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Gather Round

Postby Booney » Wed Apr 08, 2026 9:38 am

Thursday
Adelaide v Carlton AO
Friday
Collingwood v Freo AO
Saturday
North v Brisbane Barossa
Essendon v Melbourne AO
Sydney v Gold Coast Norwood
Hawthorn v Bulldogs AO
Sunday
Geelong v West Coast Norwood
GWS v Richmond Barossa
Port Adelaide v St Kilda AO
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Re: Gather Round

Postby Armchair expert » Wed Apr 08, 2026 10:13 am

Adelaide v Carlton - Absolute disgrace Carlton cop the Crows in gather rort once again
Collingwood v Freo - Fraudmantle are due an appearance
North v Brisbane - Not playing Carlton this week North
Essendon v Melbourne - Dees by a point
Sydney v Gold Coast - Gold Frauds are frauds
Hawthorn v Bulldogs - Injuries have hit the Dogs hard
Geelong v West Coast - Geelong to get a world record free kick count
GWS v Richmond - Two average sides, GWS should get some players back
Port Adelaide v St Kilda - Surely they can't stuff this up
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Re: Gather Round

Postby Brodlach » Wed Apr 08, 2026 10:22 am

I’m making the trek to AO tomorrow night so Carlton are certainties
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Re: Gather Round

Postby Trader » Wed Apr 08, 2026 11:13 am

I will be attending the 4 night games again:
Thursday - Adelaide v Carlton AO
Friday - Collingwood v Freo AO
Saturday - Hawthorn v Bulldogs AO
Sunday - Port Adelaide v St Kilda AO

Hopefully not too many blow outs this round (despite 6 of the 9 games being "Div 1" vs "Div 2") which together with precipitation this weekend could take the shine off things.
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Re: Gather Round

Postby Brodlach » Wed Apr 08, 2026 11:15 am

You should have 4 reasonably close games
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Re: Gather Round

Postby Trader » Wed Apr 08, 2026 11:24 am

Yeah the other 5 seem the ugly ones.
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Re: Gather Round

Postby Armchair expert » Wed Apr 08, 2026 11:30 am

Only rain can stop a Crow 10+ goal win
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Re: Gather Round

Postby locky801 » Wed Apr 08, 2026 1:24 pm

Adelaide v Carlton (more likely be a draw)
Collingwood v Freo
North v Brisbane
Essendon v Melbourne
Sydney v Gold Coast
Hawthorn v Bulldogs
Geelong v West Coast
GWS v Richmond
Port Adelaide v St Kilda
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Re: Gather Round

Postby Spargo » Wed Apr 08, 2026 1:26 pm

Trader wrote:Yeah the other 5 seem the ugly ones.

Barring the Hawks/Dogs game you might see 3 ugly matches too. Adelaide, Freo & StK should win comfortably IMO. Swan/Suns will be tight.
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Re: Gather Round

Postby mighty_tiger_79 » Wed Apr 08, 2026 1:30 pm

hawks/dogs is the only game i can see being close or atleast worth watching
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Re: Gather Round

Postby gadj1976 » Thu Apr 09, 2026 2:10 pm

My ideal draw for gather round;

Adelaide v Brisbane AO
Collingwood v Fremantle AO
Port v Geelong AO
Hawthorn v Bulldogs AO
Sydney v Gold Coast AO

The rest can be Norwood or Barossa

GWS v Richmond
St Kilda v North
WCE v Carlton
Essendon v Melbourne

That way, both premiership and runner's up, play Adel teams in Adel at AO. Adelaide playing Bris this year, Port playing whoever wins this year on the Thursday night in 2027.

Despite Carlton' ability to attract big crowds, we deserve to be way off broadway.

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Re: Gather Round

Postby Booney » Thu Apr 09, 2026 6:35 pm

Adelaide are pantsing Carlton tonight.

60+ with Rankine 3+
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Re: Gather Round

Postby Armchair expert » Thu Apr 09, 2026 6:49 pm

Booney wrote:Adelaide are pantsing Carlton tonight.

60+ with Rankine 3+


Swap Rankine with Keays
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Re: Gather Round

Postby locky801 » Thu Apr 09, 2026 7:24 pm

Booney wrote:Adelaide are pantsing Carlton tonight.

60+ with Rankine 3+


Very doubtful :oops:
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Re: Gather Round

Postby gadj1976 » Thu Apr 09, 2026 7:26 pm

Booney wrote:Adelaide are pantsing Carlton tonight.

60+ with Rankine 3+


Yes, I agree.

I'm with Daisy Thomas, I think Thilthorpe will kick more than Carlton. In my mutli I've played it safe and gone for Adel 40+.

We have no forward line, no forward system, no backline and a slow midfield. On top of that, we've left out a grunt midfielder and brought in a tall CHF with 3 games experience.

Other than that we are going well.
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Re: Gather Round

Postby amber_fluid » Thu Apr 09, 2026 7:57 pm

Upset brewing
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Re: Gather Round

Postby Armchair expert » Thu Apr 09, 2026 7:59 pm

What is the lightning rule?
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Re: Gather Round

Postby locky801 » Thu Apr 09, 2026 8:04 pm

Armchair expert wrote:What is the lightning rule?


straight off into the rooms, have to wait i think 30 mins for it to clear then a 15 min warm up

So if happens in the last 1/4 with the regulations of the time the lights have to be switched off what happens then :shock:
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Re: Gather Round

Postby mighty_tiger_79 » Thu Apr 09, 2026 8:05 pm

Armchair expert wrote:What is the lightning rule?

does he have any rules? think hes at the pub having a few drinks
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Re: Gather Round

Postby dedja » Thu Apr 09, 2026 8:08 pm

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:
Armchair expert wrote:What is the lightning rule?

does he have any rules? think hes at the pub having a few drinks


:lol:
Dunno, I’m just an idiot.
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