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Kangaroos v. Geelong
Friday, 10 August 2001 - Colonial Stadium 7:40 PM
I'm sure that at some stage during the season, Bomber Thompson
would have uttered the phrase, "We are after respect" during an
interview or press conference. It's a type of mantra used by
clubs who are rebuilding or trying to throw off the shackles of a
suspect culture, but you rarely hear it spoken by clubs who are
not only at the top of the tree, but perfectly comfortable being
there. It is also a phrase that Thompson will be using well into
next season.
It's half time and North Melbourne hold a comfy forty-nine point
lead and there are plenty of smiles amongst the royal blue and
white sections of the crowd. There is none of the apprehension
of recent matches where no lead was big enough, but then again,
we are playing Geelong and not Essendon or Brisbane. See what I
mean about respect? To be blunt, we don't have any respect for
Geelong.
Judging from some of the events on Friday night, it seems that
the North players don't have any fear of their Geelong
counterparts. How could you when you see things like Spider
Burton dancing and weaving his way around two Geelong defenders,
dropping the ball along the way, but getting it back and passing
it to David King who goes on to get the goal? Or watching Brent
Harvey taking a set shot at goal, who decides to run around the
man on the mark, David Spriggs, and nailing another six points.
Then there was Glenn Archer taking a few of those "where the hell
did he come from????" marks before landing on top of a pile of
bewildered Geelong players….perhaps the Geelong players are not
only soft in the mind, but soft in the body as well.
The last quarter was, quite frankly, boring. We spent our time
having a little competition to see who could come up with the
best way of livening up the crowd. In the end, the winning idea
was that Leigh Colbert should take a jog around the boundary,
wave a handbag to the Geelong fans whilst pointing at the
scoreboard.
Still, it's better to be bored and winning rather than frustrated
and losing, and no one seemed more frustrated than one rather
pissed off Cat fan who spent a few minutes yelling, "YOU'VE ONLY
GOT TWO YEARS LEFT! YOU HEAR ME? TWO YEARS!!!!" People in
glass houses shouldn't throw handbags but this Geelong fan, like
everyone else, knew that the four points were heading nowhere
else but Arden Street. Still, even if North Melbourne only had
two years left as an AFL side, it begs the question, if Geelong
were guaranteed the next hundred years in the AFL, would they
ever win the premiership? On the basis of Friday night's effort,
and that of every game they've played since 1963, the answer
would have to be an emphatic NO.
- Shinboners
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**********
St Kilda v. Port Adelaide
Saturday, 11 August 2001 - Colonial Stadium 2:10 PM
Drawing a line through the form of the two teams, nobody would
have gven the Saints a realistic chance of knocking off Port
Adelaide, even at Colonial Stadium. Port had never won at
Colonial in the two seasons of the stadium's existence, but went
in as hot favourites against the St.Kilda rabble of recent weeks.
St.Kilda took a six-game losing streak into Saturday's match,
fresh off a 92 point hiding at the hands of fellow cellar-dweller
West Coast. Conversely, Port Adelaide have been red-hot of late,
preceding Saturday's encounter with close, hard-fought wins
against finals contender Adelaide and league yardstick Essendon.
St.Kilda started the better side with eleven scoring shots to
four in the first quarter, but their accuracy left a lot to be
desired, kicking 3.8 to 3.1 to lead by only seven points at the
first break. Peter Everitt imposed his stamp on the game early,
and despite kicking three behinds in the first term dominated
both up forward and in the ruck, and Callaghan and Traianidis
moved the ball forward with monotonous regularity to get the
Saints off to a good start.
St.Kilda continued to fritter away their chances inaccurately in
the second term kicking 3.4, while Port Adelaide piled on seven
goals to set up a fairly comfortable 17-point margin at half
time. Despite their inaccuracy, St.Kilda kept themselves in
touch, due mainly to the superb ruckwork of Peter Everitt in the
middle, outpointing Port skipper Matthew Primus at most of the
centre bounces.
