AFL round 20 - ripper round

well done big jack off a dubious holding the ball decision eagles by two points

great smother by Wilson saved a certain goals eagles  by one point

balls in goal square contest goddard goals bombers by 5 points

another turnover  but eagles defence revoers through and daziell finished strongly eagles bya point. cut out the turnovers and we'll be a serious chance

jk crumbs and snaps a beauty!!! eagles by 7 points

it's a disease even wellingham turned it over through a kicking error under virtually no pressure

lecras off with bad ribs after a great mark.

eagles kicking efficiency 58% afte mcginnity perfectly picks out a bomber under zero pressure. for fark sake guys can someone hit a target going forward!!!

windrlich subbed out that hurts the bombers he's been very good and was causing all sorts of problems

fantastic stuff by darling there, this is a point came off josh hills hand eagles by 7 points with 1min 40 left in the first half

darling another great tackle but then makes horrendous turnover and kommer goals as a result, unbelievable. if we could cut out these turnovers we would win this easily  as we would be a fair way in front

do know how doubt that sounds LETS lol

like saying if i could pick more winners id win more money!

doubt = dumb

schofield misses on the siren eagles by two points at halftime, they're right in this they can somehow stop butchering the ball. Its been the eagles massive weakness for the last 5 or six season and its till their Achilles heel kicking skills both under no pressure and under pressure has to be  preseason priority it just consistently rips the hearts out of our forwards puts our defence under continual pressure and forces the midfield to work even harder to get back and try to counter the turnovers.

great pressure from the eagles  priddeis goals eagles by 7 points

yes sharrod wellingham class buries on the run. eagles by 13 points c'mon boys

Great goal by Dirk Wellhamham

he immediately comes off of course unbelievable a player gets hot and goes straight onto the pine!!!  less than three minutes after halftime

Bombers in dissaray

great stuff coxy lecras andf wellham class seals the deal for a good goal eagles by 19 ppoints c'mon boys

goddard answers after a good clearance by the bombers, eagles by 13 points  with 12min left in the third quarter

Got a bit on the total score landing between 191-200 @ $9.00

Off to the Freo v GWS game soon

wow wilsons a tough kid copped a knee in the head from his own team mate

masten turns it over againcoming out of the backline and it costs the eagles a goal after a great long range kick from bellchambers

enormous courage then from lecras wjp then goals. Eagles by 12 points again after a great clearance from selwood

terrific stuff by priddis and gaff spots up lecras  beautifully. Lecras goals eagles by 18 points again with 7min 13 left in the 3rd term. c'mon boys

sorry make that 17 points

still trying to let them back in the game wellinghams turns it over through a pooir kick but the defence was good enough to mop up

poetic justice that was a great contested mark by Wilson not paid by the umpire whose sponsorship by opsm is absolutely spot on, but bombers only get a point out of it

mcginnity you have to kick that goal just run at the goals don't get stagfefright

cripps withan absolute ripper from down town on the boundary, eagles by 22 points   with 3min left in the third quarter

smith trying to keep the bombers in the game with another bad turnover but somehow the eagles chop it off.

eagles by 21 points at 3/4 tim. as I said at the tim they somehow found a way to lose against the bombers six weeks ago at subi  thanks to carlisle and Watson going berserk in the final quarter and they've out played the bombers here for most of the match and deserve to win this. Keep the turnovers to a bare minimum and they should just about win from here. C'mon boys don't let Essendon perform another magicians trick to get over the line against us, this one is your  if you can keep your heads and maintain that work rate.

carlisle gone forward again

What the fcuk is with all this commentary bullsiht?  I am sure people have televisions...

The players don't, but they may have phones so are able to read the instructions.

well done shep, way to keep your head under pressure son and the Frenchman goal  surely not even the eagles with their long painful history against the bombers can lose this from here. eagles by 34 point and le cras shooting on gaol again and nails it for his 4th eagles by 41 point with 6min 50 left . GAme over!!! Great win boys.

I  like documenting it so I can't be accused of lying by certain morons on here BJT live with it.

now if the crows can get the job done it will be a really nice afternoon's work.

The frenhcman's back le cras with  his 5th, its a percentage booster!!!

we're the eagles, were not exactly flying high but at least we beat those miserable dirty rotten cheating red and black arsehooles!!!

fletcher should get time too for a nasty deliberate elbow to the head to young cripps and jumped off the ground to deliver it.

Told ya it was over

Hill out for freo..hamstring tightness = rested..

Not bad for a bloke according tosome whas no idea bout footy,  sick to death of getting proven wrong, really I am.

