Grand Final - your predictions?

[jackstar is back again]

thought it was the best game of been too.
EVERY contest was important

[Francois Jackson]

SO....the games a draw, the siren goes, the game stops, the players are spent and then what, hey boys lets line up for another 5 /10 minutes, all very well in theory, but these guys are not machines, they were stuffed! Draws in the granny dont happen often enuff to be an issue, big deal if we are the only code to stage a replay, thats because we are the only aussie rules code and as such abide by aussie rules. people are so quick to jump up and down about rule changes and how they dont need changing. This is another rule that is unique to us and our game. Leave it as it is and enjoy another week of footy

absolutely spot on 2JD. Great call!!!!

[Owl]

I had the saints to win, my theory was they would match up well on the pies for height and strength and that the pies game plan runs themselves ragged and that the sainters would overrun them.  I thought it would happen too in those last few bloody minutes, when that ball bloody bounced the wrong way in front of that tip rat milne I nearly shouted loud enough to shatter the windows.  Next week will favour the sainters if their blokes all pull up ok, the skunks are rattled after thinking they had it in their cabinet all week.

[2JD]

I had the saints to win, my theory was they would match up well on the pies for height and strength and that the pies game plan runs themselves ragged and that the sainters would overrun them.  I thought it would happen too in those last few bloody minutes, when that ball bloody bounced the wrong way in front of that tip rat milne I nearly shouted loud enough to shatter the windows.  Next week will favour the sainters if their blokes all pull up ok, the skunks are rattled after thinking they had it in their cabinet all week.

same OWL, i was screaminng, "just someone, grab the ball and kick it...ah no not you milne!"   I guess thats what you call karma lol

[TigerLand]

LOL Jake and Tucky. Very apt result when you put it like that


I'm for one pro to keeping the replay. What's wrong with keeping a rare tradition when we all new the rules beforehand. Nah Nick let's have a sook after the result because the result didn't go your way . Not to mention the AFL will make $$$ from another $100k seats sold. Hopefully like 1977 more of the ordinary members can go to the replay. However I won't hold my breath as it'll be so typical of Demetriou and Anderson to overreact to something that has happened just 3 times in 150 years and change the rules to extra-time  .

Agree MT its not the AFL's fault its a replay the rules have been their for 150 years. However it's a bad one, horrible one. My cousin a Saint tragic, missed out on a GF ticket, paid for a Sydney Swans corporate ticket package worth 1.4k and flown himself from London costing him $2k return has come and seen a draw and walk away without seeing a result... Makes no sense.

That aside in no professional sport do we have our Premiership day replayed if the teams are dead locked. Its common sense play extra time of 2 x 5 or 10 minute halves. If the scores are tied have another 2 minute halves and so on.

The draw as a whole is pointless, historical or not it shouldn't hold a place in our game anymore. Our game is not like soccer that rewards weaker teams for being defensively strong against stronger teams. If an AFL game is drawn both teams are good enough to win and should be given the opportunity to do so.

Its common sense, go into the rooms come out 10 mins later and play 2 x 5 or 10 min halves....

well thems are the breaks my friend. Maybe your relative should've upgraded her membership instead of opting for the cheap tighar-se option.

This is tradition my friend and the replay should and will stand. A great result.

Well he's overseas daniel it's hard to justisfy full $500 memberships lol.

Understand its great that footy stretches for another week and we get to relive it all again as nuetral footy fans but if it were Richmond and we went to the game went through the highs and lows of the week and then the game saw our 22 fight it out, bleed and sweat to win only for the siren to go and it all mean absolutely nothing, we'd be livid.

It's a blight on the sport and should be changed. It was an amazing game with amazing efforts. Didaks goal from the boundary line, Hayes courage, Kossi playing with suspect ribs, Saints polaying without a ruckman, Thomas efforts around the ground, Clokes kicking, Goddards epic mark and goal. This all counts for nothing. Would go down as a remarkable game possibly the best grand final ever that could have ended on the day if we had extra time. But the game is now meaningless and is re set for next week.

Maxwell is an idiot for saying what he did about no1 has gone to war like that ever and its a joke its on next week. However his meaning is correct no other sport does it and it ridiculous. Extra time after the GF woulda have been history making stuff.

