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West Coast vs. Geelong – Round 11 match recap

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

West Coast -11.11 (60)
Geelong – 15.9 (77)

Geelong are simply too good to be beaten by bottom four ‘contenders’ West Coast. West Coast looked like they were way out of their depth in the first 14 mins when Geelong kicked five goals without seemingly breaking a sweat.

Big Moment

In the last quarter; Tom Hawkins takes a big grab and goals to steady the ship and almost seal the win.

Key Players for West Coast
Dean Cox – Omni-reliable ruck turned midfielder, dominated
Tyson Stenglein – Good job tagging Steven Johnson and picked up 21 possessions himself

Key Players for Geelong
Gary Ablett – It seems nobody can write about a Geelong game and not talk about Gary Ablett, he is in cracking form. Best on ground by a country mile and then some. 43 touches (although allowed to roam free for some time [who knows why?]) is a fair amount of leather.
Cameron Ling – He was tagging, but you couldn’t tell by his stats; 9 tackles and 26 disposals.
Paul Chapman – 3 goals, 24 touches, good enough to get in the bests.

Musings from the match
• Hawkins had a good game for once
• West Coast a proper bottom four
• Geelong tempted fate a few times by not being 100% switched on all day, good teams will take advantage if they do that against them (I can’t see them doing it to a good team).
• Geelong always find a way to win, I would have backed Geelong to win if they were 40 points down at half time
• Cox is way way way too good to be playing for West Coast, he is wasted on them. They would be one of the worst teams in the league without him. He is their best midfielder at the moment!

Supercoach news
Second gamers; Tom Swift and Nathan Djerrkura played okay, nothing to write home about though with SuperCoach scores of 45 and 56 respectively. Although, Tom Swift was playing against Bartel, who played well but not amazingly well, so his score could have been higher if he was playing in a non-tagging role. Whether Swift will always be a tagger is not yet known. I would hate to line up against. Cox and Ablett are obvious targets to trade up to for captaining your side.

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Round 11 answers

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009


Here are the answers from round 11.
Be sure to add your own comments in the section below.

Richmond vs. Western Bulldogs
How will the Richmond players play in Wallace’s last match?
If you count the first half; great! The second half however………
Jason Akermanis maintains that there is still bad blood between the clubs; will if show tonight?
Not really by the look of it.
Will the Bulldogs be able to continue on their good run of form?
Absolutely. They clearly look to be the third best team at the moment.
How will Brett Deledio go after playing one of his best games of AFL last week?
Not. Very. Well. He came up against Liam Picken who did a job on him earlier in the year and did the same for this game. Even moving him to the spare man in defence didn’t help. It’s fair to say that he really struggles to make an impact on games when he has a tight-tag.
How much will the loss of Nahas and Brown affect the scoring power of the Richmond forward line?
Mitch Morton and Jack Reiwoldt can only do so much.

North Melbourne vs. St Kilda
Will this just be a forgettable ugly scrap?
Up till the last quarter, it was a pretty entertaining match with North taking it up to the Saints with their desperate team-acts.
Will North be able to take advantage of the Saint’s number one ruckman out?
Not really. North did win the hitouts 55 to 37, but it means little when you lose the clearances by 17.
Will the bout of gastro going around the club massively affect North Melbourne?
Running out of legs by late in the 2nd quarter showed to me at least, that it did.
Will Max Hudghton be able to cement his spot in the team in his first game of the year?
Nothing special from him but considering that it was his first game back, it was expected.

Brisbane vs. Carlton
The last few contests between these clubs have been pretty good; will it continue?
Thanks to a final quarter comeback; yes it was. Before that though…..
Can Brisbane keep building on their good form and take care of another top 8 aspirant?
Yes, but to me it was due to the lack of urgency from the Brisbane players that helped Carlton to control nost of the game.
Will this be the game that Jonathan Brown put’s his stamp on the season?
He could have, if he had kicked straighter. He ended up with 4.5 with one absolute shank’ that didn’t even get a score. He might explode against the Hawks undermanned backline this week though.
Will this be the game that really shows the importance of Jarrad Waite?
Nope. With two wins on the board since his injury, they have coped pretty well it must be said.
Will it be more of the same for Carlton with the same group performing well, dragging the others along?
Pretty much.
After playing very well last week, will it be another typical poor game from Kade “yo-yo” Simpson?
Hell yeah. Put him as your captain this week if you have him in SuperCoach because he is guaranteed to kill it after bombing this week with 11 possessions. Seriously; look at his form
Can Jed Adcock continue on with his excellent past two weeks?
It was an ok game from Jed but as a leader of his club, more is expected.

Port Adelaide vs. Fremantle
Can Port bounce back after two very poor weeks?
Yes, albeit unconvincingly
Will Freo show as much spirit in this game as they did against Richmond when they had no bench?
Yep. They never really gave up again. For a list that has been cut deep and is full of injuries, they have impressed me.
How will Chris Tarrant go this week after having one of his best games for his club last week?
Another very game in defence. He has become a very good stopper at Freo, that’s for sure.

