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Round 16 – 23 July 2001
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Richmond v. Melbourne
Friday, 20 July 2001 - MCG 7:40 PM
For a team that played in a Grand Final last year, Melbourne has
gotten off very lightly from the media and the public given its
inglorious 6-10 record so far this season. They fall arse-
backwards into a win against Carlton at Princes Park, and there's
puff pieces about the "reborn Demons". Two points. One - Adelaide
won there this year. Two - They nearly managed to blow a seven
goal lead.
The new dawn didn't last very long, because they got the living
suitcase bashed out of them by Richmond on Friday night, losing
19.13.127 to 12.14.86. And yet the papers are full of "Richo"
this and "Tigers are back" that. Once again the Demons are spared
a spray in print.
Well, that's about to change. I devote the rest of this review to
the phrase "Melbourne are complete and utter crap because ..."
Melbourne are complete and utter crap because they allowed
Richmond to score nine goals in the first quarter (which
incidentally was a very short lived record for this season. Bruce
McAveney has had a big weekend no doubt).
Melbourne are complete and utter crap because they allowed Wayne
Campbell to get 34 possessions.
Melbourne are complete and utter crap because they let Joel
Bowden get 31 touches, 12 marks and three goals even though he'd
forgotten what the football looked like after the last two weeks.
Melbourne are complete and utter crap because they let Matthew
Richardson kick four goals, thereby letting Richmond fans wet
themselves over "Richo!" and gave the Channel 7 video department
a reason to have a pastiche of his juvenile features contorting
in goal-scoring ecstasy on Sportsworld this morning. There's kids
watching for goodness' sake.
Melbourne are complete and utter crap because Shane Woewodin
couldn't get a touch at the Geebung on a Sunday (for non-
Melbourne readers, please insert the sleaziest, slimiest pick-up
joint in your particular district).
Melbourne are complete and utter crap because David Schwartz is a
key player. How can you rely on someone so unreliable?
Melbourne are complete and utter crap because they don't have a
defender worthy of the name. Oh for the days of Danny Hughes and
Rod Grinter.
Melbourne are complete and utter crap because they gave Caroline
Wilson yet another chance to write about her beloved Tigers in
the Sunday Age this weekend. What's the matter Caro? Couldn't
find an angle somewhere with Blight's sacking, Modra's
retirement, the Kangaroos' pay cuts and Ian Collins' whinging
about his footy ground?
Melbourne are complete and utter crap. There, I said it.
- Mark O'Connor
**********
Carlton v. Fremantle
Saturday, 21 July 2001 - Optus Oval 2:10 PM
The Blues were simply too committed for Freemantle and once on
top raced away to an unassailable lead. Freemantle's hopes of
winning depended upon giving ample supply to their forwards who
looked too tall and strong for an undermanned Blues defence. That
was the plan but they were beaten out of the centre with Cook
Hasleby and Fletcher not receiving the support they needed.
Centre clearances 42 to the Blues and 21 to the Dockers meant the
Blues forward line got plenty of supply and the Dockers were
always defending.
With Silvagni leading the way up forward the Blues jumped to an
early lead and then decided to experiment with rotations and
positioning for the last three quarters. The Blues missed the
opportunity to build on their percentage but no major injuries
and a win with the benefit of resting players for next weeks
encounter with the Hawks and they would be happy.
Like another team which changed coaches mid season the Dockers
found out that a change of coach doesn't always mean improvement.
For next season the Dockers need some more onballers to increase
their options for rotations and match it with the better teams.
- AmazonStud
**********
Collingwood v. Hawthorn
Saturday, 21 July 2001 - MCG 2:10 PM
HAWTHORN 3.1 9.8 18.13 21.18 (144)
COLLINGWOOD 6.3 9.4 10.4 14.5 (89)
Goals: Hawthorn: B Dixon 5 K Barlow 5 J Barker 4 S Crawford 2 B
Johnson D Chick G Bowyer T Croad T Clarke.
Collingwood: A Rocca 4 J Fraser 3 N Davis 2 A Didak S O'Bree P
Licuria C Tarrant R Lonie.
Best: Hawthorn: K Barlow J Barker N Thompson J Smith B Dixon D
Chick S Crawford B Johnson.
Collingwood: A Rocca J Fraser S O'Bree N Davis.
Injuries: Hawthorn: L McCabe (thigh) replaced in selected side by
B O'Farrell, B O'Farrell (broken jaw).
Collingwood: S Prestigiacomo (bruised leg).
