorta bloke I am. Always confuse the enemy.
A couple of Saints supporters at the pub? Let me guess … the Lewis boys!
Nope, out of towners. Melbourne based lads. The Lewis boys, especially one of them would have been less discreet.
You’re about the only Geelong supporter today who hasn’t got a case of severe sour grapes over that disallowed Ling goal with less than 2 minutes to go.
I’ve watched the replay several times and it was clearly a free kick to Gwilt. I also noticed that the whistle went well before Ling gathered the ball and kicked it through. There should have been a 50 metre penalty, if not for that then certainly for the way Mooney disputed the decision.
“You’ve just cost us the game – do you know that?”, he kept yelling at the umpire.
No Mooney – YOU cost Geelong the game by pushing Gwilt in the back!
Anyway, I reckon St Kilda deserved it last night – they took the game on and got away from Geelong and then just hung on.
We lost the game, time to move on. If we’re good enough we beat the remaining teams, if we’re not we don’t. Pretty simple isn’t it?
Well there are a lot of Geelong people NOT moving on. I’ve just listened to an hour of whingers like commentator Gerard Whatley on ABC Radio (himself a Geelong supporter) and callers all saying the same thing: “We was robbed”. Mark Thompson said as much too, after the game. Then again, Thompson is like that. Look how he carried on after the Rd 13 game.
The thing they don’t get is this: The free was paid before Ling even picked up the ball – and I reckon he knew that. Secondly, there was still about a minute and a half to go, so who’s to say the Saints would not have got one back?
I agree with you, there’s no point to this “should have been, could have been” stuff and Geelong and its supporters should cop this on the chin and move on. I seriously doubt we’d be hearing so much whinging if it had been the other way around. And I bet Whatley wouldn’t have made it the focus of his whole one hour program if the Saints had lost in similar circumstances.
This is the sort of stuff you’d expect from Collingwood.
Well, I’m 2 down to nil so far.
Just as well the tipping’s finished.
Who do Freo play next week?
And are the Hawks out now?
Freo v Geelong next week Rox at the MCG. Hawthorn finished.
That’s a relief for Geelong – an easy path back to the prelim (against C’wood most likely).
What a shame about Hawthorn? It couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of drug cheats.
Marooned in Bright, was supposed to travel to Wang for the Alpine Eagles finals match v Benalla. Both towns stranded it seems. Bright Football Club would have been better off investing in a ferry rather than a bus.
It’s been cancelled hasn’t it? I think Myrtleford is having flood problems too. Bright seems okay at the moment but that bloody Stackey Gully Creek/Drain is pretty close to overflowing near our property. We’ve been out clearing sticks & debris stuck on the stupid Telstra pipes just where it meets Gavan Street – we dropped the level by about a foot! We’ll have to keep checking it every few hours.
sing out if you need to do any sandbagging. Cheap rates by the minute
Take care, you blokes. Rain has finally stopped here.
Still raining here, Rox.
Baldrick,, the irony is that if the creek/drain overflows at that point it will flow into … our swimming pool !
(It will also flood the Great Alpine Road, cutting off the entry to Bright)
No one talking about last night’s game? Bulldogs are cactus. Let’s just hope C’wood keep kicking like that though. They can’t win a flag with such appalling inaccuracy.
Thankfully here it isn’t as bad as 1993, but unfortunately Buckland burst containment and some houses have gone under. Some spectacular views from certain places, at Porepunkah saw a huge tree go by and bounce around a bit in the rapids.
Felt sorry for the Bulldogs, bludgeoned by us by 100 points and the again last night, slaiughtered by the scum. Least said about that game last night the better, besides let the Scum supporters do all the talking, the fall all the more pleasurable if it does come.
River’s still rising, Baldrick. Not as high as ’93 or even 98 yet though. Third time the Harris Lane people have been flooded out. That’s what happens when a council allows a shire engineer to create a subdivision in an old river course. The Buckland always swells and flows down that street. Ever wonder why the shire offices were burnt down (twice) in 1983? It was to destroy evidence.
Oops – Cats and Dogs.
They’re my tips, not the weather report.
I will pick:
FREO TO BEAT THE WHINGERS, GEELONG because they still haven’t got over ‘that’ free kick. Sore losers.
Sydney to beat a sick puppy in Footscray to death (well, might as well put it out of its misery).
Keep taking the tablets Ray.
It was wishful thinking, Rox. I reckon C’wood supporters will be the ones most worried now.
