Lateral thinking: Swans gone C'arn the pies

[Go Swannies]

Stage 2 complete. And already there is talk of a Pies dynasty, one that is less than 24 hours old. All you need is them to have five months of being talked up so they head into next year's games simply expecting to win and, finally, the hungry young Swans may produce humble Pies.

[royboy42]

That is what happens with the remainder of the finals IIRC. If the scores are tied at the end of regulation time the game con tinues until one team scores. Then the siren sounds and it's game over.

I thought it was 5 minutes each way..total wins?

[goswannie14]

I just did not want our great game decided by the first goal or point scored.

That is what happens with the remainder of the finals IIRC. If the scores are tied at the end of regulation time the game con tinues until one team scores. Then the siren sounds and it's game over.

[Big Al]

I just did not want our great game decided by the first goal or point scored.

Completely agree.

[Old S.M.Blood]

I stand corrected Big Al All I know about rugby rules you could write on the back of a postage stamp.
I just did not want our great game decided by the first goal or point scored.
I have only seen rugby games on T.V. so I don't know all that much about the rules.

[Big Al]

Don't tell me you are comparing Rugby and Aussie rules Knickers? At least we kick the damn ball 50% of the time. You would be lucky to see the ball kicked very often in Rugby .They just throw the ball and then 3 blokes jump on top of the ball holder, The wind would have little bearing on the game.

Due respect Blood but that isn't correct. Field position in League/Rugby is an important factor and teams can achieve that with a good kicking game so the wind does play a part. Also in golden point extra time which occurs in League (something i've never liked by the way) the team running with the wind has the advantage because they can kick a field goal from further out than the other team.

[Old S.M.Blood]

Don't tell me you are comparing Rugby and Aussie rules Knickers? At least we kick the damn ball 50% of the time. You would be lucky to see the ball kicked very often in Rugby .They just throw the ball and then 3 blokes jump on top of the ball holder, The wind would have little bearing on the game.

[Hartijon]

I think the plus for the Swans (and the rest of the comp) is that both of these teams will have one less week of prep work before next season..

It might be offset by having the experience of two amazingly tense games when any mistake could mean a loss of a Premiership. All in front of 100,000 people. In fact they have an extra week's prep work called a Grand Final..There can be no better preparation than the real thing!

[Cheer_Cheer]

I think the plus for the Swans (and the rest of the comp) is that both of these teams will have one less week of prep work before next season..

[Matty10]

Doesn't it get windy in the rugby too?

I wouldn't have thought that the wind would even make that much difference in an AFL grand final considering they are played at the MCG, which due to its size and structure just makes the breeze swirl in any old direction providing no real advantage one way or the other.

[Frog]

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I hate the Ainters just a little bit more.

[Lucky Knickers]

The golden goal they use in rugby is no good to us as one side would be kicking with the wind.

Doesn't it get windy in the rugby too?

[laughingnome]

I agree, but no-one is saying that the grand final should be decided by a penalty shoot-out, just that we should have had extra time yesterday. If the scores are still deadlocked after a period of extra time, say 5-10 minutes each way (extremely unlikely as this is not soccer), then I don't mind the replay to be fair to both teams as at least both would have been given ample opportunity to win it on the day.

My response to that is that both teams already had ample time to win it on the day in the 80 minutes of game time. If you're not going to have ectra-time each week of the H/A season, you can't have special rules for the Grand Final. The Minor Finals were changed because it was disadvantageous to give every other team a week off (which happened after Collingwood and West Coast drew in 1990, for memory). No such disadvantage exists for the Grannie.

[Old S.M.Blood]

What happens if after 2 extra quarters it's still a draw?? Do we lower our game to soccer rules and have a 5 goal shoot out?? God I hope not. The golden goal they use in rugby is no good to us as one side would be kicking with the wind. Nar we have have another game with 22 fit players per team. Besides that I have been told that the extra game is worth $25 000 000 to the A.F.L. not a bad windfall to share amongst the teams.

[goswannie14]

Agree... shame the brain dead idiots at the AFL didn't change this a long time ago. Grand Final day deserves a winner. How good would have extra time have been today?

Al you know we agree with most things, but not this. The biggest problem with extra time IMO is that if one side has a number of injured players (read 2 or 3) that can't return to the field, then they are at a distinct advantage.