Official Match Thread Round 8 MOTR: Southern Dragons v Fighting Furies @ Dragon Island

[Rick18]

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Ladder Positions

2 Fighting Furies        7    5    2    0    608    545    111.6    20
3 Southern Dragons       7    5    2    0    686    681    100.7    20

Last Week's Results

Southern Dragons 15.11.101 defeated Mod Squad 14.9.93 by 8 points
Fighting Furies 7.8.50 defeated by Mt Buller Demons 15.11.101 by 51 points

Two teams that sit on 2nd and 3rd on the ladder couldn't possibly have any more different form lines heading into Round 9's MOTR. The high flying Furies turned in arguably their worst performance of the season last week in slumping to a disappointing 51 point loss to the Demons. Their only shining light was their ruckman Equus, who easily dealt with the double team attempt. He won the ruck duties comprehensively, lead the Furies in disposals, and also kicked 2 goals of his own. The Furies will need another strong performance from him to give them the impetus at the centre, which will be a crucial area of the match.

The Dragons bounced back from a disappointing loss to the ladder-leading Wonders to beat the Mod Squad by 8 points in a close match. With neither side able to make a clear break the match came down to the death, with Big Kitty eventually kicking the sealer and sending the Dragons to 5-2 on the season. The Shagons will be looking towards SA Hawkette for a big game so there can be some drive provided from the centre. If Hawkette and the rest of the midfield team can neutralise the Furies advantage in the ruck, it will send the Dragons a long way to a crucial win, and the advantage in the race for a top 2 spot.

Prediction

Dragons by 23 points.

 

[tim_saints]

great write up rick

great to see the shagons in a big MOTR game huge game hopefully we cna get over the line

CARN THE SHAGONS

 

[Equus]

MOTR: C'mon boys. We'll have to win this one to get back onto the winner' list/. No room for complacency this week. Time to crack the whip and win this match!

 

[cormick]

Payback time for round 1 boys. Let's flog them. Especially that PHX chick. She's soft as butter and will be found out quickly!!!

 

[Equus]

Time for some dragon slaying!!!

 

[cormick]

But Dragons slay zombies, E. Everyone knows that. You'll need us to save the city when the zombies attack

 

[BILC]

Big match boys everyones gotta be on their A game, cmon furies lets cement ourselves in the top 2

 

[StatsFanatic]

Shagons finally get to play in MOTR, we''ve gotta win to show we can win under pressure

 

[Pie 4 Life]

Lets go boys, time to register another win!

 

[Equus]

C'mon boys. Time to lift our game and pump these clowns.

 

[Coin_Toss]

C'mon Dragons, we need this scalp!

 

[Equus]

C'mon Dragons, we need this scalp!

Got no hair?

 

[dannitori]

Must win game here, Dragons! Go you good thing!

 

[Ljp86]

Dragons XX:

B:    nathanfoley  Coin_Toss    dannitori       
HB:   Chezwick     Shadow Man   tim_saints
C:    cormick      Cheetah      Ljp86
HF:   StatsFanatic Big Kitty    Zainta    
F:    roylandroos  Pie 4 Life   keato3      
R:    15Petterd15  SA Hawkette  Wiskers32
Int:  fantastic_crows  Moo

Emg: -TAZZA- didz Kahuna wizzbang123 CrowGirl74

Out: Nil
In: Nil

No positional changes.

 

[Cheetah]

Nice work Ljp, let's build on the last win fellas.

 

[doggiesin08]

Early game for MOTR will be Saturday this week, unable to get on tomorrow night.

 

[PHX]

The winning Furies team:

B: Tigersman - IDGAF – Benchwarmer77
HB: bigpapagman - Brooksy88 – beaver’s army
C: Bend it like Cotchin – HBK619 – rfctigerarmy
HF: Carn Tigez - hougie (vc) – KainoKaino
FF: emporer – tugga – one_eyedtiger
R: Equus - PHX (c) – Cleishy (vc)
Int: JSFish - tucker777

Completely unchanged.

 

[BILC]

The winning Furies team:

B: Tigersman - IDGAF – Benchwarmer77
HB: bigpapagman - Brooksy88 – beaver’s army
C: Bend it like Cotchin – HBK619 – rfctigerarmy
HF: Carn Tigez - hougie (vc) – KainoKaino
FF: emporer – tugga – one_eyedtiger
R: Equus - PHX (c) – Cleishy (vc)
Int: JSFish - tucker777

Completely unchanged.

Lookin Good

 

[BILC]

Dragons XX:

B:    nathanfoley  Coin_Toss    dannitori       
HB:   Chezwick     Shadow Man   tim_saints
C:    cormick      Cheetah      Ljp86
HF:   StatsFanatic Big Kitty    Zainta    
F:    roylandroos  Pie 4 Life   keato3      
R:    15Petterd15  SA Hawkette  Wiskers32
Int:  fantastic_crows  Moo

Emg: -TAZZA- didz Kahuna wizzbang123 CrowGirl74

Out: Nil
In: Nil

No positional changes.

What a rabble

 

[tim_saints]

great side cmon SHAGONS

 

[one eyedtiger]

Come on boys, what a way to rebound in the MOTR. Carn the FURIES!!!!

 

[carn tigez]

Come on Furies, we are due for a win now.

 

[Equus]

Last week was a blip in the grand scale of things. Furies to pulverize and traumatise the Dragons.

 

[tim_saints]

carn the SHAGONS

 

[StatsFanatic]

lets show em what we've learnt since rd 1