The Xmas boys the underdogs? Not sure about that mate. Your home patch, 5 in a row, both teams with 7 wins, paky 2 losses on the trot, if I was a bookie I'd have your boys slight favorites going in. Especially now I have an early injury concern. The wheels are falling off quickly at Pakenham
Three quarter time sees Pakenham 922/12 (76.8) leading Christmas Island 878/9 (97.5). Unfortunately the parasites copped injuries to Shaw and Mackay, with Bellboy being also subbed out early. Their superstar midfield has kept them in the game though, with GAJ, Beams, Barlow and Goddard racking up close to 500 points. The two ruck strategy for Xmas Island didn't quite work, with the coach expecting more from McIntosh (65) and Witts (79). However the rest of the team has been solid - Harbrow's 119 a bonus. Heading into to the final quarter the Smugglers are well placed to take out a 6th straight win, but when one of the players being relied on is Andrew Gaff, anything can happen.
Close contest at Ararat with the Sand Gropers playing well away from home Lachie Hansen Sam Docherty Adam Kennedy Luke McDonald Andrew Swallow 77 100 143 100 Mark LeCras 87 45 Chris Yarran Luke Shuey 30 ------------- 582 49 113 101 105 Vince Cross Sheppard Treloar (hutchings) 89 155 69 102 57 92 54 ------------- 986
approaching 3/4 time at Mill Park sees the home team doing what needs to be done in accounting for the Orangutans. The Bulls on the back of a sublime performance for Rockliff lead 1028 / 13 ave 79 leading the Orangutans 356/8 ave 44three donuts doing the damage.
At the end of Saturday night, or three-quarter time as it appears to be, its a close one in Coolgardie, but also a comfortable match. To this stage the locals have had 8 players average 86 points each, for a total of 688. Meanwhile the visiting Goannas have a comfortable 221 point lead, with 909 points, but their 11 players have averaged 82.6 each. Its going to come down to a few key men, and the performance of the hot and cold Prospectors forward line...
DamoH wrote: Three quarter time sees Pakenham 922/12 (76.8) leading Christmas Island 878/9 (97.5). Unfortunately the parasites copped injuries to Shaw and Mackay, with Bellboy being also subbed out early. Their superstar midfield has kept them in the game though, with GAJ, Beams, Barlow and Goddard racking up close to 500 points. The two ruck strategy for Xmas Island didn't quite work, with the coach expecting more from McIntosh (65) and Witts (79). However the rest of the team has been solid - Harbrow's 119 a bonus. Heading into to the final quarter the Smugglers are well placed to take out a 6th straight win, but when one of the players being relied on is Andrew Gaff, anything can happen. Another sub par performance from my bottom half players doesn't get the job done against an outfit with solid contributors across the field. The Xmas fwd line has totally destroyed my back line, with GAJ adding some respectability to the team the only highlight for us.I better get the boat warmed up we might be leaving earlier then expected with tail between our legs. I'd need Gaff to swap sides and score for the parasites to even have a breath of hope. I have a feeling the boys won't be well received when returning to Pakenham, a team name change to the princess's may suit us going forward.
Tylo wrote: 3/4 time at King Island sees the home side leading Monarchs 10/901/90.1 Barcrawlers 12/795/66.3 And with Montagna succumbing to a little illness and not playing, along with the 5 no-hopers who couldn't score more than 50 each, the Barcrawlers won't even make 1000 for the 2nd week in a row. I just might make them swim home to Banchang. It looks like I might get early picks in the next PSD, where forwards who can actually score goals, might be a welcome addition to this team. And the likes of Crameri 31,Murdoch 33, Monfries 45 might be looking for a new home.
42 65 54 58 73 77 100 143 100 114 87 4566 87 30 ------------- 1141 49 113 101 105 162 100 43 72 89 155 69 102 57 92 54 ------------- 1363 Unlucky EE. My man Bernie had a good weekend and sunk the Southern Cross.... thats as creative as i get in terms of a write up!
