AFL Grand Final 2008

[kyleman]

Who else is backing the underdogs?
Should be a rippa of a game.

I am pissed off to a complete new level to see that the 16's TAC cup final ISNT only bloody free t.v!!
If your lucky enough to watch it look out for young ryan wilson for metro, 16 and he sure can play

[Elbo]

Yeah I'll be backing the hawks. I just hope that it's a close and hard game unlike last year. Something worthwhile watching.

[emcgough]

I can't wait... hopefully the Hawks take it to Geelong and don't just lay down as most other teams do. I believe the Hawks can match them and they better!!! A blowout would be disastrous. All the talk in the media about the '89 grand final will fire both sides up I think, probably more so Hawthorn.

I hope Hawthorn win and Hodge gets the Norm Smith after playing injured the whole day. (But if I was a betting man, my money would be on Geelong).

[ben_rides_a_bike]

yer i would like to see the hawks take it out and buddy getting the medal.
but my thoughts is that geelong will win

[NH_]

Yeah I'll be backing the hawks. I just hope that it's a close and hard game unlike last year. Something worthwhile watching.

no such thing as a close game in afl now, its either a blowout or complete and utter crap bring back the footy of 10 years ago i say

[molzy13]

im hoping its a close game but im thinking geelong will win by at least 20 points. tipping gary ablet to win the norm smith medal

[frosteee01]

NH_ you are way off the mark saying "no such thing as a close game in afl anymore" you only need to look back at the 05 and 06 grand finals and the were decided by a total of 5 points for both (1 and 4)

anyway i hoping the hawks win cos i hate the cats...by around 5 goals..

[Simmo.]

I'm tipping Hawks by 14 points, and Sam Mitchell for the Norm Smith.

[NH_]

NH_ you are way off the mark saying "no such thing as a close game in afl anymore" you only need to look back at the 05 and 06 grand finals and the were decided by a total of 5 points for both (1 and 4)

anyway i hoping the hawks win cos i hate the cats...by around 5 goals..

yes but they were absolutely shit games to watch just because their close doesnt mean its a good game, close means a good watching game where skills are good, all you get these days are close bad watching games where skills are shithouse as is umpiring or a huge blowout

[Breaka]

I reckon the Bilbies will beat the Pumpkin Sniffer's by a good twenty.

Nah, don't know anything but I will still watch.

[emcgough]

yes but they were absolutely shit games to watch just because their close doesnt mean its a good game
they were intense to watch, great games.

It is frustrating right now watching the AFL telecast.... I can see what I presume is the U/18 TAC final happening in the background, but they're just doing preamble stuff and interviewing people. WHY can't they show the game??? I would rather watch football than hear people talk.

[Nick*B]

yeoww hopefully its a good game. I reckon Geelong will win but im backing the hawks. :D:D

[molzy13]

NH_ you are way off the mark saying "no such thing as a close game in afl anymore" you only need to look back at the 05 and 06 grand finals and the were decided by a total of 5 points for both (1 and 4)

anyway i hoping the hawks win cos i hate the cats...by around 5 goals..

and wasn't there like 2 or 3 draws during the season

[benz1]

Nah the game in the Background is the U/16 national championships. Looks like division 1 final. Vic Metro/Country (not sure) vs. WA.

And like those above, I hope the hawks win but my money is on Geelong.

[bransly]

up the hawkkas. i say up by 11 points

[emcgough]

Nah the game in the Background is the U/16 national championships. Looks like division 1 final. Vic Metro/Country (not sure) vs. WA.
oh ok, but still I wouldn't mind watching that, would be interesting. Give the kids a chance to get on TV, they deserve it. They could show the game and still have hours of interviews and other preamble stuff, just a bit less of it.

[molzy13]

Nah the game in the Background is the U/16 national championships. Looks like division 1 final. Vic Metro/Country (not sure) vs. WA.

And like those above, I hope the hawks win but my money is on Geelong.

i thought it was vic metro vs NT

[jmurphy]

I want to see the hawks win for crawford, but i recko the cats will rape them

[cameron_15]

I'm in hawaii. I hope someone is streaming it online. i'll have a look now.:(

GO HAWKS! I myself am a bulldogs supporter and after our effort last week i think the hawks can beat them!

[benz1]

i thought it was vic metro vs NT

Im pretty sure I saw the black swan on the yellow.

But I could be wrong

[kyleman]

yea it is WA v Metro

watch the last half on
http://bigpondvideo.com/sporttv

wilba going strong in the first half

[Bocaj1994]

At work i picked out Gellong from the hat $50 if we win $30 if i lose(doubt it). Go The Cats.

[alexx23]

'national JOCK DAY"!!!!1! . get out those puma's.


hahaha, sorry. go the cats i guess?

[skivi]

the pre-match entertainment is such a wank.

[Sethius]

i normally cant stand footy but this is one hell of fast game with some good hits- hawks up 19-6.

[ben_rides_a_bike]

the pre-match entertainment is such a wank.

hahah agreed. wtf is the point of it. its sooo borning

[simmooo!]

Entertaining first quarter looking forward to the rest of the game.

