Sorry this is a bit late, but it seems there are still a few hanging around who want to talk footy, even without the added flavour of Supercoach.
Chaos Theory has already posted the Week 1 team changes in the Coaches Box (thanks!). Most notable is that Joel Selwood is back for the Cats, while at Sydney Kurt Tippett makes way for Sam Naismith.
Feel free to post any thoughts, predictions and of course score updates below!
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Here are the scores from last night – the Crouch boys front and centre once again, but unfortunately Brodie Smith suffered a suspected ACL tear, and will likely not be seen again until 2019. I think the Crows are flag favourites again?
Adelaide 12.12.84 def GWS 6.12.48
CROWS
Matt Crouch 126
Tom Lynch 123
Brad Crouch 120
Eddie Betts 116
Riley Knight 101
Richard Douglas 88
Hugh Greenwood 86
David MacKay 74
Luke Brown 74
Jake Kelly 74
Sam Jacobs 71
Taylor Walker 71
Rory Atkins 71
Jake Lever 71
Paul Seedsman 66
Rory Laird 65
Kyle Hartigan 65
Daniel Talia 59
Josh Jenkins 59
Charlie Cameron 30
Brodie Smith 29
Mitch McGovern 29
GIANTS
Stephen Coniglio 132
Joshua Kelly 113
Callan Ward 107
Matthew De Boer 101
Zachary Williams 98
Tom Scully 90
Toby Greene 86
Jacob Hopper 77
Shane Mumford 73
Aidan Corr 73
Harrison Himmelberg 71
Heath Shaw 69
Nick Haynes 67
Phil Davis 63
Jonathon Patton 59
Dylan Shiel 59
Brett Deledio 57
Nathan Wilson 55
Lachie Whitfield 55
Rory Lobb 51
Jeremy Cameron 42
Adam Tomlinson 35
What a weak effort from GWS. Never even looked like challenging the Crows. The defensive setup for Adelaide just quashed every Giants attack and then as we’ve seen time and time again Adelaide killed them on the break. Gutted for Brodie Smith though. He’s been a star in the latter half of this season.
Yeah, you can’t help but feel for players in that situation. On the bright side, he’ll be good value in 2019.
Yeah, the game was over by HT. When you consider the conditions, amazing they didn’t play Stevie J or Taranto. Even Ryan Griff would have brought more pressure.
A lot of questions for the Giants, is Mummy done? Is Lobbe the next Vickery? Where is the game plan?
As I’ve been saying for a while, GWS lacks the gritty defensive edge that is required to win a premiership. Last night was a perfect exemplar.
Friday, 8 September
Geelong v Richmond at the MCG, 7.50pm AEST
NO LATE CHANGES
FINAL INTERCHANGES
Geelong: Andrew Mackie, Scott Selwood, Jordan Murdoch, Mark Blicavs
Richmond: Shane Edwards, Jack Graham, Nathan Broad, Jason Castagna
I can’t wait for the big game!
How’s the weather tonight?
Yeh i’m looking forward to this game, hoping it’s a beauty. Got to be better than last night’s game, a real let down.
Great 1st quarter from the Tigers. Referees favouring Geelong hope it evens out, Cotchin was incredible with his ferocity on the ball. Schwartzy if ur in the house good luck mate it would b great to c ur boys get up tonight.
Still coping with the magnitude of what happened last night. I haven’t seen us win too many Finals in my 37 years on Earth so it’s still sinking in. Extremely proud of the team for their four-qtr-effort, definitely the better team on the night. Now a Prelim at the G against an interstate team……a GF spot is up for grabs if we’re good enough. Still can’t believe it…….Go Tigers!
9 points difference at half time, who wins?
Will the games open up and let Geelong off the chain or more of the same?
C’mon Cats!
Wow. Just wow.
Well, I did not see that coming. Incredible final quarter performance from the Tigers, and they’ll face GWS, Port or WCE for a spot in the grand final. It’s a nice place to be in at this time of year….
Richmond 13.13.91 def Geelong 5.10.40
Dustin Martin 158
Dion Prestia 130
Nick Vlastuin 118
Kane Lambert 117
Trent Cotchin 109
Shane Edwards 106
Jack Riewoldt 103
Josh Caddy 90
Nathan Broad 88
Bachar Houli 79
Jack Graham 73
Alex Rance 68
Shaun Grigg 66
Toby Nankervis 64
Brandon Ellis 56
Dylan Grimes 49
David Astbury 48
Kamdyn Mcintosh 48
Daniel Butler 48
Daniel Rioli 48
Jacob Townsend 35
Jason Castagna 31
Mitch Duncan 131
Scott Selwood 124
Zach Tuohy 123
Tom Hawkins 105
Patrick Dangerfield 101
Zac Smith 87
Joel Selwood 84
Jed Bews 76
Zach Guthrie 75
Mark Blicavs 74
Tom Lonergan 72
Lachlan Henderson 66
Steven Motlop 60
Sam Menegola 57
Thomas Stewart 56
Andrew Mackie 53
Jake Kolodjashnij 51
Brandan Parfitt 44
Harry Taylor 41
Cameron Guthrie 33
James Parsons 29
Jordan Murdoch 26
Saturday, September 9
Sydney v Essendon at the SCG, 4.20pm AEST
LATE CHANGES
Sydney: Lewis Melican (quad) replaced in the selected side by Harry Cunningham
Essendon: Nil
FINAL INTERCHANGES
Sydney: Dean Towers, Nic Newman, George Hewett, Harry Cunningham
Essendon: David Zaharakis, David Myers, Travis Colyer, Conor McKenna
I hate to say ‘I told you so’, but I’ve been saying all year that Essendon’s style would fall apart in September.
