I must admit I feel a bit ripped off with a weekend of no football this weekend coming, I am just getting into the habit of staying up all Friday night to watch a delayed reply….

Horrah the NAB is almost over and the real stuff will start, however this week still has plenty to offer with Israel Folau playing for the first time for GWS & will Essendon be grounded coming up against 2010 premiers..

Wow one game too many can really affect a season can’t it? Just ask Adelaide which in a half lost three key players to serious injuries and could see Ian Callinan’s career over before it really started and lets not forget the demolition game over in the west which saw two shoulder dislocations and two in hospital.

Can the Eagles buck their pre season trend and win against Collingwood? Will the ‘new’ Bombers prevail over a strong Saints?

I am no fan of the NAB and I do not know anyone who is but are the fans giving the AFL a message that its time to scrap the competition? In looking at the fans numbers I have listed below, the first week we saw one good crowd but the rest were averaging about 18,273. In the second week, the highest crowd was 13,863.

We look at the weekend’s round of football were Essendon, Collingwood, St Kilda & West Coast move into the Semi Finals. Kick2Kick also looks at the challenge games, the Friday night argument plus what else catches our eye from the weekend.

Round 2 of the NAB preseason cup sees some exciting clashes first up are Melbourne v Essendon.

With the mercury nudging a humid 40 degrees we embarked along the M4; destination Blacktown Olympic Park the training base of the AFL’s 18th club.You knew you had arrived in Giants territory with every effort made to ‘paint the town orange’ with obvious Giants signage.

End of the twenty/ 20 football concept with mix reactions, we also saw the Gold Coast and GWS first hit out! Kick2Kick wraps up the weekend of the football.

What did you think of the first round of the NAB Pool twenty/ 20 concept? Did you like it and are you looking forward to the introduction of the Gold Coast and GWS this weekend?