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    Quote Originally Posted by Sandridge View Post
    Lovely to see him stomping off and red faced!!
    Yep - as much as I don't have much time for GWS or Richmond, good to see Collingwood and the Cats sent off to the knackery for the season this weekend.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mcs View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by stellation View Post
    I have to admit- after that touched Collingwood goal was somehow not overturned (which is insane) I was fuming, and when the siren went I shouted "Yes!" and then "@@@@ you, Victoria!"
    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hotpotato View Post
    When Eddie was wrapping up the Fri night Prelim, John Ralfe pointed out the Pies bias on the MRO and tribunal ...
    Eddie responded belligerently and with extreme confidence :
    “That’s nothing to to with Collingwood, it’s 22 v 22 , so we will see em at 4.30pm Saturday.”

    Sport is wonderful theatre.
    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.
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    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.

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    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...

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    78-16 hit outs to the pies

    35-54 clearances to gws

    Amazing !!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Auntie.Gerald View Post
    78-16 hit outs to the pies

    35-54 clearances to gws

    Amazing !!!!
    Lenny Hayes as midfield coach and our own Amon Buchanan as stoppages coach. They've clearly done their homework the last couple of weeks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Thunder Shaker View Post
    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.
    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.
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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stellation View Post
    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.
    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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