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Hawks very comfortably in a nothing game.

The improving dogs to upset the blues if the dogs reproduce the same effort and intensity they came with against the swans last week. The blues are soft, selfish and some are way too arrogant, if they turn up thinking they can just beat the dogs they will be sadly mistaken.

The lions to give the tigers a  fright and if the tigers are off their game they can beat them.

Last week I was saying the Eagles were no chance and they need to play a lot better than they did against the suns but the bombers were very average against the pies.

Probably the worst thing that could have happened for the eagles was the bombers getting thrashed but I have no doubt that with the likely return of Le Cras, Priddis and possibly Masten that the eagles will be up for this game.

I can't believe I'm saying this but the Eagles are a big chance of causing the upset here particularly if they can provide Kennedy and Darling with some quality delivery into the forward line, they need to get the ball into Wellingham's hands as much as possible when going forward as he is starting to really run into some touch now and his delivery into the forward line last week was first class. Gaff is starting to cope with a tag much better now and has been much better over the past month.

Are you actually talking to anybody in particular or just yourself?

At the footy for GWS v Freo game

BJT its directed towards AD.

Conditions are a bit breezy at Patterson's today

Had a bet on GWS 1st goal at 5.70 for a bit of a giggle

GWS to cover the line at +77.5 points at around even money

U still giggling WCE

Freo have a 3 goal breeze favouring their end

Aug 11, 2013 -- 7:26AM, Lets Elope wrote:

BJT its directed towards AD.

You take too much notice of what others say on here.  If they don't affect your wallet, don't let them affect your headspace.  And if they do affect your headspace, there is every chance that will affect your wallet. 

Shocking games to watch when GWS are playing--Sheedy just floods continually

Get on the North game.  I tipped North to win by more than 39.5 so you are about to miss one of the best final 45 minutes of football ever witnessed... 

Fits quarter handicap was stealing money--minus 19.5

first

Layed the crows at 3/4 time so the result for me if north or the crows win is now about the same because of the earlier double I took with the eagles into the crows but not as good as the double would have been but still it's a guaranteed result. I don't trust the crows from here, think crows can probably still sneak over the line but they made the mistake of letting north back in the match and it was the crows turnovers that north was continually dining out on in the 3rd quarter

north all over the crows now winning most of the 50/50's if they get the next goal here its going to make it hard for the crows even at this early stage of the fourth quarter and despite the fact that north are currently only up by 2 points.

petrenko gets one for the crows against he flow of play crows by 4 points with 11min 08 seconds left

Crowd absolutely getting into the dockers in 2 nd qtr .....reckon it's worth a 4 goal breeze now

Been impressed with number 39 for the Giants Tim Mohr in defence for GWS

crows lifted abit and are now peppering the goals crows by 7 points with 8min 26 left

also number 51 for GWS Zachary Williams has injected major pace into Giants midfield

Tim Mohr reminds me a bit of Will Schofield from West Coast in defence

Breeze at subi 3-4 goal advantage to the left of tv screen

Huge kick by Thomas, north close to 8 points again with 3min 37

Half time: Freo 57-33 GWS

Half time odds: Freo 1.01 v 55 GWS

great mark Sloane he has singled handedly kept them in the game for the most of the 2nd half and then dragged his team mates along with him toge them over the line

wouldn't have thought that Mohr is as agile as schofield or as quick though WCE.

Well done LE--You win--just a little bit less

I was tempted to unload on GWS with a 103.5 point start today as thought that was as safe as fort knox against the dockers but I don't bet that way I was also going to add that to the final leg in my double to make it a treble but I never bothered am not complaining though as the footy's been very good to me again this week.

this is why I virtually never bet on margins starts on bad teams. If I had unloaded on the 103.5 start the giants I would be sweating bullets now.

very wise decisionas  I would be almost suicidal now if I had broken my rules and unloaded on GWS at the 103.5 point start

Freo,if they finish second ,will win the gf

Imo

Just did the ladder predictor if the eagles only win one of their last three that being against the crows at subi they should finish 9th and will pointlessly play a final, Yay not.
I think they can play well but no good enough against the cats at subi next week again play ok against the pies at the G but ultimately lose and if the pies fix up the hawks next weekend I  have the cats or the swans finishing on top as don't think the hawks will the swans in Sydney even though it's at ANZ in the final round.

sorry try that again don't think the hawks can beat the swans in the final round at ANZ.

