geez what a GF

[Stiffy_18]

Goodes surely?

Yeah he was great too but I just LOVED Kirk's in and under work. Inspirational stuff. Goodes was good all day too.

 

[kirky]

Second point. Football is slowly but surely becoming bo-oring. No players in your attacking half is a joke at the best of times.

Well, your lot would know about that or don't you remember.

Football also becomes boring when it just becomes a goalfest.

 

[A gift from above]

what are all you boys doing posting during the GF??????

Anyway cant say it was a great game from purely a afl showcase perspective, whats it coming to when 58 pts wins it really. Good contest though and really happy the right team won. We had a superduper widescreen TV with 3aw commentary on instead and that worked very nicely. You should know not to listen to TV commentary by now!

 

[Stiffy_18]

First point - thats crap. What we don't want is a non-contact game and thats what happens when you turn it into a high scoring basketball type of game. This game was for the footy purist.

Second point - give me one compelling reason why they should do this.

Spot on.

It was a game for footy purists. I reckon it would have to be one of the best GF in recent history.

 

[A gift from above]

Also Choko could take a leaf out of Roosy's book - How to win gracefully, Coulf quite easily of taken the ********** out of Demitriou but composed himself. Also happy to sea players like Williams, O'Loughlin and Goodes win premierships they deserve!

100% right on roos all class he is. Great to see him win it.

 

[MarksGirl-kbcrowgirl]

What about Channel 10 coverage -

No Teamsong after the game - hoe many adds to they squeeze in when we shuld have been seeing the players rejoicing - no Interviews with Roos - no post game analysis - no press conference.


Bloody awful - I'm now going to watch it on Foxtel and fill in the missing parts

Exactly. 10 are sh*t. I watched the game but had Triple M on...at least they were amusing, excited and most importantly...they didn't p*ss in each others pocket all afternoon.

Channel 9 does a great job. If only they could get the finals.

k
xx

 

[- PC -]

Dead serious. The game had everything. Its tough and hard, courageous and close. The best GF I have seen for a VERY long time.

??? Better then 97/98?????

It was a great game and I didnt know who would win until Leo took the mark and Quartermaine squeaked out his comments...knew then the siren was close

 

[- PC -]

Have to agree.

While the Ch10 commentary team were wetting themselves with his number of clearances, how many of his touches actually hurt Sydney?

That said, I don't think anyone else did enough to top him. A very even match with no individual standout.

Roberts-Thompson just needed a few touches in the last quarter. Fell away but swept everything that came his way

 

[Stiffy_18]

??? Better then 97/98?????

It was a great game and I didnt know who would win until Leo took the mark and Quartermaine squeaked out his comments...knew then the siren was close

As a crows supporter of course 97/98 were better and obviously much more enjoyable.

However, from a pure football perspective, I thought it was a better contest. It was reasonably close all day. Swannies got out to 20 point lead at HF, but Eagles came back pretty quickly and even took the lead in the 4th. As a football contest for us footy purists, I think this GF was better.

 

[cro_Magnum]

The most relieved man would have to be Luke Ablett. Probably the worst ******** up in a grand final in recent history. He would've felt physically ill if they'd lost.

 

[Stiffy_18]

The most relieved man would have to be Luke Ablett. Probably the worst ******** up in a grand final in recent history. He would've felt physically ill if they'd lost.

I cringed when he did that. That would have been a monumental stuff up had WC won. Fortunately for him, the moment that gets remembered from this game will be Barry's match saving mark in the last seconds.

 

[macca23]

What about Channel 10 coverage -

No Teamsong after the game - hoe many adds to they squeeze in when we shuld have been seeing the players rejoicing - no Interviews with Roos - no post game analysis - no press conference.


Bloody awful - I'm now going to watch it on Foxtel and fill in the missing parts

WW - that telecast was nothing short of a disgrace.

On top of all the things you mentioned, at times in the play we viewers had no fkg idea where the ball was - thanks to shocking camera work. That amateurish shot of O'Loughlin shooting for goal in the 1st quarter, I think it was, taken from the full length of the ground away, beats everything i've ever seen before.

All we saw was a red ant in the distance - O'Loughlin - and no chance of seeing the ball from that range.

For all our complaints about Eddie Everywhere, Channel 9 p*ss all over 10 in the camera work department.

Ch 10 treat us in footy with the same contempt they treat viewers of their reality shows, by dishing up B grade crap immersed in ads.

 

[CaptainDangerfield]

Best grand final ive seen from any level since ive been alive. That last quarter was just amazing

Don't know about that Macca, '89 was pretty impressive.

 

[tribey]

Was it ever!

