I know you shouldn’t take joy from a player getting injured but when Mitchell tore his hammy off the bone in the first minute I was laughing that hard I honestly could not finish my beer until quarter time.
I still think the highlight of the year was coming back from 10 goals down to knock off Richmond in the first week of the finals. Fark, were they hopping mad or what!
It’s a pity The Age went into administration at the beginning of the week and made redundant all its journalists (lucky Rohan and Emma got out early). Would have been nice to see the write up of this victory…
Cant believe the AFP finally charged Vlad and Caro for leaking and publishing confidential information. They must have been sitting on that investigation for years!! If I was them I’d just plead and take a fair whack, should be able to get out of jail within a year if lucky…
The match day thread to three quarter time, when we’d kicked 5.15, is ugly. Swinging Brown forward in the second half, after he’d spent all year down back, was a coaching masterstroke.
The match day thread to three quarter time, when we'd kicked 5.15, is ugly. Swinging Brown forward in the second half, after he'd spend all year down back, was a coaching masterstroke.
Yeah so was the Ambrose to ruck decision. Spear tackling Hawthorn’s ruck options until they were concussion subbed out worked a treat
The match day thread to three quarter time, when we'd kicked 5.15, is ugly. Swinging Brown forward in the second half, after he'd spend all year down back, was a coaching masterstroke.
Yeah so was the Ambrose to ruck decision. Spear tackling Hawthorn's ruck options until they were concussion subbed out worked a treat
Absolutely loved it in the third quarter when Tippa tackled Mitchell and drove him into the turf. Instead of the stretcher they bypassed the middle man and sent a hearse onto the ground to retrieve what was left.
Loved the half time show. Paul Little’s corporate Blackhawk landing on MCG, ex SAS troopers kidnapping Fitzpatrick then dumping him in the Werribee sewage farm.
Laverde going full beast mode late in the first quarter really set the tone for the rest of the day. We fell behind but went in hard all day and never gave in from that moment, which is why I felt we were still in it despite inaccurate goal kicking.
It was a thing of beauty watching him smashing the pack after the throw in on the wing, flattening Mitchell & Lewis at the contest, breaking a Cyril tackle while moving through HF and leaving him on the ground, then dropping Hodge with a don’t argue right on the 50, before snapping a long goal.
Captain courageous of course came back on with a bandage wrapped round his head and limped his way through the game. But it was to good to see LAV! finish the job off at the three quarter time brawl.
Fark I was livid when that dirty dog Hodge elbowed Hartley in the head when he had his head down over the ball.
Good to see him give the thumbs up as he was carted off the ground on the stretcher.
It briefly stopped our momentum when play resumed and Gunston scored that goal but the boys weren’t gonna let this one slip and just smashed them from that point on.
Nice touch with Joey Daniher having the ball in his hands in the back pocket when the siren went and throwing the ball in the air.
All the Bombers fans around me were crying when the siren went, very emotional.