Essendon vs. Adelaide
Have Essendon run out of puff after being smashed by Geelong last week?
Well they ran out of puff by the end of this game but it was a really good performance against an in-form team.
Will Essendon continue their poor first quarter efforts this week or finally start playing decent football from the first bounce?
They won the first quarter! Huzzah!
Will Adelaide continue their good run of form with a win against Essendon?
In one of the best games of the year; yes they will.
Can Chris Knights continue his bout of goal-scoring form?
5 freaking goals. Killin’ it.
How will Brent Prismalls perform in his first game for Essendon and his first game back from his knee-injury?
Picked up 19 possessions and had 6 tackles but was nothing special at all. Onwards and upwards for the ex-Geelong man.

Hawthorn vs. Sydney
Will Sydney bounce back after a loss like they have will all of their losses this year with another win?
Nope. They could have if they had managed to stop quick goals in succession from the Hawks and didn’t have to deal with a Barry Hall brain-fade.
Will Hawthorn be able to reverse their horrible form against Sydney?
Did what they had to do. That’s all that mattered.
How will Luke Hodge go in his return match from injury?
Apart from an inspirational mark in defence late in the last quarter it was nothing too spectacular, but much better than he was before his break. He injured his ankle early on but kept playing.

West Coast vs. Geelong
Will West Coast be able to show anything in this game after two very disappointing losses?
They took it up to Geelong after it looked like they were going to be blown out of the water in the first quarter.
Will the loss of two of their key backs in Harley and Taylor affect Geelong in anyway?
Not really.
How low will West Coasts disposal-efficiency get after losing two of there better players in Kerr and Wirrpunda?
The stat’s tell the tale here, with West Coast committing 17 more clangers and having a 74% kicking efficiency compared to 81% from Geelong

Melbourne vs. Collingwood
How will the Jack Watt’s Football Cl……the Demons go in what is their Grand Final?
Terrible. That first quarter was some of the worst football I have seen by a club. The way the Pie’s players found space .
Will Collingwood be able to build on their improving form against a team that they traditionally struggle with?
They won by 66pt’s but I wasn’t that impressed. The reason why Melbourne kicked most of their goals in the second quarter was simply down to turnovers by Collingwood. It could and should have been a greater winning margin given how poorly Melbourne were playing.
How will Brad Dick, Leigh Brown and Sharrod Wellingham go this week after playing their best games for the club last week?
All had good games with Dick the obvious stand-out. Wellingham was particularly good in the third quarter with his clean hands doing damage in the wet. Brown wasn’t terrible which is a good thing.
How will Jack Watt’s go in his debut and where will he play?
Like a normal key-position player does in their first game. No doubt will he be better for the run.

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Collingwood vs. Melbourne – Round 11 match recap

Monday, June 8th, 2009

Collingwood -19.12 (126)
Melbourne – 8.12 (60)
Rain fell heavily for much for the big annual Queens Birthday Clash between Collingwood and Melbourne. The Pies came out firing straight out of the blocks, to record their second win against the Demons this year and their third consecutive win by a massive 66 points.


Turning points of the match

From the first bounce, Collingwood came out all guns blazing. They kicked the first 8 goals of the match (7 of them in the first quarter) to set up the remainder of the game. It took Melbourne until the ninth minute of the second quarter to kick their first goal for the match and while this followed with another 2 goals and the Dee’s lifting their game, they were never going to stop the Pies pressure and dominance.

Key Players for Collingwood

Dane Swan – Another outstanding game, though he didn’t beat his huge 48 possession effort from last week, he still dominated. He had a brilliant first quarter. He was then tagged by McDonald. But though he was quietened slightly, he still managed to gain 32 possessions, take 7 marks, 5 tackles and 2 goal assists.

Brad Dick – Had a second consecutive exceptional game for the Pies. This week however was career best. He was the highest scoring goal kicker on the ground kicking 5.2. He collected 16 possessions had 5 marks and 3 goal assists.

Heath Shaw – Played loose man in defence for most of the day. He ran off Maric easily and with that collected 30 possessions, had 10 marks and 2 tackles.

Alan Didak – Was tagged by Grimes, but still managed to kick 2.3, with 4 marks, 2 tackles and 33 possessions. One of his goals came from a handpass from Swan into the goal square, which he kicked in mid-air without taking possession.

Key Players for Melbourne

Colin Sylvia – Was the Dees most dominant player for the day and continued in his good form. He had a solid performance with 32 possessions; he kicked 3.1 and took 11 marks.

Cameron Bruce – Spent much of the game tagging Dale “Daisy” Thomas and did a good job. He collected 28 disposals, took 9 marks and kicked 1.2.

Nathan Jones – Had a relatively consistent performance for the Dees. He collected 26 disposals, took 6 marks and kicked 1 goal.

