3 match finals series

[Doctor]

3 finals at three venues (ANZ, SCG & MCG) for me but can't make the Big Dance if we get there.

[barry]

Finals footy.my life is consumed by it. Whether it be securing tickets, transport options etc. Then watching as many footy show as exist. Then forums ....
The rest of my life is just hanging on . I'll be glad when it's all done .... and then ill miss it

[Hotpotato]

Plenty of tickets still available.

Yep , I got a ticket at 9.03am.
Doggies supporters not as avid to see the game live as envisaged.

[barry]

Yep , I got a ticket at 9.03am.
Doggies supporters not as avid to see the game live as envisaged.

Ive never seen so much BS about a game of football in my life.

A harsh reality is about to hit the fairytale bulldogs. They've been on the road every second week for the last 6, including 2 trips to perth. Now, non-vic sides are used to this and have the mental hardness and methods to handle it. A melbourne side used to 16 games at home each year will be tiring badly. Compound that with the extra intensity of finals games, a few players coming back from injury and missing that consistent match conditioning, its going to be a blow-out final win to the giants.

The media will then go into BS overdrive above how "brave" the bulldogs were. How unjust the league is. How plastic GWS is. How few fans they have, blah, blah, blah. Here's the tip bulldogs, if you want a serious crack at a flag, finish top 4 or even better top 2.

In many ways, it would have been better for GWS to meet Hawthorn. They then could claim the moral high ground by killing the beast.

[Jewels]

Ive never seen so much BS about a game of football in my life.

A harsh reality is about to hit the fairytale bulldogs. They've been on the road every second week for the last 6, including 2 trips to perth. Now, non-vic sides are used to this and have the mental hardness and methods to handle it. A melbourne side used to 16 games at home each year will be tiring badly. Compound that with the extra intensity of finals games, a few players coming back from injury and missing that consistent match conditioning, its going to be a blow-out final win to the giants.

The media will then go into BS overdrive above how "brave" the bulldogs were. How unjust the league is. How plastic GWS is. How few fans they have, blah, blah, blah. Here's the tip bulldogs, if you want a serious crack at a flag, finish top 4 or even better top 2.

In many ways, it would have been better for GWS to meet Hawthorn. They then could claim the moral high ground by killing the beast.

Yep, spot on.

[AnnieH]

Whoo hoooo.
I'm registered.

[KTigers]

Yes, I think I posted yesterday that if somehow the Dogs can get past GWS (which I doubt) it would be better for us because the Dogs will likely be spent by the
time they make it to the G. Whereas GWS will have more left in the tank come Oct 1. The media can't help themselves looking for footy fairytales so have latched onto the Dogs
with all their keyboards blazing, and that is to be expected. Not sure I buy into this notion that just because a club doesn't have as many members as others they should be belittled for it. That reasoning makes Hawthorn & Collingwood the greatest clubs because they have the most members. We go to some of the GWS games, and their fans....
well, they just look like people watching a footy game to me.

[goswannies]

Please don't begrudge the media latching on to fairytales! I still have so many articles from the lead-up to 2005!

[Hotpotato]

The Dooggies Fairytale will probably end on Sat evening . But I'm going to see if they can do it on pure Adrenaline.

[Faunac8]

Ive never seen so much BS about a game of football in my life.

A harsh reality is about to hit the fairytale bulldogs. They've been on the road every second week for the last 6, including 2 trips to perth. Now, non-vic sides are used to this and have the mental hardness and methods to handle it. A melbourne side used to 16 games at home each year will be tiring badly. Compound that with the extra intensity of finals games, a few players coming back from injury and missing that consistent match conditioning, its going to be a blow-out final win to the giants.

The media will then go into BS overdrive above how "brave" the bulldogs were. How unjust the league is. How plastic GWS is. How few fans they have, blah, blah, blah. Here's the tip bulldogs, if you want a serious crack at a flag, finish top 4 or even better top 2.

In many ways, it would have been better for GWS to meet Hawthorn. They then could claim the moral high ground by killing the beast.

Big call and probably has some merit BUT I would not be writing off the Doggies they have a game style that matches up well against the Interlopers
I for one will be cheering them on as I have generated an immense dislike for the Interlopers this season.

[dejavoodoo44]

Please don't begrudge the media latching on to fairytales! I still have so many articles from the lead-up to 2005!

Now that you mention it: I haven't got any articles from the lead up, but I'm sure that in a cupboard somewhere, there's a fair few post-match articles. My favourite of those, was one where the author identified everybody in the pack that Leo Barry soared in front of. They then went on to detail the history of each of those players. Since there was a wide variety of journeys, it was a really interesting read.

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Big call and probably has some merit BUT I would not be writing off the Doggies they have a game style that matches up well against the Interlopers
I for one will be cheering them on as I have generated an immense dislike for the Interlopers this season.

Yes, and strangely, Kevin Sheedy's comments didn't make me rethink my dislike. If anything....

[barry]

I enjoyed kevins comments. I mean seriously, ate GWS expected to be rubbish for 20 years first?

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[Faunac8]

I enjoyed kevins comments. I mean seriously, ate GWS expected to be rubbish for 20 years first?

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Of course you did . And your second sentence just highlights the issues most people on this forum have with the way the Interlopers have been set up. Why do they have to have immediate success?
Surely building a team and earning a flag is preferable to being given one?
If they win the flag this year it will always carry an * in my mind.
We shouldn't be surprised however as this is not a new template by the VFL.
The early success of the contrived clubs in SA and WA always made me livid. Especially as a Swans supporter who watched these bastardised clubs recieve preferential treatment to ensure they succeeded while we were left begging for help in foreign territory.

[barry]

Gold coast has proven that they were not "given" success.

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[KTigers]

Yes, and Freo.... that's gone well. Right now they are about as far from a cup as they were in 1995.