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Unlike some, I m not prepared to write them off totally yet. I think even the best sides now are perhaps more prone to some particularly bad days, albeit not the four stinkers the Saints have turned in thus far.
But there is a disturbing similarity starting to emerge for St Kilda, and it s with the Brisbane team which made finals in 2009. They promptly loaded up on senior trade-ins from other clubs, only to nosedive into a mediocrity from which it didn t emerge for nearly a decade.
Like the Saints last year, the Lions managed to win an elimination final, before being found well short of the mark in a semifinal loss. Still, the club was understandably optimistic about the future.
Carlton will take on Hawthorn on Saturday at the MCG, in what looms as a must win for David Teague’s men. After a competitive performance against the Dogs, the Blues were outclassed in the end, before going down comprehensively to the undefeated Melbourne side. Right now this puts the Blues in a position of sitting […]
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Four weeks ago, I published an update on the individual and team ratings accumulated by our band of merry men and women at Following Football.
With Round 9 just getting underway, it’s time to take another look at where things stand after eight rounds.
As I’ve said before, we use 23 sources of voting and evaluations of AFL players each week: several teams of the week, Brownlow-style voting, best-on-grounds, fantasy scoring, statistical leaders and AFLCA voting.
As was requested on my Round 8 review of Essendon, I am doing an early season review of the Carlton Football Club. We will go through what worked, what didn’t, and how they can fix it before finishing off with a pass mark for the remainder of the season. Now, I’m an Essendon supporter, so […]