Well interesting weekend of results, with Leos falling heavily to Carey after some solid spruiking, Therry really tightening the screws on the Two Blues & Banyule with an impressive win, the Two Blues themselves almost pulling off a massive upset to split the relegation battle wide open, OG's getting back on track (just), and the Valley Boys keeping the finals door ajar.
Whispers have it the Animals may have been getting a little ahead of themselves. Some solid wins in recent weeks had them confident of an upset against a side that I think will be very tough to beat at the business end. All is not sweet for the Animals just yet, as they play 3 of the 4 in the mix for top spot, plus the Two Blues. Conceivably they could lose all four and if that is the case, the relegation game may not be over.
The Two Blues need to win all four, at the outside three, to avoid the drop, but interestingly play Banyule, Leos, the Valley and OM's at home. Could they start favorites in three of those given their recent form, and they only just fell to the Bushrangers first time around? Might be interesting if they can beat Banyule this week. Their effort against BT was full of merit with apparently 1 interchange only from halfway through the second and four key players out themselves. BT boys might be underestimating the quality of its victory on the weekend.
Rupo did what I had been predicting they would do for a long time and let themselves down after a cracking win last week. Disappointing but wasn't it an important win for the Therry boys, staring down relegation but now looking reasonably safe. What a first half from all accounts with the young gun Bannister (Jarrod i think) all over it. There's a guy I wouldn;t discount from B&F calculations because his marking and poise is certainly memorable.
OG's well, how good that win. The OM boys continue the saga of away game disappointments, and obviously now it's another four games of treading water. WIll be interesting to see how Russo's boys play out the season, I'm sure a disappointing performance like that will see them have a crack next week, but their motivation might be waning a touch. As for Old Geelong, they might just be back. Their two losses to Prahran and YV were by less than a kick and the form of those two sides has been reasonable. Maybe we've been prematurely harsh on the boys from Como. They'll still have an impact of some description come finals time.
Yarra kept the dream alive with a not unexpected victory over Banyule. Would be interested to hear about the discipline of the Bears Toohas, because the strong mail has been it has been v ordinary over the last four weeks and they may be severely on the slide. The margins in recent weeks would suggest that, and this week is a hige game v Two Blues. Lose it and the wooden spoon and relegation look likely, win it and they are back in with a serious chance of avoiding the drop. As for the Bushrangers, they have a couple of winnable games coming up v Leos & Prahran, but history shows these are th ones they sometimes drop. If they stay up, a finals berth beckons, its first in D1. Will they make history?
Loving D1 footy boys.
Whispers have it the Animals may have been getting a little ahead of themselves. Some solid wins in recent weeks had them confident of an upset against a side that I think will be very tough to beat at the business end. All is not sweet for the Animals just yet, as they play 3 of the 4 in the mix for top spot, plus the Two Blues. Conceivably they could lose all four and if that is the case, the relegation game may not be over.
The Two Blues need to win all four, at the outside three, to avoid the drop, but interestingly play Banyule, Leos, the Valley and OM's at home. Could they start favorites in three of those given their recent form, and they only just fell to the Bushrangers first time around? Might be interesting if they can beat Banyule this week. Their effort against BT was full of merit with apparently 1 interchange only from halfway through the second and four key players out themselves. BT boys might be underestimating the quality of its victory on the weekend.
Rupo did what I had been predicting they would do for a long time and let themselves down after a cracking win last week. Disappointing but wasn't it an important win for the Therry boys, staring down relegation but now looking reasonably safe. What a first half from all accounts with the young gun Bannister (Jarrod i think) all over it. There's a guy I wouldn;t discount from B&F calculations because his marking and poise is certainly memorable.
OG's well, how good that win. The OM boys continue the saga of away game disappointments, and obviously now it's another four games of treading water. WIll be interesting to see how Russo's boys play out the season, I'm sure a disappointing performance like that will see them have a crack next week, but their motivation might be waning a touch. As for Old Geelong, they might just be back. Their two losses to Prahran and YV were by less than a kick and the form of those two sides has been reasonable. Maybe we've been prematurely harsh on the boys from Como. They'll still have an impact of some description come finals time.
Yarra kept the dream alive with a not unexpected victory over Banyule. Would be interested to hear about the discipline of the Bears Toohas, because the strong mail has been it has been v ordinary over the last four weeks and they may be severely on the slide. The margins in recent weeks would suggest that, and this week is a hige game v Two Blues. Lose it and the wooden spoon and relegation look likely, win it and they are back in with a serious chance of avoiding the drop. As for the Bushrangers, they have a couple of winnable games coming up v Leos & Prahran, but history shows these are th ones they sometimes drop. If they stay up, a finals berth beckons, its first in D1. Will they make history?
Loving D1 footy boys.
