Finals Week 2 Live Scores

[rod_rooster]

I think Essendon only have more premierships than Collingwood is that right?

Nah, Carlton and Essendon both have 16. Collingwood 14. Seriously the Pies have won just one flag since 1958. Rubbish club. I love being a Hawthorn supporter having 10 flags since 1961. Most successful club in the AFL/VFL since anyone of us has been alive. I reckon you could relate to playing for a ridiculously successful side NM.

[Punk Rooster]

Rod, you seem a tad bitter- why is this?
Still upset over Lloyds shirtfront/good old fashioned hip n shoulder?
Or upset that the thugs at Glenferrie couldn't punch & bully there way into this years finals?
(this following goes to quite a few Crows supporters too.....)

The last 5 minutes had what we call in modern terms "soft frees"- they were definitely there (Tippett's was a soft one to give the Crows the lead), but I must say the umpiring was as consistent as I've seen it in a while.
All you can ask of of an umpire(s) is consistency, & it was delivered.
The Crows lost- deal with it.
Adelaide had their chance many times to put Collingwood away, but didn't.
As No Mercy said- Collingwood are not a Carlton/West Coast/Essendon.
Collingwood won the game by playng 1 & 1/2 quarters of good footy- how did they get away with that?
A good side would've made them pay & finished them off.
Great pressure goal by Tippett (he's a star), but John Anthony nailed it when it counted, despite being out of form- what a time to step up, that says something about his football character.

The only way that Collingwood could've won tonight, was if Malthouse outcoached Craig- & he did.
I do believe Rocca & Fraser in our side are more of a hindrance than a strength- both are too predictable & easy too match up on.

Whoever won this game was playing for the right to lose to Geelong anyway, & they will be punished for the soft efforts (in contested situations) I witnessed tonight.

PS I didn't realise how blatant Rutten's hold on Anthony was until I saw the still frame

[rod_rooster]

Rod, you seem a tad bitter- why is this?
Still upset over Lloyds shirtfront/good old fashioned hip n shoulder?
Or upset that the thugs at Glenferrie couldn't punch & bully there way into this years finals?
(this following goes to quite a few Crows supporters too.....)

The last 5 minutes had what we call in modern terms "soft frees"- they were definitely there (Tippett's was a soft one to give the Crows the lead), but I must say the umpiring was as consistent as I've seen it in a while.
All you can ask of of an umpire(s) is consistency, & it was delivered.
The Crows lost- deal with it.
Adelaide had their chance many times to put Collingwood away, but didn't.
As No Mercy said- Collingwood are not a Carlton/West Coast/Essendon.
Collingwood won the game by playng 1 & 1/2 quarters of good footy- how did they get away with that?
A good side would've made them pay & finished them off.
Great pressure goal by Tippett (he's a star), but John Anthony nailed it when it counted, despite being out of form- what a time to step up, that says something about his football character.

The only way that Collingwood could've won tonight, was if Malthouse outcoached Craig- & he did.
I do believe Rocca & Fraser in our side are more of a hindrance than a strength- both are too predictable & easy too match up on.

Whoever won this game was playing for the right to lose to Geelong anyway, & they will be punished for the soft efforts (in contested situations) I witnessed tonight.

PS I didn't realise how blatant Rutten's hold on Anthony was until I saw the still frame

Not bitter at all Punk. Couldn't care less who wins what from here on i just can't stand fickle supporters like Mr. 66. You don't fit this category though so good luck to you and the Pies for next week. More importantly go the Roosters today

As for Hawthorn well we have a flag from last year and had a shocker this year. I'd take that over making the finals and missing out year after year like some others.

[Rik E Boy]

No you went defensive in the 3rd when Collingwood got on top & started to win the clearances & hard ball gets.
The Crows thought Collingwood would lay down & concede after a very ordinary 1st half.

I thought both coaches went defensive really early in the piece at times. When Adelaide led four goals to one Malthouse dropped an additional defender back and they already had the loose man back there. How in the hell are you supposed to kick goals? They reverted to a traditional structure after that and then Craig went defensive in the 3rd as NM has suggested. I'd like to think that my mob will go man on man for most of the game next Saturday with perhaps a bit of defensive play to shut down the end of the game like we did against the Bulldogs.

This finals series has seen Craig and Malthouse become overly defensive too early in a match and in Brisbane Ratten refusing to shut down the corridor in the last quarter which I believe eventually cost the Blues the game. It's been a fascinating finals series by the coaches thus far and for once Bomber looks to be travelling nicely. And he'll need to continue this work to squeak by the Pies and to eventually handle the task of solving the St Kilda Rubik's cube as I reckon they'll take out the Bullies next Friday.

regards,

REB

[NO-MERCY]

Whoever won this game was playing for the right to lose to Geelong anyway, & they will be punished for the soft efforts (in contested situations) I witnessed tonight.

PS I didn't realise how blatant Rutten's hold on Anthony was until I saw the still frame

They all said that in 2007 & Geelong got over Collingwood by only a point.
Anything can happen just ask the Crows!
I wouldn't be underestimating Collingwood.

[dedja]

Whoever won this game was playing for the right to lose to Geelong anyway, & they will be punished for the soft efforts (in contested situations) I witnessed tonight.

PS I didn't realise how blatant Rutten's hold on Anthony was until I saw the still frame

They all said that in 2007 & Geelong got over Collingwood by only a point.
Anything can happen just ask the Crows!
I wouldn't be underestimating Collingwood.

I don't think Geelong are dancing in the streets that they are now playing Collingwood ... the 'Pies have given them a few scares in recent years.