Port Adelaide v West Coast at Adelaide Oval, 7.20pm ACST
NO LATE CHANGES
FINAL INTERCHANGES
Port Adelaide: Sam Powell-Pepper, Karl Amon, Jarman Impey, Dan Houston
West Coast: Dom Sheed, Luke Partington, Mark Hutchings, Tom Barrass
And now, two of the worst club songs in the AFL go head to head…
My head says Port but my heart says Eagles.
Eagles by 12 points.
OMG..Overtime. Too stressful
What a game. Well done Eagles.
wingard-shite,ryder-all aust ruck got smashed by vardy and a fossil!
Well, that was exciting…
The man who put $250K on Port is probably feeling like a bit of a dick right now.
Also, why was there a blow-up sex doll in the crowd?
Wow I just can’t believe it. Roll on GWS!!!
Saturday recap:
There’s usually one blowout in the first week of the finals, and unfortunately for the Bombers they were on the wrong end of it this time. Franklin kicked four goals in the second quarter alone, and the Swans kicked ten in total, to turn the second half into junk time. Goodbye and good luck, Jobe Watson.
2018 notes: Pick Hurley in your backline, and strongly consider Parker as a value mid.
Sydney 19.7.121 def Essendon 8.8.56
Josh P. Kennedy 132
Luke Parker 125
Dean Towers 105
Callum Sinclair 102
Daniel Hannebery 95
Zak Jones 92
Lance Franklin 90
Jarrad McVeigh 86
Callum Mills 83
Heath Grundy 81
Kieren Jack 81
Jake Lloyd 80
Sam Reid 78
Isaac Heeney 78
Sam Naismith 67
George Hewett 66
Tom Papley 66
Gary Rohan 61
Nick Smith 60
Nic Newman 52
Dane Rampe 51
Harry Cunningham 32
Michael Hurley 122
Martin Gleeson 103
Joe Daniher 100
David Zaharakis 95
Brendon Goddard 94
Dyson Heppell 91
Zachary Merrett 91
Travis Colyer 83
Darcy Parish 77
James Kelly 73
Orazio Fantasia 66
Jobe Watson 65
Andrew McGrath 64
Conor McKenna 58
David Myers 54
Mark Baguley 52
Tom Bellchambers 45
Joshua Begley 45
Michael Hartley 42
Anthony M-Tipungwuti 41
Patrick Ambrose 40
James Stewart 38
Extra time sent Champion Data into meltdown as the Eagles caused a boilover by beating the Power at home after the siren, thanks to a ‘dubious’ free kick to Luke Shuey. Due to an anomaly in the scoring system, only 7 players scored less than 100 pre-scaling! CD eventually got their act together though.
2018 notes: Robbie Gray will be the first forward picked in every team, and Jeremy McGovern might be worth a look as a def/fwd swingman.
West Coast 12.6.78 def Port Adelaide 10.16.76 in extra time
Jeremy McGovern 142
Luke Shuey 135
Matthew Priddis 120
Drew Petrie 105
Shannon Hurn 99
Andrew Gaff 89
Dominic Sheed 84
Jack Darling 77
Lewis Jetta 76
Sam Mitchell 75
Elliot Yeo 67
Jack Redden 66
Joshua Kennedy 62
Bradley Sheppard 61
Nathan Vardy 54
Tom Barrass 54
Jamie Cripps 53
Mark Lecras 50
Eric MacKenzie 49
Mark Hutchings 44
Luke Partington 31
Liam Duggan 26
Oliver Wines 119
Charlie Dixon 116
Robbie Gray 112
Darcy B-Jones 111
Travis Boak 94
Dougal Howard 89
Hamish Hartlett 82
Sam P-Pepper 79
Justin Westhoff 78
Dan Houston 77
Chad Wingard 76
Riley Bonner 74
Karl Amon 73
Brad Ebert 68
Sam Gray 68
Patrick Ryder 66
Jasper Pittard 63
Jared Polec 62
Jake Neade 51
Todd Marshall 45
Jarman Impey 42
Tom Clurey 37