View Full Version : Grand Finalists decided: Who's going to win?! [spoilers]
chriz
17-09-2005, 06:22 PM
Swans vs West Coast
As much as I hate Barry Hall and think he should be suspended, I want him to play. Otherwise I think West Coast will win too easily.
West Coast midfield is ownage. Embley, Kerr, Judd, Cousins & Fletcher.
So if Hall plays I tip Sydney. Otherwise I tip West Coast.
-Vi2- IriDiuM
17-09-2005, 06:26 PM
Errm, i know i already basicly declared West coast the winners in anotehr thread, but Adelaide are now only 15 points behind.... still 6 minutees to go....
SassyPants
17-09-2005, 06:41 PM
Yeh, Adelaide came back with a strong last qtr. Too bad they cant convert.
I think the worrying thing is that the eagles seemed to fade out for a while in the last qtr and Sydney has been producing amazing last quarters in recent weeks.
I'd still tip West Coast though =)
Nimrodz
17-09-2005, 06:42 PM
nope is WC v Sydney
Sydney FTW :D
either way it will be a great game, just personally feel sydney might just have enough to get over the eagles.
But like i said its gonna be a great tough game. CANT WAIT!
-Vi2- IriDiuM
17-09-2005, 06:46 PM
Hopefully its a nice close grand final. Dont see to many of them anymore... lotta blowouts in the last game of the year....
Coltrane
17-09-2005, 06:56 PM
either way it will be a great game
I wholeheartedly endorse this statement.
I love it cos I'm from adelaide all i've seen in the paper this week is adelaide propaganda + every tipster saying adelaide will win when I thought it could go either way but thought adelaide beating WC at subi twice in a row was unlikely.
go the weagles I think sydney has a midfield that can keep up with west coast, I think sydney natural game will mean the game will be tight. I think alot depends on the tribunal but in my honest opinion I feel o'loughlin is usualy more of a worry for WC than Hall. I'm tipping West Coast by 2-3 goals purely because I think cox will give them first use of the ball and I think our forward line works better minus lynch.
Titan
17-09-2005, 06:57 PM
go Sydney :D
Dukey
17-09-2005, 06:58 PM
I wholeheartedly endorse this statement.
I love it cos I'm from adelaide all i've seen in the paper this week is adelaide propaganda + every tipster saying adelaide will win when I thought it could go either way but thought adelaide beating WC at subi twice in a row was unlikely.
go the weagles I think sydney has a midfield that can keep up with west coast, I think sydney natural game will mean the game will be tight. I think alot depends on the tribunal but in my honest opinion I feel o'loughlin is usualy more of a worry for WC than Hall. I'm tipping West Coast by 2-3 goals purely because I think cox will give them first use of the ball and I think our forward line works better minus lynch.
also i think they will win cause i go for the team :P
I think West Coast will win.
Having said that, if Sydney win it's probably the first nail in the coffin of the NRL. So on that basis I hope they win.
But if they play a lame flooding game on Grand Final day, I hope West Coast win by 10 goals or more.
RibenaBoy
17-09-2005, 07:02 PM
sydney of coz
Nimrodz
17-09-2005, 07:04 PM
Having said that, if Sydney win it's probably the first nail in the coffin of the NRL. So on that basis I hope they win.
LOL i dunno if that will happen, but it would be awesome to see a growth in afl supporting from a sydney win :)
If Sydney win, I guarantee you you're gonna see a hell of alot more school kids in NSW choosing to play aussie rules for sports instead of rugby. And that will be the start of the slow road to destruction.
Nimrodz
17-09-2005, 07:11 PM
Am I correct in hearing that the Final will be on saturday arvo???
Yes, Saturday September 24th
I would like to see Sydney win it, so am tipping them ftw.
I would like to see Sydney win it, so am tipping them ftw.
gonna be hard without bazza
he'll go for 1 game for that love tap - if he doesnt, the system is screwed.
As for who im going for... WA is furthest from VIC, so ill go for them.
Coltrane
17-09-2005, 07:23 PM
also i think they will win cause i go for the team :P
not at all, I honestly think they are the better team due to the points i mentioned above. The only reason I would think against west coast is their performance away, but we've had some good games @ the G this year so i'm not too bothered.
Nimrodz
17-09-2005, 07:25 PM
Yes, Saturday September 24th
o poop that means im going to be at work when its on :(
lol luckily we have tv turner setup at work :D. im guessing both myself and one of the other guys who works in TWs wont be the exactly to customer friendly next saturday :P
Beef_Taco
17-09-2005, 07:38 PM
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG GGGGGGGGGGGGGLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEESSS SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!
