General footy chat Round 18: the other games.

[dejavoodoo44]

After last night's loss, I'm finding it a bit hard to get enthused about the rest of the round. Sure, being an AFL obsessive, I'm bound to watch something, but I really don't care who wins between Collingwood and North. Then on Saturday, I don't really have a preference between St Kilda and Port or Carlton and Hawthorn. Though I would like GWS to win, and hopefully push Geelong further into wildcard irrelevance. And I suppose it would be nice if Gold Coast got their season back on track, but I can't really see them beating Adelaide away.

Then on Sunday, there could be some real maulings. While there might be some chance of West Coast upsetting the Bulldogs, I don't really like the chances of Richmond against Melbourne and Essendon against Brisbane.

[imuninformedtwo]

Wildcard round is a stupid commercial construct but you make a good point, no team is winning it from there so the more serious contenders slip back to that, the better. Which means I also have to cheer on Carlton, but here we are.

[Sandridge]

After last night's loss, I'm finding it a bit hard to get enthused about the rest of the round.

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I'm actually finding watching Pies/Norf quite cathartic.

Years ago, I would've said that Collingwood was the team I hate the most. A couple of other teams have become even more distasteful for me now and Norf is one of them. Hate their supporters and coach and I'm in the unusual position of wanting Collingwood to win. Plus, you've got to feel sorry for the Pies tonight. They've had to "travel" to Marvel Stadium for the game.

(To be fair to both teams, it was an entertaining first quarter.)

[Sandridge]

10 minutes to go, the free kicks are 10 - 21 in Norf's favour.