AFL Game Day R12 - 2024

[GVGjr]

Sorry for the delay people

Thursday
Port vs Carlton

Saturday
Hawthorn vs Adelaide
West Coast vs St Kilda
Geelong vs Richmond

Sunday
Melbourne vs Fremantle
Gold Coast vs Essendon

[whythelongface]

Thursday, May 30
Port Adelaide vs Carlton - Adelaide Oval - 7:30pm*

Friday, May 31
Collingwood vs Western Bulldogs - Marvel Stadium - 7:40pm*

Saturday, June 1
Hawthorn vs Adelaide Crows - Melbourne Cricket Ground - 1:45pm**
West Coast Eagles vs St Kilda - Optus Stadium - 4:35pm**
Geelong Cats vs Richmond - GMHBA Stadium - 7:35pm*

Sunday, June 2
Melbourne vs Fremantle - TIO Traeger Park - 1:00pm**
Gold Coast Suns vs Essendon - People First Stadium - 4:00pm**

[Grantysghost]

Cripps had some last qtr so far.

Hinkley looking confused.

[bornadog]

3 goals in it but Carlton keeping ahead every time Port come at them

[whythelongface]

Sorry beat me to it :o

Port are average. Some outstanding players but need a change in direction. Carlton playing well

[Grantysghost]

Sorry beat me to it :o

Port are average. Some outstanding players but need a change in direction. Carlton playing well
Agree port look like a side that will always be around the mark but never take the next step.

I'm liking the Blues. They've got a good side and dont really rely on any one player.

[Grantysghost]

Blues 7 goals 1 from stoppage in last qtr.

Insane.

[The Adelaide Connection]

Sorry beat me to it :o

Port are average. Some outstanding players but need a change in direction. Carlton playing well

I wonder if that Bulldogs supporting Butters kid would be keen on a sea change?

[comrade]

Blues are balanced across the ground. Definitely right in the mix.

[Testekill]

Port are such a flaky side.

[azabob]

I have said it a lot and will continue to say it.

Alir Alir and Esava Ratugolea are not the answer, never have been and never will be.

I am genuinely bamboozled why the media and public rate Alir Alir so much?

[Sedat]

I have said it a lot and will continue to say it.

Alir Alir and Esava Ratugolea are not the answer, never have been and never will be.

I am genuinely bamboozled why the media and public rate Alir Alir so much?
Yep. If you're going to trade in players to develop the backline, do it with May and Lever and not with Allir, Ratugolea and Zerk-Thatcher. Shit talls are still shit.

Their boom or bust midfield in Q4 last night reminded me of a certain highly rated midfield in a relatively important game in 2021 who conceded 16.4.100 in 38 minutes of total mayhem.

[Sedat]

Blues are balanced across the ground. Definitely right in the mix.
If they can get all their troops back and stay healthy, they will be in the mix. They can obviously score from stoppage/clearance but they can also get you on turnover.

[ledge]

Port are soft as butter always have been and if Mitchell didn’t go all defensive for a whole qtr a few weeks ago they would have lost that too.
It’s in Ports DNA to lose under pressure, I’m interested in Cornes answer to Hinkley now, I heard him questioning the game plan . Well that comes down to one bloke.

[angelopetraglia]

Ken Hinkley has coached more games in the 100+ year history of VFL/AFL football without a Grand Final appearance.

[azabob]

Gee Adelaide are rank. Nicks might struggle to keep his job.

[bornadog]

Gee Adelaide are rank. Nicks might struggle to keep his job.

2 goals with 2 and a half quarters played is pretty pathetic

[Testekill]

I have said it a lot and will continue to say it.

Alir Alir and Esava Ratugolea are not the answer, never have been and never will be.

I am genuinely bamboozled why the media and public rate Alir Alir so much?

Aliir is good at taking one hundred uncontested marks but we saw from Schache in the 2021 finals that he's incredibly easy to play against.

[angelopetraglia]

Harley Reid will get suspended for sling tackle. Rising star first two favourites gone.

Who is next in the queue?

[angelopetraglia]

Harley Reid will get suspended for sling tackle. Rising star first two favourites gone.

Who is next in the queue?

Vision of sling tackle https://x.com/afl/status/1796823402272977178?s=46&t=oMlyiNHry1lhUs8p7uzZ_A

[bornadog]

Harley Reid will get suspended for sling tackle. Rising star first two favourites gone.

Who is next in the queue?

