Tuesday, May 12, 2009

AFL Power List - Round Seven: Or I know even less than nothing.

A tipsters nightmare this week.

I have to say I like Monday Night Football. But then again, I have Foxtel so I get to see it live instead of on delay at 8:30pm. One can only hope once TV goes fully digital, such treatment of audiences will be a thing of the past (I know I am being far too wishful).

The Premiership Table is a tale of 3 acts. Act 1: Cats and Saints. Act 2: The rest; Act 3: The Tigers and Demons.

Rank

LW

Team

Record

Comment

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1

1 ↔

Geelong

7-0

The Cats did enough, and won’t be worried about facing North this week.

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2

2

St Kilda

7-0

Boom! These guys are the real deal. Bring on Round 14…

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3

7

Bulldogs

4-3

After a tight first half, the Bulldogs kicked 10 of the next 11 goals to blow away the Crows. They now meet the hapless Demons.

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4

5

Port Adelaide

4-3

Port started playing too late; fortunately they now play a demoralized Tigers.

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5

4

Hawthorn

3-4

The Hawks will be left wondering what might have been had they kicked 8.1 in the first quarter and not 1.8.

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6

3

Carlton

3-4

Bizarre. Fev was having “one of those Fev type days” (and not the good kind). The Blues just couldn’t get their nose in front. Huge game against the Pies this week.

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7

8↑

Brisbane

4-3

After a tight 3 quarters the Lions kicked away from the Tigers and now get to host the Crows, who don’t really like the Gabba.

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6 

Collingwood

3-4

Ouch. That hurt. The Pies were shown to be pretenders. Need to beat Carlton to win back some respect.

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9

11

Essendon

4-3

The Bombers continue to annoy tippers. They now have 9 days to get ready to play the Saints, who will be coming off a 6 day break.

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10

10

Sydney

3-4

They were never going to win and even they knew it (Barry Hall certainly did). Must beat West Coast this week.

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11

9↓

Adelaide

3-4

Whatever Neil Craig might say, there’s no denying the Crows are in a rebuilding year – and all the bad things that means.

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12

14

Fremantle

3-4

A damn good win for the Dockers who have turned it all around in 3 weeks. Now they host the confused Hawks.

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13

15

North Melbourne

3-4

Well I didn’t see that one coming. Though I can’t see them kicking so straight for the rest of the season. Geelong to give them a touch up this week.

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14

13

West Coast

3-4

Again poor kicking nearly cost the Eagles; but the Demons are not good enough to take advantage.

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15

12

Richmond

1-6

Well that’s the season done. Whew – for Tiger’s fans that makes a nice change to being strung out for 21 weeks only to be disappointed in the last week.

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16

16 

Melbourne

1-6

The Demons nearly snatched a rare one in Perth, now that meet a Bulldogs team coming off a strong win.

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