Musings from the match

• Collingwood dominated in kicks (242-173) and handballs (196-175) and overall disposal of the footy (438-348).
• Collingwood also had more marks than Melbourne 105-81.
• The Demons won the hit outs for the day 55-17. Josh Fraser as the Pies main ruckman had 10. Where as for the Dees, Mark Jamar had 31.
• The Pies had 9 more goal assists than the Dees.
• Collingwood had more contested and uncontested possessions.
• Collingwood had four players with over 30 disposals, where as Melbourne just had the one.
• The Pies finally have found some good forward targets, but it is not only its big men in Leigh Brown, John Anthony and Travis Cloke. Many of the smaller forwards seem to be kicking goals, including Tarkyn Lockyer, Brad Dick and Alan Didak. It was these small forwards that opened up the game for the Pies especially in the first quarter.

Supercoach news

Dane Swan is awesome and he continues to play consistently and dominate in games and is on the way to his second Copeland Trophy in my opinion. He now averages 115.45 points per game this year and is definitely worth being put as captain.

Brad Dick had his second consecutive great match for the Pies. He is a small developing forward who has kicked 8 goals in the last 2 weeks. His Supercoach average is 83.60 and he is worth $305,700.

Jack Watts did not have the best of debuts but it wasn’t completely horrible. He started on the bench and finished the match with 8 possessions and 1 behind. He collected only 42 Supercoach points.

Colin Sylvia is continuing in his good form for the Dees. Averaging 87.50 points per round this year.

For Nathan J.Brown, John Anthony and Matthew Whelan; keep an eye out for possible injuries and soreness.

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Hawthorn vs. Sydney – Round 11 match recap

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

Hawthorn – 12.14 (86)
Sydney –11.9 (75)

The Hawks made the most of the momentum swings and a Barry Hall brain explosion to win by 11 points against the Swan’s in a tight and wet contest.


Turning points of the match
Sydney had the momentum at the start of the forth quarter until the ball was kicked to a contest at the top of the square in which Barry Hall’s arm was being held by Robert Campbell. Jarryd Roughead marked that ball with Barry Hall conceding his first 50-metre penalty for mouthing off. He then gave away a further two 50-metre penalties immediately after for reacting to the Hawk players goading him.
Roughead ended up kicking the goal from the triple 50-meter penalty given which gave Hawthorn the lead, and the momentum for the rest of the game.


Key Players for the Hawthorn
• Sam Mitchell – His best game for the year. Those conditions were made for him and he sure played like they were. Finished with 7 clearances for the game.
• Brad Sewell – Like Mitchell, the conditions suited him ending up finishing with 24 possessions and 7 inside-50s. He was down for 7 clangers for the game but they weren’t that noticeable at the ground.
• Lance Franklin – Absolutely killed Craig Bolton in just about every contest. If they kicked to him more often, they would have won comfortably. His hands in were excellent considering the greasy ball.

Key Players for Sydney
• Ryan O’Keefe – His clean usage of the ball by and foot was excellent. 15 contested possessions and 7 inside-50’s for the game.
• Adam Goodes – Sydney’s best player forward of the ball causing a heap of problems with his hard running and excellent marking. He was pretty much Sydney’s only consistent forward target finishing with 3.3 with 23 possessions.
• Jude Bolton – Never gave up all game to continue his good run of form this year. He finished with only 17 possessions but and an impressive 12 tackles.


Musings from the match
• So many players were suited to these conditions and it showed.
• Cyril Rioli may be out for up to a month with a hamstring injury which happened in the first quarter after it looked like he was going to dominate.
• It will be interesting to see how the Hawks\ go without him in the team considering the vein of form that he was in.
• Another one who started well for Sydney was Jarred McVeigh with 9 possessions and 1 goal in the first term. He dropped off in a big way though to get some easy kicks in the back half in the last quarter.
• Brad Sewell has to be one of the hardest players to tackle in the AFL. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him being taken to the ground.
• So Barry Hall. From the ball being in the Hawks hands in the back half, to a free’ goal…….No excuse; even if the original free-kick was there.

SuperCoach news
• Sydney had an amazing game points scoring-wise with7 points over 100pt’s. This compared to 3 for the winning Hawthorn side.
• Nick Malceski…………9pt’s…….Barry Hall takes the cake with 4pt’s though.
• The Highest scorer, Adam Goodes, truly deserved his 166pt’s and is now averaging 115pt’s for the year.

SuperCoach scores and game stats from the SuperFooty matchday page

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Essendon vs Adelaide – Round 11 match recap

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

Essendon – 18.6 (114)

Adelaide – 21.4 (130)

Adelaide have overrun Essendon in the last quarter to run out 16 point victors at Etihad Stadium. In a game that Essendon looked the dominant team for three quarters, Adelaide kicked extraordinarily straight to keep them well within touch at every change. The Crows kicked 10 goals before their first point, which was rushed, and it took them 15 goals to actually kick a behind on their own accord. Adelaide trailed by 15 points, 10 points and 8 points at all the breaks but overran the Bombers with a 6 goal to 2 final term to give Tyson Edwards a memorable 300th game. Both teams played fantastic games, but any other day and the Bombers game would have given them a victory. It’s pretty hard to beat a team that manages to kick 21.4 when you have the run of play for most of the day.

