AFL 2021
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Really entertaining round. Seems like North will be the only easybeat team this year, with the other 17 teams all with a shot of winning on any given Sunday.
The Swans was the most surprising for me, when it all clicked they blew the Lions off the park. Away from home too. I expect them to be hot and cold given how many young blokes they are fielding, but still they will be a really tough assignment.
Also impressed by the Suns, even though they lost. I think the competition for the 7th and 8th will be pretty intense.
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@barbarian said in AFL 2021:
The Swans was the most surprising for me, when it all clicked they blew the Lions off the park. Away from home too. I expect them to be hot and cold given how many young blokes they are fielding, but still they will be a really tough assignment.
exactly this, ive had a look around the boards and there is a lot of excitement but also the reality we had three on debut and its one thing to fire when winning but how they handle being under the pump against someone like richmond or geelong is yet to be seen
booting your first AFL goal on the run from 50 is a bloody good start though
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@barbarian said in AFL 2021:
Really entertaining round. Seems like North will be the only easybeat team this year, with the other 17 teams all with a shot of winning on any given Sunday.
The Swans was the most surprising for me, when it all clicked they blew the Lions off the park. Away from home too. I expect them to be hot and cold given how many young blokes they are fielding, but still they will be a really tough assignment.
Also impressed by the Suns, even though they lost. I think the competition for the 7th and 8th will be pretty intense.
as usual, the Swans drafted well, and their kids are jets right off the bat. But yes, expect inconsistency all year
I'm still pissed by the Lions though, that was shithouse. Daniher better not be one of those guys who comes in as a name, plays pretty well, but somehow fucks the team up. I'm looking at you Fev.
Some really good games. I thought the Suns, for a young side, did well to get themselves in to the game after giving up 3 goals in a minute and a half away to a team that is on a premiership hunt, having not even touched the ball.
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I've got question marks over Essendon, Hawthorn and GWS. I'm not sure how the game between the former two will look in the context of the season, what I saw didn't impress me that much.
And GWS should have put St Kilda away yesterday, but they just lack the edge they once had in those tight contests. The Saints were impressive but the Giants let them in. Himmelberg misses a kickable set shot which would have put them up 16 with 10 to play, and from there they were on the back foot.
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@barbarian said in AFL 2021:
I've got question marks over Essendon, Hawthorn and GWS. I'm not sure how the game between the former two will look in the context of the season, what I saw didn't impress me that much.
And GWS should have put St Kilda away yesterday, but they just lack the edge they once had in those tight contests. The Saints were impressive but the Giants let them in. Himmelberg misses a kickable set shot which would have put them up 16 with 10 to play, and from there they were on the back foot.
GWS are so flawed despite their talent. I cannot understand how Cameron still has his job. They bleed players every year, they underachieve, and yet he keeps his spot.
I have no expectations on the Bombers or Hawthorn, i would be astounded if they played finals. The game looked like 12th plays 13th.
I would also actually love for Geelong to be the team that falls off a cliff this year (there always seems to be one). I have an intense dislike for Patrick Dangerfield. I would love to see Jeremy Cameron move to a team to hunt a flag and miss finals.
My wildly too early prediction is that this season is all about West Coast hunting Richmond for the flag. Again.
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2021:
@barbarian said in AFL 2021:
I've got question marks over Essendon, Hawthorn and GWS. I'm not sure how the game between the former two will look in the context of the season, what I saw didn't impress me that much.
And GWS should have put St Kilda away yesterday, but they just lack the edge they once had in those tight contests. The Saints were impressive but the Giants let them in. Himmelberg misses a kickable set shot which would have put them up 16 with 10 to play, and from there they were on the back foot.
GWS are so flawed despite their talent. I cannot understand how Cameron still has his job. They bleed players every year, they underachieve, and yet he keeps his spot.
I have no expectations on the Bombers or Hawthorn, i would be astounded if they played finals. The game looked like 12th plays 13th.
I would also actually love for Geelong to be the team that falls off a cliff this year (there always seems to be one). I have an intense dislike for Patrick Dangerfield. I would love to see Jeremy Cameron move to a team to hunt a flag and miss finals.
My wildly too early prediction is that this season is all about West Coast hunting Richmond for the flag. Again.
I can see the Bulldogs making a real run at it, they were impressive on Friday night.
I am sympathetic the GWS bleeding players, as their draft harvest in the mid 2010s means that keeping a hold of their talent under the salary cap is virtually impossible. If Carlton want to pay an ungodly sum to Zac Williams then they can't do much to keep him.
