Collingwood would have to play a hell of a lot better then they did last night to give the cats a scare lol

I can see either Hawks or North troubling port adelaide....

I'm remaining quietly confident about the...crazy things can and have happened in Aussie Rules Football. lol!



My online UM tip for tonight clash are the HAWKS over the ROOS, no real reason this time just a calculated guess.

The hawks have a far better forward line.... North melbourne are harder at it, and probably better defensively.... So it should be an interesting one.

Well Judd's coming back to Victoria and although Carlton are in the box-seat he's made it clear he would rather play for a side that can make the finals next year and Carlton are at least another year or two away from that. Seven of the ten Victorian sides have confirmed they are going to have a crack at him. From what I gather Geelong and the Dogs have both ruled out chasing him with the third side being either Richmond(have stated they couldn`t do it due to salary cap limitations before he confirmed his intention to return, that might have changed now though) or St.Kilda. I don`t think we have anywhere near enough room in our salary cap or the required players(everyone's in contract) and draft picks to trade. It will be quite interesting to watch, lets hope Collingwood don`t get him.

I think collingwood should get him He'd slot so nicely into our midfield its not funny lol

^Bah, you are not only essentially the richest club with the greatest facilities but you also have a superb playist list, you dont need him, teams like Melbourne, Essendon, Carlton need him. And of course the Saints. Apparenty we are going to make a big push for him although I`m not sure what we have to offer him and according to sources close to Judd he's only interested in Melbourne, Carlton, Essendon and Collingwood.

I would find it rather ironic if Carlton get him, given they are only in the garbage they are now due to cheating the rules... and it could get them the best player in australia.

The mighty MAGPIES(Subby team)take on the CATS Friday night...something tells me the Magpies are going to swoop on the Cats.

The( )take on the the ROOS Saturday night.

The winners face off in the 2007 AFL ''GRAND FINAL'' the following week.

Well Subby, looks like we'll both be sweating it out this weekend hoping for a win.


May the POW...er better teams win...

I`ll probably watch both matches and just enjoy the games. The result reallly doesn`t concern me although I will no doubt be cheering for the Cats over the Pies as they failed to down the Crows when we needed them to. I would personally like to see either the Power or Roo's take out the whole thing, though I doubt the Roo's can knock off the Power and Geelong.

On another noted Robert Harvey called a press conference today to announce he will play on next year.

And 100,000 people are going to turn out to see Collingwood play Geelong. That's one big crowd

I hope Collingwood win, if only so I can say Sydney got beat by the eventual premiers.

100,000 roaring fans inside the MCG to say it would be electrifyingly awesome would be understating it, don't forget to mention there would probably be another 10 to 15,000 leaning on the entrance gates unable to get in but enjoying the atmosphere anyways. The Magpies supporter base has always amazed me boasting the biggest in the AFL by far for many years, so it wouldn't surprise me if we hear the roar from interstate here.


Just for the record:

Semi-finals brought the 2007 premiership attendance tally to 6,810,688, a new AFL/VFL record for a single season. It passed the previous best, 6,763,852 set in 2005, and there are still three matches in 2007 remaining. Official AFL website

Bad luck Subby but man what a cliffhanger!
The MAGPIES did themselves proud anyway, even 8 to 10 weeks back not to many people would have even given them a chance to make it as far as they did, I did though(*check back down the thread*) its a credit to em.



OK...Today the take on the ROOS to see who plays the CATS in next weeks 2007 AFL ''GRAND FINAL''!!

It's going to be

Too bad Collingwood - I do not think anyone has a chance in hell of taking out the Cats next week now.

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I just want to use this opPORTunity to say the were 'awesomely electrifying' today demolishing the ROOS by a massive 87 points, that's a hammering in any language.

They now face the CATS in the ''GRAND FINALLY'' next Saturday which wont be so easy(mothballs for the loser)but i remain modestly confident.


Just for those that don't know, tis the game that stops a nation.

Not as big a hammering as Geelong put on the Kangaroos in Week 1 of the finals - 106 points. It looks like Geelong were 19 points better than you 2 weeks ago. Good luck next week, though

lol!

Thank PA.

Just for the record though, the POWER beat the CATS only week prior to that you mentioned in the last of the home & away minor round games.

But having said that this is finals or rather GRAND FINAL, the way we see it the POWER go in as the underdogs, and as anyone knows the POWER relish the underdog status.