Reports: A Cox (Hawthorn) reported by field umpire B Sheehan for
head butting Alan Didak (Collingwood) during the fourth quarter.
Umpires: B Sheehan J Schmitt M McKenzie.
Official crowd: 52,381 at MCG.
Collingwood are now outside the top eight for the first time this
year since Round 1, following their demoralising 55 point defeat
at the hands of 3rd placed Hawthorn. The Magpies have had a
roller coaster season in terms of form, particularly in the last
six weeks, but continue to struggle against much of their
opposing finals aspirants.
The game began in stark contrast to how it would end. Throughout
the first quarter Hawthorn appeared shaky at best and belittled
by Collingwood's initial intensity. Nick Davis opened the
scoring with a goal for Collingwood, Josh Fraser looked as though
he would outclass all and with the Magpies showing more pressure
at the ball, the Pies led handsomely at quarter time.
However, the roles were completely reversed in the second quarter
as it was The Hawks who came out firing. Kris Barlow was
particularly damaging up forward, consistently proving too strong
over head for first year player Ryan Lonie. Barlow was able to
help The Hawks turn the tide and pinch a four point half time
lead.
The third quarter was then set as the one to sort out all
contenders from pretenders in this match. That quarter belonged
to Hawthorn hands down. With explosive performances in the
midfield by Shane Crawford and Daniel Chick, they were repeatedly
able to deliver the ball forward to find the strong marking power
of John Barker, Kris Barlow and Ben Dixon who were often just
some of many free roaming Hawthorn players going loosely checked
in attack.
Collingwood's attempts to manufacture goals were often just that,
as again they fell victim to various defensive flooding tactics
employed by the opposition. Hawthorn showed an uncanny ability
to get numbers back into their defensive 50 metre arc. The Pies
would frequently be without a clear passing option and sometimes
even skill, resulting in basic turnovers of possession, allowing
Hawthorn to then retain the ball until deep into their forward
line before taking their own clear shots for goal.
After The Hawks' 9 goals to 1 third quarter the game was all but
decided in front of a fairly evenly split crowd of well over
50,000. Crowd numbers began dwindling as Collingwood failed to
mount a decisive challenge in the final quarter, with many of the
Magpie Army departing early as their team proceeded to play out
its worst hiding for the year.
Next week Hawthorn feature in a cracker against Carlton, whom
they walloped earlier this year at Optus Oval, while Collingwood
play away to lowly Fremantle in an attempt to recapture some form
and salvage their September hopes.
- matto
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**********
St Kilda v. Western Bulldogs
Saturday, 21 July 2001 - Colonial Stadium 7:00 PM
St Kilda 4.2 6.3 9.5 12.6 (78)
Bulldogs 1.3 5.8 10.11 16.16 (112)
This game went from a game that held little fear for Bulldogs
supporters to a real danger game with the change of coach during
the week. The Saints were probably always going to come out hard
and that's what they did, kicking the first 3 goals of the game.
Barry Hall was prominent early as was Everitt and Hamill. The
Bulldogs finally broke through with a great snap by youngster,
Daniel Giansiracusa who was surrounded by Saints players. However
the Saints had control of the game. They flooded the Bulldogs
forward line, creating turnovers and forcing the Dogs to take
their chances from outside 50.
The second term was much better for the Dogs with ….scoring shots
to 3 and trailed by 1 point at half time. The Bulldogs were
slowly starting to get on top around the ground. The delivery
into the forward line was much better.
In the last half the Bulldogs got away from the Saints. They ran
the ball from defence into attack very well. They would have been
further in front if it hadn't have been for inaccurate kicking in
front of goal. Goal of the night goes to Rohan Smith who soccered
the ball through after some great work by Chris Grant in the goal
square.
Hall finished with 8 goals in a best on ground performance. The
problem for the Saints was that he had little help. Just as the
Saints were probably always going to come out hard, the class and
experience of the Bulldogs was probably always going to rise to
the top in the end. Players such as Grant, West, Eagleton, Cox
and Smith were great. Brown, who had a quiet night had an
excellent last quarter kicking 2 goals. Meanwhile Hudson finally
kicked his first goal after another inaccurate day in front of
the goals. In fact, Brown and Hudson have kicked 5 goals, 18
behinds between them in the last 2 weeks.
The Saints can take a fair bit out of this game. It was a great
effort and they never gave up even at the end of the last quarter
when they kicked 2 late goals. Meanwhile this was an important
win for the Bulldogs. They got their running game going in the
last half, which should be a bit of a confidence builder for
them. Young guns, Giansiracusa and Murphy played exceptionally
well. Rohan Smith proved to be a great target up forward while
Cox played his best game for the year.
