AFL Grand Final

[Walkinshaw]

/me has been a WCE fan since 1991, so forsure i hope the Eagles take the glory for the 3rd time in 13yrs however i have a funny feeling that Sydney will walk away with it.

[xr6 ausome]

Im a melbourne member of the Eagles and just picked up my ticket behind the goals punt rd end 23 rows back :

Tight game i just hope we can win it and acording to ticketmaster they may be no tickets left for gen public on monday , maybe a few upper level and standing rm i couldt get 3 tickets on the bottom two levels together at 11 am all they had left were single seats in some areas near the action :

[Paris Hilton]

where's the "who cares" option?

[RED_EL_XR8]

Originally Posted by slection

where's the "who cares" option?

You click on the X in top right hand corner. !!!! Better still sell your PC, or just don't post its not essential :voldar02:

[parawolf]

Sydney... on the larger ground and their history this year on the MCG... easy.

[5speedeb]

sydney

[Charliewool]

Originally Posted by turboute

I going foir the eagles...
I think that Sydney might loose Big Bad Barry for that hit, which will hurt them pretty badly.

He WILL play... Trust me, NO priors (3 yrs without a report counts as no priors) It was in the field of play, It was a low impact strike.. All adds up to 125points in the new AFL judiciary rules. 100 gets you a reprimand.. BUT if he pleads guilty 25% reduction! He WILL play!!! (plus his mum has also rallied the AFL)

[Cheahman]

Well Im really hating the eagles atm lol, So I hope Sydney can pull off their first premiership.

[GTP 320]

I'll be supporting Sydney to win (ex Sth.Melb) because it's been a long time since their last premiership which was in 1933 .
Go SWANS.
Cheers John

[FalKeen]

Originally Posted by Bucknaked

I thought the game was on tonight. I forgot it was played in the west.

I wish Adelaide had won. I hate Sydney. Well actually i don't mind the team, i just hate their supporters. I remember when Sydney were crap before Barassi turned them around. No one would watch the swans play and no-one in Sydney gave them a 2nd thought. Soon as they started to win, they were the best team in the country. All their supporters came out of the wood work.

Go the Eagles.

im dissapointed in you dwayne....

im driving down friday to watch the swans hopefully come through with the flag, i think theyve got a real strong chance, much better than '96

I started before the bandwagon/barrassi, went to every home game when 4000 people was a decent turn out (bring back the swannettes lol)

[JTFG]

Originally Posted by low ed

Im a melbourne member of the Eagles and just picked up my ticket behind the goals punt rd end 23 rows back :

Tight game i just hope we can win it and acording to ticketmaster they may be no tickets left for gen public on monday , maybe a few upper level and standing rm i couldt get 3 tickets on the bottom two levels together at 11 am all they had left were single seats in some areas near the action :

I envy you, if the "other" W.A team would of been in then I would be in the same position as you, attending the grand final, good luck though and hope your team wins the cup.

[Walkinshaw]

Originally Posted by charliewool

He WILL play... Trust me, NO priors (3 yrs without a report counts as no priors) It was in the field of play, It was a low impact strike.. All adds up to 125points in the new AFL judiciary rules. 100 gets you a reprimand.. BUT if he pleads guilty 25% reduction! He WILL play!!! (plus his mum has also rallied the AFL)

It was 40m off the ball. Would hardly call that in the field of play. As to the impact of the strike, im not sure what will be decided here. One view would be to take the strike on the reaction of the recieving party (over reacting).

The best outcome would be let off, however he could be looking at 2 weeks there.

[JADED6]

Originally Posted by parawolf

Sydney... on the larger ground....

I think you'll find Sydney prefer their backyard (tiny) SCG than the larger MCG.

West Coasts suspect record is void as they wont be playing a victorian team (no South Melb posts required)
West Coast HAVE not lost a grand final at the MCG

>Dan, there's not a whole lot of happy footy fans in S.A at the moment... I love it.

[AdzT3-146]

Hall has been given a 2 week suspension, but can take 1 week with an early guilty plea.

be interesting to see what the swans do, they will almost certainly appeal, just wonder whether it will upset the teams preperations, as it will be dragged on until thursday night if sydney appeal the suspension.

[FTE217]

Well done to West Coast and Sydney !