Turning points of the match

The Crows didn’t lead until the 3 minute mark of the final term after they kicked two quick goals. Once they hit the lead they didn’t look back and the Bombers dropped off.

Key Players for Essendon

Jobe Watson – Although he was being tagged, Watson was a very important contributor. He collected 26 possessions, 9 of those contested, kicked 3 goals, took 5 marks and laid 6 tackles.

Scott Lucas – Looked like the time in the seconds did him some good. He was rotated between the forward and back lines, as well as the ruck at points. Racked up 18 disposals, 7 hit outs, 5 tackles and kicked 4 straight goals.

Andrew Lovett – Was fantastic all day. Ran hard for 31 possessions, 3 marks, 3 tackles and kicked 1.1.

Key Players for Adelaide

Tyson Edwards – Brilliant 300th game for the veteran. 41 touches, 10 tackles and 8 marks shows that he still has what it takes and should do for a long time.

Kurt Tippet – Kept the Crows in the game kicking 7.1 from 11 touches. He took 9 marks playing on Hooker and clearly had the better of that duel.

Bernie Vince – Constantly found the ball racking up 36 disposals. Helped to lift his team in the second half and kicked 1.0.

Musings from the match

· Essendon dominated for the first three quarters.

· Adelaide were ridiculously accurate as previously mentioned.

· Essendon had most of the run for most of the day.

· Both teams pressure was fantastic.

· Essendon had 76 tackles and Adelaide had 63.

· Adelaide nearly doubled Essendon’s hit outs.

· The Bombers dominated the contested ball, especially in the first half.

· Essendon were inefficient going forward but were still scoring.

· Lucas found some form.

· Did I mention Adelaide were ridiculously accurate? Yes I think I did.

· 21.4… WTF!?

· 18.6… WTF!?

· 39.10 between the two teams… WTF!?

· I must admit it was probably the best game of footy I have seen this year. I’m clearly disappointed with the result as an Essendon supporter but both teams played great and it was thoroughly enjoyable for the most part.

Supercoach news

Too many players to mention so I will simply list those who scored well:

Tyson Edwards: 136

Kurt Tippet: 136

Bernie Vince: 116

Chris Knights: 105

Jobe Watson: 122

Scott Lucas: 119

Andrew Lovett: 144

Patrick Ryder: 105

Hayden Skipworth: 102

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North Melbourne Kangaroos vs. St Kilda Saints Round 11 Recap

Saturday, June 6th, 2009

North Melbourne 9.3. 57 def by.
St Kilda 15.13. 103

St Kilda recorded its 11th straight win for the 2009 season on Saturday, a feat the club hasn’t enjoyed in its history before. The game didn’t go as expected or as the scoreboard would indicate however as a young Kangaroos side gave them a scare for a while.

The Kangaroos certainly came to play and matched if not exceeded St Kilda’s intensity in the first quarter; they were rewarded with a four goal lead at quarter time. St Kilda lifted their intensity in the second quarter but the Kangaroos made the most of their opportunities to maintain a two goal lead at the main break. The third saw St Kilda click into another gear again and as some of the young Kangaroos started to get injured this intensity was enough for St Kilda to go into the final change with a seven point lead. In the last the Kangaroos although willing just weren’t good enough and ran out of legs as the Saints stormed over the top of them to record a comfortable 46 point win.

Turning Point of the Match
St Kilda lifted to a gear the young Kangaroos just don’t have yet in the third quarter and although the endeavor was their the Saints managed to kick 4 goals 3 behinds to the Kangaroo’s 1 goal 1 behind in what was the first quarter St Kilda looked in control; From there St Kilda kicked away in the last.

Key Players for North Melbourne

Michael Firrito– Got the better of Goddard who ended with 21 touches and 4 frees against. Firrito also had 18 touches, a goal and 8 tackles.

Adam Simpson– Although beaten by Hayes, Simpson was almost a lone hand for the Kangaroos in the middle for most of the day. Adam had 10 clearances which was more than a third of his teams total; he also accumulated 21 touches.

Key Players for St Kilda

Justin Koschitzke – Was imposing in every contest in potentially his best game for the St Kilda Football Club. Koschitzke finished with 6 goals but it was his pressance that made a big difference, Justin broke open packs and hurt people in his way all day which is illustrated a little by his 5 contested marks, best on ground easily.

Lenny Hayes – Another great tough game from Hayes, he managed to get his hands on the pill 32 times, impressively 12 of those touches were contested and when he wasn’t getting the ball himself Hayes was laying his usual 8 tackles; a real work horse for the Saints.

Leigh Montagna – While working hard to break his tags, Montagna showed once again that he can play just as well as an inside player as he can as an outside one. Nine of his 27 touches were contested and he managed to lay 6 tackles as well.