[Sethius]

Entertaining first quarter looking forward to the rest of the game.

alot of goals coming to geelong via free kicks...

[simmooo!]

alot of goals coming to geelong via free kicks...

yep, they just got another free kick which resulted in a Geelong goal.

[Sethius]

bateman- hes alil ripper good to see a good PHYSICAL game though! just not all running- good battles all round best game of football ive bothered to watch in years. hope hawks come through and that Dew guy- tanky :p and left footed only way to be ;)

[joshrides]

i dont really like eigher of the teams lol
GO THE LIONS!!(even tho they suck) lol
owell we got to 4 grand finals in a row a few years back now we cant even get top 8 lol

[josh909]

Come on the hawks

[ben_rides_a_bike]

gary abllet got a goo nock before the end of the third quater
1 more quater to go----- carn the hawks

[Sethius]

Come on the hawks

GO DEWY ya big bugger! glad to see the lil fast boys not doing it all- i love when the tanky blokes stand up and get into the action- how it should be!. Some runners/some talls/some beefies etc

hawks have been the better team- geelongs had some good team members. see how it goes.
this will be the FIRST full game of football ive watched in.. 8years?

[ben_rides_a_bike]

hawthorn have won the game now!!!!!!!!!!!!

[powley]

hawthorn have won the game now!!!!!!!!!!!!

no they haven't, not yet anyway.

[ben_rides_a_bike]

yer not yet, but will
100,012 people where at the game today. thats a fucking tonne

[NASHWORTH]

hawthorn have won the game now!!!!!!!!!!!!

And thank god for that!

[cameron_15]

no they haven't, not yet anyway.

technically, they have not won yet, however, they have a considerable lead and i would be pleasantly surprised if geelong should come from behind and win.

I'm watching live from Hawaii to:D on the beach sipping back on mai tai's! (not really, I'm in my air conditioned apartment listening on the radio on the internet)

[ben_rides_a_bike]

technically, they have not won yet, however, they have a considerable lead and i would be pleasantly surprised if geelong should come from behind and win.

I'm watching live from Hawaii to:D on the beach sipping back on mai tai's! (not really, I'm in my air conditioned apartment listening on the radio on the internet)

they won now

[powley]

they won now

yep they certainly did.

[Simmo.]

UP THE HAWKS!!!!

But they didn't show the team song...............

[molzy13]

well done hawlks great game

[SillyWabbit]

Oh

Damn

I

Thought

The

Cats

Would

Win

:mad:

[rip_it07]

no such thing as a close game in afl now, its either a blowout or complete and utter crap bring back the footy of 10 years ago i say

mate that was a farkin close game

[powley]

Oh

Damn

I

Thought

The

Cats

Would

Win

:mad:

is

that

because

everyone

said

so?

[NASHWORTH]

I

Didn't

Think

They (cats)

Would

Win,

I

Tipped

The

Hawks

[simmooo!]

I

am

just

copying

everyone

else

['Ross]

Thats gotta be the biggest choke in AFL history. Never has a team performed so well, there was talk about them being the best ever then they totally crumble when it counts most.

Geelong absolutely shit themselves...they played like scared little fairies. Full credit to Hawthorn, I didn't think they played very well, but they put on so much pressure and intensity that they forced all kinds of mistakes from Geelong.
Hodge was legendary, pretty much controlled the half of the ground he was in and shut down so many Geelong attacks.

I reckon the bloke who really won the game was stuart dew. When the game was really up for the taking and everyone was missing targets, Mooney missed two easy goals......big stewie stepped up and was involved in all of those quick 4 goals, I think he even kicked 2 of them.

Congrats to the bloke who put $400,000 on the hawks, nice move.

[eric2151]

Gary Ablett should have one the norm smith.. 36 touches easily b.o.g. but they always give it to someone on the winning team, :mad:

[rip_it07]

Gary Ablett should have one the norm smith.. 36 touches easily b.o.g. but they always give it to someone on the winning team, :mad:

fucking oath ablett deserved that more than anyone

['Ross]

Gary Ablett should have one the norm smith.. 36 touches easily b.o.g. but they always give it to someone on the winning team, :mad:

What they should give it to the guy with the most possesions? Because thats an accurate reflection of best on ground:rolleyes:
Hodge was an absolute certainty to win imo, nobody was close to him on the day.

And they do give it to losers sometimes...his dad won it when they lost to carlton, and Nathan Buckley won it not too long ago.

[NASHWORTH]

Nathan Buckley won it not too long ago.

And he took it off strait away because he lost.

[NH_]

mate that was a farkin close game

1 interesting game in the season and its the only one that matters, what about the 160+ other games this season?

[rip_it07]

1 interesting game in the season and its the only one that matters, what about the 160+ other games this season?

how is that the only game that matters?, every game matters because each game decides how many points you are on and position on the ladder and if your going to make the finals. what a stupid thing to say

[NH_]

dude i played football for 15 years, over that time you realise theres nothing that great about it and wonder why you do it if the gf isnt the only game that matters why are there maybe 1 or 2 other games in the season that can pull a sellout mcg crowd?

