Balmain

[Mightyswans2005]

There seems to be a big turn around with the results of Balmain. Has anyone seen them play recently? Have they picked up new recruits?

[adnar]

Re: Balmain

Originally posted by Mightyswans2005
There seems to be a big turn around with the results of Balmain. Has anyone seen them play recently? Have they picked up new recruits?

No recruits to speak of, and they actually lost a player or two. Just a good run of injuries and everyone starting to gel.

[Norris Lurker]

Last time I saw Balmain, when they played St George at Olds Park, they jumped the Crows early then the Crows fought back to take the lead before Balmain steadied to win by a point.
They've got some good young players there; and stuck to their guns even after copping some floggings earlier in the year. I didn't see either of their matches against Penno or Wests, but they were more than competitive in both of them; and if they can maintain form like that the Tigers would probably fancy their chances of knocking off North Shore this week. I've tipped North Shore in my article and I will again when we do the tips later this week, but I'm expecting Balmain to put up a real fight.

[floppinab]

Was at Balmain Wests on Sunday and they really let Wests off the hook. I had to go 10 mins to the last and the Tigers were 2 goals up at that stage and had really played a lot more direct purposeful footy for most of the day and a drop off in the last 15 mins cost them the game.

[Norris Lurker]

Thanks for that Floppinab. Unfortunately the Sydney AFL site has the quarter by quarter scores for Wests for that game but not for Balmain (same with ECE v Wollongong); so the final scores may not have told the full story of the game.
Would have been the boilover of the season if Balmain had won.

[Oscar]

East Coast 2-5 7-10 16-14 19-23 (137)
Wollongong 1-1 2-2 6-5 7-7 (49)