Preliminary Finals

[think positive]

^ I suspect if was the latter.

If Port got up by a point, we'd be saying it was the greatest game ever.

nope i dont agree, as 90 said its like pinball, without the fancy lights.

and that bullshit deliberate out of bounds rule?

[23 YIPPEE!!!]

yep its pin ball very hard to follow and no strategy in the game anymore its more tap tap bs

[Pies4shaw]

^ I suspect if was the latter.

If Port got up by a point, we'd be saying it was the greatest game ever.

No, I thought it was a snooze-fest. I didn't care who won (if it's not Collingwood, then my position is "anyone but Carlton"). It was close all night but it was a game that offered few highlights. It's the state of the game as a spectacle, not the participants, that worried me.

[23 YIPPEE!!!]

exactly the afl brand of the game is very poor viewing i must say very hard to follow there seams to be no strategy either its a case of tap it forward at all costs and no real skill either its like a pin ball machine only played on an oval with a piece of lether (the ball object) flying around in all directions.

[What'sinaname]

exactly the afl brand of the game is very poor viewing i must say very hard to follow there seams to be no strategy either its a case of tap it forward at all costs and no real skill either its like a pin ball machine only played on an oval with a piece of lether (the ball object) flying around in all directions.

To be fair, it was wet and raining all night. Hardly the ideal conditions for kicking a huge score.

What surprised me more was the number of deliberate out of bounds frees paid. I thought on a wet night and final, they would have been a bit more lenient, especially kicks that went mostly forward.

[23 YIPPEE!!!]

No skill its just pin ball

[piedys]

and that bullshit deliberate out of bounds rule?

When the Port player #8 panicked and got pinged in the last term for deliberate, I had a flashback to 2007PF against Geebung, when Clement [#8] got done for the same thing, and Mooney arsed a goal out on 3/4-time, which was enough to influence the final margin by games end.

History repeating itself...

[What'sinaname]

Cats looking good

[What'sinaname]

Cats a couple of goals away from making the GF

Brisbane might just stuff up the greatest advantage any team has ever had in VFL / AFL history.

[The Boy Who Cried Wolf]

thats bad, richmond will destroy geelong....

[Adz]

Geelong have been the standout team all year and will win comfortably next week.

[What'sinaname]

Cats will provide a better opponent that Brisbane.

We might get a good game next Sat

[ronrat]

I will be following Storm next week.

[Pies4shaw]

Game over. Brisbane are inept, as I think we knew.

[think positive]

I will be following Storm next week.

Me too, I couldn’t damn stomach it