Bean Dailey Takes Charge: Season 2008

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Weekly Round up

Scores
Bombers Down Dogs
Bombers: 3.3 5.6 9.12 12.12.84
Bulldogs: 3.0 5.4 7.5 8.9.57

Cats dispatch Saints
Saints: 2.5 5.6 9.11 11.14.80
Cats: 4.2 10.5 13.7 17.10.112

Harding 5 Handy as Roos Scrape Home
Kangaroos: 1.1 2.4 4.7 10.13.73
Demons: 3.3 6.7 7.13 9.14.68

Swans Destroy Eagles
Swans: 3.6 10.10 11.11 18.18.126
Eagles: 2.3 4.7 7.10 7.13.55

Port Off the Bottom, Brisbane on the Canvass
Power: 3.3 6.5 10.6 13.9.87
Lions: 3.3 4.7 5.9 9.11.65

Wayward Hawks Eclipse Crows
Hawks: 2.4 5.12 9.17 13.22.100
Crows: 2.4 4.7 7.10 9.13.67

Collingwood Out-Class Carlton
Blues: 3.3 7.5 11.6 15.9.99
Magpies: 5.5 10.6 17.8 18.13.121

Tigers Triumph Out West
Dockers 3.6 5.11 9.12 10.14.74
Tigers: 2.5 6.6 9.9 13.12.90

Ladder:
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Goal Kickers:
Code: 
1  L.Franklin    19
=2 B.Hall        17
=2 M.Richardson  17
=2 S.Lucas        17
5  M.Pavlich      16

Injuries
Daniel Giansiracusa’s hamstring popped while Scott Pendlebury and Jess Sinclair will need to be monitored with leg soreness. But the one we’re all pleased to report is that young Melbourne defender Colin Garland has escaped serious injury after his sickening head-clash with Jeff White. Reports from the Demons say that while Tasmanian’s sole remaining head is still a bit sore, he has avoided the skull fracture and spinal injuries initially feared by medical staff and has no lingering effects from the hit, despite remaining unconscious until he was being loaded into an ambulance. The Demons say he is unlikely to return to full-contact training for at least two weeks. White, for his part, has had his nose repaired by the best plastic surgeons the Gold Coast has to offer and may yet be ready for next week’s game. In a similarly ugly incident, Cheynee Stiller was reported to have mild concussion after his controversial clash with Domenic Cassisi, and should train and play without issue.

Demons: M.Bate – Hamstring (3 weeks), B.Miller – Hamstring (3 weeks), C.Garland – concussion (2-3 weeks), J.White – nose (test)Others: J.Sellar [Ade] - Osteitis Pubis (indefinite), M.Osborne [Haw] – ACL knee (Season), R.Houlihan [Carl] – Osteitis Pubis (indefinite), S.Crawford [Haw] - Osteitis Pubis (indefinite),D.Giansiracusa [WB] – hamstring (4-6 weeks), J.Adcock [Bris] – stress fracture, foot (5 weeks), A.Goodes [Syd] – hamstring (3 weeks), N.Bock [Adel] – hamstring (3 weeks), S.Dempster [StK] – hamstring (2-3 weeks), N.Lonie [Port] - PCL knee (2 weeks), D.Glass [WCE] – hamstring (2 weeks), J.Koschitzke [StK] – calf (test), M.Maguire [StK] - AC joint (test), S.Pendlebury [Coll] – cork, thigh (test), J.Sinclair [NM] – cork, thigh (test)

Tribunal:
Luke Ball [Coll] reported by field umpire for striking Tom Hawkins. 2 week suspension.
An off the ball scuffle developed after Hawkins tackled Ball in Geelong’s attacking 50. Both players grappled and fell to the ground, whereupon Ball unloaded a punch which struck Hawkins in the face and gave him a black eye. Ball pleaded guilty.

Domenic Cassisi [PA] reported by on field umpire for charging Cheynee Stiller. Dismissed.
Stiller was coralling Peter Burgoyne when Cassisi approached from behind and laid a solid hip and shoulder on him. Stiller’s jaw struck Cassisi’s elbow after the initial contact and he was knocked unconscious. Cassisi successfully argued at the tribunal that the secondary contact with Stiller’s jaw could not have been reasonably foreseen to be a consequence of the initial contact and the charging report was dismissed.

