AFL Round 21 2016 Discussion

[Eastdog]

Round 21 2016

Friday August 12 2016

Western Bulldogs v Collingwood Etihad Stadium 7.50pm


Saturday August 13 2016

Brisbane Lions v Carlton Gabba 1.45pm

Hawthorn v North Melbourne MCG 2.10pm

GWS Giants v West Coast Eagles Spotless Stadium 4.35pm

St Kilda v Sydney Swans Etihad Stadium 7.25pm

Port Adelaide v Melbourne Adelaide Oval 7.40pm


Sunday August 14 2016

Essendon v Gold Coast Suns Etihad Stadium 1.10pm

Richmond v Geelong MCG 3.20pm

Fremantle v Adelaide Subiaco Oval 4.40pm

[bornadog]

First home Friday night game since 2012 - Go Dogs!

[Eastdog]

First home Friday night game since 2012 - Go Dogs!

Yes we have had Friday night games this year but not home games. Our first home game on a Friday night in quite a while.

[boydogs]

Should be some close games this weekend, not like the 90 point beltings last week

[Remi Moses]

Blimey, Norf need a defibrillator

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Bloody Gws lost to West Coast.

[chef]

Stupid Giants. Could cost us a home final

[G-Mo77]

GWS have got Norf last round. That is no certainty for them. West Coast have a tough run home I have us finishing 5th if Norf beat GWs or 6th if they don't.

[comrade]

Still have us finishing 6th.

WC won't win 2 out of 2.

[G-Mo77]

Still have us finishing 6th.

WC won't win 2 out of 2.

Yeah Hawks in WA and Adelaide away. They'll drop one of them.

[chef]

They just beat the Giants in Sydney, i can see them beating Hawks in domain. Crows in Adelaide will be tough but they showed tonight they could do it.

[bulldogtragic]

They just beat the Giants in Sydney, i can see them beating Hawks in domain. Crows in Adelaide will be tough but they showed tonight they could do it.

I think GWS did just to f**k with us.

[chef]

I think GWS did just to f**k with us.

Wouldnt surprise me

[Rocco Jones]

Still have us finishing 6th.

WC won't win 2 out of 2.

I am actually okay with Eagles winning today. It might increase the risk of us missing out on a home final but it increases our chances of sneaking into the top 4 but more importantly, increases chances of playing a semi final at the MCG (Geelong sneaking into the top 4 and losing).

[Flamethrower]

Giants younglings may have hit the wall. Seriously poor last week against an ordinary Gold Coast and lost to the West Coast Roadkill today. It'll make their round 23 clash against North at Etihad very interesting.

[Remi Moses]

Had a sneaky that the Eagles would win . I thought GWS were very unimpressive against an undermanned Gold Coast last week .

[SlimPickens]

Had a sneaky that the Eagles would win . I thought GWS were very unimpressive against an undermanned Gold Coast last week .

Unbelievable finish. Nic Nat just phenomenal work

[bulldogtragic]

Maybe the blow torch will actually get applied to Port if this game finishes the way it's started.

[westdog54]

That Eagles win is yet another Steve in tbe rollercoaster that is 2016.

If Geelong win against Richmond tomorrow they'll probably finish 4th.

5th, 6th and 7th areare a raffle at the moment. Absolutely cannot drop the ball in the next 2 weeks. If we want a home final we must win both the next 2 games.

I can easily see GWS and WC dropping their Round 23 games. If they do ask eyes will be on us on the Sunday.

[ledge]

Saints hit a brick wall called buddy. Over in 15 minutes in the 3rd

[Remi Moses]

Great third from Sydney .

[ledge]

Saints given up, umpires have murfered them

[ledge]

Final 8 done now

[comrade]

I am actually okay with Eagles winning today. It might increase the risk of us missing out on a home final but it increases our chances of sneaking into the top 4 but more importantly, increases chances of playing a semi final at the MCG (Geelong sneaking into the top 4 and losing).

Yep, less interstate teams in the top 4 the better.

[comrade]

That Eagles win is yet another Steve in tbe rollercoaster that is 2016.

If Geelong win against Richmond tomorrow they'll probably finish 4th.

5th, 6th and 7th areare a raffle at the moment. Absolutely cannot drop the ball in the next 2 weeks. If we want a home final we must win both the next 2 games.

I can easily see GWS and WC dropping their Round 23 games. If they do ask eyes will be on us on the Sunday.

Interesting if WC and GWS drop one.

If we win both, we take 5th and play North at the G.

Would never happen, but tanking against Freo to guarantee a home final against WC is an interesting prospect.

[Rocco Jones]

Interesting if WC and GWS drop one.

If we win both, we take 5th and play North at the G.

Would never happen, but tanking against Freo to guarantee a home final against WC is an interesting prospect.

Say North were playing the Eagles at Etihad next week, who would you pick? Very line ball, same/same to me. Yes it will be at the G, but North are better at Etihad anyway.

