Vikings 1332 take the win ...... report to come later Barcrawlers 1220 took all the votes but had to many passengers
In an exciting but low scoring affair out at Pakenham see the home team prevail with the victory. Both teams were struggling for form leading in and it showed in the final scores. Pakenham finish on 1112 whilst the visiting team fought well for 1094 Some quality scores from Gaff 128 and Simo 115 where all the home team had to cheer about. Dismal scores from a few of the regular spuds had the coach being annoyed again. A common theme watching the parasites play. Coolgardie were served well by JJK 140 the Hoffs 136 and Wines 115 but fell short down back with 2 out of position players 29 and 34 which probably proved the difference in the end. A headache the coach would not like. All in all a great match that Pakenham are happy to snatch.
@tyze1 If my calculations are correct the Sandgropers have held off a fast finishing Bulls to win the match 1201 - 1200; a one point ball game!
The Smugglers have kept their dream of finishing ninth alive, knocking off the Bunyips 1220-1153. Full match report to come.
Down at the Paddock the Cuda's look to have done enough with Cripps & Cripps against the Whalers. Match report to come.
Serengeti look to have taken out a 202 point win over the Crocs 1281 to 1079 (scores yet to be confirmed). Match report to follow.
Thanks mate. Kinda spewing about a rather narrow loss, although I don't think player selection really burnt me much this week. As a side note: Its JPK who scored the 140, unfortunately JJK didn't bag the 10 goals that we'd all like to have seen him kick on the weekend (and I don't own JJK)!
Oops...ahwell. Sorry, should have written Kennedy to make it easy. Happy to be on the winning side of a close match. Lucky to scrape through. Need some defenders big bud, that could have made a slight difference. Hopefully you get a few back on the park soon. Good luck for the seasons end. Thanks
Another lucky escape for the Armadillos with the home team scraping through against the Prairie Dogs 1198 to 1133. With Hughenden's midfield absolutely smashing it, led by Callan Ward's 143, the HPD had a red hot crack but with Lindsay Thomas as the acting ruck they were always under the pump. The home side had a donut (mmmmmmmm ) in the forward line and the hero of last week Gwilt scoring an underwhelming 29, however Old reliable Gawn-dog got us across the line again. If there was ever a reason to build a statue of a man, one will be erected of M.Gawn down main street Ararat.
Yeah, defenders will be on the shopping list come summer. There'll also likely be a couple of my current defenders who get moved up forward, making things even worse (its not as though I'm short of forwards!)
Would you like to revise your score there @insider ??? Not completely sure you scored just short of 2000 points!!!
7 points. 7 whole points. The number of continents in the world. The number of dwarfs following snow white. The number of wonders in the ancient world. The number of Harry Potter books. The number of days in a week. VII. 七. ٧. ζ. If this is how it feels to lose by 7, I'd hate to be Staghorn Flat this week. At least I get a high draft pick. It was billed for many days as a match that would go down to the wire - I called it very early: and it definitely was. See-sawing throughout, nobody quite knew who would win. 1139 to 1132 was the final score, but both teams showed the potential to go much higher. The Grenades burst out of the blocks with a 141 from Stephen Hill, his highest return in recent memory. #gisbornegun Lachie Neale had a down match, as did Richard Douglas. Jade Gresham put in an impressive performance, hitting an 80, but was played as a ruckmen, a decision sure to be questioned in the post match review. Koby Stevens goes from strength to strength, bumping his average up with a strong 144 point game. Brayshaw played his first match in a few months, and looked slightly slow, but did enough to show signs of a promising future. For the Blowfly's, the evergreen Joey Montagna led the way with 116, followed by the consistent Sloane who led the midfield brigade at 103. Jack Redden failed again with 28, a worrying sign for Korumburra, and Johanissen racked up the junk time disposals to scrape through to 65. Goldstein, despite not having as good a season as last, still racks up the points, and a 93 was all that was needed. An injury to Barlow is concerning for Korumburra, but he still managed 64 points with limited game time. These two teams are evenly matched, but both need to do some work to reach the top 8 in coming years. Both have strong young talent coming through, but a few too many questionable selections on both sides have derailed their seasons this year.
