2016 AFL Grand Final Thread - Western Bulldogs V Sydney Swans

[bornadog]

Dogs by 23

First Goal: McLean

BOG The Bont (Norm Smith)

[LostDoggy]

Dogs by 45
First Goal - Dunkley
BOG - Macrae
Crowd - 100,001

[bornadog]

Should WBulldogs win, Premiership cup will be presented by Hall of Famer, 1960 Brownlow Medallist and five time best & fairest John Schultz.

[BornInDroopSt'54]

Should WBulldogs win, Premiership cup will be presented by Hall of Famer, 1960 Brownlow Medallist and five time best & fairest John Schultz.

That's brilliant news. John Schultz, the gentleman giant has stepped to the plate every time for the Bullodogs since he started in 1958.

[EasternWest]

AFL has announced Matt Stevic, Simon Meredith, Scott Jeffery as the Grand Final field umpires with Justin Schmitt named as the emergency.

No Chamberlain. There is a God.

[Greystache]

Should WBulldogs win, Premiership cup will be presented by Hall of Famer, 1960 Brownlow Medallist and five time best & fairest John Schultz.

Excellent choice.

[Ozza]

Should WBulldogs win, Premiership cup will be presented by Hall of Famer, 1960 Brownlow Medallist and five time best & fairest John Schultz.

They've made the right call.

Gentlemen John is a grand bulldogs person - and has such a wonderful link to the current playing group, particularly Bob.

I am assuming that when we win, Easton drags Bob up on stage and they hold the cup aloft together with Bevo.

[LostDoggy]

Dogs by 33pts
FG-Stringerrrrrrrrrr
BOG-Libba

[chef]

Are we younger than the baby bombers?

[LostDoggy]

Are we younger than the baby bombers?

Almost identical.

Average age of 'baby bombers' was 24Y 106 days (1717 games), our prelim team average age was 24Y 138 days (1785 games).

[chef]

Almost identical.

Average age of 'baby bombers' was 24Y 106 days (1717 games), our prelim team average age was 24Y 138 days (1785 games).

Are we the youngest GF side since then?

[Happy Days]

Dogs by 20
BOG Bont
1st goal Dickson

Anyone who tips the Swans is a nazi-communist.

[bornadog]

Father-sons to the fore as Grand Final record gets ready to fall

ANOTHER record is likely to fall in Saturday's Grand Final when 10 sons of former VFL/AFL players take the field for the Western Bulldogs and the Sydney Swans.

The previous record of eight coincidentally occurred 55 years ago when Footscray played Hawthorn in the 1961 Grand Final, the Dogs’ most recent appearance in a Grand Final.

On Saturday, the Bulldogs are likely to field Tom Liberatore, Lachie Hunter, Liam Picken, Zaine Cordy, Josh Dunkley and Tory Dickson while the Swans will select Dan Hannebery, Josh Kennedy, Nick Smith and Tom Mitchell.

The fathers of those 10 played 1449 games for seven different clubs.

story continues here

[whythelongface]

Dogs by 4
JJ to kick a goal with 1 min left to play
BOG JJ
First goal JJ

[comrade]

I am praying for a game where we sit back and just admire our performance. I want to shake my head in amazement that everything is going right and say 'this is awesome'.

I have dreamt about that 5 minutes after the siren where we finally win it all and I look forward to having that dream turned into a reality on Saturday.

Dogs by 28
BOG: Bont
FG: Clay