Finals Week 1 - Live scores

[Jim05]

I think Hird was content in just making the Elimination Final by the sound of his interview before the game with Tim Watson.

Funny you say that, I heard Mark Thompson before the game on radio and I had the same opinion. He almost said that they were satisfied with just making the finals.

I think they were under no illusions, we were making up numbers and probably didnt deserve to make finals. Ill back up the club as i think today was a stepping stone for a young side who are only going to improve over the next few years, need to fill a couple of key positions and and a bit more pace but at least i can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

[howzat]

hey jim what was the attmosphere like today mate looked awesome on tv just a pitty the game didnt live up to it....good to see the blues win without a huge impact from judd as murphy scottland & carrazzo seemed to do the job well....just hope we can make a game of it against the coasters....we still have a way to go to match the pies and cats but a good start today....

[Jim05]

hey jim what was the attmosphere like today mate looked awesome on tv just a pitty the game didnt live up to it....good to see the blues win without a huge impact from judd as murphy scottland & carrazzo seemed to do the job well....just hope we can make a game of it against the coasters....we still have a way to go to match the pies and cats but a good start today....

Unfortunately due to an illness in the family i was unable to go over, gave my tickets to a couple of mates who were heading over so i hope they got some decent coin for them.
Looked fantastic on TV, we were never in the hunt, should have been over after 3 minutes. The thing that stood out for me today was the contested marks, we dropped everything and Carlton took pack marks all day, you know its not your day when Judd gets airborne and takes a great mark
Carlton pace and skills were several notches above us and thats exactly what i expected, really big gap between top 5 and rest and 8th doesnt deserve to play finals. The only consolations for the day was that we have improved the margin on our last finals effort and we dont have to get embarassed in Perth again

[Mr66]

September.
Hmmmm...must be jellyfish season...

Why do you hate the Isotopes so much Dad?

I used to love them once but they broke my heart..................

regards,

REB

LOL
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[bayman]

littlebayman wants to know why west coast are in white shorts & not navy shorts, anyone know the answer as i don't

[Wedgie]

littlebayman wants to know why west coast are in white shorts & not navy shorts, anyone know the answer as i don't

AFL decide in finals (not including the GF where I think their is a coin toss at the Carbine Club between presidents for who wears what, well there used to be anyway).
As West Coast elected to wear their guernsey with white in it, it made sense that the AFL gave them the white shorts.
I would have preferred to have seen West Coast in their traditional royal blue guernsey.

[Hondo]

I would have preferred to have seen West Coast in their traditional royal blue guernsey.

I agree. To me, the royal blue guernsey is West Coast. It seems to have become their second choice these days. The navy strip clashed with Carlton and the white shorts made them predominantly navy and white which is Carlton's colours.

WC in royal blue with blue shorts and Carlton in white shorts would have looked better IMO.