Well done Collingw&%$! You knocked those cocky eagles off their perch. Living in Perth as a loyal Victorian, I love to hear those one-eyed Eagles fans moaning about their loss or suddenly losing all interest in footy. You have got to live over here to experience it. Now let me explain myself. I have barracked for the Demons for over 50 years and I HATE the Magpies ( never forgiven them for pinching the 1958 flag). Like all of you I have been absolutely over the moon when we have dominated the Queens Birthday games over the past 4 years. However I just happen to HATE the Weagles even more hence my excitement. I have the simple philosopy, I barrack for Melbourne and any team that happens to be playing Wet Toast. Also it is a wonderful result as Geelong will romp it in next week and the big one the week after. A VICTORIAN team breaking the Interstate domination. GO CATS 2007 but look out for the mighty DEES in 2008.

Eagles are awesome

My second favorite team.

And the Pies are just lucky. They were unimpressive tonight against the West Coast reserves side. Add Judd, Cousins, Kerr and Waters to that team and the game would be over at quarter time.

Collingw&%$ are in the Prelim by default.

Eagles are awesome

My second favorite team

And the Pies are just lucky. They were unimpressive tonight against the West Coast reserves side. Add Judd, Cousins, Kerr and Waters to that team and the game would be over at quarter time

Collingwood are in the Prelim by default

Fair enough Yze, but try coming over here to Perth and LIVING with them. They make C'wood supporters look like angels. They are so,so biased and parochial. But isn't it great that Geelong will thrash Collingw&%$ next week?

Fair enough Yze, but try coming over here to Perth and LIVING with them. They make Collingw&%$ supporters look like angels. They are so,so biased and parochial. But isn't it great that Geelong will thrash C'wood next week?

Fair enough, I guess if I lived there I would hate them too.

I am tipping Port over Geelong in the GF.

I didn't even make it back to the computer after the final siren before i'd been IM'ed by West Coast supporters blaming the umpiring...

Fair enough, I guess if I lived there I would hate them too

I am tipping Port over Geelong in the GF

I hope you are wrong! By the way it's only 10.50pm over here in the West. Can't you sleep?

I hope you are wrong! By the way it's only 10.50pm over here in the West. Can't you sleep?

I am a night owl

Though I am feeling rather knackered right now to be honest!!

LOL Ridiculous that the pies are there, I mean, they lost to us and richmond, and nearly lost to us with 17 fit players...

If someone had told me at the start of the year that the last the grand finalists and premier would come out of Collingw&%$, Hawthorn, North, Port, or Geelong I'd have thought they had rocks in their head.

If the Dees have a preseason to remember, some luck with injuries, continued development in their youth, and land a couple of good recruits/draftees they could do anything next year.

Collingw&%$'s progress is a tribute to the volume of money and resources available to the club. They seem to be streaking ahead of the field in terms of player development and their cash situation allows them to recruit from places where less financial clubs can only dream. That kid Martin Clarke is the most advanced Irish player ever to come out here (and to think we pioneered the recruiting of Irishmen! ). They boast that they have the best of the NSW scholarship players and they've got some good top 10 draft picks still to come into the side in future years. Another example of how they use their financial position to advantage is that their chartered flight home is travelling at lower altitude because that's supposed to aid recovery (I suppose they can afford this because they rarely have to worry about travelling interstate so they've saved on having to make many flights over time). The people brawling at St. Kilda should note as should the MFC. Get yourself in a position of strength financially and then you can spend on the things that give you the winning edge.

I hate Collingw&%$ like a sack of [censored] but ya gotta give it to em last night. they battled on and on and melbourne should take a leaf out of there book tonight. knowing us we probably wud have stopped during the first quarter and gave the game away.. but well done collingwobbles..

GO PORT!

Fair enough Yze, but try coming over here to Perth and LIVING with them. They make Collingw&%$ supporters look like angels. They are so,so biased and parochial. But isn't it great that Geelong will thrash Collingw&%$ next week?

After watching the game last night, there is little doubt that Geelong will win by about 20 goals next week and Scarlett will get about 40 possessions running off the fat man.