Chance for Baker to play on Hall, now that will be a show.
Well I think he’ll play but not on Hall – he’s a bit undersized for that.
Anyway, after 22 Rds and 2 rounds of finals what have we got? The same top 4 as last year and the same prelims. It makes you wonder why we bother with a final 8.
money
Actually, I reckon the AFL (if it is indeed motivated by money) is failing to fully capitalise on its finals series. There are two things that would make it far more viable and lucrative (and fairer):
1. Hold ALL the finals in Melbourne. Stuff the interstate sides. The home ground advantage is far more pronounced interstate than at the MCG or Etihad. As for the supporters, they WILL travel over here and add to the carnival atmosphere benefitting our economy. Brumby should legislate this change!
2. Revert back to a true ‘final 4′ operation from next week on as follows:
Collingwood v St Kilda – winner to GF, loser into the prelim
Geelong v Bulldogs – winner into prelim, loser eliminated
This would add another game and another week but, more importantly, it’s a fairer system. Geelong & Bulldogs got a second chance so why shouldn’t the two top teams*, C’wood & St Kilda, also get one? As it now stands they are effectively being penalised for winning last week!!??!!
(*St Kilda’s rank is #2 due to its win over Geelong last week)
Any thoughts on that?
Some fair points there. In fact, don’t disagree with any of it really.
Me too. Sick of the final 8. Another week would be great.
While they’re at it, I want 8-ball overs reintroduced into cricket.
I want to see the interchange system altered to a mixture of what he had originally and what we have now. Originally there were only 2 on the bench and when a player was taken off he couldn’t return. That was flawed in that it meant you could run short of fit players while a player taken off (who might have recovered) sits out the game.
How we let it evolve to 4 fully interchangeable players though is beyond me – and beyond reason. Some sides like Collingwood abuse the interchange by interchanging at the rate of more than one per minute. The tactic is designed to confuse the opposition and it works – however, I call it gaining an unfair advantage.
My proposal is this:
1. Still have 4 players on the bench but designate two of them as ‘replacement’ players – meaning the player they replace cannot come back on the ground. The other two remain as fully interchangeable but what this would do is to cut the number of interchanges by half. That’s still too many but at least it would make more sense than this open-gate policy.
2. I’d also suggest that interchanges only be permitted during a stoppage in play and must be approved by one of the 3 field umpires before they can take place. This measure would reduce the changes even further and would ensure the opposition knows what’s going on.
I’d like to suggest that there are no drawn matches.
!0 minutes both sides, team in front at the end of the 20 minutes wins.
If it is still drawn, bounce the ball in the centre, first team to score a goal wins.
I agree with that in finals games (and that’s how it now is – except for the ‘golden goal’ part). But what’s the point/advantage of having it in normal Home&Away games? You still get 2 pts for a draw, whereas a contrived result might alter the make up of the final 8.
Btw, I have another suggestion:
50 metre penalty if the opposition kicks the ball away after a free kick has been paid.
And a further 50 metre penalty for demonstratively disputing a decision.
Oh wait, we already have those rules, and they apply to all teams – except Geelong, I believe!
I messed around with my Earl Grey tea leaves and swirled them until they showed a Geelong v Footscray Grand Final.
Well it’s possible – but unlikely. And if Geelong get there I propose that the holding the ball rule be altered (by dropping Ablett’s exemption).
If we beat Collingwood, we deserve something more prestigious than a Premiership Cup for service to humanity.
And if St Kilda gets there I want the Buddy Franklin ‘natural arc’ rule to apply to Stephen Milne too.
The glorious part of this scenario is that Collingwood have to beat Geelong & St Kilda in consecutive weeks to pull it off. And the thought of that must be making them feel sick (or sicker).
I reckon you could double the last winning margin against them, that’s how confident I am of a Saints win.
Over Collingwood or Footscray?
The scum in the Grand Final, but that is purely academic given a Cats and Dogs GF
If Geelong & Footscray get there it’ll be a matter of which side is less bruised & battered.
Realistically, I can’t see the Bullies beating St Kilda based on current form, no Cooney and an unfit and over-the-hill Johnson. But I’m not complacent enough to deny it will be a hard fought and close game – like it was last year.
However, the Geelong-Collingwood game could go either way. Depends on whether Thompson can just shut up and let the players play.
