What a great Grannie!

Eagles had their chances, a couple of posters, a couple of relatively easy shots missed and a chance for a mark in front with 5 seconds to go. Unfortunately, not to be. Swans also had a few shots that went astray(Jude Bolton was unlucky)so all in all it evened itself out.

No complaints from this punter, disappointed with the result but well done Swannies on a great win.

Bad luck westy 'oh trumpeter' of how crap port were in their back up year, i guess at least when we made it we won the thing....

regards,

REB

Watched the game in the local pub, lots of good footy brains out there, they get a lot of their TV from SA so they see more footy than us 'beach bums'. Great game and great outcome, see the TV ratings were not too shabby either.

Me and the boys from the back of buggery want to get on early, Bulldogs for the 8 and Bulldogs for the flag. Can you make that into a double Benno, or don't Sportsbet take bets like that. Of course this must be tempered with the amount of VB consumed, but that's my call and I'm sticking with it!!!!!!!!

(disappears off to the centrebet website)
For the Flag in 06
ST KILDA 5.00
SYDNEY 5.00
WEST COAST 5.00
ADELAIDE 10.00
PORT ADELAIDE 11.00
GEELONG 12.00
BRISBANE 16.00
WESTERN BULLDOGS 17.00
MELBOURNE 26.00
RICHMOND 26.00
COLLINGWOOD 31.00
ESSENDON 31.00
FREMANTLE 34.00
KANGAROOS 41.00
HAWTHORN 61.00
CARLTON 101.00

For the Spoon
CARLTON 2.75
HAWTHORN 4.00
COLLINGWOOD 8.00
KANGAROOS 13.00
WESTERN BULLDOGS 16.00
ESSENDON 17.00
RICHMOND 17.00
FREMANTLE 21.00
MELBOURNE 21.00
ADELAIDE 26.00
BRISBANE 26.00
GEELONG 26.00
PORT ADELAIDE 26.00
ST KILDA 101.00
SYDNEY 101.00
WEST COAST 101.00

Nothing up for the Top 4 yet...

Now, I'll check sportsacumen...

West Coast 4.50
St Kilda 4.75
Sydney 5.50
Adelaide 8.00
Geelong 11.00
Port Adelaide 12.00
Brisbane 14.00
Western Bulldogs 16.00
Melbourne 26.00
Fremantle 28.00
Richmond 28.00
Essendon 31.00
Collingwood 41.00
Kangaroos 41.00
Hawthorn 51.00
Carlton 101.00

And no top 4 or 8 there either...

Happy punting!

Dons for the Flag in 2006.

Kangas, 40 to 1. I wonder if they'll moan about nobody rating them.

Port, 11 bucks? They're on drugs. Port are shot - shot I tell ya! Bwahahahahahha!

Footy is an emotional game - Collingwood $31 !!!!!!!!! "Tell 'im he's dreamin'"

before the ball reached the pack Kennelly grabbed Sampi's jumper and held him down throughout.Roberts-Thompson played the man too and held Hunter for nearly as long. That photo is going to be seen for a long time to come.

Credit where it's due: Goldspink and his mates did an A1 job and provided a clinic of how ALL matches should be umpired. They certainly did their bit to make the match great.

Saw some footage last week from about 1977 of Sean Dempster's old man Graeme in action on one of those Footy Flashback grabs Foxtel use to fill five minutes now and again. He was built like a pool cue, long straggly hair, tight, short shorts, he looked like a cross between Warwick Capper and Dave Hill from Slade. Fortunately Demps Jnr inherited all Snr's ability and none of his looks.

When Paul Roos mentioned 'the true believers' he was referring to the old South Melbourne diehards, but he used a very Sydney phrase (most famously used by that cartoon Sidneylander and five-minute Collingwood supporter Paul Keating) to do it. The man has class. If he hadn't, he may have been tempted to give Dick Colless the Alan Scott treatment.

before the ball reached the pack Kennelly grabbed Sampi's jumper and held him down throughout.Roberts-Thompson played the man too and held Hunter for nearly as long. That photo is going to be seen for a long time to come.

Saw that photo in the local paper and the same thought crossed my mind. There was possibly a kick to Sampi, but, in the context of the game, how could it be paid?

Just got to accept that this one slipped by us.

From the other side glad to see Roos and his group get some positive recognition.

I like the way you look at your footy. If I was not an eagles supporter I would feel the same way - I like Paul Roos and the Sydney Swans.

It has taken a couple of days for my husband and I to talk about it all, finally tonight we had a few drinks and "debriefed".

Roll on 2006!

I hope the season is as good as it was this year. And for you Lucy - I hope the Brissie Lions are back up there next year.

Doubt it, you'd probably loathe the Eagles like the rest of us. Lucy only likes 'em because she srew up there. I can't stand John Worsfold and whilst I did feel for most of the Eagles players I think I would would have been sick if Michael Gardiner got a premiership medal. Thank God he didn't.

You've just demonstrated your absolute lack of knowledge about footy.

Go join a netball forum or some other place where your inept ramblings might be misconstrued to be intelligence.

What in that text above isnt factual Westy!!!

Better to wear it like a man then sook Westy

Sorry Westy but it's hard to feel sorry for the Egirls when some supporters apparently had WCE Premiers 2005 shirts printed up in July!

regards,

REB

regards,

REB

Did anybody kick more that 9 goals against the Swans in the finals?

To the contrary, jase, I'm not sooking at all. Just peed off with the incessant carp coming from a goose that does not know any better.

Why don't you run this garbage on Big Footy where it belongs with the rest of the juveniles.

You would probably fit in real well with Parrot, Ron and Bee Dee. Then again, you might even be them!!!!

I know, but I can still can dislike a team can't I? And anyway who likes Michael Gardiner anyway? The most punchable face in the league, and thats saying something when you've got contenders like Milne, Didak, Burton and Holland.

Hating some of the opposition teams and players is what makes football so enjoyable.LOL.:-)

Judging on your past form, the bit about Judd. Back in May you were the Nostradamus that said that Luke Power as good as had his bags packed and the only reason he hadn't told anyone yet is that he was scared of Lethal kicking his teeth in (a ridiculous statement on about 2385 levels).

But it was only yet another Jase cheap shot, so WGAF? Maybe you and Mark Latham could get together sometime for a communal whinge-in and you can lash out in spite at each other.

Hating might be fun for the hater, but it sure as hell aint a spectator sport.