The decision to play Reid would have to be THE worst GF selection ever?
Hes no good 100% fit.
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Grand Final 2022 - Cygnets vs the Pussies
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The decision to play Reid would have to be THE worst GF selection ever?
Hes no good 100% fit.
No, but a howler nontheless
Far North South Melbourne FC made some solid entries today;
- worst Gf by a ruckman ever
- most inconsistent fragile player ever selected half fit for a GF ever
- least conpetitive performance by a side in a gf ever
- supporters with the least pride ever (i had one text me asking if i could get tix!!)
Not saying theyde take the cake,
But theyde be solid entries IMO
It is some consolation for me that 20,000 or so sydneysiders with no decent grasp of football, dropped $5 grand on a very *smile* afternoons entertainment
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i think they need to rein in the geelong dominance with some rule changes, Dunno what they are, but surely there is something....
To quote Chris Scott, "there are people who aren't happy with that"..
To quote Chris Scott, "there are people who aren't happy with that"..
GF team
Tuohy, Cameron, Stanley, Dangerfield, Rohan, Smith, Stengle
As well as these blokes that didn’t play
Dalhaus, Ceglar, Higgins, The Big Richo (team mascot)
I might have missed someone
Afraid winning any flag anytime, anyhow, anywhere is an outstanding effort, Willo. Success isn't gifted to anyone, no matter how good.
See Melbourne 2022, Richmond 2018, Geelong 2008, Essendon 1999 and so on.
Melbourne 2022 doesn't fit, gone at the halfway mark of the season. but the rest, sure, I take your point.
True, but it helps having the ready made ingredients already there to work with.
It’s not like he drafted and developed any of those players who won in 2011. A fair few of those players would be amongst the all time greats at Geelong if not the game itself.
Ive never said he was an incompetent coach but having inherited such a strong list boosts his win/loss % whereas other coaches like Dimma had to start from near the nether regions of the ladder, draft heavily during the expansionist drafts without the historic early picks.
If he such a coaching messiah, what that make Dimma who totally outcoached him in 2020.
No doubt he is a decent coach but that doesn’t make him the messiah. His team today played exceptionally well, the swans were shot early. He had an easy day in the box. He didn’t have to do much, unlike Dimma in 2020.
Worst spectacle I can remember. No memorable marks or goals or generally any passage of play sticks on my mind.
Pity the half time band instead of singing a tired old Solid Rock didn't do a rendition of Electric Light Orchestra 's "Living thing" for Hawthorn and the AFL
Pity the half time band instead of singing a tired old Solid Rock didn't do a rendition of Electric Light Orchestra 's "Living thing" for Hawthorn and the AFL
Sounds the 2019 GWS Phil Davis selection picking a bloke who was not fit.
You forgot to mention in your rave...the Geelong Mafia running the AFL...the AFL umpiring cabal...the continuing scatters advantage on a cricket pitch home ground...the AFL's ARC...
I watched the second half of the Sydney v Collingwood PF the night before the GF (been away). Came away with two main sentiments - that even that game appeared flat and with little atmosphere, despite the close finish; and that the Swans were no match for Geelong.
And then for whatever reason, it also seemed to me that the Grand Final was terribly underwhelming and also seriously lacked atmosphere - even before it blew out. Seen one-sided GFs before that were not as tedious (e.g. 1983, 1988, 1995, 2004, 2019) but I really had trouble even staying awake for this one.
Is it just the nature of the game and where it is headed, rules-wise?
And then for whatever reason, it also seemed to me that the Grand Final was terribly underwhelming and also seriously lacked atmosphere - even before it blew out. Seen one-sided GFs before that were not as tedious (e.g. 1983, 1988, 1995, 2004, 2019) but I really had trouble even staying awake for this one.
Is it just the nature of the game and where it is headed, rules-wise?
Catters had 10 players over 30 on the field & two as emergencies . Those 10 on the field their boiler house They struck it lucky this final campaign. Fell in against Pies & somehow never came up against Dees & Tigers. Anyway it took them ten years as a gun side to achieve the ultimate & that is something we cannot deny them.
You have saved me the trouble! ThanksHighlights -- I can’t remember seeing any tbh