Port extended their lead to 31 points by the three-quarter time
break with another seven goal quarter, although the Saints showed
a lot more competitiveness and resistance with five goals of
their own. The most encouraging signs for the Saints came in the
last quarter, when they narrowed the margin to single figures.
The lead could have been St.Kilda's, but for misses from Aaron
Hamill and Justin Plapp. St.Kilda, finally starting to capitalise
on Everitt's ruckwork, had 77 possessions for the quarter
compared to Port's 61, and enforced that domination on the
scoreboard, kicking five goals to Port's two. It wasn't enough to
quite haul in Port's lead, and Port ran out winners by 11 points
in unconvincing fashion.
It was Port Adelaide's first ever win at Colonial which will
relieve some of the pressure for a team embarking on its first
finals series at the ground, while the Saints will take some
solace from the fact the fought out a tough game against a top
four aspirant.
Final Scores ; Port Adelaide 19.11.125 defeated St.Kilda
16.18.114
Best Players : Port Adelaide - Francis, James, Stevens,
Wanganeen, Cornes,
Tredrea, Cockatoo-Collins. St.Kilda - Everitt, Thompson,
Callaghan, Blake,
Moyle, Hudghton, Hamill, Milne.
- Dark Avenger
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**********
Melbourne v. Hawthorn
Saturday, 11 August 2001 - MCG 7:00 PM
The hype of the match between the recent "merger rivals" turned
out to be unwarranted, as the game petered out to a lame
encounter, with Melbourne never in the hunt against the multi-
pronged Hawthorn forward line.
In a complete reversal of both teams' form of last week, the
Hawks were back to their best, while the Demons' inconsistency
saw them at their worst again.
The game started as a bit of a shoot-out, with Hawthorn kicking
seven goals in the first quarter, and Melbourne kicking four.
Even though the Hawks seemed in control, Melbourne weren't
playing all that badly and the three goal margin at quarter time
accurately indicated that the Dees were very much still in the
game. Barker and Dixon were brilliant for the Hawks, making the
most of their opportunities, while James McDonald and Adem Yze
kept the Demons in touch with their drive from the midfield.
The match was decided in the second quarter with the Hawks
booting eight goals to one, setting the foundation for their big
win. Crawford began to get more of the ball out of the middle,
and with Barlow and Lekkas provding run from the centre, the
Hawks were nigh on unstoppable as the Demons could provide few
players to put up any resistance. Hawthorn led by 67 points at
the main break, and Neale Daniher's mindset turned away from
securing victory, and centred on avoiding humiliation.
A relatively even third quarter ensued, and the Demons improved
their position by a solitary point for to the 3/4 time break,
with both sides kicking three goals for the quarter, the Hawks
not appearing to suffer too much from the absence of Ben Dixon
after half time. Dixon kicked four goals in the first half, but
did not return to the ground after the main break, falling victim
to a hamstring injury.
The rout continued in the final quarter with the Hawks piling on
a further six goals, to Melbourne's two, to run out 85 point
victors.
The end result left Hawthorn firmly entrenched in the final 8,
and Melbourne mathematically out of it. The Demons face a tough
three weeks to see out the season, with matches against Sydney
and the Bulldogs among their last three, while the Hawks have a
winnable trio against the Bulldogs, Adelaide and St.Kilda.
Final Scores : Hawthorn 24.12.156 defeated Melbourne 10.11.71
Best Players : Hawthorn - Crawford, Lekkas, Croad, Barker,
Barlow, Greene, Harford, Vandenberg, Thompson. Melbourne -
Schwarz, Febey, J.McDonald, Leoncelli, Walsh, Yze, Funcke.
- Dark Avenger
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**********
Adelaide v. Carlton
Saturday, 11 August 2001 - Football Park 7:10 PM (7:40 PM AEST)
They're a wierd mob, Carlton. They get done by Melbourne. They
somehow contrive to lose to Hawthorn when by rights they should
have won untouched. They beat Essendon even after the Bombers had
lost one. And now, with the very same team, they get pummelled
by the Crows to the tune of 41 points.