[Axela8]

I've waited nearly half my life to see another Hawks Premiership. I am so fucking stoked right now!
It was so good, I even got out my 1978 full team uniform and dressed up my 3 year old daughter in it!

[rip_it07]

I've waited nearly half my life to see another Hawks Premiership. I am so fucking stoked right now!
It was so good, I even got out my 1978 full team uniform and dressed up my 3 year old daughter in it!

hahaha nice work man nah it was awesome game and hawks were just better on the day ay

[wa_shova]

Gary Ablett should have one the norm smith.. 36 touches easily b.o.g. but they always give it to someone on the winning team, :mad:

Chris Judd 2005?

And Hodge was clear choice for Norm Smith, he was in everything, Ablett in tears made my day.

[Ozza]

Geelong are arogant, so happy for Hawthorn! I think their list just goes to show that working together as a team with desperation gets you a long way!

[tupper]

A shout out to Jet Star:
Thanks to the captain of my flight today, giving us the final score mid flight.
For us too busy traveling to watch it :)

[sam705]

Im a Geelong supporter since birth.

It's quite sad to see us lose, seeing what the boys have gone through, throughout the season. But in the end its the better team who wins on the day and today that was Hawthorn.
They played an excellent game and Stuey Dew was superb in the most crucial of times.


One thing that did annoy me was Hawthorn players constantly targeting Ablett, always attempting too clean him up, it is expected for the match review panel to review Sam Mitchell as he was hungry for high contact all game, clocking Chapman and also Ablett.

Im also sick of the media calling us cocky.
I find our players have handled our winning streak quite well, not being too cocky about it and thats the way it should be.

Imagine if all those points that we scored were goals. Wasted opputunity in my mind, even though majority of them were rushed behinds.

In my mind Geelong were excellent at shutting down high profile players (Franklin,Roughhead,Williams) but it was the rest of Hawthorns team that stood up and brought them home.

Lets just hope Geelong can come back with all pistons firing to smash Hawthorn round 1, 2009. :)

By all means, a loss can only make us better.

[sam705]

Geelong are arogant, so happy for Hawthorn! I think their list just goes to show that working together as a team with desperation gets you a long way!

Arogant?
What makes you say that?


Working together is what Geelong have done all year, it was always going to be a close game, as it was when they last versed each other.

2 very competitive sides.
2 highly skilled sides.

But, it only comes down to 1 game, and it was Hawthorns time to shine.

Congrats to them!

[emcgough]

dude i played football for 15 years, over that time you realise theres nothing that great about it and wonder why you do it if the gf isnt the only game that matters why are there maybe 1 or 2 other games in the season that can pull a sellout mcg crowd?
Compelling stuff here, well done champ!

Congratulations to the Hawks though, and well done to Stuart Dew, the guy is unbelievably cool under pressure, I didn't see him have one clanger.

[Ozza]

Arogant?
What makes you say that?
Working together is what Geelong have done all year, it was always going to be a close game, as it was when they last versed each other.

I was talking about the whole club in general! It took them so long to win a premiership during the drought and they did last year, since that its like they think their untouchable. Like ofcourse the supporters are going to be happy, majority of their life they have copped shit for being a terrible side and now they are dominant.

My comments were that Hawthorns list shows that teamwork goes a long way. Meaning their list is bairly comparable to Geelongs in the way of high profile/quality players (Evidence being 7 players being selected into the all australian side) and through the desperation and teamwork they got on top of a side full of better players.

[cameron_15]

Ablett in tears made my day.

Damn! I can't believe i missed that. Lucky The game is recorded and waiting for me to return home to watch it.

Last year me and my mate (who goes for hawthorn) decided that this year, 2008, hawthorn would win the premiership. we said they had a lot of developing players and were definitely on the rise, however last year they were not quite ready.

We also decided that in 2009, the bulldogs (my team) were going to win the premiership. we decided that they have a very solid line of older players (gianseracusa, Gilbee, Hargrave, Hahn, Boyd, cross etc.) and that they had some younger players who were playing well but needed another few seasons to develop.

So far we are 1 from 2. lets hope this time next year we'll be 2 from 2:D

[kyleman]

that was a brilliant game to watch.
I dont reckon any geelong supporters ive come across have been cocky or arogant, just happy to be winning:) and I mean if Richmond hadnt have finished 9th yet again I might be too!

[sam705]

I was talking about the whole club in general! It took them so long to win a premiership during the drought and they did last year, since that its like they think their untouchable. Like ofcourse the supporters are going to be happy, majority of their life they have copped shit for being a terrible side and now they are dominant.


I wouldn't call them arrogant.

For a team with a winning streak equivelant to Geelong's, they kept pretty quiet about it all.

They were never too cocky and never went out expecting to win.

The media make so much of it all though, for example; Coach Mark Thompson eating a sandwiche during a game.

The media saw that as if it's a walk in the park for him, all due to Geelong being the top side and at the time unbeatable.


And yes, bloody oath Hawthorn were the best side on the day, im not doubting that and i congradulate them!


In my eyes we will see Geelong come back better than ever.
Next season will be one hell of a season with the level of football each team has portrayed this season constantly improving.