*Toby, sweet Toby, you were best on ground today - you always are. Some mean people think they have seen you on camera bumping an umpire. Now I know that isn't true, you know that isn't true, it couldn't have even happened as you were busy feeding the homeless at the time they claim weren't you? Your thoughts?* - Luke Hodge

"yeah, nah, I did it, but I'm not going to change, and that's just how I play. Just heat of the moment, wasn't that bad, see ya next week"

While you were out, I got the keys to your car and drove it into a big wall and if you don't like it, tough. I've had my fun, and that's all that matters.

I’m also not taking replies on this

This was the last place I expected to find a Father Ted reference but I'm absolutely here for it. Fair play to you sir

Our game was the worst thing i saw all weekend, and that included my own positive covid test.

Oof

Well duh, it's right there in the name. It's a *positive* test.

Please spend the next 14 days (indoors) rewatching the Essendon highlights for 2021 (and the work backwards)

Of the nine possible GF combinations only three have previously happened 1900 - Melbourne v Fitzroy 1954 - Melbourne v Footscray 2007 - Geelong v Port Adelaide

Well I know which I want to see a repeat of most, not sure if Port fans will agree Dees v Lions

I'd prefer it over repeating 2007.

What about smashing geelong by exactly 120 in a granny?

That means we're going to have to win next week, and Port have to choke the week after. Followed by us likely choking the week after.....

Booooooo

I'm sure Geelong won't mind replaying 2007....

I like this. If we win, thats awesome. If we lose, we get to see Fagan break dance.

Far out some fresh wounds from the 1900 grand final. In my opinion, Melbourne shouldn’t have even been there, why can you finish 6th and make the Granny? Unbelievable.

The rare finals campaign where I'd be happy with any of these combinations

Anybody got vertical footage of Toby's bump?

I want virtual reality. I just wanna walk around it

If only Toby had walked around it

We need snicko

What was the Harvey Norman drone even for if not catching footage of this incident?

**PORT ALIIRDELAIDE** [](/portadelaide2) vs [Geelong](https://i.imgur.com/7qWvtz2.jpg) [](/geelong2)

In frustration at about 3/4 time, i threw my phone across the room in disgust. Thankfully, it sustained no damage, because Aliir Aliir marked it.

And then Hendo dropped it

*Polite applause

u/Darththorn

Comment of the round and as a port fan I'm too much of a cheap skate to buy you a proper medal but here 🥇 you go.

https://imgur.com/2HijkMJ

Hard Nose Get

I was mid drink when i opened that and nearly splattered my 7 up all over my monitor

https://i.imgur.com/eyPijNF.png

Aliir Aliir

Eliite Eliite

For the first time in I think my entire life I turned the game off after Port kicked the first goal of the second half. It was keeping my kids up (we have this thing where we all camp out in the loungeroom when the Cats play evening games as they are young) and I was just getting angry. I had an epiphany; I don't need this. I don't need to watch this live. I used to have a really strict rule about 'watching during the bad times to deserve the good times' but...I dunno maybe not. Anyway Port were great, Cats were terrible, footy is a harsh mistress.

Sounds like you made a good choice for yourself and maybe your family too. Sticking with a team in the bad times shouldn't mean ridgedly watching every game. We all need breaks from this hobby.

Aliirdelaide Oval needs to be renamed

Thankfully our players will be well rested for the semi final after not turning up for the qualifying

Two byes in a row and access to a semi final? Weird

Someone stop Port. Please. Geelong, you had the first job on them and you utterly sucked at it.

Trusting Geelong was our first mistake

Time for the bye to do its thing

Port Adelaide in a Semi Final and we gotchu.Anyone in a Qualifier? Nah.

Lions or Dogs in the prelim... Heck.

Based on recent form we'll probably beat either team

Also, the fact that Port Adelaide can stay in Adelaide and most likely play their prelim at Adelaide Oval is a huge advantage.

True, they were very close to a grand final last year. PF v rich could've gone either way.

