Tuesday, June 9, 2009

AFL Power List: Round 11 (or Geez I could use a week’s break)

An interesting round that broke up the field a little.  It also showed how important percentage will be this year. The Hawks and Port are in the top 8 despite having conceded more points than they have scored. The Crows are out of the Top 8 on percentage; in real terms, to get back equal with Carlton on percentage they would need to score 36 more goals without conceding any.

Rank

LW

Team

Record

Comment

Safe          

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1

1 ↔

Geelong

11-0

Not a huge win, but a win in Perth is always good. Now they have Freo in Perth and then Port before they meet the Saints.
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2

2

St Kilda

11-0

The Saints last quarter was just brutal; if they get past the Blues, they’ll be certs to be unbeaten when they play Geelong in Round 14. .

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3

3

Bulldogs

7-4

The Dogs beat the Tigers by 13 goals to 2 in the second half; now they’re off up north to play Port.

Still fighting        

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4

4

Carlton

6-5

In a tough, tight game the Blues managed to hold on for a big win – they now meet the Saints to try and bring undone the hope of the perfect round 14 match up.

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5

7↑

Collingwood

6-5

The Channel 10 commentators think you have to respect what Collingwood did on Monday. I say, it was against Melbourne, let’s not get too excited.

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6

5

Brisbane

6-5

The Lions just couldn’t claw their way back into the lead; now they have to beat the Hawks in Tassie.

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7

8↑

Adelaide

6-5

The Crows showed true grit in a top notch game. Tippet and Walker are becoming a very strong 1-2 punch.

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8

6↓

Hawthorn

6-5

The Hawks bounced back from the poor game against the Crows with a solid win against Sydney. But the loss of Rioli will hurt.

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9

9

Port Adelaide

6-5

Not a good first half for Port, but did enough to get passed Freo. Now they have the Bulldogs in Darwin.

Need some wins      

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10

10

Sydney

5-6

The Swans have Collingwood, North, Adelaide and Essendon. They need to win three.

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11

11

Essendon

5-6

The Bombers lead for 3 quarters but could never put the Crows away. Their next 4 – Melbourne, Carlton, Collingwood and Sydney. Must win at least 2.

No chance        
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12

12

North Melbourne

4-7

For 3 quarters North thought they were a chance, then the Saints began to play.

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13

13

Fremantle

3-8

Thankfully I no longer even consider tipping Fremantle.

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14

14

West Coast

3-8

With 11 round to go, the Eagles would need at least 8 more wins. Not a hope.

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15

15 

Richmond

2-9

The Tigers now get to start under a new coach, unfortunately they still have the same players.

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16

16 

Melbourne

1-10

One Jack Watts does not equal a team.

1 comment:

blinq said...

weee i have this week's book for hawks... i cant wait for their next game...