Prelim Final: Swans vs Collingwood 4.45pm Sat 17 September SCG

[stellation]

I smiled at the booing of Ginnivan last time around, mainly taking it as relatively good natured back and forth and feeling like he was hamming it up. In hindsight I don't think there's any need to do it, I may impulsively boo if he appears to milk a free but that will be it.

[RogueSwan]

... I may impulsively boo if he appears to milk a free but that will be it.

This is probably more to my point, boo if it is there if you have to, not because of who he is.

[707]

Bad news. We got Stevic again.

Matt cheating fairytale Stevic and another of the infamous 2016 GF swindle Brett Meredith. Just caught up with this devastating news that we get two of the three tomorrow night :-( Why do we keep getting them, should be embargoed with us after previous performances.

All those 50/50's getting called a certain way, stuff that should just be play on, whistled up, dodgy frees against to kill momentum, pathetic "holding" frees for their forwards.

I will spew if we get beat by the umps.

$3.05 about Collingwood looks a very good bet now!

[ugg]

Poor Brett Meredith, getting blamed for costing us the 2016 flag 4 years after being delisted

[Ludwig]

Matt Stevic was a guest on Dwayne's World.

https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode?id=1042859

It's a pretty boring interview, so I'll just summarise:

Matt said he tries his best to umpire the game fairly, but he's got his money on Collingwood.

[giant]

I smiled at the booing of Ginnivan last time around, mainly taking it as relatively good natured back and forth and feeling like he was hamming it up. In hindsight I don't think there's any need to do it, I may impulsively boo if he appears to milk a free but that will be it.

Same same. I was entirely oblivious to it at the time. I boo umpires. I boo players taking shots at goals. I see that like the people calling out in kabuki theatre. Don't really feel the need to boo players unless they've done something exceptionally evil.

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Matt Stevic was a guest on Dwayne's World.

https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode?id=1042859

It's a pretty boring interview, so I'll just summarise:

Matt said he tries his best to umpire the game fairly, but he's got his money on Collingwood.

Some of your best material Ludwig.

[Captain]

When was the last time we lost a prelim? I cannot actually remember!

[mcs]

2015, away to Freo after limping in to it with a massive injury list. It gets forgotten that year between the two grand final years, but it was enormous to get to that point given injuries.

At home it would be 2003 when the Lions came over the top in crazy fashion.

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[Mel_C]

Where is he playing tonight? Is he doing a gig or something? Top 10 Free Kick Staging Reenactments with maybe a
Spoken Word thing where he gives hair tips and the like. I could see that filling the Hordern with all the Magpies fans
in town all at a bit of a loose end tonight....

Last week during the Collingwood game when Ginnivan was awarded a free for too high, the Collingwood supporters around me stood up clapping and cheering!

[Captain]

2015, away to Freo after limping in to it with a massive injury list. It gets forgotten that year between the two grand final years, but it was enormous to get to that point given injuries.

At home it would be 2003 when the Lions came over the top in crazy fashion.

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Ah yes of course! Think I had conveniently forgotten them!

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Actually 15 wasn’t a prelim. Last one was 2003.

[Mel_C]

Poor Brett Meredith, getting blamed for costing us the 2016 flag 4 years after being delisted

No that was Scott Jeffery. It was his first and last grand final. I was at the 2019 GF when he did a lap of honour with the retiring players. I was sitting third row from the front and I refrained from giving him a serve out of respect for Jack, Grundy, Smith and McVeigh who were standing nearby.

[Mel_C]

2015, away to Freo after limping in to it with a massive injury list. It gets forgotten that year between the two grand final years, but it was enormous to get to that point given injuries.

At home it would be 2003 when the Lions came over the top in crazy fashion.

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Wasn't it 2013? 2015 we lost to North in the Semis when their disgusting supporters booed Goodes in his last game.

[Danzar]

They had Meredith and Stevic separate in week one and two, with Meredith on Lions games (for the most part) and Stevic on Pies (and Swans in week one), yet they decide to switch Meredith down to the second PF to join Stevic.

That's pretty @@@@, maybe there's a reason and who knows, it might not play a factor, but I'd love to know whether there is a system for selection or completely arbitrary?

[longmile]

You guys are making me bloody nervous with all this umpire talk. Media has been going bananas about Collingwood. Feels like 2016 all over again. Don’t you guys know I’m still scarred

[MattW]

It's all a bit chicken little, innit?