"You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."
You've got it a bit wrong. It's "@@@@ you, Collingwood." Remember, Eddie Everywhere hates the Swans so make sure to return the favour.
Most Victorians fall into two categories: those who barrack for Collingwood and those who barrack for the team that's playing against Collingwood.
"Unbelievable!" -- Nick Davis leaves his mark on the 2005 semi final
The Schadenfreude is off the charts right now.
And I hope the AFL do something about the perceived bias at the MRO and Tribunal. They should have a broader panel and make sure the ones making decisions on particular matches have no stake in the outcome. Otherwise it could get as bad as LBW decisions in Pakistan.
"Unbelievable!" -- Nick Davis leaves his mark on the 2005 semi final
Cracking game from Darcy Moore. Didn't deserve to be on the losing team. He's already one of the best tall defenders in the game.
Pretty exciting final quarter as a largely neutral observer! Thought the Pies were gone in the third, credit to them for the fightback.
GWS seem to have cultivated something of an "everyone hates us and we don't care" mentality. I confess I can't help liking it.
Articles I've read so far have very much a "sad that Pies lost" rather than "exciting that Giants won" tone. I can see a week of jokes about "all two supporters", giving away tickets etc.
I think it could be an interesting final. We've seen over-confident favourites get ambushed in the GF before...
78-16 hit outs to the pies
35-54 clearances to gws
Amazing !!!!
I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time
Haha, true true.
I'm not normally a big conspiracy guy, and I don't think there's a true conspiracy at all, but I have to admit I have been starting to get a slow "there seems to be an unconscious bias for the Victorian teams" feeling building for a while now (as I'm sure a lot of people have). Even just little things listening to the commentary through the game;
* Moore clearly grabs Cameron as they're running back towards goal (right in front of an umpire) without a whistle, we get one replay and acknowledged by all it should have been a free (and a shot right in front for Cameron) then they move on.
* Finlayson goals after he pushes Grundy at a ruck contest without a whistle, we get multiple replays and hand wringing from the commentary team: yes, a goal just kicked so opportunity to discuss before the bounce, but they came back to it through the course of play a couple of times as well.
I have no idea how many times one of the commentators (I think it was Darcy?) had to add "if you're a Collingwood fan..." on to the end of a sentence he'd already finished along the lines of "the ball is at the right end".
We obviously cop this with Swans games, but I've probably just thought noticing it and being a tad frustrated/eye rolling was because it was my team copping it.
I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time
Didn't want either team to win but, in the end, the sight of fat face storming off was joyous, probably just edged out my desire to see Greene really pay for his filthy tactics by GWS just missing a GF.
How good was Zac Williams? BOG surely. Young indigenous bloke from the great town of Narrandera.
Spot on! The commentary was very pro-Collingwood and I think it was not just that the commentators wanted an exciting finish to the game. The Collingwood comeback was exhilarating but so was GWS' domination in the third quarter. The commentators almost seemed disappointed when the Giants were building their lead!
I, too, noticed the belated addition of "if you're a Collingwood fan" at the end of a few sentences but I believe it was James Brayshaw who felt the need to qualify his pro-Collingwood commentary. Doesn't matter if it was Luke Darcy or Brayshaw though - they're both mates of Eddie. The commentators possibly wanted a Richmond-Collingwood Grand Final but they're supposed to be giving an unbiased account of the game. I don't think the Giants got the credit they deserved for their underdog win.
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