Briefly on the Camries - they were very bloody good. Andrew
McLeod is tough enough to stop when he only plays two quarters,
he is quite literally scary when he plays four. Ricciuto did
what Ricciuto does, Jarman hardly saw it and kicked four, Mark
Stevens still refuses to believe that he is as ordinary as we all
think he is, and Ben Marsh ... well, they can't all play well.
But what about these Bloos? They started alright, beaten in the
early exchanges but finding a couple of goals and only going in
11 points down at quarter time. From there it went a bit stinky.
Brett Ratten had eight touches in the first quarter, but could
manage only sixteen more. And he
was the best for Carlton. Scott Camporeale is beginning to make a
rather alarming habit of disappering when the going gets tough,
Craig Bradley copped a fearful hiding off McLeod, Anthony
Koutoufides had a poor evening, padding his stats in junk time,
and the entire Carlton forward line took the night off, with the
exception of Matthew Lappin who could say he did his job with two
goals.
Blues fans will tell you that Carlton is the main - perhaps only
- challenger to Essendon this season. Whether or not the Blues
have a psychological advantage over the Bombers may be purely
academic, because the results of this weekend's games see the
Optus Ovallians two games adrift of Hawthorn, with the hope of a
double chance disappearing quicker than Sam Newman's pants.
Simply, if the Blues don't win every game and hope that the Hawks
drop two of their three against the Bulldogs, Adelaide and the
almighty Saints, they'll finish in the bottom half of the eight.
That means no double chance. That means a game against perhaps
Sydney, who have already beaten them this year, or the Kangaroos,
who would have beaten anyone on Friday night, or Adelaide, and we
don't really need to go there. This season could end in the first
week of the finals, and all the talk about beating Essendon twice
will become nothing more than a statistical
curio down through the years.
Carlton also face the prospect of losing Lance Whitnall, who was
in the vicinty of Tyson Stenglein when the latter travelled
swiftly in a southerly direction early in the final quarter. AFL
investigations officer Neil Kerley will report to the league on
Monday. Or perhaps not.
With the Pies winning, Adelaide remain outside the eight. They
face fellow eighth spot aspirant the Kangaroos next week, and
simply must win to stay alive. A visit from the erratic Hawks
also looks a tough assignment, but with Messrs McLeod, Ricciuto,
Jarman, Goodwin and Bickley on song, the Crows could yet taste
September action in 2001.
- Mark O'Connor
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**********
Brisbane v. Richmond
Sunday, 12 August 2001 - Gabba 2:10 PM
From the ABC web site:
http://abc.net.au/afl/
The Lions should have massacred Richmond at the Gabba at the
weekend, and won comfortably enough by 31 points.
But after switching off late in the second quarter, when a
massive scoreline looked on the cards, the Lions were forced to
kick late in the game to hold off a Richmond comeback.
The result gives Brisbane 10 wins on the trot and with Fremantle
next week, there's no end in sight to the winning streak.
**********
Collingwood v. Western Bulldogs
Sunday, 12 August 2001 - MCG 2:10 PM
The Bulldogs certainly didn't look like a side playing for a spot
in the finals. They were lacklustre from the start and after half
time looked like a side resigned to the fact that their season
was over. As coach, Terry Wallace said, the Bulldogs "didn't fire
a shot". The midfield was an absolute disgrace. And when they did
win the ball, they went very slow and wide and then bombed it
into the forward line.
Collingwood on the other hand, even though they didn't play that
well, at least had a go. They ran a lot harder and were more
desperate.
Leon Davis kicked 4 goals which excited the crowd in what was
otherwise a pretty dull game. Rocca and Nick Davis kicked 3 each.
Meanwhile no one really stood up in the forward line for the
Bulldogs.
Collingwood have a pretty tough run home with Essendon, Carlton
and the Kangaroos. However they are in the top eight and their
future is in their own hands.
The Bulldogs can still make it mathematically but will rely on
others to lose. On today's performance they don't deserve to make
it and probably should just try some new things for next year.
The team just hasn't looked like it all year. As a Bulldogs
supporter I have had it. I think they should bring in the young
guys to see what they can do and drop those who let us down the
most today with poor efforts.
