AFL Game Day R23 2019

[Eastdog]

ROUND 23 FIXTURE (ALL TIMES AEST)

Friday August 23

Collingwood v Essendon (MCG), 7.50pm

Saturday August 24

Sydney Swans v St Kilda (SCG), 1.45pm

North Melbourne v Melbourne (Blundstone Arena), 2.10pm

Geelong Cats v Carlton (GMHBA Stadium) 4.35pm

Gold Coast Suns v GWS Giants (Metricon Stadium), 7.25pm

West Coast Eagles v Hawthorn (Optus Stadium), 8.10pm

Sunday August 25

Western Bulldogs v Adelaide Crows (Mars Stadium), 1.10pm

Richmond v Brisbane Lions (MCG), 3.20pm

Port Adelaide v Fremantle (Adelaide Oval), 4.40pm

[Eastdog]

Bump

[Rocket Science]

Yeah nah that's a no on Moore for mine. It'd be Adams all over again.

Besides, Lewy Young might've just put this proposition to bed for good.

[Remi Moses]

No to Darcy Moore either
Just waaay to injury prone

[Remi Moses]

I honestly can’t see Essendon winning a final the way they play
Collingwood should have won by more
Injuries critical

[Dry Rot]

Bombers were screwed by the umpires tonight. Brave effort.

[bornadog]

Bombers were screwed by the umpires tonight. Brave effort.
Good hate them

[ledge]

So it’s confirmed win and we are 7th and play GWS up there again.

[Dancin' Douggy]

You'd think that would just about put a line through Moore.

[The Adelaide Connection]

So it’s confirmed win and we are 7th and play GWS up there again.

Unless GC pull an upset and there is roughly 100 points made up by our margin over the Crows and GC’s over GWS. If that happens we finish 6th and play them as a home final.

[GVGjr]

You'd think that would just about put a line through Moore.

I'm not so sure. It's a bit too risky for me but clubs can be stubborn

[ledge]

Unless GC pull an upset and there is roughly 100 points made up by our margin over the Crows an GC’s over GWS. If that happens we finish 6th play them as a home final.

Well it’s confirmed then because that isn’t going to happen :-) of course I should put capital IF we win.

[bulldogtragic]

With May, Kolo, Lever back to fitness and a crop of maturing players and some gun players, who had Melbourne down for 5 wins this season?

[GVGjr]

With May, Kolo, Lever back to fitness and a crop of maturing players and some gun players, who had Melbourne down for 5 wins this season?

Hugely disappointing. Thought they'd be a force this year. Even with May and Lever they're apparently very interested in Keath

No wonder they have signed Richardson to a still to be determined role

[bulldogtragic]

Hugely disappointing. Thought they'd be a force this year. Even with May and Lever they're apparently very interested in Keath

No wonder they have signed Richardson to a still to be determined role

They're fans must be livid they're finishing 17th, a mere two wins over GCS and only 78%. I don't know what went wrong, but it was spectacularly bad to dish up this in 2019.

[DOG GOD]

Maybe Melbourne went in with the same attitude into 2019 as we did into 2017.

After they made the pre Lim against WC last year, they looked at their list and realised another key defender was a must, so went and got May. They might of thought that’s all they needed to be a force again, but got a rude awakening instead.

Teams worked them out, their stars became lazy, the game plan fell apart, and they lost Hogan who took the best defender, meaning that McDonald now had the best defender.

[GVGjr]

Maybe Melbourne went in with the same attitude into 2019 as we did into 2017.

After they made the pre Lim against WC last year, they looked at their list and realised another key defender was a must, so went and got May. They might of thought that’s all they needed to be a force again, but got a rude awakening instead.

Teams worked them out, their stars became lazy, the game plan fell apart, and they lost Hogan who took the best defender, meaning that McDonald now had the best defender.

All good points, they have shaken up the coaching ranks which we seem to have resisted so I wonder if that will be enough

[Happy Days]

Maybe Melbourne went in with the same attitude into 2019 as we did into 2017.


Wow that would be the most Dees thing ever.

[comrade]

Wow that would be the most Dees thing ever.

The old “we made a prelim” hangover.

[Dry Rot]

Just got home from Swans vs Saints @ the SCG.

Saints had a good second quarter and defended well, then things fell away and they gave up in the last.

How did we lose to that rabble?

Swans did a good job farewelling Jack, McVeigh, Smith and Grundy.

[Dry Rot]

Went to the footy today with a Swans fan.

He's a good bloke, but he's still complaining about "unfair" umpiring in the 2016 GF.