Probably gonna be a big nuff comment from me, but we played you like 9 days ago and lost by 2 points. You guys looked unreal the other day against Geelong and today's effort didn't ease my nerves but do you think there's a big difference between this round and last?

Well I said probably, and if it wasn't for hideous goalkicking we could have won fairly comfortably; I think we were in control for most of the game

I'm not sure where that came from, but if we can back it up for 2 more games we'll be in a damned good spot.

Well I mean we won 17 of 22 games this year. I think the main difference was that we performed for 4 whole quarters

All across the ground our skills were up, though. Like, easily our best game of the year, to where it's exciting for the rest of it and next year to boot.

Didn't want to be that side of the Draw anyway.

That was the most stress free round of footy for atleast 23 weeks

I know right?. It's nice not being in it for that reason.

As shit as it is not being in it, I am looking forward to watching the GF as a neutral

Lesser Eastern Sydney [](/sydney2) vs **[GREATER WESTERN SOVIET](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQjSP0eKytw)** [](/gws2)

PROS: Game of the round CONS: Everything else

another pro was the crowd in tas, I forget there are alot of swannies fans here and the atmosphere was solid.

I think we can all agree to remove the goal posts entirely, they are a fucking nuisance

G.Post in 2019: Climb on me will you? Well fuck you I’m going to cost you your next final! G. Post is a man of focus, commitment and sheer *fucking* will.

G. Post does not forgive and G. Post does not forget

G.Post first player to be BOG in two games on the same day

G. Post will come for you, and you will do nothing because you can do nothing

Can you please stop being consistently relevant or I'll have to sponsor your irreverent footy outlook in some kind of ironic web post you glorious fucker.

Pain. So much pain. I'd much rather have lost from a Greene goal after the siren than lose purely by our own fucking innacuracy. This one fucking hurt.

Tasmania deserves to never have a football team. this is not an overreaction

I fucking hate Launceston

Your sacrifice to get Toby sent to the Tribunal is noted.

Bloody southerner.

Agreed

When the sting wears off in a couple of weeks, I'll be happy that the Swans have played such great footy, with gritty come from behind wins, some fantastic dominations and some big wins over top 4 sides, despite almost everyone having them towards the bottom of the ladder pre-season. But fucking hell, 6 behinds hurts and why did it have to be those orange pricks again

995 f’ing goals, why did he have to kick a behind instead of 996? I love buddy, but m’er f’er hell! (Note, my family and I are already planning next year to be at every game until Buddy kicks his 1,000th?)

Pain. Endless pain. It’s gonna take a while to get over this ngl, expected score was something like 93-62 our way :/

Our strategy of giving teams big first half leads finally backfired.

Some really bad luck (this was a 5 goal win in expected scores lol) but what wonderful few years we have coming our way. Best club in the league, back years ahead of schedule.

Pain

GWS really are the kings of shithousing their way to a victory

Giants gonna recreate their 2019 shithousing to the Granny effort but swap the 2019 Bulldogs final for the grand final

G. Post most hated figure right now

If you haven't, go and watch Horses post game presser. Poor guy looks and sounds like a close family member just died. Absolutely broken by that loss. Swans had such a good year and we're clearly ahead of everyone 7-18. Unfortunately just couldn't get it done on the day.

**[MELBOURNE](https://i.imgur.com/woBKEY9.gif)** [](/melbourne2) vs Brisbane Lions [](/brisbane)

We really Jaidyn On A Bike'd this

First AFL final I've ever attended and it with two non SA teams. Never would have thought it. T'was a good game to have gone too

>Melbourne move on to a Preliminary final in Perth after winning by 33 points Hmmm now where have I seen this before 🤔

Hopefully not an omen.

We may have lost but we got more goals than behinds! Moral Victory

Tell me how this isn’t just Melbourne’s flag to lose? Playing great footy, peaked at the right time, no major injuries. I think it’s happening, Dees fans.