Goals
Collingwood: L.Davis 4, N.Davis 3, A.Rocca 3, T.Lockyer 2,
S.Burns 1, J.Fraser 1, R.Lonie 1, J.Molloy 1, C.Tarrant 1
Bulldogs: P.Hudson 3, D.Giansiracusa 2, C.Grant 2, B.Johnson 2,
S.Cox 1, N.Eagleton 1
Best
Collingwood: Licuria, L.Davis, Lonie, Buckley, Dimattina, N.Davis
Bulldogs: No one.
- HahnPremium8
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**********
Essendon v. Sydney
Sunday, 12 August 2001 - Colonial Stadium 2:10 PM
Here's a report from the ABC web site:
http://abc.net.au/news/sport/afl/2001/08/item20010812191104_1.htm
Essendon has escaped with a thrilling win over Sydney in their
AFL match at Docklands Stadium in Melbourne.
The Bombers trailed all day before booting the last four goals of
the day to win by two points, 11.13 (79) to 11.11 (77).
Sydney were the first to find the goals after a tight opening to
the match, booting two goals before the Dons registered a score.
The Swans went to quarter-time with a slender lead, but by the
half had kicked clear to a five-goal buffer.
The Bombers had found only two goals in the entire first half,
accruing eight behinds in that time to find themselves staring at
three defeats in a row.
The visitors held a three-goal lead by the last change, with the
Bombers having kicked just five goals for the game by that time.
The Swans held close to a four-goal lead halfway through the last
term, when the Bombers' midfield started to ignite.
Essendon piled on three unanswered goals to pull within one kick
as the match entered injury time, giving the premiers one chance
to snatch a win.
The Dons sent the ball forward and with just four seconds
remaining Steven Alessio marked 35 metres out.
Alessio converted the goal, giving his side an amazing win that
protects their one-game advantage atop the competition ladder.
Alessio finished with four goals, while Jason Johnson had 31
touches in the absence of injured captain James Hird. Matthew
Nicks booted three for the Swans.
Sydney coach Rodney Eade says his side made some costly errors
late in the game.
**********
West Coast v. Fremantle
Sunday, 12 August 2001 - Subiaco 2:30 PM (4:30 PM AEST)
It's games like this that make you wonder why people actually pay
money to go to some footy games.
West Coast Eagles v Fremantle Dockers - The Carlton Mid Derby -
The Western Derby. Call it what you want, the hype vastly
overshadowed the game.
In the end, the Eagles were fairly easy winners. They controlled
the game from beginning to end, with Fremantle producing a
trademark goalless first quarter, along with an end-of-game fade
out to wind up losing by 34 points, 14.14.98 to 9.10.64
The winner of the Ross Glendinning Medal for the best player on
the day was Glen Jakovich.
Jakovich, who has faced much speculation this season regarding
his future, produced his best game of the year to completely
subdue exciting youngster Matthew Pavlich, as most of the Dockers
forward line went AWOL.
By quarter-time, Fremantle had scored just 3 behinds, with
another three shots sailing out on the full.
Once again, co-captain Shaun McManus lead from the front when it
came to making errors. At the 13 minute mark of the second
quarter, with his team just 13 points down, he lead well, felt
the lace-out pass bounce off his chest and saw the ball rebound
to the other end where former Tiger Mark Merenda slotted one for
full points.
Unlucky 13 struck again in the last, when McManus was easily run
down with the ball after failing to release it to his team's
advantage, and again the Eagles goaled from the error.
As has happened many times this year, the Dockers lack of pace,
especially in the midfield, was exposed in a big way.
Eagles Captain Ben Cousins continued his stellar season, with yet
another best-on-ground performance.
Once again, Fremantle coach Ben Allan was left lamenting that the
team was just "flat on the day". For a team of allegedly
professional footballers, that's simply not good enough, and the
reports that Allan is promising to write for the incoming coach
should contain a lot of scathing criticisms.