Vision of sling tackle https://x.com/afl/status/1796823402272977178?s=46&t=oMlyiNHry1lhUs8p7uzZ_A

Nah, AFL want him to win the rising star

[jeemak]

Bet you he doesn't.

[angelopetraglia]

Bet you he doesn't.

How does he get off? That is the worst kind of sling tackle. Head hits the ground. Player completely vulnerable.

[jeemak]

How does he get off? That is the worst kind of sling tackle. Head hits the ground. Player completely vulnerable.

I wasn't really serious. But to answer your question, it doesn't matter how, it's just a matter of whether the AFEL wants him to.

[Grantysghost]

Harley Reid will get suspended for sling tackle. Rising star first two favourites gone.

Who is next in the queue?

Vision of sling tackle https://x.com/afl/status/1796823402272977178?s=46&t=oMlyiNHry1lhUs8p7uzZ_A
Wardlaw.

But our Riley puts together a big second half of the season you never know.

[mighty_west]

Harley Reid will get suspended for sling tackle. Rising star first two favourites gone.

Who is next in the queue?

Vision of sling tackle https://x.com/afl/status/1796823402272977178?s=46&t=oMlyiNHry1lhUs8p7uzZ_A

Yep he just lost the Rising Star award which is a shame because he has been brilliant, if he gets off that the league is well and truly corrupt.

[jeemak]

Enjoying watching and listening to Cats fans losing their minds, though unfortunately it's not looking like lasting.

[jeemak]

Pretty sure Sam Mitchell will have disenfranchised Jeff Kennett, half of Kew and Hawthorn proper, and a bunch of racist new Australians from Rowville with these comments.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-01/afl-hawthorn-hawks-sam-mitchell-racism/103923690

[Happy Days]

Pretty sure Sam Mitchell will have disenfranchised Jeff Kennett, half of Kew and Hawthorn proper, and a bunch of racist new Australians from Rowville with these comments.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-01/afl-hawthorn-hawks-sam-mitchell-racism/103923690

I’ve never liked Sam Mitchell but go off king.

[Sedat]

I’ve never liked Sam Mitchell but go off king.
I started warming to him when he did the injection motion to Essendon players all those years ago.

[Testekill]

Harley Reid will get suspended for sling tackle. Rising star first two favourites gone.

Who is next in the queue?

Vision of sling tackle https://x.com/afl/status/1796823402272977178?s=46&t=oMlyiNHry1lhUs8p7uzZ_A

It's wild because it's Reid & Darcy and then daylight before third place. It's been such an obvious two horse race where nobody else is near them in impact.

[EasternWest]

It's wild because it's Reid & Darcy and then daylight before third place. It's been such an obvious two horse race where nobody else is near them in impact.

Let's be honest teste it's Reid then daylight then Darcy then daylight

[Grantysghost]

Let's be honest teste it's Reid then daylight then Darcy then daylight
Not as sure, Darcy plays a harder role.

Lined up in the school yard who are you picking first?

Ok its Reid but not by heaps, i'd think about it.

[Happy Days]

Nah Reid is way in front. Also it’s his first season against Darcy’s third. This is like when some of you tried to pretend Caleb should’ve won the RS over Callum Mills.

[ledge]

Wow aren’t Melbourne fading away . They were a very good consistent side for 5 years . They have now fallen into that really bad games and some good games .
I noticed they have started to have to problems we have with delivery into the forward line lately but they are getting worse where we tend to be getting better. Not sure you could back them in any game with confidence nowadays.

[bornadog]

Just got home to see Melbourne down 70 points towards the end of the 3rd quarter.

[GVGjr]

Just got home to see Melbourne down 70 points towards the end of the 3rd quarter.

Perhaps Freo are the real deal. Melbourne are a hard team to predict how they will perform.

[bornadog]

Perhaps Freo are the real deal. Melbourne are a hard team to predict how they will perform.

Some days a team can just be completely off for some reason.

[D Mitchell]

Not as sure, Darcy plays a harder role.

Lined up in the school yard who are you picking first?

Ok its Reid but not by heaps, i'd think about it.

Sam's grandfather, from Sunshine YCW, pass the tissues and a few bandages, was my favourite in my younger days - if I'd had a duffle coat, the big no 15 would have been embroidered thereon and not for S (Scottie) Wynd. Away game on Friday, too far to travel so video only. Darce III turned the body at the last moment when trying to spoil. He'll cop 2 weeks, a rest for the growing body, and miss out on the "Rising Star" who cares ? May Darce Tertius kill it in the Grand Final

[Grantysghost]

Nah Reid is way in front. Also it’s his first season against Darcy’s third. This is like when some of you tried to pretend Caleb should’ve won the RS over Callum Mills.
Midfield is easy compared to what Sam does.