Daniel Merret [Bris] reported on video footage for striking Domenic Cassisi. 2 week suspension.
Cassisi was felled by a hit behind the play. Video analysis suggested Merrett had struck Cassisi on the head as the Port player was tying his shoelaces, allegedly as payback for the earlier hit on Stiller. Merrett pleaded guilty.

The Wrap:
What Was Good:
  • Richo proving last week wasn’t a fluke by booting another 6 goals this week. Everyone still loves the Richo-Man!
  • The Comeback at Carrara – Leigh Harding, feel free to kick 5 goals in a quarter anytime you like, not just when your club is staring down the most embarrassing of all possible defeats.
  • The Swans. How the hell are they able to average over 116 points for with only 53 against? And in half those games they didn’t even have Adam Goodes!?!

What Was Crap:
  • KO’s. This was the less nausea inducing of the two:
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    …The other one we can’t show you any pictures of because it’s so graphic Bret Easton Ellis described it as shocking.
  • Jeff White’s face between 3:30pm Saturday and 11:00am Sunday, when he had his nose put back together.
  • Blowouts. Average margin of each game this week? Nearly 5 goals. What happened to all those cliffhangers from a few weeks ago?
 
Preview: Round 5

Friday, April 18
Saints vs Bombers (Telstra Dome): Essendon’s second Friday night game in a row see’s them take on the up and down Saints. The Dons will be hoping it’s a replay of last week’s downing of the Western Bulldogs as they continue their Matty Knight’s-led recovery. The Saints, on the other hand, are languishing in the bottom four with more points kicked against them than any other side, a situation which must be totally unacceptable for Ross Lyon.

Saturday, April 19
Cats vs Swans (Skilled Stadium): The battle of the top two sides in the league shapes up as an intriguing one. The Swans under Paul Roos, appear to have improved their ability to shut down sides but added an incredible attacking flair to their game plan, while the Cats just keep purring along after their premiership success. Get set for one of the games of the season.

Crows vs Dockers (AAMI Stadium): The Crows have struggled hugely at the start of this season, and going down against the similarly stuttering Hawthorn last week won’t have done their hopes any good. The Dockers are as inconsistent as any in the history of the game, lurching wildly from sublime to sewerage from minute-to-minute. Expect the unexpected.

Lions vs Hawks (‘Gabba): Brisbane have shown fight, they have shown ferocity, and they have shown a marked inability to win a game of football. Michael Voss may be drilling a hard, contested brand of football into his charges but it doesn’t seem to be translating into results yet. By contrast Hawthorn have moseyed their way through games, rarely looking interested in putting up much of a fight but still eking out two wins and two losses. They will need to be ready for the wounded Lions.

Magpies vs Kangaroos (MCG): The Magpies are flying, with only a loss to the rampant Richmond to their name. On the other hand, the Kangaroos have played one quarter all season, the last against Melbourne a week ago. By all reports this game is the point from which North hope to launch their season. By all reports, Collingwood are hardly shaking in their boots.

Sunday, April 20
Demons vs Blues (MCG): The Kreuzer Cup rematch pits the winless Blues against the Demons, who have just the one win. But the fact they sit in 15th and 9th shows you just how even this season has been. The Blues have impressed many with the way they have gone about their football, often out-classed but rarely lacking in effort or will. The Demons have similarly taken the fight up to their more fancied rivals so far this season and will look forward to going into a game with some semblance of advantage. The battle of these two try-hards will make for an unusual highlight this week.

Bulldogs vs Tigers (Telstra Dome):No one really knows how to look at these two teams. The Dogs certainly have skill, pace and an electrifying game plan, but their inability to string more than three quarters together in a row plus a worrying lack of fitness means they look a step or two below the real challengers this season. The Tigers, by rights, ought to be at the other end of the ladder on paper, but the game is played on turf and with a mix of experience and youth firing on all cylinders they have played some incredible football. All will become clearer on Sunday arvo.

