1st Prelim Final: Sydney v North Melbourne, ANZ Stadium, 7.50pm

[clogged]

Petrie is an awful footballer

 

[Rod Stroker]

Swallows head taken off, no free

 

[Plugger35]

North will come back. They'll put Boomer on in the second half!

Super sub.

 

[Footyfan85]

Robbie Gray, Luke Breust and Ballantyne

Wow Ballantyne. Poor choice.
Other two are brilliant

 

[Dez!]

Wells you are dead set f***ing stupid.

 

[Geelong63]

Is Boomer even on the ground?

 

[arakaan]

I think Sydney have already scored more at this stage than north will at full time.

 

[lethalsaints]

Game over

 

[TheOz]

*en hell Thompson that was a soft effort.

 

[ep2018]

Some of the sloppiest running I have seen.

 

[bigfarter]

Goodes = Champion

 

[MagpieJo]

Completely out of our depth

You need a few um, cokes

 

[Maddo11]

Goodes, Goodes, Franklin, TIPPETT!!!

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

Wow Ballantyne. Poor choice.
Other two are brilliant

Not really was the best small forward and was a gun this season.

 

[SSSSSS]

North's tackling and pressure is absolutely woeful. Leaving too much space and tackles aren't sticking. That said when will an ump ever pay HTB or incorrect disposal against a Swans player?

 

[Mr Snugglepuss]

Was about to drift off to sleep when Bruce woke me up with that OHHHHHH WOOOOOOWWW

 

[Hawkers]

read the rule book
no prior, all you have to do is try to dispose, if you drop it whilst trying to legitimately dispose of it then it is play on, it's only a free if you deliberately drop it

Here we go again. I reckon I should have some sort of speed dial to this law. This is the law you're talking about

has not had a prior opportunity to dispose of the football, the
field Umpire shall award a Free Kick against that Player if,

upon being Correctly Tackled, the Player does not Correctly
Dispose or genuinely attempt to Correctly Dispose of the
football after being given a reasonable opportunity to
do so

The law doesn't say that the player can just drop the ball. It says they must attempt to correctly dispose of the ball after being given a chance to get rid of it correctly.
If I'm lying on my back with one hand pinned and the other holding the ball I'm not allowed to throw it at my foot and then miss stating that I was making an attempt to correctly dispose of it.
If the ball is knocked out of your hands, tough luck, free against you.

 

[footymissionary]

frankin to tippet ....

 

[ep2018]

Geelong would have put up a better fight. I suspect Freo would have tomorrow to!

 

[Demonalke]

19 - 8 scoring shots. Probably what I expected...

 

[spudmaster]

North right in this

 

[smasha]

Anyone doing some painting?
I'd like to watch it dry.

 

[FluffyHawk]

And Sydney are into the GF. 4th GF since 2005. Not bad.

 

[Macca81]

This is a prelim final? Really???

think i might turn it over and watch Al Jazeera Documentary Japan | Multi-million Dollar Dragon Fish Farm

 

[seanoff]

That goodes looks handy.