The champ was still there somewhere within, but he was too shy to come out. Not even dangling a carrot would help. But It's amazing what a new haircut can do:
Mitch had 3 wickets and 2 catches that were missed, so could easily have been 5 at the end of day 2. His Saturday night fever, or Saturday arvo fever in England was contageous. Hilfi began the colapse with 2 outs on a hat trick, but getting just the 2 in the end couldnt cap it off. The Poms were 5 for 78 in the 2nd innings & it was only day 2!
The first innings was beautifully set up by Siddle with 5 wickets. Dare we say; we love you cause you're a Victorian! England were all out for 102 with catches and ducks galore.
A few of our boys just missed out on Centurys (Clarke and Ponting). There was a mini colapse but after that North got his century with a Big 6! Then even bowler Stuart Clark caught the fever and hit two 6's in a row!
In the end the Poms were all out for 263, Australia winning by an innings and 80 runs! A huge turn around in form from the last 3 tests. The Aussies are back, Mitch is Back! and the timing couldn't be better cause up until now we were in deep Philippoussis.
AFL...I know Gazza, I don't believe it either, Carlton won?!....We'll have to move on. Even the Carlton player can't believe what he's seeing
The richmond North Melbourne draw has set off a chain reaction of close games in the AFL. The Don's seemed to have it sealed when an injured Johno Brown grabbed it and kicked to Bradshaw in the square. Nobody saw that effort coming from the Bombers after their shock loss to the West Coast Tankers.
Turns out the tankers arent that bad after all, or arent that good at what they do, as they failed to lose to the bulldogs?! 2 wins in a row and their first win on the road this century! The Eagles officially take over from Port as the new Schizophrenics of the AFL. They think every game is just a big surprise party for the other team. After beeing shit for so long, things suddenly clicked so fast,...hrrm sus.
Ding dong the Hawks are dead!.... And now we don't have to listen to any more of Jeff Kennetts verbal diarhorea. Hawthorn become just the 2nd team in 80 years to win a Premiership and not make the finals the next year. The Saints win on the Road along with the seriously in form Pies.
To rub Salt into the wound, Buddy's good friend Zach Dawson knocked out his tooth in a marking contest. It's not however his fault your brilliant brain didn't inform you about mouthguards Buddy. See those weird bits of plastic in your team mates mouths???
Here is an updated picture of what Buddy will now look like in the future:
It was uneventful Sunday this week with 5 teams that can't make the finals playing. Port, the olny contender lost to the Dockers continuing with their Schizo ways, losing on the road. The Dockers are a lil confusing too but at least we know they arent tanking. Maybe they should though it might help a bit... Either way it's a solid win for them.
It was Ben Cousins 250th and Richmond showed they didn't care by losing to Sydney. The Swans showed they do care about Mickey O' in his 300th game with a strong win. NRL....The Storm were in form beating the Cowboys 20 to 8. There was a very athletic catch and put down try from one of our Storm boys, which was described as 'Gary Ablett' like.
The match of the Round was tipped to be the Dragons and the Panthers. St George won 25 to 6 continuing to score tries from the back half. Jamie Soward with a fast sprint down the ground. Even Wendal Sailor was dacked and moon saluted the crowd.
All that n more on the show that goes through more balls than Roger Federer.
Peace out*
.*Disclaimer: The Sports Lounge may contain 2/3 of your daily fibre intake. No this does not mean we will give you the shits. Warning this last paragraph may not be accurate. Conditions apply and portions of this blog have been edited for your discomfort. Spoken by Tan for the Sports Lounge Party Melbourne (say that last sentance really fast).All that n more on the show that goes through more balls than Roger Federer.
StKilda tried a different tactic this week to beat the Swans by a point at the SCG; praying. Michael O'loughlin had the chance to kick a goal, and make the Swans the first team to beat the Saints all year, but missed. Lets face it, if the Swans had've won, it would've been a huge blow to StKildas ego.
Can I shake your hand while i stab you in the Back coach. 
Eddie was just too convincing in the end at luring Bucks back to the Pies...You can see the Love in Bucks eyes, tell me theres nothing going on there:
And we have an exclusive photo of the meeting where Eddie persuaded Bucks to come home to Collingwood:
Day three was completely rained out, and unfotunately could've been our saviour here.
The game had everything! Even Buddy and Andrew Mackie had time to fit in a bit of ballroom dancing! Don't for get to dip him Andrew, then let go.
In other tanking news; The Demons tanked against the Swans on the weekend, disguising it as a spirited fight back. After the game they realised they dont even need to try and tank because they are just naturally bad at football now anyway. Still not sure if West Coast are tanking or if they are just Crap? But we now know to give Freo more credit in the Derby's. With their 4th win of the season they lift off the bottom of the ladder...No tanking for Freo.
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