Finals Round 1

[HighFlyers]

SATURDAY 8 SEPTEMBER, 2007

1st ELIMINATION FINAL – MC Labour Park, Carlton

Western Jets v North Ballarat Rebels - 11.10am

2nd ELIMINATION FINAL – MC Labour Park, Carlton

Geelong Falcons v Eastern Ranges - 2.00pm

SUNDAY 9 SEPTEMBER, 2007

1st QUALIFYING FINAL – MC Labour Park, Carlton

Gippsland Power v Northern Knights - 11.10am

2nd QUALIFYING FINAL – MC Labour Park, Carlton

Calder Cannons v Murray Bushrangers - 2.00pm

 

[ant555]

Busy weekend of checking out how the many players spotted during the year handle the pressure of finals.

 

[TopGun]

SATURDAY 8 SEPTEMBER, 2007
1st ELIMINATION FINAL – MC Labour Park, Carlton
Western Jets v North Ballarat Rebels - 11.10am
2nd ELIMINATION FINAL – MC Labour Park, Carlton
Geelong Falcons v Eastern Ranges - 2.00pm
SUNDAY 9 SEPTEMBER, 2007
1st QUALIFYING FINAL – MC Labour Park, Carlton
Gippsland Power v Northern Knights - 11.10am
2nd QUALIFYING FINAL – MC Labour Park, Carlton
Calder Cannons v Murray Bushrangers - 2.00pm

My Tips:
Western
Eastern
Knights
Cannons

 

[Chandra]

Busy weekend of checking out how the many players spotted during the year handle the pressure of finals.

That's why it's so important that even as a development competition the TAC Cup maintains its structure of playing finals and for a Premiership Cup.

It's great to see who stands up and plays well under the pressure of finals on good grounds in hopefully good conditions.

My tips: Northern, Calder, Eastern & Western - no metro bias btw.

 

[blues2010]

My Tips:
Western
Eastern
Knights
Cannons

I can't see the Cannons getting over Murray. Think it will be Murray Knights Grand FInal

 

[HBF]

Looks like i'll be spending all of my weekend at Carlton next week. Awesome!

 

[TGR]

Looks like i'll be spending all of my weekend at Carlton next week. Awesome!

Me too mate. The wife is going to be real pleased.

 

[bigcalls!!]

finals footy. where will calder finish? i think they will fall in straight sets. northern vrs power could be a grandfinal preview. 5th spot could have the easiest run. beat rebels this week, then beat calder next.

 

[mjp]

finals footy. where will calder finish? i think they will fall in straight sets. northern vrs power could be a grandfinal preview. 5th spot could have the easiest run. beat rebels this week, then beat calder next.

That isn't how it works. Winner of 5 v 8 will be playing the loser of 1 v 4 in week 2. Calder cannot be that team.

 

[HighFlyers]

That isn't how it works. Winner of 5 v 8 will be playing the loser of 1 v 4 in week 2. Calder cannot be that team.

That means if Western Win they will play the loser of Power V Knights and if they can beat them they will then play the winner of Cannons V Bushrangers. As for Geelong v Eastern they will play the loser of Cannons V Bushrangers. Will be a very exciting week of finals.

 

[TopGun]

Anyone know if you have to pay to get into MC Labour Park for the TAC CUP finals series?

 

[TGR]

Anyone know if you have to pay to get into MC Labour Park for the TAC CUP finals series?

Havn't in previous years, so I'd say no.

 

[footyman]

I'll tip
Western
Geelong
Northern
Calder

 

[bingo_dervish]

I'll tip
Western
Geelong
Northern
Calder

i'll Agree

 

[HBF]

Me too mate. The wife is going to be real pleased.

My gf enjoys the quiet at home without me there. So, you know, i'm a good bloke for giving her some time at home by herself.

 

[foj1]

Western
Geelong
Gippsland
Murray
If Murray win I think they will win the premiership this year. Calder will be very keen to avenge the thumping they received a couple of weeks ago though.

 

[-VC-]

A couple of sizeable upsets with Eastern beating Geelong and more significantly North Ballarat beating Western. Massive disappointment for Western after being in the Top 4 most of the season.

I wasn't down at MC Labour Park today (I was at a much gayer footy game) but I'll be there tomorrow.

 

[Third Man Up]

finals footy. where will calder finish? i think they will fall in straight sets. northern vrs power could be a grandfinal preview. 5th spot could have the easiest run. beat rebels this week, then beat calder next.

Fifth may have been the easiest run in the finals if the side that finished there was capable of beating the under-rated Rebels. First the Rebels were disregarded as a genuine finals team with everybody pumping up the Chargers' tyres. Granted the Rebels only won eight games but Oakleigh could only manage seven wins. Hardly the premiership material that many were claiming. Now the Western Jets have blown their shot at glory despite having the 'easiest' of runs in the finals'. North Ballarat have been on the verge of elimination from the finals race for the past six weeks and are still there. Maybe, just maybe, they are doing something right.
Yes, the Rebels probably have over-achieved and will probably bow out of the finals next week but they have sure surprised more than a few both within the TAC Cup system and here in the font of all footy knowledge that is Big Footy.

 

[HBF]

I'll tip
Western
Geelong Northern
Calder

Quality effort footyman.

 

[footyman]

Quality effort footyman.

Yeah, going great guns with the tipping.

