Can the Cats win the Flag?

[springhill]

After the last few weeks you would have to put some money on Brisbane, surely. Brown and Brennan are a deadly combinaton. Backline may be a little suspect tho. In order of premiership favouritism it would have to be;

1. Geelong, way out infront
2. West Coast
3. Brisbane
4. Hawks, North Melb, Port Power
5. The other 9 teams
6. Dockers, haha sucks balls losers

 

[Duckman#72]

I just about fell off my chair with your comments this time .... they just get funnier and funnier .... it does show one thing ... you certainly are a die-hard team supporter (cos you are brain washed through and through ... rofl)

Ok ok .... i do agree that the Roos didn't play well at all

I'm glad we get a laugh from each others posts!!:

But I admit I can't compete with you - your one eye is bigger than mine and your posts are much funnier!!!!

 

[nomore4s]

The Hawks and Lions game should be a ripper next week with the Hawks finally showing some sort of form against the bombers.

Don't know if we've got anyone to hold Brown though, maybe Croad. But the lions backline will also struggle to contain all of the hawks forwards. Franklin and Brennan match up would be an interesting one if it pans out that way. I think it will be won in the midfield though, which ever midfield gets on top and can get it in quickly to the forwards will win the match imo.

Go the Hawks!!!!

 

[nomore4s]

After the last few weeks you would have to put some money on Brisbane, surely. Brown and Brennan are a deadly combinaton. Backline may be a little suspect tho. In order of premiership favouritism it would have to be;

1. Geelong, way out infront
2. West Coast
3. Brisbane
4. Hawks, North Melb, Port Power
5. The other 9 teams
6. Dockers, haha sucks balls losers

lol, that's pretty good, but dockers are 30 points up atm. I also don't think Brisbane can win it (even though they are red hot atm) considering they will have to do it from the bottom 4 of the 8 (it's a big ask to win it from there especially as they will have to travel a bit), I don't think they will finish in the top 4 from here with only 4 or so games left.

 

[AussiePaul72]

I'm glad we get a laugh from each others posts!!:

But I admit I can't compete with you - you speak the truth and deep down i know you are exactly right in everything you say

Hey Duckman .... it certainly is a good laugh ... and AFL is the big winner!!

You quoted me out of context in your last post .... lol ... do Bombers supporters stop at anything?? I'm used to this cos my step father is a Bombers supporter and i had to eat humble pie earlier in the year when he came up from Brisbane to watch the game here ..... and had the hide when he travelled to Melbourne during the year to buy Bomber supporter shirts for both of my young sons!!

Hey what happened to the bombers this afternoon? .... they were right in the mix until the last quarter .... reminded me of some of the games the Lions played earlier in the year

Anyway, i agree with your quote above .... thanks mate!

 

[springhill]

lol, that's pretty good, but dockers are 30 points up atm

More weight to my case mate, just shows how pathetic a club they really are, when their season is on the line they are an absolute joke, but when a game is meaningless in terms of what really matters ie. premierships all of a sudden they think they are heroes. The sad thing is they will hang their hat on this til the start of the next season, or until they get belted next week in a game they should win. Freo, for now you should forget the 3 F's; Freo, football, finals. Its the 4 P's for you guys; Pathetic, Pointless, Pretenders, Pre-season! LOL BTW im not an Eagles supporter either, as i am not a 70 year old pensioner.

 

[chops_a_must]

More weight to my case mate, just shows how pathetic a club they really are, when their season is on the line they are an absolute joke, but when a game is meaningless in terms of what really matters ie. premierships all of a sudden they think they are heroes. The sad thing is they will hang their hat on this til the start of the next season, or until they get belted next week in a game they should win. Freo, for now you should forget the 3 F's; Freo, football, finals. Its the 4 P's for you guys; Pathetic, Pointless, Pretenders, Pre-season! LOL BTW im not an Eagles supporter either, as i am not a 70 year old pensioner.

Lol.

I think that will change with Harvey as coach. Connolly never gave license to be as physical as they were against Adelaide and West Coast under Harvey. It looked to be just a one on one clash around the ground today, something Connolly could never plan for, or allow.

