Comments on: 2009 AFL Round Twenty Two Wrapup

By: Deano

Deano — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:10:32 +0000

RE Eagles: credit where credit is due, good get, however, i think even you would admit that no one would have expected LeCras to kick as many as he did otherwise you would have tipped the three boys to kick 100 between them(which they did)!!!

Given that your other prediction(simpson, betts, cloke and yarran to kick 100 between them) failed miserably(total of 62) how about we call it evens!!!lol

By: Deano

Deano — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:22:19 +0000

dogs and pies were too good for them(and in Adelaide), geelong still beat them even though they were in poor form and saints were too good for them as well, no doubt they are in huge form and could be dangerous but i still think a fair gulf exists between top4 and the rest.

By: Jermayn

Jermayn — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:16:12 +0000

Only four teams???
What about Adelaide? Everyone seems to be talking them up after their demolition off Carlton.

By: Deano

Deano — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:13:46 +0000

@mike, i like you and every other bulldogs fan have been in this situation many times before only to be let down, to be honest it would be a thrill just to see the boys run out on the ground on GF day, something both me and my father have been waiting a long, long time for. do i think we can do it this year, hard to say but this is the most excited i have been going into a finals series since ’97 and we all know what happened that year, anything is possible and i think our form in the last 3 weeks has given us every chance to do really well. i also think we are the most talented side in the league but that counts for nothing if they are not all on the same page, i think the team that puts together the best 4 weeks will win and at the moment i think only 4 teams are capable of that…bring it on

By: Jermayn

Jermayn — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:08:21 +0000

@deano & Mike – Yes I was wrong when I said that the Dogs would not win another game after round 19 but im sure I was not the only one who thought that after their loss to West Coast (a team that had not won a game in Victoria for 2 years). The truth though, is that your team got their act together and have beaten Brisbane (away), Geelong & Collingwood and I would have to agree that the Dogs have the best form coming into the finals.

Even though, I do think Geelong will win it. Just a gut feeling, nothing more..

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:57:08 +0000

reid is developing but he is going to be a good player…
ward is incredible on the other hand. i reckon he could be a future leader at our club. he’s playing like a veteran. (interesting to note he isnt one of the favorites for the rising star, would have thought he would be a contender perhaps)
it was a very productive trade. i always liked mcmahon tho, i had a chat with him in perth a couple of years back. i think he would have been fairly upset about being traded. but we did get a better player in return. Everitt showed some good signs on sunday as well.

do you think we can take the premiership this year? Jermayn told me he doesnt really rate the dogs but i’ve got a sneaking suspicion they may make a big impact in the finals this year. geelong and st kilda seem too shaky and out of form for me. the dogs seem to be coming into the finals in the best form out of the top 4. since round 15 we’ve only lost 2 games, one to the saints and the other to the eagles but we can honestly blame poor goal kicking for letting that one slip away.

maybe just maybe the dogs might just have their day, on that one day in september….
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By: Deano

Deano — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:45:11 +0000

same, how good are reid and ward going?? to think we only had to swap jordan mcmahon for ward!!! best trade ever

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:59:59 +0000

yeah i know there is a long way to go, but i’m just being really hopeful lol. i will be suprised however if collingwood win
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By: Deano

Deano — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:13:25 +0000

i love your enthusiasm mike, but there is a long long way to go… the season is only just beginning. it won’t surprise me if any team from the top4 wins it.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:26:33 +0000

first of all…funny to see jerm wrong about the dogs again. lol

second of all it has been revealed that Llyod will receive a 4 week ban if he accepts an early plea, turns out i was right ay jerm lol
i wouldn’t be suprised to see Ryder and longergan suspended as the AFL really looks to stamp out the melees in the game. So as it turns out Essendon probably aren’t going to have any impact on the finals because 1. they are not that good of a team, and 2. now they’ll be missing a few key players probably.

one question jerm…you say that the saints and the cats have limped into the finals this year but still have geelong winning the flag? i understand your reasons for this however if recent years is anything to go by, teams who limp into the finals quite often don’t win the flag.

personally i think the recent form of the dogs and pies suggest that they are the teams to beat heading into september, however i think collingwood will lose to st kilda. collingwood just aren’t good enough to win the flag, the dogs however…well they could well just take the premiership back to footscray this year. now wouldn’t that be something

one more thing…i find it interesting that will minson had 28 hitouts, and fraser and wood 23 combined. in other words they were smashed. Fraser=one of the most over rated players STILL in the AFL today.

DOGS FOR PREMIERS 09!!!
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