Finals. Week 2.

[thebaldfacts]

Went down to the wire. Tough and hard faught to the end.

Doesn't matter who won.

Great to see that Bucks was at the game.

[Magpietothemax]

You know, I am extremely happy with this outcome. Would have at the start (like all of us) preferred Lions to win, but in fact a game down to the wire like this was just what we would have wanted.
I think Grundy will destroy the Egyptian relic. I think we will gather monumental anger from watching the cheap shot tactics from GWS tonight. Tay Adams and Wombat are going to fire up. Just a pity Levi won't be out there.
We will also be angry about the walloping we copped from these thugs during the H&A season.
Bucks needs to study how Brisbane strangled the GWS momentum throughout the game. Jeremy Cameron was strangled into nothingness in the second half.
Centre clearances will be massive, but above all Brisbane were able to suffocate GWS through Martin's domination of the ruck.
We will come out and hit these a**holes hard next week.

[Jezza]

^ Bring it on. Can't wait for next Saturday!

[K]

Do you reckon Appleby will play?

[Jezza]

[Magpietothemax]

[Pies4shaw]

We will miss our "triple threat" -Sier, Appleby and Cox - spudding it up all over the ground, this time. Between them, they had 10 kicks in that game. Throw in a "special" performance by Mihocek (8 disposals from 63 inside 50s) and Mayne (3 kicks, 1 tackle) and we obviously fielded a weak team in that game. Also, Collingwood played in Perth the week before and won by a point. Some of our stars from that game (eg, Mihocek - 14 kicks, 10 marks, 4.1) were very flat. Add a flat performance after a great win to wholesale changes (out Moore, Elliott, Noble and Greenwood, all injured; Howe and Adams back from long-term injury layoffs, Varcoe and Appleby as forced "ins") along with in-game injuries (Aish, Sier and Adams) and Collingwood had the only game all season in which its opposition kicked 100 points.

Our lineup will be very different this time. At least we won't field players like Crocker, Appleby, Cox, Quaynor and Sier - all of whom, for various reasons, had minimal (positive) influence when the game was up for grabs.