Eagles vs Power (Subiaco): The Eagles may not be playing the prettiest football but they certainly are getting good results. At least, they were up until the Swans took them apart in a very un-Sydner-vs-West-Coast sort of way. Port Adelaide, on the other hand, look to be the sort of shell-shocked shell of a side that many predicted a 119 point Grand Final would produce. But the signs were there last week that they are starting to awake from their nightmare, and both these clubs know you’re only as good as your last game.

What we’re looking forward to: Two games: the skilful (at Skilled Stadium) and the heart-felt (Sunday at the ‘G). Geelong against Sydney might well be a game for the ages, with both clubs hold a lot of respect for each other. The Demons-Blues game, on the other hand, is a rematch of a game which saw both teams unsure if they wanted to actually win. This time around both sides have shown an incredible commitment to the contest, and with two new coaches at the helm both demanding a win, this game could be another classic, if not for quite the same reasons.

What we’re not looking forward to: Can the Dogs please shut Richmond up, lest the Tiger’s roar become unbearable at beating more than one good side.
 
And after that disappointment, lets move on to our game against the truly woeful Carlton.

Last week's team:
Logger said:
Code: 
FB: Garland - Frawley - Bartram
HB: Wheatley - Rivers - Buckley
C: Morton- McLean- Green
HF: Sylvia - Newton - Bruce
FF: Holland- Neitz - Petterd
R: White - McDonald - Jones
Int: Martin - Yze - Moloney - Maric
IN: Buckley, Bartram, Newton
OUT: Dunn, Bell, Robertson

Emergencies: Davey, PJ, C.Johnson
On Warning: Moloney, Holland
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On the injury front, White is 50/50 to be ok for the game. It's not so much an issue of whether he get's re-injured (he's already married, who cares about affecting his chick magnetism) but the swelling has affected his aerobic performance and ability to sleep. Garland is on medical leave from the club and won't re-start training until this weekend, before we start to ease him in to full-contact work towards the end of next week. Kyle Cheney has fully recovered from the collision with David Neitz a week ago.

As far as outs on top of Garland and possibly White go, Brent Moloney had little influence on the game and was already on notice, he is borderline. Otherwise, we had a pretty even performance across the board. Neitz had a bad game statistically, but a tackle and two packs crashed led directly to goals, plus he is one of our few remaining tall forwards still on the park. He will need to improve in the next few weeks, though, I don't know if we can carry him just for the leadership he provides if he's still 3 or 4 yards off the pace of the game when Miller and Bate return. All of last week's inclusions had pretty good games, though Bartram was caught out behind his man more than once.

In terms of ins, Sandringham had a truly dominant display against Bendigo Bombers, winning by 142 points. Tom MacNamara, Shane Valenti, Jace Bode, Paul Johnson, Jamar, Carroll, Bell, Warnock, Whelan and Austin Wonaeamirri were all pretty good. The standouts were Jack Grimes, who tagged Jason Winderlich out of the game and still managed to pick up 29 disposals, Chris Johnson who didn't allow his man to gather a single touch and had half of the Zebras' rebounds (sure, only 12 in total, but not a bad effort) and Robbo, who kicked 11.3 from full forward. Disappointingly, Davey was quiet.

As a starting point for this week, how about:
Code: 
FB: C.Johnson - Frawley - Bartram
HB: Wheatley - Rivers - Morton
C: Bruce- McLean- Green
HF: Sylvia - Newton - Petterd
FF: Holland- Neitz - Robertson
R: P.Johnson - McDonald - Jones
Int: Martin - Yze - Buckley - Maric
IN: P.Johnson, C.Johnson, Robertson
OUT: White, Garland, Moloney

Emergencies: Moloney, Jamar, White, Grimes.

Thoughts?
 
YouDontKnowJack said:
I agree with those ins and outs. Grimes will be a gun, hoping to see him debut soon.
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He played a couple of games in the pre-season, kicked a goal and had quite a few possessions too. He definitely has a mature head on his shoulders, too.
 
Supermercado said:
Get him in before he does himself a serious injury in the 2's.
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Hopefully that mature head remains in its correct position atop his shoulders.
 

