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We’ve got a relatively stable ladder this week, with the exception of the Crows and the two bye teams making life intriguing.
Last week: 1
Displayed a little vulnerability at times during the first three quarters, before pulling out a fine final stanza to secure a vital win. Still on top – here and on the ladder that matters.
Last week: 2
Toyed with St Kilda a little, giving them a sniff, before Josh Caddy’s six goals and Richmond’s wider class secured a win. Big game against the old rivals in Essendon next weekend. We could be in for a treat.
Last week: 5
An AFL record in inside fifties coupled with a 60-point win over an average side, a 109-point belting of a bad side, and now a 91-point demolition of a very good side. What a powerful three weeks of footy.
This team is among the best in the competition.
Last week: 3
The Swans were probably a little confused by all the hype surrounding a possible Brisbane win, but they found the Lions’ endeavour a little tough at times.
Still, a win’s a win.
Last week: 6
Forgiving their heinously poor first-half accuracy, this was an important win. Becoming the team to beat Freo at Optus Stadium was the cherry on top.
Last week: 10
Quietly going quite well. Plus, they’re in the top eight! Beat Freo, then it’s onto Melbourne, the bye and Carlton. They could be 9-4 if they win those three, or more likely 8-4.
Either way, they’re set up quite well for the second half of the year.
Last week: 9
They kicked more points than their opponents, and defended better, and that’s the gist of it. A win in a game of football, nothing too special.
Last week: 12
A fortnight ago, this team looked done and dusted. They’ve revived themselves in two weeks, their latest victory coming over a team that’s arguably almost as done and dusted, or damn close to it.
Last week: 7
Took it right up to the competition’s best team for three quarters, but tired late. Structurally, though, there are problems – a misfiring forward line the most pressing.
Last week: 4
Oh, no. It was almost as if even I could feel the fury radiating from Don Pyke’s eyes as he stared into his desolate group of players at the final break.
What a horrible performance.
Last week: 8
They didn’t lose to the bye, which occasionally feels to be a possibility given this team! Get it? A reference to that popular online video? The old guys down in the comments keeping up with my pop culture references?
Last week: 11
Top two? Top four? Top eight? The first two, nope. The latter? Looking increasingly unlikely, unless they somehow sack most of their coaching staff and hire a team of Mayo Clinic physicians. Actually, that could kill two birds with one stone.
Last week: 14
They had the bye. Probably thankful for the rest, but they’re back home next week. Homecoming for Gary Ablett, against a Geelong side that is a little more vulnerable than most think.
Last week: 13
Did I hype up the Lions far too much after their breakthrough victory last week? Yup. Was I alone? Nope. A good example of media exaggeration, but more literally an example of a young team experiencing the peaks and troughs of footy.
Last week: 15
They’re not a very good football team. Melbourne next weekend is very, very scary – I see them being annihilated.
Last week: 16
Better than last week, but the losses are building up. There’s something not quite right about this team, and Collingwood next week should reveal a lot.
Last week: 17
Improved effort, yeah. But whatever the effort, it’s their eighth loss in ten rounds. Instead of contending, they’re struggling to avoid a bottom-two finish.
Last week: 18
Sigh. Well, they kept Geelong to just 73 points in a 28-point loss? Feel free, Blues fans, to give me more positives to work with. Seriously. I’m struggling.
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