Either way, i'll still be happy. I'm going for my boys (of course) but if Sydney win, it's good for the sport.
chriz
17-09-2005, 07:39 PM
If Sydney win, I guarantee you you're gonna see a hell of alot more school kids in NSW choosing to play aussie rules for sports instead of rugby. And that will be the start of the slow road to destruction.
How so? None of the big schools even offer AFL as a sport. This was the problem that was raised by Wayne Carey.
Beef_Taco
17-09-2005, 07:42 PM
Man, trust him.
Look at what happened up in Qld. The sport went massive. It'll keep growing, and if they win...phwoar. I'd love to see it. (just not against the eagleS)
-Vi2- IriDiuM
17-09-2005, 07:51 PM
Go the swans. With no other victorian teams to support, may as well go for the ex-victorian team...
That and they havent won a flag since 1933. And the growth of the sport, yadda yadda, death to rugby :D
Beef_Taco
17-09-2005, 07:53 PM
The thing that stopped me -repping you Bren is that you want the sport to grow. That and that i have a secret obsession with you. So +rep it is!
-Vi2- IriDiuM
17-09-2005, 07:54 PM
If it had have been any of the other interstate teams vs West coast, i'd probably support them. I hate Brisbane, I hate Port, and i hate Adelaide. I would mention Freo, but the thought of them making a GF is laughable :P
Nimrodz
18-09-2005, 12:27 AM
GO swannies :D
CornHolio
18-09-2005, 01:26 AM
hahaha you guys think NRL is gunna die if Sydney wins? what are you guys smoking!?
Man, trust him.
Look at what happened up in Qld. The sport went massive. It'll keep growing, and if they win...phwoar. I'd love to see it. (just not against the eagleS)
Meanwhile, in the NRL, the two Qld teams are in the semi-finals, and the AFL team missed the cut all together
anyway, i don't know enough about AFL to take an educated punt at the winner. But Sydney FTW! Cause we're awesome :thumbup:
-Vi2- IriDiuM
18-09-2005, 01:32 AM
Yeah.... the one and only queensland team finally missed the finals.... only after making the last 4 grand finals and winning 3 of them.... Yep, things are tough for the brisbane lions.....
And no, i dont think nrl is going to die. Not simply because of the afl anyway.
CornHolio
18-09-2005, 02:01 AM
Yeah.... the one and only queensland team finally missed the finals.... only after making the last 4 grand finals and winning 3 of them.... Yep, things are tough for the brisbane lions.....
eh?
i was actually pointing out the fact that interest in NRL has increased in Qld over the last few years, despite the Lion's success. Obviously AFL interest has have risen too.
M@ndrake
18-09-2005, 02:31 AM
DEATH TO AFL!!!!@!@!
(just thought id join in on the code bashing)
Beef_Taco
18-09-2005, 02:48 AM
In other news, the Lions bring in a bigger crowd then the Broncos and Cowboys put together...
And noone said AFL was going to take over in Sydney, we said it would grow, and it will.
chriz
18-09-2005, 03:01 AM
i can see another team in sydney. goodbye kangaroos
Beef_Taco
18-09-2005, 03:02 AM
Kangas may move to qld and the doggies move to Sydney...who knows.
I wish Kangaroos would just die. They need to get over themselves.
CornHolio
18-09-2005, 12:18 PM
And noone said AFL was going to take over in Sydney.
...
if Sydney win it's probably the first nail in the coffin of the NRL.
In other news, the Lions bring in a bigger crowd then the Broncos and Cowboys put together...
In other news, Beef_Taco still doesn't check his facts.
I could only find the average attenance numbers for 2004, but considering the success of the two Qld NRL teams i can only imagine that the NRL attendances have risen
In 2004...
Brisbane Lions had an average attendance of 32,000 (source (http://www.thegabba.org.au/files/pdf/MSFA_Annual_Report_2004_No_Fin.pdf))
Brisbane Broncos had an average of 28605 (source (http://www.broncos.com.au/Content/Attachment/2004AnnualReport.pdf)), while the North Queensland Cowboys had an average of over 16000(source (http://www.thegabba.org.au/files/pdf/MSFA_Annual_Report_2004_No_Fin.pdf)). Combined, Queensland averaged 44,605 in the NRL.
