Caught most of the game today....
Bendigo played very well and the zebs will have to be switched on next week when they meet...
Must admit I'm happy my 2 most disliked teams ( Port and Frankston ) are out of the finals.......
Can Sandy beat the Bombers next week?...I guess after Melbourne got beaten today it will strengthen our line up considerably...the question is who will play with the 12/10 rule...a situation Mark Williams is most probably looking forward to.....
I'm tipping Tasmania will beat the Bullants tomorrow...and Werribee to beat them next week...
GO ZEBRAS....just once in my lifetime I'd love back to back premierships
On a side note - where were all the Dons fans?and for that matter Ports as well .The crowd for these two teams was nothing less than pathetic for a final with one the home team and the other the biggest member base in Victoria.
Maybe the Essendon fans will get on board next week.
I havent had the chance to sit down and re-watch the game, but I felt Port gave a good account of themselves. Just a lapse putting enough of a margin on the scoreboard for Bendigo go through with a solid win.
Make no mistake, the loss of the two talls McKernan and Jones was a massive blow. Hamish McIntosh had to play despite suffering with the flu.
The umpiring? Bloody disgraceful I thought, and I let them know all about it. It was one of those games where Bendigo kicked about 7 goals from frees in their attacking zone, while David Pitt who took two critical marks in the last quarter, neither of which were paid... frustrating!
Bendigo are a quality side, and they will probably go on to contest the Grand Final against Werribee.
Port didnt give up at any stage but after quarter time the loss of McKernan and Jones showed up.
I noticed at quarter time Ghaazi mentioned Doering and Ted Richards were dropping back into the hole and cutting off our forward attacks.
Would they have done this so easily with big bodies like McKernan and Jones leading out?
Of the 7 free kicks that resulted in goals I thought 2 were definate frees having watched the video last night. Pitts 2 grabs in the last quarter were easily marks and I thought that was a good indication of the umpiring. Absolutely shocking. Every time Port were making a bit of a run and had momentum, a soft free kick or bad decision was made. Bendigo had 24 frees to Ports 16.
Too many free kicks to mention but there was an indicdent in the final quarter where Cupido grabbed the ball, took a few opponents on and was tackled. He didnt kick or handball the ball. Yet the umpire called holding the man and also a 50 meter penalty because the Port player thought it was his free and played on. Disraceful.
All we can do now is look forward to 2006. GO BOROUGH
Jobe Watson played well hey, geez I was speaking to someone early in the game who said something like "Jobe is a dud"... ;)
Jobe = Naomi Robson's son... :D
He has got a big-name father and considering it was a VFL final, kicking five was a damn fine effort. He runs like his old man. The dud label is a hard one on someone who hasn't fully run his race just yet...
Yeah , some people just cant spot footy talent can they footyman !!!!
Doh !!!
Still reckon he's a dud.....he did this two years ago , one reasonable game and then nothing for 3 months.
...and remember , I thought I was wrong once.....but I was mistaken !!!
Exactly Rico. We'll see how he goes next week now he's drawn some attention to himself.