Collingw&%$ barely scraped over a team missing their three best midfielders and with their CHF not able to get on the ground from half way in the first quarter.

Hate seeing Collingw&%$ win ever but thanks for the silver lining bobby

95000 screaming Collingw&%$ losers can do a strange thing to a footy club, dont be suprised if geelong packs it all in on friday night, the magpie army COULD get them over the line

and if they do, ill be standing on the side of the road just near the start of geelong, throwing handbags at the cars full of geelong supporters :D

If someone had told me at the start of the year that the last the grand finalists and premier would come out of Collingw&%$, Hawthorn, North, Port, or Geelong I'd have thought they had rocks in their head.

If the Dees have a preseason to remember, some luck with injuries, continued development in their youth, and land a couple of good recruits/draftees they could do anything next year.

Absolutrely agree.

At the start of the year I had Collingw&%$ in the bottom three (with Kangas ). I hate the club and their supporters but full credit to them for reaching a prelim final. Great effort last night. Probably wont get past the Cats but FCS its a great effort and they have unearthed some very good young players.

Saying there in the prelim final by default is sour grapes.

IMO, given the culture at the WCE towards drugs and the AFL they deserve to fall out the way they did in front of their home crowd. As a club they have been shameful this year.

Well done Collingw&%$! You knocked those cocky eagles off their perch. Living in Perth as a loyal Victorian, I love to hear those one-eyed Eagles fans moaning about their loss or suddenly losing all interest in footy. You have got to live over here to experience it.

I second, third AND fourth Bobby Mac.

Having lived in Western Australia for 15 years, there is no doubt WC fans are the most cocky and obnoxious fans in the league. Why do you think Dockers tragic, Matt Price, spends countless column inches caning the Eagles? He knows how nauseating WC fans are. Think smug Carlton fans at their worst and triple it.

For a Melbourne fan living in isolated Perth - who, by the way, was introduced everywhere as "Meet, Tony, he's a Victorian" like I'd killed their dog - it was dead set unbearable.

Chuck in the fact that, with only only two teams in Perth, there is saturation coverage in the papers, on the telly and on the radio. You just can't escape it. What's more, I was there when there was only the Eagles, no Dockers. West Coast dominated the news bulletins (not just the sports sections, either) and West Coast players read the weather, hosted sports reports, had jobs as sports reporters, wrote newspaper columns, did the Lotto numbers and were in too many ads to remember. It was just a nightmare.

Worst of all, though, is the hard-done-by attitude of the West Coast fans. They will not concede they enjoy even the slightest advantages. It's "we get nothing!" everywhere you go.

Bobby Mac, you want to know the best way to get a rise out of the Eagles fans? First remind them that the AFL (VFL as it was then) virtually gave them two premierships with early draft concessions. Rub it in that Victorian clubs were prohibited from drafting in WA. Razz them about their home ground advantage while casually shrugging off their pathetic travel excuse. Tell them they've ONLY won three flags when they should have won at least six.

In short, tell them they are under-achievers.

That said, I still have many West Aussie friends (maybe not so many if they read this) and now I'm back in Melbourne, away from the WA nightmare, and surrounded instead by cretinous, band-wagoning Collingw&%$ fans. Despite having a long held animosity to West Coast, I don't subscribe to the Victorian media-driven idea that the interstate clubs are evil interlopers. I would rather Port win the flag than Richmond; I would rather Sydney win than Essendon; and yes, I would rather West Coast win than Collingw&%$. What's more, I think the Poys will beat Geelong. It is Geelong after all; heartbreak awaits. That means Collingw&%$ will play in the Grand Final and because they will probably play Port, they will win. Repeat that: Collingw&%$ will win the Grand Final. Sounds hideous, doesn't it?

As that noted football expert, Dr Zachary Smith, was wont to exclaim "Ohhh, the pain."

Is it just me or should the words 'mighty magpies' be banned from this site ?? lol

At least WA makes a decent red.. so has a use.. the Filth have none. You sandgropers get over it.. This is Melbourne and we HATE Collingwood...all things come second to that !! :D

Each and every person with Red & Blue pumping through their veins should automatically feel ill at the sight of a Collingw&%$ victory.