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Demons Defeat Brave Blues
By Anton Francouse

Demons: 1.3 6.6 8.9 10.16.76
Blues: 1.3 3.5 8.8 8.10.58

It was wet, it was ugly and it was a blowout in the end. But there is no doubting that the Blues desperately wanted this win or that Melbourne were desperate to deny them. That the Dees wound up winning comfortably in the final quarter after last week’s fade out says as much about them as it does about the hapless and winless Carlton team.

Steady rain, a Sunday game and the one win shared between the teams did little to dampen the crowd’s numbers or quieten their voice as the game kicked off in front of 45,000 odd fans, split almost evenly between the two camps. It was the Carlton fans who cheered the loudest early on, with a Kreuzer (#1 draft pick, 2007) tapping the opening bounce down to Judd (major recruit of the 2007 off season), who handballed to Gibbs (#3 draft pick, 2006), who kicked to Murphy (#1 draft pick, 2005), who kicked it lace out to Fevola (Coleman medallist, 2006). Alas, Fevola missed the gettable set shot, but the Blues pile the pressure on Melbourne’s inexperienced defence. Unable to get a breakthrough, it took 5 minutes for Carlton to allow the ball out of their half of the ground, when David Neitz got on the end of a careful build up but pushed the difficult set shot wide.

Another five minutes of messy football followed, with the heavens really unleashing and the players unable to cope with the conditions. Finally a Nick Stevens hoof forward ended with Fevola outmuscling Jared Rivers and the Blues had their first. The Blues fans were up and about but it wasn’t long before Melbourne had something to shout about, with Carlton getting 4 questionable free kicks in a row which interrupted positive plays by the Demons. It came down to ruckman Paul Johnson, who got on the end of a kick from his defender namesake Chris and then ran the length of the wing, pumping the ball long into the forward line, where Brad Green, resting forward, crumbed his team’s first goal. The game continued in a scrappy, disjointed fashion with neither team able to exert control for more than a few minutes at a time, though Melbourne had the better of the scoring chances, with Petterd and Robertson missing tough snaps, while Waite put one shot on goal out on the full. Melbourne’s defence can claim much of the credit for the fact their side wasn’t blown away in the first, with Rivers spoiling almost everything that came into the 50m arc, while Paul Wheatley and Chris Johnson mopped up the rest. But the Demons’ midfield was unable to capitalise, with too many handballs going nowhere and too many kicks dropping short or wide. Cam Bruce was the best example, with 6 possessions, 4 clangers and 2 frees against in a quarter of football.

The second quarter opened in no better style for the Demons, with Carlton streaming forward, but the umpiring controversy was only set to grow, with Kreuzer’s snapped point appearing to have been kicked from at least half a metre over the boundary line. In response, the Demons went coast-to-coast with an electrifying run into an open goal by Addam Maric. The Demons returned to the long-kicking, contested marking style of play which had held them in good stead during wet weather earlier this season, but with Stefan Martin struggling in the ruck against fellow draftee Matthew Kreuzer and Paul Johnson unable to make any impact, they struggled to have the same effect on the scoreboard. Regularly under pressure, the Melbourne defence relied on Wheatley and Chris Johnson to cut off attacks before they became really dangerous, but while Wheatley remained composed under pressure, Johnson didn’t, handing the ball back to Carlton four times in two minutes, with one goal to Marc Murphy and a behind to Setanta O’hAilpin (as well as a huge serve from his coach over the phone) resulting.

Things were about to get even worse for the under siege Demons defence, as Jared Rivers backed back into an oncoming steam train in the form of Brendon Fevola. In great distress, Rivers needed to be assisted off the ground and down the race. His replacement in the backline, Ben Holland, had a rough welcoming when Fevola was handed a goal on a plate by the umpires for what they called a push out, but looked more like a “triple lindy”. But just like before, the Demons took the ball to the other end of the ground where Robertson took a mark of the week contender on Bret Thornton’s shoulders and calmly put the ball through the middle to put the Demons 2 points up. Sparked by the baying of their fans, Melbourne attacked relentlessly and after a couple of close shots on goal, Robbo snapped another goal from the pocket and Melbourne were away. For the first time since the opening minutes of the game, a team had complete control of the game as Michael Newton rose above a pack to pluck another mark of the week possibility and then kick a goal. Next up was captain Neitz, who led strongly and was rewarded with an easy goal from 35m out directly in front. The Demons were even receiving a bit of luck from the umpires for once, with free kicks at opportune times to Morton and McDonald increasing the pressure on Carlton. When the half finished, Melbourne were 19 points clear, with Wheatley, Frawley and Buckley destroying their opponents while rebounding with ease, enigmatic pair Robertson and Sylvia coming alive and James McDonald and Cale Morton both tagging their men (Judd and Gibbs, respectively) out of the game while getting their hands on it at the same time.