Your're both winners to me because Victorians will boast they don't care (as if ) because no Vic team has made it and thankfully the Qlder's have had a year they will never forget ! Smacked at Origin and Lions are no more......

[Charliewool]

Originally Posted by Walkinshaw

It was 40m off the ball. Would hardly call that in the field of play. As to the impact of the strike, im not sure what will be decided here. One view would be to take the strike on the reaction of the recieving party (over reacting).

The best outcome would be let off, however he could be looking at 2 weeks there.

The Swans will now argue at the tribunal that it WAS ON the ball! Same scenario was used with Gherig against Pies & Archer (I forget who against)... Hall was making a play to where the ball was heading.. it IS NOT off the ball. IF they prove this, it then becomes a 125 point category 1 offence & he'll play

[Quadcams]

Originally Posted by JADED6

I think you'll find Sydney prefer their backyard (tiny) SCG than the larger MCG.

West Coasts suspect record is void as they wont be playing a victorian team (no South Melb posts required)
West Coast HAVE not lost a grand final at the MCG

>Dan, there's not a whole lot of happy footy fans in S.A at the moment... I love it.

I dont know about that Stkilda got belted in that last 1/4 by Sydney no one has done that to them this year on the MCG normally the other way around and if sydney didnt get those ridiculous ref calls against them at subicaco "super" oval they would of won there and stats mean nothing.
GO THE SWANS!!!!!!!!!

[FalKeen]

Originally Posted by JADED6

I think you'll find Sydney prefer their backyard (tiny) SCG than the larger MCG.

With Sydney playing their "ugly" football of the initial rounds of this season i would agree but their style has changed dramatically to a much more free flowing running style football where i think it would actually suit them more on a larger ground.

i think it actually disadvantaged sydney by sydney playing geelong at the SCG and not Stadium Australia as Geelongs "ugly" style football that worked for 95 minutes of the game i dont think would have worked on a much larger ground where sydney could have run alot more.

well see anyway i guess

[FalKeen]

hes been reported for a grade 2 striking offence today - which carries a 2 week suspension.

if he pleads guilty he will receive just 1 week - still doesnt help us obviously

so hell obviously fight it - which is tomorrow

[Bucknaked]

Difficult decision for the swans. These are the hardest. 22 rounds leading upto this plus finals series, plays a hard game all season. 1 mistake, and he pays the penalty. See what happens. Maybe the judiciary will for once see it for what it was, as a little tickle behind play.

[FalKeen]

its a **** off because all of this happened with Dunkley for the 96 grand final
swans ended up taking afl to the supreme court to let him play the grand final and serve the suspension the first week of the next season

the afl have now outruled this loophole out:

[chief]

Go the SWANS. I hope Barry plays. With or with out him the SWANS will still win.

[XLS99 Ute man]

very disapointing...

[blueoval]

Go Tha Mighty Eagles!

[jed67]

South Melbourne OH that would be Swans Now! Swans by 13 points without Barry and 23 with Barry.

[phase.3]

I would say west coast

[flavze]

Originally Posted by xbcoupe302

sydney by a canter as eagles (like other ppl have said r suspect in victoria).

as for sydney we only lost one game this year at the mcg and that was to richmond by a point.

if barry hall gets rubbed out it would be a big injustice as riccuito clean a guy up with a elbow to the head knock him out and he only got 1 week for it barry was nowhere near as bad as that.

You obviously have no fizzin idea what ya talkin about or ya desperatly need a pair of glasses, roo's elbow came no where near the west coast guys head. His shoulder only just made contact with the guys jaw.
That incident has absolutley no similarities in relation to the Barry Hall incident.

[TZENU]

Sydney has my vote.... And only because they are closer to Victoria!!

And they use to be based in Vic!!

However if they play the way they did against Geelong they may struggle.

[blueoval]

The fact that no vic team is in the final is absolute bliss for me! :P

[xbcoupe302]

Originally Posted by flavze

You obviously have no fizzin idea what ya talkin about or ya desperatly need a pair of glasses, roo's elbow came no where near the west coast guys head. His shoulder only just made contact with the guys jaw.
That incident has absolutley no similarities in relation to the Barry Hall incident.

mate im not sure what tv u have maybe its a teletubbies one he hit the guy in the head with his elbow and knocked him out .

of course it does u can elbow someone to the head and get a week give a love tap to the guts and get a week.

so thats fair is it?????