Round 17: the other games.

[The Big Cat]

Question: Has there ever been a free kick in a Geelong game that Chris Scott has agreed with?

[mcs]

Question: Has there ever been a free kick in a Geelong game that Chris Scott has agreed with?

No. Giant sook when things don't go his way, week in week out. Good coach but pretty unlikable

[Thunder Shaker]

Adelaide up by 4 goals to nil against West Coast after 11 minutes. Could be a shellacking.

[Sandridge]

Demons doing us a favour against the Dirty Nappies so far! Keep it up, Dees!

[dejavoodoo44]

I haven't seen any of the game, but Melbourne flogging Hawthorn 86-9 at half time, is very pleasing to me. Which means we keep a ten point gap over third placed Hawthorn. It would also be handy if GWS could keep in front of Fremantle.

[Thunder Shaker]

I haven't seen any of the game, but Melbourne flogging Hawthorn 86-9 at half time, is very pleasing to me. Which means we keep a ten point gap over third placed Hawthorn. It would also be handy if GWS could keep in front of Fremantle.

Melbourne spanking Hawthorn is very pleasing to see.

GWS in front against Fremantle is even better, though Fremantle are more than capable of reducing scoreboard deficits. I did say in the Dogs' match thread that Fremantle were due for a loss. A Fremantle loss would be good.

[imuninformedtwo]

Melbourne spanking Hawthorn is very pleasing to see.

GWS in front against Fremantle is even better, though Fremantle are more than capable of reducing scoreboard deficits. I did say in the Dogs' match thread that Fremantle were due for a loss. A Fremantle loss would be good.

Next week would be better.

But the Hawks result is huge for our top two results. Hopefully it leaves massive mental scarring.

[Sandridge]

Did Melbourne head for the airport at three quarter time?

[dejavoodoo44]

Errr, might be time for the Demons to take the cue back out of the rack.

[dejavoodoo44]

Giants now putting a small dent in Fremantle's percentage.

[Sandridge]

Hawks kicked 12 unanswered goals at one stage but still lost by 35 points. It was a strange game!

Because of the Hawk's draw, percentage is immaterial though - just the fact that they lost is huge for us!

[dejavoodoo44]

Another academy graduate is about to make his AFL debut: Liam Puncher for Collingwood. He's a KPD, who after not being picked up in his draft year, went to Sturt in the SANFL, with Anderson and Giacometti. He then went to Woodville-West Torrens and did enough to be picked up in the midseason draft. Good luck to him.

[Hotpotato]

Giants had lost 3 in a row and then blow Freo away,
a most impressive form reversal.

Had trouble finding Jackson on the ground .

[Thunder Shaker]

Giants now putting a small dent in Fremantle's percentage.

More than a "small" dent. The surprise loss took Fremantle's percentage from 148.2 to 141.6.

This puts Fremantle in range for Sydney to knock them off the top of the ladder. A 24-point win by Sydney over Fremantle would be enough.

[Thunder Shaker]

Other games in this round:

Collingwood leads Gold Coast by 28 to 20 at quarter time. This match could go either way.

Richmond plays Carlton. Carlton are likely to extend their winning streak to seven. At the start of the week I would have said the streak stopped there because Carlton play Hawthorn next week. However, after Melbourne's first half pulverisation of Hawthorn, I'm not so sure. Carlton could have an eight-game winning streak after next week.

Essendon plays St Kilda tomorrow. I don't see Essendon winning that.

Final match is Port Adelaide versus North Melbourne. I think Port are doing some tanking to preserve their high draft pick, while trying not to be too obvious about it. If they beat North, they would climb the ladder if St Kilda lose. I doubt that would happen because it's likely that all three teams above Port all win this week. Nevertheless, I think North will win because they've been quite good this year.