Anzac Day is simply the best!

[vaughany]

Consistently 90,000+ genuine supporters making this the great traditional match that it is.

Better atmosphere than the Grand Final (no showboating corporates filling up seats)

It is the hairs on the back of the neck standing up as the silent crowd observe the Last Post.

It is the early morning start to pay respects at the dawn service

It is the catching up with friends family for a feed and beer before the game

It is Zaka kicking a goal in the dying seconds

It is Travis Cloke putting on a show of excellence

It is Mark McGough making an amazing debut

It is Hirdy winning the game off his own boot

It is Anzac Day

It is our magnificent MCG

It is what makes Melbourne the greatest city.

It is AFL.

It is our great game in all its glory

P.S Feel sorry for all other supporters just plodding along never experiencing footy like this, Essendon and Collingwood supporters all know this is the greatest day on the sporting calendar!

 

[Jade's]

Consistently 90,000+ genuine supporters making this the great traditional match that it is.

Better atmosphere than the Grand Final (no showboating corporates filling up seats)

It is the hairs on the back of the neck standing up as the silent crowd observe the Last Post.

It is the early morning start to pay respects at the dawn service

It is the catching up with friends family for a feed and beer before the game

It is Zaka kicking a goal in the dying seconds

It is Travis Cloke putting on a show of excellence

It is a young Irishman Clarke making an amazing debut

It is Hirdy winning the game off his own boot

It is Anzac Day

It is our magnificent MCG

It is what makes Melbourne the greatest city.

It is AFL.

It is our great game in all its glory

P.S Feel sorry for all other supporters just plodding along never experiencing footy like this, Essendon and Collingwood supporters all know this is the greatest day on the sporting calendar!

Agree.

It will be a shame when the Tigers take the Bombers place in 2014 but somebody has to step up and fill the breach left by their expolusion from the comp

 

[JimmyDE]

 

[Shawt]

Love ANZAC day, there is nothing like it

Throw in this year's extra Good v Evil, with the Pies going up against all the odds of a genetically manufactured team of muscle-bots, and you have all the ingredients for one of the great games. If the Pies can pip these pigs brain ingesting man monsters, it'll go down as one of the great triumphs for the powers of truth over injustice

 

[vaughany]

Agree.

It will be a shame when the Tigers take the Bombers place in 2014 but somebody has to step up and fill the breach left by their expolusion from the comp

/Fail. Essendon can never be replaced for Anzac Day. Substituting us for Richmond or Carlton won't have the same effect.

 

[Shawt]

/Fail. Essendon can never be replaced for Anzac Day. Substituting us for Richmond or Carlton won't have the same effect.

If Essendon are proved to be systematic drug cheats that flaunt the rules for personal game... you'd think that they would be unworthy of representing the day, and should be excused from competing until the weed out every cheat at the club

That's to worry about later though, when it is all proved or disproved. For now, it falls upon Collingwood to protect the sanctity of the day by blocking cheats from sullying the ANZAC spirit

 

[TheOz]

Consistently 90,000+ genuine supporters making this the great traditional match that it is.

Better atmosphere than the Grand Final (no showboating corporates filling up seats)

It is the hairs on the back of the neck standing up as the silent crowd observe the Last Post.

It is the early morning start to pay respects at the dawn service

It is the catching up with friends family for a feed and beer before the game

It is Zaka kicking a goal in the dying seconds

It is Travis Cloke putting on a show of excellence

It is a young Irishman Clarke making an amazing debut

It is Hirdy winning the game off his own boot

It is Anzac Day

It is our magnificent MCG

It is what makes Melbourne the greatest city.

It is AFL.

It is our great game in all its glory

P.S Feel sorry for all other supporters just plodding along never experiencing footy like this, Essendon and Collingwood supporters all know this is the greatest day on the sporting calendar!

It's Mark McGough playing his only decent game of his career, the true spirit of anzac day and obviously the appropriate way to honour all those old farts who fought in far away lands to in some capacity protect our flailing freedoms somehow all the way over in Europe and Asia at the beck and call of the English monarchy like the little lap dogs we are, Mark McGough and his courageous anzac like awesome display that day, gave the bogans the freedom to strap a flag on their backs and act like a bunch of ******ed dimwits on anzac day, it's simply the best!

