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It’s cracking….

We’re ready for Finals.
You ready?

If Guinness is good for the All Australian Captain then it’s good for you.
It’s coming out of the tap round here like Bontempelli out of the square.

No Opening, No Gathering, No Byes.
Just one Last Round.
Anything could happen.
See you at the Pub.
📸 Rennie Ellis

BURGERS
TWELVE BUCKS
WEDNESDAY

ROUND FIFTEEN

I’ll tell you what there’s nothing that makes me want to talk about footy this year than actually having work to do so having done my tips up to round twenty three after Cargs was Internationally trash talking me, I have to say that I’m excited.

If memory serves & given I spent five minutes, that is as questionable as a Dangerfield opinion, I reckon I tipped Norf two weeks in a row & Caarlton & Esserden a bit which is a Kiss of Death that would make Louie Richards proud. I even tipped the Saints a couple of times based on their years of ability to cause intermittent heart break. And I may have launched Brisvegas into some form after saying they were s**te but my Doomsday predictions about a Ross led Moorabbin seem to be playing out.

So ROUNDS THIRTEEN & FOURTEEN kind of slipped by quickly with Radelaide minus the Rad. Horforn turning for their coach like they had turned against him as their Captain. Fagans coming good. Norf flying like a Clarko verbal. Saints GC showcasing the death of football. Cats still not beating anyone. Rah Rahs being meek once their Talisman was crunched. Fagans giving Saints a tease. Freo showing airport tendencies again. Horforn Cheerleaders talking like it’s 2008. Bloods banking points. Pies JUST, again & the umpires being the headline NOT the fifty point lead. Orange hanging around mid table.

Then the big clash last Friday night that Geeelong never quite clashed in.

The Hinkley Problem being given an exclamation mark.

Bloods banking points.

Norf giving it another RHG while the Rah Rahs weren’t fooling anyone.

Esserden consolidated their dominant third position on the ladder, although the percentage……

Freo GC gained as much traction as a T20 World Cup on a streaming service no one has.

So in light of previous Kiss of Death remarks it should be noted that Chook has what is likely an unassailable lead with nine rounds to go.

Going to take some bold predictions to knock Old Mate off from here.

Get to it, mine are already in.

FOOTYHEAD

Aged four years.
Tapped yesterday.
Don’t be a monkey….

If that doesn’t say an afternoon at the pub to you, are you really from Melbourne?

ROUND SEVEN

The footy starting on Wednesday was a bit of a trip up for me & a few others. Had myself almost fired up for the Bombers & Pies the next day & hey presto the ‘traditional’ Rah Rahs v Toiges was upon us. If you were awake after half time I’m not sure if you should be commended or we should feel sorry for you. Rah Rahs are fourth, could they be there when the whips are cracking without a functioning forward line? And before you start throwing the verbal teddy out of the cot, have a look at your goal kickers compared to people around you on the ladder Champ.

Thursday was a ripper, it’s my favourite day of the home & away season even with Essendon involved. Who, it has to be said burst out of the blocks but not out of the quarter time huddle. It was a wrestle for the last half with everyone having their chances & it was hot enough that S Pendlebury even got caught at one stage. I repeat, Pendlebury got caught holding the ball! In the end, after two hours of footy, the scores were level so it’s a draw. If you want to talk about extra time because you can’t cope with going home unsatisfied, try barracking for the Saints.

When I was looking around some commentary about the game I noticed Cameron Ling outrageously didn’t pick the same as all the other medal judges. Well I’m no fan of the former Geelong Skippers comments anytime BUT we have five judges for a reason & it’s not like he picked anyone who didn’t get a kick. Settle down.

The Orange ones have made another fancied opponent look a bit behind & they’re third.

Port made hard work of the Saints, watching it was harder.

Radelaide went to Hobart & probably got the minimum result given how Norf are going.

Caarlton kept us towards the edge of our seats without ever actually getting us either to the edge or in front themselves. SCS looms like the prospect of a lockdown.

The game out West was the battle of Weirdness. Who would bring their good footy? I suppose ultimately that the Purples did & both teams will need to find the switch more often if they are to be busy in the Spring.

WC minus He Man went to Queensland & stopped their streak at two but it’s two more than I thought they might get. GC are going to need to find a better way to the airport.

I’ve always said I’d pay money to watch Lance Franklin read the paper, so him doing a lap was my game highlight on Sunday afternoon.

Oh & Steve, it’s great that you’re four in front but be advised the two right behind you have both been in front at round twenty four. Did I say Joker Round? Is that a thing?

LEST WE FORGET.

FH

Dear Steve,

I didn’t forget that I hadn’t done a wrap up for ROUND SIX, I just didn’t think it was that important. My mistake.

