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Yeah just realisedIt's a 6 day break
Ess should have lost by about 60 if port kicked straight during the match.Brisbane 1-39 seems a safe bet vs Essendon who are $4.45 outsiders, which seems way over anyway. 6 day break and travelling again the only worry but they gave Port a good shake today away from home who are probably on par with Brisbane atm.
Not really, Port had 10 more scoring shots.Ess should have lost by about 60 if port kicked straight during the match.
Hawthorn won the centre clearances on the weekend tooSaid it on the round 8 thread but Richmond +25.5 at B365 (was +26.5 yesterday) looks like free money to me.
Geelong’s list of absent players is now at a tipping point: Dangerfield, Guthrie, De Koning, Close, Stanley, Stengle, J Henry, Rohan. That’s eight premiership players plus Bowes who has been b22 this year.
We will be running a midfield of Blicavs - Atkins - Holmes - Bruhn/Knevitt against Taranto - Hopper - Prestia - Martin/Bolton. Hard to see how we don’t get demolished in the middle.
Brisbane to cover their line. If Jordan Ridley doesnt pull up I still think this is a fair price. But if he doesnt , I could see a world where this could go up to -29.5 handicap. Bombers played well today and on another day, could have got a result from todays game. I feel Brisbanes forward line will be a bit too much for this Essendon defence though. Had it not been a more accurate shooting for goal from Port , the margin should have been a lot larger. Zerk-Thatcher was beaten in two weeks by a stronger opponent. Its rare do you see a Victorian side have to back up with two straight interstate trips in the space of 5 days as well.
The Louie Lock looms large here.Said it on the round 8 thread but Richmond +25.5 at B365 (was +26.5 yesterday) looks like free money to me.
Geelong’s list of absent players is now at a tipping point: Dangerfield, Guthrie, De Koning, Close, Stanley, Stengle, J Henry, Rohan. That’s eight premiership players plus Bowes who has been b22 this year.
We will be running a midfield of Blicavs - Atkins - Holmes - Bruhn/Knevitt against Taranto - Hopper - Prestia - Martin/Bolton. Hard to see how we don’t get demolished in the middle.
Not really, Port had 10 more scoring shots.
Teams average close to a 50/50 split, so a ~35 point margin would therefore be expected, not 60.
I have Bris in a tier above Port. They're flying and 100% a contender at this stage.Brisbane 1-39 seems a safe bet vs Essendon who are $4.45 outsiders, which seems way over anyway. 6 day break and travelling again the only worry but they gave Port a good shake today away from home who are probably on par with Brisbane atm.
Essendon played against the Cats at the G.I have Bris in a tier above Port. They're flying and 100% a contender at this stage.
The miracle has happened and Ess have firmed to +25.5. Travelling back to back with a 6 day break (Bris has a leisurely 8 days). Tough 3 weeks considering they went to Skilled Stadium a couple of weeks ago as well. Port should easily have covered if they had of kicked straight and as mentioned in this thread the 1st qtr dominance was ruck and centre clearance work which won't be repeated against the Lions. In the end a bit of a "heart breaking" loss or chance at a draw so that will probably work against them as well.
Or you could just keep it simple and think that the Ess backline gets smashed with Ridley and Laverde out and Zerk- Thatcher being completely over matched.
Essendon played against the Cats at the G.
Website?After losing our first two third quarters, the Bulldogs have gone D, W, W, W, W, W. The drawn third quarter was in round three against Brisbane who coincidentally are the only other team to have won their previous five third quarters.
LADDER USING ONLY THE THIRD QUARTER
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