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Kangaroos v. Geelong
Friday, 10 August 2001 - Colonial Stadium 7:40 PM
I'm sure that at some stage during the season, Bomber Thompson
would have uttered the phrase, "We are after respect" during an
interview or press conference. It's a type of mantra used by
clubs who are rebuilding or trying to throw off the shackles of a
suspect culture, but you rarely hear it spoken by clubs who are
not only at the top of the tree, but perfectly comfortable being
there. It is also a phrase that Thompson will be using well into
next season.
It's half time and North Melbourne hold a comfy forty-nine point
lead and there are plenty of smiles amongst the royal blue and
white sections of the crowd. There is none of the apprehension
of recent matches where no lead was big enough, but then again,
we are playing Geelong and not Essendon or Brisbane. See what I
mean about respect? To be blunt, we don't have any respect for
Geelong.
Judging from some of the events on Friday night, it seems that
the North players don't have any fear of their Geelong
counterparts. How could you when you see things like Spider
Burton dancing and weaving his way around two Geelong defenders,
dropping the ball along the way, but getting it back and passing
it to David King who goes on to get the goal? Or watching Brent
Harvey taking a set shot at goal, who decides to run around the
man on the mark, David Spriggs, and nailing another six points.
Then there was Glenn Archer taking a few of those "where the hell
did he come from????" marks before landing on top of a pile of
bewildered Geelong players….perhaps the Geelong players are not
only soft in the mind, but soft in the body as well.
The last quarter was, quite frankly, boring. We spent our time
having a little competition to see who could come up with the
best way of livening up the crowd. In the end, the winning idea
was that Leigh Colbert should take a jog around the boundary,
wave a handbag to the Geelong fans whilst pointing at the
scoreboard.
Still, it's better to be bored and winning rather than frustrated
and losing, and no one seemed more frustrated than one rather
pissed off Cat fan who spent a few minutes yelling, "YOU'VE ONLY
GOT TWO YEARS LEFT! YOU HEAR ME? TWO YEARS!!!!" People in
glass houses shouldn't throw handbags but this Geelong fan, like
everyone else, knew that the four points were heading nowhere
else but Arden Street. Still, even if North Melbourne only had
two years left as an AFL side, it begs the question, if Geelong
were guaranteed the next hundred years in the AFL, would they
ever win the premiership? On the basis of Friday night's effort,
and that of every game they've played since 1963, the answer
would have to be an emphatic NO.
- Shinboners
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**********
St Kilda v. Port Adelaide
Saturday, 11 August 2001 - Colonial Stadium 2:10 PM
Drawing a line through the form of the two teams, nobody would
have gven the Saints a realistic chance of knocking off Port
Adelaide, even at Colonial Stadium. Port had never won at
Colonial in the two seasons of the stadium's existence, but went
in as hot favourites against the St.Kilda rabble of recent weeks.
St.Kilda took a six-game losing streak into Saturday's match,
fresh off a 92 point hiding at the hands of fellow cellar-dweller
West Coast. Conversely, Port Adelaide have been red-hot of late,
preceding Saturday's encounter with close, hard-fought wins
against finals contender Adelaide and league yardstick Essendon.
St.Kilda started the better side with eleven scoring shots to
four in the first quarter, but their accuracy left a lot to be
desired, kicking 3.8 to 3.1 to lead by only seven points at the
first break. Peter Everitt imposed his stamp on the game early,
and despite kicking three behinds in the first term dominated
both up forward and in the ruck, and Callaghan and Traianidis
moved the ball forward with monotonous regularity to get the
Saints off to a good start.
St.Kilda continued to fritter away their chances inaccurately in
the second term kicking 3.4, while Port Adelaide piled on seven
goals to set up a fairly comfortable 17-point margin at half
time. Despite their inaccuracy, St.Kilda kept themselves in
touch, due mainly to the superb ruckwork of Peter Everitt in the
middle, outpointing Port skipper Matthew Primus at most of the
centre bounces.
Port extended their lead to 31 points by the three-quarter time
break with another seven goal quarter, although the Saints showed
a lot more competitiveness and resistance with five goals of
their own. The most encouraging signs for the Saints came in the
last quarter, when they narrowed the margin to single figures.