The Bulls have maintained the perfect home record with a comfortable 300 point victory 1185 - 883over the rudderless Orangutans. Greenwood & Ziebell battled hard but weight of numbers 15 - 12 saw them come up well short The inconsistent Bulls will need to improve over the coming weeks and will be looking forward to a ruckman turning up! <table width='256' style='width: 192pt; border-collapse: collapse;' border='0' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0] [span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times New Roman;] <col width='64' style='width: 48pt;' span='4]</col>[span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times New Roman;] [span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times New Roman;] <td style='border: 0px black; width: 96pt; height: 15pt; background-color: transparent; mso-ignore: colspan;' colspan='2][span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri;]Orangutans [span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times New Roman;] <td style='border: 0px black; width: 48pt; background-color: transparent;] [span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times New Roman;] <td style='border: 0px black; width: 48pt; 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Despite easing up in the 2nd half, the Smugglers have run out comfortable winners at home,1346 - 1067. The Parasites were riddled with injuries, but ultimately it was the underperformance by the tail of their list that cost them.While the top 5 players from each team contributed around 600 points, the remaining 10 for the Parasites could only manage another 460,compared tothe Smugglers' final 10 who scored 760. BAFFU votes: 3. Ablett - PP 2. Martin - CIS 1. Franklin - PP
Final Score Groote Eylandt (Barracudas) 1,106 def by Gisborne (Grenades) 1,214 The Grenades were out of the box very quickly posting some great performances. Young son of a gun Billings stepped it up nailing 3 goals including first for the match plus cherry picking 25 disposals. Podsiadly and Riewoldt chipped in with 2 goals each and 12 disposals and 10 disposals which ensured the visitors kept the score moving forward. Stevens ran like a mad man collecting his 26 disposals, there was no stopping him. Douglas and Hill performed beautifully through the guts holding the corridor with their 20 and 16 disposals each. Thomas wore the green vest but came on early picking up a valuable 13 disposals. Defence was no different for the visitors Grundy was a worked like a horse getting his 19 disposals plus McVeigh goaled late as him came alive after the long break picking up 21 disposals. Solid games from Masten in his battle grabbing 20 disposals and Wellington picking up 16 disposals shutting out the home team. The big man on campus was Maric having 17 hit-outs but it was all the other things he did around the ground that made the difference including 10 effective kicks. The Grenades blew up their opponents at every opportunity leaving gaping holes in the Barracuda’s team, game plan and oval. It was a great win for Gisborne on the road. Back to the slow starts for the Barracuda’s. The midfield were solid in their performances lead by Gibbs kicking a goal and collecting a valuable 28 disposals as he continues to be a shining light for consistency. Cotchin was on fire early in the piece collecting 33 disposals but waned in the second half of the match. Young Bontempelli put in a stellar performance picking up 24 disposals and booting a goal, this kid has got the goods. Lewis put in a fantastic effort in pulling together 27 disposals for the day in an inspirational performance and Ball ran well all day picking up 22 disposals as they battled the visitors on every square inch of the ground. Darling showed he has what it takes in front of the sticks booting 3 goals and picking up 14 disposals, this kid is really good. Watts made a gallant effort grabbing his 23 disposals after a knee to the back. Too many below average performances (again) across the ground for the Barracuda’s; including especially in defence Burgoyne, Murphy, Frawley, and Mohr got blasted by their opponents. Well down on confidence was Zorko and Jones with not many possessions and no goals between them. Derickx struggling with his fitness as he was tall with his 20 hit-outs but that was about it. With the second loss in-a-row and the worst score for the year, yelling and screaming will be the order of the day at the match review and selection committee’s. As the hype of the year ahead has now all but vanished. Some note worthy performances in the seconds was Mzunga, Goodes, Kersten & Frost. BOG awards 3 Jack Billings (132) 2 Jordan Lewis (114) 1 Bryce Gibbs (108) Groote Eylandt Tom Derickx 36 Liam Jones 42 Tim Mohr 46 Dayne Zorko 47 James Frawley 49 Robert Murphy 61 Ben Cunnington 65 Shaun Burgoyne 76 Jack Watts 86 Luke Ball 90 Marcus Bontempelli 91 Trent Cotchin 94 Jack Darling 101 Bryce Gibbs 108 Jordan Lewis 114 Total 1,106 Average 73.73 Gisborne Levi Casboult 42 Paul Seedsman 53 Jack Riewoldt 61 Ryan Harwood 68 James Podsiadly 70 Sharrod Wellingham 70 Matt Thomas 71 Chris Masten 79 Stephen Hill 89 Richard Douglas 94 Ivan Maric 94 Heath Grundy 95 Jarrad McVeigh 96 Jack Steven 100 Jack Billings 132 Total 1,214 Average 80.93
