Mate, no offence, but I love to see Essendon fans suffering. It is such a rarety because of their recent dominace. I can definately see you beating the roos and hawthorn, carlton might get over you though on current form. Although I have to say my team, the mighty Cats, aren't faring too well atm, hoping last weeks win against your mob can turn the tide for us, but we have a MASSIVE challenge in the next too weeks, freo and adelaide in perth and adelaide, hard, but winnible if, and only IF we play our best footy for the full match, not half like that terrible game against the eagles.

is that 12 in a row for essendon? sorry courtsy!!

It is, but we managed to win the Bryce Gibbs Cup on Friday night, by losing.

carn the tigs, slaughtered collingwood

Oh yeah

We better make the finals...

yeh, hopefully not the usual richmond, win 8 of the first 11 matches then win 2-3 more for the rest of the season and finish 9th good dammit

Fucking 9th

Fucking 14 on the trot. Getting fucking ridiculous
At least we played decently. Better not lose to Carlton and get our worst ever losing streak

I knew Collingwood were no good, let's hope their slide continues.

i knew i should've tipped the dockers and brisbane

3 points courtsy!! feel very sorry for ya mate

We've lost games by one point, two points, seven points and eleven points, and now by three points
Oh well, can't go any worse than we are now.

fucking tigers, our skill level was horrible.

feel sorry for roos and bombers tbh

Huge game this weekend. Carlton vs Bombers, the Bryce Gibbs Cup.

The loser will probably benefit more. And I sure as hell can't bring myself to go for yet another heartbreak.

I just stumbled upon this tread, and yeah. I can't believe how we've lost 14 in a row. It's getting ridiculous. I though we had a good chance against the Kanga's but last week was set for an upset. JJohnson 41, Campreale 36, Peverill 34 (great job on dal Santo), Stanton 33 (young gun), Watson 29...how did we lose

If Johnson hadn't fucking missed that goal when he was running and 20m out, we would've won. Can't bash the bloke though (as Sheedy did), he was superb all day in the wet.

will probably be a classic!

The one when we were 19 points in front? Oh well, hope we do better this week

Fuck's sake. Draws fucking suck.

HAHAHAHA how did the Bombers draw???

Fucking woeful, they are.

Look at it this way, you've increased your points total for the season by 50%

big one for tigers tonite, think we can do it tho, needa bounce bak into the eight

Actually, it was probably one of the better games I've seen this season.
I'm looking on the bright side. The losing streak is technically over, a few players have returned to form and we might win another game for the season. And Bryce Gibbs

How about that Akermanis hey? Bye bye Brisbane, hello Essendon (I can hope)

bloody richmond

Was flicking stations and saw that the Brisbane Lions was playing Hawthorn i think. Anyways it was one hell of a kit clash!

Well it was a draw so looks like i was right!!! At least they can say they didn't lose

OMFG. How did we manage that?

AFL is probably the best made sports game in the world, to play and to watch. Fast, rough, skillful and magical. Football (soccer) is great, love the sport but doesn't come close to AFL. Soccer only wins fans because everyone in europe and south america are obsest with it but sorry to disapoint AFL gets more ticks then soccer.

I've pretty much given up on Richmond making the 8. Fuck.

Why? Realistically you need 12 wins to make the eight. You've got three teams who are below you on the ladder in the run home, and West Coast, who are shite in Melbourne. You've got a chance.

Actually, after today's peformance, it's bye bye Richmond

Urgh. Our already woeful percentage just got worse.

Oh yeah, we're back

Don't think I've ever sung the song so loud in my life

enjoy it while it lasts!!

That was an AWESOME effort. Where was that for the past 15 weeks?

Oh well, the next best thing after a draw is a WIN

i cant believe i have never seen this thread, although its probably better i forget about the AFL for the moment since i go for hawthorn ......

Oh yeah, another win

Always good to beat Collingwood, especially now as they won't make the Top 4, thanks to us

tipped the bombers this week for first time in the season i think!!! so they better get up fartcat

Goodbye Dean Rioli. Fantanstic character, but I'm not too sad that he didn't go out with a win (up the tigers!). It would have been nice to see him drill that torpedo in the last quarter but he did the unselfish thing. Pretty good game tonight, actually, all 3 games I've watched this weekend have been good, attacking game and great the watch, in particular the Geelong v Melbourne game. I can't believe how close Geelong were, 1 second at the most. Still, they weren't really a chance for the finals anway.