The lead could have been St.Kilda's, but for misses from Aaron
Hamill and Justin Plapp. St.Kilda, finally starting to capitalise
on Everitt's ruckwork, had 77 possessions for the quarter
compared to Port's 61, and enforced that domination on the
scoreboard, kicking five goals to Port's two. It wasn't enough to
quite haul in Port's lead, and Port ran out winners by 11 points
in unconvincing fashion.
It was Port Adelaide's first ever win at Colonial which will
relieve some of the pressure for a team embarking on its first
finals series at the ground, while the Saints will take some
solace from the fact the fought out a tough game against a top
four aspirant.
Final Scores ; Port Adelaide 19.11.125 defeated St.Kilda
16.18.114
Best Players : Port Adelaide - Francis, James, Stevens,
Wanganeen, Cornes,
Tredrea, Cockatoo-Collins. St.Kilda - Everitt, Thompson,
Callaghan, Blake,
Moyle, Hudghton, Hamill, Milne.
- Dark Avenger
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**********
Melbourne v. Hawthorn
Saturday, 11 August 2001 - MCG 7:00 PM
The hype of the match between the recent "merger rivals" turned
out to be unwarranted, as the game petered out to a lame
encounter, with Melbourne never in the hunt against the multi-
pronged Hawthorn forward line.
In a complete reversal of both teams' form of last week, the
Hawks were back to their best, while the Demons' inconsistency
saw them at their worst again.
The game started as a bit of a shoot-out, with Hawthorn kicking
seven goals in the first quarter, and Melbourne kicking four.
Even though the Hawks seemed in control, Melbourne weren't
playing all that badly and the three goal margin at quarter time
accurately indicated that the Dees were very much still in the
game. Barker and Dixon were brilliant for the Hawks, making the
most of their opportunities, while James McDonald and Adem Yze
kept the Demons in touch with their drive from the midfield.
The match was decided in the second quarter with the Hawks
booting eight goals to one, setting the foundation for their big
win. Crawford began to get more of the ball out of the middle,
and with Barlow and Lekkas provding run from the centre, the
Hawks were nigh on unstoppable as the Demons could provide few
players to put up any resistance. Hawthorn led by 67 points at
the main break, and Neale Daniher's mindset turned away from
securing victory, and centred on avoiding humiliation.
A relatively even third quarter ensued, and the Demons improved
their position by a solitary point for to the 3/4 time break,
with both sides kicking three goals for the quarter, the Hawks
not appearing to suffer too much from the absence of Ben Dixon
after half time. Dixon kicked four goals in the first half, but
did not return to the ground after the main break, falling victim
to a hamstring injury.
The rout continued in the final quarter with the Hawks piling on
a further six goals, to Melbourne's two, to run out 85 point
victors.
The end result left Hawthorn firmly entrenched in the final 8,
and Melbourne mathematically out of it. The Demons face a tough
three weeks to see out the season, with matches against Sydney
and the Bulldogs among their last three, while the Hawks have a
winnable trio against the Bulldogs, Adelaide and St.Kilda.
Final Scores : Hawthorn 24.12.156 defeated Melbourne 10.11.71
Best Players : Hawthorn - Crawford, Lekkas, Croad, Barker,
Barlow, Greene, Harford, Vandenberg, Thompson. Melbourne -
Schwarz, Febey, J.McDonald, Leoncelli, Walsh, Yze, Funcke.
- Dark Avenger
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**********
Adelaide v. Carlton
Saturday, 11 August 2001 - Football Park 7:10 PM (7:40 PM AEST)
They're a wierd mob, Carlton. They get done by Melbourne. They
somehow contrive to lose to Hawthorn when by rights they should
have won untouched. They beat Essendon even after the Bombers had
lost one. And now, with the very same team, they get pummelled
by the Crows to the tune of 41 points.
