Daily One Liners: 16 Jul 2012
Posted by Football NationJul 16. 2012 7:03 pm
Football Nation’s daily feature, Monday through to Friday, providing our readers with a quick update of news from around the league.
Adelaide:
Phil Harper is a practical man. As Crows football operations chief, he is also battle scarred.
Brisbane:
The Lions are set to face Gold Coast on Saturday night without Daniel Merrett and Daniel Rich after both were offered suspensions by the match review panel.
Carlton:
The club’s season is teetering on the brink, with things going from bad to worse yesterday and in serious danger of deteriorating further today.
Collingwood:
Collingwood had plenty of better performers than Chris Tarrant in its efficient 31-point dismissal of Geelong, but it’s doubtful any Pie delivered a more significant game.
Essendon:
Midfielder Ben Howlett is set to be rewarded for his consistent season, with the 23-year-old “very close” to inking a new deal with the Bombers.
Fremantle:
The AFL season of Fremantle midfielder Anthony Morabito could be over after he re-injured his reconstructed left knee at training.
Geelong:
Coach Chris Scott and skipper Joel Selwood were among key Cats personnel who made a brazen trip to Adelaide on Sunday to meet with the sought-after Travis Boak.
Gold Coast:
After Karmichael Hunt was lauded by several youngsters on his return to the Gold Coast for a recovery session yesterday he admitted he had had the same childhood dream as millions of other Australian kids – kicking a match-winning goal after the siren.
Greater Western Sydney:
Jonathon Patton will be rested from this week’s trip to Perth to take on Fremantle as he continues to be nursed through his debut AFL season.
Hawthorn:
Midfielder Cameron Bruce has announced his retirement from AFL football due to a persistent back injury.
Melbourne:
Jack Trengove did not hide his disappointment at Melbourne’s 13th loss for the season on Saturday afternoon at Etihad Stadium.
North Melbourne:
The Kangaroos are optimistic Leigh Adams and Drew Petrie will be fit to play in a vital AFL match against Richmond at the MCG on Sunday.
Port Adelaide:
Take the game on has to be the mandate from Port coach Matthew Primus to his players as they struggle through another wretched season.
Richmond:
Tigers chief executive Brendon Gale fronted a fan forum on the club’s website this afternoon amid the fallout from Saturday night’s calamitous loss to the winless Gold Coast in Cairns.
St Kilda:
Small forward Ahmed Saad has attributed his breakthrough debut season in the AFL to the coaching staff at the Saints – with a tip of the hat to his junior soccer mentors in his home country of Egypt.
Sydney Swans:
John Longmire has hailed the learning ability and improvement of his Canadian ruckman Mike Pyke, who is becoming an increasingly influential member of the AFL’s ladder-leading side.
West Coast:
John Worsfold is confident of regaining up to three key pieces of his forward line set-up ahead of West Coast’s high-stakes clash with Adelaide next weekend.
Western Bulldogs:
Bulldogs veteran Daniel Giansiracusa says the entire playing group could learn a lot off Matthew Boyd’s spirited 37 disposal performance in his 200th career game against Hawthorn.
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