After a fiery contest between Collingwood and the Brisbane Lions the latter came out to show they really are the best side in the country.Its now back to back premierships for the Queenslanders and Congratulations To Leigh matthews and his brilliant team.
In my opinion it was a scrappy affair mainly due to the wintery weather of course and I thought the umpiring was quite poor given many decisions going to Collingwood a fair bit of inconsistency.
But overall Congrats to the Brissie Lions Commiserations to the Magpies and a deserved winner for the Norm Smith in Nathan Buckley.
"Who are the real fab four was it the Beatles or is it Vossy,Lappin,Akker and Blacky"
Overall it is a thoroughly deserved victory for the Lions. They were no doubt the best team of the season and back to back flags is a true testiment to them. Congrats Brisbane
too difficult to say at this early stage, obviously they are one of th gr8 sides, only time will tell, essendon of 2000 was hailed by some as the gr8test ever and they only 1 one flag..........
personally though I think they are on their way to becoming the gr8test ever
Speaking of Hawthorn 80's or Coaches FC, a mixture of no cash and cant be stuffed saw me stay in on Friday night and watch FOX's footy marathon ...
This one passage of play in the 86 GF vs Carlton had Schwab, Wallace, Eade, Buckenara and Ayres all touch the ball ... fair dinkum! I was half expecting them to have a magnet-board in their spare-hand!
i must say, that was the best finals i've ever seen in my life
and Brisbane really deserved the victory, on the other hand Collingwood also deserved it too. too bad they couldn't share the title of "ALF Premiers" together
Speaking of Hawthorn 80's or Coaches FC, a mixture of no cash and cant be stuffed saw me stay in on Friday night and watch FOX's footy marathon ...
This one passage of play in the 86 GF vs Carlton had Schwab, Wallace, Eade, Buckenara and Ayres all touch the ball ... fair dinkum! I was half expecting them to have a magnet-board in their spare-hand!
Yes the thing Is I constantly watch the repeats of that Hawthorn side and It never ceases to amaze me if they were or can be regarded the best of all time,Leigh matthews now with 7 flags 4 as a player and 3 as a coach.It's interesting now what will happen with the salary Cap Dessie headland is likely to head home and others will seek significant pay rises.
Perhaps the hardest thing to take for Collingwood was that they came so close and did'nt get blown away,You can argue the Rocca goal and so forth but there also was that disallowed combined Black andf Power goal and several controversial earlier frees to the Pies which resulted in goals.
brisbane's hard nut and resilience held out in the end and they're superb just that extra notch or two above the rest.The same teams will be up there again no doubting that.
I think Wallsy said it best when the slo-mo replay came up as Lynch was lining up ... something along the lines of you could argue it was there but with 5 blokes banging into each other on a wet day you could find 2 or 3 more.
TT, I just think it was harsh considering the umpires had respected the stakes and the conditions all day and they pay something as weak as that 15 metres out in front of goal in the last quarter of a Grand Final. Especially considering Tarrant wasn't paid a minute before up the other end for over the shoulder/in the back/holding the man.
In my opinion Collingwood can't complain about the frees with several going their way earlier on,Rocca's supposed goal was clarified as a point with the view behind the goal's proving that.
Lynchs was clearly a free kick. Wakelin didn't even have his eyes on the ball, his head was actually under Lynch's arm.
With the free kick that people believe should have been paided to Tarrant just a minute earlier, it was debatable but I guess because it looked like Pike had his eyes on the ball the free kick wasn't paid.
With the free kick that people believe should have been paided to Tarrant just a minute earlier, it was debatable but I guess because it looked like Pike had his eyes on the ball the free kick wasn't paid.
The Umpires are far to inconsistent far to often,Giving certain free kicks and waving others on which are virtually identical.It seems that there is a fair decline in free kicks in recent years to the days of the eighties.
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