Is that you promoting North again Justin???
Should be a great game though, definitely worth the admission. Think Forestville will get the win in this one. North weren't that impressive on Saturday, they did shoot the ball pretty badly so you would expect them to improve this week on that. But Forestville are simply stacked, I mean all you have to do is simply go to the bar before the game and you can be served by Pero, Kane, Sutton, Arnold, Gerlach, Hoban or Sullivan all working hard to earn their pay!!! ;)

Its just apart they are playing at the Dump

funny stuff Panther...but you missed out Dougie...oh thats right, he would be on the other side of the bar, helping his teammates get paid!

Should be a cracker game. certainly if North win they will finish top...no doubt about that. If Forestville win they would probably clinch a top 2 spot however they will still need to beat norwood later in the year to grab the minor premiership. If the eagles lose then yes, they will finish 3rd.

At hillcrest tho i would have to go North. Forestville lost three times there last year, and rarely beat them at the launch pad. Also the eagles have been less than convincing recently, only just getting over the tigers and west, and only pulling away from Woodville when Cam Wilson got injured late in the third quarter. North did struggle a bit against South but South are a pretty good outfit.

Should be some good matchups...Zorich vs Sutton, Burdon vs Gerlach, Rowe vs Arnold, Reardon vs Oakley and Hambour vs Hoban will be super entertaining to watch.

Both are very deep too, North having Kies, L.Burdon, Mapunda and Quigley whilst the eagles having Wilson, Harvey, Sullivan, Breeding, Fildes, Mac-Taylor and Pero, although i noticed that Breeding and Wilson didn't play last weekend.

I have always thought that the eagles have had better teams on paper that north ...even last year with Dusty i thought that the eagles with their personnel should have beaten them, but I think North are just better drilled and play much better as a team than the eagles. north are also alot better defensively than the eagles and will be again, with the eagles having a terrieble record at hillcrest i think that the rockets will win. The eagles will stick with them and stay around for the majority but the rockets discipline will get them over the line by about 8-12 points and clain the minor premiership and most probably another grand final berth!

Whos gonna guard Pero !

Going by Pero's stats so far I think even Schuller himself would be able to guard him.

Should add that Hoban is the one the Rockets need to worry about!

I agree that Forestiville are big but they will be worried about North's man in the middle Hambour as he is having his best season that i can remember.

Like the Norwood game i think this will be won on the bench and with defence.

Last time they met it was a low scoring game. Expect the rockets to score a lot more on their home turf and if they can do a job on Forestville like they did to Norwood, they will get this win.

As has been mentioned this will really show if the saying a team of champions or a champion team, can be proven.

Hambour's 2005 season might've been better than 2008 for him, and 2006 was decent as well. His rebounding numbers are up in the absence of Rychart/others, but in 2005 he scored about 6 PPG more than he is this year.

Forestville will try to win it with a zone which was effective at the end of their first encounter. Won't work this time though as North has been deadly from the perimeter and to try it at Hillcrest would be suicide.

I'm not sure about that - zones and traps can be MORE difficult to deal with at Hillcrest because the seats are so close to the edge of the court. It can make the offense think they have less space than what they really do.

Isaac, remember North didn't make the finals in 2005 & sometimes a dominant player gets big stats in a losing team. Much harder to average a double double in a top team with lots of competition for minutes.

Hambour averaged 38 minutes in 2005 and 37 in 2006 compared with 29 this year.

Hambour injured in round 1, Norwood win. Hambour fit for the rematch, North win.

I think if Forestville go to zone North will win by 20. The rockets are at least 20 points better at Hillcrest than they are away, so go to zone and give them open looks it will be more like 30 points better.

Agree with Hambour, he used to be an angry player and while talented used to need to take a lot of shots to get his stats, now though he is getting it done in an efficient way like the rest of his team mates.

Fair points DaddyO. I must've been checking box scores on his lighter games. In the only game I've seen him play this year (against Sturt), he racked up stats but didn't seem to have a brilliant game (both teams were pretty scrappy).

Heard Jason Dix last night mention that who ever won the battle out of Hoban and Hambour would get the all star 5 nod...

Got me thinking who would be the possible favourites per position to get the nod?

Point Guards
Mathews, Sutton, Zorich??? any others Frost maybe

Shooting Guards
E Burdon, Gerlach, NG, Wilson

Small Forwards
Arnold, McKenzie, Reardon, Mapunda

Power Forwards
Thompson, Pilkington, Krause

Centers
Hoban, Hambour, Cooper, Bungey (before injury)

Personally i think Hoban and Hambour should get both big spots

My 5 would be

1. Mathews
2. Burdon
3. Arnold/Reardon
4. Hambour
5. Hoban

hoban - 18.8 ppg, 13.5 rpg
hambour - 15.3 ppg, 11.4 rpg
pilkington - 11.3 ppg, 11.6 rpg
thompson - 16.0 ppg, 10.2 rpg
krause - 15.9 ppg, 6.8 rpg
cooper - 13.9 ppg, 10.4 rpg

flip a coin...

On this trend, what about the other awards?

Woollocott Medal

Hoban, Burdon, Mathews, Reardon, Wilson, Hambour

Defensive Player of the year

Burdon, Cooper, Puddifoot, Oakley

Coach of the Year

Sapwell, Schuller, Simons, Manning

Under 21 medal

Phillips ???

Who do people think will get the goods?
Are there any awards i have forgotten?

Go the Rockets tonight, both men and women, do us proud!

if Hambour wins the Woolacott they should start giving them out with happy meals from that time onwards.

Please dont insult the medal by mentioning his name as a contender.