AFL Grand Final Grand Final 2021 - Melbourne vs Western Bulldogs - Sat, Sept 25 - 5:15pm AWST / 7:15pm AEST

[dazbroncos]

2021 Toyota AFL Grand Final
Saturday, September 25

vs

Optus Stadium
5:15pm AWST / 7:15pm AEST

Teams: Thursday 23rd, 6:20pm AEST

Ticketing information: https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/2021-afl-finals-series-afl-grand-final.1285551/post-72130029

 

[Goggin Our Best]

Please please pretty please - can someone put up Teddys inspirational 3 qtr time address to his players in his final game for the Scrays . It is an absolute beauty - i could watch it/ listen to it 1000 times and i still wouldnt get sick of it

As for the game - i hope it is a great game - i will be pleased for either club to win . I rate Melb extremely highly - i think they have got a super side - in peak form - no injuries - so it will be a mighty effort if the Dogs can knock them off

A little bit of trivia or an Omen - i 1954 Dogs beat Cats in Prelim and then beat the Dees in the GF

2021 - Dees beat Cats in PF and are now playing Dogs in GF

 

[Strange Cat]

Meh

football is over for me DGAF who wins and won’t be watching it

 

[Commando]

Still early but I think Dogs get this done...

 

[Commando]

Meh

football is over for me DGAF who wins and won’t be watching it

do yourself a favour
Should be better than most of our games

 

[standupand]

Meh

football is over for me DGAF who wins and won’t be watching it

This is exactly my reaction in any year we have lost in the prelim. Which is a lot of years...

Edit; Hoping the Doggies win. Demons can go to hell.

 

[Poetic Justice]

Was initally not interested in this game but this has the potential to be a GOAT contender.

 

[Chinacats]

Bulldogs resilence could hold them in good stead. I'm sure Bevo is selling the story of their travels and victories to the playing group well. Demons one game in 4 weeks. Not sure how that will work out.

 

[standupand]

Please please pretty please - can someone put up Teddys inspirational 3 qtr time address to his players in his final game for the Scrays . It is an absolute beauty - i could watch it/ listen to it 1000 times and i still wouldnt get sick of it

As for the game - i hope it is a great game - i will be pleased for either club to win . I rate Melb extremely highly - i think they have got a super side - in peak form - no injuries - so it will be a mighty effort if the Dogs can knock them off

A little bit of trivia or an Omen - i 1954 Dogs beat Cats in Prelim and then beat the Dees in the GF

2021 - Dees beat Cats in PF and are now playing Dogs in GF

 

[Spazz Cat]

2 teams that play decent footy. I'm gonna watch it if I'm not working.
Gonna go for Melbourne. Like Gawn.

 

[ShaunWDT]

Dees get on top in the midfield early it could be a belting, really dont think that defence will hold up against the Dees forwards.

 

[hoopla]

I am looking forward to this game. These two teams totally deserved to be there and both play attractive football (something I can’t say about the cats over the last couple of years). If both teams are at their absolute best then we could be in for a fantastic game. Can’t wait.

 

[Drunkcat]

When do we play?

 

[kickazz]

When do we play?

Play-off for third place against Port this Saturday?

 

[Pollywaffle]

Glad we’re out of this one. No chance of stinking it up on the ultimate stage.
Nice to see two good pure footy teams going head to head .
No bad guys here for me, so should be fun game to watch.

 

[Down at K Park]

Meh

football is over for me DGAF who wins and won’t be watching it

Same here. Might not even bother watching beyond checking the scores.

I kind of hope Melbourne lose, cause I love watching the world burn, and broken fairytales amuse me

 

[Cursed Cat]

I like the way the Dogs play, and they have an exciting collection of players in Bontempelli, Naughton, Daniel, Smith etc etc - would be a massive effort for them to get the job done but if anyone can do it against a red-hot Melbourne team, it is Beveridge's team.

