Tiger V Giant$ Who are you supporting on GF day, and reasons

[barry]

Not really

Getting good draft picks back is easy when they are 1st rounders wanting to leave. And they have that many gifted (in both sense of the word) 1st rounders, there’s no room for them all. Self-perpetuating

They hardly need a leg up from the umps or home ground when the AFL manufactured them for success from the outset.

Go Tigers (without much enthusiasm)

There are only two teams who got the same sort of setup assistance to compare: GWS and GC. Did GWS succeed or GC fail, or a bit of both?

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Yes, yes, yes, Ralph.
Except for the go tigers bit. They should have finished 9th.

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I reckon that GS$ will be giving away free tickets from their allocation.
They don't have enough members to cover the grant.

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... didn't Gill "tell" him to stay?
Oh wait. He said "it would be better if he stayed" and one week later, an extension was signed.
Don't tell me for one second that the AFL don't run that club.

You are ranting like a bitter old woman Annie.
I can just imagine you with your fists to the sky.

It will all be over in a few days.

[barry]

On GWS selection, there is a lot of chat about coniglio and whitfield but is the left-field wildcard Johnathon Patton as the ruckman.???
His knee is fixed and he's been training for a month.

[KTigers]

On GWS selection, there is a lot of chat about coniglio and whitfield but is the left-field wildcard Johnathon Patton as the ruckman.???
His knee is fixed and he's been training for a month.

I suspect that is beyond left field and somewhere out in the stands. Who would he replace? Mumford? Mumford survived Grundy,
it can only get easier for him now. As with all GF's there will be some hard luck stories though. Whenever a team makes the GF
they've obviously been playing pretty well as a team, so it'll be hard to drop anyone.

[Sandrevan]

It will be interesting to see how the umpiring pans out this weekend. Overwhelming publicity for Richmond so will the umpires play for Richmond. Or, is there a sense of destiny for a first premiership for the minnow of the competition.


A few of you have mentioned GWS thug playing style. I noticed in the elimination final (vs Bulldogs) and the semi (vs Lions) - as soon as the umpiring calls started to go the way of the opposition the GWS players got really aggressive (even thuggish). I suspect the CEO of GWS has had a conversation with Steve Hocking to remind him of the cheating umpires in 2016 - both in the prelim and the GF. We all remember Easton Wood playing 'the Captains role' in 2016. I can see Trent Cotchin taking on a similar role this year. He's not averse to taking out an opposition player. I hope GWS are awake to this.

[Daisi]

I'm not very interested. I don't like the Giants, I can't support a team that supports eye gouging- that's beyond me. I also know people who once supported the Giants and then stopped because they thought their style of play was a bad example for their kids who played Auskick.- They got feedback from the kids BTW - The whole family are now Swans supporters...

And Richmond- Well I'm not fond of them either.

So BLAH....

[Swanny40519]

I will be supporting no one on GF day.

I cannot stand GWS, players and supporters of their club - full of people who think their #%#%$^^% does not stink.

The AFL have supported them from year one like no other club and have deliberately penalised us (Swans) for being successful and daring in our recruitment. So I will have no pleasure is seeing them win and probably lots of smiles if they are thrashed.

[Bloods05]

On GWS selection, there is a lot of chat about coniglio and whitfield but is the left-field wildcard Johnathon Patton as the ruckman.???
His knee is fixed and he's been training for a month.

No.

[MattW]

It will be interesting to see how the umpiring pans out this weekend. Overwhelming publicity for Richmond so will the umpires play for Richmond. Or, is there a sense of destiny for a first premiership for the minnow of the competition.


A few of you have mentioned GWS thug playing style. I noticed in the elimination final (vs Bulldogs) and the semi (vs Lions) - as soon as the umpiring calls started to go the way of the opposition the GWS players got really aggressive (even thuggish). I suspect the CEO of GWS has had a conversation with Steve Hocking to remind him of the cheating umpires in 2016 - both in the prelim and the GF. We all remember Easton Wood playing 'the Captains role' in 2016. I can see Trent Cotchin taking on a similar role this year. He's not averse to taking out an opposition player. I hope GWS are awake to this.

I noticed the same thing in the Lions game. It seemed coordinated.

[AnnieH]

I noticed the same thing in the Lions game. It seemed coordinated.

I like to call it "manufactured".
As in, the AFL manufactured a team, now they are manufacturing them a granny.

[barry]

It will be interesting to see how the umpiring pans out this weekend. Overwhelming publicity for Richmond so will the umpires play for Richmond. Or, is there a sense of destiny for a first premiership for the minnow of the competition.


A few of you have mentioned GWS thug playing style. I noticed in the elimination final (vs Bulldogs) and the semi (vs Lions) - as soon as the umpiring calls started to go the way of the opposition the GWS players got really aggressive (even thuggish). I suspect the CEO of GWS has had a conversation with Steve Hocking to remind him of the cheating umpires in 2016 - both in the prelim and the GF. We all remember Easton Wood playing 'the Captains role' in 2016. I can see Trent Cotchin taking on a similar role this year. He's not averse to taking out an opposition player. I hope GWS are awake to this.

I doubt Cotchin will see out the first half. No doubt the Giants will target him like they did with Bont. They still remember what he did to Shiel 2 years ago in the prelim.
Its going to be a good old fashioned blood bath. Sensitive types should look away.

[AnnieH]

There are only two teams who got the same sort of setup assistance to compare: GWS and GC. Did GWS succeed or GC fail, or a bit of both?

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You are ranting like a bitter old woman Annie.
I can just imagine you with your fists to the sky.

It will all be over in a few days.

Thanks princess, but I'm NOT old.
There are people here who think you work at GW$ and have inserted yourself as a spy.
Is this true?

[barry]

Thanks princess, but I'm NOT old.
There are people here who think you work at GW$ and have inserted yourself as a spy.
Is this true?

Yes, I am Leon Cameron. Thanks for all the tips on the swans weaknesses. I have used them to good effect.
Do you know much about Richmond ?

[RogueSwan]

Yes, I am Leon Cameron. Thanks for all the tips on the swans weaknesses. I have used them to good effect.
Do you know much about Richmond ?

They never actually take possession of the ball

[Sandrevan]

Yes, I am Leon Cameron. Thanks for all the tips on the swans weaknesses. I have used them to good effect.
Do you know much about Richmond ?

Richmond players are good at staging.

[Go Swannies]

Can't believe I'm saying this, but Giants for me.
I love a first. And being able to hear crickets chirping 30 seconds after the final siren blows at a VFL/AFL Grand Final will be a first.
I absolutely loathe the Giants. They are a plastic farce. But I loathe the AFL administration even more. Let the blood-sucking merchant bankers and captains of industry who have slowly but surely turned the VFL/AFL from a passionate sport into a soulless commercial endeavour (yes I'm looking at you Fitzpatrick, you @#$%face) bask in the golden view of all 8 genuine Giants supporters in the known universe revelling in victory while 99,950 seats stand empty around them in the colosseum that is footy's beating heart. Let them enjoy the electric atmosphere of 3 people throwing ticker tape and confetti at them as they enjoy their parade through the streets of Lakemba (ho ho, like that would happen) the following Monday.
Reap what you have sown you venal, money-obsessed parasites.

Agreement from me. Oh, a team that was allowed to play dirty from the beginning playing dirty years later! Who would have thought?