We've got the Power to win
Power to rule
Come on, Port Adelaide aggression
We are the Power from Port
It's more than a sport
It's true Port Adelaide tradition
We'll never stop, stop, stop
Til we're top, top, top
There's history here in the making
We've got the Power to win
We'll never give in
Til the flag is ours for the taking
POWER
With our tradition so strong
We can't go wrong
We're the Alberton crowd
Port Adelaide proud
And the heroes are those
Who've earned the right
To wear the silver - teal
And black and white
And the Port supporters
Standing tall
True believers
One and all
We've got the Power to win
Power to rule
Come on, Port Adelaide aggression
We are the Power from Port
It's more than a sport
It's true Port Adelaide tradition
We'll never stop, stop, stop
Til we're top, top, top
There's history here in the making
We've got the Power to win
We'll never give in
Til the flag is ours for the taking
POWER!!!



I think that covers my feelings most adequately.

These are the two I tipped to make the GF and I`m tipping the Power to triumph in a close one. Geelong have been superb all year and although against Collingwood they didn`t produce their best they will be incredibily tough to beat, yet I`m leaning more towards Port than the Cats. Personally I`ve never been a fan of the cats as every match I have ever gone to their fans have behaved horrifically and disgust me compared to all others, even Collingwood fans are better behaved. Anyway it should be a cracker of a GF.

Good to see PA get through, I can see you are very happy about that too Rebel. Also I would like them going all the way, that's only because I like to think that Victoria has another year without having a team win the Grandfinal. (So many teams and so little premiership wins since the year 2000) HA HA... They must have the Y2K bug.

Thanks Harks.
Whether the POWER win or loose, they've done the fans/state/club proud regardless(one of the oldest most traditional clubs in Australia)


Just my UM forum tip for the BROWNLOW METAL top 5 only:

In no particular order...

Matthew Pavlich: Fremantle

Heath Shaw: Collingwood

Jimmy Bartel:Geelong

Jonathan Brown: Brisbane Lions

Scott Lucas: Essendon


edit: err, throw in Gary Ablett :Geelong as a safe bet back-up

Good picking, and I must say I am shocked that Dane Swan came in equal 6th....



Or it could just be that the victorian teams have been battling each other financially for over 100 years, and all the new teams in the competition get draft picks, local concessions and monetary hand outs

Well I`m happy that Jimmy Bartel won, he was a deserved winner. He and the rest of the contenders though were lucky Judd was injured for the second half of the year. He's the first player in history to poll in eight consecutive matches, whoever gets hims for the 08 season is going to be very lucky indeed.

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THE 2007 A.F.L GRAND FINAL IS ON TODAY BETWEEN THE & THE CATS.

WHO'S TAKING HOME THE HOLIEST OF HOLY GRAILS?





MAY THE POW...ERR BEST TEAM WIN!

Sorry Guys !
The Cats have won !

I make no excuses for the POWER very ordinary performance today. Well done the CATS, who played the far better on the day.


I sign off on this final post in this here AFL Thread(2007)with the thought that my team can only learn from this and take it a step further next season.



Later

It was an extremly impressive display by the Cats today. They easily and efficiently outclassed and outperformed Port in every area imaginable and were deserved winners. The trully scary thing is how young their list is and how they are more than likely to get better in the coming years. Could they be the next Brisbane?

Simple answer...No.

For reasoning, look up the ages of Scarlett, Harley, Milburn and Mooney.

Whilst I think they will still be up the top for a few years... they dominated Port Adelaide, who... just like Hawthorn... overachieved this year. In the next couple of seasons they have to contend with the other teams getting better and all....

Not talking about Collingwood there are we Subby? Scarlett, Harley, Milburn and Mooney all have a few years left and although they are starting to get on, most of their side is very young and will only get better. The only other side I can see with a similar list is Collingwood and although they will also be up there I would still bet on the Cats over the Pies in the coming years. The Saints will probably fall apart as usual. lol.

lol now we have lost clement, it will be interesting to see how we go...

...Though... our salary cap could now accomodate some champion from the west I would think....

I only got to see the last 5 minutes of the game, and the scoreline says it all - it was obviously an impressive display by Geelong. Scary thing - Port were the 2nd ranked team in the comp. The gap is simply stunning.

Lets not forget Geelong only got over collingwood by 5 points the week before

So it now looks like Melbourne are in the box-seat for Judd. With a three-way deal netting the Eagles three draft picks and 1 or 2 players. Melbourne are willing to offer Travis Johnston to Sydney for draft picks, with Sydney then giving up Jolly to the Eagles. The Eagles would end up with up to three draft picks including both Melbourne's and Sydney's first round draft picks. If Judd nominates the Demons as his team of choice then I would say that something very similar to this proposed deal will occur.

If jolly was home sick for victoria, why would he go to WA? Plus West Coast already ahve a good ruckman.....I dont see this being the deal, but who knows... he might go to melbourne still.

Ugh.

That was a truly shameful performance.

Though I congratulate the power on a great season I must say that the GF was a disgrace.

