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2017 Grand Final Game Day Thread
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Letsroar said:
Spot on. I reckon Towner and his story just seems too good to be true. Part of me thinks that. That he has to be a flash in the pan. But a bigger part of me thinks the club, the team, the fans and himself have just realised what his strengths are and what his role should be. It's possible he'll drop off of course, but I reckon it's more likely he'll improve skills wise and become entrenched in the side.
Quite true Baloo, I think there’s little doubt the entire club was on the same page in 2017, I think I’m right saying there was 6 changes from the team that beat Port to the one that won the flag.Baloo said:
CC TIGER said:
You are absolutely right, CC, about the entire club being on the same page. Konrad Marshall's book demonstrates how the RFC, at all levels, was striving for the same goal and with the same attitude. It is quite remarkable what can be achieved when everyone from staff, administrators, coaches and players are "on the same page". RFC pulled it together and made it work. The Club strived to succeed and did so on the basis of believing that every individual had something positive to contribute to the greater cause.
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Just remembered an important detail of my grand-final day.
after the win, we were moving like a giant black and yellow singing ameoba toward Swan St,
when I felt a really solid impact to my heart.
Stunned, I looked down to see broken glass and a stain all around my Danny Rioli badge, which was deliberately placed directly over my heart.
I looked up, and saw a party of plastered footy people on a 6th floor apartment all pointing at one particularly p!ssed woman in a crows jumper.
The attempted assassin had pitched a shot glass, probably full of Black Sambucca going by the smell and stain, possibly at me directly or possibly randomly into the tiger crowd.
The shot glass struck my heart directly, but Danny Rioli took about 70% of the impact, with my ample pectoral muscle absorbing a further 25%.
The 5% of Sambucca and Glass impact that made it through to my ticker made it clear that Danny Rioli had saved my life. His September feats assured their place in easy, history
I laughed at the bitter ugly reckless crow, kissed Danny, and continued partying for the next 10 days, with the abandon of a man who has won the premiership and cheated death in the space of an hour.
The dented and sticky-anise Danny Rioli badge now sits on the piano alongside other family photos. Portraying joys, sorrows and unlikely millimetre stories.
after the win, we were moving like a giant black and yellow singing ameoba toward Swan St,
when I felt a really solid impact to my heart.
Stunned, I looked down to see broken glass and a stain all around my Danny Rioli badge, which was deliberately placed directly over my heart.
I looked up, and saw a party of plastered footy people on a 6th floor apartment all pointing at one particularly p!ssed woman in a crows jumper.
The attempted assassin had pitched a shot glass, probably full of Black Sambucca going by the smell and stain, possibly at me directly or possibly randomly into the tiger crowd.
The shot glass struck my heart directly, but Danny Rioli took about 70% of the impact, with my ample pectoral muscle absorbing a further 25%.
The 5% of Sambucca and Glass impact that made it through to my ticker made it clear that Danny Rioli had saved my life. His September feats assured their place in easy, history
I laughed at the bitter ugly reckless crow, kissed Danny, and continued partying for the next 10 days, with the abandon of a man who has won the premiership and cheated death in the space of an hour.
The dented and sticky-anise Danny Rioli badge now sits on the piano alongside other family photos. Portraying joys, sorrows and unlikely millimetre stories.
easy said:
There should be a gold premiership stories thread for this.
Upon rereading I saw the shooting acted out in slow motion and in b&w, with multiple views used to highlight the callousness of the act.
Side, top and rear views of the shooting were all shown one after the other, with the scene ending with you looking upward at the screaming on lookers on the balcony and fading to black with no sound.
After a couple of seconds the picture fades back in and in first person view you assess the badge and realise what has happened. You're alive. The sound then kicks back in and you can hear the crowd cheering, as the camera pans to a shot of the crowd foisting you into the air like a rock star and crowd surfing you to the front of a bar.
It's time to party.
Probably been mentioned, but after watching the replay again for the 3 billionth time, I loved the "Richo, Richo, Richo..." chant by 75% of the crowd after he carried the cup to the dias with Bickley pre-game.
God knows how small Bickley must have felt.
God knows how small Bickley must have felt.
Umpteenth viewing yesterday.
Interesting what intense scrutiny of one game shows ...
With 5.53 left in the third quarter there is a stoppage at the PRE goals.
Sloane is at the bottom of the pack and if I'm not mistaken, Graham grabs his jumper and HELPS HIM UP !!!!
WTF ???
I don't think this would ever happen in any senior level of footy in Australia, let alone in the highest profile game at the top level.
Only time I've seen it is here in Denmark.
Danes playing Aussie Rules ... they understand the physical nature of the game but they still play it with their own culture, and are not averse to helping an opponent up off the deck.
Interesting what intense scrutiny of one game shows ...
With 5.53 left in the third quarter there is a stoppage at the PRE goals.
Sloane is at the bottom of the pack and if I'm not mistaken, Graham grabs his jumper and HELPS HIM UP !!!!
WTF ???
I don't think this would ever happen in any senior level of footy in Australia, let alone in the highest profile game at the top level.
Only time I've seen it is here in Denmark.
Danes playing Aussie Rules ... they understand the physical nature of the game but they still play it with their own culture, and are not averse to helping an opponent up off the deck.
taztiger4 said:
As the alternate comintaries are out of sinc, I advise downloading them and sincing them with the DVD. Some generous soul posted them on the grand final DVD thread.
23.21.159 said:
Jack did say Sloane was (something like) an idol of his... perhaps that is why he did it. I noticed it too.
feisty tige said:
I did see that and ive also watched the replay many time
Plays hard that boy, guess as you said it is his idol, I think I remember that from the ground as I was right behind PRE goals and this was in the GS..
fastin bulbous said:
While I am waiting for my replacement disk to arrive I decided to listen to the SEN call without watching the vision (while I cooked the Chrismas cakes) and loved it - the SEN callers couldn't believe how ineffective the crows forwards were and were bagging them big time during the 2nd and 3rd and Malthouse in the background saying from mid first qtr how the tiger coaches would be really happy how the game was going even though they were behind.
Gotta love it
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