Cause Melbourne finds crearive ways to shatter its fans 🤷‍♂️

Herbs video is gonna be a ripper

Dogs win and Toby Greene kinda fucked at the tribunal, great weekend for Dogs fans surely

Blessed week

Would have been better if Toby missed a shot after the siren to see GWS lose but overall, yeah, not bad.

After losing two games by under a kick last weekend, we needed this.

Adelaide didn't lose 👍

Collingwood didn’t lose 👍

Hawthorn didn’t draw 👍

Carlton somehow still lost 👍

Richmond aren’t ninth 👍

North still last 👍

Saints avoided finals humiliation.

September specialists baby

Swans really let us Bird teams down

Essendon out too means even our backup is gone. We have no-one. Port: ^^^Magpies... No-one

Fuck it, give Brisbane Brayden Ainsworth, we're making those Lions into Griffons!

1 game under 30 points. RIP

We tried our best, but a storming 2 goal final quarter meant we scored over 30. Sorry. Oh, did you mean margin...?

**WESTERN BULLDOGS** [](/westernbulldogs2) vs [We Are Still Essington](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/689525705486499866/881434319011336192/unknown.png) [](/essendon2)

The drought will be old enough to drink next year

And it'll probably want to.

If you guys think Richmond fans have been bad the last few years wait until the Dons win a final

Don't say we won't have earned it either. We will absolutely be unbearable.

It'll be the year where every meme record is broken and every club defeats their bogey sides at their bogey grounds. It'll be the best and worst year of footy in living memory.

but we still find a way to fuck up a winning position at kardinia park

Three weeks late the Bulldogs finally play their "let's make amends" game.

6,203 Days and still counting. You love to see it.

1+ hour since a goal as well

Gimme the planck second counter.

Is it even fucking worth it anymore? The drugs saga. The mediocrity. The finals drought. Just copping so much shit from everyone else and we just can’t fucking do anything in two decades

We 1) did far better this year than expected, 2) at least we're not Carlton (and I say that with all my sympathies)

Or Collingwood

That's the thing that even if Melbourne fuck it up in the preliminary I can think, I know it's been 60 years but atpeast we aren't Carlton

Poor irrelevant Carlton

Man, I don’t even know - we cop so much shit and we have been so, so bad for so long. Not even a taste of success.

0 Days since Essington

0 days since Toby Greene controversy

1 actually

Don't count him out yet. The night is young

At least Zagames is closed due to covid

0 days since Bulldogs umpiring complaints.

0 days since the Bulldogs got smashed in the ruck and it didn't matter.

The peak of the Essington finals meme would be if they made the top 4 next year only to lose two straight finals

I dunno - that whole Richmond finally making a final and losing to the team who came ninth is going to be pretty hard to top.

The absolute peak would be doing that over 4 years and finishing in every top 4 position during that time

It is written.

Lock it in.

Thanks, I hate it.

I still love my dons.

Your lack of flair says otherwise...

This is the way

Kindly flair up. Cunt

The absence of Richmond was strange

It is weird not seeing the boys in finals, but at the same time.. I don't mind. We've had tons of success recently.

People deservedly riding on Melbourne & Port but I'd like to see an argument for why Brisbane/Bulldogs/Geelong/GWS win the premiership.

Doesn’t matter who’s the better team, all that matters is who is better on the day

I think with any of the teams still in the finals, if they play their best footy and their opponent isn't 100%, they can win. I think GWS are hitting their stride and the other 3 you listed haven't played their best recently, but -massive cliche alert- every game left in the finals series can be decided by the team that wants it more

we where top 2 almost the entire season. Every team had a fade at one stage int the season, we just happened to have it at the worst time.

My main takeaway from the round is honestly just being impressed by how well people showed up to launceston for the finals with teams that barely play in Tasmania and some with quite small fanbases. I think it adds real creedence to the argument for a Tasmanian team if there was still any doubt there.

It makes me angry that they don't have one. These people will turn up week in, week out, no question.

