AFL 2006 -Round 3

[Twizzle]

Round 3

Broadcast Guide

Thursday 13 Apr 2006

St Kilda vs. Brisbane Lions at Telstra Dome 7:40pm AEST

Saturday 15 Apr 2006

Geelong vs. Hawthorn at Skilled Stadium 2:10pm AEST

Carlton vs. Sydney Swans at Telstra Dome 7:10pm AEST

West Coast Eagles vs. Richmond at Subiaco Oval 5:40pm AWST

Sunday 16 Apr 2006

Melbourne vs. Adelaide at Carrara Stadium 1:10pm AEST

Essendon vs. Western Bulldogs at Telstra Dome 2:10pm AEST

Port Adelaide vs. Fremantle at AAMI Stadium 4:10pm ACST

Monday 17 Apr 2006

Kangaroos vs. Collingwood at Telstra Dome 2:10pm AEST

 

[Twizzle]

Saints
CATS
Swan
Weagles
Crows
Dogs
Port
Roos

 

[lockyno1]

Saints
Geelong
Swans
Eagles
Crows
Bulldogs- heck even I can't see the bombers winning this one
Port
Roos

 

[meltiger]

West Coast Eagles vs. Richmond at Subiaco Oval 5:40pm AWST

Richmond to win :thumb

 

[lockyno1]

Richmond to win :thumb

Zero chance. Just keep the score respectable!;-)

 

[meltiger]

Zero chance. Just keep the score respectable!;-)

More chance than the Bombers

Go Dogs

 

[lockyno1]

More chance than the Bombers

Go Dogs

At least I admit we are stuffed! I never said we will win this week, look at my first post!:?

 

[Glenn]

If Sydney can't win vs Carlton, going to be a longgggg Winter

St Kilda (Toss of the coin)
Geelong
Sydney (I hope)
West Coast
Adelaide
Western Dogs
Port
Pies

 

[meltiger]

Round 3

Broadcast Guide

Thursday 13 Apr 2006

St Kilda vs. Brisbane Lions at Telstra Dome 7:40pm AEST

Saturday 15 Apr 2006

Geelong vs. Hawthorn at Skilled Stadium 2:10pm AEST

Carlton vs. Sydney Swans at Telstra Dome 7:10pm AEST

West Coast Eagles vs. Richmond at Subiaco Oval 5:40pm AWST

Sunday 16 Apr 2006

Melbourne vs. Adelaide at Carrara Stadium 1:10pm AEST

Essendon vs. Western Bulldogs at Telstra Dome 2:10pm AEST

Port Adelaide vs. Fremantle at AAMI Stadium 4:10pm ACST

Monday 17 Apr 2006

Kangaroos vs. Collingwood at Telstra Dome 2:10pm AEST

 

[stevo]

Saints
Cats
Swannies
Eagles!!! (hopefully we can boost our percentage here)
Crows
Doggies
Port
Roos

 

[meltiger]

Eagles!!! (hopefully we can boost our percentage here)

Pfft


Go Tigers...

 

[CyberKev]

St Kilda
West Coast
Geelong
Western Bulldogs
Adelaide
Port Adelaide
Sydney
Kangaroos

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The only concerns here are the Hounds, Sydney & the Roos.

I've had a bad start to 2006 with my lock tips, but I can well rely on my own side to break the sequence.

Geelong is clearly the best tip on offer this week.

 

[meltiger]

The only concerns here are the Hounds, Sydney & the Roos.

Agree with you here, these were the three games I hovered over as well.


In the end most tipsters have run with similar tips this week, but these games could go either way.

 

[CyberKev]

Agree with you here, these were the three games I hovered over as well.


In the end most tipsters have run with similar tips this week, but these games could go either way.

I so wanted to run with Carlton, but in the end I just lacked the courage.

Surely a reigning premier won't lose 3 straight games to start the season?

 

[meltiger]

I initially had Carlton, form would say Carlton, as they were actually impressive even if losing over in WA. Sydney have been pitiful, at best.


But yeah, I really ran with a similar sort of argument, Carlton ARE poor, Sydney are supposedly a GF quality team?


Whats the go with Mark Williams btw?! :x He was my highest scorer in my Dream Team for R1 but scored a pathetic total of 36 odd last week!


Better pick up the slack this week :evil:


Brad Johnson has been a sensational buy though, 600 points as captain of my team so far

 

[CyberKev]

Whats the go with Mark Williams btw?! :x He was my highest scorer in my Dream Team for R1 but scored a pathetic total of 36 odd last week!

Tell me about it!

Poor old Willow was triple-teamed down back and as Rocca got on top of Dawson in a big way and Tarrant started to grow in confidence, we failed to force Collingwood into releasing players forward.

Brad Johnson has been a sensational buy though, 600 points as captain of my team so far

Fine player is Johnson.

He is one of several gun veterans in the Bulldog side that get constantly overlooked in discussions of the Hounds as people focus overtly on the younger players.

 

[meltiger]

Speaking of Dawson,


What's your take on all this sla.gging Clarkson has been fielding over leaving him on Rocca all last week?


I would have thought if he plans on being a KPP down back, getting trounced early in his career would be a building exercise and show him what still needs to be done to make it?


But geez, the coach has been taking a right royal flogging this week.

 

[CyberKev]

Speaking of Dawson,
What's your take on all this sla.gging Clarkson has been fielding over leaving him on Rocca all last week?

I wouldn't have put him on Rocca to begin with, but I certainly would have moved him after he kicked the 4th.

Its fair for Clarkson to talk of limited forward options (with Franklin, Barker & Boyle all missing) , but the reality was that both Croad & Roughead were far better match-ups for Rocca. Roughead was wasting away in a pocket, and would have been of far greater use on Rocca, particularly as he can create damage by running off a bigger player, given his excellent disposal skills. By removing another player or two from the forward line, it could also have freed up extra space for Williams and Dixon to lead to.

I would have thought if he plans on being a KPP down back, getting trounced early in his career would be a building exercise and show him what still needs to be done to make it?

I'm not worried about the confidence angle. I'm sure he's had bad days in football at junior level, and everyone has bad ones at some point, regardless of experience. I'd also expect that the coaching panel is strongly attuned to his psychological capacity to know whether he could deal with an adverse outcome or not.

What I'm not happy with is the fact that this was a very winnable game. If you want to educate a player in this way, you do it against a strong opponent (where a win was always unlikely) and at a time of the game where its becoming clear that the overall cause is lost.

Inexperience isn't really the main issue here, its the 18kg weight disparity that's the killer and, most likely, always will be in similar scenarios.

But geez, the coach has been taking a right royal flogging this week.

I have no problems with that.

He made a decision that, regardless of motive, cost the side a very winnable game.

 

[meltiger]

I have no problems with that.

He made a decision that, regardless of motive, cost the side a very winnable game.

Some have been talking about sacking him though!


That is Richmondesque behaviour lol

 

[Cupid Stunt]

Go Dogs

Now there's a keeper... :lol:

Brisbane Lions
Geelong
Sydney Swans
West Coast Eagles
Adelaide
Western Bulldogs
Port Adelaide
Kangaroos