Welcome to Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat!
We’ve eliminated two more teams. Which ones were they? Let’s see what happened.
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AFL 2021 Finals Week 2 Recaps
Geelong Cats 103 – 68 GWS Giants
It was a much different performance this week from the Cats than last week. The same could be said for the Giants as they were missing Toby Greene and others through injury. The Giants fought hard but ultimately couldn’t overcome the challenges they faced.
Here are the highlights:
Brisbane Lions 78 – 79 Western Bulldogs
For the second week in a row, the second match of the weekend ends up being a 1 point game with a thrilling finish!
Here are the highlights in Mini Match format!
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Footy Tipping Contest
Here is where we stand after the second week of finals:
P | TIPPER | Round Tips | Round Margin | Total Tips | Total Margin |
1 | Litre_cola | 2 | 26 | 139 | 735 |
2 | Mr. Ayo | 1 | 10 | 134 | 668 |
3 | Dok Zymm | 1 | 10 | 133 | 736 |
4 | SonOfSpam | 1 | 21 | 132 | 676 |
5 | 1 | 40 | 132 | 676 | |
6 | BFC | 1 | 44 | 131 | 765 |
7 | BC Dick | 1 | 35 | 128 | 744 |
8 | BALLS | 1 | 29 | 127 | 728 |
9 | Dolph Ucker | 0 | 35 | 126 | 726 |
10 | Game Time Decision | 1 | 25 | 122 | 675 |
11 | Why Eagles Why | 1 | 13 | 121 | 703 |
12 | bk109 | 0 | 35 | 103 | 673 |
13 | Reverend Mayhem | 0 | 35 | 92 | 681 |
14 | Maestro | 0 | 35 | 91 | 699 |
15 | Yeah Right | 0 | 35 | 89 | 723 |
Thanks to his perfect tipping, Litre_cola is our 2021 Footy Tipping Champion! Very well done, good sir, and a Gently Used Fleshlight plus a package of Mexican snackies are on their way to you!
Everyone else is pretty close to each other and there are three games left so a lot of positions can switch hands!
Please remember that the Tipping Contest runs THROUGH the Grand Final! You can still enter tips on the app!
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Balls Sechs
- Brisbane’s shock loss at home to the Doggies will have reverberations beyond this season. Last season, the Grand Final was in Queensland and they couldn’t get there. This season, they had a home final and lost. That’s not good.
- Hopefully, the Giants’ loss will convince the AFL to drop their appeal of the Toby Greene penalty. He will end up missing the first two games of next season and that’s a pretty harsh punishment already.
- The Doggies are still in it and playing extremely well. The match against the Power will be exciting to watch as both teams like to run up and down the field. I have no idea who will win.
- The Geelong-Melbourne game is also difficult to predict. The Demons won in Geelong a few weeks ago. However, it took a massive comeback from 44 points down to do it. What does that mean for this game? No one knows.
- The Grand Final has been officially given to Perth. It will be held on September 25th at a time to be determined.
- The Match of the Round next week is probably Port-Western. That seems like a really even matchup and it will be an exciting game to watch!
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Finals Week Three Schedule
Here are your games this week (all times Pacific):
Friday, September 10, 2021
2:50 AM – Geelong Cats v Melbourne Demons at Optus Stadium
Saturday, September 11, 2021
2:40 AM – Port Adelaide Power v Western Bulldogs at Adelaide Oval
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That’s all for this week. See you next week!
Well, at least the team that sent Essendon packing didn’t immediately get blown out in the next round. I guess I’ll root for the Cats the rest of the way through in solidarity with Balls.
Congrats Litre
Thank you! So many used fleshlights my den will smell like the room for the Houston 500.
Toby being out was a big factor, but so was Hogan being an injury scratch right before the opening tip. He’s been a huge factor when he’s been able to play, and Himmelberg just can’t carrying this forward line.
Oh and Sam Taylor is an awesome player who had an amazing season, including locking down/containing Buddy Franklin in the two crucial matches against the Swans down the stretch, but he got outworked and outplayed vs Geelong.
And it’s not Toby level, but Tom Hawkins is dirty too, right?
Hee hee hee. You saw that forearm to the back of the head too?
FWIW, I don’t think Toby is dirty. Now, do Hawkins and Selwood do some of the same things and don’t get punished for it?
Absofuckinglutely.