Back to tonight though, Richardson was absolutely immense, 9 goals 5 and something like 18 marks. Apart from that, no one else was a real stand out for Richmond, except for Kayne Pettifer who has been fantastic all season. Again, just like to say a huge thanks to Rioli, it's a shame his career had to be riddled with injuries and weight problems because when he was on song he was an amazing player. Still, he was a pleasure to watch.

Oh, and Jade Rawlings played his last game is his home state of Tasmania today and against his old club Hawthorn, a fitting end to his career. Shame the Kangas couldn't get over the line for him

Poor old Rioli, he just never had the right body for AFL football. He's been one of the great servants of Essendon over the years and has provided us with glimpses (when he's fit) of the brilliance we know he's been capable of. Looking forward to getting his kids under the father-son rule though


Yeah Richmond were fairly good last night (well much better than Essendon were) but Richardson was the difference. If he could keep playing like that (which he can't - he's too inconsistent) - Richmond would be a top side. Depending on how yur draft and trading pans out (picking up a key defender is a must) they could be a force to be reckoned with again - meaning they'll finish 9th


He was a useless hack and couldn't get a game at a shocking Roos side this season. How on earth did he go ahead of Nick Stevens in the bloody pre-season draft???

Hahaha, don't make me laugh. He was a very talented player. He had knee problems all this year and that's why he didn't get into the North Melbourne side. I agree, he shouldn't have gone before Nick Stevens in the pre-season draft but Footscray needed a key position player, not another midfielder.

He was.....decent at Hawthorn, but still overrated. At the Bulldogs he was shithouse, and get this - he was traded to the Kangas (haven for Hawthorn tradees by the way) along with draft pick 40-something......for draft pick 47 or 48 - a higher pick (higher as in later in the draft )

Though you do have to wonder as to what he would've become had he stayed at Hawthorn. Had potential, never quite fulfilled it.

The Tassie Hawks? Are you fucking kidding me. This is the biggest load of shit I've heard for a long, long time. Our stupid fat fucker for a premier is even more incompetant than I thought. This is a fucking glorified sponsorship and who's paying for it? The fucking Tasmanian people. 15 million dollars? That's not coming from the Tourism budget? Yeah right and if it's not then it's coming from somewhere else that need the money more than "we" (when I say we, I mean the Launceston residents than Labour is trying to buy votes from) need a football team. Fuck you Paul Lennon, fuck you.

A disappointing end to a disappointing season. Not much more to add.

I almost wet my pants when i herd about the Tassie Hawks! Maybe the AFL is getting worried because the real football is slowly taking of in this country...

peter everitt is leaving the hawks so bad news there even though he is old. Hope dockers win it tbh

Finals time!

It's one of the most open finals serious in recent memory too. I personally think anyone apart from Collingwood and Melbourne can win. I'm rooting for the Bulldogs and Freo. Here are my predictions for the first week of the finals

West Coast v Sydney - West Coast will be too strong at Subiaco
Adelaide v Fremantle - I'd love to tip Freo, I really would, but I can't go past Adelaide even though they're in shite form
Collingwood v Western Bulldogs - The Bulldogs will knock out Collingwood early. I never really rated Collingwood really and the only reason they finished so high was because of their fucking fixtures which are an insult to any non-Collingwood fan
St. Kilda v Melbourne - I can see St. Kilda winning this one in an absolute blow-out (and I hope so too). I can't stand Melbourne.

I go for Hawthorn and we had a strong finish to the season notching up 4 wins in a row. Ye Everitt looks set to lave but im not all worried because Robert Campbell was outstanding in the ruck for us. lol i hope Hawthorn dont move to Tasmania. I like them in Melbourne better.

BTW Freo to win the premeirship

Ben Graham has been named one of the captains of the NY Jets. I'm glad he's doing so well.

will be interesting to see how sav rocca goes

Woo! My favourite time of the year .....if only my team we're in it

Anyway, I'm on Melbourne and Sydney for this one. I supported Sydney in the Grand Final last year because I can't stand West Coast (in general, I don't like interstate teams - another story), and they were the "more Victorian" option. That said, I think West Coast will win this season. Had you asked me a couple of weeks ago, I would've said Adelaide. But they've got injuries and all that and without Ricciuto they look a bit flat. Freo are the bolters, but I wouldn't back them - I feel they are far too inexperienced in finals which is a whole different ball game. And the Melbourne sides won't stand a chance unfortunately - the two that go through to week two won't go any further, and if they happen to, they won't beat Adelaide/West Coast/Sydney/Freo at home.

Anyway, my tips -

Melbourne to beat St Kilda
Adelaide to beat Freo
Collingwood to beat the Bulldogs
West Coast to beat Sydney