Goals
St Kilda: B.Hall 8, P.Everitt 2, A.Hamill 1, J.Plapp 1
Bulldogs: R.Smith 4, NG.Brown 2, S.Garlick 2, C.Grant 2, L.Darcy
1,
N.Eagleton 1, D.Giansiracusa 1, B.Harrison 1, P.Hudson 1,
B.Johnson 1
Best
St Kilda: Hall, Hamill, Thompson, Wulf, Riewoldt, Jones
Bulldogs: Smith, Cox, Grant, Johnson, Murphy, Harrison,
Giansiracusa
- HahnPremium8
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**********
Brisbane v. Port Adelaide
Saturday, 21 July 2001 - Gabba 7:40 PM
Brisbane 13.16 (94) def Port 8.12 (60)
Well the match of the round was a fairly straight forward affair.
Brisbane came out to play while Port seemed to stay in Adelaide.
The game was basically over at half time with Brisbanes 6 goal to
nil onslaught. In fact the final score really didnt show how
dominating Brisbane were all game.
Brisbane seemed to get their posessions with ease, while the
Power struggled to get an easy kick. Brisbanes forward line was
open for Lynch, Bradshaw and co to run into space and lead well.
Port struggled to get the ball forward at all, and when they did
it was just a hurried kick that would more often than not fall
into the arms of a free Lions player. Ports only multiple goal
kicker, Tredrea, kicked his three goals in the third quarter when
Port had a bit of a run on.
There was no answer for Brisbanes running brigade. Port
certainly cut the influence of Voss, but forgot about Akermanis,
Notting, Black, Ashcroft, Hart and Lappin. There was also no
answer for Lynch up forward who should of kicked 7 or 8 instead
of the 4.5 he kicked. Lynch also put his claim on mark of the
year with a supurb leap and grab over the back of Bassett.
Port started very well kicking the first goal and having most of
the play, but there was just noone up forward taking a grab
within range of goal. Once Brisbane got their momentum up, they
were never headed. Port to their credit, did outscore Brisbane 6
goals to 3 in the second half but it was too little too late as
the damage was done.
The best players for Brisbane were Black and Akermanis who had 50
touches between them, while Pike crept forward to add 2 goals to
the score. Headland had a great start to the match before falling
out after half time. Notting was also one of the instigators of
the second quarter goal rush.
For Port there were a few players that shone above the mediocrity
of the rest. Mead had a great game on Jonathon Brown before
injuring his ankle, while Roger James had another consistent
game. Josh Carr did his job on Michael Voss while Tredrea who
took a number of strong marks and kicked 3 goals in the third
quarter was one of Ports best. Schofield had a fine start to the
match but fell out after half time, while Wanganeen was hardly
seen before half time, before collecting 15 possesions in the
last half.
Brisbane have now cemented themselves in 2nd spot and with their
seventh straight win have put their name down as a real
premiership contender at this stage. Port on the other hand have
fallen to 5th - back in the pack, and with two tough games coming
up (essendon and Adelaide both at home) they are in danger of
falling out of the eight.
- Macca19
**********
Adelaide v. Sydney
Sunday, 22 July 2001 - Football Park 1:40 PM (2:10 PM AEST)
Sydney 16.9 (105) d. Adelaide 7.14 (56)
Back in the dark early days when Victorians were actually worried
that the club hailing from that big country town on Spencers Gulf
would establish a winning dynasty, Football Park was one of the
least favourite places for opposition clubs to visit. Back then
the place literally seethed with the aroused passions of a public
indoctrinated by anti-Victorian sentiment. To win in that
cauldron was seen as a particularly impressive feat. Even before
Adelaide started becoming something approaching a decent footy
team it was hard to win there - remember Adelaide's first game
against the Hawks? The only clubs that consistently headed home
with the four points were West Coast and a couple of the stronger
Victorian clubs.
But no longer.
Teams are becoming more used to travelling long distances, and
have systems in place designed to make the trips as painless as
possible - John Barnes notwithstanding. Theories vary - is it
better to arrive on the day of the game, or have a night in town
to 'acclimatise'? Each club and coach employs methods which have
been tried and tested over time until everyone in the team knows
what to expect once they've been removed from familiar
surroundings and Mum's food.
Teams tend to get rather precious about the routines these days,
and use anything from flight and bus delays through to different
accommodation as excuses for ignominious defeats. Sydney
obviously has a well-drilled travel unit running the show when
they go interstate. They've been travelling long distances to
play footy for years now, so you'd bloody hope so. No misplaced
toothbrushes or combs to upset the fragile Sydney egos, and
plenty of Sydney water and Giardia tablets to ensure that twenty-
two fit players take to the field each week.
