sat nite not looking good

[giant]

Originally posted by Pommie Swannie
Assuming that's tounge in cheek? Statistically we may suck in 4th Q, but generally we've done more than enough by end of the 3rd quarter that there is no need to go all out in Q4

Oh sure, but at this stage we have absolutely no chance of getting a home final in the 4th Qr premiership competition.

[Frog]

It doesn't matter where (or even how) it is won ... as long as it is.
The only stat required here is 7 - 3 ...

[Matt79]

Saturday 11:43am in Sydney

Cold, overcast, dark and skies are menancing.

Forecast, rain and increasing in the afternoon with a top of 14 degrees.

Bring out the winter woolies tonight and prepare for a slug fest at the SCG.

Shame, as the crowd figure will be down.

[Ryan Bomford]

2:00pm

Steady drizzle.

[NMWBloods]

Yes, we are crap in the wet!

[swannieserin]

I don't know what the official temperature was but I was wearing three jumpers and another few layers under that, and a scarf, and I was shivering so much that my teeth were chattering.

And thats pretty much the heaviest rain I've seen in Sydney for about 5 years, IMO.

[anniswan]

You should have been at Rockbank in Melbourne today, it was 5 degrees with fog.

Shucks I must be a dedicated parent.

and we lost by 13 goals I think.

[Mike_B]

I didn't find it that cold tonight (maybe because I'd spent the day playing a game of winter comp cricket today), but the rain in the 2nd half was reminiscent of the rain at half-time of the Elimination Final v West Cost in 2004 or the Semi-Final v Adelaide in 1998.

[anne]

They had a whole week to plan for and practise for wet weather football! What did they do for the week? Or can't they be taught anything new?

[swannieserin]

Originally posted by anne
They had a whole week to plan for and practise for wet weather football! What did they do for the week? Or can't they be taught anything new?

Thats precisely what I was thinking. It rained on and off all week. The SCG was quite wet before the game, so obviously its been heavy enough over the week to affect the playing surface.

Plus it rains more in the Eastern Suburbs than other parts of Sydney due to being near the coast ... when I was at uni this week it was heavy.

[anniswan]

Originally posted by anne
They had a whole week to plan for and practise for wet weather football! What did they do for the week? Or can't they be taught anything new?

Everyone needs to remember that wet weather footy is very rare these days, now with Telstra Dome it's never wet, and most of Australia has been in a drought.

My son played in the wet for the first time in 4 years a month ago and for the whole game only 3 goals were scored.

So it's all well and good saying they should have played wet weather footy, but when you very rarely experience it it's a different thing.