"The Big Dance" and other Grand Final week cliches

[peternorth]

Calling the Brownlow medal "Charlie".

Just horrible.

It's mainly the media that try so hard to use the "Charlie" word. Eg, taking Charlie home.

Since the medal started people call it the Brownlow Medal or simply the Brownlow. Think about all the dud ussions people have about the Brownlow, who the hell calls it Charlie? Sounds so cringeworthy .

But no, needy media types pretending with some hipster duffs name. Horrible.

i recall in the 90s ch 7 had a song called "who's gonna take charlie home tonight, who's gonna take him home?". i reckon that was pre hipster days

 

[Saintly Viewed]

i recall in the 90s ch 7 had a song called "who's gonna take charlie home tonight, who's gonna take him home?". i reckon that was pre hipster days

And it was a shocker then too.
Just leave it as Brownlow, it's a classic

 

[peasantbruh69]

For some reason 'The big dance' reminds me of the Charlie Brown Christmas dance, where the scene hasn't been drawn very well so it kind of looks like all the characters are dancing whilst lying on their backs.

 

[RelaxMax]

"Premiership Quarter"

Nearly gave myself alcohol poisoning after drinking to that last weekend

 

[zucchini]

If I had a dollar for every time that cocksmoker on sen Scott Cooney said "get the chocolates" and "big dance" l would gladly put it towards a hitman.
Dont listen anymore.

 

[peternorth]

The perfect start - when one of the competing teams kicks the first goal.

 

[peternorth]

It's what he would've wanted

 

[Dogs Rule]

Bump. Already heard The Big Dance a million times. Give me strength....

 

[Smithdogmaddog]

One pundit adamant it’s your bottom 6 that win grand finals and another adamant it’s your top 6 stars that need to play well to win.

How about shock horror it’s the best team that performs highest overall as a combination of all players that wins hahaha

 

[IAMDASH]

Bump. Already heard The Big Dance a million times. Give me strength....

I sincerely hope people who use this phrase die a long slow miserable death!

 

[IAMDASH]

i recall in the 90s ch 7 had a song called "who's gonna take charlie home tonight, who's gonna take him home?". i reckon that was pre hipster days

There will plenty dancing with Charlie at the Brownlow (particularly the after parties), bit only one or two will be truly taking Charlie home. The rest will be leaving with their bags well and truly empty!

 

[Rabish Binney]

Players who are interviewed trotting out the old 'we'll treat it like just another game'....

Which is amazing when you consider that during the year, same players will say (in reference to a must win game) 'we'll treat this game like a grand final'...

 

[Cleavy]

There will plenty dancing with Charlie at the Brownlow (particularly the after parties), bit only one or two will be truly taking Charlie home. The rest will be leaving with their bags well and truly empty!

bags empty but belly full of free grog

 

[IKnowtheDog]

It's Ennio Morricone's big night of the year tonight

 

[MauroFogheri]

Especially when used in a sentence such as, "We're into the Grannie", "We're ready for the Grannie", "It's time for the big one...the Grannie".

I've seen the forecast and it appears it's going to be a "dry Grannie" When was the last time we had a wet Grannie , 2009?

 

[peternorth]

Players who are interviewed trotting out the old 'we'll treat it like just another game'....

Which is amazing when you consider that during the year, same players will say (in reference to a must win game) 'we'll treat this game like a grand final'...

Conversely its more than a game. Or its war.

 

[hilly]

Bump. Already heard The Big Dance a million times. Give me strength....

Cultural cringe is alive and well.

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[TRP1996]

One pundit adamant it’s your bottom 6 that win grand finals and another adamant it’s your top 6 stars that need to play well to win.

How about shock horror it’s the best team that performs highest overall as a combination of all players that wins hahaha

But what about the middle 10? Do they not matter at all?

 

[1989]

But what about the middle 10? Do they not matter at all?

I’ve always argued it’s the middle four in even years and five in odd years. That’s where Grand Finals are won.

 

[tugga]

'Grand' Final is an expression pretty much confined to Australia. Every other sport seems to have quarter-finals, semi-finals and other variants - all leading up to 'The Final".

For some reason, here we decided to tack the word Grand onto it - dunno why, both AFL and NRL do it. I think the soccer over here did it too.

I like it. So, in one sense, I don't mind 'Grannie' - but I prefer 'Grand Final'.

Technically you can only have a grand final if there are preliminary finals, so the term is correct in our code.
it's when local cricket is called a grand final when all they have are semi-finals and then a FINAL that I get obsessed about.

 

[Billy ray]

preliminary finals should be called qualifying finals - qualifying for the grand final
and week 1 qualifying finals should be called preliminary finals - they are the first ones and hence preliminary

 

[killtaker1993]

I f***ing despise people that say 'had a mare'. Just say 'nightmare' you dummy.

 

[El Doederino]

Should qualifying finals be called finals?

There’s nothing final about them

 

[peternorth]

Semis going into prrelims has always baffled mind. Are we the only country that has this set up?

Also of note in the BBL each final has a snazzy, cool, hip, happening nickname. Seriously.

 

[Dogs Rule]

I f***ing despise people that say 'had a mare'. Just say 'nightmare' you dummy.

Seems to have started with the MMM crew and spread from there. Even worse when a 'superstar' has a 'mare' and his teammates have to 'get around him.'