And as for the jumpers - those sparkling white numbers with the
famous red vee are obviously washed by someone who knows the
relative merits of powders versus liquids, not to mention the
correct spin cycle.
Man, those boys look good - even after they've been rolling
around in the South Australian mud.
- David Sutherland
**********
Essendon v. Kangaroos
Sunday, 22 July 2001 - MCG 2:10 PM
Essendon 27.9 171 d Kangaroos 25.9 159
"And in tonight's news, Essendon stage the greatest comeback in
football. In other news, John Howard and Kim Beazley have both
died in a plane crash while the U.S. declares war on China and
Russia. But first, the football..."
I don't think anything would have taken yesterday's match from
top billing on the news last night. Not that I was home to see
it, I was too busy at the Charles Dickens drowning my sorrows.
But when Gemma and Cailan, neither of whom have any interest in
football, ask me over lunch about the game, I kind of know that
there has been a media carpet bombing of the match on the news.
A read of today's papers and the spotlight is on the winners, and
rightfully so. So, let's look at the vanquished. Ask any North
fan pre-game if they'd be happy for a 12 point loss, and I reckon
most would have taken it. Ask any North fan if they'd be happy
to see the team score 25 goals, and yep, we would have taken it
as well. Ask us if North would play their best quarter of
attacking footy for the Pagan era, and we did this without Carey,
Stevens, and Martyn, and the only answer would be Yes! Yes! Yes!
You all know the circumstances of the match, and suddenly, the
deal doesn't look so good. We're the Jerker Jenkin to Jezza's
mark.
The feeling among North fans at quarter time was a joy over the
football we witnessed, football so good that even a few of the
Essendon fans around us played tribute to our side. But while
there was joy, there was the thought in the back of our minds, we
are playing Essendon. Any other team and we'd be off calculating
the boost in percentage, with the Dons, four points for a win was
all that mattered. The Essendon fight back came, as it would.
Any football club can claim be proud, but it only matters if the
players show their pride on the field. Essendon players have
that attitude, that pride. But where in the last twelve months,
the Roos could have lost by 5 or more goals with the final
quarter onslaught, they still fought on. Essendon got 19 points
clear, we got it back to 6. Last year, the Roos would not have
fought back to within a goal. There was some pride for the Roos,
a tiny jewel in the wreckage of the result.
After the game, we chatted about whether this result could
destroy the club, set it back like as happened to the Saints when
they gave up a 63 point lead against the Hawks. I don't think
the Roos will follow the same path as the Saints. It's in the
pride of the club, and the pride of the players.
- Shinboners.
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**********
West Coast v. Geelong
Sunday, 22 July 2001 - Subiaco 2:30 PM (4:30 PM AEST)
Two home games in eight days, two opposition scores over 150
points. Not the recipe for progress up the ladder.
In the end, the Eagles lost by 70 points (22.18.150 to 12.8.80)
to a mid-table team in the Cats, a result that cements West Coast
in the bottom part of the table.
While the Cats, still in the running for the finals, will be
happy with a win of that magnitude in round 16 of the season, 40
scoring shots to 20 says that but for poor kicking, the Cats
could have won by a lot more.
The Eagles had more disposals for the match than the Cats, but a
lot of them were Dockers-like - kicks across the ground rather
than down it, handballs to a stationary team-mate a metre away,
while Geelong went long to their forward line. Inside 50's of 58
to 35 along with the scoring shots is a fair indicator of the
day's play.
The Eagles, who after a scrappy first quarter, lead by a solitary
point, kicked the first 4 goals of the second to lead by 22
points before Geelong came storming back, kicking the next 5 to
take a 7-point lead into the long break.
After half-time, the Eagles could only manage four goals, while
the Cats piled on 14. Ronnie Burns kicked the first two for the
Cats before ending with 5, but ex-Roo Kent Kingsley was BOG with
4.
The last quarter, where the Cats booted eight goals to a solitary
Eagles major, wrapped the match up in a manner which summarised
the game as a whole.
For the Eagles, imposing full-forward Troy Wilson kicked 4 to
continue his good form, while rival Scott Cummings missed his
WAFL game yesterday with the flu.
--
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INDEX
1) Prize Draw
2) "Weekly Round-Up" - reviews of all matches from our Regular
Contributors
3) Various info about AFLTips.Com
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1) Prize Draw
KJ, a Freo Dockers supporter, won this week's prize draw!
