Centrals vs Sturt Qualifying Review

[dedja]

And contrary to a statement allegedly made by one of the Central players leaving the ground, no, the Bays are certainly not sh*tting themselves, but are relishing the opportunity to play you next week.

Who told you that.

I think I would only need two guesses.

It is wrong by the way.

Maybe someone should post the footage on youtube?

[whufc]

You f***king beauty sturt just don't know how to kill of those top sides, you f**king beauty, thought we were gone after that disgraceful double goal decision, only room for improvement for the dogs, Havelberg and Nason will be better for the run, Hayes, Slade and Callinan to come back in as well as Symes if the Crows permit, we now have two cracks at a GF, im still pumped and going to continue to sink the rest of the TEDS 5 seeds i have left,

I have already had way to much to drink.

Sturt you make me laugh like Adam Sandler in one of his Happy Maddison productions

[UK Fan]

Great choke again Sturt. Not even the umps could win it for ya.

GOALS: Havelberg 3 Sansbury C.Gowans 2 L.Westhoff Schell J.Gowans Giles


Just waiting to hear the Sturt fans excuses. No Hayes Callinan Griffen and Slade. Unbelievable performance from the doggies.

JOFFA GILES take a bow.

Congrats James Gowans on your 200th. You are a dead set champion. Do not even think about retiring.

What an inspirational captain Paul Thomas is for the CDFC.

[The Apostle]

And contrary to a statement allegedly made by one of the Central players leaving the ground, no, the Bays are certainly not sh*tting themselves, but are relishing the opportunity to play you next week.

Who told you that.

I think I would only need two guesses.

It is wrong by the way.

Maybe someone should post the footage on youtube?

Still waiting for Toddy Grima's comments from last year about the Gowans boys to pop up on there...

[purch]

LOL.

Most painfully obvious finish ever. Central 2009 premiers.

Nice work by the umps to get them over the line too. That "in the back" tackle was a disgrace.

i agree that double goal was really there too.......the umpire (a) should have called sharples for running too far regardless of sharples going down like butter. worst decision of all time.

the 'in the back' was exactly what happened....he was pushed in the back.

you are a joke buddy.

Funny thing is i think that decision was the turning point of the game, Centrals seemed to use that as motivation.

I thought the holding the ball decision given against Crane when the ball was already out of bounds was the turning point

[dedja]

Well that comment today was just as stupid as Todd's comments last year.

[whufc]

Is this adequate
http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/choke.html

[smac]

Add me to those who thought the game was over with a Sturt win. Great grinding effort by them today, Centrals just know how to get it done when it matters.

What's the lowdown with this post game incident being mentioned?

Sturt supporter attempted to follow the umpires down the race, not sure how close he got.

[NFC]

LOL.

Most painfully obvious finish ever. Central 2009 premiers.

Nice work by the umps to get them over the line too. That "in the back" tackle was a disgrace.

i agree that double goal was really there too.......the umpire (a) should have called sharples for running too far regardless of sharples going down like butter. worst decision of all time.

the 'in the back' was exactly what happened....he was pushed in the back.

you are a joke buddy.

I'm not talking about the one against Gowans, that was there, I'm talking about the one on the wing and then the 25.

Sharples' free was soft but did the Dogs player need to do it? No.

[The Sleeping Giant]

And contrary to a statement allegedly made by one of the Central players leaving the ground, no, the Bays are certainly not sh*tting themselves, but are relishing the opportunity to play you next week.

Who told you that.

I think I would only need two guesses.

It is wrong by the way.

Maybe someone should post the footage on youtube?

Gowans said his brother was sh*tting himself having that shot for goal in the last 5 mins. Then said he was looking forward to trying to keep up with the bays next week.

So did you get told what you believe was said, or did you hear it for yourself?

[whufc]

who cares what the gowans said we won they loss glenelg is a new challenge as of monday.

[zipzap]

thought we were gone after that disgraceful double goal decision,

What exactly was disgraceful about it? O'Hara's brain fade? Gee I really hope you're not complaining about the umpires, you should be sending them choccies. More.