I was being tongue in cheek. Footscray is typically gallant but are really on a hiding to nothing, with a full strength team they would be very competitive next week, but this unit is up against a fresh and skilful Saints side. It is embarrasing to see Johnson just playing to make up numbers, his kicking on the run is woeful.
As for our lot, we are not a patch on what we were last year. Both the Saints and the scum know exactly how to kill us, by bottling the ball up in our back line, we win the most number of handballs in the history of the universe while they then rebound and kill us on the scoreboard, if they kick straight.
“All” of our guns need to fire the entire match. The promising signs are some were played back into some pretence of form by an inept Freo. All except Hawkins who has absolutely no idea. Again, a fresh Pies group will outrun our leg weary players.
If only we could exploit their backline more than the last game, allow Varcoe, Stokes, Johnson feed off Mooney’s dropped marks.
Sellwood, Bartel and Ablett in probably his last game for the Cats, need to dominate.
Right, rant over.
And the good news, West Ham scored in a 1-3 defeat.
Ironically, the best tactic for Geelong would be to force Collingwood to go down the centre corridor, instead of going wide as they usually do. Geelong’s strength is in its key defenders helping each other out, but if they are stretched wide they become a less cohesive unit and can be taken out of the action.
So the key would be to place ‘outriders’ on the wings to prevent Collingwood taking the boundary route. Somehow I doubt Thompson has the tactical nous to work that out and, instead, might have to rely on (a) Geelong’s small brigade kicking a few each (b) Collingwood getting the yips in front of goals – which is quite on the cards.
I reckon part of the problem is the Geelong player’s almost insane level of confidence that they can win and dominate games. Hence, they keep getting caught in possession rather than getting it out of the danger zones and then covering players.
You’re right about blocking off Collingwood’s dominance on the wings, but the Cats still reckon they can win it in their own right. Lovely when it works, but of late not a high percentage gamble against very good teams like St.Kilda and Collingwood.
Complacency? Well, they are very good down the middle so that’s where they need to keep it. If they let C’wood boundary hug they’ll be chasing all night. The other reason C’wood goes around boundary is they like to throw a loose player in from the interchange very quickly. It’s almost cheating.
Sunderland drew with Wigan. Next we play Arsenal. Might as well forfeit now.
Rox, you have no concept of what depression is, it is West Ham. We played Man Utd, Chelsea and now face Tottenham.
Depression in football is following Bright.
And following Myrtleford puts you on ‘suicide watch’.
Thankfully I don’t follow either of them.
How did Lenny Hayes miss out on All-Australian selection? He’d be in the top 10 players this year, if not the top 5.
I would think he deserved selection ahead of:
Judd (Carlton)
Pendlebury (Collingwood)
Franklin (Hawthorn)
Hall (Footscray)
Le Cras (West Coast)
Enright (Geelong)
To name just a few. Not only that, he should have been named Captain, seeing that he captained St Kilda for most of the year in Riewoldt’s absence.
I normally don’t give a shit about the AA team, as it’s a team in name only, but this is a real slap in the face to one of the game’s greats. A bloody insult. Who picked this side?
Will be a gaping hole in that side when they run out on the ground to play……… Egypt
Venezuela, Upper Uzbekhistan, Poland, Uinted States………….??????
Bit like the World Series Baseball in the United States of A Miracle where they play?
I think you’d be less cynical (and more pissed) about this if, for instance, they had left Gary Ablett out of the side. That’s about the equivalent of leaving Hayes out.
In all honesty, if they left Ablett out, wouldn’t worry me. What do they have to prove and to whom?
Well you’re different (as if we didn’t know), but I’d guarantee you that 99% of Geelong supporters would be outraged if Ablett were not included in the AA team.
It doesn’t particularly bother me either, but it does annoy me that the AFL would set up these awards (which is what they are) and then award them so unjustly. If they can’t get it reasonably right they just shouldn’t do it.
I realise that there will always be question marks over who gets in and who doesn’t, however, the Hayes ommission has to be the most glaring oversight in living memory. That is all.
Who to pick tonight?
Based on nothing at all, I’m saying Collingwood.
Tomorrow, I’d have to tip the Saints – but would love it to be the Doggies.
And yes, Hayes should have got in.
Collingwood to win the battle to decide who will be this year’s runner-up. The most pleasing part of this game is that one of them WILL NOT make the GF. Although try convincing them that there’s a actually a more important game next week!
St Kilda simply MUST beat Footscray. It will be hard but somehow I think the Saints will will themselves over the line.
