Tuesday, May 26, 2009

AFL Power List: Round 9 – Or So much for the 8 being set

Two sides on 9 wins. Ten sides on 4 or 5 wins. So it’s 10 into 6. Hawks and Bulldogs still looking good. So make it 8 into 4. Should ensure lots of pain ahead for a goodly number of supporters.

Carlton and Port showed that they’re not worth putting any trust in. The Bulldogs kept the AFL’s hope of an unbeaten Cats-Saints game alive.

Rank

LW

Team

Record

Comment

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1

1 ↔

Geelong

9-0

The Cats kept taking the foot off the peddle when they got a lead – and the ‘Dogs kept coming back. A good wake up call.

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2

2

St Kilda

9-0

Nine points down at the 13 minute mark of the 4th quarter, but like a good side they then kicked 5 of the next 6 to win going away. They are rewarded with a bye against Melbourne.

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3

4

Bulldogs

5-4

The Bulldogs were desperately unlucky. Johnson really should have kicked the goal to win. Now they go to Canberra to play the Swans.

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4

6

Hawthorn

5-4

An easy win against Melbourne (excuse the tautology). Now to play Adelaide at AAMI.

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5

3

Carlton

4-5

The Blues are starting to show that they are a year away. Far too inconsistent at the moment to seriously challenge (and no fun at all when it comes to tipping).

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6

5↓

Port Adelaide

5-4

Here’s a big call – teams that are down 7 goals at quarter time don’t win that often. Now they have to play the Pies at the MCG.

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7

7

Brisbane

5-4

The Lions were looking good with 15 minutes to go, but they couldn’t hold back the tide. Now a tough one against North in Melbourne.

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8

8 

Collingwood

4-5

It was a must win, and the Pies did. If they beat Port suddenly things are looking good again.

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9

9 

Sydney

5-4

A great win by the Swans A big match in Canberra against the Bulldogs to see if they’re really finals contenders.

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10

12

Adelaide

4-5

A huge win for the Crows – but their 3rd quarter shows why few sides fear them at the moment.

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11

10↑

Essendon

5-4

The Bombers were 14 points down at the 15 minute mark of the 3rd quarter. They then kicked the next 8. Now they play Geelong.

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12

14

North Melbourne

4-5

North have only won 11 quarters – that’s the same amount as Richmond (and is equal last in the league).

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13

11

Fremantle

3-6

Gerard Healy says the best strategy is to just automatically tip against Fremantle. I’m starting to agree with him – there’s just too much heartache involved with wanting them to win.

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14

13

West Coast

3-6

Woeful. Now they get to play Carlton on Friday night – both sides will need to prove something.

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15

15 

Richmond

1-8

The Tigers are lacking talent, heart and a decent game plan. Other than that, they;re doing well.

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16

16 

Melbourne

1-8

They tried their best.

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