Musings from the Match
• The Kangaroos were crippled by injuries; they played out the match with only 17 players on the field.
• Steven King could be in trouble for an off the ball incident that left Power in the hands of trainers for most of the game.
• St Kilda didn’t seem mentally in the game for much of the first half, but worked their way into it.
• The Roos’ were smashed in the clearances 29-46 which was disappointing considering their ruckmen often gave them first use.

SuperCoach news
The usual suspects performed for the Saints with 9 players scoring over 100 points with Koschitzke and Montagna being the most impressive with 152 and 142 points respectively.

Keep an eye on all of North Melbourne’s injuries and those of you who have Ziebell will be spewing as gastro kept him out of this match.

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Port Adelaide vs Fremantle – Round 11 match recap

Saturday, June 6th, 2009

Port Adelaide – 14.10 (94)

Fremantle – 11.4 (70)

Port Adelaide have returned to the winners list by defeating an undermanned, but very determined Fremantle side on Saturday night. The visitors looked like causing an upset early, kicking 4 of the first 5 goals, but the home side clawed their way back into the game and went into the half time break just 2 points down. The second half started the completely opposite way to the first with Port kicking 4 of the first 5 goals of the game to take the lead and they never lost it from there. Port Adelaide held on to post a 24 point win over the Dockers.

Turning points of the match

The 6 goal to 2 third quarter from the Power really buried the Fremantle side. After starting so well, Fremantle let the Port Adelaide side go into half time thinking they could win, and they came out determined to do just that in the second half.

Key Players for Port Adelaide

David Rodan – Really lifted the Power side with 2 of their 6 third quarter goals. Finished the night with 3.1 from 19 touches and 4 tackles.

Kane Cornes – Tagged Paul Hasleby, who may have got 25 touches himself but his efficiency was shocking. Cornes finished with 34 of his own and also kicked a goal.

Jacob Surjan – 25 disposals, 7 marks and 7 tackles for the night.

Key Players for Fremantle

Paul Duffield – Played somewhat of a role on Justin Westhoff, but managed to collect 29 disposals and 5 tackles while running away from his man.

David Mundy – Collected 22 disposals for the night, with 4 tackles, 4 marks and kicked 2.1 in an all round effort.

Aaron Sandilands – Dominated the ruck as usual with 27 hit outs, but also gathered 20 disposals and 6 marks to really beat the Brendan Lade – Dean Brogan ruck duo.

Musings from the match

· Sandilands had 27 hit outs, Port Adelaide had the same as a team.

· Port had 48 more disposals than the Dockers.

· Fremantle had a disposal efficiency of 2% better than Port Adelaide.

· Port Adelaide won the clearances, 41 to 34.

· Port Adelaide also won the inside 50’s, 52 to 40.

Supercoach news

For Fremantle: Paul Duffield had yet another good game, posting 128 this week. Greg Broughton and Matthew DeBoer both scored well as youngsters with 92 and 84 respectively. Chris Tarrant once again played in defence and scored 75 on Warren Tredrea.

For Port Adelaide: David Rodan managed 138 but I wouldn’t be expecting this sort of score from him regularly, he has averaged just 67.75 prior to this round. Travis Boak copped a knee ligament injury so check on that during the week. Kane Cornes looks good, once again posting over 100.

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Brisbane Lions vs. Carlton Round 11 Recap

Saturday, June 6th, 2009

Carlton 16.16. 112 def.
Brisbane Lions 16.10. 106

Carlton has defeated Brisbane in a close encounter at the Gabba. It was the story of the key forwards with Fevola up one end kicking 8 and an at time wasteful Jonathon Brown kicking 4 goals 5 behinds. The game was in the balance all night but a rampaging Brisbane just ran out of time in the end. All the likely suspects were their for the Blues with Judd and Murphy both having an impact on the game.

Turning Point of the Match
Very difficult to identify the turning point of the match as the game wasn’t ever won until late in the final term. Carlton was in front for most of the game set up by a great first half of football. During the second half Brisbane gained some ascendancy with the aid of Jonathon Brown.

Key Players for Brisbane

Jonathon Brown – Was the focal point in the forward line for the Lions taking 13 marks for the night and kicking 4 goals 5. It was his ineffectiveness which was his only downside for the night only having a 53% effectiveness rating.

Simon Black – Was very impressive in the Midfield for the Lions having a total of 33 possessions. 7 clearances and 5 inside 50s for the night in what was another great game for this great player.

Jared Brennan – 24 touches and kicked 4 goals for the night. Brought the ball into the 50 on 7 occasions and really impressed with his skills.

Key Players for Carlton

Brendan Fevola – Fevola was well and truly on tonight kicked 8 goals 3 for the match. With Brisbane lacking their major back men Fevola needed to dominate and did.

Chris Judd – Might as well have this man here every game. The ever consistent Judd had 28 disposals and helped to set up the win for the Blues. A huge 10 clearances, 7 inside 50s and 13 contested possessions.

Marc Murphy – Had 25 disposals for the night and really impressed with his skills. 5 clearances and 7 inside 50s. Looks to be growing as a player, really enjoy watching him play the game.

