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Round 8 player ratings in the race for the AFL's MVP A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size Four weeks ago, I published an update on the individual and team ratings accumulated by our band of merry men and women at Following Football. With Round 9 just getting underway, it’s time to take another look at where things stand after eight rounds. As I’ve said before, we use 23 sources of voting and evaluations of AFL players each week: several teams of the week, Brownlow-style voting, best-on-grounds, fantasy s...
Essendon Bombers vs Fremantle Dockers: AFL live scores A Set the default text size A Set large text size Live Comments Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size Essendon Essendon Bombers host the live scores page on 1:10pm (AEST). The Bombers’ list of sidelined players is fast reaching critical mass. The latest addition to the casualty ward is in-form forward Jake Stringer, who is set to miss a month after suffering a hamstring injury in their 2-point loss to GWS. Remarkably, the Dons are the year’s second highest-scoring side, despite sitting fifteenth on...
Stocks up: Super sub Matt Guelfi provided a spark for the Bombers when he replaced Jake Stringer, who went off with a hamstring injury in the third term. In basically one quarter of football, Guelfi had eight touches, laid six tackles, had eight pressure acts and kicked a vital goal. Stocks down: Did Cale Hooker walk under a ladder or shatter a mirror during the week? He should have either been paid a mark, paid a free kick for a marking infringement, or a free kick for front-on contact with just a minute remaining with his side trailing by less than a kick, but the umpire swallowed the whi...