Game Day The Grand Final thread

[briztoon]

Just watching u17's on Afl.com playing on MCG now.....any from our academy? Notice there is a Rayner playing.

Mentioned in the draft thread. Will Martin (sp. ?) from the Lions academy.

Rayner is a Sydney or GWS academy kid.

 

[Hollow Knight]

When Paul Keating finally became prime minister, he famously told his staff “no one has entered this office with less enthusiasm than me”.

I kinda feel the same about this grand final, compared to other years I’m just not feeling it, for good or bad. It’s quite weird. Have watched literally zero minutes of buildup media during the week. Haven’t even looked at the team sheets. It’s feeling more like a 3 hour time obligation on a Saturday afternoon rather than anticipated event. Is there such a thing as “extreme ambivalence” or is it an oxymoron?

More excited about my chicken wings and zero carb beer. Hope everyone has a good one regardless.

 

[iBeng]

I legit forgot it was even on today, I thought it was tomorrow. Isnt it usually the "Last Sunday in September!"?

 

[SizeMatters]

When Paul Keating finally became prime minister, he famously told his staff “no one has entered this office with less enthusiasm than me”.

I kinda feel the same about this grand final, compared to other years I’m just not feeling it, for good or bad. It’s quite weird. Have watched literally zero minutes of buildup media during the week. Haven’t even looked at the team sheets. It’s feeling more like a 3 hour time obligation on a Saturday afternoon rather than anticipated event. Is there such a thing as “extreme ambivalence” or is it an oxymoron?

More excited about my chicken wings and zero carb beer. Hope everyone has a good one regardless.

same. Only thing I done for footy was to wear my Lions jumper to work yesterday, which was for a good cause. Besides logging into here and being constantly harassed that is.

Have been anticipating the 76ers V MU basketball game for the past few weeks. A preseason game FFS. Puts things into perspective from my POV.

 

[bungalow_bill]

Would love the Eagles to win but just have this feeling they are going to spud it up big time like they did V the Hawks.

 

[Milux]

Must admit I haven't been too excited about the
Grand final. But I really feel out of all the teams in the comp Collingwood and west coast can put on a super show. So safe to say I'm getting excited about a cracking game of footy today. I'll be cheering on west coast today. Come on reddo.

But on the flipside I'm hoping Varcoe can do his family proud. Love the way he has gone about his last month of footy. I could imagine it wouldn't be easy after losing a family member to be able to focus on much let alone competing at the highest level on the biggest stages. Your a champ Trav.

 

[carnthemlions]

When Paul Keating finally became prime minister, he famously told his staff “no one has entered this office with less enthusiasm than me”.

I kinda feel the same about this grand final, compared to other years I’m just not feeling it, for good or bad. It’s quite weird. Have watched literally zero minutes of buildup media during the week. Haven’t even looked at the team sheets. It’s feeling more like a 3 hour time obligation on a Saturday afternoon rather than anticipated event. Is there such a thing as “extreme ambivalence” or is it an oxymoron?

More excited about my chicken wings and zero carb beer. Hope everyone has a good one regardless.

Really? I think we might actually get a competitive gf in which both sides turn up to play. I'm sick of the recent run of non contests in which the winner is obvious by quarter or half time.

 

[M Malice]

Hippy might have over did the partying in Bali, in the last couple in his GF sprint heat and didn't make the final.

 

[Mr Ripper]

Hippy might have over did the partying in Bali, in the last couple in his GF sprint heat and didn't make the final.

Delist.

 

[Dylan12]

same. Only thing I done for footy was to wear my Lions jumper to work yesterday, which was for a good cause. Besides logging into here and being constantly harassed that is.

Have been anticipating the 76ers V MU basketball game for the past few weeks. A preseason game FFS. Puts things into perspective from my POV.

Likewise; more excited by the Chelsea c Liverpool game.

I’m not sure if it Collingwood’s involvement or what it is, but GF’s for many years for me have been anti-climatic and the result fairly expected for the Victorian side and the general home state support received from the umps.

Not expecting any different today.

 

[Crusha]

Meatloaf was better than this sh*t ....... bring on Jimmy ......

 

[Davemonkey]

Flametrees is a beautiful song and Jimmy used to sing it with pathos and passion. Now he's a parody of himself and too much screaming from the mountains Jimmy.

 

[Milux]

Meatloaf was better than this sh*t ....... bring on Jimmy ......

Didn't bother with the black eyed peas. Jimmy is the best.

 

[Milux]

Flametrees is a beautiful song and Jimmy used to sing it with pathos and passion. Now he's a parody of himself and too much screaming from the mountains Jimmy.

Still the best song though.

 

[Davemonkey]

Still the best song though.

Studio version is divine. That performance not so much.

 

[jackess]

Hippy might have over did the partying in Bali, in the last couple in his GF sprint heat and didn't make the final.

I wouldn’t expect him to be that fast. It’s more his agility that outs him ahead of most key forwards. Similar with Buddy.

 

[Jivlain]

Flametrees is a beautiful song and Jimmy used to sing it with pathos and passion. Now he's a parody of himself and too much screaming from the mountains Jimmy.

The vocal cords don’t really hold up over time.

Hopefully we see Johnson kick a dribble.

 

[Jivlain]

Hopefully we see Johnson kick a dribble.

Lol, called it. While I’m on a roll, hopefully we see ABC win it.

 

[Dylan12]

Channel 7’s telecast is very pro Collingwood despite this game being televised to a worldwide audience.

 

[Hollow Knight]

Lol the banner. Omen?

 

[MacMum]

Mike Brady did better than all of them....does every time.

 

[Nunez]

#nobannernopies

 

[Hollow Knight]

Ah the roar/boos of 40,000 footy fans and the silence of 60,000 corporates.

Must be grand final day.

 

[M Malice]

Ah the roar/boos of 40,000 footy fans and the silence of 60,000 corporates.

Must be grand final day.

Can you imagine the roar of 10,000 footy fans and 30,000 corporates at the Gabba or 20,000 + 5,000 at Metricon?

Back to the footy-

Come on Eagles get the job done.

 

[Hollow Knight]

Can you imagine the roar of 10,000 footy fans and 30,000 corporates at the Gabba or 20,000 + 5,000 at Metricon?

Back to the footy-

Come on Eagles get the job done.

Fairness > decibels