It there is a bigger jerk off commentator than Brian Taylor I'll walk to Uluru on all fours. He's even worse than Luke Darcy.And is he BIASED in favor of any Victorian team?????

Petrie looks done. Dal Santo and Firrito could easily go on next year, and why they're retiring Boomer off I have no idea - he's still just about their best player other than Goldstein.

 

Pick 15 was a lot to give up for Anderson, doesn't do anything like enough.

This will be the last final the Kangaroos play for a fair while.

Calling it early, Eddie Betts is quite good. 

Norf are putrid, Crows will do some damage over the rest of the finals.

Yeah I cant believe nth were stupid enough to give up pick 15 for Anderson. 

Only seen bits of the game. Ha Ha this is why no one rated nth when they were cruising on top. They have just flopped out of the finals. 

 

Lol Eddie. What a freak. 

Unbelievable contested mark by Eddie. 

Geez Malthouse is a great people manager.

PS interesting stats just mentioned - a handful of dumped / traded ex-CFC forwards have kicked nearly as many goals as the whole CFC this season. 

11 minutes ago, Cards13 said:

Norf are putrid, Crows will do some damage over the rest of the finals.

Hope so.

3 goals to Majak in a team getting thrashed.

Just now, Moonshadow said:

3 goals to Majak in a team getting thrashed.

two of his marks were from kicks that fell short.... i got the impression it was luck rather than good judgement from the TV.

Would love him to take a game apart.

Bye bye NorF, for a long time.

OMG we had better break this longstanding hoodoo next year.

The Crows remain, with the Dogs, my hopes for a refreshing change this year. 

Kanga's Culled.

Crows make meal of carcasses. 

North just lost 4 of their best 12-14, including 2 key position players and their most damaging inside 50 player. 

I can see then falling into a big hole next year because they won't attract much of note. 

Adelaide's play is just so good to watch. Their half-back line  is dynamic, quick, skilfull, and great decision makers. They remind me a bit of the Lions of 01, 02 and 03 with Johnson, Leppitsch and co. And a forward line of Tex, Lynch, Jenkins, Betts .... 

You have to admire North. They have survived when many other clubs facing similar challenges including I hate to say the MFC may have folded. (For that reason I have been jealous of them.)

I just sense however that ... 4 in one go....may be a bridge too far

Good Luck Roos

Have a good flight home nth. Maybe watch some tapes of your first 9 weeks when you were cruising. Remember the good times. But your fall has made me laugh.  But a nice send off at the end. 

Go Adelaide beat the swans next week. 

Now if only Jeff Garlett could emulate Eddie Betts, there would be no question about Hogan extending his contract.

6 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Mate our development has to get better otherwise we will fall again. 

That is the harsh reality. 

We have to make the jump the Bulldogs made last year, when we all thought they would be bottom 4.

Yeah, I agree, but nothing in comparison to GWS' year in 2016. Very different stages.

It's got to be the most wide-open premiership race in a long time. 

• If the Doggies play like they did against the Eagles, they can beat the Hawks
• The Crows look like they're ready to make a run at it
• Hawthorn can play better but they've just missed out on a prelim berth (with a 2 week break) by a whisker
• Sydney can play a lot better too but they'll need to be ready for Adelaide
• Geelong are through but are they that good?
• And finally GWS ... the thought of them winning the whole thing leaves me with mixed feelings but who's to say they can't win it after today's performance?

As it stands, the winner of the Swans/Crows game will meet the Cats for a GF berth whilst on the other side, one of the Hawks, the Doggies or the Giants will be in the GF. 

 

8 hours ago, buck_nekkid said:

The AFL needed to make GWS more than just competitive.  The have to win the thing enough times to make GWS a habit in the Western Sydney market. 

Just like Brisbane.

So it'll be Sydney, Adelaide or Geelong vs GWS, Hawthorn or Bulldogs.

Would love an Adelaide vs Bulldogs GF at this point, something fresh. It'll probably just end up Sydney and Hawthorn again.

2 hours ago, A F said:

Yeah, I agree, but nothing in comparison to GWS' year in 2016. Very different stages.

Not GW$ 2016 maybe. But not far off it. Let's see how the Dogs fare next week. 

It goes up a notch. 

A muppet Carlton supporter was complaining that Carlton received no compensation for Eddie Betts when he left as a free agent but Melbourne got pick 23 for Colin Sylvia which was unfair.

Thing is that they received no compensation because the formula cancelled itself out as they got Daisy Thomas from Collingwood in the same FA period. 

The Malthouse reign at the Blues just keeps on giving.

The number of people touched by the sight of boomer walking off the oval with the old firm of Petrie and Firrito was heartwarming.

 

There was at least four of them outside the players families.