VFL Round 7 - Around the Grounds

[MagpieBat]

Saturday

Geelong vs Casey @ Kardinia Park (10:00pm, AFL curtain-rasier)

Port Melbourne vs Williamstown @ North Port Oval (1:10pm, TV game)

Coburg vs Werribee @ Coburg City Oval (2:00pm)

Box Hill vs Frankston @ Box Hill City Oval (2:00pm, radio game)

Sunday

Sandringham vs Bendigo @ Trevor Barker Beach Oval (2:00pm, radio game)

BYE: Collingwood, North Ballarat, Northern Blues

My tips:

Geelong to repeat history and devour the Melbourne reserves in a precursor to the bloodbath that their senior ranks will inflict upon the Demons.

Port in a close one against a vengeful Willy, 2-3 goals maximum, in what is shaping as the closest, highest standard game of football to be played in either the AFL or VFL this Saturday.

Werribee by 5 goals in the Battle of the Tigers.

Box Hill in a canter.

Sandy by 5 goals.

Over to you...

[MagpieBat]

Final scores from Kardinia Park in the curtain raiser:

Geelong 14.10.94
Casey 22.8.140

[stui magpie]

^

Jack Viney taken to hospital with suspected broken jaw. Playing his first game for Casey after special permission from the AFL was granted, as Melbourne have committed to drafting him F&S in this years draft.

[MagpieBat]

Quarter Time at North Port:

Port Melbourne 5.4.34
Williamstown 0.0.0

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Half Time at North Port:

Port Melbourne 8.8.56
Williamstown 1.4.10

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Quarter Time at Whitehorse Road and Harding Street:

Box Hill 0.2.2
Frankston 1.4.10

Coburg 3.1.19
Werribee 6.3.39

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Three Quarter Time at North Port:

Port Melbourne 12.13.85
Williamstown 3.4.22

Half Time elsewhere:

Box Hill 3.4.22
Frankston 2.8.20

Coburg 5.5.35
Werribee 10.7.67

[Dave The Man]

We will beat Port Next Week

[MagpieBat]

^ Love your confidence Dave, and don't get me wrong, I think that's great.

But Port have comprehensively taken the 2nd best team in the comp apart today. So unless Tarrant, Thomas and Jolly all get up and play in the ressies next week, we are looking at a flogging as well.

Actually, if Wood plays seniors next week (vomit!), it will leave us a little less top heavy at VFL level, so Witts and Ceglar can ruck and leave the forward line for the forwards.

[die4pies]

It's a very even season this year.

With a list of 6-8 genuine contenders, the big question I have is...
Who will finish runner up to The Borough?

[MagpieBat]

^ Werribee were touted as flag contenders, but have been in indifferent form. Willy are Hawthorn to Port's Geelong. Sandringham blow hot and cold. Casey are middle of the road. Geelong turn up one week, don't bother the next. North Ballarat are a broken team.

Who can stop the boys from North Port?

Full Time at North Port:

Port Melbourne 15.15.105
Williamstown 3.7.25

Three Quarter Time elsewhere:

Box Hill 7.4.46
Frankston 2.12.24

Coburg 10.10.70
Werribee 15.10.100

[MagpieBat]

Full Time:

Box Hill 11.9.75
Frankston 4.15.39

[die4pies]

The Borough and The Dolphins (pron: Can't-win) are the great irony of the VFL.

[MagpieBat]

^ Indeed. One knocks over all takers, the other can't buy a win.

Bendigo, by the way, are also going stand-alone from next year onwards. Should be interesting to see how they go.

Full Time at Harding Street:

Coburg 12.11.83
Werribee 20.14.134