Swamp Donkey wrote:Well well well who would have thought HWE Vs Mallala in this years GF. A lot wrote off HWE before this season and even in the early stages. Its a credit to Jazz and the eagles for making to the playoff for the big one tommorrow. Credit to Mallala too maintain such consistent footy for a couple of years. I think it has panned out about right with the best two sides playing off in the big one. United would be bitter about missing out, given they should really be there given the talent they retained and recuited this year and Balak threatened again until September again this year, but were ordinary in that 1st semi.
Personally I dont think you can write off HWE tommorrow, stating the obvious a bit I know, but a lot seem to have written them off again in September. They will be super competitive which is all you need to be in GF. There is always the threat of complacency and feeling the pressure as favourites going in to a GF, so it will be interesting to see how the magpies respond to that, given that HWE have nothing to loose. Expect a few surprises, Cica to play up forward more this week and Reidy to spend more time up there too given his strong final quarter in the 2nd semi. With plenty of finals experience throughout thier side I'm tipping the eagles to get up by 8 points tommorrow, with Sam Jericho to kick 5 and David Barnes to win the BOG medal with 4 goals!!
Amos Wilson IN or OUT ???
gees. i hope you dont have money on that result!
would be the first betting / match fixing scandal to hit the apfl.

good luck to both teams tomorrow.
think it will come down to if the eagles play like the first 3 quarters or the last 1 in there last game against mallala.
with a bit of wind around it could bring mallalas skills back to the pack.