[Owl]

I had the saints to win, my theory was they would match up well on the pies for height and strength and that the pies game plan runs themselves ragged and that the sainters would overrun them.  I thought it would happen too in those last few bloody minutes, when that ball bloody bounced the wrong way in front of that tip rat milne I nearly shouted loud enough to shatter the windows.  Next week will favour the sainters if their blokes all pull up ok, the skunks are rattled after thinking they had it in their cabinet all week.

same OWL, i was screaminng, "just someone, grab the ball and kick it...ah no not you milne!"   I guess thats what you call karma lol

It was funny I think I heard a lot of male voices around the block yelling at the same time hahaha

[TigerLand]

SO....the games a draw, the siren goes, the game stops, the players are spent and then what, hey boys lets line up for another 5 /10 minutes, all very well in theory, but these guys are not machines, they were stuffed! Draws in the granny dont happen often enuff to be an issue, big deal if we are the only code to stage a replay, thats because we are the only aussie rules code and as such abide by aussie rules. people are so quick to jump up and down about rule changes and how they dont need changing. This is another rule that is unique to us and our game. Leave it as it is and enjoy another week of footy

Disagree, 44 players would have said yes to extra time, absolutely sure of it. I didn't see any player pump the fist and mutter words "Great, lets start it all over again."

[2JD]

SO....the games a draw, the siren goes, the game stops, the players are spent and then what, hey boys lets line up for another 5 /10 minutes, all very well in theory, but these guys are not machines, they were stuffed! Draws in the granny dont happen often enuff to be an issue, big deal if we are the only code to stage a replay, thats because we are the only aussie rules code and as such abide by aussie rules. people are so quick to jump up and down about rule changes and how they dont need changing. This is another rule that is unique to us and our game. Leave it as it is and enjoy another week of footy

Disagree, 44 players would have said yes to extra time, absolutely sure of it. I didn't see any player pump the fist and mutter words "Great, lets start it all over again."

probably cos they didnt have the energy

[TigerLand]

SO....the games a draw, the siren goes, the game stops, the players are spent and then what, hey boys lets line up for another 5 /10 minutes, all very well in theory, but these guys are not machines, they were stuffed! Draws in the granny dont happen often enuff to be an issue, big deal if we are the only code to stage a replay, thats because we are the only aussie rules code and as such abide by aussie rules. people are so quick to jump up and down about rule changes and how they dont need changing. This is another rule that is unique to us and our game. Leave it as it is and enjoy another week of footy

Disagree, 44 players would have said yes to extra time, absolutely sure of it. I didn't see any player pump the fist and mutter words "Great, lets start it all over again."

probably cos they didnt have the energy

Lol well played.

[Hellenic Tiger]

SO....the games a draw, the siren goes, the game stops, the players are spent and then what, hey boys lets line up for another 5 /10 minutes, all very well in theory, but these guys are not machines, they were stuffed! Draws in the granny dont happen often enuff to be an issue, big deal if we are the only code to stage a replay, thats because we are the only aussie rules code and as such abide by aussie rules. people are so quick to jump up and down about rule changes and how they dont need changing. This is another rule that is unique to us and our game. Leave it as it is and enjoy another week of footy

Disagree, 44 players would have said yes to extra time, absolutely sure of it. I didn't see any player pump the fist and mutter words "Great, lets start it all over again."

In the heat of battle yes but when things die down you load up again and go for it. As 2JD says it is unique to our code and should remain that way. Nick Maxwell is a tosser anyway so why should the AFL look to changing something merely because someone from Collingwood said it. They won't and after the drawn qualifying final 1990 which pushed the season back an extra week the AFL back then said the only replay will be in a Grand Final. Let it stay that way. We get footy for another week and we get to watch Collingwood fail to win 2 Grand Finals in the same season.
If that happened to Richmond today. Yep I'd feel empty tonight but I would have another GF to look forward to. The events of today just add to the mystique misery and misfortune of these two footy clubs and their histories and lack of ultimate success despite their so called season dominances. I think it was an apt result based on my last comment and I think that it will be a heartbreaker again next week or one team will win by plenty with the game being a non event. I'm hoping that's Collingwood after having their psyche shattered once again today.

[Owl]

Hell yeah they were gee'd up that cup was already in their trophy cabinet, they just got the fright of their life and are thanking the football gods that they escaped with a draw, a few more minutes and that ball would of went through for a score one way or another and the Saints would of been holding it up imho, Skunks were spent, Saints were too but were pushing it home anyway.

