The charge to VFL finals

pazza · July 31, 2016, 10:49pm

With Essendon’s final bye for the season now out of the way, we have a few weeks before the finals.

The ladder looks like this after the weekend:

Williamstown (48)
Casey (44)
Collingwood (44)
Port Melbourne (40)
Sandringham (36)
Footscray (36)
Geelong (32)
ESSENDON (28)

Werribee (24)
Northern Blues (24)
Box Hill (20)
Richmond (20)
Coburg (20)
Frankston (8)
North Ballarat (8)

Essendon’s fixture with 4 weeks to go reads as follows:

Casey (away - this Saturday night)
Williamstown (home - August 14)
North Ballarat (away - August 20)
Northern Blues (home - August 27)

Geelong has:

Frankston (home - Saturday)
Richmond (away - August 14 twilight)
Casey (home - August 21)
Port Melbourne (away - August 27)

Werribee has:

Box Hill (away - Sunday)
Casey (away - August 14)
Footscray (home - August 21)
Sandringham (home - August 28)

Northern Blues have:

Richmond (home - Saturday)
BYE
Williamstown (home - August 20)
Essendon (away - August 27)

BLOODSTAINED_DEVILS · August 1, 2016, 5:44pm

Hope EFC can arrange, along with FkCarlton, to set the match for an 11.30 start…

Whats a bet it’s the 7 game and has to start at 12.30??

pazza · August 1, 2016, 8:11pm

Hope EFC can arrange, along with FkCarlton, to set the match for an 11.30 start...
Whats a bet it’s the 7 game and has to start at 12.30??

With the Olympics, there is set to be no matches on channel 7 until the finals.

BLOODSTAINED_DEVILS · August 1, 2016, 8:21pm

Their page would disagree with you pazz …,

Please note, there is no VFL coverage during the Olympics during Rounds 18-20. Coverage will return Round 21, with game TBA.

… back on the 27th, with 3 games on the Saturday with a start time to suit their 3.00pm delayed telecast on Sat arvo’s. Our’s at 12, Rich v Cob at 12, Foot v Coll at 11.00 am.

http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=0-118-0-0-0&sID=91640&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=34956277

BringBackBoris · August 2, 2016, 11:41pm

Game against the Blues shapes as a finals play off.

Casey looked very good on the telly a couple of weeks ago, any VFL regs rate our chances?

Reboot · August 3, 2016, 12:08am

Hope EFC can arrange, along with FkCarlton, to set the match for an 11.30 start...
Whats a bet it’s the 7 game and has to start at 12.30??

Got it in one.
No early start it is.

pazza · August 3, 2016, 12:30am

Game against the Blues shapes as a finals play off.
Casey looked very good on the telly a couple of weeks ago, any VFL regs rate our chances?

Much better at home than away, though if Collignwood could beat them in the mud…

Averaging 95 points for at home and 103 points for away from home so will not be easy.

BLOODSTAINED_DEVILS · August 3, 2016, 9:52am

Hope EFC can arrange, along with FkCarlton, to set the match for an 11.30 start...
Whats a bet it’s the 7 game and has to start at 12.30??

Got it in one.
No early start it is.

It figured, …fk it.

anon12285009 · August 3, 2016, 11:54am

So how many channel 7 televised games out of those 4?

pazza · August 4, 2016, 9:37pm

So how many channel 7 televised games out of those 4?

May get Round 21 against the Bluebaggers but that’s it

riley13 · August 5, 2016, 12:53am

Article on Fox Sports this morning about the Cats 2002 flag being the best VFL lineup ever. Fark them, lets throw Francis, Laverde, Langford, Irish, Jerrett and anyone else we can muster in for the finals and we might be able to claim that honour in fifteen years.

GEELONG’S 2002 VFL PREMIERSHIP SIDE

B: Josh Hunt, Marc Woolnough, Daniel Foster

HB: Will Slade, Tim McGrath, Mitchell White

C: James Kelly, James Bartel, David Johnson

HF: Brent Grgic, David Mensch, Steve Johnson

F: Gary Ablett, Matthew McCarthy, Charlie Gardiner

Foll: Peter Street, James Rahilly, Paul Chapman

Int: Paul Chambers, Henry Playfair, Danny OBrien, Adam Chatfield

Coach: Ron Watt

Houli_Dooli · August 5, 2016, 1:55am

Article on Fox Sports this morning about the Cats 2002 flag being the best VFL lineup ever. Fark them, lets throw Francis, Laverde, Langford, Irish, Jerrett and anyone else we can muster in for the finals and we might be able to claim that honour in fifteen years.
GEELONG’S 2002 VFL PREMIERSHIP SIDE

