Are you fucking kidding me? I don't even watch it much but I was glued. Sure there weren't many goals, but there was some brilliant play, action the whole time, it was a truly great match. I have never seen such commitment in the rucks before. Leo Barry is a fucking legend.stazi said:
LMF^^
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Not the best of gamez in termz of quality, but definitely one of the most intensifyin GF contestz ever. Great day fo the AFL, and a great day fo the Sydney supporterz.
Lewis Roberts-Thompson played awesome today, he waz instrumental in defence. But nothin can beat Barryz final mark befo the siren.
Lewis Roberts-Thompson played awesome today, he waz instrumental in defence. But nothin can beat Barryz final mark befo the siren.
Great job swans!
I was at homebush in front of the big screen, atmosphere was pretty intense
Swans looked dead at 10 points down, I was thinking that the last 3 weeks have caught up to them, but what about Leo Barry?? mark of his career!
I was at homebush in front of the big screen, atmosphere was pretty intense
Swans looked dead at 10 points down, I was thinking that the last 3 weeks have caught up to them, but what about Leo Barry?? mark of his career!
LMF^^
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I joined the sydney bandwagon last night and wore a mates swans gernsey into town. I had to admit, i felt hollow, but i got a few cheers. Nevertheless good on them for pushing daylight between afl and the other codes. It has to be a fairytale story for them. Andrew demitriou would be dancing.
The game was pretty much as expected. If it was a normal H/A fixture i would have turned it off at half time in favour of something more spectacular - like marbles. The fact that it was a grand final and 92000 people were there gave the game its spectacle. Sydney turned the game into an environment that suited them - many players back and many players following the ball (reminds me of under-10s soccer). They stopped the more-skilled eagles from running and choked the game into their typical mud-slinging match. John Newman said on TripleM "the swans may have won the match, but they are killing the game". A lone banner in the outer at the mcg read 'go back to New Orleans!'. But none of that matters one iota, because the premiership cup has sydneys name on it.
The game was pretty much as expected. If it was a normal H/A fixture i would have turned it off at half time in favour of something more spectacular - like marbles. The fact that it was a grand final and 92000 people were there gave the game its spectacle. Sydney turned the game into an environment that suited them - many players back and many players following the ball (reminds me of under-10s soccer). They stopped the more-skilled eagles from running and choked the game into their typical mud-slinging match. John Newman said on TripleM "the swans may have won the match, but they are killing the game". A lone banner in the outer at the mcg read 'go back to New Orleans!'. But none of that matters one iota, because the premiership cup has sydneys name on it.
LMF^^
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If Cousins could have half the spark of Judd, West Coast would've won. Judd waz amazin.
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Out of curiosity, how did that hat taste?Beckiki_S said:
mcbec
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whoever is saying that crap (like John Newman etc), i dont care how experienced they are, is a complete idiot. AFL, like any sport, can be played in so many different ways by different teams. Obviously Sydney played the game their own way, and it worked for them, so those sore losers should stop complaining about bloody "quality" and "ruining the game"! Sydney won it fair and square, all in good effort and because they all put their heart and soul into it. Just because the game may not be played the way it used to be or supposedly the way it "should" be played, doesnt mean its being ruined!! Teams can choose to play however they want, abiding by the rules. So every sore loser sayin crap should shove their words up their arse and get over it!Smokey_22 said:
I agree with that to an extent.
The dynamics of the game changes over time, and if clubs don't adjust to compete against different tactics, they'll just lose, and lose badly (ie Brisbane Lions a couple of months ago)
The dynamics of the game changes over time, and if clubs don't adjust to compete against different tactics, they'll just lose, and lose badly (ie Brisbane Lions a couple of months ago)
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Oh man. This remains quoted FOREVER.Smokey_22 said:
Who's going to the Ticker-Tape Parade on Friday in the city? It looks like I may well be heading out to scream my support for this amazing team.
Props to these guys:
Jude Bolton - Played the last 8 weeks with a dislocated AC joint in his shoulder.
Leo Barry - Played the last 3 games with a fractured cheekbone smashed in 3 different places.
Adam Schneider - played the last month with a fractured cheekbone.
Darren Jolly - Broke his hand 6 weeks ago.
Craig Bolton - played the whole second half on Saturday with a broken nose.
Jared Crouch tore ligaments in his ankle in the first 5 minutes of the GF but kept playing.
And to Daniel Kerr as well, who played the whole second half with a broken leg.
C'ARN THE SWANNIES.
well done swans, 72 years is along wait, but so is 40 for my saints!!! god i hope we win next year after getting to the prelim twice in 2 years only to lose to the two teams that go on to win the premership, god it hurts, ah well it was a good grand final despite the flooding, the close score line was even making my heart jump and o'loughlin's kicking omg i wanted to kill him, hats off to judd though he played well, but then so did syd
carn the saints 2006!!!
carn the saints 2006!!!
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my mum and brother went.SpoRTsGaL said:
they got some photos and my brother got a bunch of signatures on his swans flag