Briefly on the Camries - they were very bloody good. Andrew
McLeod is tough enough to stop when he only plays two quarters,
he is quite literally scary when he plays four. Ricciuto did
what Ricciuto does, Jarman hardly saw it and kicked four, Mark
Stevens still refuses to believe that he is as ordinary as we all
think he is, and Ben Marsh ... well, they can't all play well.
But what about these Bloos? They started alright, beaten in the
early exchanges but finding a couple of goals and only going in
11 points down at quarter time. From there it went a bit stinky.
Brett Ratten had eight touches in the first quarter, but could
manage only sixteen more. And he
was the best for Carlton. Scott Camporeale is beginning to make a
rather alarming habit of disappering when the going gets tough,
Craig Bradley copped a fearful hiding off McLeod, Anthony
Koutoufides had a poor evening, padding his stats in junk time,
and the entire Carlton forward line took the night off, with the
exception of Matthew Lappin who could say he did his job with two
goals.
Blues fans will tell you that Carlton is the main - perhaps only
- challenger to Essendon this season. Whether or not the Blues
have a psychological advantage over the Bombers may be purely
academic, because the results of this weekend's games see the
Optus Ovallians two games adrift of Hawthorn, with the hope of a
double chance disappearing quicker than Sam Newman's pants.
Simply, if the Blues don't win every game and hope that the Hawks
drop two of their three against the Bulldogs, Adelaide and the
almighty Saints, they'll finish in the bottom half of the eight.
That means no double chance. That means a game against perhaps
Sydney, who have already beaten them this year, or the Kangaroos,
who would have beaten anyone on Friday night, or Adelaide, and we
don't really need to go there. This season could end in the first
week of the finals, and all the talk about beating Essendon twice
will become nothing more than a statistical
curio down through the years.
Carlton also face the prospect of losing Lance Whitnall, who was
in the vicinty of Tyson Stenglein when the latter travelled
swiftly in a southerly direction early in the final quarter. AFL
investigations officer Neil Kerley will report to the league on
Monday. Or perhaps not.
With the Pies winning, Adelaide remain outside the eight. They
face fellow eighth spot aspirant the Kangaroos next week, and
simply must win to stay alive. A visit from the erratic Hawks
also looks a tough assignment, but with Messrs McLeod, Ricciuto,
Jarman, Goodwin and Bickley on song, the Crows could yet taste
September action in 2001.
- Mark O'Connor
http://www.afltips.com/people/markoconnor.html
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Brisbane v. Richmond
Sunday, 12 August 2001 - Gabba 2:10 PM
From the ABC web site:
http://abc.net.au/afl/
The Lions should have massacred Richmond at the Gabba at the
weekend, and won comfortably enough by 31 points.
But after switching off late in the second quarter, when a
massive scoreline looked on the cards, the Lions were forced to
kick late in the game to hold off a Richmond comeback.
The result gives Brisbane 10 wins on the trot and with Fremantle
next week, there's no end in sight to the winning streak.
**********
Collingwood v. Western Bulldogs
Sunday, 12 August 2001 - MCG 2:10 PM
The Bulldogs certainly didn't look like a side playing for a spot
in the finals. They were lacklustre from the start and after half
time looked like a side resigned to the fact that their season
was over. As coach, Terry Wallace said, the Bulldogs "didn't fire
a shot". The midfield was an absolute disgrace. And when they did
win the ball, they went very slow and wide and then bombed it
into the forward line.
Collingwood on the other hand, even though they didn't play that
well, at least had a go. They ran a lot harder and were more
desperate.
Leon Davis kicked 4 goals which excited the crowd in what was
otherwise a pretty dull game. Rocca and Nick Davis kicked 3 each.
Meanwhile no one really stood up in the forward line for the
Bulldogs.
Collingwood have a pretty tough run home with Essendon, Carlton
and the Kangaroos. However they are in the top eight and their
future is in their own hands.
The Bulldogs can still make it mathematically but will rely on
others to lose. On today's performance they don't deserve to make
it and probably should just try some new things for next year.
The team just hasn't looked like it all year. As a Bulldogs
supporter I have had it. I think they should bring in the young
guys to see what they can do and drop those who let us down the
most today with poor efforts.