[Francois Jackson]

SO....the games a draw, the siren goes, the game stops, the players are spent and then what, hey boys lets line up for another 5 /10 minutes, all very well in theory, but these guys are not machines, they were stuffed! Draws in the granny dont happen often enuff to be an issue, big deal if we are the only code to stage a replay, thats because we are the only aussie rules code and as such abide by aussie rules. people are so quick to jump up and down about rule changes and how they dont need changing. This is another rule that is unique to us and our game. Leave it as it is and enjoy another week of footy

Disagree, 44 players would have said yes to extra time, absolutely sure of it. I didn't see any player pump the fist and mutter words "Great, lets start it all over again."

In the heat of battle yes but when things die down you load up again and go for it. As 2JD says it is unique to our code and should remain that way. Nick Maxwell is a tosser anyway so why should the AFL look to changing something merely because someone from Collingwood said it. They won't and after the drawn qualifying final 1990 which pushed the season back an extra week the AFL back then said the only replay will be in a Grand Final. Let it stay that way. We get footy for another week and we get to watch Collingwood fail to win 2 Grand Finals in the same season.
If that happened to Richmond today. Yep I'd feel empty tonight but I would have another GF to look forward to. The events of today just add to the mystique misery and misfortune of these two footy clubs and their histories and lack of ultimate success despite their so called season dominances. I think it was an apt result based on my last comment and I think that it will be a heartbreaker again next week or one team will win by plenty with the game being a non event. I'm hoping that's Collingwood after having their psyche shattered once again today.

well said. So much upside to another GF. Can the Pies fail to win another GF. Can we be so lucky. MaXWELL

This is fantastic. Wife away in London for 2 weeks and i get to hear about Footy for another week in piece and quiet. stuff i love my life.

[Tigermonk]

SO....the games a draw, the siren goes, the game stops, the players are spent and then what, hey boys lets line up for another 5 /10 minutes, all very well in theory, but these guys are not machines, they were stuffed! Draws in the granny dont happen often enuff to be an issue, big deal if we are the only code to stage a replay, thats because we are the only aussie rules code and as such abide by aussie rules. people are so quick to jump up and down about rule changes and how they dont need changing. This is another rule that is unique to us and our game. Leave it as it is and enjoy another week of footy

Disagree, 44 players would have said yes to extra time, absolutely sure of it. I didn't see any player pump the fist and mutter words "Great, lets start it all over again."

2JD your spot on. game rules are fine as they are. go back next week cause every player on that ground was 100% spent.

Grand Final should be decided on a fresh game . Popelord stick to talking poo you dont know how much player give in a full game cause you cant even hack training  lmfao

[mightytiges]

LOL Jake and Tucky. Very apt result when you put it like that


I'm for one pro to keeping the replay. What's wrong with keeping a rare tradition when we all new the rules beforehand. Nah Nick let's have a sook after the result because the result didn't go your way . Not to mention the AFL will make $$$ from another $100k seats sold. Hopefully like 1977 more of the ordinary members can go to the replay. However I won't hold my breath as it'll be so typical of Demetriou and Anderson to overreact to something that has happened just 3 times in 150 years and change the rules to extra-time  .

Agree MT its not the AFL's fault its a replay the rules have been their for 150 years. However it's a bad one, horrible one. My cousin a Saint tragic, missed out on a GF ticket, paid for a Sydney Swans corporate ticket package worth 1.4k and flown himself from London costing him $2k return has come and seen a draw and walk away without seeing a result... Makes no sense.

That aside in no professional sport do we have our Premiership day replayed if the teams are dead locked. Its common sense play extra time of 2 x 5 or 10 minute halves. If the scores are tied have another 2 minute halves and so on.

The draw as a whole is pointless, historical or not it shouldn't hold a place in our game anymore. Our game is not like soccer that rewards weaker teams for being defensively strong against stronger teams. If an AFL game is drawn both teams are good enough to win and should be given the opportunity to do so.

Its common sense, go into the rooms come out 10 mins later and play 2 x 5 or 10 min halves....

The replay is the fairest way to do it for the ones that matter -the teams. If you can't beat another side after two goes at them then you don't deserve the flag. Sorry about your cousin's bad luck Pope but there's plenty of mad Pie and Saint members who won't be able get a ticket to either GF.

Extra-time might sound good in theory but what happens if a side is down to two players on the bench. An extra 20 minutes would put them at a severe disadvantage. Speaking of Soccer there's even talk of having 50m kick-offs at goal  . Sheesh how ridiculous would that be. At least now both sides can go away for a week and put 22 players on the park next Saturday and fight it out again.

[Tigermonk]

Luke Penny BOG 

Daisy Thomas easy.