Home final (really Carl v Stk gameday)

[barry]

saints won. 86 to 66.

Very ordinary Blues.

[Melbournehammer]

We can beat St K in Melbourne, but the further we go in the finals, the more consequtive road trips we have to make, making each game harder and harder to win.

Please you are not really expecting us to go beyond week one are you ? The record of teams who lose in the first week coming into week two is incredible. I want us to go through to the GF but I really just want us to come out and knock the saints out.
In any case by this stage of the season it has as much to do with the team that you can select and how many players are carrying something. The road issue i reckon is less significant than during H&A because the umpires tend to be better and less reactive to the noise of the crowd.

[goswannies]

Blues screwed us again

1945 Bloodbath; David Rhys-Jones & Bernie Evans; early 90s tried to play all their away games in Sydney & home games in Melb (& have us kicked out); & now tanked against the Saints to make us play in Melbourne next week (admittedly we did ourselves no favors with some of our losses ... BUT I STILL HATE CARLTON NEARLY AS MUCH AS COLLINGWOOD)

[Donners]

I really wish we'd kept Schneider and Dempster.

[CureTheSane]

Seriously?

Swans away - me likey
Swans at home = not Goodes this year...

[Damien]

Just sorted out the flights (thank you work for letting me go early). Bring on the Saints. Love myself a footy weekend in Melbourne.

[Melbournehammer]

Its funny I hate carlton far worse than collingwood. It is the uiltimate blue blood club - the club of pratt, fraser, elliott, collins - all those who are part of the ruling elite in melbourne. collingwood is still the club of jack wren and the working class of melbourne.

[msb]

Yeah I new this would be the case with this game, the blues were just going through the motions they had nothing to play for really. As an above post has said we do only have ourselves to blame though, losing games we should of won. I think we can beat the saints at etihad, but geez it makes it alot harder!

[Bas]

The winner of our game plays the loser of mugpies and wet toast. According to MMM today.

[Big Al]

The winner of our game plays the loser of mugpies and wet toast. According to MMM today.

Winner plays the loser of Cats/Hawks. Good research by MMM there.

[Damien]

The winner of our game plays the loser of mugpies and wet toast. According to MMM today.

Yikes, good work by MMM there considering we actually play the loser of the Hawkers/Cats!!

[ScottH]

Yikes, good work by MMM there considering we actually play the loser of the Hawkers/Cats!!

They might have meant we play the winner of those 2 in week 3.

[Bazman]

Not only a big game for the team but also for Adam and Tadhg next weekend.

[GongSwan]

Carlton didn't show much today, a better team would have flogged them senseless. I firmly believe we can kick them out again, memories of 2005

[hot potato]

Goodes 300th. Wow. He doesnt need any motivation atm. Hes on fire and in great shape. Amazing athlete. Need a win for this remarkable milestone.