Crystal Ball

Josh

Winner: Geelong

Margin:8

Norm Smith: Jimmy Bartel

1st Goal Scorer: Shannon Byrnes

Winner at Half-Time: Saints

Ben

Winner: Geelong

Margin:14

Norm Smith: Nick Riewoldt

First Goal Scorer: Nick Riewoldt

Winning at Half-Time: Geelong

Josh

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BROWNLOW 2009

 

The AFL’s night of all night’s was kicked off by the first round, unlike last year when the AFL’s CEO, Andrew Demetriou, started the Brownlow Count in Round 2. The first round passed and like every year, we had 8 leaders. Here is the top 10 and that will be followed by all the clubs results:

1st Gary Ablett Jnr (Geelong) ……………………………………30 votes Starting Price: 2.70

2nd Chris Judd (Carlton) ………………………………………….22 votes Starting Price: 7.00

3rd Lenny Hayes (St.Kilda) ……………………………………….20 votes Starting Price: 41.00

4th Simon Black (Brisbane) ……………………………………….19 votes Starting Price: 14.00

4th Jonathan Brown (Brisbane) …………………………………19 votes Starting Price: 67.00

6th Nick Dal Santo (St.Kilda) …………………………………….17 votes Starting Price: 9.00

6th Adam Goodes (Sydney) ……………………………………..17 votes Starting Price: 8.00

8th Joel Selwood (Geelong) ……………………………………..16 votes Starting Price: 11.00

9th Nick Riewoldt (St.Kilda) …………………………………….15 votes Starting Price: 17.00 

9th Marc Murphy (Carlton) ……………………………………..15 votes Starting Price: 41.00

9th Bryce Gibbs (Carlton) ………………………………………..15 votes Starting Price: 51.00

The Teams-Top 5:

ADELAIDE Champion Data Favourite: Goodwin Total Votes: 83

Bernie Vince 13

Scott Thompson 11

Kurt Tippett 7

Tyson Edwards 7

Andrew McLeod 7

BRISBANE Drummond Total Votes: 85

Simon Black 19

Jonathan Brown 19

Luke Power 9

Mitch Clark 8

Daniel Rich 6

CARLTON Simpson Total Votes: 78

Chris Judd 22

Marc Murphy 15

Bryce Gibbs 15

Brendan Fevola 11

Kade Simpson 5

COLLINGWOOD Swan Total Votes: 75

Scott Pendlebury 13

Dane Swan 12

Alan Didak 12

Leon Davis 10

Josh Fraser 6

ESSENDON Watson Total Votes: 58

Jobe Watson 10

Jason Winderlich 10

Brent Satnton 8

Dustin Fletcher 5

Andrew Lovett 5

FREMANTLE Sandilands Total Votes: 42

Aaron Sandilands 10

Matthew Pavlich 10

Paul Haselby 7

Stephen Hill 4

Luke McPharlin 3

GEELONG Ablett Total Votes: 98

Gary Ablett 30

Joel Selwood 16

Paul Chapman 12

Jimmy Bartel 10

Joel Corey 7

HAWTHORN Mitchell Total Votes: 50

Sam Mitchell 13

Brad Sewell 13

Luke Hodge 7

Lance Franklin 4

Jarryd Roughead 4

MELBOURNE Davey Total Votes: 31

Aaron Davey 6

Brent Moloney 5

Colin Sylvia 5

Nathan Jones 4

Jack Grimes 3

NORTH MELBOURNE Swallow Total Votes: 44

Brent Harvey 9

Andrew Swallow 7

Adam Simpson 7

Drew Petrie 5

Hamish McIntosh 4

PORT ADELAIDE Cassisi Total Votes: 60

David Rodan 7

Warren Tredrea 7

Robbie Gray 6

Domenic Cassisi 5

Brett Ebert 5

RICHMOND Deledio Total Votes: 41

Matthew Richardson 6

Richard Tambling 5

Brett Deledio 5

Ben Cousins 5

Daniel Jackson 5

ST.KILDA Montagna Total Votes: 110

Lenny Hayes 20

Nick Dal Santo 17

Nick Riewoldt 15

Brendon Goddard 14

Leigh Montagna 13

SYDNEY Goodes Total Votes: 70

Adam Goodes 17

Ryan O’Keefe 11

Brett Kirk 11

Jarrad McVeigh 10

Rhyce Shaw 6

WEST COAST Priddis Total Votes: 53

Mark LeCras 9

Matthew Priddis 7

Daniel Kerr 6

Dean Cox 5

Shannon Hurn 5

WESTERN BULLDOGS Boyd Total Votes: 78

Matthew Boyd 14

Shaun Higgins 11

Jason Akermanis 10

Daniel Cross 8

Brian Lake 7

The Facts:

Gary Ablett polled 30 votes almost polling more votes than the whole of the Melbourne Team.

