St Kilda's Leigh Montagna and Simon Black of the Brisbane Lions contest the ball during the AFL Indigenous Round 09 match between the St Kilda Saints and the Brisbane Lions at the Docklands Stadium. Slattery Images
No many people gave either Brisbane or the Western Bulldogs hope of toppling St Kilda and Geelong. Both played great football and could have won their respective matches.
St Kilda and Geelong supporters will be breathing a side of relief but if it could happen in a Round 9 match – how much more so could an upset happen in the finals? Both teams only know this too well.
Up and Down Swans
Swans haven’t really done much of note in 2009 but with their 55 point win over Port they jumped all the way from 10th spot up into 5th. They are in the position where they can now consolidate a spot in the top four.
They aren’t the same side they were five years ago but if they click, they are capable of producing some quality football; football which is also pleasing to the eye.
Eagles Wings Clipped
The old sparring partner of the Swans doesn’t seem to be faring too well. At 3-6, the Eagles are not flying high.
A struggling Collingwood was able to come to Perth and take the points. Injuries have hurt the 2006 Premiers who will be looking to still try and salvage something from their season. It doesn’t get any easier with a trip to Melbourne this week to take on Carlton. Playing on Friday night, this would be an opportune time for the team to make a statement.
Hall of Fame
There appears to be something not right with the way the AFL does the Hall of Fame. Why not do it like they do with baseball in the States? Have an election. Announce the results of the election. This would allow excitement to build until the induction. Then have the induction ceremony.
To have the ceremony late on a Thursday nights mean the whole thing can come and go without people having any clue who was inducted. The process isn’t public enough which isn’t probably why the public hasn’t fully embraced it.
Another long week comes to an end
Terry Wallace is probably wondering how many of these weeks he has to endure.
If the fall-out from the Carlton or Melbourne games wasn’t enough, what he had to go through last week was sheer insanity. He has probably never before looked forward to going across the other side of the country as much as he is this week. A loss to the Dockers would leave the Tigers at 1-9.
Surreal to think that a season which promised so much, fell off the rails so quickly. Hindsight is a great thing but not sure that it would even help you with this mess.
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