Musings from the Match
• The Brisbane backline had no answer for the Fevola show
• Judd is just that good, will defiantly poll well in this years Brownlow
• Could have been a different result if Brown could have kicked straight
• Carlton has moved into the top 4 in what could be a pivotal win in season 2009 for them.
• Brendan Fevola had an equal career best of 8 goals against the Lions, will he ever kick more?
• Brennan kicked two absolutely brilliant goals, he is a freak.

SuperCoach news
Chris Judd had 163 points for the evening safe bet for captain each week. Brennan had 131 points for the night 41 above his season average. Fev improved on his usual score having 160 for the night. Anyone with Drummond would be upset went off with a calf injury and only scored 3 points while Ryan Hooper only managed 1 point for the night but played most of the game.

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Round 11 questions

Friday, June 5th, 2009

Here are this weeks questions that will be answered with this weeks round of football.

Feel free to add your own and we will be sure to answer them when the round is finished.

Richmond vs. Western Bulldogs
How will the Richmond players play in Wallace’s last match?
Jason Akermanis maintains that there is still bad blood between the clubs; will if show tonight?
Will the Bulldogs be able to continue on thier good run of form?
How will Brett Deledio go after playing one of his best games of AFL last week?
How much will the loss of Nahas and Brown affect the scoring power of the Richmond forward line?

North Melbourne vs. St Kilda
Will this just be a forgettable ugly scrap?
Will North be able to take advantage of the Saint’s number one ruckman out?
Will the bout of gastro going around the club massively affect North Melbourne?
Will Max Hudghton be able to cement his spot in the team in his first game of the year?

Brisbane vs. Carlton
The last few contests between these clubs have been pretty good; will it continue?
Can Brisbane keep building on their good form and take care of another top 8 aspirant?
Will this be the game that Jonathan Brown put’s his stamp on the season?
Will this be the game that really shows the importance of Jarrad Waite?
Will it be more of the same for Carlton with the same group performing well, dragging the others along?
After playing very well last week, will it be another typical poor game from Kade “yo-yo” Simpson?
Can Jed Adcock continue on with his excellent past two weeks?

Port Adelaide vs. Fremantle
Can Port bounce back after two very poor weeks?
Will Freo show as much spirit in this game as they did against Richmond when they had no bench?
How will Chris Tarrant go this week after having one of his best games for his club last week?

Essendon vs. Adelaide
Have Essendon run out of puff after being smashed by Geelong last week?
Will Essendon continue their poor first quarter efforts this week or finally start playing decent football from the first bounce?
Will Adelaide continue their good run of form with a win against Essendon?
Can Chris Knights continue his bout of goal-scoring form?
How will Brent Prismalls perform in his first game for Essendon and his first game back from his knee-injury?

Hawthorn vs. Sydney
Will Sydney bounce back after a loss like they have will all of their losses this year with another win?
Will Hawthorn be able to reverse their horrible form against Sydney?
How will Luke Hodge go in his return match from injury?

West Coast vs. Geelong
Will West Coast be able to show anything in this game after two very disappointing losses?
Will the loss of two of their key backs in Harley and Taylor affect Geelong in anyway?
How low will West Coasts disposal-efficiency get after losing two of there better players in Kerr and Wirrpunda?

Melbourne vs. Collingwood
How will the Jack Watt’s Football Cl……the Demons go in what is their Grand Final?
Will Collingwood be able to build on their improving form against a team that they traditionally struggle with?
How will Brad Dick, Leigh Brown and Sharrod Wellingham go this week after playing their best games for the club last week?
How will Jack Watt’s go in his debut and where will he play?

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Round 11 preview

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

This round, a bunch of us are going to look at this rounds games with our thoughts and SuperCoach opinions as well.


Richmond vs. Western Bulldogs
15th vs. 3rd
SportsBET odds: $4.55 vs. $1.22
The AFL must be thanking Richmond for creating interest in what would have otherwise been a fizzer in their premier time-slot. Richmond has a ‘lame duck’ coach to play for and something to prove. The Bulldogs would like to keep distance between themselves and fourth as July will be a very challenging month against fellow top 4 hopefuls.
All signs point to a Bulldogs victory and they appear to be building their year for an assault on the top 4. They are a 2-3 goal per quarter better side than the Tigers. Richmond finally won but it was against a luckless Fremantle. The effort and desire for the contest is there, but poor skills continually let them down.
The Bulldogs turned it on in the first half against the Swans and if they can even come close to replicating that, then they will torch the Tigers. Richmond have shown promise and it appears as though the introduction of Cousins and Cotchin added more poise to the entire team. Richmond played their best 20 minutes of football in the 3rd quarter against the Dockers. The notable difference being the weaker opposition and the large expanses of Subiaco which suit Richmond midget based running game plan.
The Deledio/Picken match-up will be crucial. Picken has been super-impressive in his debut year and Deledio played his best match of the season last week; however, he rarely copes well with a hard tag. If Deledio doesn’t perform, then they have no chance.
Last week was for Terry, this week the Dogs are just too strong.
Bulldogs by 45 for me.

