Monday, May 26, 2014: A life to attend to...

Well, aren't we glad that's over? The three-week bye-round shenanigans are done. One weekend, nine games. Every team taking part. The stuff dreams are made of; except that it isn't really.

No - we'll see, for some inexplicable reason - the rather intriguing Sydney v Geelong came take place on a Thursday night. Melbourne will play Port Adelaide in the Northern Territory. Hawthorn beating GWS by a margin somewhere in the vicinity of 1000 points will take place at 4pm on Sunday - and that's not even the last game. Sunday night will see a West Coast v North Melbourne game kicking off at 7:30 Melbourne time. Carlton continue their season of ridiculous scheduling with a 4:40 game on Saturday afternoon.

How much of our great game are we going to sell to Foxtel? Stacking games one after the other like Lego pieces might work well for the TV markets but it makes for some awfully tedious supporting experiences. Sitting through the 4:30 kick off at the MCG on the weekend, missing dinner to the point I even contemplated selling an organ to purchase a meat-pie, I wondered if perhaps in assembling this fixture, the AFL has forgotten that many of us have a life to attend to outside of football.


The Monday Wrap:
Friday: 
Geelong 111 defeated North Melbourne 91
Saturday:
Richmond 154 defeated GWS 41
Collingwood 109 defeated West Coast 101
Port Adelaide 100 defeated Hawthorn 86
Sunday:
Gold Coast 119 defeated Western Bulldogs 74
Carlton 81 defeated Adelaide 76

Ladder
Port Adelaide - 32 - 145.84% - (WWWWW)
Geelong - 28 - 116.95% - (WLWLW)
Gold Coast - 28 - 112.65% - (WWWWW)
Hawthorn - 24 - 152.57% -  (LWWLL)
Sydney - 24 - 124.89% - (WWWWW)
Collingwood - 24 - 107.90% - (WWWLW)
Fremantle - 20 - 117.58% - (LLWLW)
North Melbourne - 20 - 105.88% - (LWLWL)
West Coast - 16 - 125.55% - (LLLWL)
Adelaide - 16 - 102.28% - (WWLWL)
Essendon - 16 - 98.61% - (LLWWL)
Carlton - 16 - 86.72% - (WWLWW)
Richmond - 12 - 102.83% - (WLLLW)
Western Bulldogs - 12 - 84.28% - (LLLLL)
Melbourne - 12 - 78.70% - (LLWLW)
St. Kilda - 12 - 68.10% - (WLLLL)
GWS - 8 - 68.61% - (LLLLL)
Brisbane - 4 - 54.84% - (LWLLL)

In the news...
Dale Thomas is six weeks ahead of schedule in his development as a Carlton player according to renowned madman Mick Malthouse. "We didn't expect him to play the first six games" said Malthouse of his adopted son. 

Geelong may be forced to use Mark Blicavs to restrain Buddy on Thursday night if Tom Lonergan is unable to recover from a concussion.