NAB Cup - Other Teams Games

[chef]

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The saints struggle when they have to kick out from a point, does Goddard usually have this duty for them?

[hujsh]

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Also he would like to see the super goal during the regular season, call me old fashion but that's BS, alright for this pre season stuff but leave it there.

He was quite adamant that it should be in too. Shows how worthless his opinion is.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

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He was quite adamant that it should be in too. Shows how worthless his opinion is.

Not to mention him talking up Kosi as being one of the best kicks in the competition for his size. Absolute crap - the guy regularly sprays them and is the most overrated player in the AFL.

[jazzadogs]

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SPOILER ALERT IF YOU'RE WATCHING THE CH 10 COVERAGE

It's laughable how bad Freo are at times. St Kilda aren't even playing particularly well (Ray has been poor) but find themselves up by 6 goals at half time.

At least we'll be playing in Melbourne next week.

I don't think I've ever seen a scenario where Fox has shown a game live, while Channel 10 has shown the same game on a delay? I found it very unusual...did channel10 use the foxtel feed/commentary?

Most of the Foxtel commentators annoy me, to be honest.

I would say that Goddard does the kicking in majority of the time, but they do share it around a fair bit...Gram, Ray, Fisher, Gilbert. Even Blake has a go sometimes.

[Twodogs]

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If Kennedy can kick 50 plus goals then they can be strong contender this season.

How good is he going to be?


Long after Judd has retired after playing in a few elimination finals Kennedy will still be collecting premiership medals. I am really glad that the Carlton recruiting team dont hold that job at Whitten Oval.

[Twodogs]

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Is it just me or does anyone else find Gerald Healy commentary irritating.

No, it's not just you. He's a moron of the highest order and has little to know idea about 14 of the 16 AFL clubs. He should just stick to Swans and Carlton games because he sounds illinformed and ignorant when he tries to dissect the other teams game plans and players.


To call him an 'expert' commentater is silly. He really struggles with tactics.

[Go_Dogs]

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How good is he going to be?

He's a beauty isn't he. WCE have done very well out of the Judd trade, and Kennedy will just continue to get better and better.

[Go_Dogs]

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So the Crows managed a 1 point win over Carlton at Visy Park last night.

They have really struggled in their pre-season games, with their only wins being narrow against Melbourne in Adelaide and Carlton. Not exactly setting the world on fire. I think I'd be right in saying most would have considered the Crows to be around the mark again this year, so it will be interesting to see how their season progresses from this point.

Admittedly they did have a number of players out.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

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So the Crows managed a 1 point win over Carlton at Visy Park last night.

They have really struggled in their pre-season games, with their only wins being narrow against Melbourne in Adelaide and Carlton. Not exactly setting the world on fire. I think I'd be right in saying most would have considered the Crows to be around the mark again this year, so it will be interesting to see how their season progresses from this point.

Admittedly they did have a number of players out.

Agree they haven't appeared in good touch but I remember a couple of years ago we lost all our pre-season games with the exception of the last one (v Melbourne?). By memory we came out pretty strong in the first few weeks of the season. It might of even been 2008?

I think Adelaide are a bit of a dork horse at the moment. Plenty of publicity about Dogs, Saints, Cats, Pies and Hawks giving it a shake but Adelaide have an interesting list. Some pretty good youngsters that have only played a handful of games, emerging stars (Tippett, Vince, Knights) and established older guns (Edwards, Goodwin, McLeod). IMO they need a good start to the year, though.

[hujsh]

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Agree they haven't appeared in good touch but I remember a couple of years ago we lost all our pre-season games with the exception of the last one (v Melbourne?). By memory we came out pretty strong in the first few weeks of the season. It might of even been 2008?

Sounds like last year IIRC. People were talking about the zone employed by St.Kilda and how football would be crap that year.

[Go_Dogs]

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I think Adelaide are a bit of a dork horse at the moment. Plenty of publicity about Dogs, Saints, Cats, Pies and Hawks giving it a shake but Adelaide have an interesting list. Some pretty good youngsters that have only played a handful of games, emerging stars (Tippett, Vince, Knights) and established older guns (Edwards, Goodwin, McLeod). IMO they need a good start to the year, though.

They certainly do, and the first half of their draw is significantly more favourable than the second. Vince, Knights and a handful of other guys haven't played much over the pre-season so I think they may struggle with a few under-done players.

I agree that they are now a bit of a dark horse (I'm guessing your dork horse was a typo, but I found it quite amusing!) and should still be around the mark for a Top 4 spot. Will be very interesting to see how they go.




Port were absolutely spanked by Collingwood yesterday - somewhere close to a 90 point belting. Collingwood's small forward line dominated, and they had I think about 14 individual goal kickers. We are going to have to be very mindful of their spread come Rd 1.

[LostDoggy]

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Results from this weekend

Brisbane 7.14 (56) def Hawthorn 6.9. (45) @ Southport
Sydney 14.15 (99) def Kangaroos 8.9 (57) @ Narrendera
Adelaide 12.11 (83) def Carlton 11.16 (82) @ Visy Park
West Coast 18.16 (124) def Melbourne 12.14 (86) @ Casey Fields
Essendon 23.9 (147) def Richmond 11.7 (73) @ Morwell
Geelong 14.12 (96) def Fremantle 10.5 (65) @ Fremantle
Collingwood 27.16 (178) def Port Adelaide 15.7 (97) @ Mt Gambier

Big win by Collingwood...keep in mind though Port have been on the road for the last 3 weeks and have had a pretty good pre-season..dont take anything from that match i'd say.

[Go_Dogs]

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Freo beat Geelong too, wow. Geelong are another side that has had a pretty poor pre-season. That kind of worries me though, because if they make Top 4 they have that belief and ability to really step it up when it counts.

Big win by Collingwood...keep in mind though Port have been on the road for the last 3 weeks and have had a pretty good pre-season..dont take anything from that match i'd say.

I think we do need to be a little concerned about the Collingwood result. They had a very even spread of goals from their many small players who can rotate through that area (reminded me of a Bulldogs goal sheet from any of our previous few years). Jolley was about best on, and Ball had a very good outing.

[The Coon Dog]

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Geelong 10.5 (65) def Fremantle 14.12 (96) @ Fremantle

Scores should be Geelong 96 def Fremantle 65.

[LostDoggy]

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Freo beat Geelong too, wow. Geelong are another side that has had a pretty poor pre-season. That kind of worries me though, because if they make Top 4 they have that belief and ability to really step it up when it counts.

I think we do need to be a little concerned about the Collingwood result. They had a very even spread of goals from their many small players who can rotate through that area (reminded me of a Bulldogs goal sheet from any of our previous few years). Jolley was about best on, and Ball had a very good outing.

My bad - Geelongs first win

Yeah they did have a bit of a spread..and Ball played well - Luke Ball and John Anthony (three goals), Tarkyn Lockyer, Paul Medhurst, Dale Thomas and Scott Pendlebury (two goals)

Scores should be Geelong 96 def Fremantle 65.

Cheers.