Amazing how everyone (Roos/Matthews) is getting on the Freo bandwagon now, some of us could see it 12 months ago

lol just read through the thread, Let's you have been wrong in every long term debate we have ever had. Your knowledge is basic at best. Keep trying, you are 0-4 in any long term debate we have had, even though you can't admit it

Please ,you insisted last year hawks were over the line and were proven wrong I consistently backed in the swans and was proven correct, the only term debate you've been right about is in your own mind but by all means keep trying you might get it right one day.

How did norths game plan and top young players hold up against Adelaide today, not too well. It took an unbelievable effort by wells in the third quarter to drag north back into the match.

Seeing you want to be smart arrse yet again, I think I will repost your comments about this round in comparison to mine sunshine.

If you'd followed that wealth of knowledge AD's tips, well needless to say you would have finished with the arse hanging out of your pants. OH DEAR!!!

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Hawks very comfortably in a nothing game.

The improving dogs to upset the blues if the dogs reproduce the same effort and intensity they came with against the swans last week. The blues are soft, selfish and some are way too arrogant, if they turn up thinking they can just beat the dogs they will be sadly mistaken.

The lions to give the tigers a  fright and if the tigers are off their game they can beat them.

Last week I was saying the Eagles were no chance and they need to play a lot better than they did against the suns but the bombers were very average against the pies.

Probably the worst thing that could have happened for the eagles was the bombers getting thrashed but I have no doubt that with the likely return of Le Cras, Priddis and possibly Masten that the eagles will be up for this game.

I can't believe I'm saying this but the Eagles are a big chance of causing the upset here particularly if they can provide Kennedy and Darling with some quality delivery into the forward line, they need to get the ball into Wellingham's hands as much as possible when going forward as he is starting to really run into some touch now and his delivery into the forward line last week was first class. Gaff is starting to cope with a tag much better now and has been much better over the past month.

Pies traditionally have gone well against the Swans at ANZ until the final last year and can't see the swans bringing anything less than their best for this very important game against a resurgent Collingwood, Swans to prove a bit classy in what should be a very good game.

Crows at home are further strengthened by getting Sloane back and in a close one can beat north especially if it's greasy and wet.
Let's see if North are prepared to get down and dirty away from the dome.
They were terrific last week and if they play with the same intensity they will win but I still have question marks over them away from the dome and particularly if the conditions aren't great.

Suns will smash the woeful demons who have nothing to play for.

Dockers to win comfortably against the giants.

Expect the Cats to come out snarling after dropping that game last week and against a gallant Port I expect them to be way too good and it could even end up being nasty for Port as I don't think the cats will be in any mood to take prisoners after last week.

Will almost certainly be on the dogs, suns, lions and eagles and cats in some form of double or trebles combinations but the value for the round is the dogs, eagles and the lions.

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I can't see the Bulldogs beating Carlton, with the Blues knowing everything is on the line. They will be too good and I don't think there is much to be excited about on that Bulldogs list.

Bombers will beat the Eagles. Yes they may have hit the wall but the Eagles are rubbish and will get smashed for leg speed. Bombers will bounce back and win easily.

Would think North are too good for the Crows but they still need to produce on the road. Still think they have too much talent there for Adelaide to quite go with them.

The other game of interest is Brisbane/Richmond. I give Brisbane a genuine chance. They have been consistently good the last two months and Richmond might be a bit comfortable with everything coming into this. Their biggest win of the year last week and everyone is telling them they are millionaires. Expect this to be close.

No surprises in the rest.

Good luck all

Fair to say there's a lot more to be excited about on the dogs list for the future than carlton's who will go further into decline next year with Judd's looming retirement, Gibbs soft and still yet to see him tear a game apart off his own bat and just totally dominate, betts overrated and wanting 600k, robinson useless, waite injury prone and undisciplined and on the wrong side of 30 as well.

Whereas the dogs have dalhaus, tom campbell starting to show something roughead really coming on, ditto tom liberatore, Tom Young starting to emerge, Cooney back up and firing and moving freely, Griffen totally dominating, Minson a class ruckman  and an early draft pick this season, Dogs need to find a big key forward, Grant finally starting to look like a player etc, etc.

Blues have more holes in their list than a piece of swiss cheese.

Yep I was wrong this week, I can admit it.

You are wrong about EVERY long term debate we have had, and will be wrong about North as well because you simply don't understand football.

I declared Hawthorn when they were NOT IN THE 8. I repeat, when THEY WERE NOT IN THE 8. You told me they were "no good", and continued on saying how you were the be all and end all and they were not a contender. Clearly WRONG on that one.