-Vi2- IriDiuM
18-09-2005, 12:47 PM
Btw, if we're gonna neg rep other ppl because they dont follow our team, then whats the point of the rep system? Some gutless wonder neg repped me for saying that i hate brisbane. Gee, if i neg repped ppl every time they said they hated the melbourne teams, well, i'd probably end up going over my 24 hour rep limit.
chriz
18-09-2005, 01:04 PM
it's just another reason why the rep system is a joke.
Titan
18-09-2005, 01:33 PM
I've never liked NRL cause I think its a bunch of meatheads constantly running into each other... stop run bang stop run bang...
like wow. then someone finally breaks through (murphy's law) and scores... and they call that a game?
AFL and Rugby flow though, and aren't full of people who say in their interviews "It was real good. I play ball with foot."
AFL has it's popularity over here, but unfortunately, it won't kill the NRL. There are too many meatheads that need a job, and the bouncer's position is already taken.
Beef_Taco
18-09-2005, 01:37 PM
HAhahaha, great post.
M@ndrake
18-09-2005, 01:43 PM
so i guess that would make afl players the skinny wimps who were good at running away from getting bashed?
:rolleyes:
Titan
18-09-2005, 01:54 PM
I don't really follow any sports, but AFL gives me the opportunity to watch victorians get owned at their own game.
The only games I actually get excited about are the ones where we are beating either: victorians, poms or kiwi's.
CornHolio
18-09-2005, 03:07 PM
I've never liked NRL cause I think its a bunch of meatheads constantly running into each other... stop run bang stop run bang...
like wow. then someone finally breaks through (murphy's law) and scores... and they call that a game?
AFL and Rugby flow though, and aren't full of people who say in their interviews "It was real good. I play ball with foot."
i see it differently. I don't really enjoy AFL as a sport because it seems to me to be such an ugly and unstructured game. I see it as a bunch of men running around chasing a ball from one end to another, stuggling to pick it up. Its too scrappy for my liking. Its like watching under 8's soccer.
But, In the end, we'll always prefer what we grew up following.
Dukey
18-09-2005, 03:19 PM
well dont watch it then :P
CornHolio
18-09-2005, 03:29 PM
well dont watch it then :P
I watch it to see Sydney conquer, thats all :)
Okay, let me get this straight... you don't like to watch AFL because it's "ugly" and when you watch it all you see is "a bunch of men running around chasing a ball from one end to the other".
As opposed to league which is... a bunch of ugly men running into eachother until they get the ball from one end to the other.
I have now just realised that Titan may be the smartest New South Welshman in the history of all creation.
CornHolio
18-09-2005, 03:50 PM
Okay, let me get this straight... you don't like to watch AFL because it's "ugly" and when you watch it all you see is "a bunch of men running around chasing a ball from one end to the other".
As opposed to league which is... a bunch of ugly men running into eachother until they get the ball from one end to the other.
obviously neither of us appreciate the complexities of the other's game.
Actually, now I know why you think AFL is ugly and unstructured.
It's because you've been watching Sydney play.
Coltrane
18-09-2005, 04:00 PM
I watch it to see Sydney conquer, thats all :)
dont watch the GF then.
Nimrodz
18-09-2005, 04:07 PM
Actually, now I know why you think AFL is ugly and unstructured.
It's because you've been watching Sydney play.
awww sorry sorry next time well play it ur way and not win the semies
SassyPants
18-09-2005, 11:58 PM
dont watch the GF then.
don't jinx us!
*prays that Hall is suspended*
-Vi2- IriDiuM
19-09-2005, 04:17 PM
To the person who wrote this when i got neg repped again:
I can -rep because of you don't like Lions.. people here +rep without the post being +rep worthy, instead for popularity.
If ur gonna neg rep, at least have the balls to leave ur name. Wheres an admin to look into my rep history when i need one..... I dont really care about rep, go ahead, its not hurting me, but you sir, are proving what a gutless pansy you really are.
Dukey
19-09-2005, 04:20 PM
ahahaha thats some funny **** :P
also is it me or does that not make any sense as well
-Vi2- IriDiuM
19-09-2005, 04:25 PM
Meh, I have a feeling i know who it is, but since he wont leave his name, im not gonna be pointing fingers. I'd hate to name the wrong person by mistake...
Dukey
19-09-2005, 04:39 PM
well for one u can count me out, im pretty sure i have better english than that :P
-Vi2- IriDiuM
19-09-2005, 04:44 PM
That and Im pretty sure you wouldnt neg rep me for saying i hate Brisbane. Maybe if id said sydney....