Whatever the umpires did during the long break to try to improve their decision-making processes didn’t work, as just a minute in to the second half as Chris Judd was given one of the softest free kicks in AFL history. Under a hail of boos, some even from Carlton supporters, Judd was awarded a free after he ran into Colin Sylvia’s arm while he tried to mark a booming Neitz kick in Melbourne’s forward fifty. Things got worse for the Dees as a quick transition saw the ball wind up in Fevola’s hands and shortly thereafter in the second tier of the Ponsford Stand. A quick break from the centre bounce saw Marc Murphy goal, then he was given another chance with a free kick right in front of the goals 20m out. With the rain and boos pelting down upon him, Murphy shanked the shot terribly, and Melbourne hit back the only way they know how: a coast-to-coast goal, this one a beauty by Neitz. Before they could finish celebrating, Murphy had his third, but with Rivers off, Martin the more effective ruckman and Buckley playing well in the midfield, Bean Dailey had few cards to shuffle in an attempt to quiet him. Chris Johnson was given the job, and started by setting up yet another coast-to-coast goal. Unfortunately, this one was disallowed by the umpires due to a spurious push in the back by goal kicker Newton, who was punished with a 50m penalty. With the 10th biggest stadium in the world reverberating with the howls of protest, Carlton stepped up the pressure even further, choking any forward momentum the Demons built, killing marking contests and bringing the ball to ground wherever possible as Kreuzer held the upper hand over the Melbourne rucks. Yet another free kick to Waite saw Murphy line up for his fourth as the entire Demons cheer squad bayed for the blood of the umpires. Having slotted the shot and brought his team within a solitary point of Melbourne, Murphy found himself lining up on the Demons best on ground up to that point of the game, Paul Wheatley, who moved from rebounding half back to shut down defender with aplomb.

As a part of the back line shuffle, Holland was moved forward and roosted home a long goal from outside the fifty to steady the ship, but with just 20 seconds left on the clock Richard Hadley dribbled through a goal that ignited the dreams of Carlton fans around the ‘G. Wheatley and Holland held the Melbourne defence together under incredible pressure during the quarter, while Adem Yze and David Neitz provided leadership up forward, but Melbourne seemed shell-shocked by the Blue onslaught and with just a one point lead, destined to fall short once again thanks to some individual brilliance after leading for most of the day. Every Melbourne fan was thinking “Not again!”

The Blues continued where they had left off at the start of the fourth quarter with their tackles sticking and their midfield dominant, they stifled the Demons but couldn’t translate that control into shots on goal. A Bryce Gibbs set shot from 20m out directly in front wobbled off line to level the scores before the Demons hit back through a loping Morton run down the wing, followed by a mongrel punt into the 50. Carlton, as they had so often before, forced the ball up, but Melbourne were now relying on 3rd man up tactics to even the ruck contest, and Cam Bruce leapt, gathered and snapped from deep the pocket, only to see it hit the post. Carlton worked the ball up field, setting up a long-range Fevola shot which Murphy marked on the goal line. Through an almost visible wave of boos, he too hit the post, once again levelling the scores.