15.18 (108)
1. 8 (14)

 

[sum0005]

the two best playes for the day for the swans were Amon Buchanan and Adam Schneider.... both were played forward and both kick some important goals....
what do u ppl think... the norm smith medal she always go to a player on the winning side?

 

[*PAF]

Well, your lot would know about that or don't you remember.
...

We (Supporters here on BF) were the ones that complained the loudest about it, and unlike a number on this board we also do not change our tune just because our team does it.
Sydney are boring, Crows are boring and Choco was disgusting when he did it.

 

[Sid]

Some of you are wondering what would have happened if you beat WC. I have to say I'm definitely glad we played WC instead of you guys.

 

[macca23]

We (Supporters here on BF) were the ones that complained the loudest about it, and unlike a number on this board we also do not change our tune just because our team does it.
Sydney are boring, Crows are boring and Choco was disgusting when he did it.

Talking about Choco I nearly wet myself at one of Sheedy's comments re Choco shown on Ch 10 on the last 24 hours.

They asked Sheedy what he thought about Choco saying that Port were interested in Mark Johnson.

Sheedy's reply was "Mark says a lot of things. Perhaps he should have pulled that tie a bit tighter."

 

[Stiffy_18]

Talking about Choco I nearly wet myself at one of Sheedy's comments re Choco shown on Ch 10 on the last 24 hours.

They asked Sheedy what he thought about Choco saying that Port were interested in Mark Johnson.

Sheedy's reply was "Mark says a lot of things. Perhaps he should have pulled that tie a bit tighter."

Good old Sheeds, he is always good for a pearler

 

[Punchy Bassett]

What did people think of Fosdike's game? Thought he had a top game and really got under West Coast's radar.........

 

[A gift from above]

What did people think of Fosdike's game? Thought he had a top game and really got under West Coast's radar.........

thats funny cause he polled well didnt he but while he got a bit of it, i think he is one of those players that puts his teammates under pressure and roos only used him as a bench player. I'm happy we didnt follow through with the trade for him last yr.

 

[Markthirtytwo]

First point. Non contact game? You serious? Purist? Hehe, what a laugh.

Second point. Football is slowly but surely becoming bo-oring. No players in your attacking half is a joke at the best of times. It is a bigger joke when you do it week in week out as part of your team strategy. Without using the interchange bench 40 odd times in 3 quarters it cannot be done.

How on earth could you say that game was boring? Not in the whole wide world. Even allowing for the flooding which did stop the weagles scoring ability. Its about tatics and counter tatics.

Would you have been happy with a blowout or knowing the result by half or 9 quarter time/
Not me, although not a fan of flooding, it showed how it actually could be entertaining not frustrating like when it's against your side.

The best one since 98.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

WW - that telecast was nothing short of a disgrace.

On top of all the things you mentioned, at times in the play we viewers had no fkg idea where the ball was - thanks to shocking camera work. That amateurish shot of O'Loughlin shooting for goal in the 1st quarter, I think it was, taken from the full length of the ground away, beats everything i've ever seen before.

All we saw was a red ant in the distance - O'Loughlin - and no chance of seeing the ball from that range.

For all our complaints about Eddie Everywhere, Channel 9 p*ss all over 10 in the camera work department.

Ch 10 treat us in footy with the same contempt they treat viewers of their reality shows, by dishing up B grade crap immersed in ads.

They had 2 of the greatest coaches of all time there to give comments in the breaks and after the game hardly utilized them in their wrap-up (what wrap-up)

The commentary team as a whole were weak.

The singing of the national anthem - did I miss something? because I don't think we actually got a shot of whoever sang it? just the player shots?
If I were her I'd be bloody p.....d off

Left the telecast to go to the news guess what i heard on the news - WHO BLOODY WON THE GAME! - FFS what did they think everyone was just watching!!!!
then spent the next 20 min telling me everything I already new.

Watched Faoxtel - great press conference from Roos and hall - worth the weekly Foxtel charge alone.

But still no Swans team song in the changerooms after the game - Ch 10 probably didn't have a camera in there

 

[musha_13]

Great game.

Have seen the final quarter twice already and will be happy to watch it again.

 

[The Toolman]

What about Channel 10 coverage -

No Teamsong after the game - hoe many adds to they squeeze in when we shuld have been seeing the players rejoicing - no Interviews with Roos - no post game analysis - no press conference.


Bloody awful - I'm now going to watch it on Foxtel and fill in the missing parts

I was ********ed off with that too....the most joyous moment of the year is seeing players celebrate a GF win and channel 10 used that as time to fit as many commercials in as they could. Not going into the changerooms was a crime Channel 10!