Last Year every time Dane Swan had more than 28 touches he polled at least one vote, obviously not doing that this year as he had more than 28 touches 17 times and only polled 12 votes.

Matthew Richardson played just 6 games this year and managed 6 votes. Amazingly winning the most votes for a Richmond player.

Chris Judd has polled 15 votes or more for 6 years in a row.

Scott Pendlebury was great odds to win the Pies most vote getter polling 13 votes and beating Dane Swan, Alan Didak and Leon Davis.

Champion Data tipped Brisbane’s top 3 vote getter’s to be: 1st Drummond 2nd Mitch Clark 3rd Luke Power. Amazingly Simon Black and Jonathan Brown were not in the Top 3. They finished equal 4th with 19 votes.

Amazingly Champion Data got Kade Simpson to be Carlton’s top vote getter and he finished 5th behind Judd, Murphy, Gibbs and Fevola.

In Round 6 when Hawthorn played Carlton, Brendan Fevola scored 8 goals and still couldn’t manage a vote.

Josh.

PUNT ROAD

 

All the Odds from the world of football. Enjoy! All Odds are prices of TAB Sportsbet.

2009 TOYOTA AFL GRAND FINAL

Outright: STK $2.10 V GEE $1.70

Margin:

St.Kilda Under 39.5 $2.60

St.Kilda Over 39.5 $8.50

Draw $51.00

Geelong Over 39.5 $5.25

Geelong Under 39.5 $2.30

My Tip: Geelong by 12

 BROWNLOW:

Gary Ablett $2.75

Dane Swan $5.00

Adam Goodes $7.00

Chris Judd $8.50

Nick Dal Santo $9.00

Joel Selwood $10.00

Leigh Montagna $12.00

Nick Riewoldt $12.00

Simon Black $13.00

My Tip:

1. Gary Ablett

2. Leigh Montagna

3. Simon Black

Roughie: Simon Black, Bernie Vince

Josh

Geelong V Collingwood-Match Report

I had the pleasure of going to watch this game with Ben and it gives me the opportunity to do a great Match Report.

1st Quarter- Pendlebury was a late change, Beams came in to the selected side. After Collingwood kicked the first 2 goals, Geelong came storming back kicking the next 24 points. Ablett had 12 touches in the first quarter. It was 10 point ball game at Quarter Time. Byrnes and Ottens had kicked great goals.

Score: Gee 3.6.24 V Col 2.2.14

2nd Quarter: The 2nd quarter was lively. Geelong kicked 4 goals to 3 and Collingwood missed many chances. Geelong had 104 possession to the Pies 84 whilst Collingwood dominated the Inside 50′s 18 to 9. In the 2nd quarter O’Bree collected 68 SC points,  Hawkins 59 and Harry Taylor 52. The Cats led by 11 at the main break. It was time for me to go and buy a Warm Meat Pie.

Score: Gee 7.7.49 V Col 5.8. 38

3rd Quarter:The 3rd quarter was total domination. 113 to 80 disposals. 4 goals to 1. and it really blew the game away. Joel Corey had 40 SC points, Corey Enright 37, S.Johnson 34 and Chapman 34. Stevie J was amazing but only managed 1.3. Collingwood turned the ball over 18 times in the 3rd term to Geelong’s 11 and that resulted in 3 of Geelong’s 4 goals in that quarter. The Cats also won the I50 count, 16 to 7.

Score: 11.13.79 V Col 6.9. 45

4th Quarter: The season was already over for Collingwood and the Cats didn’t stop. The Cats had 122 possessions in the final term and the flood gates completely opened. The Cats kicked 6.5 to the Pies 0.2. Bartel was on fire racking up 14 disposals and Chapman kicked a few goals. SC points: Bartel 39, Chappy 33 and Gary Ablett 32. Three of Geelong’s goals came from stoppages in the last term signalling the dominance the Cats had in the ruck.

Final Score: GEE 120 DEF COLL 47 by 73 points

SC scores: G.Ablett 150, P.Chapman 142, J.Bartel 131, C.Ling 121, J.Corey 120 and H.Shaw 112.