The game now was opening up due to the fatigue of both sides and the slightly lightening rain, but things were about to take a further turn for the worse for Melbourne, as Robbo attempted to reclaim the title of best mark of the day from Newton with a towering jump over Paul Johnson, only to land awkwardly and trudge lamely from the ground. Down to two spots on the bench, wavered, allowing the ball deep into their defensive fifty with barely a whimper, before a courageous mark from Chris Johnson, diving headlong into a goalpost in a successful marking attempt, reignited them, and they traversed the field, setting up a Stefan Martin goal via a strong passage of play by Nathan Jones. Cale Morton, now set free from his tagging role on Gibbs, began to set up play while Bruce and Petterd were standing up to be counted in the clinches. They could not halt Matthew Kreuzer, though. With Ratten trying to combat Melbourne’s successful third-man-up rucking, he swapped Cam Cloke into the ruck and pressed Kreuzer into defence, and genius move as the young behemoth set about racking up 11 disposals in a quarter of impressive contested marking, clever playmaking and outstanding hands below the knees. As much as the Demons turned the tide, they couldn’t fabricate a clear shot on goal for 5 minutes until Martin took a huge contested mark, and then hit the post, for the third time in 10 minutes in the game. That left the game delicately poised, with just seven points in it and seven minutes remaining.

Step forward Nathan Jones. Having toiled away under the packs all day and with barely a spot of red or blue poking out from under the thick layer of mud that coated him, the young midfielder bullocked his way into the game, setting up Colin Sylvia, whose juggled one handed mark in front of Andrew Walker was converted into a 13 point lead. Next he shovelled out a handpass from under the grasp of three Carlton defenders to give Yze a chance from 30 out on a slight angle the veteran pushed right. He intercepted the next kick out and hit Maric on the chest in the same position, who slid his across the face to the left. Melbourne fans hovered on the very edge of their seats, praying to the football gods that this inaccuracy wouldn’t come back to haunt them. When Newton intercepted another tired Carlton kick and passed to Maric on a tighter angle, most could barely contain their tension as he missed a third chance in 3 minutes. But Melbourne kept the ball in their fifty, peppering the goals but fighting to the end, as Jones, Sylvia, Morton and Bruce kept their weary defenders from needing to do any more work. A Petterd shot after the final siren, fittingly, slammed into the post for the very last time and Melbourne headed down to their rooms, tired, soaked and more than a little bit sore, to belt out a rousing rendition of the Grand Old Flag as fans of both sides made their appreciation knwon to the umpires, who were escorted from the field with armed guards.


Player Watch
Carlton:
Andrew Carrazzo – 26 disposals, 7 marks, 5 rebound fifties and set up a goal. And all that in the second half alone. Was the primary architect of Carlton’s transitions from defence to attack.
Chris Judd – Well held by James McDonald. 5 clearances is nothing to sniff at, but this is his first game in blue where he hasn’t run riot.
Matthew Kreuzer – An absolute demoltion job on Paul Johnson, though he broke even against the more athletic Stefan Martin. Enormous in the last quarter as a floating defender, marking bringing almost everything to ground for his fellow defenders and racking up 11 possessions. A huge performance in just his 5th game.
Marc Murphy – 25 disposals, 12 marks, 7 inside 50s and 4.1. Whenever the ball came near him, Carlton looked like scoring. A real break out game.
Bret Thornton – Sure, he was the stepladder for two mark of the week contenders, but he also had 32 disposals, 9 marks (7 of them intercepts, 5 contested) and 11 rebounds. Not a bad day at the office.

Melbourne:
Simon Buckley – consolidating a place in the side. Knows his game well and plays to his own strengths for the team’s benefits. Could have used it better at times but looks a likely type. Worked hard when his team was under the pump.
Nathan Jones – just another day in the office for the first three quarters. Took the game on in the last 15 minutes of the game and put it out of reach for Carlton with 8 disposals, 5 marks and 6 inside 50s. Showed a lot of pep, used it well.
David Neitz – is back. Could have kicked 5, presented well, looked strong and not as slow as he has this year. Huge leadership figure when the game was in the balance. Got the rough end of the pineapple from the umpires on occasion and wasn’t his sort of conditions, but still proved his worth.
Russell Robertson – A strange mix of show pony and leader. Put his hand up when the Dees were in trouble and sparked a revival, but tries to do the difficult things too often. Appeared to hurt himself but came back on and set up a few shots on goal late.
Paul Wheatley – incredible game. 24 disposals, 4 intercept marks, 9 rebounds, 92% efficient disposal, then shut down Marc Murphy when he threatened to take the game away from his team.