Can't forget the Carr brothers and ... well... me

Good to see those Bullcreek-Leeming boys involved in another Demolition Derby.

Do people who don't have allegiance to the Eagles or Dockers enjoy watching these?

P.S. if I ever own a yap dog, I'm going to call him Josh.

 

[nomore4s]

Do people who don't have allegiance to the Eagles or Dockers enjoy watching these?

Um, no.

 

[mexican]

Lions are running hot at the moment. Belted Carlton and Collingwood in the last fortnight.

So far we have beaten Geelong at Skilled Stadium, Fremantle in Subiaco and the Hawks in Launceston. No mean feat. We have also had a fair bit of travelling in the last month or so. Having said that there are no superstars in this team (Wells and McIntosh will be stars of the future) and we rely on workrate from our midfield and the likes of Petrie, Jones and Hale to kick our goals. Not exactly confidence inspiring on a down day. If the workrate is down, the team has been thumped this year.

I think we are definetely not the second placed team based on our list. Teams like Sydney, the Saints and even Adelaide has a better list than ours. Where we have been great is work rate, hard ball gets and playing as a team.

We were due a loss. Last week's game against the Hawks were littered with skill errors; just the Hawks were worst. The Eagles and Cats will tell me if we can regroup and have a chance of doing well in September. If we get belted then I will start thinking about next year. Few of the Vic teams with bright starts being whittled away at the moment - Hawks, Collingwood (limped home against Carlton) and now the Kangas. Get the feeling it will be Geelong vs the interstaters. With Kerr, Cousins and Juddy firing, and Lynch, Staker and Hansen catching the pill up forward, the Eagles are my tip this year. Sigh...

The Dow down 2% on Friday and the Kangas getting pumped today. They say things come in three. Might stay in bed tomorrow.

The Roos miss Thompson!

 

[nomore4s]

The Roos miss Thompson!

I'm not sure that's true, haven't had Thompson all year and the Roos are currently 2nd, if anything they've been better without him.

 

[chops_a_must]

Um, no.

Why not? Lol!

 

[nomore4s]

Why not? Lol!

I must confess I do enjoy seeing them beat the cr@p out of each though:

 

[mexican]

I'm not sure that's true, haven't had Thompson all year and the Roos are currently 2nd, if anything they've been better without him.

The later part of the season will tell, when it is crunch time they will miss him. They would be better with him, a big marking forward. The backline is their weakness they have the 6th highest (pts) against in the top 8.

 

[Bushman]

The later part of the season will tell, when it is crunch time they will miss him. They would be better with him, a big marking forward. The backline is their weakness they have the 6th highest (pts) against in the top 8.

Would love to have Thommo and big Sav this year. There is 60 goals a year just there.

Backline copes well when Simmo, Swallow, Sinclair and the like put heat on the midfield contests. Then again Browny is on fire and he would pump any backman in the competition when on (Glass & Scrarlett included).

Weagles tanked it yesterday with Kerr taken to the cleaners by Carr and Cousins having a few 'behavioural' issues out there. If those two are subdued, then we might have a sniff. This is a crunch game.

Good footy ahead.

PS: discovered what the third calamity was. Some f*****t smashed the back of my car up in the carpark today and did not leave a note. Far out. Is it that much to ask to do the decent thing?

 

[mexican]

Is this the year of the cat? Been a supporter since i was a kid. Had some good times and some grand final losses. 11 straight now and dont see them losing a game the way they are playing atm. A textbook breakout lol.
Any other cat fans here?

Hey Bluesky
Should be a good one this week, I heard we might be using three ruckmen this game to see how it goes.
We have got Chapman, Enright and Ottens coming back this week. Who do you drop?
Unreal, so much depth.

 

[YELNATS]

Hey Bluesky
Should be a good one this week, I heard we might be using three ruckmen this game to see how it goes.
We have got Chapman, Enright and Ottens coming back this week. Who do you drop?
Unreal, so much depth.

Playing 3 ruckmen could be a mistake. Blake should be first picked, especially in his current goal-scoring form (lol) plus maybe Ottens. King still needs to earn his keep on the bench.