SuperCoach watch: Shaun Higgins injury concerns remain; it may be trade time if he can no longer run out games.
Trent Cotchin does not waste the ball so may be a worthy pick-up.
Callan Ward has shown promising form and never takes a backward step, which will serve him well against the physically weak Tigers.
By Jon B

North Melbourne vs. St Kilda
12th vs. 1st
SportsBET odds: $7.00 vs $1.11
Most people have this game down as an easy St Kilda win; they are basing that on St Kilda’s form so far this year and the experience difference between these two sides particularly in the midfield however I’m not so sure.
St Kilda haven’t been playing as convincing football the last three weeks as they were at years beginning. Although they have still got the job done they have given the opposition a sniff. The Kangaroos are a young side; young sides can be dangerous when given a sniff.
Whilst I don’t believe this game is going to be an easy one for St Kilda, I do think they’ll get the job done, their forward line should beat their opponents; in the midfield the young Kangaroos might get bullied by their bigger and more experienced opponents and St Kilda’s backline is the stingiest in the AFL. The only area the Kangaroos have an edge in is the ruck; due to Michael Gardiner’s sillly act.

SuperCoach watch: Look for Hamish McIntosh to continue his good form this week, as St Kilda’s number one ruckman has been suspended.
Lenny Hayes is in great form and will relish pushing around the young Kangaroo midfielders.
The Kangaroos have said they will have to make this game a scrap so be cautious of choosing some of the more outside players from either team as captain.
By James

MATCH OF THE ROUND
Brisbane vs. Carlton
4th vs. 5th
SportsBET odds: $1.65 vs. $2.30
Brisbane have managed to find themselves, quite deservedly in the top-four after winning four of their last five games. Their smashing against the Cats’ seems to have been the catalyst for this run of form which I’d bank on continuing.
Carlton scraped a 41pt victory against a poor West Coast outfit. It was more of the same when Carlton won with the usual likes of Judd, Stevens, Fevola, Gibbs and Murphy playing head and shoulders above the other Carlton players to get them the four points. This is probably the first game that we’ll properly be able to see how the loss of Jarrad Waite will impact on Carlton and with Bradshaw and Brown up forward, I’d say that it will impact them in a big way.

SuperCoach watch: Jed Adcock and Mitch Clark have been in excellent form over the past few weeks with both playing better than their $400 000ish price tags suggest. Jonathan Brown who is a fair bargain at $414 900 has scored 110+pt’s in the past three encounters against the Blues.
Expect Chris Judd, Stevens, Murphy and Gibbs to score highly. Chris Judd in particularly always plays well against Brisbane for some reason. Probably because he plays well in 9 out 10 games though…..Definite choice for your captain if you have him.
By Vish

Port Adelaide vs. Fremantle
10th vs. 14th
SportsBET odds: $1.17 vs. $5.25
Well the heat’s on Port again after being comprehensively beaten by the Pies who just ran harder than Port. Luckily they come up against Freo who had to deal with 4 injuries from their game against Richmond. It was a spirited performance by Freo but they were just not good enough which I’d expect them to be again this week.

SuperCoach watch: Chad Cornes looks to be injured for 4-6 weeks so it’s time to trade if you’ve got him. Nathan Krakouer was dropped again after one game back against Collingwood. At $363 400, he could get you a bit of cash given that he’s not looking like a keeper.
Stephen Hill got a nice head to the hip whilst his feet were planted on the ground against Richmond so he may miss even though he has been named. Even if he plays, it could be around the time to upgrade and use the cash you would have made on him.
By Vish

Essendon vs. Adelaide
8th vs. 11th
SportsBET odds: $1.92 vs. $1.92
The Bombers were taught a tough lesson last week against arguably the top team in the competition, but will be looking to bounce back the by way they have from all their losses so far this season. Adelaide on the other hand are coming off two good wins and look to be hitting some good mid-season form. Each side is 5-5 from the first ten rounds, and only 1.22% separates them on the table. The Dons’ are yet to lose two in a row this season, and of the 6 other teams with the same amount of points they have played 4 with victories against 3 of those. Adelaide will be looking to continue their good form and have another win away from AAMI.
Since 2002 these teams have only met at Etihad Stadium 3 times from 10 meetings, and in their latest encounter at this venue in round 20, last season the Crows came away with the points convincingly. This game has the potential to be season defining for both teams. A victory for the Dons would continue their wins against the middle teams, and keeps them from losing two in a row yet again. Whilst a win for the Crows would continue their good streak and bring their win-loss record in favour of the wins for the first time since round 5.
Each team has roughly the same overall stats for the season which means this could be a very good game. Evenly matched stats wise, evenly matched ladder wise, evenly matched in recent results (2 each since the start of 2007). I’ll send the points to the Bombers at home, but it should be close and could go either way.