Consequences:
The Demons take on the newly resurgent Lions from their position inside the eight. The signs of life from Neitz and Robertson will be welcome, as will the progress from Morton, Jones, Buckley, Martin and Petterd, all of who are coming along nicely. Still, their skill levels are woeful and they struggle when they can’t drag a game into the mud and grind out against an opponent.

The Blues are the last winless club and look ahead to next week’s game against fellow strugglers the Crows with a desperate hope of avoiding still more pain. Murphy’s work up forward will be one shining light, as will the work of some of their defenders, but the chinks in their armour gape wide and even their stars are proving fallible.

Stats:
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VOTES: Please post your 3,2,1 votes!
 
3 - Jones
2 - Morton
1 - Sylvia

Good job getting them over the line Logger. Could have ruined our season had we gone down here but the boys responded well. Great to see Neita jagging a couple as he gets himself back to full fitness!
 
3 - Wheatley
2 - Jones
1 - Neitz
 
Weekly Round Up: 5

Scores
Bombers Down Saints
Saints: 2.1 5.3 9.5 11.8.74
Bombers: 4.3 8.5 11.8 14.12.96

Cats Behinds Kick Swans’ Arse
Cats: 0.4 3.9 3.15 9.19.73
Swans: 2.1 5.3 7.8 9.8.62

Dockers Smash Stunned Crows
Crows: 3.1 6.1 11.6 14.8.92
Dockers: 7.3 13.8 16.10 18.13.121

Hawthorn Horror
Lions: 5.1 11.4 15.9 20.14.134
Hawks: 2.3 4.6 9.12 11.13.79

Last Quarter Pie Blitz Sinks North
Magpies: 2.7 8.8 13.12 19.13.127
Kangaroos: 5.4 9.5 12.8 13.11.89

Demons Defeat Brave Blues
Demons: 1.3 6.6 8.9 10.16.76
Blues: 1.3 3.5 8.8 8.10.58

Dogs Put Down Tigers
Bulldogs: 4.7 8.8 11.11 11.16.82
Tigers: 1.1 4.5 6.5 7.6.48

Power Black Out
Eagles: 4.7 13.8 17.11 20.12.132
Power: 1.1 3.4 4.8 6.8.44

Ladder
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Goal Kickers:
Code: 
1  L.Franklin    22
2  M.Pavlich    21
3 S.Lucas       20
=4 M.Richardson  19
=4 B.Hall        19

Injuries
Trent Croad blew out his hammy and Kayne Pettifer his quad during their team’s disappointing defeats. Grant Birchall continued last week’s run of horrible head injuries and he might miss next week’s game after his head clash with Simon Black, who appears to have escaped injury. This week’s worst injury award goes unanimously to Jared Rivers, though. The injury-plagued Demon defender has cracked his pelvis after the heavy collision with Brendan Fevola and will miss the rest of the season and potentially most of the pre-season. Doctors described his x-rays as looking like those of a motorcyclist on a wet day.

Demons: J.Rivers – Pelvis (season), M.Bate – Hamstring (2 weeks), B.Miller – Hamstring (2-3 weeks), C.Garland – concussion (test)
Others: J.Sellar [Ade] - Osteitis Pubis (indefinite), M.Osborne [Haw] – ACL knee (Season), R.Houlihan [Carl] – Osteitis Pubis (indefinite), S.Crawford [Haw] - Osteitis Pubis (indefinite),T.Croad [Haw] – hamstring (4-6 weeks), J.Adcock [Bris] – stress fracture, foot (4-5 weeks), D.Giansiracusa [WB] – hamstring (4 weeks), K.Pettifer [Rich] – quad (3 weeks), N.Bock [Adel] – hamstring (2-3 weeks), A.Goodes [Syd] – hamstring (2 weeks), S.Dempster [StK] – hamstring (1 week), N.Lonie [Port] - PCL knee (1 week), D.Glass [WCE] – hamstring (1 week), S.Pendlebury [Coll] – cork, thigh (test), G.Birchall [Haw] – concussion (test)

Tribunal
Tom Hawkins [Gee] reported by umpire for striking Amon Buchanan. 3 week suspension.
Hawkins, having kicked 3 points from 5 shots on goal, took a mark running back towards goal. In order to stop him playing on, Buchanan placed an arm across his chest from behind, and Hawkins threw back his elbow, connecting with Buchanan’s eye socket. The contact was adjudged high contact, medium impact and reckless, resulting in a 3 week suspension.

