@mariner4life said in AFL 2023:
and Saints will get the spoon
Was nice to see us kick straight for a change. But we are dropping like flies and come round 1 Ross will probably have to throw some kids into the deep end.
I’m not counting out the Kangaroos having another mare of a season just yet, but we will be down there with them I reckon.
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@Kiwiwomble said in AFL 2023:
god im looking forward to this year, both my football and rugby teams are shit....up the Swans
Without being that guy
Getting pumped in a GF isn't usually followed by another good season
@mariner4life said in AFL 2023:
@Kiwiwomble said in AFL 2023:
god im looking forward to this year, both my football and rugby teams are shit....up the Swans
Withoutbeing that guyGetting pumped in a GF isn't usually followed by another good season
FIFY
im honestly basing this on, the swans didn't fluke their way into a final or cobble together a late season push to just making the playoffs and get pumped, theyve been building for a few years, pretty young squad with the obvious exceptions...we should be able to build on last year
dont you fucking take this away from me, checking scores every weekend and just seeing losses is not fun
@mariner4life said in AFL 2023:
Crows any chance?
Over Camp Staaldraad yet?
Chance to make the 8?
No
Make the 8? Pfft
Miss the spoon?
Cracking start to the season. Brutal game, lacking in skill at times but never lacking in intensity.
As a Carlton fan I will take two points. We could have won, but I actually thought Richmond were the better team (stats back that up) so we did really well to stifle them at key moments.
big crowd, THAT is how you kick off a season...pure guess work but the AFL could have mae more money in one game than SR will make for a whole round....
@barbarian said in AFL 2023:
Cracking start to the season. Brutal game, lacking in skill at times but never lacking in intensity.
The “rolling maul” seemed to be back last night. Yes it was game 1, big stage, big crowd and massive build up with the start of a new season, but I didn’t like what I saw for the most part. I had flashbacks to a few years ago when I turned most games off at quarter time because the game had become so congested and players didn’t want to take possession of the ball.
Let’s see how the Pies and Cats go tonight
A massive crowd and amazing atmosphere like last night, but the quality level is several notches up. The ball is moving fast but the execution and scoring has been top drawer.
Bit of feeling too.
@mariner4life yeah, watching it you knew something bad would result. He was in massive pain lying on the ground.
Last few minutes of the 3rd and then the 4th, the Pies were all over them. A ‘famous’ victory….
Round 1: The lolz
Carlton and Richmond draw a shit game
Collingwood looked fucking good
Fuck you Brisbane you hope-giving pretenders, you are still weak as piss
I picked North to win, but both those teams suck
Melbourne yes, Bulldogs no
Ouchy Gold Coast, Sydney to warm @Kiwiwomble 's cold southern heart
GWS good start
Hawthorn have a long season ahead of them
Death, taxes, a Ross Lyon coaches side winning a dour shitfight
@mariner4life doing a tipping comp at work for the first time...think i went 2-7...but was worth it for the swanies! buddy with 2 in 3 minutes....so they start double and triple marking him....so everyones else floods forward, gulden with one from 65 at full stride! paps with an outside of the foot banana off his wrong foot from 40m?!...beautiful
@Kiwiwomble said in AFL 2023:
@mariner4life doing a tipping comp at work for the first time...think i went 2-5...but was worth it for the swanies! buddy with 2 in 3 minutes....so they start double and triple marking him....so everyones else floods forward, gulden with one from 65 at full stride! paps with an outside of the foot banana off his wrong foot from 40m?!...beautiful
i stuck a full-round multi on, it has a lot of red crosses
I reckon Port and Collingwood were the standouts of round 1.
Alarm bells for Gold Coast and maybe Brisbane (but I wouldn't overreact).
Other than that the good teams were good and the shit teams were shit.
@barbarian said in AFL 2023:
maybe Brisbane (but I wouldn't overreact).
it's not an overreaction when it's a continuation of previous problems. There is a core problem there and teams can just overwhelm us. our team defence and ability to halt momentum is still a serious weakness.
@mariner4life the pleasing thing for my Saints was to see some defensive pressure back. Thought we tackled well in the back half.
But kicking a score is going to be a massive problem this season especially with no Membrey or King in the lineup.
R2 and your tips are probably a shambles
Carlton beat Geelong, who are looking like the team everyone thought they were last year. Except Cameron, who nearly won the game by himself
The Lions and Melbourne completely reversed R1 form. Ignore the scoreline, if the lights don't go out the Lions win that by 40
Collingwood are the most impressive team so far
Huge alarm bells at the Bulldogs
And maybe at Freo too. North are 2-0!
Sydney smacking Hawthorn was the easiest call of the weekend. Hawks nailed on for the spoon
Essendon beat the Suns with a dominant 4th quarter
And to round it out the previously rubbish West Coast beat the previously impressive GWS.
Lions have the Bulldogs at Marvel tonight
You would be pencilling in the 4 points for the Lions if you look at how the Dogs are travelling. But this has ambush written all over it. The media have found their guy very early, and thus the drums are beating for Bevos head. If he still has the dressing room i expect a massive backlash.