Their best chance of taking the flag is to win their last 7 games on end, making 20 in a row. They hold the VFL/AFL record with 23 successive wins and can do it in 2007!!!

regards YN

 

[mexican]

Playing 3 ruckmen could be a mistake. Blake should be first picked, especially in his current goal-scoring form (lol) plus maybe Ottens. King still needs to earn his keep on the bench.

Their best chance of taking the flag is to win their last 7 games on end, making 20 in a row. They hold the VFL/AFL record with 23 successive wins and can do it in 2007!!!

regards YN

No worries, the crows have been on the p#$! over the weekend!!!!:

 

[nomore4s]

The Hawks and Lions game should be a ripper next week with the Hawks finally showing some sort of form against the bombers.

Don't know if we've got anyone to hold Brown though, maybe Croad. But the lions backline will also struggle to contain all of the hawks forwards. Franklin and Brennan match up would be an interesting one if it pans out that way. I think it will be won in the midfield though, which ever midfield gets on top and can get it in quickly to the forwards will win the match imo.

Go the Hawks!!!!

:dance::bananasmi

Hey what happened to the bombers this afternoon? .... they were right in the mix until the last quarter .... reminded me of some of the games the Lions played earlier in the year

The same thing that happened to the lions in the second half today.

THE MIGHTY HAWKS is what happened, lol :

Go the Hawks

 

[Duckman#72]

Let's just see how Brisbane go in the next four games. Brisbane has not been pressed in any of their past four games.

While Brissie has been very impressive in the way they have been winning I think the next couple of weeks will speak volumes for where they are. It will be interesting to see how they go with the blow torch on them.

Duckman

Congrats Nomores!! My footy picking has picked up since you gave me the tip earlier in the year. Based on todays performance it is easy to see why your guys have had a successful season.

Hawks just way too good this afternoon. The young Lions have got talent but they came up against a team that actually pressured. For the first time in 5 weeks the Lions found themselves in a contest and didn't respond well. Collingwood's loss to Richmond last night reinforces the view that Lions recent big wins have only been against either poor teams and/or good teams playing very poorly.

The midfield for Hawks is very strong and the backline is has more steel than given credit for. Lions players didn't get the space they needed today. When Brennan is hot he is HOT and when he is not , he is NOT.

Credit where credit is due - Merrett has been very impressive this year (forget today). He looks like being a very solid contributor for the Lions over the next several years - the type of dependable defender that all sides need.

Duckman

 

[nomore4s]

Congrats Nomores!! My footy picking has picked up since you gave me the tip earlier in the year. Based on todays performance it is easy to see why your guys have had a successful season.

Hawks just way too good this afternoon. The young Lions have got talent but they came up against a team that actually pressured. For the first time in 5 weeks the Lions found themselves in a contest and didn't respond well. Collingwood's loss to Richmond last night reinforces the view that Lions recent big wins have only been against either poor teams and/or good teams playing very poorly.

The midfield for Hawks is very strong and the backline is has more steel than given credit for. Lions players didn't get the space they needed today. When Brennan is hot he is HOT and when he is not , he is NOT.

Credit where credit is due - Merrett has been very impressive this year (forget today). He looks like being a very solid contributor for the Lions over the next several years - the type of dependable defender that all sides need.

Duckman

Thanks Duckman.

The hawks are really building an awesome side. The talent & potential in our side is incredible, the scouts and coaches deserve alot of credit for picking key position players that would need time to come on, looking long term not for immediate results.
Every line atm looks very good, our forward line is incredibly dangerous and we've still got Williams to come back in! Our backline seems to do the job every week, our midfield just runs & runs and our 2 ruckmen are under rated.
And we've got plenty of young talent still to make a regular spot for themselves - Muston, Dowler, Thorp, Tuck, Bailey, Moss, Murphy, Kennedy.

While I don't think we are a true premiership contender this year - I think we'll lack a bit during the extra pressure and intensity of finals footy. But in the next few years we will be serious contenders.

The challenge will be holding the bulk of our side together while fully developing the talent & potential.