2008 Premiership Round 8

hanton12

Friday 16 May
St Kilda v Collingwood @ Telstra Dome 7.40PM (10.40AM GMT) Setanta Sports 2 10.30AM

Saturday 17 May
Hawthorn v Port Adelaide @ Lanceston 2.10PM (5.10AM GMT)
Richmond v Geelong @ MCG 2.10PM (5.10AM GMT) Setanta Sports 2 5.00AM
Carlton v Brisbane Lions @ Telstra Dome 7.10PM (10.10AM GMT)
North Melbourne v West Coast Eagles @ Gold Coast Stadium 7.10PM (10.40AM GMT)

Sunday 18 May
Adelaide v Melbourne @ AAMI 12.40PM (4.10AM GMT)
Sydney v Essendon @ ANZ Stadium 2.10PM (5.10AM GMT)Setanta Sports 2 5.00AM
Fremantle v Western Buldogs @ Subiaco 2.40PM (7.40AM GMT)

Audio on afl.com.au through the live gamecentre links on the right hand side of the homepage.

Weekend highlights on Setanta Sports 2, Monday 19th at 6PM and TG4 at 11.05pm on Wednesday night

Europsort UK also has games on during the week.


My picks for the weekend
Saints v Pies: Pies
Hawks v Power: Hawks
Tigers v Cats: Cats
Blues v Lions: Lions
Roos v Eagles: Roos
Crows v Demons: Crows
Swans v Bombers: Swans
Dockers v Bulldogs: Bulldogs

First game should be a good one. 2 mid table teams who could be doing better. I think I over rated the Pies at the start of the year, really thought they'd come good this year. Hawks should have enough to see off Port Adelaide even tho they have regained their form after a bad start. Cat also should see their game home. Lions havent done well away from home this year, so I'd be cagey about this one. Eagles are muck, and Kerr is gone for a long while now. Demons are muck too. Should be a good game in Sydney, bombers often cause them problems. And bulldogs should take care of the dockers.

Xavi6

Almost the same. I just feel that with Fev on fire at the moment and Brown struggling for fitness that the Blues could nick this one on home turf.

Saints v Pies: Pies
Hawks v Power: Hawks
Tigers v Cats: Cats
Blues v Lions: Blues
Roos v Eagles: Roos
Crows v Demons: Crows
Swans v Bombers: Swans
Dockers v Bulldogs: Bulldogs

One Cold Hand

We're going to Carlton and the Lions in the D. W00t! Go Blues!!!

Traq

Saints v Pies: Saints
Hawks v Power: Hawks
Tigers v Cats: Cats
Blues v Lions: Blues
Roos v Eagles: Roos
Crows v Demons: Crows
Swans v Bombers: Swans
Dockers v Bulldogs: Bulldogs

A couple of tricky ones again this week. I hate going for the Saints cos everytime I do they let me down, but I think they'll just beat the Pies this week. I reckon the Blues v Lions game should be tight too, but seeing as I'm a Blues fan, and optimitic, I'll go for them. If Fev has a good night, we should be alright!

Hey OneColdHand, I'll be heading along to the game myself tomorrow night! I'm very thankful it's in the Dome, and the roof will be closed, as the forecast isn't too hot for tomorrow. Couldn't really imagine sitting in the G with hailstones coming down!

Xavi6

Well if your going lads maybe take a few snaps. I was thinking of starting an "I've been to the footy" thread where people can stick up pics of the various games and venues they've been to. All we'd need is some material!

Xavi6

Collingwood 5.1 10.3 14.5 16.7 (103)
St Kilda 6.3 9.5 12.6 14.10 (94)

GOALS
Collingwood: Didak 3, Burns 2, Medhurst 2, Rocca, O'Brien, Pendlebury, Bryan, Wellingham, Davis, Johnson, Lockyer, Thomas
St Kilda: Milne 2, Dal Santo 2, Armitage 2, Montagna, Gehrig, Birss, Goddard, Gram, Koschitzke, Harvey

BEST
St Kilda: Ball, Hayes, S. Fisher, Armitage, Dal Santo.
Collingwood: Didak, Davis, R.Shaw, Thomas, Burns

Reports: N Brown (Coll) for striking L Ball (St K) in the first quarter.

I picked the Pies to win by 20 so a difference of 11 points is not a bad start to the weekend for my tipping.

Xavi6

:eek: Not only are the Eagles still in contention at half time, they're actually winning! Up 59-44 against the Roos. Surely it can't last.

One Cold Hand

Blues getting stuffed.

I'm REH-EALLY hungover, so apathy kicked in and we didn't bother going to the game. Nasty evening in Melbourne, and the game is on TV, so all the factors were pointing to an evening on the couch!!

Xavi6

Bloody typical. Lost by a single goal. Season over.

Ah well, at least I tipped the Roos.

Xavi6

Anyone watching the Dockers/Bulldogs game? Match of the season so far for me.

Dockers dominated the first three quarters but couldn't put the game away and the Doggies just blew them away in the last. Pavlich and Tarrant kicked four each for Freo but it was all about Aker and Brad Johnson in the last. They were superb.

Dogs by 3.

Mahatma coat

Lions won well this week

liked the swans game too

hanton12

woohoo, finally got all my tips right, only took 8 weeks! And capped off nicely with a good score in the fantasy league, still not enough to go back top!

Pity the eagles couldnt hold out, but at least its a better performance than in recent weeks. Season has been riddled with injuries and setbacks, so its a big learning curve for a very young and inexperienced panel.