Goals
Collingwood: L.Davis 4, N.Davis 3, A.Rocca 3, T.Lockyer 2,
S.Burns 1, J.Fraser 1, R.Lonie 1, J.Molloy 1, C.Tarrant 1
Bulldogs: P.Hudson 3, D.Giansiracusa 2, C.Grant 2, B.Johnson 2,
S.Cox 1, N.Eagleton 1
Best
Collingwood: Licuria, L.Davis, Lonie, Buckley, Dimattina, N.Davis
Bulldogs: No one.
- HahnPremium8
http://www.afltips.com/people/hahnpremium8.html
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Essendon v. Sydney
Sunday, 12 August 2001 - Colonial Stadium 2:10 PM
Here's a report from the ABC web site:
http://abc.net.au/news/sport/afl/2001/08/item20010812191104_1.htm
Essendon has escaped with a thrilling win over Sydney in their
AFL match at Docklands Stadium in Melbourne.
The Bombers trailed all day before booting the last four goals of
the day to win by two points, 11.13 (79) to 11.11 (77).
Sydney were the first to find the goals after a tight opening to
the match, booting two goals before the Dons registered a score.
The Swans went to quarter-time with a slender lead, but by the
half had kicked clear to a five-goal buffer.
The Bombers had found only two goals in the entire first half,
accruing eight behinds in that time to find themselves staring at
three defeats in a row.
The visitors held a three-goal lead by the last change, with the
Bombers having kicked just five goals for the game by that time.
The Swans held close to a four-goal lead halfway through the last
term, when the Bombers' midfield started to ignite.
Essendon piled on three unanswered goals to pull within one kick
as the match entered injury time, giving the premiers one chance
to snatch a win.
The Dons sent the ball forward and with just four seconds
remaining Steven Alessio marked 35 metres out.
Alessio converted the goal, giving his side an amazing win that
protects their one-game advantage atop the competition ladder.
Alessio finished with four goals, while Jason Johnson had 31
touches in the absence of injured captain James Hird. Matthew
Nicks booted three for the Swans.
Sydney coach Rodney Eade says his side made some costly errors
late in the game.
**********
West Coast v. Fremantle
Sunday, 12 August 2001 - Subiaco 2:30 PM (4:30 PM AEST)
It's games like this that make you wonder why people actually pay
money to go to some footy games.
West Coast Eagles v Fremantle Dockers - The Carlton Mid Derby -
The Western Derby. Call it what you want, the hype vastly
overshadowed the game.
In the end, the Eagles were fairly easy winners. They controlled
the game from beginning to end, with Fremantle producing a
trademark goalless first quarter, along with an end-of-game fade
out to wind up losing by 34 points, 14.14.98 to 9.10.64
The winner of the Ross Glendinning Medal for the best player on
the day was Glen Jakovich.
Jakovich, who has faced much speculation this season regarding
his future, produced his best game of the year to completely
subdue exciting youngster Matthew Pavlich, as most of the Dockers
forward line went AWOL.
By quarter-time, Fremantle had scored just 3 behinds, with
another three shots sailing out on the full.
Once again, co-captain Shaun McManus lead from the front when it
came to making errors. At the 13 minute mark of the second
quarter, with his team just 13 points down, he lead well, felt
the lace-out pass bounce off his chest and saw the ball rebound
to the other end where former Tiger Mark Merenda slotted one for
full points.
Unlucky 13 struck again in the last, when McManus was easily run
down with the ball after failing to release it to his team's
advantage, and again the Eagles goaled from the error.
As has happened many times this year, the Dockers lack of pace,
especially in the midfield, was exposed in a big way.
Eagles Captain Ben Cousins continued his stellar season, with yet
another best-on-ground performance.
Once again, Fremantle coach Ben Allan was left lamenting that the
team was just "flat on the day". For a team of allegedly
professional footballers, that's simply not good enough, and the
reports that Allan is promising to write for the incoming coach
should contain a lot of scathing criticisms.
- cheers, Mic
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