AFL 2012 Official Thread

[jambo]

What to look forward to in 2012:

The Greater Western Sydney Giants
Hopefully the Giants can have a better first season than the Suns did in 2011, and with Sheedy at the helm, who knows what could happen.

First Game: vs. Western Bulldogs and Collingwood, NAB Cup, Round 1, Sat 18th February
First Home & Away Game - vs. Sydney, Round 1, Sat 24th March
First New South Wales Derby - See above

Greater Western Sydney Club Song

The Sun's second season
Having only won 3 games in 2011, finishing bottom of the table and clutching the wooden spoon, the Suns have a lot to prove in 2012. Will they be able to fight back and win consecutive matches or will they once again become nothing more than overpaid cones.


2011 IN REVIEW



The 2011 Grand Final:
Geelong 18.11 (119) defeated Collingwood 12.9 (81) in the Grand Final
Norm Smith Medallist: Jimmy Bartel (Geelong)



Award Winners:

• The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Dane Swan of Collingwood, who received 34 votes.
• The AFL Rising Star was awarded to Dyson Heppell of Essendon, who received 44 votes.
• The Coleman Medal was awarded to Lance Franklin of Hawthorn, who kicked 71 goals during the home and away season.
• The Mark of the Year was awarded to Andrew Krakouer, for a very high leap on the shoulders of Adelaide's Luke Thompson in Round 9
• The Goal of the Year was awarded to Hayden Ballantyne, for Ballantyne's Round 2 beauty from 50 metres

• The McClelland Trophy was awarded to Collingwood.
• The Wooden Spoon was "awarded" to Gold Coast.
• The AFL Players Association Awards were as follows:
• The Leigh Matthews Trophy was awarded to Chris Judd of Carlton, for being the Most Valuable Player throughout the premiership season.
• The Robert Rose Award went to Jonathan Brown of Brisbane Lions, for being the Most Courageous Player throughout the premiership season.
• The Best Captain award went to Chris Judd of Carlton.
• The Best First-Year Player award was won by Dyson Heppell of Essendon.
• The AFL Coaches Association Awards were as follows:[54]
• The Player of the Year Award was given to Marc Murphy of Carlton, who received 94 votes.
• The Allan Jeans Award was given to John Worsfold of West Coast.
• The Assistant Coach of the Year Award was given to Darren Crocker of North Melbourne.
• The Best Young Player Award was given to Nat Fyfe of Fremantle.

2011 Retirements and Delistings:
Full list here

[TheMeadow]

Getting keen! Hopefully the Saints can pull through without injuries and take some wins once again

[JonDogg]

Get your tips in for round 1 on Footytips.com.au in the GON league. Although if you miss tomorrow nights tip, Sydney is the away team so you should still get a point, even though the margin would be out by like 100 points. Should be an interesting game to watch, and my first on TV this year. Can't wait.

[jambo]

I put my tips in last week, I assume we're using the same footytips.com.au group from last year so it should just exist this year still?

[Jnr]

Hoping for a big year from the boys in blue.

[JonDogg]

Hoping for a big year from the boys in blue.

Ummm, Not quite.

Another season gone so quickly and its great to see the Crows 2nd. Ladder from the GON tipping league. I finished 4th and it was good to get my first and only 9/9 this round. Congrats to the winner. Bring on the finals!

RANK TIPPER MARGIN SCORE
1 James 597 152
2 Predator 610 150
3 aussie 682 150
4 JonDogg 711 148
5 Marc Burdon 698 147
6 ausjoker 620 146
7 Michael Thompson 709 144
8 Michael French 657 143
9 Paul 672 142
10 Dave Nelson 675 140
11 adam laslett 934 134
12 jambo 761 133
13 Sedz 821 96
14 EmbraceThePing 723 90

[diamondd]

152? far out that's alright...

My tips for the finals:
Hawks to beat Collingwood
Crows to beat Sydney
Geelong to beat Hawks in the prelim
Crows to beat Collingwood or West Coast in the other prelim

Crows v Geelong final, too close to call

[Mearehear]

Go Eagles!

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[diamondd]

inexperience is costing North Melbourne big time just like it cost the crows yesterday.

[Mearehear]

Yeah I think I heard them say NM has 14 players that have never played a final.. And to do that in front of a WA crowd can't be easy.

Presuming Eagles go on to win, can you imagine if Freo and West Coast made it to the final, and had to play at the MCG.. Outrage lol (I havent looked at all at the "path" through the finals for them, so may not even be possible.. But still lol)

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[diamondd]

it is possible, Freo or the Crows go to play the Hawks, West Coast or Collingwood go to play Sydney.

could happen, but the Crows will beat Freo

[Mearehear]

That would be interesting then, it's not often we get both WA teams this far into finals.

And you never know when it comes down to one game, the result on the day, anything can happen

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[diamondd]

And you never know when it comes down to one game, the result on the day, anything can happen

haha, don't worry about that I know it all too well. I just want the Crows to win

[Mearehear]

Lol, if it's not a WA team up there if be happy for it to be the Crows anyway. Can't let those eastern states have it all their way

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[Agent_Dark]

Sydney Swans 14.7 (91) d. Hawthorn Hawks 11.15 (81). Ryan O'Keefe for the Swans gets the Norm Smith. 99,683 people in attendance.

Was a pretty good game. Thought the Swans were going to run away with it after the 2nd quarter, but Hawks came back strong in the 3rd. Scores level at 8mins to go in the final term, but the Swans got it home. I think the Hawks suffered from poor accuracy in the end, the same thing that nearly got them trumped by Adelaide in the prelim.