Grand Final Teams: Geelong v Western Vultures

[Russian]

Let's see if Brisbane can make this interesting

 

[GeeCat]

Well, my dreaded prediction of 'final round rests' came true, but all the best to sante - here's hoping I can stop you going back-to-back!

Geelong Football Club

B: Cameron Guthrie - Scott Thompson - Jarrod Harbrow
HB: Shaun Higgins - Harry Taylor - Travis Varcoe
C: George Horlin-Smith - Joel Selwood (c) - Shane Biggs
HF: Mitch Duncan - Lance Franklin - Josh Caddy
F: Jimmy Bartel - Tom Hawkins - Brodie Grundy

R: Cameron Wood - Patrick Dangerfield - Tom Rockliff

S: Jordan Murdoch

Inter: Jackson Thurlow - Mitch Brown - Billie Smedts - Josh Walker - Jed Bews

 

[knobby]

Good luck guys

 

[sante]

Good luck GeeCat.

My fingers are crossed that Geelong tag Rockliff this weekend...and let Hanley run free

 

[fightingfury_88]

Best of luck to both teams. Two of the best teams all season long.

 

[sante]

WESTERN VULTURES

B: H. Shaw - Rance - Jaensch
HB: Hanley - Lumumba - McVeigh
C: Steven - Priddis - Stanton
HF: Neale - J. White - Kerridge
F: Mayne - Tippett - Puopolo

1R: Casboult - Liberatore - Boak

Sub: Michie

Int: M. Jones - S. Ross - Gwilt - Morris - Riley - B. Wilson

IN: Lumumba - Casboult - Kerridge

OUT: L. Delaney - Cox - M. Jones

CAPTAIN: Matt Priddis
VC: Pearce Hanley

 

[sausageroll]

Best of luck to both teams

 

[sante]

Sooo unlucky GeeCat

 

[GeeCat]

Sooo unlucky GeeCat

Congrats mate, reckon you've got me yet again

That's why all those regular season wins didn't do too much for me. I knew that if I was lucky enough to get into the Grand Final again it'd half be a lottery given how many players get rested in the final round - losing Rockliff, Franklin, Hodge, Suckling, Christensen, and Motlop to rest definitely didn't help me at all.

But congratulations, I think your depth across the board has been the key - said it last year when you beat me in the GF and I reckon the same holds true now - you've got a good spread compared to my Geelong-centric team! Back-to-back is some achievement!

 

[sante]

I'll wait til the scores are up but I think it'll be close, unlucky with a handful of your best missing. It will be a lucky win if I do win. You have the best team by far

 

[Russian]

Geelong (1401) lost to Western Vultures (1517)
Joel Selwood - 139
Tom Hawkins - 132
Mitch Duncan - 124
Jimmy Bartel (v) - 114
Josh Caddy - 107
Patrick Dangerfield - 94
Jarrod Harbrow - 84
Travis Varcoe - 82
Scott D Thompson - 77
Mitchell W Brown - 76 (for Franklin)
Cameron Wood - 71
George Horlin-Smith - 59
Shaun Higgins - 50
Shane Biggs - 46
Brodie Grundy - 40
Cameron Guthrie - 39
Harry Taylor - 24
Billie Smedts - 8
Jordan Murdoch - 35 (for 50%)
Reserves
Jackson Thurlow - 88
Josh Walker - 62


Lachie Neale - 124
Heath Shaw - 113
Matt Priddis (v) - 103
Brent Stanton (v) - 99
Jack Steven - 98
Matthew Jaensch - 96
Paul Puopolo - 96
Pearce Hanley - 95
Jarrad McVeigh - 86
Jesse White - 80
Sam Kerridge - 80
Chris Mayne - 79
Tom Liberatore - 75
Travis Boak - 73
Alex Rance - 70
Kurt Tippett - 53
Levi Casboult - 53
Heritier Lumumba - 44
Reserves
Viv Michie - 75
Sebastian Ross - 66
Aidan Riley - 61
Blayne Wilson - 53
James Gwilt - 53
Steven Morris - 51
Lincoln McCarthy ® - 50
Matt Jones - 47
Jack Frost ® - 46
Luke Delaney - 24

 

[fightingfury_88]

Well done sante! Back to back is a great effort. Bad luck to GeeCat, had the best team all year but unfortunately a few outs hurt.

 

[GeeCat]

Congrats again to sante ! Hopefully I can one-up you next season

Not that it affects the final result, but geez Russian that's a bit harsh replacing one of my outs with Smedts who only played one quarter as a sub instead of Thurlow!

 

[sante]

Well that's probably the most lucky win anyone could have!

Back to Back is a pretty good feeling but I do feel I kind of won by default with Geelong's outs. I had a pretty poor finals series with some low scores across it.

Hopefully this continues into next year, I know Russian must struggle with time to fit this in amongst his actual life but fingers crossed the game lives on and I can attempt the 3-peat

 

[footyfan1978]

Well that's probably the most lucky win anyone could have!

Back to Back is a pretty good feeling but I do feel I kind of won by default with Geelong's outs. I had a pretty poor finals series with some low scores across it.

However you won it, you deserve your flag. You got to be in it to win it. You made the Grand Final and sometimes these things happen in real football too where the opposing team just loses a key player at wrong time. Premierships are won by the team that wins on the big day. With only two that can make it, luck would not have got you there. Fortune favoured you after being one of the two best teams for season, Enjoy it for the premiership it is because some other years you may have luck against you like your opposing coach did this time.