Go the CATTERS!!

Ryan · #1 29-09-07, 10:41

Geelong wins the 2007 AFL grand final! Woo hoo.
Bad luck to Port Adelaide who got smashed.
The town is going crazy already, people are outside on the street waving their scarves and flags. Won't risk the city tonight, time to head for the hills, off to Inverleigh for a roast diner and a few quiet ones with my girl.

Sorry Bob and all you other SA fans.

Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP) · #2 29-09-07, 14:10

Is that 'Aussie Rules'?

Thus spake a frightfully ignorant Canuck...

#3 29-09-07, 18:17

Quote:

Originally posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball
Is that 'Aussie Rules'?

Thus spake a frightfully ignorant Canuck...

Whats AFL?

Thus spake a frightfully ignorant English person.

R.

Alex Blair (RIP) · #4 29-09-07, 21:06

Quote:

Originally posted by Richard Notton
Whats AFL?
Thus spake a frightfully ignorant English person.

R.

]Whats AFL?
Just a guess...
Australian Fat Lads...????

chris vickery · #5 29-09-07, 22:01

I would hazzard a guess at Australian Football League.

Probably not the same as good old CFL or NFL football but rather the same football our UK friends play as well (soccor to us ignorant types...)

Ryan · #6 30-09-07, 05:12

Well I'm back and you are all way off, not rugby, not soccer, not english football but Aussie rules, the greatest game in the world ( yes I'm bias ).

Look up: http://www.gfc.com.au/

The city did go crazy last night and there is still a feeling of euphoria today.

Plushy · #7 30-09-07, 07:55

Ever heard of Darren Bennett who played for the San Diego Chargers ? He was the punter he retired from AFL at the age of Thirty because of the strain and punishment on his body so he went and played NFL for ten years until he retired from sport to spend time with his family . Does that say anything about AFL ?

or Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Football_League

The Cats did an awesome job of tearing port apart !

Ryan · #8 30-09-07, 08:27

Thanks Plushy for the link and the explanation. Not thinking straight at the moment.
Apparently they closed off some of the town centre in Geelong last night as there was just too many people. I had friends there who said they saw streakers and people car surfing and just general mayhem. But all in good spirits.
Will be watching the news tonight.

#9 30-09-07, 08:41

Quote:

Originally posted by chris vickery
I would hazzard a guess at Australian Football League.

. . . .but rather the same football our UK friends play as well . . .

Oh, football. . . . . . . . . .

I'm off to a Vogon poetry recital then.

R.

Keith Webb · #10 30-09-07, 10:55

Quote:

Originally posted by Richard Notton
Oh, football. . . . . . . . . .

I'm off to a Vogon poetry recital then.

R.

Quote:

Oh freddled gruntbuggly,
Thy micturations are to me
As plurdled gabbleblotchits
On a lurgid bee.
Groop, I implore thee, my foonting turlingdromes
And hooptiously drangle me
With crinkly bindlewurdles,
Or I will rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon,
See if I don't!

Couldn't agree more!

Lynn Eades · #11 30-09-07, 11:05

(Im wonderin' what Jiff's gonna say now Keef?)

Something like 'What th..."

(It IS British humour but it's not Monty Python)

Tony Smith · #12 30-09-07, 12:12

Quote:

Originally posted by Lynn Eades
(Im wonderin' what Jiff's gonna say now Keef?)

Something like 'What th..."

Just wait 'til he sees the Aust v Canada score in Rugby World Cup!

Ian Pullen · #13 30-09-07, 12:31

I sat up last night to watch the Australia - Canada match wholly for the comedic relief. It was so entertaining I just had to watch the repeat this afternoon...............
I really can't say that the words Canada and Rugby should be used in the same sentence................

Alex Blair (RIP) · #14 30-09-07, 14:26

Quote:

Originally posted by Ian Pullen
I sat up last night to watch the Australia - Canada match wholly for the comedic relief. It was so entertaining I just had to watch the repeat this afternoon...............
I really can't say that the words Canada and Rugby should be used in the same sentence................

Is that played with sticks..???

#15 30-09-07, 14:47

Quote:

Originally posted by Lynn Eades
(Im wonderin' what Jiff's gonna say now Keef?)