 

[jamiegun]

The two biggest clubs in the land in combat on the field..




This is the home and away Grand Final and where dreams are born!

 

[vast]

Love ANZAC day, there is nothing like it

Throw in this year's extra Good v Evil, with the Pies going up against all the odds of a genetically manufactured team of muscle-bots, and you have all the ingredients for one of the great games. If the Pies can pip these pigs brain ingesting man monsters, it'll go down as one of the great triumphs for the powers of truth over injustice

I think you just described every gf, your filthy club ever lost.

God I love real rivalries

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

Said by someone that is obviously too young to have seen his side in a GF.

 

[Silverado]

You've not had a reason to enjoy GF day for quite some time, have you?

 

[2DMB]

The two biggest clubs in the land in combat on the field..




This is the home and away Grand Final and where dreams are born!

Genuine LoL..... I realise it's been a while but that's very sad

 

[Steven Tyler]

I hope it's always played between Collingwood and Essendon
Great tradition that should be kept as is

For some reason, maybe the teams involved, but I get the feeling the other Anzac Day game, between St Kilda and Sydney, will be a flop

 

[vaughany]

It's Mark McGough playing his only decent game of his career, the true spirit of anzac day and obviously the appropriate way to honour all those old farts who fought in far away lands to in some capacity protect our flailing freedoms somehow all the way over in Europe and Asia at the beck and call of the English monarchy like the little lap dogs we are, Mark McGough and his courageous anzac like awesome display that day, gave the bogans the freedom to strap a flag on their backs and act like a bunch of ******ed dimwits on anzac day, it's simply the best!

Mark McGough good pick up that is who it was! "one hit wonder" that is for sure

 

[juice t]

And Dustin Fletcher is the only player in the league to have fought in both world wars

 

[Blood Bath]

Wtf Divvy this piece of shit thread. Both teams don't deserve to represent the ANZACs because of Essendons recent doping scandal and Collingwoods culture of injecting Oxycontin and dealing 8 balls

 

[vaughany]

Wtf Divvy this piece of shit thread. Both teams don't deserve to represent the ANZACs because of Essendons recent doping scandal and Collingwoods culture of injecting Oxycontin and dealing 8 balls

You jelly?

 

[vast]

Wtf Divvy this piece of shit thread. Both teams don't deserve to represent the ANZACs because of Essendons recent doping scandal and Collingwoods culture of injecting Oxycontin and dealing 8 balls

The afl should divvy your irrelevant club. Actually they just did enjoy New Zealand lol.

 

[Shawt]

Wtf Divvy this piece of shit thread. Both teams don't deserve to represent the ANZACs because of Essendons recent doping scandal and Collingwoods culture of injecting Oxycontin and dealing 8 balls

Don't get too down. Give it another decade or two, the Swans might eventually get their roots into Sydney and be a side worthy of such occasions

I believe

 

[vaughany]

Surprised on Bay13 there isn't the annual "Wah-wah sooky la la la how come Essendon and Collingwood get Anzac Day game" thread

 

[Blood Bath]

You jelly?

Hardly.

The afl should divvy your irrelevant club. Actually they just did enjoy New Zealand lol.

Sweet. Enjoy the penalties of the drug-scandal LOL. R.I.P Essendon.

 

[vaughany]

Hardly.

Sweet. Enjoy the penalties of the drug-scandal LOL. R.I.P Essendon.

/ In before Salary Cap concession

 

[Deaneus!]

How exactly do Collingwood exemplify the Anzac spirit, when it's well-known most of the team stayed behind and let the other clubs send players off to fight in the world wars?

Is it a sort of catch-up thing?

 

[jamiegun]

Genuine LoL..... I realise it's been a while but that's very sad

2010.. maybe it's been awhile for you

 

[vaughany]

How exactly do Collingwood exemplify the Anzac spirit, when it's well-known most of the team stayed behind and let the other clubs send players off to fight in the world wars?

Is it a sort of catch-up thing?

Quite sad really that Adelaide's showpiece is a 40,000 crowd drawing minnow fest showdown that no-one cares about outside of south aust