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@barbarian said in AFL 2021:
@mariner4life said in AFL 2021:
@barbarian said in AFL 2021:
I've got question marks over Essendon, Hawthorn and GWS. I'm not sure how the game between the former two will look in the context of the season, what I saw didn't impress me that much.
And GWS should have put St Kilda away yesterday, but they just lack the edge they once had in those tight contests. The Saints were impressive but the Giants let them in. Himmelberg misses a kickable set shot which would have put them up 16 with 10 to play, and from there they were on the back foot.
GWS are so flawed despite their talent. I cannot understand how Cameron still has his job. They bleed players every year, they underachieve, and yet he keeps his spot.
I have no expectations on the Bombers or Hawthorn, i would be astounded if they played finals. The game looked like 12th plays 13th.
I would also actually love for Geelong to be the team that falls off a cliff this year (there always seems to be one). I have an intense dislike for Patrick Dangerfield. I would love to see Jeremy Cameron move to a team to hunt a flag and miss finals.
My wildly too early prediction is that this season is all about West Coast hunting Richmond for the flag. Again.
I can see the Bulldogs making a real run at it, they were impressive on Friday night.
I am sympathetic the GWS bleeding players, as their draft harvest in the mid 2010s means that keeping a hold of their talent under the salary cap is virtually impossible. If Carlton want to pay an ungodly sum to Zac Williams then they can't do much to keep him.
i get that, but there doesn't seem to be an awful lot going on to keep those players either. They have had an awful lot of talent there and done not much. Proving that winning a GF is actually really freaking hard.
I like the Dogs as a club, and like Beveridge as a coach, so i hope they go alright. But i think their youthful endeavor still isn't good enough to beat the best sides.
Doesn't help that their best player and major possession winner is actually a pretty ordinary kick. That's gonna hurt this year.
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also, did they add an award on Brownlow night for "Rudest Haircut" and "Shittest Facial Hair"? Because half the fucking comp seems to have gone out of their way to look like slightly inbred tip rats from housing estates.
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@mariner4life Same story in SRA when you look at the rude lids employed by J Barrett, DMac, Richie, David Havili'i etc. At least Goodhue has finally tidied up his fucking monstrosity.
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Buddy's back: Swans superstar to make long-awaited AFL return
The four-time Coleman medallist hasn't played at the top level since the final round of the 2019 season
could be a good boost, take a little bit of pressure of the young guns to hit the same heights two weeks in a row
our potential forward line looks good
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imagine if we'd secured Daniher...i might have even started to get excited
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@kiwiwomble I reckon you might be better without him
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@barbarian maybe, trying not to get excited as buddy could break again real easy and these young guns...are young. The more options the better
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@kiwiwomble said in AFL 2021:
@barbarian maybe, trying not to get excited as buddy could break again real easy and these young guns...are young. The more options the better
Maybe, but adding in a highly paid (arguably overrated) key forward could upset what appears to be a really happy squad. Will be interesting to watch how he goes at the Lions.
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@barbarian said in AFL 2021:
@kiwiwomble said in AFL 2021:
@barbarian maybe, trying not to get excited as buddy could break again real easy and these young guns...are young. The more options the better
Maybe, but adding in a highly paid (arguably overrated) key forward could upset what appears to be a really happy squad. Will be interesting to watch how he goes at the Lions.
of course, not saying id swap what we have for him or anything
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@barbarian said in AFL 2021:
I've got question marks over Essendon, Hawthorn and GWS. I'm not sure how the game between the former two will look in the context of the season, what I saw didn't impress me that much.
And GWS should have put St Kilda away yesterday, but they just lack the edge they once had in those tight contests. The Saints were impressive but the Giants let them in. Himmelberg misses a kickable set shot which would have put them up 16 with 10 to play, and from there they were on the back foot.
Hey hey hey, let’s not play down that fantastic win in tough conditions, down in the final quarter, away from home...
It’s our year and it’s not 1966.
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Dangerfield gets his 3 weeks. Good job.
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god the TV demands on the schedule suck. It's how you end up with Carlton v Collingwood as the Thursday game.
should be a good weekend. Geelong v Brisbane will see an early season favourite go 0-2. One of Sydney and the Crows will be 2-0. Saints v Melbourne will tell a bit. Bulldogs v West Coast in a battle of a couple of contenders.
But we start with Carlton and Collingwood...
