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AFL Finals - Week 2

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Makes you wonder with the Swans having a 6 day break has made any difference. As the Cats deserved I don't have a problem with it but the Swans look flat tonight.

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    18 minutes ago, Deeprived Childhood said:

    Because tonights lousy Geelong MCG picnic atmosphere has been something you'd want in a prelim against GWS/WCE ?

    Interesting if that did happen how hard geelong would have pushed for that game to be at simmonds. 

    This is the worst the swans have played in a long time. Worse than last years gf. 

    Taylor does look better in the backline and hawkins again hasnt done much. 

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    We'd be getting absolutely towelled up by contested marking if we'd produced our tough contested win of the century against Sydney last week.

    Edited by Deeprived Childhood

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    20 minutes ago, Jibroni said:

    Makes you wonder with the Swans having a 6 day break has made any difference. As the Cats deserved I don't have a problem with it but the Swans look flat tonight.

    Swans 2nd to the ball all night J

    They've got no excuses. 

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    Sydney have been rather paltry tonight.

    I dislike Geelong immensely.

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    Was expecting a closer game tonight

    Other than the Port v WCE game last week the finals have been a bit of a yawn fest

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    3 minutes ago, DemonAndrew said:

    4 years of Buddy, 5 years of Tippett for 0 premierships?

    Money well spent

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    This has been a terrible finals series. 4 blowouts and 1 game decided by terrible umpiring.

    Yuck.

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    3 minutes ago, SaberFang said:

    This has been a terrible finals series. 4 blowouts and 1 game decided by terrible umpiring.

    Yuck.

    You sound almost glad we are not there ?

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    8 minutes ago, monoccular said:

    You sound almost glad we are not there ?

    an MFC win by a blow out is a different thing ... sublime almost.......... to sleep perchance to dream

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    33 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    Was expecting a closer game tonight

    Other than the Port v WCE game last week the finals have been a bit of a yawn fest

    Was thinking exactly the same thing

    Last Years Final series was heaps better so far

    Next friday should be a classic though

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    Cats look tired all year in the last quarter, then start kicking it around like sixteen year olds, in the last quarter. Something wrong here. Must have been in the vial. You know the ones that used to get handed out and not recorded by that other team.

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    15 minutes ago, willmoy said:

    Cats look tired all year in the last quarter, then start kicking it around like sixteen year olds, in the last quarter. Something wrong here. Must have been in the vial. You know the ones that used to get handed out and not recorded by that other team.

    Thinking the same. Their manic attack on the ball makes one wonder. Supernatural. 

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    Well Sydney have a few finals bunnies don't they. Tonight Rohan again got found out in a final, Parker wasn't anywhere to be seen, Sinclair had 2 touches and sadly Jones who I rate spent all night fumbling and missing the ball. 

    We can never complain about turnovers and clangers again after watching Sydney completely butcher the ball and their coach continually  allowed geelong to play 1 sometimes 2 extras in defence switch and run the ball up the other side of the ground.

    Worst final I have watched in a long time.

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    1 minute ago, Older demon said:

    Well Sydney have a few finals bunnies don't they. Tonight Rohan again got found out in a final, Parker wasn't anywhere to be seen, Sinclair had 2 touches and sadly Jones who I rate spent all night fumbling and missing the ball. 

    We can never complain about turnovers and clangers again after watching Sydney completely butcher the ball and their coach continually  allowed geelong to play 1 sometimes 2 extras in defence switch and run the ball up the other side of the ground.

    Worst final I have watched in a long time.

    Did you note the similarities to our own game? 

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    3 hours ago, willmoy said:

    Cats look tired all year in the last quarter, then start kicking it around like sixteen year olds, in the last quarter. Something wrong here. Must have been in the vial. You know the ones that used to get handed out and not recorded by that other team.

    Pickle juice?

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    10 hours ago, DemonAndrew said:

    4 years of Buddy, 5 years of Tippett for 0 premierships?

    They would say that they did not get buddy to win premierships, they say they got buddy because there in a transition period, but when you move on depth to get him that's just bull, ever time horse said that I never bought it, when they have needed him most in finals he has either claimed  mental illness, and left them high and dry or he has not fired a shot in GF and tonight. I know you can't help it with mental illness but I would be dirty as a team mate with the big money player,  when  it matters most he does not show up.

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    7 minutes ago, don't make me angry said:

    They would say that they did not get buddy to win premierships, they say they got buddy because there in a transition period, but when you move on depth to get him that's just bull, ever time horse said that I never bought it, when they have needed him most in finals he has either claimed  mental illness, and left them high and dry or he has not fired a shot in GF and tonight. I know you can't help it with mental illness but I would be dirty as a team mate with the big money player,  when  it matters most he does not show up.

    They couldn't get the ball near him last night, Horse was out coached with the Cats basically double teaming Buddy.

    Their mids were thrashed and couldn't give the fwds any kind of service.

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    11 minutes ago, don't make me angry said:

    They would say that they did not get buddy to win premierships, they say they got buddy because there in a transition period, but when you move on depth to get him that's just bull, ever time horse said that I never bought it, when they have needed him most in finals he has either claimed  mental illness, and left them high and dry or he has not fired a shot in GF and tonight. I know you can't help it with mental illness but I would be dirty as a team mate with the big money player,  when  it matters most he does not show up.

     

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    9 hours ago, Older demon said:

    Well Sydney have a few finals bunnies don't they. Tonight Rohan again got found out in a final, Parker wasn't anywhere to be seen, Sinclair had 2 touches and sadly Jones who I rate spent all night fumbling and missing the ball. 

    We can never complain about turnovers and clangers again after watching Sydney completely butcher the ball and their coach continually  allowed geelong to play 1 sometimes 2 extras in defence switch and run the ball up the other side of the ground.

    Worst final I have watched in a long time.

    I thought Zac Jones played well.

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    Sucked in Sydney, COLA and Academy picks won't gift you a flag this year. Now for GWS to lose tonight and I won't care who takes out the flag.

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    I stopped watching at qtr time after the duckers had 3 dubious free kicks:  Selwood faked a hit on the head (resulted in a goal).  Dangerfield who dived forward (kicked a point) and another to him for some unknown reason (goal).  Even the commentators were saying umpires should pay what they see and not what they think happens to champions.

    Meanwhile, at the other end Taylor (and sometimes Touy) were blocking Buddy or manhandling him eons before the ball got near them and at one stage Taylor got the free because Buddy jostled him out of the way.  Buddy got no protection whatsoever from the umpires.

    The die was cast in the first 20 minutes and the terrible umpiring gave Geelong all the momentum and the quarter time lead.

    The final score suggests Sydney were outplayed and outcoached so didn't deserve to win. 

    But that doesn't overcome the umpires' favouritism for certain players and noticeable lack of that for others.

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