If I look back at it now I’m reminded that the Saints kicked their usual ten goals, most of them in one quarter, it’s just that their opponents kicked twenty, most of them when the game was there to be won.

Then the Bummers just didn’t do enough to make the Croms go away & it nearly cost them. As far as holding the ball, I don’t care, I’d be more concerned if I was Sam Draper & my mob are on the end of losing a few. One decision cannot be blamed for a result but people don’t forget you being a smartarse.

The Hinkleys burst out & didn’t come back & ultimately were flattered by a scoreboard where they went down by forty two points. I’d be a little calm about the Premiers being back just yet.

Pretty good game of footy between Blue & Orange better finished by the locals who kicked some more unnecessary points while doing it.

Brisvegas are currently more like a roadside motel than the Bellagio & SCS ominously, just keeps the Cats winning.

If one player is making it all happen at West Coast then there’s a lot of blokes over there who should be looking over their shoulders. And Purple? What the?

Hardwick’s Heroes were in it but failed the test, Swans only loss so far to another top four side.

Then Horforn played Norf while everyone was doing something else.

Meantime I feel sorry for these AFL boys, you’ve got to try real hard for a s**t haircut these days. Maybe someone will have to bring back the Pendlebury dreads?

Of course we could see what your score would be if you hadn’t taken such bad advice when obviously Harley Reed was about to dominate the Universe like He Man.

You would have one more point.

That’s footy.

Early in the 20th Century boys & girls left scenes like this for places like Gallipoli.
I can barely fathom what madness that was but we will remember them.
PJW

ROUND FOUR

So the footy went to Adelaide & everyone has a ripper opinion on that don’t they? I’d suggest ‘sucking it up Princess’ if you didn’t get to go & see the Saints somewhat unexpectedly kick six goals in a quarter including one into Elizabeth’s backyard. Then they hung on ugly in the last, a resumption of normal, but not always successful programming.

Previously the home town Crows had tried to win a game with a half of footy but you just always leave that a kick short don’t you. Mind they had their chances but as that well known Belfast phrase goes ‘bad kicking is bad footy right enough’.

Brisvegas had an afternoon stroll around Norwood Oval, also attended by North Melbourne.

The Bummers had a glimpse of what the next level looks like on Friday night at the other Oval & whatever you think about the punishment for Jeremy’s slur, if you don’t agree that something needs to be done you’re on the wrong channel here.

Up in the Hills WC enjoyed the shorter flight & in a new development, brought some of their footy with them. The Swans having lost their lustre in this & their previous game. It turned out how it should’ve.

Naturally I would’ve preferred Saucy Cottrel to kick a point & the Baggers lose by one rather than the fiasco that eventuated, but that’s just me.

The Doggies are mostly doing an ok job of playing the music but they don’t always look like they can see the conductor. SCS has Cats four from four, I just feel like we’ll know more about them in a months time.

Reckon they could’ve played the Suns Giants half way across the Nullabor & no one would’ve cared really but it was a better game of footy than that.

Were Horforn good, were Collingwooood less good? If the Hawks had of got off the plane on time, with the Pies goalless in the last, the Premiers could very easily been one from five.

Mumblings from the bar:

‘If all HQ want is the game to move faster & people to be able to watch the Channel Seven News at six o’clock then how about telling the Umpires to stop holding it up because the wrong person is on the mark, they need to know the name of the ruckman or someone doesn’t have their shirt tucked in’.

‘Anyone who is Premiership Favourite after Round Four is f**ked’.

‘Anything that Ed McG thinks is a good idea is an automatic prompt for a hard disagree in here’.

It seems everyone’s not necessarily getting the mail & I know you can’t make viable tipping decisions without it. We are in some technical difficulty areas here, not unusual & as soon some as some expertise turns up we’ll be sure to have it sorted.

Chonk on!

FOOTYHEAD

Beer & stuff.
4pm today. 12pm tomorrow.
Closed Sunday.

There’s an idea….

Going to open this next Wednesday, it’s been waiting in the cellar since one of those lockdowns….

Thanks for coming.
See you next year
x PJW

We’ve had Phil playing on Plugger this week.
He looks tired eh ?

Thought we’d give an All Australian Back Pocket another run.
From midday, today & tomorrow.

Ok Sportsfans this is tv on the wall number six.
It’s the second last one, will probably call the last one number seven.
Anyway, the footy’s on…..

Sorry gang we’re closed today & tomorrow. We’ve finally, inevitably, succumbed to the bloody virus.
We’ll be back all brand new on Wed 15th.
Have a good weekend, PJW

There’s a beer in there......

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REOPENING on Thursday 28th October.
Not sure if these nerves are excitement or the other way round.
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