Utmost respect for the Dogs (players anyway) - they just keep coming and persevere like no team in recent memory. That said I'm not shattered by the effort the Blues put in today, anyone who claims they choked either didn't see the whole game or are quite delusional. It was one of those fantastic tight games where both teams were in with a shot right to the end and if the quarter didn't go for 31 bleedin' minutes (WTF!) the result would have been different.

And, er, let's not play the 'we had our champions out' card. Chambo, Nelson & McLeay might have been handy inclusions too.

Anyway, well done Dogs. Think the ones with the biggest worries now are the Bays!

[Stevie_K]

And contrary to a statement allegedly made by one of the Central players leaving the ground, no, the Bays are certainly not sh*tting themselves, but are relishing the opportunity to play you next week.

Who told you that.

I think I would only need two guesses.

It is wrong by the way.

Maybe someone should post the footage on youtube?

Gowans said his brother was sh*tting himself having that shot for goal in the last 5 mins. Then said he was looking forward to trying to keep up with the bays next week.

So did you get told what you believe was said, or did you hear it for yourself?

Mate he said it to the players after the interview, the cameras were there.

[purch]

who cares what the gowans said...

LOL Obviously you do, if it is true. Might just give some ammo to your opponents next week.

[dedja]

Is this adequate
http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/choke.html

Are you sure you're not MickyJ in disguise???

Sturt didn't choke ... just one of those games where one team had to lose.

No shame IMO.

[UK Fan]

If Sturt didnt choke they certainly did shite their pants. Or to put it another lost control of their CS Bowels.

I think its pretty obvious what the CS stands for.

UUUUU DOOOGSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hawkseye]

What an awesome day at the footy. Cant wait til next week now will be a cracker!

[The Apostle]

From http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/stor ... 28,00.html

Central District surge to victory

September 13, 2009 04:45pm

CENTRAL District has maintained its phenomenal record in finals, over-running Sturt by six points in the dying moments of the qualifying final.

Coming from 13 points down with five minutes to go in the final term, the Bulldogs displayed calm under pressure and fought back against Sturt momentum to kick the final three goals.

Central District 11.9 (76) defeated Sturt 10.9 (69).

Outstanding performances from ruckman Jason MacKenzie and co-captain Paul Thomas spurred on the Bulldogs win.

The result puts Central through to the second semi-final against Glenelg next week while Sturt will face Woodville-West Torrens in the first semi-final at AAMI Stadium.

CENTRAL DISTRICT 1.4 | 4.4 | 6.8 | 11.9 (75)
STURT 2.3 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 10.9 (69)

BEST - Central: Mackenzie, Thomas, J. Gowans, Spurr, O'Sullivan, Sansbury, C. Gowans. Sturt: Sheedy, Crane, Trengove, Jaensch, Vassal, Coad.
SCORERS - Central: Havelberg 3.0, Sansbury, C. Gowans 2.0, Schell 1.2, Giles, J. Gowans, Westhoff 1.0, Nason 0.3, Dutschke 0.2, O'Hara 0.1, rushed 0.1. Sturt: Trengove, Sharples 2.0, Vassal 1.2, Gum, Thurstans, Johncock 1.1, Evans, Sheedy, 1.0, Payne 0.1, rushed 0.3.
INJURIES - Central: Callinan (hamstring) withdrew from selected side, Hayes withdrew from selected side. Sturt: Chambers (knee) withdrew from selected side.
UMPIRES - Philp, Dey, Ralston.
CROWD - 10,192 at AAMI Stadium.

[dedja]

10,000 for the day is tad a disappointing I would have thought?

The advertising on the seats was interesting. At first I thought it looked dumb but probably not a bad idea in the end.

[sjt]

Brilliant Doggies! Very proud of a very gutsy win.
Agree O "hara had a stupid brain fade. Can't afford to do that in big games.
Wow, I can't believe how stressful that was. Echo the thoughts of others Thommo, Buckets Gowans * 2, O'sullivan champions.
Loved the call from the guy next to me. "Gowans you're to old to kick that far" before he slotted it through from fifty.
Very proud of team character and effort today
Bit late to retract my Sturt by 30 points prdeiction. glad to be wrong.