Max Gawn

11

Max Gawn

Age

32

Ht

209cm

Wt

110kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.1

4star

K

7.4

3star

HB

6.7

4star

CL

2.8

4star

HO

35.3

5star

D

18.5

4star

K

11.5

4star

HB

7.0

4star

CL

3.5

4star

HO

29.2

5star

D

8.4

3star

K

3.6

2star

HB

4.8

4star

CL

1.0

3star

HO

15.6

5star

will take a lot of stopping; English is still a couple of years away from fully growing into his body and Stef Martin is too short.

Look for dirty dog Viney to try to upset either one of McCrae or Bontempelli on the day; I'd back either of them to run him into the ground though.

Not sure the Dogs have got enough specialist defenders to handle the likes of Pickitt, Ben Brown

50

Ben Brown

Age

31

Ht

200cm

Wt

100kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.7

3star

K

7.7

3star

HB

3.0

3star

M

4.8

5star

T

1.2

3star

G

2.2

5star

D

7.9

2star

K

6.3

3star

HB

1.6

1star

M

3.7

4star

T

0.9

2star

G

1.0

4star

D

8.0

2star

K

4.6

2star

HB

3.4

3star

M

4.4

4star

T

1.4

4star

G

1.2

4star

, McDonald and Fritsch, but they get the job done regularly despite having lacking any commanding key defenders.

Melbourne should get the biscuits, but I'll be hoping for a Bulldogs upset.

 

[Micksy]

Two fast-paced skillful teams. Should be an awesome game to watch.

My fear is there's 16 other coaches thinking up strategies to slow these teams down.

Flood warning incoming!

 

[Footy_Fan2007]

Hoping the dogs win

 

[Baudolino]

I'll be going for the Dees simply due to my dislike of Luke Beveridge. Also Kosi Pickett is one of my favourite non-Geelong players to watch so there's that.

 

[My Tilly]

Bontempelli is going to come up big in this game. You just get the feeling he's due.
Really shapes as a terrific contest.
Schache has been a blessing in disguise going from CHB to CHF. Not that Melbourne would care too much as he is only providing a target so Naughton can get a one-on-one match up.

Really fascinating to see if Beveridge orchestrates something against Gawn this time around.
Doggies controlled the game last time and won it without any issues at all with Gawn amassing 56 hit-outs, 18 disposals & 9 clearances. Gawn has improved again over the last month as he's arguably top 5 in the game.

 

[Mad_Hatter]

This should be an absolute cracker of a game.
2 teams with really solid, ball winning midfields who use the ball well (anti Geelong), and are risk taking teams.
It's the style most conducive to finals success so I anticipate an exciting game between 2 sides playing attractive football.
For me it'll also be the first time in a few years that I'm ok with whoever wins the flag, Demons have a 57 year drought that would be exciting to see end, pls they have some genuinely brilliant players, doggies rarely have tasted success and I like their dogged (pun intended) attitude towards adversity and I'd be happy to see that resolve rewarded like it was in 2016.

Demons to win in a super close one. Gawn Norm.

 

[JohnZ]

Hope the Dogs win by 118. couldn't give a * now that we're out of it.

 

[MacStradbroke]

Some of my fav non cats in this game, Petracca, Dunkley, Macrae & Bont, but the one thing I want to see is someone run straight through Jack Viney

7

Jack Viney

Age

30

Ht

179cm

Wt

93kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

22.1

5star

K

9.4

4star

HB

12.6

5star

M

2.8

3star

T

5.7

5star

CL

5.0

5star

D

21.8

5star

K

10.3

4star

HB

11.5

5star

M

2.5

3star

T

4.5

5star

CL

5.0

5star

D

13.4

4star

K

8.6

4star

HB

4.8

4star

M

2.6

3star

T

3.4

5star

CL

3.6

5star

…and early. His antics in the prelim along with flopping every time he was touched he’s my new most disliked player, and I generally like all afl players. F#$k him.

 

[And_ROOS]

Hopefully Scotty and the new/old assistant coaches watch this and take notes.

Ideally the Dogs win, because the Dees fans on the sites I use have been insufferable since the QF and I would love if they got rolled to give them some humility.