Declared Freo were a top side this time last year. You again were prattling on about how they were no good and were not even close to the best in the west. Wow, you took wrong to a new level there.

You were seduced by Maric last year, who is now statistically the second worst starting ruckman in the comp. I had seen him play in the SANFL for about 8 years, not one of those games you saw. Unfortunately you are an expert on everything but can't acknowledge someone who had seen him for years and you hadn't, might have more of an idea. Wrong again as it turned out.

And Heppell vs Shuey, who can't get a kick unless he ducks his head. Well, this was so wrong I should stop.

Seriously, 0-4 and you still can't admit it.

Did you ever play? When we spoke about Maric you sounded like someone who had no understanding of the game at all.

Anyway, I obviously have not been on the forum all weekend and its no wonder why with bigheads like you who don't even know what they don't know.

No doubt you will try to justify yourself when I log off again. You are pathetic - maybe someone here would take you seriously when you admit when you are wrong

By the way, I think you by your own words have "unloaded" about 80 times this year (and got about 4 right). People laugh at you posting your fictional "unload" bets.

Does Eddie really want 600K or is that just his way of saying get me the feck out of here?

never realised you were such a sore loser AD you must have unloaded on the blues and the bombers and your mate Bryce Gibbs who would have to be the most over hyped player I've ever seen.

Blues were everything I said they would be soft, arrogant and selfish, it was about halfway through the game they realised that the dogs weren't going to hand it to them on a platter and tried to go with them but when the dogs really put the acid on them they crumbled yet again.

North players consistently fail to perform to the same level when they don't play under the dome that's a very serious problem going forward and as for Maric his second half of the year after a poor start to the season has been good and he's continuing to build upon that form as the Tigers head into the finals, he tore the hawks apart last week with some great work.

Well done, you are clearly wrong on all counts and have failed to admit to anything in your post.

Your failure to address my post is consistent with what I expected, because you know you have been proven a fool.

I have said before I don't bet on football, don't need to, I am not an addicted gambler like yourself that bets on absolutely everything. No wonder you have admitted you can't make it pay. It is sad, maybe you should seek help?

And obviously you didn't play the game and when I did explain a few things about ruckwork you couldn't understand. So far out of your depth you don't even know

To be fair BJT and Lets Elope provided the best information this week from a neutral perspective and well done to them for having the balls to put money down on the Eagles. Aussie Driver was way off the mark however if you'd bet on the opposite of what he predicted you would of come up with the $$$$!

It's interesting how competitive betting can get but I'd just like to say thanks to BJT, Lets Elope & got beat by a whisker-again for the awesome betting advice this weekend!!! This is the one resource I can usually count on for good advice.

No need to rub people's noses in it, Lets.

Be a gracious winner

I wasn't going to spoon but if he wants to be a smart arse and continually say I 've got no idea when I've more often than not proven correct then he's going to have to expect to be exposed.

So now I'm a degenerate gambler that's funny seeing how I only bet on footy and the races/trots on a consistent basis wouldn't touch greyhounds etc if you paid me to, all of which is based upon sound form assessment I have small relatively small interest in the tennis only on grand slams because I enjoy watching the slams and if I'm going to watch it seriously I may as well make a profit on the time spent watching it.
I don't bet every day or on every race and I do however respect how hard it is to continually win and support yourself with no other income as a fall back measure  as a professional punter and the level of discipline that is consistently required and it's not something I enjoy, so instead I treat it as a serious and generally profitable sideline.

Lets Elope, do you bet on the NRL? I've found AFL/NRL multis are a great way to go! I like your attitude and look forward to seeing what predictions you have for this weekend's tough draw of AFL!!!

I can't stand the thugs game, mate so I don't bet on things that I have no interest in or little knowledge of. Plenty of people like league and they're welcome to enjoy it, I don't,  it's just a personal preference, I appreciate the skill involved but I don't appreciate the premeditated violence, the thuggery and genral attitude of some league players including their off field behaviour and the same goes for some AFL footballers.

Fair enough, I've never watched a full game of NRL I've only bet on a few dozen matches lol and won mostly!!! Bring the next weekend of AFL!

Big value pies against the hawks think the pies can roll the hawks who are only just going at the moment and have a few injury concerns to key players and rioli may have a match review problem. I hate Collingwood but they just might be putting it all together at the right time, sydney were probably a bit off last night but the pies were awesome again.

Lets, you still did not address all of those things that you were proven wrong about long term, wonder why

Oh, and how about the Roos beating the Cats last week, only one on here found that

Voss gone..sacked