B: Josh Hunt, Marc Woolnough, Daniel Foster

HB: Will Slade, Tim McGrath, Mitchell White

C: James Kelly, James Bartel, David Johnson

HF: Brent Grgic, David Mensch, Steve Johnson

F: Gary Ablett, Matthew McCarthy, Charlie Gardiner

Foll: Peter Street, James Rahilly, Paul Chapman

Int: Paul Chambers, Henry Playfair, Danny OBrien, Adam Chatfield

Coach: Ron Watt

even if we threw Francis, Laverde, Langford, Irish, Jerrett in that Geelong VFL side would be hard to beat
multiple premiership & marque players

Kelly 290+ games
Bartel Brownlow medallist
SJ Norm Smith medallist (I think)
Chapman Norm Smith Medallist (I think)
Gary Ablett Brownlow medallist

Mr_Casio · August 5, 2016, 1:59am

Bartel norm smith medal too

anon12285009 · August 5, 2016, 8:09am

Article on Fox Sports this morning about the Cats 2002 flag being the best VFL lineup ever. Fark them, lets throw Francis, Laverde, Langford, Irish, Jerrett and anyone else we can muster in for the finals and we might be able to claim that honour in fifteen years.
GEELONG’S 2002 VFL PREMIERSHIP SIDE

B: Josh Hunt, Marc Woolnough, Daniel Foster

HB: Will Slade, Tim McGrath, Mitchell White

C: James Kelly, James Bartel, David Johnson

HF: Brent Grgic, David Mensch, Steve Johnson

F: Gary Ablett, Matthew McCarthy, Charlie Gardiner

Foll: Peter Street, James Rahilly, Paul Chapman

Int: Paul Chambers, Henry Playfair, Danny OBrien, Adam Chatfield

Coach: Ron Watt

No wonder, Ron Watt was coach. :#

pazza · August 9, 2016, 12:17am

Ladder after Round 21:

Casey 48
Williamstown 48
Collingwood 48
Sandringham 40
Port Melbourne 40
Footscray 40
Geelong 36
Essendon 28

Box Hill 24
Richmond 24
Werribee 24
Northern Blues 24
Coburg 20
Frankston 8
North Ballarat 8

Collingwood v Port Melbourne

Coburg v Frankston

Essendon v Williamstown

Casey v Werribee

Sandringham v Box Hill

Richmond v Geelong

North Ballarat, Northern Blues and Footscray have the bye.

Essendon’s percentage is worse than Box Hill and Richmond.

jonovdp · August 9, 2016, 2:11am

If there is one thing we can do to destroy Hawthorn’s premiership chances. That is keep Box Hill out of the VFL finals. They won’t be able to keep fringe players match fit in the VFL, and ready to come into the AFL side. It’ll be massive problem for them.

Go_Team_2.0 · August 13, 2016, 4:33am

Article on Fox Sports this morning about the Cats 2002 flag being the best VFL lineup ever. Fark them, lets throw Francis, Laverde, Langford, Irish, Jerrett and anyone else we can muster in for the finals and we might be able to claim that honour in fifteen years.
GEELONG’S 2002 VFL PREMIERSHIP SIDE

B: Josh Hunt, Marc Woolnough, Daniel Foster

HB: Will Slade, Tim McGrath, Mitchell White

C: James Kelly, James Bartel, David Johnson

HF: Brent Grgic, David Mensch, Steve Johnson

F: Gary Ablett, Matthew McCarthy, Charlie Gardiner

Foll: Peter Street, James Rahilly, Paul Chapman

Int: Paul Chambers, Henry Playfair, Danny OBrien, Adam Chatfield

Coach: Ron Watt

even if we threw Francis, Laverde, Langford, Irish, Jerrett in that Geelong VFL side would be hard to beat
multiple premiership & marque players

Kelly 290+ games

Bartel Brownlow medallist

SJ Norm Smith medallist (I think)

Chapman Norm Smith Medallist (I think)

Gary Ablett Brownlow medallist

Our 92 reserves side would go close

jonovdp · August 15, 2016, 4:11am

Playing finals is incredibly important for the development of our young blokes. Finals footy, Plus getting more games into Francis, Eades, Gach Nyuen, Hams, Merrett, Long, Redman & McKenna.

samwoods · August 15, 2016, 4:16am

Great win on the weekend.

I’d be very very disappointed if the boys didn’t make the finals from here.

markee · August 24, 2016, 1:10am

How many games in a row to we have to win to get the VFL flag?