Booney wrote:Has the late finish and shorter preseason had any impact on the first month of footy?
Richmond, Port, Geelong and Brisbane look to all be just off the boil having had the shortest preseasons, St Kilda and Collingwood went out in the Semi finals and one has been riddled with injury while the other one has eaten itself alive. West Coast and the Bulldogs who went out in week one of the finals are the most advanced of last years final 8 and the bottom few who had the biggest break and most preseason action including Adelaide and Sydney who needed that next summer to get some more game structure into the kids are among the surprise packets.
Richmond will be fine lost to the comps two most up and about sides.......
Port are going real well, one loss against West Coast followed by arguably their greatest minor round game.
Geelong- new rules have screwed them over, their list isn't suited to the fast footy we are season.
Brisbane- they actually had to leave the Gabba.
St Kilda- yeah maybe
Collingwood- arguably going better than some would have had them, weren't though the closest to imploding after round 1.
Bulldogs- recruited into their form
West Coast- winning at home, losing away....are we surprised.