SuperCoach watch: Scott Thompson has scored over 130 points in the last two encounters between the two teams so expect him to score well. Simon Goodwin has also scored well with scores of 111 and 155 in the last two encounters. For the Bombers, expect big games from Brent Stanton, Jobe Watson and Andrew Lovett after quiet games last week. Stanton in particular likes playing Adelaide with three scores in excess of 110 in the past four encounters, and could be looking at finding some touch again after struggling with tags the last few weeks.
By Ben

Hawthorn vs. Sydney
7th vs. 8th
SportsBET odds: $1.45 vs. $2.85
The battle of the underperformers. A loss won’t be the end of the world for both teams but a win would be as helpful as anything, not for the premiership points, but for the confidence it will give the team. Even though Sydney got smashed last week, I’m going to pick them for the victory against the Hawks. The Swans record against Hawthorns is excellent, winning 6 of their last 7 games going back to 2004. The Swans sounded like they were really disappointed in their effort against the Bulldogs and I’d expect them to come out pretty strongly against Hawthorn.

SuperCoach watch: Luke Hodge has been named for the game but given that the split round is next week, I’d be surprised if he wasn’t given a bit longer.
Get on Beau Muston unless you want to pay $200 000+ in the next week.
Cyril Rioli has been continuing his form of pulling out the big numbers in his team’s losses scoring 120pt’s in an excellent performance against Adelaide.
Adam Goodes, Ryan O’Keefe, Jude Bolton and Brett Kirk have been great for the Swans particularly in the past few weeks. If you have Adam Goodes in particular, I’d look at making him your captain. He scored 183pt’s in round two this year and he likes playing against Hawthorn with an average of 121pts since SuperCoach started in 2005.
Sydney at $2.85 seems too good to be true given thier excellent record against Hawthorn. Added to the fact that Sydney have been playing pretty well after they have lost in the previous week gives me a fair bit of confidence with the bet.

By Vish

West Coast vs. Geelong
13th vs. 2nd
SportsBET odds: $7.15 vs. $1.11
Even with injured Geelong players, you can only see this game going one way. Taylor, Harley are out with Stokes, Corey and Chapman named as possible inclusions. West Coast have been very disappointing in their past two very winnable games against the Pies and Carlton, but this game will be infinitely harder than those two games. Geelong has been beating teams up with ease and that should continue in a big way on Sunday afternoon.

SuperCoach watch: Priddis is back for those that have him.
West Coast give up massive SuperCoach points scores, so if you have a gun Geelong player, consider them as captains for this week.
By Vish

Melbourne vs. Collingwood
6th vs. 16th
SportsBET odds: $1.22 vs. $1.40
Queen’s Birthday at the MCG, Monday June 8th 2009, the annual ‘blockbuster’ match between the Melbourne Football Club and the Collingwood Football Club.
The stakes are high for Melbourne; they have only had the one win for the season, over Richmond, but have given all their heart in their last 7 games. They have faced all four preliminary finalists from last year in the past 7 matches and have made them competitive games. Maybe this will be the perfect time for the Dees to break free, and gain revenge on the Magpies after losing to them by 53 points in Round 2, earlier this year.
Collingwood have had a bumpy and in-consistent season thus far. Some games have shown brilliance and others have been dull. The dull games were caused by the lack of forward targets, many injuries and the team simply being dominated by stronger sides. The brilliance on the other hand, showed a powerful Pies outfit, with hard tackling, running and good forward targets. The Pies have had two good consecutive wins against the Eagles at Subiaco and Port Adelaide at the MCG, they seem to be back on track for the year leading onto the Split Round and the welcoming back of key players last week seemed to lift the team, who are now back in the top eight and are now vying for a top 4 position.
The last 4 years when these two teams have battled they have won 2 games apiece. It seems anything can happen on this annual match. The last time they played the Dees got thumped. For the Pies; Dane Swan stood out with 33 possessions and was assisted by Alan Didak (29 possessions) and Scott Pendlebury (26 possessions). John Anthony contributed to the win kicking 4 goals. For the Dees; Aaron Davey and Cameron Bruce were the standouts with 31 and 31 possessions respectively.
Melbourne has improved immensely since its opening 3 rounds of the season and is being a competitive team. Last week I did say it would not surprise me if the Dees beat the Pies on Queens Birthday, but Collingwood’s solid performance last week against Port Adelaide showed the Pies strengths. The Pies have found some good form leading into mid-year and should beat the Dees for the second times this year.

SuperCoach watch: Dane Swan, where do I start? 48 possessions last week against Port and was unstoppable with 166 points. He averages 113.10 Supercoach Points for the year. In his last
Jack Grimes had a very solid game last week against flag favourites St.Kilda scoring 110 points his highest for the year. His game has lifted and lifted this year; look out for another good performance from this defender.
Jack Watts was the draft’s number one draft pick. The 18-year-old will play his debut game for the Dees on the big stage. He is a young forward and worth $174,200 in Supercoach. Keep an eye on this one; if the hype is anything to go by, this guys a keeper.

By Christine

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