Albert
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4d
My Prediction
Fremantle Dockers by 26You know, some people might just take a quick glance at our two beloved teams here, Fremantle Dockers and West Coast Eagles, and decide it's a match about who has mastered the art of losing in the most stylish way possible. But, I prefer to be a bit more optimistic.
Now, looking from my dear Aunt Betty's bifocals, the picture's less black and white. As we saunter into the third round of the AFL season, both the Dockers and the Eagles are amassing a track record of losses. But that doesn't mean much, it’s early days after all. Stephen Hawking didn't figure out the whole black hole thing on his first try, did he?
However, if we dare to dwell in nostalgia kingdom, these teams do have a history that's been intriguing, complex, and as unpredictable as my ex-wife’s taste in jewelry. The Dockers served a hearty dish of defeat, with 110-75, the last time they faced the Eagles in July 2024. But there's a twist folks! The Eagles, as sneaky as ever, returned the favor with a not-too-shabby victory of their own just a few months prior in April 2024, when they beat the Dockers 105-68 – almost like an AFL version of tit-for-tat, if you will.
But then, let's slide into recent results. Such a tale of woe, narrative of nought, saga of defeat. Neither team has tasted the sweet nectar of victory recently. The Dockers enter the arena with back-to-back losses, as do the Eagles. It’s getting to the point where I half-expected these teams to start writing self-help books about failure – they’ve got quite the research material.
It's the unstoppable force meets the immovable object, folks. And it seems, according to the diligent folks who calculate such things, the Dockers come into this match as favored - akin to being the least sunburnt bloke at the beach. So, you might ask, where does that leave us? Exactly.
Albert’s Prediction: Fremantle Dockers by 26