Read about the prize draw here:
http://www.afltips.com/prizedraw.html
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4) Weekly Round-Up
from our Regular Contributors
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(E-mail adrian@afltips.com if you'd like to become a
contributor.)
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Richmond v. Melbourne
Friday, 20 July 2001 - MCG 7:40 PM
For a team that played in a Grand Final last year, Melbourne has
gotten off very lightly from the media and the public given its
inglorious 6-10 record so far this season. They fall arse-
backwards into a win against Carlton at Princes Park, and there's
puff pieces about the "reborn Demons". Two points. One - Adelaide
won there this year. Two - They nearly managed to blow a seven
goal lead.
The new dawn didn't last very long, because they got the living
suitcase bashed out of them by Richmond on Friday night, losing
19.13.127 to 12.14.86. And yet the papers are full of "Richo"
this and "Tigers are back" that. Once again the Demons are spared
a spray in print.
Well, that's about to change. I devote the rest of this review to
the phrase "Melbourne are complete and utter crap because ..."
Melbourne are complete and utter crap because they allowed
Richmond to score nine goals in the first quarter (which
incidentally was a very short lived record for this season. Bruce
McAveney has had a big weekend no doubt).
Melbourne are complete and utter crap because they allowed Wayne
Campbell to get 34 possessions.
Melbourne are complete and utter crap because they let Joel
Bowden get 31 touches, 12 marks and three goals even though he'd
forgotten what the football looked like after the last two weeks.
Melbourne are complete and utter crap because they let Matthew
Richardson kick four goals, thereby letting Richmond fans wet
themselves over "Richo!" and gave the Channel 7 video department
a reason to have a pastiche of his juvenile features contorting
in goal-scoring ecstasy on Sportsworld this morning. There's kids
watching for goodness' sake.
Melbourne are complete and utter crap because Shane Woewodin
couldn't get a touch at the Geebung on a Sunday (for non-
Melbourne readers, please insert the sleaziest, slimiest pick-up
joint in your particular district).
Melbourne are complete and utter crap because David Schwartz is a
key player. How can you rely on someone so unreliable?
Melbourne are complete and utter crap because they don't have a
defender worthy of the name. Oh for the days of Danny Hughes and
Rod Grinter.
Melbourne are complete and utter crap because they gave Caroline
Wilson yet another chance to write about her beloved Tigers in
the Sunday Age this weekend. What's the matter Caro? Couldn't
find an angle somewhere with Blight's sacking, Modra's
retirement, the Kangaroos' pay cuts and Ian Collins' whinging
about his footy ground?
Melbourne are complete and utter crap. There, I said it.
- Mark O'Connor
**********
Carlton v. Fremantle
Saturday, 21 July 2001 - Optus Oval 2:10 PM
The Blues were simply too committed for Freemantle and once on
top raced away to an unassailable lead. Freemantle's hopes of
winning depended upon giving ample supply to their forwards who
looked too tall and strong for an undermanned Blues defence. That
was the plan but they were beaten out of the centre with Cook
Hasleby and Fletcher not receiving the support they needed.
Centre clearances 42 to the Blues and 21 to the Dockers meant the
Blues forward line got plenty of supply and the Dockers were
always defending.
With Silvagni leading the way up forward the Blues jumped to an
early lead and then decided to experiment with rotations and
positioning for the last three quarters. The Blues missed the
opportunity to build on their percentage but no major injuries
and a win with the benefit of resting players for next weeks
encounter with the Hawks and they would be happy.
Like another team which changed coaches mid season the Dockers
found out that a change of coach doesn't always mean improvement.
For next season the Dockers need some more onballers to increase
their options for rotations and match it with the better teams.
- AmazonStud
**********
Collingwood v. Hawthorn
Saturday, 21 July 2001 - MCG 2:10 PM
HAWTHORN 3.1 9.8 18.13 21.18 (144)
COLLINGWOOD 6.3 9.4 10.4 14.5 (89)
Goals: Hawthorn: B Dixon 5 K Barlow 5 J Barker 4 S Crawford 2 B
Johnson D Chick G Bowyer T Croad T Clarke.
Collingwood: A Rocca 4 J Fraser 3 N Davis 2 A Didak S O'Bree P
Licuria C Tarrant R Lonie.
Best: Hawthorn: K Barlow J Barker N Thompson J Smith B Dixon D
Chick S Crawford B Johnson.
Collingwood: A Rocca J Fraser S O'Bree N Davis.
