AFL Football Round 10 Preview
Scott Lucas is back for the Bombers when they tackle the Adelaide Crows at AAMI Stadium on Friday Night but it will not be enough to get the Bombers back on the winners list. Although the Eagles smashed the Crows at Subiaco last week they will be hard to beat at AAMIT Stadium. Expect the Crows to come out hard and I think theor midfield will be far to strong for the young Essendon side. Adelaide has made no change while the Bombers have brought in Lucas and Houli at the expense of Watson and Daniher. Goodwin, McLeod, Johncock, Burton and Johncock will run rampant and will have to much class for the Bombers. Crows to win easily by 50 points.
Coming off their best game of the year the Pies will be looking to continue the momentum against the Eagles who themselves put in a good performance against the Crows at home last week. But it will be a different story this week when they have to travel to Melbourne. Collingwood have made no change while the Coatsters have brought in Daniel Kerr, who announced during the week that he will stay in W.A, and also Beau Waters. Masten and Davis have been omitted. If the Pies can continue that relentless pressure that they put on the Cats last week the Eagles will not get near them. Cloke and Rocca up forward will be far to strong for the Eagles defense and The Eagles just do not have the forwards to kick a winning score. Collingwood by 56 points.
In the game of the Round we see the undefeated Hawks up against the Western Bulldogs down at Aurora Stadium in Tassie. The Bulldogs will come out breathing fire after their heartbreaking loss last week, Brad Johnson especially. Buddy Love again looms as a big threat to the Doggies, as he does most weeks, and look for Tom Williams to get first crack. Franklin has kicked 12 goals in 2 games at Aurora Stadium an he will again be on the goal kicking board this week. The Hawks have made one change, Stuart Dew goes out with a hamstring and Jordan Lewis comes back in. For The Doggies they have made one change as well with Wight beeing omitted and Tiller coming in. Boyd Cooney and Giffen up against Mitchell, Sewell and Lewis will be great to watch and whoever wins that midfield battle will go a long way to determining who wins this game. I am going to tip the upset here and go with the Wester Bulldogs to win a thriller by 2 points.
If the Hawks vs the Bulldogs is the best game of the Round then this would be a close second. The Brisbane Lions take on the North Melbourne Football Club up at the Gabba on Saturday Night and this should be a great contest as well. The Lions have made no change and the Kangas have brough in Urquhart and Daniel Wells will miss with a knee. The Kangaroos are a very consistent team, but the Lions 2 big forwards in Bradshaw and Brown will cause their defense some worries this week. Their defense in probably their weakest part and the Lions will be out to expose them here. The Kangas are coming off a great win last week and will be looking to continue their winning momentum. But I think the Lions will be just that bit to strong for them here ans will win a close one by 21 points.
Look out Carlton, Geelong on the rebound will not be pretty sight. After being smashed last week the Cats will be out to redeem themselves and Carlton will in the gun. Carlton got a first hand look at how to beat the Cats last week and will need to play a similar game style to what the Collingwood team did last wee. I just don’t think they have the players and the discipline to carry that out at this stage. Gary Ablett is Hot as the moment and he racked up 29 touches last week and Nick Stevens also is in some form for the Blues with 28 touches last week. 89 tackles to 49 the Pies had last week and it will be interesting to see how many The Blues can rack up. There has been rumors about the fitness of Chris Judd and whether he will play, I think he will but they will still not get near the Cats. Scarlett on Fevola should be a beauty though. Cats by 49 points.
Up at the SCG on Sunday we will see if The Tigers can get up over the Swans on the small SCG track. The Tigers have had an OK couple of weeks and are coming off a good performance again the Bombers last week. The Swans are the masters at playing this ground and at the moment are ranked No.2 in the clearances department and is an area they will be looking to dominate on the small ground again. Nathan Brown and Matthew Richardson are leading from the front for the Tigers and will need to be playing out of their skin to get the Tigers up here. Sydney have brought in Brennan, Kennelly, and Smith while the Tigers have included Polak, Morton and Tivendale. Tivendale has outstanding in the VFL last week. Up at the SCG the Swans will be to good for the Tigers and should win by 23 points.
This may be a great chance for The Demons to get another win here. St Kilda are on the ropes and playing some ordinary football at the moment. Coach Ross Lyon labeled them SOFT during the week and it will be interesting to see how they come out this week. On paper the Demons should not get near them but in reality they will be giving themselves every opportunity to win this game. Russell Robertson is in some great form and with the inclusion of Jeff White the Demons look a bit stronger than they did against the Hawks last week. Davey, Morton, Valenti and Jamar will miss out and Bode, Dunn, C Johson, Sylvia, Wheatly, White and Yze come into the squad to be finalized tomorrow. For the Saints, well disappointing is all I can say in comes McQualter, Ferguson, Armitage, Gwilt and McEvoy and out goes Fiora and Leigh Fisher. Reiwoldt and Koschitzke should cause the Demon defenders some grief, as should the Saints midfield but they should be causing all sides some grief and they just haven’t been!
I am going to get on the Demons in this one to win by 16 points.
The last game, one that I couldn’t really give two hoots about the Fremantle Dockers take on the Port Adelaide side at Subiaco on Sunday. Fremantle have lost 6 on the trot and have lost the last 4 games after leading at 3 quarter time. Port Adelaide still sit 2 games outside the eight and if the Dockers are up during the later parts of the game you can expect The Power to back themselves in. The Dockers have brought in Drum, Warnock, J Carr and Mark Johnson and out goes Dodd who is injured. Only Brett Ebert, a huge loss, is out of the Port Adelaide side at this stage. The Cornes boys against J Carr should be entertaining and I think the Power will be far to strong and win by 34 points.
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Adelaide easy
Eagles in an upset
Dogs in another upset
Geelong easy
Sydney
Demons
Brisbane
Freo but i got no reason why..
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I recently saw a repeat of the Carlton game in this round. I hope Carlton bosses kept a recipet when they bought Juddy because if he doesn’t do better in ‘09 they may want their money back.