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Replying To StoreysTash:  "In Melbourne, got a ticket and everything. Its a public holiday here in Victoria and a great buzz around even with a QLD team playing in the final. I hear it gets crazy altogther if 2 Victoria teams playing.
Should be a good game, Collingwood will win. Have seen a few of their games."
Fair play, they were hard to come by from what I've heard!

Dunno about a Pies win, nervous going into it., Brisbane have some serious forwards and it will be a big ask to keep the scores down like they did against Melbourne and GWS. If they can keep the Lions down to 10 goals I think they will win it, but stopping Camerion, Danaher and Hipwood is a serious challenge.

TaosHum (Carlow) - Posts: 226 - 29/09/2023 11:42:13    2506223

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Replying To StoreysTash:  "In Melbourne, got a ticket and everything. Its a public holiday here in Victoria and a great buzz around even with a QLD team playing in the final. I hear it gets crazy altogther if 2 Victoria teams playing.
Should be a good game, Collingwood will win. Have seen a few of their games."
Enjoy it, I made a Preliminary Final in the 90's when Kangaroos beat the Demons.
Great experience, could not get tickets for the final but enjoy. The weekend is a real carnival atmosphere.
I don't watch AFL any more though to be honest. A bit like Gaelic Football, not much of a spectacle in my view.

ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1010 - 29/09/2023 13:54:51    2506263

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Replying To MesAmis:  "You can't stop a professional organisation offering someone a job."
dont normally agree with dubs but you are 100%. the lads complaining about the AFL are lads that have never left their town nevermind their country and just have that strange irish thing of hating anyone doing well

Whestofthewest (Clare) - Posts: 60 - 30/09/2023 10:18:38    2506352

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Replying To Whestofthewest:  "dont normally agree with dubs but you are 100%. the lads complaining about the AFL are lads that have never left their town nevermind their country and just have that strange irish thing of hating anyone doing well"
Silly post.
Lots of lads complaining about the AFL have spent years living abroad as emigrants you can be sure, and have toured other parts of the world.
There's nothing "strange" about not wanting to see some of your sports brightest talents being taken away to play a different sport.
It's understandable that the players in question would want to take the opportunity, but it's also a bad thing for gaelic football.

Galway9801 (Galway) - Posts: 1501 - 01/10/2023 10:57:56    2506435

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