Injuries: Hawthorn: L McCabe (thigh) replaced in selected side by
B O'Farrell, B O'Farrell (broken jaw).
Collingwood: S Prestigiacomo (bruised leg).
Reports: A Cox (Hawthorn) reported by field umpire B Sheehan for
head butting Alan Didak (Collingwood) during the fourth quarter.
Umpires: B Sheehan J Schmitt M McKenzie.
Official crowd: 52,381 at MCG.
Collingwood are now outside the top eight for the first time this
year since Round 1, following their demoralising 55 point defeat
at the hands of 3rd placed Hawthorn. The Magpies have had a
roller coaster season in terms of form, particularly in the last
six weeks, but continue to struggle against much of their
opposing finals aspirants.
The game began in stark contrast to how it would end. Throughout
the first quarter Hawthorn appeared shaky at best and belittled
by Collingwood's initial intensity. Nick Davis opened the
scoring with a goal for Collingwood, Josh Fraser looked as though
he would outclass all and with the Magpies showing more pressure
at the ball, the Pies led handsomely at quarter time.
However, the roles were completely reversed in the second quarter
as it was The Hawks who came out firing. Kris Barlow was
particularly damaging up forward, consistently proving too strong
over head for first year player Ryan Lonie. Barlow was able to
help The Hawks turn the tide and pinch a four point half time
lead.
The third quarter was then set as the one to sort out all
contenders from pretenders in this match. That quarter belonged
to Hawthorn hands down. With explosive performances in the
midfield by Shane Crawford and Daniel Chick, they were repeatedly
able to deliver the ball forward to find the strong marking power
of John Barker, Kris Barlow and Ben Dixon who were often just
some of many free roaming Hawthorn players going loosely checked
in attack.
Collingwood's attempts to manufacture goals were often just that,
as again they fell victim to various defensive flooding tactics
employed by the opposition. Hawthorn showed an uncanny ability
to get numbers back into their defensive 50 metre arc. The Pies
would frequently be without a clear passing option and sometimes
even skill, resulting in basic turnovers of possession, allowing
Hawthorn to then retain the ball until deep into their forward
line before taking their own clear shots for goal.
After The Hawks' 9 goals to 1 third quarter the game was all but
decided in front of a fairly evenly split crowd of well over
50,000. Crowd numbers began dwindling as Collingwood failed to
mount a decisive challenge in the final quarter, with many of the
Magpie Army departing early as their team proceeded to play out
its worst hiding for the year.
Next week Hawthorn feature in a cracker against Carlton, whom
they walloped earlier this year at Optus Oval, while Collingwood
play away to lowly Fremantle in an attempt to recapture some form
and salvage their September hopes.
- matto
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**********
St Kilda v. Western Bulldogs
Saturday, 21 July 2001 - Colonial Stadium 7:00 PM
St Kilda 4.2 6.3 9.5 12.6 (78)
Bulldogs 1.3 5.8 10.11 16.16 (112)
This game went from a game that held little fear for Bulldogs
supporters to a real danger game with the change of coach during
the week. The Saints were probably always going to come out hard
and that's what they did, kicking the first 3 goals of the game.
Barry Hall was prominent early as was Everitt and Hamill. The
Bulldogs finally broke through with a great snap by youngster,
Daniel Giansiracusa who was surrounded by Saints players. However
the Saints had control of the game. They flooded the Bulldogs
forward line, creating turnovers and forcing the Dogs to take
their chances from outside 50.
The second term was much better for the Dogs with ….scoring shots
to 3 and trailed by 1 point at half time. The Bulldogs were
slowly starting to get on top around the ground. The delivery
into the forward line was much better.
In the last half the Bulldogs got away from the Saints. They ran
the ball from defence into attack very well. They would have been
further in front if it hadn't have been for inaccurate kicking in
front of goal. Goal of the night goes to Rohan Smith who soccered
the ball through after some great work by Chris Grant in the goal
square.
Hall finished with 8 goals in a best on ground performance. The
problem for the Saints was that he had little help. Just as the
Saints were probably always going to come out hard, the class and
experience of the Bulldogs was probably always going to rise to
the top in the end. Players such as Grant, West, Eagleton, Cox
and Smith were great. Brown, who had a quiet night had an
excellent last quarter kicking 2 goals. Meanwhile Hudson finally
kicked his first goal after another inaccurate day in front of
the goals. In fact, Brown and Hudson have kicked 5 goals, 18
behinds between them in the last 2 weeks.
