Divorce rate set to rise after Round Three AFL

 
Redb Roar Guru

By Redb, 9 Apr 2010 Redb is a Roar Guru

Tagged:
 , , , ,

13 Have your say

Related coverage



Sports Highlights

Watch more sports news video



My advice is get all your jobs around the house done before Friday Night football and a weekend of cracking games.

Yes, I know the lawn shouldn’t be mowed after 11pm, but if you’re quick and have St Kilda or Collingwood fans for neighbours, they will understand.

Round 3 offers an incredible array of great match-ups, so much so that I fear the wife could take the cricket bat to the big screen or lock herself upstairs to drown in romantic DVDs and books, like that Twilight-New Moon drivel.

St Kilda v Collingwood
St Kilda destroyed North Melbourne, blew them away as ruthlessly as any team could from the opening bounce.

Collingwood started off the season in sizzling style getting over the perhaps hyped up Bulldogs, who may have believed their press for a second too long.

The Pies then, however, almost faltered against the pluck of Melbourne. Great game, that one.

Both of these teams at their best are super-sharp and red hot at the footy. Will Reiwoldt be the difference? I suspect, yes.

One thing is for certain, this game will be played at a cracking pace.

Saturday offers 4 games with even match-ups, except the Sydney Vs Richmond game, which the Swans should win comfortably on form.

Port Adelaide Vs Brisbane
This will be the one to watch on Saturday. These two sides are firing for finals contention already.

Port are playing hard accountable football, whilst Brisbane have the great man at the helm in Jonathon Brown. Who is going to stop him?

Carlton Vs Essendon
Carlton and Essendon play each other in a traditional blockbuster this week.

Make no mistake, Essendon will come out firing on Saturday and will be keen to atone for their insipid performance against the improving Dockers.

At least, they better be!

Carlton will be smarting from its defeat to Brisbane and will be trying to remove the image of a smurky Fevola offering condolences to his former team-mates after they lost the game.

Essendon always rise against Carlton but will their midfield be too strong?

West Coast Vs North Melbourne
West Coast have been great to watch, just for Naitinui. In this game, it’s do-or-die for the Shinboners at North. Both these teams must win and are evenly matched. Prepare for battle.

Sydney Vs Richmond
Whilst on paper this looks a sure win for the Swans, the Tigers have surprised them before and will be competitive. For me, the interest lies in how Jetta will excite the fans with his speed and skill and just how many goals Goodes can kick as a genuine forward.

Come Saturday Night after finishing all those odd jobs by 2am, you’ll need to get some sleep.

Western Bulldogs Vs Hawthorn
Hang on to your armchair! Like the Saints and Pies game, this match will be played at blitz speed. There are probably only 5-6 teams capable of blitz style run and tackle football.

The unsociable Hawks will go very hard at the more rounded, skilful Bulldogs, who should win just.

Adelaide Vs Melbourne
Another good match up based on form and ladder position. Adelaide normally chalk this one up as an away win at the start of the season. Buoyed by their performance against the Pies, the Demons could win their first game of the season.

I hope they do it for Jim Stynes.

Fremantle Vs Geelong
This is a danger game for the Cats, who are already weakened by suspension to Mooney and Scarlett, as the Dockers are up and about. On their home turf, expect an upset. The crowd at Subiaco will go off its nut if the Dockers are in front during the last quarter.

The Dockers appear to be playing the game of their lives, with Sandilands being a seven foot mountain for the opposition to climb. He is a very good overhead mark with surprisingly slick foot and hand skills for a huge bloke.

Pavlich and Headland are very dangerous big body forwards, whilst Barlow is winning the hard ball in the centre.

I’m tipping the Dockers.

I probably wont be able to catch every game this weekend, but I can guarantee I‘ll see at least 5 of the 8.

Just too good to miss.

Of course, come Monday, I could be free to watch every game, every week, every season, for the rest of my life.

Wild Turkey - find out more
The Turkey 10

The Turkey 10 teams have now been selected, as Wild Turkey Bourbon's sport sponsorship kicks into the next exciting phase.

Choose which side you're going to support and get in the running to win $2,500!

Simply visit Wild Turkey Australia on Facebook for your chance to win.

Find out more.

Get a daily afl email

Our daily emails are only sent if there is content for the sport. You can subscribe to multiple daily emails; or get the daily Roar email with all our content in it.

We value privacy. More.