Votes:

3. Paul Chapman. Kicked 5 goals and had 26 possessions and 142 SC points.

2. Gary Ablett. Ablett had an outstanding game. 34 possessions and 2 goals.

1. C.Ling. Stopped Dane Swan and collected 27 possessions himself.

Josh

Appearance on SEN

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ST.KILDA V WESTERN BULLDOGS-GAME REPORT

REPORT

With the first goal kicked by Dogs tagger Liam Picken, things started to look ugly. Cooney and Griffen kept bursting out of the pack and running right down the middle of the ground with 2 or 3 bounces. The Quarter Time score of 18-2 the Doggies way meant St.Kilda had been kept goal less for a whole quarter. A feat rarely achieved this season. Hayes and Riewoldt were keeping the Saints in the game. Riewoldt taking strong marks and Hayes hitting him up and crashing through people. St.Kilda gradually kicked their way into the game. Raph Clarke became an important player. Just as the Saints were clawing back into it, Mitch Hahn kicks 2 consecutive goals to blow the lead out to 15 points. At Half Time the lead was just 7 points. I wasn’t even at the game and I could feel the cheering of the crowd. After Half Time Dal Santo strangled the game having 12 touches in the 3rd quarter. The Dogs had 10 Inside 50 entries to the Saints 16 resulting in a 4 goal to 2 3rd term. Milne kicked a late goal and it turned out pivotal. The Dogs wasted chances and that left them 5 points up at the last break. Riewoldt had a scare with his knee but all was good. The last quarter started and the crowd lifted. The intensity was high and after a hard fought battle, St.Kilda managed to keep coming. Hayes had 13 amazing touches and Raph Calrke had 9 in the last term. Gilbert, Goddard and Fisher were all good off half back and in the forward 50 Kosi was taking strong marks. The lead was shared a few times and either team could have won. Riewoldt kicked a captain’s goal and Zac Dawson took some great marks down back. Raph Clarke kept on running though. Hitting targets as he went. Hayes and Riewoldt were the real shining lights. Riewoldt had 95 SC points and Hayes had 94 in the last term. With St.Kilda up by just 1 point and with a throw in, in the forward pocket and 2 minutes left, fans started to get nervous. The ball was loose on the ground after the throw in and the inspirational Nick Riewoldt managed to kick a very arguable goal off the ground. The Saints were up by 7 points and that was the final margin. As the ball was hoofed forward one last time for the Dogs and Callan Ward was flying high, the siren sounded. Dogs players fell to the ground and St.Kilda jumped around in joy. The Saints first Grand Final since 1997 and will have ago at their first premiership since 1966.

SUPERCOACH SCORES

Good Performances:

L.Hayes 171

N.Riewoldt 162

S.Fisher 143

R.Clarke 105

Z. Dawson 84

B.Lake 111

M.Hahn 104

MY VOTES

3. Lenny Hayes. 34 touches, 13 in the last quarter and managed to kick a very important goal.

2. Nick Riewoldt. 18 touches, 11 marks, 7 contested, 4 goals in the 2nd half. Really led the team well.

1. Raph Clarke. 21 touches. I thought he played a fantastic game after always being the whipping horse.

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Josh

The Super Coach All-Australian Team 2009

This is the team you have all been vying to see. The real deal, THE SUPERCOACH ALL-AUSTRALIAN TEAM. A team of superstars, a team of the best the very best. Supercoach has the most realistic scoring out of all the fantasy games and awards points not just for a kick but for its effectiveness. This team has been put together with all the best players in there positions. Obviously no player can be named in 2 positions. Here’s the team you have been waiting for:

DEFENDERS: Brendon GODDARD, Corey ENRIGHT, Chris NEWMAN, Tarkyn LOCKYER, Shannon HURN, Paul DUFFIELD and Scott MCMAHON.

Goddard was an obvious selection, he scored 300 more than the next best. Enright. Goddard just had a fantastic year, playing in a great team. Why he didn’t get in the Back 6 of the real deal All-Australian Team. Goddard averaged a huge 116 points a game and still managed to drop 3,000 during the H&A season. Enright averaged 98 during the season and has carried his side into September. Enright has played every game in 09′ and could be a good premium buy in 2010. Tarkyn Lockyer. Well what can I say. Dropped to a very low price and could be THE buy of next year. Providing no injury. The other 4 thoroughly deserved their spot in the SC All-Australian Team and should all be vying for a spot next year.

MIDFIELD: Dane SWAN, Gary ABLETT, Leigh MONTAGNA, Adam GOODES, Marc MURPHY and  Chris JUDD.

