Let’s just get this out of the way now — if we see anything but Geelong v. Hawthorn in the AFL Grand Final this year, it will be the result of a monumental upset.
Lance “Buddy” Franklin kicked 8 goals to lead the Hawthorn Hawks to a 127-76 win over the Western Bulldogs. I watched one half of this game, and really, that was all I needed to see. Hawthorn simply moved the ball around better and created, oh, about 800 times more scoring opportunities than the Bulldogs. Quite frankly, the ‘dogs looked overmatched and possibly a little lost. Who knew Jim Zorn was coaching Aussie Rules, too?
If this is how the Bulldogs looked against Hawthorn, how do they expect to get past Geelong in two weeks? That’s assuming they even get there, as they have to face the winner of tomorrows Sydney Swans v. North Melbourne Kangaroos elimination final. Western split two with Sydney and lost to Melbourne on a last-minute miss by Brad Johnson, so at least we’ll get a close game before Geelong pounds the crap out of the winner the following week.
And trust me, Geelong will be there. The St. Kilda Saints inspire more false hope than the New Orleans Saints. Let’s just hope they don’t inspire more cringing than the Utah Saints on Sunday.
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1 Kick2Kick.net // Sep 7, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Could not agree more.
The first week of games were boring as and I think we are going to have wait until the last weekend in September to see them play only for the second time this year.
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