Official Match Thread Season 36 Grand Final - Gumbies FFC vs Las Vegas Bears at SFA Park

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As legend has it, there were once three magi who controlled the elements and roamed the land. One harnessed the power of water, conjuring the force of a thousand waterfalls, the rigour of the tides and the calmness of a gentle stream. One commanded the earth, forging great mountain ranges and fissuring the continents. The third spoke the way of fire, a mystic being who could tame ravenous infernos and set vast forests alight with a single click. Some even said he could sell fire.


One stormy evening, as the firemaster gazed deep into a BIC lighter, the tendrils of flame began to swirl and warp and dance, and a great prophecy soon unfurled before his very eyes. The fire lashed at his face and plumed through his singed hair. For the first time in his life, he felt fear - and yet he could not look away. What he saw mesmerised and bewildered, a dizzying spectacle woven from the songs of the ancients. As smoke billowed up a piercing sound rang out across the cavern and for the next five-thousand nine-hundred and eighty seconds, new worlds were born. This was really gonna be a qootball.


A visceral tussle continued between the two unrelenting forces: high-flying empyrean spectres, gruff, bone-shattering cataclysms and artisanal, other-worldly manoeuvres all cascaded into existence so rapidly and with such vehemence that the mage began to sweat, and then to shake, and then to cry. Never had such a sternly-fought and unpredictable contest been witnessed, nor even had the faintest whisper of such caught on to the briefest winds. It was a clashing of spirit so fierce that the mage was certain no end could possibly befall it, and sooner would his own soul capitulate than that most gratifying occasion ever subside. These two inseparable yet desperately opposed fates strove on, ever defying a final ordination.


The other two thought that was bullshit and kicked him out of their betting group. Gumbies by 54.




Did you know?

  • This is the first grand final between these teams.
  • The Bears and Gumbies have played one another in three finals overall, with the Bears leading the head-to-head 2-1.
  • Both teams have waited a while for another grand final. The Bears last playing one in season 27, while the Gumbies last was in season 21.
  • Two players from the season 16 premiership team remain on the Gumbies' list, while six Bears remain from the season 22 triumph.
  • The Bears have never had a Deestroy Medallist. Volbeat won it for the Dragons in a losing cause in season 22.

Spooky stat parallels:


  • Both teams have an overall 1-2 grand final record. In both cases, they lost their first, won their second and lost the third five seasons after the premiership.
  • Both teams won thrillers for their premierships- the Bears defeating the Dragons by 2 points and the Gumbies beating the Furies by 1 point.
  • In both premierships, the losing score was 17.10 (112)




PLAYERS TO WATCH:

Gumbies FFC:

rye – A prodigious dynamo up forward this season, ranking first for goals and second for DreamTeam across all forward pockets. Absolute scallywag.

Barrybran – As consistent as they come, this fellow will have a point to prove against his more successful and better-looking ex.

Chat Pile – Runs around like a silly little pony!!

Falconista – Will do very well in the quiz.


Las Vegas Bears

Jezmiester40 – Finals GOAT.


Tandy – A beacon of prosperity at the Bears, will the Gumbies send a tag to him early??

kane249 – A cool head with Premiership pedigree, quietly dominated this season from the back pocket with no-one else getting within 200 DreamTeam points of him.


RonnieRaven – I mean please.



[GRAND FINAL], Conditions for this match – VERY FUN



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We've got this one, baby.

Bitcoin's price rising this week has given me plenty of money to be dispersed in brown paper bags.
 
This is when that 50/50 sim kicks in hard!!!
I’m 0-1 so due for a win…
(it’s sweet not real life so the usual laws of probability don’t apply, nor does binary it seems …)
 
I’m 0-1 so due for a win…
(it’s sweet not real life so the usual laws of probability don’t apply, nor does binary it seems …)
Every loss is closer to another loss.

#momentumbaby
 

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