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Bravo to all involved for putting on another South Australia Round Gather Round. Apologies most of the visiting teams insulted your hospitality with some poor displays of Australian Rules football. Sigh. Let’s wrap it up…
Crows v Cats, Thursday night: Big admirer of the Crows, but they do seem a little easy to score against. The Cats piled on the goals late in the first half and again late in the second to come away with a fine win away from home. Proving the doubters wrong for the umpteenth time.
Pies v Swans, Friday night: I know you visit the Weekend Wrap for my astute football analysis, so it pains me to say I was wrong about the Pies. They’re considerably better than I thought and they could have won this by even more than they did. Despite a couple of brief purple patches you never got the sense the Swans were in the game. Midfielder Ned Long - surely not his real name?! - tore them to shreds all night.
North v Suns, Saturday arvo: Did North spend the night before the game indulging in the local Barossa product or something? This can’t be the same side that won by 10 goals a few weeks ago. They’ve gone back to looking like they wouldn’t beat the Horsham reserves. Maybe I’m selling the Suns short though - they’re a ruthless winning machine this year. Who thought we’d ever say that??
Blues v Eagles, Saturday arvo: Congratulations Carlton. Now do that against something other than a WAFL side and we might be impressed. Don’t bother, we probably won’t actually.
Dogs v Brisbane, Saturday twilight: The Brisbane bus driver couldn’t find Norwood Oval so the Lions had given away a near-seven goal head start when they turned up to play. Lucky for them they’ve got an unfairly good higher gear when they need it. After a lazy 10 goal turnaround they’d won with room to spare. Too good.
Dees v Bombers, Saturday night: Did somebody actually sit through this from start to finish? Do us a favour and post the final score in the comments. I feel sorry for the big Adelaide crowd that turned up hoping to see a football match. They enjoyed an expensive slumber party instead.
Tigers v Freo, Sunday arvo: Yeah another pulsating game. Thrilling football. The highlight was Treacy kicking 6 goals. Yes you read that right, the highlight was Josh Treacy. Says it all.
Saints v Giants, Sunday twilight: The Saints actually won the inside 50 count in this one. Comfortably. Yet they lost the game. Comfortably. The Giants defence was just far too good, and their attack led by Toby Greene made it look like they were going to score every time they had the ball. Gun footy side and they still play a brand that is very easy on the eye.
Port v Hawks, Sunday night: This can be the problem with early season byes… they completely halt momentum. The high flying Hawks copped a touch up from the preciously feeble Power. They were a mile down early, 10 goals down at half time and the game was over. Hawthorn will be fine but what on earth is the story with Port? This year’s Jekyll and Hyde. Could finish anywhere from 6th to 16th.
Don’t forget to post your Liked, Learnt, Hated below… along with any other thoughts you had about Round 5!
Crows v Cats, Thursday night: Big admirer of the Crows, but they do seem a little easy to score against. The Cats piled on the goals late in the first half and again late in the second to come away with a fine win away from home. Proving the doubters wrong for the umpteenth time.
Pies v Swans, Friday night: I know you visit the Weekend Wrap for my astute football analysis, so it pains me to say I was wrong about the Pies. They’re considerably better than I thought and they could have won this by even more than they did. Despite a couple of brief purple patches you never got the sense the Swans were in the game. Midfielder Ned Long - surely not his real name?! - tore them to shreds all night.
North v Suns, Saturday arvo: Did North spend the night before the game indulging in the local Barossa product or something? This can’t be the same side that won by 10 goals a few weeks ago. They’ve gone back to looking like they wouldn’t beat the Horsham reserves. Maybe I’m selling the Suns short though - they’re a ruthless winning machine this year. Who thought we’d ever say that??
Blues v Eagles, Saturday arvo: Congratulations Carlton. Now do that against something other than a WAFL side and we might be impressed. Don’t bother, we probably won’t actually.
Dogs v Brisbane, Saturday twilight: The Brisbane bus driver couldn’t find Norwood Oval so the Lions had given away a near-seven goal head start when they turned up to play. Lucky for them they’ve got an unfairly good higher gear when they need it. After a lazy 10 goal turnaround they’d won with room to spare. Too good.
Dees v Bombers, Saturday night: Did somebody actually sit through this from start to finish? Do us a favour and post the final score in the comments. I feel sorry for the big Adelaide crowd that turned up hoping to see a football match. They enjoyed an expensive slumber party instead.
Tigers v Freo, Sunday arvo: Yeah another pulsating game. Thrilling football. The highlight was Treacy kicking 6 goals. Yes you read that right, the highlight was Josh Treacy. Says it all.
Saints v Giants, Sunday twilight: The Saints actually won the inside 50 count in this one. Comfortably. Yet they lost the game. Comfortably. The Giants defence was just far too good, and their attack led by Toby Greene made it look like they were going to score every time they had the ball. Gun footy side and they still play a brand that is very easy on the eye.
Port v Hawks, Sunday night: This can be the problem with early season byes… they completely halt momentum. The high flying Hawks copped a touch up from the preciously feeble Power. They were a mile down early, 10 goals down at half time and the game was over. Hawthorn will be fine but what on earth is the story with Port? This year’s Jekyll and Hyde. Could finish anywhere from 6th to 16th.
Don’t forget to post your Liked, Learnt, Hated below… along with any other thoughts you had about Round 5!