It was a weird day, Western started off dominantly in the first match, sharing the goals around and heading into quarter time with a reasonable lead. They came out a totally different side in the second term - for whatever reason - and when their lead was passed midway through the second quarter that was it and from quarter time to 3/4 time the Rebels scored 12 goals to 2 - totally dominating the game. A very disappointing way for the Jets to bow out - 6 days ago they played for top spot on the ladder, today they went down to a side who nearly lost to the wooden spooners last week. Shows how even the season has been in the TAC Cup - everyone can win on their day.

The second game was probably even stranger, the Falcons were asleep early going into quarter time 43 points down. They just chipped away at it all day rather than making one or two strong challenges, but when the Falcons got to within 11 points at about the 23 minute mark of the last quarter it looked like a win was still possible, but a quarter that went for less than 25 minutes took a few by surprise and that was it.

So 7th and 8th sneak through, probably creating a couple of less appealing matches for next weekend.

 

[Snoop Dog]

Disappointed Geelong bowed out. Seems a few of their potential draftees didnt do a great deal. Brother was there and thought Dangerfield was pretty quiet.

Anybody shed any light on Wards game.

 

[mjp]

Anybody shed any light on Wards game.

Incredible.

 

[Sezzac1]

Incredible.

Kicked 6 and gave a couple away. A ray of light in an otherwise underwhelming day.

Footy surely is the game of inches. If Cook hadn't played on and been caught 25 metres from goal last week at Ballarat when Sandy was 1 pt down with 25 seconds to go, Oakleigh would have been playing yesterday. Now the Rats have taken a great step forward. Congrats to both Ballarat and Eastern.

 

[ant555]

Disappointed Geelong bowed out. Seems a few of their potential draftees didnt do a great deal. Brother was there and thought Dangerfield was pretty quiet.

Anybody shed any light on Wards game.

Dangerfield was ok. He had to be used in too many different roles and didnt get a lot of time in the middle. He had to go into defence a few times .
Ward played easily the best game i have seen him play. He lead up well but also took a few very good contested marks. Just kept moving around and providing an option.
At the end of the day it was Rangers hardness around the contested footy that won them the game. Geelong looked good at times when the game opened up and they could play free flowing footy but when Rangers little men turned it into a hard contest they where well on top.

 

[Weaver]

Kicked 6 and gave a couple away. A ray of light in an otherwise underwhelming day.

Ward was superb effectively as a CHF. He is a very different player now to at the start of the year and really does look like one of the few contenders for that tall ruck-rover role. He might not be Jordan Lewis-like at the moment but he will be next year if not drafted. Should be a top-20 pick now.

Footy surely is the game of inches. If Cook hadn't played on and been caught 25 metres from goal last week at Ballarat when Sandy was 1 pt down with 25 seconds to go, Oakleigh would have been playing yesterday. Now the Rats have taken a great step forward. Congrats to both Ballarat and Eastern.

... and Oakleigh would have had the beating of all 4 of those sides yesterday. They should be very angry with themselves for not getting it.

I thought Western were going to win by 80 after the first quarter. The Ballarat showed them too much respect and the coaches got too clever with their match-ups. Bell in the backline, Cheney up front, Radley at FF, Tickner out of the game at FB.

Once Ballarat put their team back into their preferred positions and played the game on their own terms they ran over Western who just never responded. Western barely had any moves of their own. Banner, Ward, Morris, Black were barely unsighted in the midfield.

In the end none of the Western prime-movers really gave a yelp. Banner, Morris, Black, Lyons, Cartelli, Kennedy all chose the same day to turn in some of their worst performances of the year. In the end half of them were tagging.

Jordan Robbins was good for Western. Ward as a CHF. Jayden Post is an improved player and did OK. Lunardi probably had his best game of the year.

BOG for mine was Clayton Hinkley who burnt off a reasonable player in Kennedy. Used the ball so well and kept going all day. Suban was good early but copped heavy tags. Nick Peters was good but was a bit so-so with his ball use. Bryn Weadon out of the back-pocket played the quarter-back role superbly. Grant Bell was the one who turned the match when he went forward. Ryan McKenzie was the other good one, hadn't seen much of him before now.

In the Geelong-Eastern game. It was all over at quarter time. Geelong won the next three quarters but it didn't matter.

Rory Sloane was the killer. Destroyed them at the stoppages with good help from Brad Jones. Geelong had their match-ups wrong and Trent Zomer killed Andrew Scott in the first to set up the win.

Mid-way through the second Geelong came back and it was all lead by Dangerfield. He single handly turned the game around at the stoppages and brought some teammates with him notably Donahue off HBF. Scott was good when released to a flank. Barham did OK. Hornsey beat most guys he played on. Ayce Cordy was close to the best big man on show. Great mobility, agility, balance. He is a huge prospect.

Did the Falcons lose Kane Smith early? He was unsighted. Hunter did next to nothing until the last 10 minutes. Mugavin was stuck in a back-pocket. After leading the Falcons back into the game, Dangerfield was taken off the ball and returned to HBF. Curnow did little. Lynch only popped-up in the last 10 minutes. Geelong's midfield did not show-up ready to play.

Zac Ward was the difference in the end. Getting the goals for Eastern to pad the lead. Jack Steven got a hold of him in the end, but that cost Geelong a good onballer. Gysberts is going to be great. Not elligable for this draft, not elligable for the NEXT draft, and already in the top-3 at Eastern. Lobbe rucked almost unchanged and did well to nullify Cordy, Stavenuiter, Scott and Henderson at various times. Cunningham had a great first quarter and faded.

Falcons might have won if Henderson was able to kick more than 35 metres. He really should have finished with 5.