Jeremy’s Journal
October 15, 2027
We’re flying out today, so let me give a brief preview about out next opponent, the Melbourne Koalas (4-2). They have certainly turned it on since we last met. They beat Edmonton, lost at Moscow, beat Dublin, beat Madrid, and then beat Paris. Wow, they almost swept the Europe West division. We represent only their second division game, and we took them in the first one. However, we need to beat them two times to get into the thick of the division race. It’s going to be tough without Ian Praw and Jonathan Pauley this week, but I think we can do it. So the match up…
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The Melbourne offense hasn’t been great, but their D has been lighting up teams for the most part. I looked at their points allowed (which is 4
th in the league overall). Just two teams, us and Moscow, who both beat the Koalas, scored more than 20 points on them. They have scored more than 20 points only once and rank 29
th in points per game. So the key is obviously to score 20 or more points on them. Let’s hope Pete and the boys on O can do that. For D, we need to keep their pass attach mediocre.
Max Stoffel has been mediocre all year. He has just 1128 yards passing in six games with 6 TDs and 5 INTs. Dominic Hilliard has been having a good year getting yards, though. He has 400 yards rushing, but he doesn’t have a rushing TD. In fact, Melbourne only has one rushing TD all season. Hmmm… I hope we can keep it that way. If we hold Stoffel to one passing TD and don’t give up a rushing TD, I can almost guarantee we win this game.
On defense, everything seems to ride on their FS Gus Hampton. He has been a 1
st team All-WSAFL FS twice and second team once. This year he already has three interceptions and almost 40 tackles. He’s one of those guys who seems to be everywhere on the field.