[NO-MERCY]

I hope Geelong get more than a scare.
A good flogging would be ideal.

[dedja]

Only need to do it by a point, don't be too greedy NM.

[NO-MERCY]

Only need to do it by a point, don't be too greedy NM.

Your right dedja sorry!

[bulldogs]

thats a great sot of rutten. 1 min to go keep your eyes on thee ball and punch to the boundry line. bad bad play rutten

[Dutchy]

Nothing wrong with his forehead but anyone that has two first names has issues!

Crows Coach?

[Courtney Fish]

Nothing wrong with his forehead but anyone that has two first names has issues!

Crows Coach?

At least they are mens names. Robert Shirley???

[am Bays]

Good post Punk as a crows follower I agree 100% with what you said.

[Courtney Fish]

With everyone carrying on about the last few minutes, James Sellar got off pretty light. Missed a very easy shot.

[Psyber]

At least they are mens names. Robert Shirley???

Things change - so do names.
"Shirley" was actually a man's name at one time - the most recent I could recall of the top of my head was Sir Shirley Jeffries, an SA MP.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Members_of ... mbly,_1941–1944

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_(name)

Before the publication of the novel Shirley by Charlotte Brontë in 1849 Shirley was an uncommon, but distinctly male name and would have been a very unusual name for a woman.
Today it is regarded as a distinctly female name and an uncommon male name.

Here's a more recent male use I found:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Crabtree

Shirley Crabtree, Jr, better known as Big Daddy (14 November 1930 – 2 December 1997) was an English professional wrestler famous for his record-breaking 64 inch chest. Known for wearing his various Big Daddy leotards, Crabtree's original one was emblazoned with just a large "D" and was fashioned by his wife Eunice from their chintz sofa.

[silicone skyline]

The worst thing is that it was John Anthony. The guy with the protruded forehead and clearly a very un-evolved being. Honestly the guy is an absolute spanner.

Gold

[the big bang]

as a pies man, i would just like to thank all the crow supporters that accepted what truck done was silly, and that it was indeed a free kick. it was there, just as the tippett one was.

nothing worse than idiots getting on here, being nothing but sore losers, and giving all crow supporters a bad name. was a great game, as you would expect from a semi-final with 4th v 5th in it. wasnt good for my heart, but a great game nonetheless!

once again, thankyou to all the croweaters man (and woman!) enough to accept the defeat in good taste, i'm sure you not happy about it, but thats footy!

GO PIES!

[the big bang]

Whoever won this game was playing for the right to lose to Geelong anyway, & they will be punished for the soft efforts (in contested situations) I witnessed tonight.

PS I didn't realise how blatant Rutten's hold on Anthony was until I saw the still frame

They all said that in 2007 & Geelong got over Collingwood by only a point.
Anything can happen just ask the Crows!
I wouldn't be underestimating Collingwood.

rekon it may have been 5 points mate. nonetheless, same result. we lost. TBB cried like a b!tch!!

[haloman]

in the context of the game, that was not a free kick , given the others not given, yet in the dying seconds its given without hesitation, lol melbourne bias lives!!!!

Stop being a typical Cows fan and blame your team for the loss. They were 5 goals up for christ sake
(Sorry to all the real Crows supporters for the 'typical Crows supporter' comment. I know most of you can handle a loss)

Then why say "TYPICAL crows supporter"? And what the hell would u know about what the majority of us think anyway??????
I'll speak on behalf of MYSELF and not the rest of the crow fanbase.
Last night saw two high quality football clubs go flat out at each other for 120 minutes. Even when the crows were coasting through the first quarter you could see Collingwoods presure was far superior to anything the Crows had seen in the last three weeks. The first quarter saw the Crows make Collingwood pay for their turnovers........in the third quarter the Pies made Adelaide pay for their skill errors and slow ball movement. The last quarter was just simply a dogfight between two teams who desperatly wanted to win as you would expect in a final. The Crows had the chance to end this game before half time in the second quarter but missed three sitters infront of goals which would have seen us 7 up at the change and effectivley the end of the game as a genuine contest.
As for the free kick at the end of the game to Anthony...........I would suggest if its a free kick on a wing then its a free kick in the goal square. If Rutten had done that on the wing.................it's a free kick. Simple as that. The umpires had umpired that way for most of the night. Tippet recieved two free kicks for head high contact, and one for a hold simular to the one paid to Anthony, that resulted in Adelaide goals that were a little soft..........but certainly there to pay. If they had NOT been paid then crows supporters would have every right to be upset. The umpires paid those "soft" types of free kicks all night so why not in the last 30 seconds?
I would suggest however that it is a shocking way to see your teams season end and perhaps the AFL umpiring coaches need to go back to the old fashioned "swallow the whistle" when it comes to finals. If your not paying the types of free kicks that Tippett recieved then the free kick on Anthony at the end of the game isn't paid either and both sets of supporters are left with what they really want.............the match decided off the boots of the players.

[Dogwatcher]

as a pies man, i would just like to thank all the crow supporters that accepted what truck done was silly, and that it was indeed a free kick. it was there, just as the tippett one was.

nothing worse than idiots getting on here, being nothing but sore losers, and giving all crow supporters a bad name. was a great game, as you would expect from a semi-final with 4th v 5th in it. wasnt good for my heart, but a great game nonetheless!

once again, thankyou to all the croweaters man (and woman!) enough to accept the defeat in good taste, i'm sure you not happy about it, but thats footy!

GO PIES!

I back that post up. Totally agree.