2008 Premiership Round 16

hanton12

Friday, July 18
North Melbourne v Collingwood at Telstra Dome, 7.40pm AEST (10.40GMT)

Saturday, July 19
Geelong v Western Bulldogs at Skilled Stadium, 2.10pm AEST (05.10GMT) Setanta Sports 1 5am
Richmond v Essendon at the MCG, 2.10pm AEST (05.10GMT)
Brisbane Lions v West Coast at the Gabba, 7.10pm AEST (10.10GMT)
St Kilda v Hawthorn at Telstra Dome, 7.10pm AEST (10.10GMT) Setanta Sports 2 10am

Sunday, July 20
Carlton v Sydney Swans at Telstra Dome, 1.10pm AEST (04.10GMT) Setanta Sports 1 4am
Port Adelaide v Adelaide at AAMI Stadium, 2.40pm ACST (05.10GMT)
Fremantle v Melbourne at Subiaco, 2.40pm AWST (07.40GMT)

Highlights on Setanta Sports 2 on Monday 21st at 6.00pm. also on TG4 on Wednesday at 11pm. Check Europsort uk for other games during the week too.


North Melbourne v Collingwood : Pies
Geelong v Western Bulldogs : Cats
Richmond v Essendon : Tigers
Brisbane Lions v West Coast : Lions
St Kilda v Hawthorn : Hawks
Carlton v Sydney Swans : Swans
Port Adelaide v Adelaide : Crows
Fremantle v Melbourne : Dockers

some close calls again this week. Pies just need consistency to see out the season and nail their top 8, and possibly top 4 spot. Swans have a tough run in, so need to beat Carlton to keep the pressure on. Cats I think will have too much for the Dogs, Richmond Essendon is a real close one, but I'll tip the tigers after their big win in Perth. The lions need to get back on track, and they should do so against a poor Eagles side. Hawks will take care of the Saints, as will Adelaide over thier city rivals. Freo should beat the Dees in a bottom of the table clash, but the Demons have looked ok in the last few weeks so who knows?

big b

North Melbourne v Collingwood : Pies
Geelong v Western Bulldogs : Cats
Richmond v Essendon : Essendon
Brisbane Lions v West Coast : Lions
St Kilda v Hawthorn : Hawks
Carlton v Sydney Swans : Carlton
Port Adelaide v Adelaide : Crows
Freemantle v Melbourne : Melb


Swans have definetely ben under par the last couple of outings, I think they'll struggle v Carlton.
can see the Lions racking up a biggish score this weekend - sorry xavi!

Traq

My tips are:

North Melbourne v Collingwood : Pies
Geelong v Western Bulldogs : Cats
Richmond v Essendon : Tigers
Brisbane Lions v West Coast : Lions
St Kilda v Hawthorn : Hawks
Carlton v Sydney Swans : Swans
Port Adelaide v Adelaide : Crows
Fremantle v Melbourne : Dockers

I think I've got the same as Hanton12 here, but as he said, there's a few tight games in here this week too that could go either way. I'm still torn on the Tigers v Bombers and Freo v Dees games especially. Just think the Tigers will just have enough this weekend to put an end to Essendon's run, and I'm going to go for Freo purely because of home field advantage.

Xavi6

North Melbourne v Collingwood : Pies
Geelong v Western Bulldogs : Cats
Richmond v Essendon : Bombers
Brisbane Lions v West Coast : Lions
St Kilda v Hawthorn : Hawks
Carlton v Sydney Swans : Swans
Port Adelaide v Adelaide : Crows
Fremantle v Melbourne : Dockers

I'm going with the Bombers this week. Won a couple in a row now that they have crucial players back from injury i.e. Lucas.

Eagles to lose by triple figures.

Everytime I tip Freo they lose but I just can't tip the Demons.

One Cold Hand

North Melbourne v Collingwood : Pies
Geelong v Western Bulldogs : Draw!
Richmond v Essendon : Tigers
Brisbane Lions v West Coast : Lions
St Kilda v Hawthorn : Hawks
Carlton v Sydney Swans : Blues
Port Adelaide v Adelaide : Crows
Fremantle v Melbourne : Dockers


Obviously the draw is a joke, but is pretty hard to call! Tigers to edge the Bombers, and gonna be biased as go for the Blues over the Swannies.

Xavi6

Stranger things have happened though. There's been a few draws already this season.

hanton12

its nearly worth it to put money on draws, isnt it around 100-1 for a draw usually?

Xavi6

Haven't a clue tbh but if it was then they'd be super odds.

hanton12

Xavi6 wrote: »

Haven't a clue tbh but if it was then they'd be super odds.

had a look there, would like to say a quick look but fairly hard to find any odds for draws on games! Eventually found it on betfair in the winning margin section. For the Gats/Dogs game a draw is down at 65-1.


Forgot to ask anyone on here too if they saw the Swans/Hawks game last week, and Kennelly and him playing on like a lunatic with his arm hanging off, literally! He dislocated his shoulder in a tackle, and went off to the sideline, and you could physically see it popping back into place. He stayed off for a bit but came backk on again then. Later on, he went and dislocated it again, and was about to tackle someone while he was hunched over holding onto his arm. Again, he went to the sideline, it was popped back in, and off he ran to get the ball again! They make them tough down in Kerry!

oh, and Pies by 13 at half time over the roos

edit: scratch that, the Roos have just kicked the firsst 4 goals of the third quarter and are now up by 12!

Boca

Huge win for North Melbourne to put them in the finals mix

Real pressure on Saints, Carlton and Richmond to keep in contention



Geelong v Western Bulldogs : Cats
Richmond v Essendon : Tigers
Brisbane Lions v West Coast : Lions
St Kilda v Hawthorn : Hawks
Carlton v Sydney Swans : Swans
Port Adelaide v Adelaide : Crows
Fremantle v Melbourne : Demons (!)

Boca

hanton12 wrote: »

Forgot to ask anyone on here too if they saw the Swans/Hawks game last week, and Kennelly and him playing on like a lunatic...

Must watch last weeks highlights on TG4 tomorrow in that case

hanton12

Boca wrote: »

Must watch last weeks highlights on TG4 tomorrow in that case

Not sure if they showed it in the highlights reel tho. and cant see it on youtube either. was really weird tho! fair play to him for going back out too.

big b

Weren't Saints just awesome in that 2nd half against the Hawks? :eek:

Superb stuff.

Xavi6

Bastards ruined my tipping week along with the Kangaroos and Port.

A respectable loss for the Eagles this week!