End of an era for Geelong. A very good team (but not a ‘great’ one).
Highlight of the night: Ablett playing his best ever finals game, in a losing side, and … in his last game for Geelong!
Highlight#2: Collingwood playing their Grand Final … in a preliminary.
Well that wasn’t a particularly competent performance by the Cats.
And I’m not shattered. Been saying for a very long time that we are just another good team (despite my one indiscretion which was fuelled by too much average red wine).
End of era of magnificent performancares including Grand Final wins. Ablett will go, we get at least a couple of decent draft picks. Time to rebuild.
And best of all I won’t be around to see the result of next week and better still listen to the rantings of the winners.
Not sure that the Saints will kill off Collingwood. As much as we were pathetic, they were very good and have consistently been so for some time.
I think you were simply out-coached. As Leigh Matthews said, Geelong had as much of the ball, but didn’t seem to have a plan. Collingwood (as I predicted) hugged the boundary to great effect, and Geelong just let them do that. I reckon Ross Lyon will have a plan to combat their rather strange tactics – well, if we get there that is.
I don’t like to say “I told you so” but I said after Rd 13 when Thompson & Geelong started all their whingeing about umpires and the opposition’s tactics, that they would not make the GF. They didn’t learn and kept it up after the loss in week one of the finals.
Geelong has relied on the skill of their players and nothing else. It’s served them well but those players are getting old and/or leaving, so I truly think their time has come and gone.
Pity you won’t be here to hang shit on the scum when they lose.
I’m happy for Greg.
Yes, so am I. He’ll get to see his beloved Pies in a GF, one of the wishes he made back in 08. Who’d have thunk it?
(If it’s against the Saints though, I can’t extend my hopes for a happy outcome beyond that. Sorry Greg)
I’m actually going to watch the whole game tonight with 3 others of my family, including my dad. I don’t think this has ever happened before!
Any Saints supporters among your lot?
I’m really looking forward to hearing ABC commentator (and biased Geelong supporter) Gerard Whatley on the radio today.
Questions from callers:
“So Gerard, was that ‘the Grand Final we all wanted to see’?”
“Gerard, do you think those 20 free kicks to Collingwood were not ‘in the spirit of the game’?”
“So next week’s game, Gerard, if it’s not the REAL grand final what do you call it?”
I’m going to walk the dog.
So is Gerard Whatley it seems. He’s cracked the shits and is not on air today. He can’t handle it.
My guess he’s calling tonight.
One Saints supporter, 2 Doggies and one don’t care.
Two one-eyed Saints here, Rox. Four next week, if they win tonight.
Baldrick, my guess is Whatley’s having a giant sook. Honestly, you should have heard the ABC football panel today – it was all Collingwood – no wonder Whatley stayed home. Btw, did you know that Collingwood are already premiers? You’d swear they were after listening to that show.
I’m normally an avid ABC listener and would have listened to the program but anticipated the lovefest and I’m now on holiday and dry wretching isn’t my idea of fun.
Gerard Whately is on now and I’m still waiting til the footy starts. Unfortunately the delay is frustrating.
Let them wax lyrical about the Pies. There’s only one result that matters and even a point win is useful is it not?
The hype for the next 7 days will be so over-the-top pro-Collingwood that it actually gives their opponent the advantage of escaping the pressure. The backslappers are out in force and, even if the Collingwood players are level-headed about it themselves, they can’t help but be affected by this ‘mission accomplished’ crap that is going on. It’s wonderful stuff – bring it on, keep it going.
Geez, I’ve never seen so many points kicked. Still, the Saints are best placed to beat the Pies.
It should be a great GF – which I’ve just realised I’ll be working for the beginning of.
Greg must be excited!
I’ll put up a GF post soon, Rox, so that people can talk about it all week. Great effort by the Saints in the 2nd half to overcome a determined Footscray, who were not disgraced. People will say that Riewoldt won this game by himself but, as good as he was, I think the whole side lifted including Kosi, Gardiner, Goddard, Fisher & Gwilt. Oh and little Schneider. Zac Dawson totally outplayed Barry Hall too.
And West Ham earned its first point
Hurray!!!!
We drew with Arsenal and are now more than halfway up the ladder.
Excuse me folks, but this is AFL grand final week, or hadn’t you noticed?
Don’t blow it all out of proportion Raymond. You’re keeping a lid on it remember.
Yes, how silly of me. It’s just another week … for Geelong supporters.