The OFFICIAL 2009 AFL Finals Thread!

[Farmer2Goggin2Wade]

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With the 2009 AFL Finals approaching fast, I thought it'd be a good idea to make a thread for it. You can talk about match-ups, how to shut down clubs who's through to each finals match etc etc.


Here's a preview for the finals;

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Here's the ladder as it stands;

Pos Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Percentage Points
1 - St Kilda 21 19 0 2 2083 1344 154.99 76
2 - Geelong 21 17 0 4 2218 1761 125.95 68
3 - Collingwood 21 15 0 6 2098 1678 125.03 60
4 - Western Bulldogs 21 14 0 7 2278 1864 122.21 56
5 - Carlton 21 13 0 8 2166 1879 115.27 52
6 - Adelaide 21 13 0 8 1928 1685 114.42 52
7 - Brisbane 21 12 1 8 1917 1798 106.62 50
8 - Essendon 21 9 1 11 1964 2028 96.84 38
9 - Hawthorn 21 9 0 12 1863 2004 92.96 36
10 - Port Adelaide 21 9 0 12 1923 2173 88.50 36
11 - Sydney 21 8 0 13 1796 1927 93.20 32
12 - West Coast 21 7 0 14 1768 1984 89.11 28
13 - North Melbourne 21 6 1 14 1609 1948 82.60 26
14 - Fremantle 21 6 0 15 1693 2165 78.20 24
15 - Richmond 21 5 1 15 1729 2263 76.40 22
16 - Melbourne 21 4 0 17 1639 2171 75.50 16

Top 8 in bold. Teams fighting for a finals spot underlined.

I'll update the ladder after round 22.


Round 22 fixture;

Friday, August 28

8:40pm - West Coast Eagles vs Richmond - Subiaco Oval

Saturday, August 29

1:10pm - Geelong vs Fremantle - Skilled Stadium

2:10pm - Hawthorn vs Essendon - MCG

4:10pm - Carlton - vs Adelaide - Etihad Stadium

7:10pm - Sydney Swans vs Brisbane Lions - SCG

7:40pm - Port Adelaide vs North Melbourne - AAMI Stadium

Sunday, August 30

2:10pm - Melbourne vs St Kilda - MCG

4:40pm - Collingwood vs Western Bulldogs - Etihad Stadium

I've posted enough. I'll let you guys do the rest.

P.S. SPOILER WARNINGS! SPOILER WARNINGS! SPOILER WARNINGS!

 

[Dalbs]

I'll be supporting the Crows now as I love Mcleod, going to be a interesting series.

 

[Farmer2Goggin2Wade]

Should be great, especially with the most likely outcome of Geelong vs Collingwood in the first round!!!

 

[OHHYEA]

Yep it will be a exciting finals series for alot of clubs.
Pies, Saints, Cats all equal favourites, Dogs probley should be in there aswell.

 

[nenjabin]

I'm starting to warm heavily to the Doggies. Think I might be on them for Premiers this year! Everyone else in the top 4 looking a little shakey to me at the moment. We'll see following this weekend ey.

 

[chadjaja]

The bookies odds only reflect the number of supporters jumping on a bandwagon ;-) Doesn't mean the Cats, Saints and Pies are all equally as good as each other.

I'd love to see long time Doggies supporters rewarded with a cup and put a smile on some nanna's face as she sits there under her red, white and blue crochet blanket.

 

[Ultimate TC]

Saints for me May have been a bit dodgie over the last 2 weeks but were still 19 and 2 after this weekend 20 and 2.

 

[bombersfc]

I think Geelong will be ready to PLAY come finals. I think they'll beat the Magpies. Well, I hope so

 

[OHHYEA]

The bookies odds only reflect the number of supporters jumping on a bandwagon ;-) Doesn't mean the Cats, Saints and Pies are all equally as good as each other.

I'd love to see long time Doggies supporters rewarded with a cup and put a smile on some nanna's face as she sits there under her red, white and blue crochet blanket.

Yeh i realise that, Slapped 200 on the pies today :v:
Better not let me down.

 

[Farmer2Goggin2Wade]

I reckon Geelong too. Of course because I'm a Cats supporter but also we're back to full strength this week and we've all seen what Geelong at full strength is like.

 

[adz2332]

Power cant make the finals!
As ess and hawks play each other so one of the teams has to win! and even if they draw still no good!

So its out of HAWKS or ESS! For 8th spot

 

[Dalbs]

if Geelong don't win the Gf this year it will be a shame only 1 win from being so dominant for the last 5. Saying that though I still think they will find another gear, they certainly have ruck/Forward problems, Chapman is so essential to their line up.

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Power cant make the finals!
As ess and hawks play each other so one of the teams has to win! and even if they draw still no good!

So its out of HAWKS or ESS! For 8th spot

Mathematically they still can, just highly doubtful.

 

[adz2332]

Lol Mathematical yes. BUT they have to hope its either a draw or a win to the hawks and the have to FLOG Nrth Melb!

 

[33WING]

The bookies odds only reflect the number of supporters jumping on a bandwagon ;-) Doesn't mean the Cats, Saints and Pies are all equally as good as each other.

I'd love to see long time Doggies supporters rewarded with a cup and put a smile on some nanna's face as she sits there under her red, white and blue crochet blanket.

I agree with the comments above, the talk after last weeks round was all about the 3 big teams but have forgotten about Footscray. They had a bad one against West Coast a few weeks ago but they're currently in good form with Higgins, Giansiracusa returning last week. If my Hawks bomb out against Essendon I'll definately be flying the flag for the doggies.

The wife and I will be at the Sydney vs Brisbane game this weekend since she's a Fitzroy supporter and I'm hoping this will be a close & hard encounter. I'll be wearing my Hawthorn gear and cheering on the Lions or it will be a cold lonely night out with the dog Saturday night.

 

[kingjack]

nice video

 

[Dalbs]

Bombers to defeat the Hawks now with No Buddy.

 

[nenjabin]

Bombers to beat Hawks...but Hawthorn wins the brawl and the AFL wins overall because of the record number of fines given and Essendon has the whole team suspended for the week after (Here's hoping anyway, cause with no Buddy this is the only interest left in the game for me).

 

[Farmer2Goggin2Wade]

By by Hawks, welcome Essendon.

 

[Dalbs]

Yep great game, plenty of passion and testosterone. Loved it.

 

[nenjabin]

And Bye Bye Lloyd and Bye Bye Ryder.