The Saints can take a fair bit out of this game. It was a great
effort and they never gave up even at the end of the last quarter
when they kicked 2 late goals. Meanwhile this was an important
win for the Bulldogs. They got their running game going in the
last half, which should be a bit of a confidence builder for
them. Young guns, Giansiracusa and Murphy played exceptionally
well. Rohan Smith proved to be a great target up forward while
Cox played his best game for the year.
Goals
St Kilda: B.Hall 8, P.Everitt 2, A.Hamill 1, J.Plapp 1
Bulldogs: R.Smith 4, NG.Brown 2, S.Garlick 2, C.Grant 2, L.Darcy
1,
N.Eagleton 1, D.Giansiracusa 1, B.Harrison 1, P.Hudson 1,
B.Johnson 1
Best
St Kilda: Hall, Hamill, Thompson, Wulf, Riewoldt, Jones
Bulldogs: Smith, Cox, Grant, Johnson, Murphy, Harrison,
Giansiracusa
- HahnPremium8
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Brisbane v. Port Adelaide
Saturday, 21 July 2001 - Gabba 7:40 PM
Brisbane 13.16 (94) def Port 8.12 (60)
Well the match of the round was a fairly straight forward affair.
Brisbane came out to play while Port seemed to stay in Adelaide.
The game was basically over at half time with Brisbanes 6 goal to
nil onslaught. In fact the final score really didnt show how
dominating Brisbane were all game.
Brisbane seemed to get their posessions with ease, while the
Power struggled to get an easy kick. Brisbanes forward line was
open for Lynch, Bradshaw and co to run into space and lead well.
Port struggled to get the ball forward at all, and when they did
it was just a hurried kick that would more often than not fall
into the arms of a free Lions player. Ports only multiple goal
kicker, Tredrea, kicked his three goals in the third quarter when
Port had a bit of a run on.
There was no answer for Brisbanes running brigade. Port
certainly cut the influence of Voss, but forgot about Akermanis,
Notting, Black, Ashcroft, Hart and Lappin. There was also no
answer for Lynch up forward who should of kicked 7 or 8 instead
of the 4.5 he kicked. Lynch also put his claim on mark of the
year with a supurb leap and grab over the back of Bassett.
Port started very well kicking the first goal and having most of
the play, but there was just noone up forward taking a grab
within range of goal. Once Brisbane got their momentum up, they
were never headed. Port to their credit, did outscore Brisbane 6
goals to 3 in the second half but it was too little too late as
the damage was done.
The best players for Brisbane were Black and Akermanis who had 50
touches between them, while Pike crept forward to add 2 goals to
the score. Headland had a great start to the match before falling
out after half time. Notting was also one of the instigators of
the second quarter goal rush.
For Port there were a few players that shone above the mediocrity
of the rest. Mead had a great game on Jonathon Brown before
injuring his ankle, while Roger James had another consistent
game. Josh Carr did his job on Michael Voss while Tredrea who
took a number of strong marks and kicked 3 goals in the third
quarter was one of Ports best. Schofield had a fine start to the
match but fell out after half time, while Wanganeen was hardly
seen before half time, before collecting 15 possesions in the
last half.
Brisbane have now cemented themselves in 2nd spot and with their
seventh straight win have put their name down as a real
premiership contender at this stage. Port on the other hand have
fallen to 5th - back in the pack, and with two tough games coming
up (essendon and Adelaide both at home) they are in danger of
falling out of the eight.
- Macca19
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Adelaide v. Sydney
Sunday, 22 July 2001 - Football Park 1:40 PM (2:10 PM AEST)
Sydney 16.9 (105) d. Adelaide 7.14 (56)
Back in the dark early days when Victorians were actually worried
that the club hailing from that big country town on Spencers Gulf
would establish a winning dynasty, Football Park was one of the
least favourite places for opposition clubs to visit. Back then
the place literally seethed with the aroused passions of a public
indoctrinated by anti-Victorian sentiment. To win in that
cauldron was seen as a particularly impressive feat. Even before
Adelaide started becoming something approaching a decent footy
team it was hard to win there - remember Adelaide's first game
against the Hawks? The only clubs that consistently headed home
with the four points were West Coast and a couple of the stronger
Victorian clubs.
But no longer.
Teams are becoming more used to travelling long distances, and
have systems in place designed to make the trips as painless as
possible - John Barnes notwithstanding. Theories vary - is it
better to arrive on the day of the game, or have a night in town
to 'acclimatise'? Each club and coach employs methods which have
been tried and tested over time until everyone in the team knows
what to expect once they've been removed from familiar
surroundings and Mum's food.