[Rocco Jones]

Also, if we can't beat North at the MCG, we simply do not deserve to make it to week 2.

[comrade]

North match up on us ok and I'd hate to lose to them in a final. Would prefer to play WC in Melbourne every day of the week.

[comrade]

Also, if we can't beat North at the MCG, we simply do not deserve to make it to week 2.

Well, that's obvious :)

Match ups are weird. North are one team that are tricky. I'd still be confident, but not as much as I would be playing WC.

5th has us playing loser of 1st v 4th in the 2nd week, so likely Hawks or Cats, then onto either Adelaide or Sydney. Tough however you look at it.

[Rocco Jones]

Well, that's obvious :)

Match ups are weird. North are one team that are tricky. I'd still be confident, but not as much as I would be playing WC.

5th has us playing loser of 1st v 4th in the 2nd week, so likely Hawks or Cats, then onto either Adelaide or Sydney. Tough however you look at it.

Bonts will sort it out.

[bulldogtragic]

Surely Ken Hinkley & Port get the blowtorch.

[merantau]

I don't care who we play as long as it's not WC in Perth. Imagine how many free kicks Shuey will get over there for a slight brush of the neck. Fair dinkum that bloke is a dead-set submarine - sniff a tackle coming and it's batten the hatches and "dive, dive, dive." Makes Selwood look like a paragon of virtue. It's high time the umpires are instructed not to pay these gossamer-soft free kicks. To continue doing so is a blot on the game. If I want to see a stage performance, I go to a theatre.

Sport has been compared to theatre but I, for one, don’t want the MCG to become a cauldron in which the "masters of the dive" are able to ply their dubious skills with gay abandon, safe in the knowledge that their obedient accolytes, the umpires, are going to come rushing forward, whistle trilling, to gift a goal to a sly, cunning, sneak.

And, BTW, Toby McLean does NOT dive. It just so happens that every time he gets the ball in a congested situation, he is surrounded by much taller players who lack the agility to tackle him fairly and so resort to illegitimate tactics to thwart him. No Bulldogs players dive. It is against their nature. Bulldogs are up-front and aggressive. They are not dodgy, shady types who wait around corners, ready to snipe, or sleight of neck merchants ready to contort their bodies into unnatural positions in order to milk free kicks from umpires WHO SHOULD KNOW BETTER!!!!

[Bulldog4life]

Go Tigers you good things

[bulldogtragic]

& GCS... The joint is going to implode if it hasn't already.

[merantau]

Richmond are just hopeless. I listened to the last quarter. Martin was mentioned twice, Cotchin once. So disappointing for their supporters. How I despise Geelong.

[comrade]

Geelong aren't doing much this finals series. Clamp Danger and they're stuffed.

[Remi Moses]

Woeful from Richmond . Six goals up and they just went straight back into their shell .
Rance should be captain

[bulldogtragic]

5 games decided by a goal or less. Mostly against our rooting, outside of us.

[bornadog]

5 games decided by a goal or less. Mostly against our rooting, outside of us.

Some one rooting harder than us. Come on woofers root harder and louder.

[kruder]

Geelong still beating us even when we are not playing. Our top 4 chance is pretty much done now, gee I've had enough of them.

[Bulldog4life]

Some one rooting harder than us. Come on woofers root harder and louder.

I can't. My neighbour's got good ears.

[comrade]

On the bright side, let's hope we come up against the Cats in week 2. I know we've been their bitches forever, but next time we can get them.

[Bulldog4life]

On the bright side, let's hope we come up against the Cats in week 2. I know we've been their bitches forever, but next time we can get them.

Yes I agree. All our players should bitch slap their opponents before the game and say that.

[Twodogs]

I can't. My neighbour's got good ears.


Ask them around. They could join in the rooting. it would be much louder. Everyone could root as loud as they liked.

[LostDoggy]

I can't. My neighbour's got good ears.

Let the neighbour's hear you root B4L, it's liberating. They probably root too.

[LostDoggy]

Let the neighbour's hear you root B4L, it's liberating. They probably root too.
In unison Stereo.;)

[Twodogs]

Let the neighbour's hear you root B4L, it's liberating. They probably root too.

There are a lot of people rooting at this time of year. A lot of people have given up rooting until next year but those that are still rooting are rooting harder than ever.

[Bulldog4life]

Ask them around. They could join in the rooting. it would be much louder. Everyone could root as loud as they liked.

Good point. We've just sold our home so if any neighbour doesn't like our rooting....stiff:)

[LostDoggy]

Good point. We've just sold our home so if any neighbour doesn't like our rooting....stiff:)

Very Stiff! ;)

[Twodogs]

Good point. We've just sold our home so if any neighbour doesn't like our rooting....stiff:)

Ah yes. The old root and leave. That was a favourite manoeuvre of mine back in the say.

[ledge]

Ah yes. The old root and leave. That was a favourite manoeuvre of mine back in the say.
I would usually eat first.

[GVGjr]

Can we please get this thread back to some level of sense