on the mark there - probbly the two best teams (for me) lots of toughsters and some real smooth movers on both sides ...... I was leaning toward the Felines a fair bit until Steve J got his knee wrapped around 360 degrees and back again - horrible to see that were!
And then the 'Pies surely can't keep playing so ordinarily can they? .... can they? ... and Malthouse is just so bleedin' cagey , I'm positive he was a velociraptor in a previous eon!

Absolutely, can't wait.

No crowds.

Best day of the year to go for a surf.

Grand Final has been played already and the Eagles won against the Blues, what is happening next Saturday is just some Vic footy match totally irrelevant to us in WA! Bring some wind on![}:)]

I wonder if Gary Jnr is regretting his move to the Goldy!By he time Goldcoast are ready to play for a flag hell be retired.

byf said...

I dont think gazza would care much with his couple of million a year. I know i wouldnt.

I dont know about that , i rekon if a genie told him mate you can go to the suns and earn 2 mil a year and never play finals again , or you can stay a geelong and win one more flag.! He would have stayed at geelong.

Who won?

Thouroughly deseved win in every respect.

The fact that the Cats were written off as old and slow, new coach won't cut it etc etc only serves to add to the win.

They also didn't play dirty - as Colliknobbles typically did/do - with cheap shots like knees in the back of a player on the deck (hello D!ck Maxwell and Sharrod Wellingham??).

Losing their key forward early, having their other key forward running around on a suspect knee, going kneck and kneck - then totally blowing Colliknobbles off the park in the last quarter.

Comprehensive.

Everything a great GF should be - especially Fat head Ed with a face like a cat's bum!

Champs triumphing over spoilt chumps.

Great game!

Gizmo said...

Why was Geelong Football Club called the "Cats" trivia question

Heard that on a radio interview this week. Who would have thought that a mere newspaper cartoonist would have such an influence!!!

saltiest1 said...

best weekend for surfing no one out, 4 hrs alone. all is quiet. you guys can have the beer n footy, all ive had is sun, surf, dive and sky dives

Sorry mate I had two surfs and two footy finals hello winner,surf was better

This funny, 2012 AFL Premiership odds are up already.


AFL REFRESH
2012 AFL PREMIERSHIP
Winner
Odds updated at 09:18:19
14:30 Sat 29 Sep 2012
SPORTSBET NO. SELECTION PRICE AMOUNT TOTAL
1304 Collingwood 3.50 $
1307 Geelong 4.50 $
1308 Hawthorn 7.00 $
1303 Carlton 8.00 $
1313 St Kilda 11.00 $
1315 West Coast 15.00 $
1305 Essendon 21.00 $
1306 Fremantle 21.00 $
1314 Sydney 21.00 $
1309 North Melbourne 26.00 $
1301 Adelaide 34.00 $
1316 Western Bulldogs 34.00 $
1310 Melbourne 51.00 $
1312 Richmond 51.00 $
1302 Brisbane 67.00 $
1317 Gold Coast 101.00 $
1311 Port Adelaide 101.00 $
1318 Greater Western Sydney 251.00 $

Great day and great game.

Surf / swim in the morning with wife and daughter catching some waves as well. Dog going nuts on the beach chasing the waves and seagulls and few girls on the beach starting early on their summer tan.

Watched the game with a couple of friends, drank way too many beers and ate pleaty of the 'healthy choice' bar snacks.

Then to top it all off my bet on Jimmy Bartel for the Norm Smith came good as well.

Well done Geelong... Maybe one day Freo can get there

Cant help myself


A mate saw this on St Kilda rd after the match

K Dog said...


What a remarkable game though.... nail bitting to the last quarter... and then just pure brilliance.... never cheered so much for a team that wasn't mine. Go Cats!

Yeh same for me.. except that first Brisbane GF.. who were they playing again??

Nah the Cats were spectacular. Dry weather skills in a soaking game. More than a touch of class. Best GF since 2005/2006 IMO.

Set the PVR, had an uncrowded surf in the morning with the kids, started watching it around 2pm. Very happy camper by 5pm.

Er.. as has been documented i am not a betting man but saw 15:1 odds on Varcoe to kick 1st goal and thought that had to be a red hot chance.

Looking at the odds above - seems generous (or a Vic bookie) that the Saints are at lesser odds than the Eagles for the GF. Would put them the other way round in my books.. er.. if I were a betting man that is.

GalahOnTheBay said...

Simondo said...

This funny, 2012 AFL Premiership odds are up already.

Simondo do you work for centrebet?

Not funny. Sad really...

Nope, don't work in betting. I have just recently opened a small account with Tom Waterhouse though. The odds are always interesting. I occasionally lay a small bet when I think the odds are slightly in my favour. I bet very small... $5, $10, or $20, and not very often at all...

I'm an estimator, so very mathematic with work... I think it's just the a version of maths that I like... We also do "Probabilistic Estimates", so once the estimate is completed we run Project Workshops which addresses the probability of various events happening, and if they happen what is the most likely cost, minimum, and maximum cost.