Something like 'What th..."

(It IS British humour but it's not Monty Python)

Might I suggest a very, very small fish to stick in yor ear could be efficacious.

R.

Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP) · #16 30-09-07, 15:22

I must say, there are some very peculiar blokes on this forum...

Bob Moseley (RIP) · #17 03-10-07, 01:55

Hi Ryan

Well done to the Cats, Geelong certainly needed some good news given the closure of your engine plant. We didn't see the match other than catch the last few minutes at Plushys. The Phoenix recovery was our priority. As for Port Power, at least they were there and they once again showed all the VFL teams that Victorian footy clubs and the AFL in general are legends in their own minds.

Bob

Darrell Zinck · #18 03-10-07, 13:22

Ian and Tony

Ahhh but at least Canada has a Rugby Team.

I fail to see an Aussie Hockey Team playing anywhere.

You know, Hockey? THE toughest sport.

regards
Darrell

Mike K · #19 03-10-07, 14:44

Quote:

Originally posted by Darrell Zinck
Ian and Tony

Ahhh but at least Canada has a Rugby Team.

I fail to see an Aussie Hockey Team playing anywhere.

You know, Hockey? THE toughest sport.

regards
Darrell

GAWD !

Aussies play real hockey and win gold medals at the Olympics regularly ( well, the womens team does anyway ).... We don't play that ice game , where most of the time , they seem more interested in punching each other .

I won't mention the ridiculous money they get either ..... we are guilty of that too . Footy is a religion here , literally, in the true sense . It's tribal, neanderthal , said enough .

Mike

Ryan · #20 28-09-11, 23:17

It's coming up again next weekend. Cats verses the pies.

GO CATS!!!!! Smash those toothless collingwood no hopers.

And for all you canuks, yanks and poms who haven't a clue of what I'm talking about:

http://www.afl.com.au/

oh, by the way.

GO CATS!!

Plushy · #21 29-09-11, 02:25

GO CATS !!!! Hope our boys smash the Colliwobbles !

Keith Webb · #22 29-09-11, 02:54

Oh, there's a game of football on this weekend?
I thought all that guff finished last weekend.
The last (only) game I went to was the 1966 grand final. More than enough to last a lifetime.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryan

It's coming up again next weekend. Cats verses the pies.

GO CATS!!!!! Smash those toothless collingwood no hopers.

And for all you canuks, yanks and poms who haven't a clue of what I'm talking about:

http://www.afl.com.au/

oh, by the way.

GO CATS!!

cliff · #23 29-09-11, 03:25

bugger another waste of TV space this weekend

Keith Webb · #24 29-09-11, 03:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by cliff

bugger another waste of TV space this weekend

You could watch one of the "Year of" series instead.

Ryan · #25 29-09-11, 05:57

Heathens!
Oh yeah......GO CATS!

cliff · #26 29-09-11, 06:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

You could watch one of the "Year of" series instead.

sorry Keith not even a DVD player here to play a decent movie on

Keith Webb · #27 29-09-11, 06:45

No supporters for the maggot pies?

Dean (Ajax) · #28 29-09-11, 11:16

Aussie vs Canada in Lacross..now that would be interesting!!!

I think that would be a tad one sided also...but of course you can hit each other with the sticks in that game..and very little padding....could be worth watching!!! LOL

Dean

lynx42 · #29 29-09-11, 12:14

GO CATS!!! I've been a Geelong supporter my entire life, so GO CATS!!

Mike Cecil · #30 30-09-11, 18:40

Ah, yes: Australian Rules Football. Should only be encouraged. Just think of all those thousands, ney, tens of thousands of people it keeps hemmed into stadiums or glued to TVs on a weekend, and out of the countryside where us other folk chose to play.... (well, before they banned having fun with firearms, anyway....)

Ahh, the memories.

No, I have NOT attempted to learn the rules of that US Grid Iron thingie since I got here, anymore than I could tell you the seemingly perverse rules that appear to regulate Aussie Rules. I do miss a good hot meat pie and sauce, and a coldie on a Saturday, but can't say I ever enjoyed that repaste at a football game of any code. Keefy and I seem to have similar regard to such games, so I'm content that I'm not alone.

That should stir the pot!

Mike C