The Crocs returned home after the bye hopeful of being able to snatch another win somewhere in these last few rounds. Deadwood was cleared and some decent youngster have been enticed up north into the tropics to lead the charge. However, @wrightbrendan 's Buffalos killed the dream and took home the 4 points in a 198 point win over the Crocs 1286 to 1088. For Serengeti, the defence was solid without being outstanding with Haynes' 88SC being the best return this round. Cow Bay's defence however was a shambles. Collins' 58 was the best with a disappointing 21 from Zak Jones. Hickey (105) took out the Big Tap honours against Lycett (93). His ruckwork gave Danger (140) first possession at many centre bounces and was well supported by Kelly (94), Dunstant (89) and Mathieson (87). The Crocs midfield struggled to keep up with new recruit Blakely (79) being the best. Cow Bay's forwardline fired when it had possession with Gunston (111) again being amongst the best but was overshadowed by Cameron's return of 128 this weekend. Zerrett's 138 was the best for the Buffalos and Dixon's 31 was more of a hindrance. However, Clay Smith's return to footy was welcomed with a 98 to provide decent cover off the bench. BAFFU 3 - Danger (140) Serengeti 2 - Cameron (128) Cow Bay 1 - Gunston (111) Cow Bay
@choppers Vikings hosted Barcrawlers down at the reserve, both teams needed a win to keep there chances of making the finals alive. The beers were flowing before the game in the Viking tradition shal toast in the hope Barcrawlers would drop there bundle. Drinking backfired as Docherty 138 and Enright 123 ran the ball out of the backline with ease linking up with Selwood 123 who penetrated the forward line suppling silver service to Lyons 101. Unfortunately for Barcrawlers that was it, there young team could not handle the booze and felled away quickly. Wright 43 could not back up a stellar previous week, former Viking team mates got the memo and put the cue in rack early ORourke 55 Grimes 50 but Adams 98 Tuohy 81 were not happy about the trade and stuck it there former club. For the Vikings there effort was solid without being spectacular. With scores ranging from 73 - 83 in the back line with Biggs 83 being the top scorer questioned are being asked as two players in the reserves out scored the elite. Grundy 104 ran around like the did not have an opponent feeding the inside midfield brigade first ball Viney 117 TMitchell 116 Miles 102 Sheuy 94. Greene 117 peppered the goals all day long with Petracca 84 being solid still learning the craft. Ross 80 MCrouch 79 beat there interchange opposition. Votes went with away team 3. Docherty 138 2. Enright 123 2. JSelwood 123
OK, my phone didn't save the changes... weird that, but I got a better score Zaka and Berger must have missed the flight. Will be making changes on the computer from here.
Groote Eylandt Barracudas 1,362 def Eden Whalers 1,305 “Way, hay up she rises, Way, hey up she rises, Way, hey up she rises Earlye in the morning!” Up the coast from Bermagui Harbour sailed the Whalers to Groote Eylandt on their Pequod as @HOLKY revved up the crew with a couple of his favourite sea shanties. After a disappointing and narrow loss to the Buffalo’s away the Cuda’s were looking for redemption with the home town advantage. The red and white of the visitor’s forward line-up lead by the old sea dog Harvey busting the chops of whom ever got in his way (Frawley) as it was a hard fought battle where experience was key unless you’re talking about his side kick Big Ben who also kept the score ticking over in front of gaols. Phillips harpooned his way to take the big tap as the afternoon sun cracked through the overcast day. Crisp was gallant in the midfield giving it to the home side as the his more experienced deck hands in Jones and Curnow watch on in awe of the Cuda’s young leader tie them up in knots. Defence was solid on the starboard side from Williams and Wood however the new burn man Malceski got caught up in his own swell of desperation. With the paddock back to normal after the water logging earlier in the season made of a more solid footing by Capitan Cotch and Lewis who ran off the inter-change with vigour and determination. Zorko the Magnificent continued his magic on the field with the leather and inspired the young Cripps of the Jamie variety and Jong who stepped up when the crowd needed them and showed off the Cuda’s depth to the visitors. Nicholls looked like he was a fish out of water in the big man stakes however out of the centre the new breed of leadership was emerging with the “Bont” who bullied his way through the visitors at every opportunity. Unfortunately, Hanna’s was due for turd and it reared its ugly head this week, while Lloyd got shut down inside and out. Burger was a lone star as he ran off the defensive half shooting down the wing at ease peppering the forward line and even putting a couple through the big sticks himself. New comer Dea kept calm in the chaos of a new team structure while Sutcliff played a lock down roll on the visitors. In a must win for the Cuda’s to stay in the top 8 it was a welcomed relief that the younger fish stood up to be counted as the sun shone for the home side to record a much needed victory. The celebrations went into the wee hours of the morning as the shanty’s continued to be bellied out “What do you do with a drunken sailor? What do you do with a drunken sailor? What do you do with a drunken sailor? Earlye in the morning!”
That's how arrogant the Armadillo faithful are, claiming a close match when we won by 800 and disrespecting the opposition. An Extraordinary General Meeting will be scheduled to look into the town's attitude and unrelated obesity problem.