Freo Formguide: Freo v Geelong
Geelong never play two games in a row...would you believe three bad games in a row? How about bad 4 games and a round of Hungry Hungry Hippos? Leaving August, there was a strong belief that Geelong were tapering towards the end of the season to get themselves up for a steamrolling finals campaign. St Kilda set everyone straight on the weekend and now the general consensus is that Geelong are a crumbling empire, just waiting for some upstart from across the lands to ride in, cut them down and claim all that was once theirs. In this case, however, the upstarts already cut them down in Round 3 and are merely heading over to finish the job.
Freeeeeeeeeeeeoooooooooooooooo
Fremantle are three games from immortality as they easily dispatched with the the side from Hawthorn that ever so courageously beat up the Fremantle junior side just two weeks ago. The Dockers had the yellow bastards covered from the opening bounce, hitting harder, running faster, kicking better and generally looking more handsome. There was barely a facet of the game they didn't smash the Hawks in. Hawthorn's Hollywood forward line could only manage 1 goal for the opening quarter against the no-no-nonsense and undermanned Freo defence, while the highly rated 2008 Premiership midfield were torn apart by David Mundy and a couple of kids. Fremantle now take the fight up to the 2009 Premiership side on Friday night where they will get their first look at the MCG for the season - and are expected to love it.
Be Afraid. Crowley's Back.
A collective shudder went through the Hawthorn team when the news was announced that Ryan Crowley will be back in the purple this week, and he's got two months of pent up frustrations to take out on the sorry bunch of school yard bullies trying to pass themselves off as a chance this weekend. Crowley will be joined by another couple of blokes who don't care for backwards stepping, Scos Silvagni and Jess Crichton - both making their AFL Finals debut. Out of the side will be Paul Hasleby, who's retirement doesn't officially start until October so it's still safe to leave your pie momentarily unattended if you'll be at the game. Jay van Berlo also misses out with a presumed bulk deficiency and Hayden Ballanytne has buggered his foot. The Hawks have brought back a bloke by the name of Hudge, or Hodge or something...who they apparently rate.
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Ladder
The Ladder
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| 2 | Geelong | 10 | Port Adelaide | ||||||
| 3 | St Kilda | 11 | Melbourne | ||||||
| 4 | Western Bulldogs | 12 | Adelaide | ||||||
| 5 | Sydney | 13 | Brisbane | ||||||
| 6 | Fremantle | 14 | Essendon | ||||||
| 7 | Hawthorn | 15 | Richmond | ||||||
| 8 | Carlton | 16 | West Coast |
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Statistics
Disposals
| Paul Duffield |
443 |
| David Mundy |
429 |
| Matthew Pavlich |
375 |
| Michael Barlow | 362 |
| Greg Broughton |
348 |
Marks
| Paul Duffield |
112 |
| Matthew Pavlich |
94 |
| Michael Jonson |
89 |
| Luke McPharlin |
85 |
| Paul Hasleby |
82 |
Goals
| Matthew Pavlich |
52 |
| Hayden Ballantyne |
32 |
| Paul Hasleby |
22 |
| Stephen Hill |
16 |
| Michael Johnson |
15 |
Tackles
| Adam McPhee |
93 |
| David Mundy |
93 |
| Paul Duffield |
83 |
| Ryan Crowley | 69 |
| Anthony Morabito |
69 |
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