AFL Finals Week 1

[Dutchy]

Heres my guess on the first week, presuming Sydney beat Hawks and Roos beat Bullies -

Friday night
Port v WCE

Sat Arvo
Geelong v Roos

Sat Night
Swans v Collingwood

Sunday
Hawks v Adelaide

They can only play the WCE/Port game on Friday night with all other games involving teams playing today therefore to play Friday night would give them an unacceptable 5 day break...bit of a nightmare for the AFL, if Bullies beat Roos the Hawks and Roos would simply swap positions

[magpie in the 80's]

thats how the teams should line up at this stage

[NFC]

Swap the Crows and Cats games around.

[SCD]

I think you might be on the mark Dutchy - with the only exception being the 2 Saturday games..

I'm pretty sure the AFL will give Geelong the longest break possible and play as a Saturday night game at the Doom.. leaving Saturday arvo for MCG Collingwood v Sydney..

Crows are the big winners out of this with a 9 day break v Hawks with a 7 day break and with a couple of key injuries to the Hawks and a report (which should be thrown out for being a "Netball" type incident) will be under the pump against a wound up Crows outfit... should be a great 1st week either way!! AND if games go the way I would want.. Sydney v West Coast in the 2nd week of finals... what a great game that would be...

[BenchedEagle]

Its:
Geelong Vs Kangaroos
Pt Adelaide Vs West Coast
Hawthorn Vs Adelaide
Sydney Vs Collingwood

I think this is how the finals series will go

Semis:
Adelaide Vs Kangaroos
Sydney Vs Pt Adelaide
>>>>>>>
Prelims
Geelong Vs Pt Adelaide
West Coast Vs Adelaide

Grand Final
Geelong Vs West Coast

[Brad]

I would have thought the Crows game would have been at the Dome, Port at AMMI and the other two at the MCG:

Friday night
Port v WCE - AMMI

Sat Arvo
Hawks v Adelaide - Telstra Dome

Sat Night
Swans v Collingwood - MCG

Sunday
Geelong v Roos - MCG

[mal]

And the unfortunate teams that play on the DOOM ........

[the joker]

I would have thought the Crows game would have been at the Dome, Port at AMMI and the other two at the MCG:

Friday night
Port v WCE - AMMI

Sat Arvo
Hawks v Adelaide - Telstra Dome

Sat Night
Swans v Collingwood - MCG

Sunday
Geelong v Roos - MCG

yeah it will be that way but the saturday games may change with the AFL wanting collingwood to play in the traditional saturday afternoon game

[hearts on fire]

channel 10, 6:30 pm, they are annoucing the times and venues, but we all have a fair idea of what its going to be...

[NFC]

And the unfortunate teams that play on the DOOM ........

So clever.

[saintal]

3 finals in melbourne. Very unusual

[magpie in the 80's]

FINALS ANNOUNCED

FRIDAY AAMI
PORT V WEST COAST

SAT AFTERNOON TELSTRA DOME
HAWTHORN V ADELAIDE

SAT EVENING MCG
COLLINGWOOD V SYDNEY

SUNDAY MCG
GEELONG V KANGAROOS

[sydney-dog]

Historically, the AFL have played both the elimination finals on a Saturday, so it will be interesting to dsee which game gets the MCG and which game gets the TD

Collingwood does have a stronger follwing then Hawthorn, however in my view more Crow supporters will travel then Sydney supporters

[Hondo]

Worked out OK for the Crows given the circumstances of finishing 8th

We play well at the Doom, Hawthorn are out of sorts and we beat them easily earlier in the season

[magpie in the 80's]

Historically, the AFL have played both the elimination finals on a Saturday, so it will be interesting to dsee which game gets the MCG and which game gets the TD

Collingwood does have a stronger follwing then Hawthorn, however in my view more Crow supporters will travel then Sydney supporters

look above your post SD

[sydney-dog]

Hondo 71

I am very happy that the Crows will face the Hawks

Yes the Hawks have 3 or 4 dangerous players in Hodge, Mitchell and Franklin, however this year they have been smashed by both Sydney and Adelaide.

This gives me great confidence, in my view the Hawks struggle when they are denied time and space, Sydney and Adelaide are probably in the top 3 defensive sides in the league, the Hawks have really struggled against both Adelaide and Sydney this year, actually they have suffered their two biggest losses

Hopefully we might get the TD at night, the Crows have a great record at the TD, not to mention we have won 10 out of 12 night mastches this year

No excuses for this week

[sydney-dog]

magpie in the 80's

thanks mate, I did not pick that up

[Macca19]

Port to win by under 10 points in a very tight match all night.

Crows will win comfortably. 40-60 points. Match will be over at half time.

Sydney to defeat Collingwood by 10-30 points. Collingwood will be in front at half time.

Kangaroos to win by 4 points.

[mighty_tiger_79]

west coast to win relatively comfortably 5 goals

geelong to blow away a persistent Roos outfit just as they did a few weeks back

the Hawks and big bad BUDDY will smash out a team making up the numbers

syd-coll very interesting game - DRAWSKI

[sydney-dog]

Mighty Tiger

I would say your view on the Crows-Hawk is more in hope

on today's perfomance some would suggest that it is the Hawks making up the numbers