Dukey
19-09-2005, 04:52 PM
That and Im pretty sure you wouldnt neg rep me for saying i hate Brisbane. Maybe if id said sydney....
true :P
Beef_Taco
19-09-2005, 05:20 PM
If you can remember how many rep points you lost, i'll try find out for you. :P
CornHolio
19-09-2005, 10:41 PM
To the person who wrote this when i got neg repped again:
If ur gonna neg rep, at least have the balls to leave ur name. Wheres an admin to look into my rep history when i need one..... I dont really care about rep, go ahead, its not hurting me, but you sir, are proving what a gutless pansy you really are.
why do you want to find out who it was?
so you can have a whine and neg rep them back for an equally poor reason?
-Vi2- IriDiuM
19-09-2005, 11:12 PM
Pfft, why neg rep them back for? Thats falling to their level. I just think its pretty poor to do something like this for such a stupid reason, and not even have the guts to say who they are.
CornHolio
19-09-2005, 11:16 PM
Pfft, why neg rep them back for? Thats falling to their level. I just think its pretty poor to do something like this for such a stupid reason, and not even have the guts to say who they are.
have the guts to cop it on the chin
its a freakin green box (or not even), is it honestly something worth getting your knickers in a knot about?
Coltrane
19-09-2005, 11:43 PM
it wasnt me.
-Vi2- IriDiuM
20-09-2005, 01:41 PM
Like i said, i dont care about the rep. its the principle of the thing.
CornHolio
20-09-2005, 07:51 PM
The principle? lol
This is why the rep system sucks. Too many whingers just make it more trouble than its worth.
Can we take the cat fight elsewhere, perhaps?
Beef_Taco
21-09-2005, 01:17 AM
Alright, ignoring all the rep ****, who do YOU think will win?
I think the Swans defensive side should give us a good run, but with our new CHB and new foward structure, i like us by under two goals.
Dukey
21-09-2005, 01:17 AM
this game got a whole lot more interesting with Big Bad Barry back :D
-Vi2- IriDiuM
21-09-2005, 01:21 AM
With Hall back in, i really cant say. It was a close game a few weeks back in the Qualifying final, and hopefully we'll have a close grand final for a change, rahter than the 40+ point blowouts like we've had recently (Didnt i say basicly this exact thing a few days ago?)
Meh. Hall was there last time Sydney played the Weagles, and he got totally shut the **** down.
Dukey
21-09-2005, 01:56 AM
but this is a different game with a different circumstance :P
Coltrane
21-09-2005, 02:00 AM
I hope it's close, i wouldnt have a problem with eagles dominating but i dont think they will. I'll be disappoint if eagles play **** like they do in melbourne often but I think barry will actually have a big day on the weekend tipping him to kick 4 i think.
if west coast play to their full ability they'll win, if not sydney will.
-Vi2- IriDiuM
21-09-2005, 02:08 AM
Meh. Hall was there last time Sydney played the Weagles, and he got totally shut the **** down.
But still, he draws the best backman. Without him, the eagles best back would go to O'Loughlan instead. So even if he's not kicking a bag himself, he frees up the other forwards a bit.
Beef_Taco
21-09-2005, 02:23 AM
I think that's why it's good Gaspar is available, he'll get a roll with one. Or Hunter.
Dukey
23-09-2005, 01:14 PM
lol some ppl dont just give up :P
http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,16694791-23211,00.html
Nimrodz
23-09-2005, 02:19 PM
ffs just let him play so we can have a good game :D
-Vi2- IriDiuM
23-09-2005, 04:25 PM
Hmmm, seems many of the 'experts' in the newsapaper this morning tipped sydney.... about 2:1 in sydneys favour i believe.... Since i know these 'experts' are usually wrong, West Coast are looking good..... :P
Dukey
23-09-2005, 04:30 PM
ffs just let him play so we can have a good game :D
they cant over-throw the decision nimz, so dont worry :D
barry will be running onto the mcg tomoz :)
Nimrodz
23-09-2005, 04:32 PM
Hmmm, seems many of the 'experts' in the newsapaper this morning tipped sydney.... about 2:1 in sydneys favour i believe.... Since i know these 'experts' are usually wrong, West Coast are looking good..... :P
well i guess this time they get it RIGHT!!!! :D
Beef_Taco
23-09-2005, 06:39 PM
ffs just let him play so we can have a good game :D
It's not like they can over rule a final verdict.
-Vi2- IriDiuM
23-09-2005, 09:20 PM
well i guess this time they get it RIGHT!!!! :D
Well, by this time tomorrow we'll know, wont we? :)
Dukey
25-09-2005, 07:18 PM
Well, by this time tomorrow we'll know, wont we? :)
they got it right boy oh :D
SWANNIES !
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