NON-MFC: Round 23, 2022

[dees189227 10,755]

Thank god I'm in Townville for a holiday so I don't have to hear about it all

[Earl Hood 5,788]

3 minutes ago, willmoy said:

Someone go and tell Carlton to put a couple of players (with running speed) in the middle .

And the Carlton forward coach might think to make sure they have a couple of crumbers in front of the forwards when they send in those repeated helicopter kicks that will inevitably get punched forward. Everytime there were 2 Pies and zero Blues to take the ball away. 

[DubDee 20,546]

1 minute ago, dees189227 said:

Yeah but we don't want them beating geelong and getting into a prelim

Id much prefer the Pies in a prelim over the Cats. Cats are the only team that can beat us in a final. Maybe swans 

[dl4e 5,583]

Carlton were the better side and lost. The filth are a disgrace. Now there is a QF between the 2 worst sides in the universe. Geelong and filth.

[KLV 1,626]

Brutal way for the season end for the blues. Does their miss beat our record from 2017?

[Mr Steve 3,820]

So we now have a chance that three out of week one's finals will be played interstate.

[Big Col 1,062]

Just now, dees189227 said:

Yeah but we don't want them beating geelong and getting into a prelim

I'd rather play the Pies in a GF than a PF where their crowd dominates. In a GF there's enough neutrals to remove that advantage. 

[titan_uranus 22,287]

I'd rather play Geelong in a final than Collingwood.

Yes, it's good to see Carlton complete the biggest choke in AFL history. But a Carlton win would have sent Collingwood into an EF against Richmond, a strong chance of losing and disappearing from the finals.

Now they either beat Geelong and make a prelim, or lose then get the "easy" semi (Fremantle or the Dogs) and make a prelim.

[layzie 28,695]

Thats 20 times worse than what we went through in 17

[titan_uranus 22,287]

1 minute ago, BDA said:

I reckon the pies will beat Geelong. They are battle hardened and full of belief. The cats have been playing practice matches

The one difference between Geelong and the rest of the comp is that I don't see Geelong coughing up a 25 point fourth quarter lead to Collingwood.

They are flaky in finals of course, but still.

[Fork 'em 6,507]

11 minutes ago, Mr Steve said:

They had that mark and a player standing on his own 35 from goal and went to the pocket.

Well .... The Blues game plan did remind me alot of ours.
Might get drummed into them as well.

[Mr Steve 3,820]

1 minute ago, DubDee said:

Id much prefer the Pies in a prelim over the Cats. Cats are the only team that can beat us in a final. Maybe swans 

If the Pies beat Geelong we will meet them in the PF unless they go out in straight sets. Or we do.

[Ethan Tremblay 28,358]

Karma for Cripps. 

[leave it to deever 15,317]

1 minute ago, DubDee said:

Id much prefer the Pies in a prelim over the Cats. Cats are the only team that can beat us in a final. Maybe swans 

Cats can't beat us in a final.

Just whisper the name Max into each player and their cooked.

[Diamond_Jim 11,739]

And Saints goal !!!

[Mr Steve 3,820]

1 minute ago, titan_uranus said:

The one difference between Geelong and the rest of the comp is that I don't see Geelong coughing up a 25 point fourth quarter lead to Collingwood.

They are flaky in finals of course, but still.

Geelong have a horrid first up finals record, currently 1 win from 8 goes.

[leave it to deever 15,317]

Go Sainters.

[Rocknroll 912]

2 minutes ago, layzie said:

Thats 20 times worse than what we went through in 17

And 17 really really hurt

[Jaded No More 57,784]

[Great Northern Summer 688]

2 minutes ago, Mr Steve said:

If the Pies beat Geelong we will meet them in the PF unless they go out in straight sets. Or we do.

Are you presuming we would lose to Sydney and win the semi then?

[Mr Steve 3,820]

Any way Saints have lifted. back out to 31 points needed.

[leave it to deever 15,317]

Oh come on umpire. 

[dees189227 10,755]

3 minutes ago, Big Col said:

I'd rather play the Pies in a GF than a PF where their crowd dominates. In a GF there's enough neutrals to remove that advantage. 

Nup I could not sit through it if we lost. I don't think I'd ever recover

Bloody Carlton you gave up a good lead.

[BDA 20,031]

And Jamie Elliot is a class player. Balls of steel. Despite playing for the pies I can't hate him and Pendlebury

[titan_uranus 22,287]

Just now, Mr Steve said:

Geelong have a horrid first up finals record, currently 1 win from 8 goes.

if they choke in the QF and Collingwood makes the prelim, they'll get the loser of us/Sydney or Richmond.

That's the "hard" prelim. 

The "easy" prelim is the other side, which we'll get if we can beat Sydney next week. We'll get the Geelong/Collingwood loser or the Fremantle/Dogs winner.

I'd take a prelim at the G against any of those sides, except Collingwood.