[bulldogtragic]

Went to the footy today with a Swans fan.

He's a good bloke, but he's still complaining about "unfair" umpiring in the 2016 GF.

True. The overturned goal of JJ's was disgusting.

[Dry Rot]

Stewey Dew should spend some hours with the Suns dietician.

[azabob]

Hawks starting well, Eagles haven't looked like scoring.

[bulldogtragic]

Hawks starting well, Eagles haven't looked like scoring.

Thanks. Can you say GWS are going to beat GCS?

[azabob]

Thanks. Can you say GWS are going to beat GCS?

GWS going to beat GCS!!!!

[Rocket Science]

Okay Hawks, enough funny buggers, back in your box.

[comrade]

Thank god the only root we need this week is our own.

[chef]

Doesnt really matter what the Hawks do, we have to win to make finals anyway.

Its in our hands.

[bulldogtragic]

Emphasises how important that last 16 minutes vs Hawthorn in round two was. Looks like it could now be the difference between whether Hawks or us make the top eight. Right now you swap those four points around, they're in finals and we are playing a dead rubber tomorrow. Thank god for that inspired 8 goal run in 16 minutes.

[Dancin' Douggy]

Man I hate Hawthorn..........Almost as much as Effingdon

[jeemak]

Stewey Dew should spend some hours with the Suns dietician.

Rumours were that he finished his career with Port at 104kg. Now that's pretty nasty stuff for someone his height playing elite footy.

As an aside, he's a good bloke from the one time I met him. He was overseeing Swans training at a ground in Sth Yarra where I used to play and my old team was supposed to be training a few years ago, and the Swans rocked up wanting to have a brief session on the oval for touch. I had retired but was doing a boxing session at a gym there and on the way out as he was collecting balls near the car park I said hi to him and suggested that he and the club should think about handing over some training balls to the club that actually should be training.

A few days passed and I was finishing up a boxing session as the usual lads were about to train, and I enquired if they received any new footballs recently. And sure enough, Dew had handed a few over as thanks, which was a nice touch.

He's a big lad, he was even big in the 2008 GF when he proved himself to be an absolute gun. I heard stories about him walking tens of KM's to training to fix his hamstring that year, not sure how true that was........but it's a good story.

[jeemak]

Only 17 hours until we know.

[Eastdog]

Man I hate Hawthorn..........Almost as much as Effingdon

We must win tomorrow DD.

[Grantysghost]

Man I hate Hawthorn..........Almost as much as Effingdon

They could be sending the Bombers to Perth wk 1.

[Sedat]

They could be sending the Bombers to Perth wk 1.
Yep. And they have destroyed any faint finals hopes for Adelaide.

[bulldogtragic]

Yep. And they have destroyed any faint finals hopes for Adelaide.

Good blokes. They’d have to beat us by 90 or so points. That ain’t happening.

[Pickenitup]

Probably makes us even hungrier tomorrow this result .

[Grantysghost]

Yep. And they have destroyed any faint finals hopes for Adelaide.

Ah yes, hopefully that's good news for us.

[hujsh]

Yep. And they have destroyed any faint finals hopes for Adelaide.

The true upside from that game. Hopefully the Crows are even more deflated.

[MrMahatma]

If we don’t beat the Crows, we don’t deserve finals. Simple as that.

The Hawks result is irrelevant. If we lose, one of the Adelaide teams would get in. The 1% chance that we could get in with a loss shouldn’t be a source of comfort for anyone. Players nor fans.

[G-Mo77]

Wasn't expecting that but it puts to bed the lose and still make it scenario which I like. We have to win, if we're good enough we'll play finals.

[bulldogtragic]

If we draw, we play finals. Is it still deserving?

[G-Mo77]

If we draw, we play finals. Is it still deserving?

I don't know. A few decent weeks in a row and suddenly in the finals. We've been patchy and inconsistent all season and kind of feels strange that we're a chance to make it anyway.

[Mofra]

Adelaide can still make the finals if they beat us by 96 points.

[Dry Rot]

Adelaide can still make the finals if they beat us by 96 points.

So the last undecided finals place is between the Hawks, Dogs and Port.

Perhaps the Crows will win anyway out of love for their coach?

[NoseBleed]

113 point loss sees us slide to 5th in the draft.

[1eyedog]

113 point loss sees us slide to 5th in the draft.

Oh, that's nice.

[comrade]

Adelaide haven’t scored 96 points in over a month.

[Remi Moses]

I actually think it’s a great result for us
We have to win and mind solely on winning