Jude Bolton [Syd] reported by umpire for striking Paul Chapman. 2 week suspension.
In the ensuing scuffle after the Hawkins/Buchanan incident, a melee developed and Chapman, while scuffling with Nick Malceski, backed back into Bolton heavily. Bolton, who was trying to separate Cam Mooney and Barry Hall, turned and struck Chapman on the jaw, temporarily stunning him. The contact was adjudged high, low impact and reckless, resulting in a 3 week suspension.

Aaron Sandilands [Freo] striking Robert Shirley. 2 week suspension.
At a centre bounce, Sandilands won the tap but it was sharked by Shirley. Sandilands reached out to tackle Shirley but instead connected with his face, spectacularly coat-hangering him, resulting in the stretcher being called and Shirley taking no further part in the game. Contact was adjudged to be high, medium impact and negligent, resulting in a 2 match ban.

Danny Jacobs [Haw] reported on video evidence of stomping on Daniel Bradshaw. 2 week suspension.
Jacobs rose from a large pack of players on the ground between stoppages and appeared to intentionally and repeatedly stand on Bradshaw’s hand and arm, which was sticking out from under a number of other players. Ruled intentional and low impact, Jacobs was sentenced to a two match suspension.

Harry O’Brien [Coll] reported by on-field umpire for striking Shannon Grant. 3 week suspension.
Shannon Grant [NM] reported by on-field umpire for striking Harry O’Brien. Cleared.
A verbal stoush which had been going on all night developed into a fully-blown fist fight. O’Brien landed just the one punch, with Grant getting in two grazing hits. Grant’s were judged to be too light to constitute a strike, while O’Brien’s was intentional, medium impact and to the head.

Josh Gibson [NM] reported by on-field umpire for rough conduct on Anthony Rocca. Cleared.
Gibson and Rocca collided heavily while Rocca was attempting to collect a bouncing ball on the 50m arc. The hip and shoulder was adjudged to be a part of the play and the report was dismissed.

Cameron Wight [WB] reported on video evidence rough conduct on Richard Tambling. 4 week suspension.
While the ball was at the other end of the ground early in the first quarter, Tambling was laid out from behind by Wight and took no further part in the game with suspected broken ribs, which were later ruled out by x-rays. The contact was adjudged intentional, high impact, and to the body.

Daniel Motlop [PA] reported by on field umpire of striking David Wirrpunda. 2 week suspsension.
Motlop took the West Coast defender over the boundary line, then appeared to throw a punch into his guts. Despite sketchy video evidence, the strike was initially adjudged to be reckless, low impact and to the body, though Motlop contested the one week suspension in the hope of having the charge thrown out for being too light an impact. In the course of giving evidence, he admitted to throwing the punch intentionally and the penalty was upgraded to 2 weeks.

Travis Boak [PA] reported by on-field umpire of kneeing Matthew Priddis. Cleared.
Boak took a mark on the wing in front of Priddis, who confronted him in attempt to avoid the Port player playing on. While trying to separate, Boak tripped over Priddis’ feet and accidentally kneed Priddis in the Jatz crackers. Both players testified that there was no malice in the incident and a bio-mechanist testified that the motion was consistent with trying to regain balance after just such a tangling.

The Wrap Up
The Good:
Big scores – four totals over 120 at least means that crowds got their fair share of goals.
Biffo – A couple of right hooks here, a few solid hip and shoulders there and all us blood-thirsty olden-dayers are sated for another week.

The Crap
Hawthorn, Richmond, Adelaide and Port Adelaide - two of those teams are supposed to be grand final hopefuls this year, the others challenging for a spot in September. All four will have to hope that such performances are never seen again to even have a hope of making the eight.
The Tribunal – even more like playing Russian roulette than loading a revolver with three bullets, giving it a spin and pulling the trigger.
 
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