AFL Grand Final AFL Grand Final Game Day Thread

[Leather Poisoning]

I feel pretty bad that he broke his arm. I'm also impressed with his ability to withstand some serious pain. He's a tough guy, no doubt.

But the decision to stay out there with a break is a bit me, me, me. Even allowing for his one armed, run down tackle (that did more damage to his arm as well).

No matter which way you slice and dice it, his team would have been better off with a fit player out there.

All that 100 goal talk was a real measure of overconfidence, if it was coming from in house. Just plain silly. It had been pointed out a lot before their game with us in the Prelim, that they were not tested since before rd. 12.

And sure enough... when the heat went up, they wilted. As a lot of us believed they would, and had pointed out here on bf often, for very good reasons.

Did he actually withstand the pain though?

He did an amazing chase down and tackle but straight after it the pain beat him. The only withstanding he did was stay on the ground. Not like Dermie or Hodge taking big marks with broken ribs.

 

[DearJai]

Did he actually withstand the pain though?

He did an amazing chase down and tackle but straight after it the pain beat him. The only withstanding he did was stay on the ground. Not like Dermie or Hodge taking big marks with broken ribs.

That was pretty much my point, so I agree with you in all aspects.

He defeated pain to the point that he could stand on the ground. But he was absolutely useless to his team, that one tackle aside.

Cameron was a jumper out there, and when the moment that would have inspired came he absolutely butchered the it because you need two arms to balance yourself (running in to what was almost an open goal). He would have known it, his coach would have known it – but apparently only adults were aware it would cost his team.

It's often a strange world at Geelong, in all areas head coach related.

It extends back further than the current one too, you think they would have looked at it by now.

 

[Blackhawk42]

Yeah not a relation I don’t think, Catman is almost 60 too so definitely not Trent’s brother. An uncle maybe but unlikely to be related at all

Sorry, wait... what?!

 

[hawkmang]

Sorry, wait... what?!

It blew my mind too, I will try and dig up the resource I read it on

 

[hawkmang]

Sorry, wait... what?!

The fans: Geelong in Troy West's blood

Troy West remembers when footy was for the fans and the players were ordinary people. He had a front row seat at the old-fashioned circus.

www.theage.com.au

Says here he was 1 at the 1967 grand final, would make him 58-59 this year

 

[badgrill]

The fans: Geelong in Troy West's blood

Troy West remembers when footy was for the fans and the players were ordinary people. He had a front row seat at the old-fashioned circus.

www.theage.com.au

Says here he was 1 at the 1967 grand final, would make him 58-59 this year

"... in his mansion"