Season 2007

The Liston Trophy will be announced tonight along with the Team of the Year at a function at Moonee Valley. There will be updates on 1116 SEN with Mark Fine and Mark Stone tonight. Any thoughts on who you think will win it tonight?

Can Toby Pinwill play in the reserves?

Quote:I think Toby Pinwills attack on the ball will be a big addition for the Reserves side next week against Williamstown.

Here is the previews for this weekend. There is a good chance that stations 774 ABC Melbourne, 1116 SEN and 3AW could be covering the games as well. [b]SATURDAY[/b] [i][b]Geelong vs North Ballarat at TEAC Oval,Port Melbourne 1:10pm(ABC TV, Casey Radio, 3XX 1611)[/b][/i] This should be an interesting clash between the high flying Cats and the never say die Roosters. Geelong have beaten the Roosters in both meetings this year and are now premership favorites but how can you count the Roosters after their last 6 quarters of footy. The Cats AFL contingent could be the difference come days end. [b]Meetings in 2007:[/b] Round 4 Sunday April 29th Skilled Stadium Geelong 18-17(125) def North Ballarat 9-11(65) (Grima(Geel) 5 goals, Sansbury(NB) 3 goals) Tenace and Josh Hunt best for the Cats, Lower and Trotter best for the Roosters Round 18 Saturday 11th August Austar Arena Geelong 21-15(141) def North Ballaray 10-10(70) (Gardiner(Geel) 5 goals, Urch(NB) 3 goals) West and Josh Hunt best for the Cats, Feery and Lower best for the Roosters. [b]My Tip:[/b] Geelong by 27 points [b]SUNDAY[/b] [i][b]Williamstown vs Coburg Tigers at TEAC Oval,Port Melbourne 1:10pm(ABC TV,Casey Radio, 3XX 1611)[/b][/i] The Seagulls are coming off a week off after their thrilling win against the Zebras. The Tigers are coming off a work man like win against the Borough. Coburg thrashed the Seagulls in their one and only meeting back in July. A lot has happened since then and this should be a cracker of game hopefully in front of a big crowd. [b]Only Meeting in 2007: [/b] Round 14 Sunday 15th July Coburg City Oval Coburg Tigers 15-14(104) def Williamstown 5-8(38 ) (Kingsley(Cob) 5 goals, Ryan Cook(Will) 2 goals) Krakouer and Sewell best for the Tigers, Nicholls and Picken best for the Seagulls. [b]My Tip:[/b] Coburg Tigers by 3 points

Time to go Saadi. I fear that by winning one final it might cloud peoples memories. Port have under performed for the most part, winning a couple of crucial games to fall into the finals. with a change of coach i feel the club will improve. I fear that if Saadi stays they will lose an awful lot of players!

While most of us would agree Geelong are deserving of a spot in the Grand Final, I suspect the Cats making it could be a disaster for the VFL. For a start, the AFL Cats could have a Prelim Final - probably in Melbourne - that weekend. It would be very hard to see people from Geelong travelling up the road twice in the same weekend. But the other potential disaster is that Football Geelong have moved the Geelong league Grand Final to the Sunday September 23rd. So all of a sudden a VFL Grand Final appearance could become insignificant in the city. I guess it just highlights what 99% of VFL fans have said for years - the VFLs choice of Grand Final is no good. Lets hope in 2008 something is done about that - either AFL Grand Final eve or the day after the AFL Grand Final.

Game day discussion thread

Game day discussion thread.

After an amazing 1st week of the finals lets have a look at this weekend's semi finals. [b]SATURDAY[/b] [b][i]1st Semi Final Sandringham vs North Ballarat at TEAC Oval,Port Melbourne 1:10pm (ABC TV,3XX 1611AM)[/i][/b] North Ballarat are coming off one of the greatest turnarounds in VFA/VFL finals history. For the Zebras they come off a narrow 2 point loss at home to Williamstown. The big question in this game is can North Ballarat continue there momentum from their amazing 2nd half or will the Zebras who will have their Melbourne contingent back look to turnaround a narrow loss. They split their 2 meetings this year. I think the Zebras will be too strong for the Roosters and set up a mouth watering clash with Geelong in the 2nd Preliminary Final. [b]Meetings in 2007:[/b] Round 8 Saturday 2nd June Austar Arena North Ballarat 18-15(123) def Sandringham 13-10(88 ) (Chester(NBa) 4 Goals, Newton(Sand) 5 goals) Cartledge and Sansbury were best for the Roosters, Summers and Dunn best for the Zebras. Round 19 Saturday 19th August Trevor Barker Oval,Sandringham Sandringham 17-23(125) def North Ballarat 8-14(62) (Sautner(Sand) 4 goals, Edwards,Thomas and Gregg(NBall) 2 goals each) Valenti and Poyas best for Zebras, Lower and Goodes best for the Roosters. [b]My Tip: [/b]Sandringham by 23 points [b]SUNDAY[/b] [b][i]2nd Semi Final Coburg Tigers vs Port Melbourne at TEAC Oval,Port Melbourne 1:10pm (ABC TV,Casey Radio,3XX 1611AM)[/i][/b] Coburg stayed with the Cats for the first three quarters but couldn't hold on against the classy Cats. The Borough will be coming in full of confidence after a great win against the Scorpions. Coburg will get Daniel Jackson, Nick Riewoldt and a couple of others back from Richmond for this game and they look too strong for the Borough. Can Port sustain the pressure for all 4 quarters to stick with the Tigers all day. Port do have the advantage of playing at home. Coburg won their only neeting this year comfortably. The winner of this match plays Williamstown in the 1st Preliminary Final. [b]Only meeting in 2007: [/b] Round 12 Sunday 1st July Coburg City Oval Coburg Tigers 15-10(100) def Port Melbourne 7-17(59) (Kingsley(Cob) 4 goals, Pitt and Smith(PM) 2 goals each) Riewoldt and Shelton best for the Tigers, Pinwill and Fanning best for the Borough. [b]My Tip:[/b] Coburg Tigers by 17 points

Just posted on the AFL Vic site ([url]http://vfl.aflvic.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&aid=125483[/url]) This weeks games are: ******************************************************* TRUenergy VFL Finals Arrangements - Week 2 The TRUenergy Victorian Football League confirm the following arrangements in regard to week two of the finals series:- [b]SATURDAY 8 SEPTEMBER, 2007[/b] [i]SENIORS: 1st SEMI FINAL – TEAC Oval, Port Melbourne[/i] Sandringham v North Ballarat - 1.10pm (ABC TV) [i]RESERVES: 1st SEMI FINAL – TEAC Oval, Port Melbourne[/i] Werribee v Williamstown - 10.20am [b]SUNDAY 9 SEPTEMBER, 2007[/b] [i]SENIORS: 2nd SEMI FINAL – TEAC Oval, Port Melbourne[/i] Coburg Tigers v Port Melbourne - 1.10pm (ABC TV) [i]RESERVES: 2nd SEMI FINAL – TEAC Oval, Port Melbourne[/i] Coburg Tigers v Port Melbourne - 10.20am ***********************************************

I know the regular season competiton has finished and thanks again to George for running but thought may everyone would went to post up finals tips. [b]Week One[/b] North Ballarat Sandringham Geelong Port Melbourne Who is everyone else tipping?