2013 Grand Final

[mightytiges]

 

As WP said, Freo were beaten at their own game by Hawthorn .

[Penelope]

EAD ballantyne, nah make that multiples

Same with ross lyon and his pox game plan.

[Francois Jackson]

Nothing wrong with Ballantyne Al
Would love him in our team, in faxt is exactly what we need

Had a bad game as did Cyril and co year before

[Penelope]

he is a little turd and as long as he plays for someone else i will revel every time he gets punched or misses three goals in a grand final they lose by 15 points

[WilliamPowell]

Great result for footy today. Big loss for whatever the hell it is Ross Lyon has the Shockers playing.

Don't think the Hawks can covered themselves with the way they played either

Their chipping around helped create the worst looking Gf in ages, was terrible to watch

[RollsRoyce]

Great result for footy today. Big loss for whatever the hell it is Ross Lyon has the Shockers playing.

Don't think the Hawks can covered themselves with the way they played either

Their chipping around helped create the worst looking Gf in ages, was terrible to watch

Yes, but I maintain that it was a symptom of adapting to Freo's style which forced the Hawks to play that way. No team can play their preferred style when confronted with the Dockers strangulation. They deprive you of time and space and force you into playing their garbage, until your only option is to beat them at their own game. This is why I had such a huge fear of them prevailing yesterday. Right now I only have to put up with watching the Tigers play that style once or twice a year tops. If Freo had won the flag everybody, including us would be copying them.     

[Judge Roughneck]

Well, you'd be wrong.

Hawthorn always play that way.

[RollsRoyce]

Well, you'd be wrong.

Hawthorn always play that way.

No I'm not wrong. Take a look at the Preliminary Final against Geelong for an example of two teams playing the game the way it SHOULD be played. Tough and hard, sure, but plenty of risk-taking, moving the ball on quickly by hand and foot, and attacking through the corridor. Freo drag every team they play into the gutter.

[cub]

Reckon we have the game plan/style as evidenced in beating alll 4 of the last teams to make the GF and win on the day, just have to get there.

Being as one eyed Richmond as I am I wanted freo to win but picked and backed the hawks to lead narrowly all day, got the qtr quad in the end. Tell you what though I found myself getting up for the hawks in the end 'That's how much Freo Pi55 me off'.

Pretty boring Grand final for mine ....