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Wowsers, great weekend with some huge turnarounds in games. Plenty to talk about, so let’s go wrapping…
Pies v Bombers, Friday night: Pretty dominant win from the Bombers, despite the final score only being a couple of goals. Totally outplayed the Magpies from the second quarter onwards. Going to be tough for the reigning premiers just to make the finals now, letalone go back to back. They should probably count themselves fortunate just to have won last year to be fair.
North v Suns, Saturday arvo: The story will be "Gold Coast are really rubbish away from home" but how about we park that one and just congratulate North on a great win and a nice resurgence in the last few rounds? They were at their lowest ebb a few weeks ago but they've battled back brilliantly and are going to be an exciting side in the next few seasons. Also, Gold Coast are really rubbish away from home.
Port v Dogs, Saturday arvo: You could set your clocks to this. The Bulldogs have a few good weeks, people start saying "look out, the Doggies are a smoky finals/flag chance" and then boom... a totally abysmal performance comes out of nowhere. Been happening all season. No excuses if you’re someone who keeps being surprised by it.
Cats v Hawks, Saturday twilight: Well somebody had to end Hawthorn's golden stretch, which sat at a stunning 7 wins and a one-point loss from their last 8 games prior to this. Plenty of better teams have gone down the highway and lost to Geelong, who are suddenly back in form, so there's no shame in this one. The young Hawklets will be fine.
Giants v Blues, Saturday night: I don’t think many of us thought the 2024 Giants had that sort of turnaround performance in them. A near-7 goal deficit magically became a 6 goal lead in a stunning onslaught through the middle quarters. Huge win for them to get some momentum back.
Dockers v Tigers, Saturday night: I sat down to Sunday breakfast and some Fox Footy this morning and nearly choked on my black pudding when I saw the ladder. Fremantle are third. This is officially getting out of hand. They could genuinely end up second by the end of the H&A season looking at their run home. Fantastic year so far.
Demons v Eagles, Sunday arvo: Do I even have to write something about this game or can we just forget it ever existed? The Dees kicked a last-quarter goal for the first time since round 13. I think that was probably the most exciting thing that happened.
Saints v Swans, Sunday arvo: Full credit to St Kilda. Another side that I didn’t think was capable of that sort of turnaround. Evidently neither did the Swans players who let their guards down badly and got exactly what they deserved. Oh well, even the greatest sides have mid-season form slumps. Time will tell if that’s all this ends up being though.
Lions v Crows, Sunday twilight: In a round of comebacks Adelaide ran out of time to complete their own. Still a good performance away from home against a Lions side clicking into gear.
Don’t forget to post your liked, learnt, hated along with any other thoughts you had about Round 17!
Pies v Bombers, Friday night: Pretty dominant win from the Bombers, despite the final score only being a couple of goals. Totally outplayed the Magpies from the second quarter onwards. Going to be tough for the reigning premiers just to make the finals now, letalone go back to back. They should probably count themselves fortunate just to have won last year to be fair.
North v Suns, Saturday arvo: The story will be "Gold Coast are really rubbish away from home" but how about we park that one and just congratulate North on a great win and a nice resurgence in the last few rounds? They were at their lowest ebb a few weeks ago but they've battled back brilliantly and are going to be an exciting side in the next few seasons. Also, Gold Coast are really rubbish away from home.
Port v Dogs, Saturday arvo: You could set your clocks to this. The Bulldogs have a few good weeks, people start saying "look out, the Doggies are a smoky finals/flag chance" and then boom... a totally abysmal performance comes out of nowhere. Been happening all season. No excuses if you’re someone who keeps being surprised by it.
Cats v Hawks, Saturday twilight: Well somebody had to end Hawthorn's golden stretch, which sat at a stunning 7 wins and a one-point loss from their last 8 games prior to this. Plenty of better teams have gone down the highway and lost to Geelong, who are suddenly back in form, so there's no shame in this one. The young Hawklets will be fine.
Giants v Blues, Saturday night: I don’t think many of us thought the 2024 Giants had that sort of turnaround performance in them. A near-7 goal deficit magically became a 6 goal lead in a stunning onslaught through the middle quarters. Huge win for them to get some momentum back.
Dockers v Tigers, Saturday night: I sat down to Sunday breakfast and some Fox Footy this morning and nearly choked on my black pudding when I saw the ladder. Fremantle are third. This is officially getting out of hand. They could genuinely end up second by the end of the H&A season looking at their run home. Fantastic year so far.
Demons v Eagles, Sunday arvo: Do I even have to write something about this game or can we just forget it ever existed? The Dees kicked a last-quarter goal for the first time since round 13. I think that was probably the most exciting thing that happened.
Saints v Swans, Sunday arvo: Full credit to St Kilda. Another side that I didn’t think was capable of that sort of turnaround. Evidently neither did the Swans players who let their guards down badly and got exactly what they deserved. Oh well, even the greatest sides have mid-season form slumps. Time will tell if that’s all this ends up being though.
Lions v Crows, Sunday twilight: In a round of comebacks Adelaide ran out of time to complete their own. Still a good performance away from home against a Lions side clicking into gear.
Don’t forget to post your liked, learnt, hated along with any other thoughts you had about Round 17!
