Game Day NAB Cup Grand Final 2013 Blues vs Lions *GameDay Thread*

[The Old Dark Navy's]

Match discussion can go in here. BF will be running a chat window.

 

[Izzy Real]

Hi, does anybody know if the rotation cap will be lifted for the game tonight?
I hear it has been for other practice matches going on this weekend.
Seeing's the nab cup g.f. is still essentially a practice match shouldn't it be removed
from this game also?
Or does the practice match label depart once prize money attached?
Go Blues!!

 

[Jeremias]

Hi, does anybody know if the rotation cap will be lifted for the game tonight?
I hear it has been for other practice matches going on this weekend.
Seeing's the nab cup g.f. is still essentially a practice match shouldn't it be removed
from this game also?
Go Blues!!

NAB Cup rules apply for the GF, so as far as I'm aware - no the cap will not be lifted.

Meanwhile all other clubs (to my knowledge) are playing this weekend under regular H&A season rules.

Essentially we are at a disadvantage for making the NAB Cup GF which is a complete and utter farce.

 

[Izzy Real]

NAB Cup rules apply for the GF, so as far as I'm aware - no the cap will not be lifted.

Meanwhile all other clubs (to my knowledge) are playing this weekend under regular H&A season rules.

Essentially we are at a disadvantage for making the NAB Cup GF which is a complete and utter farce.

Yeah that's what I thought. I hoped the A.F.L. would have collected enough data over the matches played to exempt this game (considering other clubs are playing under reg H&A rules. It does seem like a potential penalty for making the showcase doesn't it? Hopefully no injuries so it becomes a moot point. If someone one from either team tweaks something late in the game though...

 

[Izzy Real]

Re:Game - Looking fwd to it. Hopefully we pick up a win whilst Mick is doing his final tinkering to sort out rnd1 team. Go captain Smurf. Go Blues!

 

[toomuchsparetime]

For some reason tonights game feels like the start of the season. I'd be suprised if we hold anything back, with the exception of keeping some players fresh for round one, ie: limited ground time for Judd, et. al.

On Judd, reports he might spend some time down back. Seeing as he's always been in the middle it's hard even to imagine how he'd go keeping wraps on an opposition forward? On the other hand salivating at the thought of Judd teaming up with Yarran.

Read somewhere that Malthouse has been roping off Princess Park to replicate the dimensions of Docklands Stadium. Will be interesting to see if this helps the Blues this season (and tonight).

Go Blues....

 

[The_Wookie]

man that is a god awful haircut on gibbs

 

[The_Wookie]

might have been the best rendition of national anthem since whenever julie anthony did it last

 

[The_Wookie]

lol seven getting david king in their for a second

 

[The_Wookie]

white, gibbs, hammer and casboult forward by the looks of it

 

[Stig O'Hara]

David King offering some wonderful mime.

Whole pre-match has been amateur hour.

 

[The_Wookie]

robbo throwing himself at the ball. First goal to us.

oddly Seven are taking the entire fox feed, just no commentary. Even the graphics are fox.

 

[The_Wookie]

kreuze with the tackles lol

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Number 8 prominent early.

 

[The_Wookie]

great tackle in the middle by mclean. waite doing commentary on seven

 

[The_Wookie]

not the best defender yazz lol

 

[The_Wookie]

lions up by 6. just a sslightly sloppy tackle from boots

 

[The_Wookie]

let off there. defense looks a bit weak right now.

 

[The_Wookie]

lions by 13. defensive pressure quite sucky atm

 

[T2B_]

Wake up lads

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Sorry to interrupt your little chat Hamish whoever you are, but there is a game of footy going on.

 

[The_Wookie]

can always count on army and his tackles

 

[The_Wookie]

great smother from simpson. whoever has brown put no pressure on him after he dropped it

 

[The_Wookie]

jeez did anyone not have a haircut

 

[The_Wookie]

shocking going forward now