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What is not to love about this AFL season? At least six sides still have claims to flag contention and a final eight declared…
Unsubstantiated, unfounded and unfair. These are just a few words that come to mind over the scandal involving the sharing of game-sensitive information between…
Over the last four years, Fremantle have probably been the most dominant team in the AFL to not taste premiership glory. Playing in one…
Although the eyes of AFL fans have been fixed well and truly on Adam Goodes regarding the booing controversy this week, another type of…
The last 48 hours has been a tumultuous time for the Adelaide Football Club, however it has performed impeccably on all fronts. From chairman…
Round 2 of the 2015 AFL season throws up some mouthwatering match-ups. Here are the ones to watch. 1. Port Adelaide versus Sydney –…
Bad kicking is bad football. The old saying seems to ring true more often than not, especially when sides kick themselves out of matches.…
It must kill Carlton fans to see Eddie Betts carving up for the Crows. Coming off arguably his best year, his first for the…
Geelong's long-term success has been truly remarkable, with 2014 marking their eighth consecutive year in finals. And there is no reason to expect anything…
The Fremantle Dockers were, for so much of the middle part of the year, considered probables - if not certainties - for the top…
For the best part of two years since the supplement scandal began, there has been a whirlwind of uncertainty around the Essendon Bombers surrounding…
In many regards 2014 was a year of poor luck and underachievement for Collingwood. Their first half of the year met and at times…
At the beginning of 2014, most were expecting the Blues to build on their semi-final loss to Sydney in 2013. They made it into…
The ridiculous three-game mini-series against South Africa earlier in the summer showed that international Twenty20 cricket has as much credibility as the Australia versus…
For Brisbane fans, 2015 shapes as a year of excitement, having glimpsed possibilities in 2014 before experience was added to their young list in…
In 2015, the Adelaide Crows will reach a crossroads in their future. Should they rise, they will dare to dream of the grand final…
he’s going at 3 goals a game …
[VIDEO] Adelaide Crows vs Port Adelaide Power highlights: Showdown live scores, blog
Since that game of 2013 you referred to there have been 2 showdowns and it’s 1 all … google it. There are some more auto selections for the Crows too like Douglas, Betts, Smith, Van Berlo, Thompson I could go on. It should be a great game and I hope its decided by one team winning not one losing !!
2015 AFL season: Round 5 preview
haha. I mustn’t have much sense then
Demons target Dangerfield but Crows remain unbeaten
The most value of Griffin comes when he takes the tag and the plethora of younger midfielders can do as they please with little attention on them. With a 2-0 start, you’d have to say its worked.
AFL stock watch Round 2
hahaha. homesick. it’s very simple. Home is where the heart is and the heart is where the cash is. Therefore, home is where the cash is.
Revisiting the 2009 draft
I agree these have been great fun! Tippett in front of Westhoff could have gone either way, but I might’ve had him in front on account of more goals. The Crows are an interesting bunch. We have had some absolute shockers like James Sellar and Jarran Jacky which make be cringe every time I hear them (not often to be fair) but made some ground with Tex at pick 75 and Graham Joncock at 67 amongst others.
Revisiting the 2006 AFL draft
It certainly is interesting, but also not hard. Good teams will take their chances!! Your table shows how much it impacts the poorer teams and how even some of the better teams like Port and Sydney can be poor.
Fact or fiction: Bad kicking is bad football
Dad lives in Port Lincoln and was certainly a factor, but I think he would have stayed at Carlton if the offer was nearly as good. He actually worked as a teacher (music I think) in Melbourne and had a young family settled there.
Carlton singing the Eddie Betts Blues
haha. I wish it was Tippett and Davis. Mate, it was a parade when you add Bock, Gunston and Maric on
Carlton singing the Eddie Betts Blues
I was considering doing that and also going into disposal efficiency, but to be honest I got bored! Maybe another time
Fact or fiction: Bad kicking is bad football
Yeah that looked a lot better in the word document than it does there. sorry about that
Fact or fiction: Bad kicking is bad football
they’re paying Thomas 700K a year. In hindsight not only is Eddie a much better player, but he was asking for significantly less. Daisy was under an injury cloud at the time and they still offered him 4 years, so I don’t know why they though Eddie wasn’t worth it.
Carlton singing the Eddie Betts Blues
He’s on 4 years and $2 million so I think the issue was actually the length of the deal. Whatever the case may be, its worked.
Carlton singing the Eddie Betts Blues
Swiss army knife – more like swisse army knife. In all seriousness though the bombers are a very strong outfit. They have the depth across the whole field that very few other clubs have. If Joe Daniher can step up and kick 40-50 goals this season, they will be a top 6 team at least. My only concern is that the lack of a pre-season will last longer than one week. Only time will tell and I will watch on with great interest.
Watch this space: Are the Bombers contenders in 2015?
I’d fit Douglas and Stokes into my ten and probably take Varcoe and Daisy out. Daisy was great but not fr long, those two are still going as strong as ever. I hate to rely on stats only, but Douglas (46th) and Stokes (82nd) are ranked much higher than Thomas(309th) and Varcoe (233rd) on the player rankings.
Revisiting the 2005 AFL draft
If Collingwood are having midfield and backline issues they have the wrong opponent coming up. Tex could run rampant
Pies up for midfield challenge: Buckley
I feel like Phil Walsh’s game plan is not that different to Brenton Sanderson. Our best wins game when we put manic pressure, particularly in the forward line, on the opposition. Thinking back to our round 9 win against Collingwood our pressue was great and likewise against Port in the Showdown. The thing that will make Walsh a great coach as opposed to Sando will be the ability to do it consistently. The other really pleasing thing from Saturday’s win was our ability to make better decisions. Tex only got half his goals from delivery that was to his advantage from the mids, unlike last year where we bombed it to Eddie Betts with 5 defenders on him and expected him to take mark of the year. We’ve got a soft draw too, can’t wait for the round 5 showdown. We should be 4-0 and Port may be 2-2 or even 1-3.
Adelaide's 2015 prospects are certainly worth Crowing about
After collingwood are the dees, bulldogs, a showdown then gold coast, the saints and the giants. A 7-1 or even 8-0 start is very possible
Taylor Walker puts the competition on notice
Oh my Goddard. these are aweful
Four sides set to battle out this year's wooden spoon