I can easily accept the Cats winning as they were to inform team this season, but to lose so badly is not on. Such is expected in grade football, not between the two greatest teams of the year.

not according to Judd, who has today told the demons and the dons that he is not interested in joining them.

^Yep said news has swept the media outlets down here. I`m quite dissapointed as I would have been happy to see Judd go to either the Demons or Bombers. Collingwood already have an amazingly talented list, the biggest sponsors, state-of-art facilities, massive fan-base and the greatest revenue of all clubs. To also have the nest player in the league as well is intolerable. Carlton may still snatch him, however I`m beginning to doubt thats going to eventuate as well. Judd is calling the shots though, the Eagles have to accomodate him and trade with whoever he wishes to play for, unless they are willing to let him nominate for the pre-season draft and get nothing for him. I somehow doubt thats going to happen though.

I think the other side of it is, the eagles should do THEIR best to try and get him to the club he wants... obviously the club should get compensation, but he has given the eagles probably the best 100 - 150 games anyone has given a club, so his service to them has been immense.

...So obviously, I think he should choose collingwood...

^Sorry Subby but Judd has nominated Carlton as his team of choice, Collingwood are out of the race. However Carlton have already stated that they will not give up their Number one draft pick but are more than happy to give up the third pick. A possible deal according to the media and sources close to the Eagles is draft picks 3 and 20 as well as a player for Judd. Will be interesting indeed to see what happens.

I hate carlton, they around got nick stevens lol

Carlton have sweet stuff all as far as players west coast would want are concerned. Can't wait to find out what the trade is gonna be.

Well West Coast have stated that they want draft picks 1, 3 and 20 as well as Western Australia born player Josh Kennedy for Judd. In response Carlton have stated that while they are happy to trade draft picks 3 and 20 as well as Kennedy, the number one draft pick will not now nor will ever be considered in the deal.

I find this highly amusing. Judd is easily worth pick number 1. he is the best player in the competition, and has been the most outstanding player I have seen in some time as far as performance and ability go... You know what your getting with him, most 1 draft pics don't even amount to much.

I would think maybe 1, 20 and the player... though I dont want west coast getting pick one lol

I state again, the only reason that carlton have the ability to get him, is because of sanctions imposed on them due to the salary cap breaches..... Funny how this punishment, whilst grounding them a few years, is going to net them the best player in the country...

Well in one foul swoop collingwood have lost 2 all australians and a dual best and fairest winner.....

Buckley, is one of the games all time greats. if they picked another all time AFL team tomorrow, I would think he would be in that side..... There are not many who can match this man.....

Clement will be missed... what a shock. Licuria was struggling to get into our side anyhow lol

^Never mind Subby, your list is still full of talent, much of them being quite young, you`ll still be a force next season and beyond.

I`m just happy that Buttress and his board have decided to step down and allow the Footy First board to take over, it has avoided costly legal action and elections as well as considerable club instability. Here's to the future.

Well its about time, I have no doubt he was the worst personality in charge of a football club that we have seen in some time.

^While that may be true he did turn the club around financialy and was responsible for 4 years worth of million dollar profits as well as presiding over three years worth of finals, which included 2 preliminary finals and a Wizard cup victory. He was no Eddie, yet he still did an extremly good job, considering the situation the club was in when he came to power. He should be remembered for that rather than the instability he caused with his relationship with Grant Thomas.

I disagree.... I think he deserves credit for turning the football club around financially, that is true.... But, to be frank, the only reason Grant Thomas got the job in the first place was their friendship. I have no doubt that he regarded St Kilda as his own private club. Eddie, ownly thinks about collingwood and how to help it... Butress has proven time and again little regard for his own club before his personal interests.

Anyhow, I think this is all great for St Kilda to be moving on from...

^It is indeed time to move on.

Well it is now official, Carlton have officialy obtained Judd and West Coast recieved pick 3, 20 and Josh Kennedy for him. Hopefully we can all now move on and concentrate on the other trade news. In regards to the Saints it looks like we are getting two Sydney players, Schneider and Buchanan for either our second round draft pick and/or Leigh Fisher. Schneider has been confirmed as a Saint, however confirmation on Buchanan hasn`t come through yet.

^Well things get even better for the Saints. From Sydney we got Schneider and Dempster for pick 26 and from Geelong we got Stephen King and Gardiner for pick 90. What a bargain! We are definately the big winners from trade week, here hoping the draft goes as well.

Well..Judd gone, Cousins arrested (probably fired by WC now).. The eagles are now going to struggle big time.

^Probably, they wont be as good as the last couple of years but I still see them making the finals again in 08. Cousins and Chick's football career must be well and trully over now though. West Coast have no choice but to sack him and no club with any intelligence would pick him up. Chick being over 30 and hoping to get drafted certainly will be overlooked now. It's rather sad seeing two careers coming to an end in such a way.