It was interesting to watch the shots of the crowd they showed during the telecast. Each time they zoomed in on a Collingw&%$ fan they certainly were lacking a few teeth or looked like they were fresh out of Prison (or heading that way shortly).

Collingw&%$ are filth and anyone that doesn't support Collingw&%$, no matter where they are from, should despise them.

Bring on next Friday night to bring them down to earth - GO [censored] !!!!!!!

Is it just me or should the words 'mighty magpies' be banned from this site ?? lol

You're absolutely 100% right. With apologies to bobby mckenzie I feel it my duty to do something about the name of the thread.

please do...lol... thankyou.. hehehe

edit...MUCH BETTER !!! LOL

Do this year's results affect the clock theory?

I think they do. In an even competition, which is equalised by the draft and salary cap, injury is becoming one of the absolute key factors for club success. Most would have had Collingw&%$ and the Roos in their bottom four, Port and Hawthorn around the middle of the ladder and Geelong back in the 8 but hardly the dominant force they have been all year.

The Roos' list appeared shot to bits, Hawthorn was too young, Port looked on the verge of a few years down the bottom while the Pies were expected to drop away with a terrible midfield and a lack of pace and class.

The Eagles, Saints and ourselves were meant to be in premiership window. But injuries killed all three teams.

The competition appears to be so even now that teams can bounce up and down the ladder more quickly than the clock theory suggests. Or are we perhaps reading too much into one season?

I think the clock theory is a useful tool for analysing where your list is at for the purposes of list management decisions. But it does appear that its role in determining a team's premiership aspirations for the year is diminishing.

You're absolutely 100% right. With apologies to bobby mckenzie I feel it my duty to do something about the name of the thread.

No problems with the name change Jack. It is much much better!

As a passionate Melbourne member living in Adelaide, I can confirm the comments about disliking the interstate sides....

The flat out bull$hit that we have to put up with on both radio and TV is disgraceful.... Put it this way, even Port supporters get annoyed at the pure domination that Adelaide have over the media! I know people who live in Perth and are sick to death of the one-eyed West Coast media domination....

The Filth beating West Coke is fantastic!!

I definately am not a fan of the Black 'n White (can't stand them like most of us) but the more Victorian teams left at the end of the season, the better!

Surprisingly though, I don't mind Port Power! They are basically underdogs here in SA.... The Crows dominate every aspect of life here in Adelaide and the Power struggle to get headlines in the paper, even now that they are the only team left from SA.... Today's paper is more concerned with Ken McGregor wanting a trade out of CrowLand than they are about the Power more than likely playing in this years Grand Final....

If Port make the GF against Geelong, then I will be very happy! It will be a great game and two well deserved teams will have made it....

I would also be equally as happy if one of Hawthorn or Kangas get into the GF against the Cats.... It is long overdue, a Grand Final between two Victorian based teams!

Long live Victorian Football!!!! We all know it is the original and the best!

I am tipping Port over Geelong in the GF.

Oh how sweet it would be. I hate Geelong and all of their supporters, they can all go back to their farms and sook as far as i'm concerned.

I didn't even make it back to the computer after the final siren before i'd been IM'ed by West Coast supporters blaming the umpiring...

collingwood got a good run again from the umps..... a good run heading into the finals... a dream finals campaign... could they have anything more going good for them? west coast injuries.... anohter home final.... i dont care who wins next week

question why didnt nathan buckley get penalised for his deliberate wander out of bounds in extra time?

why did nathan buckley not get penalised when he claimed a mark,... the umpire called play on.... buckley stood there lookin at the ump .... gets tackled ..... no attempt to get rid of the balls?

Is it just me or should the words 'mighty magpies' be banned from this site ?? lol

At least WA makes a decent red.. so has a use.. the Filth have none. You sandgropers get over it.. This is Melbourne and we HATE Collingwood...all things come second to that !! :D

What about Country Road? That's a Collingwood product I think.