Teams tend to get rather precious about the routines these days,
and use anything from flight and bus delays through to different
accommodation as excuses for ignominious defeats. Sydney
obviously has a well-drilled travel unit running the show when
they go interstate. They've been travelling long distances to
play footy for years now, so you'd bloody hope so. No misplaced
toothbrushes or combs to upset the fragile Sydney egos, and
plenty of Sydney water and Giardia tablets to ensure that twenty-
two fit players take to the field each week.
And as for the jumpers - those sparkling white numbers with the
famous red vee are obviously washed by someone who knows the
relative merits of powders versus liquids, not to mention the
correct spin cycle.
Man, those boys look good - even after they've been rolling
around in the South Australian mud.
- David Sutherland
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Essendon v. Kangaroos
Sunday, 22 July 2001 - MCG 2:10 PM
Essendon 27.9 171 d Kangaroos 25.9 159
"And in tonight's news, Essendon stage the greatest comeback in
football. In other news, John Howard and Kim Beazley have both
died in a plane crash while the U.S. declares war on China and
Russia. But first, the football..."
I don't think anything would have taken yesterday's match from
top billing on the news last night. Not that I was home to see
it, I was too busy at the Charles Dickens drowning my sorrows.
But when Gemma and Cailan, neither of whom have any interest in
football, ask me over lunch about the game, I kind of know that
there has been a media carpet bombing of the match on the news.
A read of today's papers and the spotlight is on the winners, and
rightfully so. So, let's look at the vanquished. Ask any North
fan pre-game if they'd be happy for a 12 point loss, and I reckon
most would have taken it. Ask any North fan if they'd be happy
to see the team score 25 goals, and yep, we would have taken it
as well. Ask us if North would play their best quarter of
attacking footy for the Pagan era, and we did this without Carey,
Stevens, and Martyn, and the only answer would be Yes! Yes! Yes!
You all know the circumstances of the match, and suddenly, the
deal doesn't look so good. We're the Jerker Jenkin to Jezza's
mark.
The feeling among North fans at quarter time was a joy over the
football we witnessed, football so good that even a few of the
Essendon fans around us played tribute to our side. But while
there was joy, there was the thought in the back of our minds, we
are playing Essendon. Any other team and we'd be off calculating
the boost in percentage, with the Dons, four points for a win was
all that mattered. The Essendon fight back came, as it would.
Any football club can claim be proud, but it only matters if the
players show their pride on the field. Essendon players have
that attitude, that pride. But where in the last twelve months,
the Roos could have lost by 5 or more goals with the final
quarter onslaught, they still fought on. Essendon got 19 points
clear, we got it back to 6. Last year, the Roos would not have
fought back to within a goal. There was some pride for the Roos,
a tiny jewel in the wreckage of the result.
After the game, we chatted about whether this result could
destroy the club, set it back like as happened to the Saints when
they gave up a 63 point lead against the Hawks. I don't think
the Roos will follow the same path as the Saints. It's in the
pride of the club, and the pride of the players.
- Shinboners.
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West Coast v. Geelong
Sunday, 22 July 2001 - Subiaco 2:30 PM (4:30 PM AEST)
Two home games in eight days, two opposition scores over 150
points. Not the recipe for progress up the ladder.
In the end, the Eagles lost by 70 points (22.18.150 to 12.8.80)
to a mid-table team in the Cats, a result that cements West Coast
in the bottom part of the table.
While the Cats, still in the running for the finals, will be
happy with a win of that magnitude in round 16 of the season, 40
scoring shots to 20 says that but for poor kicking, the Cats
could have won by a lot more.
The Eagles had more disposals for the match than the Cats, but a
lot of them were Dockers-like - kicks across the ground rather
than down it, handballs to a stationary team-mate a metre away,
while Geelong went long to their forward line. Inside 50's of 58
to 35 along with the scoring shots is a fair indicator of the
day's play.
The Eagles, who after a scrappy first quarter, lead by a solitary
point, kicked the first 4 goals of the second to lead by 22
points before Geelong came storming back, kicking the next 5 to
take a 7-point lead into the long break.
After half-time, the Eagles could only manage four goals, while
the Cats piled on 14. Ronnie Burns kicked the first two for the
Cats before ending with 5, but ex-Roo Kent Kingsley was BOG with
4.
The last quarter, where the Cats booted eight goals to a solitary
Eagles major, wrapped the match up in a manner which summarised
the game as a whole.
For the Eagles, imposing full-forward Troy Wilson kicked 4 to
continue his good form, while rival Scott Cummings missed his
WAFL game yesterday with the flu.
--
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