[bornadog]

Dees down 99 points with 7 minutes left :)

[bulldogtragic]

Dees down 99 points with 7 minutes left :)

100 now!

[The Bulldogs Bite]

What the hell has happened to Melbourne?

[bornadog]

What the hell has happened to Melbourne?

Smashed in cont Poss 136/93 and smashed in clearances. Centre 22/10, Stoppage 24/12

[bulldogtragic]

What the hell has happened to Melbourne?

It’s beautiful isn’t it?

[whythelongface]

It’s beautiful isn’t it?

It is great. Hopefully it is a trend rather than a one off really poor performance

[hujsh]

I don't know if it's good for us and I don't care, hope GC manage to get one over Essendon

[azabob]

I don't know if it's good for us and I don't care, hope GC manage to get one over Essendon

Good win by the suns. A tad lucky with that final 50.

Impressive goal kicking in the last quarter.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

Good win by the suns. A tad lucky with that final 50.

Impressive goal kicking in the last quarter.

They really need to bring in a 20m penalty. It's too harsh for things like that. It was there though and happy essendon copped it. There were some howler htb calls again.

[comrade]

Shit for us, but can never be unhappy seeing Demons and Bombers lose.

Looking forward to the Essendon death spiral to commence.

[ledge]

GC all off to my daughter restaurant tonight , she is in for a lot of happy blokes.

[Go_Dogs]

Great to see Melbourne get humiliated.

[Grantysghost]

GC all off to my daughter restaurant tonight , she is in for a lot of happy blokes.
Lovely. They probably weren't the better side but did enough to win.
Unfortunately out of that game I saw the Dons are a commited hard working side who might just end up deep in September.
They have a different feel about them to other years. Guys like Shiel not guaranteed games is a big step forward.

Who wants to put money on Shiel at the Dogs next year?

[Grantysghost]

Great to see Melbourne get humiliated.
It's the biggest story out of the weekend.

To be smashed in contested ball like that, it's an effort metric. Something stinks at Demon land. My money is on May doing something divisional. It's about that time of year.

[azabob]

Lovely. They probably weren't the better side but did enough to win.
Unfortunately out of that game I saw the Dons are a commited hard working side who might just end up deep in September.
They have a different feel about them to other years. Guys like Shiel not guaranteed games is a big step forward.

Who wants to put money on Shiel at the Dogs next year?

Why do you think Shiel to the dogs?

[Grantysghost]

Why do you think Shiel to the dogs?
Fringe mid from another club. Harmes style. Very tongue in cheek AB.

[jazzadogs]

It's the biggest story out of the weekend.

To be smashed in contested ball like that, it's an effort metric. Something stinks at Demon land. My money is on May doing something divisional. It's about that time of year.

When do the calls for Goodwin to get sacked start?

[Grantysghost]

When do the calls for Goodwin to get sacked start?

Lets start it here.

They can take Yze when he gets sacked for piloting Richmond to their worst start EVER! (not his fault)

[bulldogtragic]

When do the calls for Goodwin to get sacked start?

When his goodie bag runs dry and they need someone else to get them going…

[Sedat]

Shit for us, but can never be unhappy seeing Demons and Bombers lose.

Looking forward to the Essendon death spiral to commence.
Hopefully they are stung into action for King's Birthday and drive another nail into the filth coffin for 2024

[Mofra]

When do the calls for Goodwin to get sacked start?
They started midway through last year perhaps earlier. A lot of angst about their forward structure, or lack thereof

[jazzadogs]

They started midway through last year perhaps earlier. A lot of angst about their forward structure, or lack thereof

No I mean REALLY go for him the way they went for Bevo.

[Mofra]

No I mean REALLY go for him the way they went for Bevo.
With Schwartz and Lyon in the media he'll never cop the poisoned quills in the same way
A lot of Demons fans are unhappy though

[azabob]

With Schwartz and Lyon in the media he'll never cop the poisoned quills in the same way
A lot of Demons fans are unhappy though

How come? It isn't exactly like Lyon or Schwartz came for Luke Beveridge.

[jeemak]

No I mean REALLY go for him the way they went for Bevo.

When he stops sharing bags and racing tips them, or starts accosting them in toilets and questioning why their wives sleep next to them I guess.