It was the big football finals long wkend (well, we're actually still in the middle of it as it's public holiday monday tomorrow). This year we have the minor premeirs taking on No 2 in both the AFL & the NRL Grand Finals, with the minor premiers (Geelong & Melbourne) heavy favorites. I personally don't really care that much anymore because (1) after the Swans falling at the 1st hurdle of the finals there really was not point in watching the rest of the finals series, with the exception of hoping & praying that Collingwood doesn't win (they didn't :D), (2) have not been into league (NRL) for quite a few years, but I did have a soft spot for the Storms way back when. So, here's a quite recap:
Last year we (Swans) lost a nail-biter to the bloody Eagles by 1 point (after pipping them to the post the year earlier by 4, but still, the 1 pointer hurts so much more than it would've had it been the other way 'round). It was only the 2nd time in 100+ yr history that a Grand Final was decided by 1 point, ie the smallest winning margin. This yr, however, with both Swans & Eagles not making the Grand Final (no 2 teams have made 3 successive Grand Finals ever) there was no history to be made there. Anyways, 2007 has really been Geelong's yr. Not only have they nabbed the most All-Australian spots ever (9 out of 22, compared to the previoous high of 6), the minor premeirship (by a mile), the 1st 200+ games in a few years, the Brownlow to Jimmy Bartel, now the biggest winning margin in VFL/AFL Grand Final history (by 119 points. That's 20 more goals than the runner-up. 20!!!) & the Norm Smith medal to boot. The display of form in the Grand Final was simply too awesome to contain even though Port Adelaide didn't play that badly at all (well, they weren't actually given any opportunity to play let alone play 'badly'). I guess the Premiership cup has to return to Victoria every now & then (1st time since 2000 that any Victorian team has won the premiership, even though it's supposed to be 'their' game. Ha, suck on that Melbournians~!)
Meanwhile, the NRl Grand Final today was also a bit of a shut-out, with Storms taking it out 34-8. Not flawless like the Post thumping by Geelong, but still Manly was really given any chances at all. I guess knocking Brett Stewart out cold in the 1st half helped also. That's pretty much all I can say about the game 'cos I only watched it p-in-p while also watchign Idol :P
Giving myself until the end of tomorrow to finish this section of the chapter (cutting from 8 pages down to 6) then it's only 13 more pages. Should be done by end of wk. Yes!
BTW, moon festival gathering last night at the Mo's & I my home-made strawberry ice-cream totally killed (not literally of course, 'cos if I did I'd be writing this from prison or the big beyond right now). Have already made another batch 'cos we currently have an overload of strawberries in the fridge (tray of 15 for just $5, how crazy is that!?!?)
Last year we (Swans) lost a nail-biter to the bloody Eagles by 1 point (after pipping them to the post the year earlier by 4, but still, the 1 pointer hurts so much more than it would've had it been the other way 'round). It was only the 2nd time in 100+ yr history that a Grand Final was decided by 1 point, ie the smallest winning margin. This yr, however, with both Swans & Eagles not making the Grand Final (no 2 teams have made 3 successive Grand Finals ever) there was no history to be made there. Anyways, 2007 has really been Geelong's yr. Not only have they nabbed the most All-Australian spots ever (9 out of 22, compared to the previoous high of 6), the minor premeirship (by a mile), the 1st 200+ games in a few years, the Brownlow to Jimmy Bartel, now the biggest winning margin in VFL/AFL Grand Final history (by 119 points. That's 20 more goals than the runner-up. 20!!!) & the Norm Smith medal to boot. The display of form in the Grand Final was simply too awesome to contain even though Port Adelaide didn't play that badly at all (well, they weren't actually given any opportunity to play let alone play 'badly'). I guess the Premiership cup has to return to Victoria every now & then (1st time since 2000 that any Victorian team has won the premiership, even though it's supposed to be 'their' game. Ha, suck on that Melbournians~!)
Meanwhile, the NRl Grand Final today was also a bit of a shut-out, with Storms taking it out 34-8. Not flawless like the Post thumping by Geelong, but still Manly was really given any chances at all. I guess knocking Brett Stewart out cold in the 1st half helped also. That's pretty much all I can say about the game 'cos I only watched it p-in-p while also watchign Idol :P
Giving myself until the end of tomorrow to finish this section of the chapter (cutting from 8 pages down to 6) then it's only 13 more pages. Should be done by end of wk. Yes!
BTW, moon festival gathering last night at the Mo's & I my home-made strawberry ice-cream totally killed (not literally of course, 'cos if I did I'd be writing this from prison or the big beyond right now). Have already made another batch 'cos we currently have an overload of strawberries in the fridge (tray of 15 for just $5, how crazy is that!?!?)
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