Hi HawkXNtric - noticed nobody has replied to you yet, probably given most people on this board havent been to a GF lately (no dissing when I say that). I had seats for the 01 GF and stood for the 02 & 03 GF and I would actually stand over sitting any time - especially if you enjoy the banter that goes on with opposition supporters.
From what I recall most of the area we were in (M6) was made up of Brisbane supporters - so it may be the case this year in that you will have most of your own supporters around you - which if you are vertically challenged may work in your favour (ie more likely to let you move to get a decent view). However in saying that, you definately do not want to leave it too late getting there - we got there about 12:30pm both years and were worse than half way back, which didnt cause us too many problems as we are both a tad over 6ft so could still see.
Overall, if you are like me and like giving to opposition supporters, which is more difficult to do in seating as far as I am concerned, standing room is the way to go.
Good luck on the weekend Hawkers.
Thanks for that, FFB1. I won't be able to get there until about 12.30 but hopefully it should be mainly Hawks fans in that section, so I'll just have to hope that they are either: (a) more vertically-challenged than me, or (b) spend a lot of time going to the bar, thus relinquishing their spot near the front. Failing that, I'll just spend a time going to the bar! Looking forward to it anyway. Cheers