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Great write up IMS. Only one error I can see. The Bombers have been in the last four grand finals, not three.
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heard a rumor k ng may not play due to a broken jaw.
). If Bowen can get himself into the game early, he has the polish to put the score on the board and give the Hawks every chance.
better put holds on all bets matt till you find out off your source i for one will be disappointed if its true
i hope i am wrong woody just saying what i heard.good luck on sunday pal
Harry's Happenings - THE GRAND FINAL EDITION
Well, guys and girls it's that time of the year, the grass is green, the birds are singing and the lines are being painted on the ground. The spud lovers from Lancefield are busy tidying up their oval getting it into pristine condition to host the biggest day on the RDFL calendar.
Riddell are there again and Lancefield Park is starting to become a home ground for the Bombers. The Hawks will also be in attendance, but who will walk away with the coveted silverware?
Here's my run down:
Riddell
By far the best performed side in the RDFL. They are well coached, highly skilled and very committed to each other. This is in fact the most basic recipe for success in our game. If you are one of the three things I just mentioned without either of the other two, success will elude you. It has been the base of what has delivered the boys from Bomber land the last 2 flags and will nring them another if they can hold their nerve.
The key players, Belleville, J. Allen, Wadden, Burnett and Blade. These five blokes would walk into nearly any side in most other leagues and all have the ability to have a massive impact on the game.
We've all seen Belleville rack up 30 plus possessions and tear the opposition apart with his use of the footy. Blade does the same thing with out being noticed as much due to the dreadlocks, however if the sun is out you will see a distinctive shine coming off his noggan. My tip to Giddings is try your best to nulify these two out of the middle. This will in turn slow up the scoring ability of the Riddell forward line. The upforward the Bombers have an abundance of talent just queing up to kick the goals, if it's not M. Allen, it's Petran, if it's not Petran is Wadden or Bomber or Nathan Allen. The Bombers are very solid in defence as well, being led by their skipper Jason Allen. He leads the way with massive rive from off half back and sends the Bomber into attack very quickly. This is where they hurt you. While your mid-fielders are busy pushing the ball into your foward line the Riddell mid-fielders back their team mates to wint he contested footy. The defence then runs the ball on the counter attack and your mid-fielders are left behind the ball with their prongs in their hands.
Riddell are beatable, the only thing is, you need to beat them across every line to do it. Some sides can be beaten by just shuting down their mid-field or exploiting their defence, not Riddell, they have genuine talent across the ground and rarely get beaten everywhere.
Woodend
Sipthorpe. Johnstone. Cunick. Those three names will have the biggest jobs ahead of them this Sunday. Sipthorpe will be made accountable, Johnstone will need to tag Belleville and Cunick will be relied upon to create something across the half forward line. While the Hawks have the talent when on song, it will their very best all over the ground. Salpietro has been fantastic this final series, however up the other end is the bloke who makes crumming, roving and kicking goals out of his sherrif's badge look like it's just another day. Wadden. If the Hawks are going to win, Salpietro needs to have another huge game. He will need to get to the drop of everything that is sent towards Darko and Barker. Teamed up with Dowling 8 times out of 10 these guys will get the job done. I hope Sunday isn't one of the other 2 times.
Ninga plays the same role as Jason Allen, massive amounts of drive off of half back. He will need trust his team mates to beat their opponents so he can crumb and rove, thus allowing him to run and carry the ball. When he runs and carries, the Hawks score quickly. The lack of a 1st rate ruckman will hurt the Hawks. While Stevens is serviceable, he isn't a Matt Stacey or Ryan Connellan or Mick Burnett. Podbury, Hannet, Sipthorpe, do yourselves a favour and rove to your opposition ruckman. Do that and back your slelves to beat your direct opponent. This is the only way you will win the ball from the guts. Sam Bowen will also need to step right up, he has all of the ability in the world yet doesn't hurt opposition sides any where near enough. Not bagging him in anyway, I just think he has more ability than what I've seen him display (then again he does normally play on me
In all gents, ladies, and kids, this year has been an absolute ball tearer. The 2 best sides are in the Grand Final, albeit one of them had to work for it. But then again, nothing is worth having if don't have to work hard for it, especially premierships.
May the best side win and I think they will, Harry's Tip: Riddell by 33 points.
Congrats to all on a fantastic season and I look forward to meeting a few boys from this thread on Sunday.
Good luck to all those pulling them on for the final time this year, especially the Romsey u18's. They have fought really hard to get back to where they knew they could be. Best of luck boys.
Harry Wilson
only way i ll ever get one too
wadden would have been reported twice.
well done to woodend, 10 mins into the last quarter of the semi final they were gone against romsey, to come back and beat romsey, sunbury and riddell to claim the flag is a massive effort, hats off to giddings and co.
great season in the RDFL 07!!