Swan and Ablett. Both dreaming about the 2009 Brownlow and yet again get named in a very special team. Swan averaged 123 which sounds big but Lil’ Gazza managed to average *drumroll* 140. After a great start out of the blocks Gazza seemed to slow towards the end of the season. Not Much. But a bit. Ablett played just 19 games and still managed to be the 2nd highest scorer in the AFL. Gazza deserves the Brownlow but it may be taken off him by Swanny. Ablett’s 3 games out MAY cost him. Montagna jumped almost 100,000 during the season and Murphy was a big surprise to be named in the SC All-Australian. Selwood and Dal Santo were unlucky to be left out of the side but that’s just the way things are sometimes.

RUCKS: Mitch CLARK and Darren JOLLY

To different rucks to last year deserved their spot in the team. It was close as the top 5 rucks for the year were separated by just 55 points and Big Sandilands was only just nudged out by Jolly. In Fact overtaken in the last round by Jolly and Clark and then almost McIntosh. Clark rose 210,000 and averaged 93 in the season 1 more than Jolly who averaged 92. Sandilands averaged 101 but missed 2 games leaving him just short of the final 22. Sandilands got what he deserved by being named All-Australian the other night. All though I thought Mitch Clark could have found his spot on the bench.

FORWARDS: Ryan O’KEEFE, Nick RIEWOLDT, Brett DELEDIO, Leon DAVIS, Jonathan BROWN, Aaron DAVEY and Brendan FEVOLA.

Mitch Clark could have been named in the forward line but decided to put him in the ruck and let Fev take the final spot. O’Keefe dropped 65,000 in 09′ and still averaged 109. O’Keefe could be a good buy next year as his price will rise near the start of the season. Riewoldt and Deledio both had outstanding years and lived up to the reputation they were set at the start of the year. They averaged 113 and 103 respectively with Riewoldt missing one match due to injury. Davis was claimed to be over priced at the start of the year but managed to live up to his price. Davis averaged 111 and was outstanding when Collingwood needed him most. Davey had an amazing start to 09′ and then tailed away a bit. Melbourne’ go to man down back played a good role playing off half back for the young Dee’s. Fev had an outstanding year booting 86 goals but SuperCoach does not exactly favour his game style. Fev had a fantastic season and deserved his spot at Full-Forward in the All-Australian Team. Fev averaged 93 and jumped over the 500,000 mark on price.

Josh

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THE All-Australian Team

The 2009 All Australian side

B: Corey Enright (Geelong), Matthew Scarlett (Geelong), Brian Lake (Western Bulldogs)

HB: Simon Goodwin (Adelaide), Craig Bolton (Sydney Swans), Nick Maxwell (Collingwood)

C: Leigh Montagna (St Kilda), Lenny Hayes (St Kilda), Joel Selwood (Geelong)

HF: Paul Chapman (Geelong), Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda – captain), Dane Swan (Collingwood)

F: Leon Davis (Collingwood), Brendan Fevola (Carlton), Jonathan Brown (Brisbane Lions)

R: Aaron Sandilands (Fremantle), Chris Judd (Carlton – vice-captain), Gary Ablett (Geelong)

I/C: Matthew Boyd (Western Bulldogs), Nick Dal Santo (St Kilda), Brendon Goddard (St Kilda), Adam Goodes (Sydney Swans)

 

Team by Team

Adelaide: 1

Brisbane: 1

Carlton: 2

Collingwood: 3

Fremantle: 1

Geelong: 5

St.Kilda: 5

Sydney: 2

Western Bulldogs: 2

 

A Few Stats

Saints  captain Nick Riewoldt was named with the (C) and Chris Judd (VC). It is the fifth time Cat defender Matthew Scarlett and Crow midfielder Simon Goodwin have been given the honours with both players being selected in the back half. The most talked about position was the full-back position which was taken by Matthew Scarlett and Brian Lake was named in the back pocket. The surprise was that Leon Davis was named in the side and West Coast forward Mark LeCras missed out after his outstanding year. Paul Chapman was surprisingly named at half-forward and Brendon Goddard was named on the BENCH for his first selection in the team. Nick Dal Santo, Matthew Boyd and Adam Goodes round up the bench. Dane Swan was named at half-forward as expected and Brendan Fevola was worthily selected at full-forward after winning the Coleman Medal. Simon Prestigiacomo, Mitch Clark and Sam Gilbert were unlucky not to be selected. Lance Franklin surely could have been selected in the forward pocket?

Josh