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The way the last few rounds have gone, you just know that some of the games this week that look easy to predict will turn out to be much more interesting than we thought.
GWS, Carlton, Fremantle, Essendon and Adelaide all have some chance of playing finals, and will all need to win a couple of games they weren’t expected to for that to happen. So this week represents a big opportunity for a lot of teams. They’ll be up for it, I expect.
But of course, there’s no doubting Demons-Dogs is the match of the round.
The Roar's AFL expert tips and predictions: Round 11
Yeah, really looking forward to it. Although I’d probably favour the Dogs, slightly.
Hopefully it goes ahead, and with a crowd.
Western Bulldogs and Melbourne a clash to savour
I don’t know what to say to that.
It’s about as obvious as it gets. Not only can we see it hit the bottom of Spargo’s hand, and Spargo’s hand rise up in reaction to the contact, we can see the trajectory and spin of the ball change.
It’s also telling that neither Spargo nor Jackson seemed the least bit interested in appealing.
Five talking points from AFL Round 10
From what I’ve seen of the reserves games this year, others have gone past him.
Joyce, Tom Berry and Ellis-Yolman play similar roles and would probably get selected before Smith.
Five talking points from AFL Round 10
Hardwick is a great coach, but the whinging has become unseemly.
He was also complaining about the umpiring at half time in last year’s qualifying final. That time they weren’t letting the game flow enough, apparently.
I suspect Richmond would have been better served both times if their coach was more focused on winning the game.
Five talking points from AFL Round 10
The vision is conclusive. It came off Spargo’s arm.
Five talking points from AFL Round 10
The kids are just going so well. I honestly thought that would be the Lions’ weakness this year, but I’ve been very wrong so far.
Mathieson, Prior, Robertson, Coleman and Madden have not just performed their roles well, they’ve been strong physical presences against more experienced players. That physical dominance across the team has been a big reason why the Lions are in such good form.
Five talking points from AFL Round 10
Terrible, nasty video.
Especially the bit about no Melbourne player appealing. That’s obviously wrong.
The key point is that the ball deflected heavily off Spargo’s hand. That’s the compelling fact. Not the extra nonsense tacked on by the drongo who put that video together. It just gets in the way.
Five talking points from AFL Round 10
Hey, an article that mentions some of Richmond’s opponent’s injuries! I guess there’s a first time for everything.
Even though the article is about Zorko adapting to a more team-oriented role, I think the truth is that he enjoys the extra responsibility that comes from having Neale and Berry out.
Dayne Zorko back to his best after tackling issue
It was the same last week.
GWS were missing Coniglio, Davis, Haynes, Finlayson, Daniels, Keefe and Kennedy from their team, and Perryman and Greene got hurt during the game, but it was Richmond who ‘heroically’ overcame their injuries to narrowly win.
Premiership favourites set to roar in Brisvegas this Friday night
That’s a fair comment. Graeme Allan’s list management was a nightmare after 2004.
I think it’s more than just list regeneration though. I think keeping on- and off-field personnel around from that era created a hierarchical and backward-looking culture at the Lions. It wasn’t until F agan, Noble and Swann came along and swept through the organisation that things got substantially better.
Geelong look like the gold-standard for balancing continuity with regeneration. It’s remarkable what they’ve achieved. Unique, really.
Hawks in ruins, a victim of hubris
I think it’s a little harsh. My feeling about the Brisbane Lions and their post-2004 decline is that they held on to their superstars too long, and should have been more aggressive sooner.
Had Hawthorn kept some of the players they let go, they might have wound up in the same position.
That said, looking at the impact Hodge had at the Lions, you’d have to think Clarkson would have been better off keeping him around to work with a new generation of Hawks.
Hawks in ruins, a victim of hubris
Thanks for the article, Avatar.
Richmond games have a bit more significance for Brisbane fans after more than a decade of losses. This looked like a really good chance to even up the ledger a little, but the injuries to Lester and Gardiner have put it right back in the balance. That makes it much harder for the Lions to control Richmond’s key forwards, giving the Tigers another reliable avenue to goal.
Premiership favourites set to roar in Brisvegas this Friday night
Just insisting that I’m wrong doesn’t make it so. The Bears simply didn’t write into the agreement that at a second team play their games in Brisbane. The Stafford quote doesn’t touch on that point. I don’t know what you think their involvement with that part of the agreement was, but it definitely wasn’t what you put in the article.
It’s just not something the Bears would have wanted, nor so far as I can tell were they a party to any agreement that mentioned it. Not that it would have mattered if they were, seeing as it had nothing to do with them.
‘You are also wrong about the Commonwealth Games bid being the clinching factor in the funding from the Gold Coast City Council $20 million and Queensland Government $60 million.’
I have no idea what you’re talking about here. I guess you’ve misread my post, but how on earth you got this is beyond me.
I’m flattered that you’d go back to 2018 to look at a game I blogged. I didn’t have anything to do with the picture, but unless someone has changed it overnight that’s definitely Jarryd Lyons.
Who are the Southport Sharks?
This season, Richmond will play fourteen games at the MCG and two at Docklands.
Obviously it’s true that Tigers fans won’t rock up to the stadium 4km further away, but that’s because they get so many games at their preferred ground.
Damien Hardwick wants more MCG home games
That’s obviously not true. The Bears couldn’t have made any commitments on behalf of a second, separate South East Queensland club.
It was the AFL’s agreement, and the Queensland Government’s requirement that the Gabba be used for a new team.
I don’t believe there was a relevant Commonwealth Games bid in the early 90s. I assume you’ve drifted onto a different point.
Who are the Southport Sharks?
The article states that it was the Brisbane Bears ‘writing into their contract when the Gabba was refurbished that any other South-East Queensland applicant into the AFL must play their home games at the Gabba.’ This doesn’t make sense. That wouldn’t be in the Bears’ interests.
It was the Queensland Government that insisted on that part of the agreement. They continued to stick to their guns on this point until months before the Suns’ first game.
Who are the Southport Sharks?
Over the course of this argument the anti-Port Adelaide case has gone from a ‘legal binding agreement’ to a ‘discussion about jumpers’.
Port's prison bar jumper fight continues
They are taking it up with the AFL, FabPhil. That’s what all of this is about.
Port's prison bar jumper fight continues
The Oracle, that is a very strange comment to make to someone with my avatar.
But however old I am or you are, there is no ‘binding legal agreement’. And if there was, it wouldn’t matter.
Port's prison bar jumper fight continues
But just to be clear, I wouldn’t care even if such an agreement existed. Current AFL clubs deserve to have their history treated on its merits.
Port's prison bar jumper fight continues
This is the first I’ve heard of it.
There was an agreement with the SANFL that the Port Adelaide Power be a separate organisation to the Port Adelaide Magpies. That was wound up a few years ago.
But I’ve never heard of any ‘binding legal agreement’ that Port would never wear the black and white colours.
It sounds like you’re making it up.
Port's prison bar jumper fight continues
Let’s be honest. Port would wear their traditional strip in every game if they could. And being allowed to wear it one game a year keeps it relevant.
This is just the first step for Port Adelaide.
And good luck to them. They are as entitled to their own history as Collingwood are.
Port's prison bar jumper fight continues
I haven’t been reading these articles. Maybe they’re better than I imagine they are.
But it seems every few days the same person puts together an article on the same subject attacking the same organisation. Surely there’s a point where The Roar stops publishing them?
Political uncertainty and a lack of vision at Collingwood