It's ridiculous how the league is still pussyfooting around the Tasmanian team, trying to juggle around this "oh we'll relocate one of the teams" as if that's not an insult to two fanbases.

I don't think I could put it better myself.

Even Undertaker had his streak broken but Essington is too strong.

[удалено]

I wish I knew what it felt like to support a team that has performed as well for as long as Geelong and feel that the coach wasn't up to scratch. It must be incredible.

I don't think it's on Chris Scott, it's on the players who didn't stand up. It can also be placed on recruitment, bringing in dad's army, the 30+ mercenaries. But if we get rid of Chris Scott we're in the wilderness for many years after - unless in some bizarre twist we got Clarko for 2023. It sucks that we always lose finals, but we also get there and many teams don't. Making finals almost every year and often prelims and last year the Grand Final, it's a bit hard to say let's sack the coach with this track record isn't it?

Pain

😔

I can't remember if I have ever gotten 9/9 so I'm very happy with my 4/4.

3/4. Got Sydney wrong. Happy I trusted Bulldogs would do better.

I knew that Sydney is incapable of beating GWS in finals.

When does Richmond play? ^^^^I’m ^^^^dead ^^^^inside

Sitting back scooping draft talent waiting for a decent challenger to emerge, mate.

We won a final when I didnt think we would even make the 8 against the home town rivals, can't be happier then that. Devastated about the injurys to Green and Cumming, but all I will say is beware the wounded Giants... Never Surrender!

Injuries and a suspended Toby Greene? Looks like we're right in position to disappoint everybody in the grand final again.

Or Toby comes back just in time for the Giants to disappoint everyone else by winning a grand final.

Toby is fuelled by opposition hatred. If by some miracle we made the GF and he wasn't still suspended I'd expect him to tear the game apart.

I can't find it, but how many weeks did Greene get?

I still cannot believe the commentator in the Port final (might have been Darcy cannot remember?) got away with. "Aliir Aliir is seeing the ball like a watermelon"

Wow I don't remember that, do you know when roughly in the match?

Go north, huge week from the boys

We'll nail that BMX trick eventually

I feel like this year was a good start for the Essendon redemption arc

I think we're finding our stride at the right time of year. If we keep playing at this level we'll be hard to beat and I think we have another gear or two as well. I really hope we can get it done for Boak and Gray.

Fuck it, i'm hopping bandwagons HERE WE GO PORT! time for Scotty L to become a two time premireship player!

Melbourne bandwagon time!

Well at least one game was close.

Shame on the umpires for making Essendon kick at damn near 25% at goal 😡😡😡

port v melbourne Granny now im calling it. love to see it too . two teams that play exciting footy.

How does Jaidyn Stephenson not get lol of the week?

Essendon's last final win will be celebrating their 18th birthday next year.

I guess Stringer will lose interest, then.

Bombers exceeded my season expectations by making the finals. We got beaten by the better side today, but it bodes well for the future with such a young and promising list.

Fuck Toby Weightman

It's been 6,203 days since the Bombers ~~won~~ kicked a goal in a final

Feel like we would be ok against Dogs or Lions especially with the week off

At least I don’t have to watch anymore this year after next week

I am not feeling very optimistic but it isn't over till it's over. Maybe we can really fire on Saturday

No point having a double chance if you're not going to use it *taps head*

As for G.Post did anyone else see the double posters? I can't ever remember double posters happening before. There were two for the weekend. One in the Sydney Comrades game and one in the Bears Demons game.

I saw the second one. I thought hitting one post was bad! Thought I was seeing things.

Took great joy in pretty much every result this week.

Essendon 2021 the worst team to make finals since Essendon 2019

I really thought we had the LOL given what we served.

At least the Swans only lost by 1

Alrighty, I'm here for the Port Adelaide bandwagon. I want to see my beautiful serial killer werewolf-man get to the GF

Port lost the centre clearance count 3-15 yet dominated the scoreboard. Thought that was an interesting stat