Do you remember the ice hockey movie "Miracle on Ice"? Given the sacking of Kevin Sheedy this week, Digger would dearly love to see the Essendon Football team and not the Essendon football club win enough games to make the finals and then continue on throughout the finals to celebrate the career of Sheedy and win him, yes him, one more Grand Final. Only Collingwood supporters would begrudge the great man this dream.
No more martians, marshmallows or nuff nuffs from his mouth. No more coat waving and no more throat slitting gestures from the man.
Handled badly, can you ever remember a club chairman denying his team has no chance of making the finals 6 weeks out and with the Bombers still a chance before.
The game will go on but Kevin Sheedy will be sorely missed if he does not continue in the game. Thanks for the memories and innovations Sheed's.
And let's not forget that Dennis Pagan was also sacked this week. Another innovator who took over a hopeless team at a difficult time. Finally falling on his sword without any support from the in fighting Carlton board and coaching staff, Pagan is a victim of his previous greatness. Thanks Dennis.
But the game goes on as it always will and last week it went like this.
Geelong smashed the Western Bulldogs in a game that was effectively over by quarter time. G. Ablett again BOG.
In a see sawing match Collingwood took the bickies in their game against Essendon. Collingwood got away, Essendon came back, Collingwood got away, Essendon came back and finally, Collingwood got away for a 29 point win. Rocca and Davis 4 goals apiece for the ‘woods and Lucas 4 for the ‘dons.
The replacement coach syndrome struck again when Mark Harvey making his coaching debut with the Mental's got them over the Ravens in Adelaide. Matthew Pavlich at his best for Fremantle with 5 sausage rolls. A 25 point surprise win and Adelaide again hit by injuries.
St. Kilda maintained their finals aspirations when they accounted for a disappointing Hawthorn team by 17 points. The St. Kilda forward line shared the spoils around while Buddy Franklin toiled manfully for the Hawks and was the only bright spot for them. Justin Koschitzke ran into an umpire again.
Echo, echo, echo. Remember Diggers words of last week? Beware the wounded Weagle. The Weagles gave the Sydney team a lesson in team work last round and now the Swans look dodgy again. Ben Cousins was absolutely superb in his return to the game from the drug suspension. Sort of like an advertisement for drug taking, no? The pre-game withdrawals of Barry Hall and Tadgh Kennelly did not help the Sydney cause but one bad quarter, the third, costing the Swans the game.
Brisbane absolutely smashed Carlton in their match and Digger proved himself a genius by putting Jonathon Brown is his super coach team. 10 goals, a club record, for the boy from the western districts of Victoria. Nothing to mention on the dismal Carlton team except that they cost the Saigon Saints a guest speaker.
What a first quarter in the Richmond V Port Adelaide game with 16 six pointers being kicked. With a total of 39 goals being kicked for the match the goal umpires had RSI in their shoulders at games end. Ebert 6, Motlop 5 and Burgoyne 4 help the Power re-enter the top four in the comp. Matt Richardson kicked 4 for the Tigers who as a team cannot play 4 quarters. Sheedy a chance to return to the Richmond Football Club after 27 years?
Have I ever told you how much I love the AFL web site? Not!
Who would have thought the Kangaroos would be sitting second on the ladder after 16 games in 2007? Not me, not the Duck and certainly not the people trying to push them to the Gold Coast. Well they do after convincingly beat Melbourne last week. Demons are a rabble while the skippies continue on their merry way.  And a piss weak crowd of just over 20,000 turned up at the Dome. Appears that the Melbourne supporters cannot get their SUV's into the underground car park.
LETTER OF THE WEEK
Dear Digger,
In answer to your recent question of what we should now call umpires now that they do not wear white and that we can no longer call them "white maggots" here are my own selections.
You yellow puss suckers
You orange puss suckers
You green puss suckers
What do you reckon.
C. Bottomoftheboat
Dear C.,
Absolutely delightful although somewhat lacking in imagination.
Digger
Okay, a quick preview of this weeks games.
Friday night at the Telstra Dome the Western Bulldogs host the West Coast. Will Benny have a let down? Can the western Bulldogs bounce back from last weeks thrashing. Digger thinks the local team can overcome the Weagles given the Weagles woeful away form. It will be close but the pups by 14 points.
Carlton V the Saints. Will Brett Ratten be able to continue the "first up coach" syndrome? Simply put, no. Given that Carlton do not want to win the Saints to kick the sweep this week.
Geelong travels to Perth to take on a revitalized Fremantle under coach Mark Harvey. Do Geelong need a defeat before they reach the finals? Can Fremantle make the finals? Who knows but the questions will be answered come this weekend. With Farmer back the Dockers will run the Cats close. Would like to see all the in and outs but dead lines are dead lines. Okay, toss of the coin, Fremantle by 4 goals.
Collingwood host the hot Brisbane team and should Brisbane win this game they are a real chance for September action. Collingwood are getting back to full strength but this maybe their undoing as they may miss the enthusiasm of the youngsters. Collingwood by 7 points.
Sydney to beat Richmond.
Down to Aurora Stadium in Launceston (pronounced Lonceston) in the Apple Isle and home team Hawthorn takes on the Kangaroos. Digger says the Kangaroos to continue on their winning ways and inflict a second successive defeat on the hawks.
How far Essendon when the Kevin Sheedy rolling farewell road show begins against the Ravens on Sunday. If my first paragraph is to be fulfilled the Bombers need to win and Digger reckons they will. Essendon by 3 goals.
Port Adelaide to inflict another crashing defeat for the Melbourne football club. Chad Cornes to have a day out and challenge for the Brownlow medal this year.
Essendon says Sheedy is too old to continue on for more than one year. Soccer Australia is about to appoint 60 year old Cherry Advocaat to the Socceroo head coach position. Guss Hiddinck was 62 years old when he led the Socceroos. Sheedy is 59 years old, too old to change codes?
Digger
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