Finals

[stevoswan]

Yes, I found that I started to enjoy it a whole lot more, once I started to treat it as chess with living pieces. It's also helpful, if you have something else that you're interested in, during the relentless breaks in play.

An NFL match goes for nearly three hours and they actually play for, I think, one hour, which makes a potentially good game about as boring as bat #$%@.......

[dejavoodoo44]

I used to think it was just for ads but then watched a lot of games last season with a San Fransisco native who gave me a lot of insight into the game. I am now right into it and it is great that it times with the AFL's off season.

Yes, I found that I started to enjoy it a whole lot more, once I started to treat it as chess with living pieces. It's also helpful, if you have something else that you're interested in, during the relentless breaks in play.

[RogueSwan]

Even further off post, but if you ever doubt the NFL game's ability to generate excitement, try the last five mins of Dallas/Green Bay last weekend.
Just about the best NFL I've ever seen , including Joe Montana's miracle Super Bowls years ago with the 49'ers.
Back to footy....sorry/

Sorry, but I don't have an hour to watch ad's with 5 minutes of on on field activity.

I used to think it was just for ads but then watched a lot of games last season with a San Fransisco native who gave me a lot of insight into the game. I am now right into it and it is great that it times with the AFL's off season.

[Scottee]

Anyone having trouble getting on to the RWO website? Seems very intermittent.

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[Markwebbos]

Not sure where to post it but CrownBet has us as premiership favourites for 2018 at $5.50, with Crows at $6 and GWS and Richmond tied at $7

I was amazed at that.

[sprite]

Even further off post, but if you ever doubt the NFL game's ability to generate excitement, try the last five mins of Dallas/Green Bay last weekend.
Just about the best NFL I've ever seen , including Joe Montana's miracle Super Bowls years ago with the 49'ers.
Back to footy....sorry/

Sorry, but I don't have an hour to watch ad's with 5 minutes of on on field activity.

[royboy42]

It's deplorable behaviour.
There should be huge respect for these dedicated people especially the losing team .

On a different note, My daughters American boyfriend is living with us and we are having to watch the USA baseball finals now.


If you like watching people chewing gum
I guess it's OK.

Even further off post, but if you ever doubt the NFL game's ability to generate excitement, try the last five mins of Dallas/Green Bay last weekend.
Just about the best NFL I've ever seen , including Joe Montana's miracle Super Bowls years ago with the 49'ers.
Back to footy....sorry/

[longmile]

Not sure where to post it but CrownBet has us as premiership favourites for 2018 at $5.50, with Crows at $6 and GWS and Richmond tied at $7

[Bloody Hell]

And I wonder what the AFL will do about this?

Sweet @@@@@ Adams I'll bet.

So @@@@@ is in the swear filter, but dick is not.

I like the idea that if you're the minor premier and you make the GF it's at your home ground, otherwise it can be at the MCG.

[Hotpotato]

There's a facebook post under the name "Talking AFL" who have posted that after the granny, all of the Adelaide cheer squad's equipment was stolen and damaged.
It happened immediately after the game when the Richmond fans behind the cheer squad ran to the fence and forced them out of the way.
The Adelaide cheer squad didn't have enough time to pack and grab their gear, hence it was stolen and destroyed. Most of the stuff was found outside the ground after the match.
The cheer squads of the clubs use their own money (and fundraising) to buy this gear... plus their TIME and efforts.
If the atmosphere at a game is quiet, they blame the cheer squad.
Am I wrong in suggesting that this behaviour is just not right in any way, shape or form?

It's deplorable behaviour.
There should be huge respect for these dedicated people especially the losing team .

On a different note, My daughters American boyfriend is living with us and we are having to watch the USA baseball finals now.

If you like watching people chewing gum
I guess it's OK.

[ScottH]

They just had the 2005 GF on foxtel. I still get goosebumps after "Leo Barry you star!" ????

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Yes, always a great moment.

I was walking thru crown on Thursday night after dinner, and I could see the Hawks and Swans playing Goodes, Malceski etc.
I was guessing 2012 GF, I got close enough to see the scores, and quickly moved on. Wrong GF.

[Mel_C]

They just had the 2005 GF on foxtel. I still get goosebumps after "Leo Barry you star!" ????

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[Scottee]

Wrong Meg.
The umpiring in the 2016 GF was BIASED

+1000

[ScottH]

Paul Roos (when he was the Swans coach) once said that he thought the only real home team advantage that the travelling team couldn?t do anything about was the fact that home team players get to sleep in their own beds the night before the match and go through their normal routines in preparation.

The umpiring in the 2016 GF was poor umpiring. I too am inclined to think crowd affirmation can influence umpires - but it shouldn?t for the best umpires. Despite our past issues with Ray Chamberlain I don?t think he is swayed by the crowd noise.

And if we do believe crowd support can influence the result, then in principle that should be an argument for GFs to be held at neutral venues, not at the ground of the team that finished higher in the H&A. (If?s not going to happen, too many logistical problems with organising a GF with one week?s notice.)

Wrong Meg.
The umpiring in the 2016 GF was BIASED

[AnnieH]

And I wonder what the AFL will do about this?

Sweet @@@@@ Adams I'll bet.

I've been telling them to go to the media about it.
People should know. It's disgusting behaviour.
Had it been the other way around, the Melbourne media would have been running it for a week.