Korumburra easily accounted for the Crocs winning 1215 - 1027. The sub affected score of 5 from Stokes caused a small scare in the Blowflies camp but this didn't affect their confidence after seeing the effort of a few of the young Crocs: Cameron pulled out, Paparone's 29, Talia's 20 and C Beams and his 44. BOG votes go to the Blowflies: Motlop (105) Cornes (103) Cloke (103)
Down in the crater we saw an absolute mauling with the hometown Buffaloes not turning up following their first trophy win the week before. This was in stark contrast to a team who has been flying high recently and the Bunyips of Blanchetown kept that form going with no less than 7 100+ scorers headlined by massive scores from their big men Jay Schulz (149) and Sam Jacobs (147) and ably supported by young gun Dion Prestia (137) and reliable leaders Scott Pendlebury (121) and Scott D. Thompson (129). The Buffaloes backline battled hard lead by Shannon Hurn (92) and Shaun Atley (92) who continued recent strong performances and were supported by fellow defenders Jasper Pittard and Cam Guthrie (both 75) but with little else from any other player the team went on to post their lowest total of the season which was made even worse by the late withdrawal of captain Marc Murphy and all emergencies stuck back in Thailand celebrating the previous round trophy win. Final scores: Serengeti Buffaloes 964 def by Blanchetown Bunyips 1455 BOG votes 3[span class='Apple-tab-span' style='white-space: pre;] Jay Schulz 149 2[span class='Apple-tab-span' style='font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;] Sam Jacobs 147 1[span class='Apple-tab-span' style='white-space: pre;] Dion Prestia 137
wrightbrendan wrote: Down in the crater we saw an absolute mauling with the hometown Buffaloes not turning up following their first trophy win the week before. This was in stark contrast to a team who has been flying high recently and the Bunyips of Blanchetown kept that form going with no less than 7 100+ scorers headlined by massive scores from their big men Jay Schulz (149) and Sam Jacobs (147) and ably supported by young gun Dion Prestia (137) and reliable leaders Scott Pendlebury (121) and Scott D. Thompson (129). The Buffaloes backline battled hard lead by Shannon Hurn (92) and Shaun Atley (92) who continued recent strong performances and were supported by fellow defenders Jasper Pittard and Cam Guthrie (both 75) but with little else from any other player the team went on to post their lowest total of the season which was made even worse by the late withdrawal of captain Marc Murphy and all emergencies stuck back in Thailand celebrating the previous round trophy win. Final scores: Serengeti Buffaloes 964 def by Blanchetown Bunyips 1455 BOG votes 3[span class='Apple-tab-span' style='white-space: pre;] Jay Schulz 149 2[span class='Apple-tab-span' style='font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;] Sam Jacobs 147 1[span class='Apple-tab-span' style='white-space: pre;] Dion Prestia 137 Great write up mate... You came into this round WWWWW and on fire. If only Langdon scored like last week I would have cracked 1500!!!
Something is up with the round 15 fixture. Either that or Goondiwindi are so strong they're fieding 2 teams.
DamoH wrote: </br> Despite easing up in the 2nd half, the Smugglers have run out comfortable winners at home,1346 - 1067. The Parasites were riddled with injuries, but ultimately it was the underperformance by the tail of their list that cost them.While the top 5 players from each team contributed around 600 points, the remaining 10 for the Parasites could only manage another 460,compared tothe Smugglers' final 10 who scored 760. BAFFU votes: 3. Ablett - PP 2. Martin - CIS 1. Franklin - PP Thanks mate for a good game, love reading the reports not so much reading my scores but still what can I do. A well deserved win you had the better team this week, well done. A whipping on the track for my boys this week is in order with better results to follow .....hopefully :/ All of a sudden after such a good start the Parasites are in danger of not being in contention, this tough run home will either make or break us. I have my worries.