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AFL 360 - Grand Final 2012 Montage - YouTube
Some inspiration before tonight.
The lead up play to the Reid goal was the highlight of the game for me.He ate more cheese, than time allowedComment
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Was on fox sports
Grand Final free kicks Sydney Swans, AFL?s review of Grand Final finds umpiring was not up to expected standard | Fox Sports
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Umpiring found to be 'sub-standard' after AFL Grand Final review | AFL | Sporting News
While the AFL agreed that the overall umpiring performance on the day did not have a direct impact on the result of the game, it did acknowledge the performance was not up to standard.Comment
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A Collingwood supporter is bagging me out today because I'm not travelling to Melbourne to watch tonight.
Reckons I'm not a real fan.
Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
At least we're playing, mate.Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.Comment
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Thanks for the clarification. I recalled it as being an article on the AFL site, but most likely I was wrong. (Or the article was simply "damage control" after the leak).
Nevertheless, I think the fact that the report concluded this shows they weren't happy. And if we want to play "Conspiracy Theories" then here's one - AFL leaked the report because they couldn't publicly criticise the umpires but wanted to make a statement.
And I suppose that there's a small possibility that the article was a result of an AFL leak. But there's also a possibility that the story was a result of an idle rumour, or it could be a case of a journalist just making crap up. Since I have no way of knowing if any of those possibilities are true, I don't plan to waste any more neural energy on the matter.
Though what has always bugged me on the issue of the GF umpiring, was the almost total lack of interest by all the sports journalists and all the talking heads involved with AFL. You'd think that with one story saying that the AFL had determined that there were a number poor decisions in the GF, then at least a few would want to ask the AFL administration about it? Or if there had been episodes of Whistleblowers for every week of the season, that examined controversial umpiring decisions, but for some reason, there was no episode for the most important game of all, then you'd think that someone in the AFL media industry, would say to themselves, "well, that's a bit odd, maybe I should investigate that". But no, nothing. What, did they all think, "great, the season's over, see ya next year"? To me, that total lack of curiosity, leaves me scratching my head.Comment
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With our boys unexpectantly gone ... sorry ... I'm cheering for Richmond.
In fact I'm going to the prelim to cheer them on with Tiger fan Bruv.Comment
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GWS for me.
Hoping for Giants Crows GFThe difference between insanity and genius is measured only in success.Comment
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*Note: This offer is not available for barry. Some cases are too insufferable even for Ludwig to cure.Comment
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I hope the Tigers get smashed by GWS so Melbourne has to talk football instead of "Tiger Time". Then I hope the Crows come through and beat them in the Grand Final. I'm tired of fairytales and I'm tired of the commentariat barracking for the home, i.e. Victorian, team.Comment
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I'm simply not interested in the rest of the season. Usually I will have a team to back, but this time...well.... GWS- ewwwww, Richmond- UGH, Adelaide- ICK, I like Geelong, but cant see them beating Adelaide...
As for GWS, a friend, who is a Swans supporter and part time GWS fan decided that he no longer wanted to follow GWS because he didn't like the way they played. He is a family man and used to take the kids out to Spotless, but he now says he finds their 'cheating tactics' and 'rough play' a turn off...
I just thought that was interesting...Comment
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I hope the Tigers get smashed by GWS so Melbourne has to talk football instead of "Tiger Time". Then I hope the Crows come through and beat them in the Grand Final. I'm tired of fairytales and I'm tired of the commentariat barracking for the home, i.e. Victorian, team.
Hope the Crows get through and win. They have been the best team all year and may have to play on a Victorian team's home ground despite finishing top, like Freo, Eagles and Swans before them. A Crows v GWS game would be fairer being on a neutral venue; a situation that should be normal state of affairs for a national competition( or on highest ranking team's home ground).Comment
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Hope the Crows get through and win. They have been the best team all year and may have to play on a Victorian team's home ground despite finishing top, like Freo, Eagles and Swans before them. A Crows v GWS game would be fairer being on a neutral venue; a situation that should be normal state of affairs for a national competition( or on highest ranking team's home ground).
GWS and Richmond lack the finals experience, one of them will give a good game in the GF but they aren't good enough yet to win it. Fairytales be damned. Let the best side EARN it for a change.
Geelong are inconsistent and they will not be good enough to beat Adelaide. They got smashed by Richmond, and Adelaide will bring similar pressure."Unbelievable!" -- Nick Davis leaves his mark on the 2005 semi finalComment
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