I love footy

[wally funk]

geelong are destined to not win this year's flag, i don't care how awesome they've been this season. if they prove me wrong, well, whatever, thats cool, but i seriously, seriously think they'll fuck it up.

[hardz]

And who said footballers were smart?
Quotes from footballers...


I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father." Shane Wakelin

"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like
Norman Einstein." Mick Malthouse - Collingwood

"I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes." Peter Bell
- Fremantle - on his University Law studies.

"You guys line up alphabetically by height," and "you guys pair up in
groups of three, then line up in a circle." Barry Hall Sydney Captain
at training.

Brock Maclean (Melbourne) on whether he had visited the Pyramids
during his visit to Egypt: "I can't really remember the names of the
clubs that we went to."

"He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of
what time it is." Kevin Sheedy on James Hird.

Jonathan Brown, on night Grand Finals vs Day Games "It's basically the
same, just darker."

Ron Barassi talking about Gary Cowton "I told him, 'Son, what is it
with you. Is it ignorance or apathy?' He said, Barassi, I don't know
and I don't care.'

Barry Hall (Sydney ) when asked about the upcoming season: "I want to
kick 70 or 80 goals this season, whichever comes first."

"Luke Hodge - the 21 year old, who turned 22 a few weeks ago." (Dermott
Brereton)

"Chad had done a bit of mental arithmetic with a calculator." (Mark
Williams)

"We actually got the winning goal three minutes from the end but then
they scored." (Ben Cousins, West Coast Eagles)

"I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body." (Luke
Darcy)

"That kick was absolutely unique, except for the one before it which
was identical." (Dermott Brereton)

"Sure there have been injuries and deaths in football -but none of
them serious." (Adrian Anderson)

If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing
again." (Andrew Demetriou)

"I would not say he (Chris Judd) is the best centreman in the AFL, but
there are none better." (Dermott Brereton)

"I never comment on umpires and I'm not going to break the habit of a
lifetime for that prat." (Terry Wallace)

Garry Lyon : "Have you ever thought of writing your autobiography? "
David Swartz: "On what?"

"Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw." (Dermott
Brereton)

"Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air
for even longer." (Dermott Brereton)

[wally funk]

man, dermie's got some pearlers. he must be more of an idiot than he looks

[hardz]

After smashing some footy at raki's house last night
I really love footy

p.s. Collingwood where awesome also it was a brilliant game of footy

[Rudi]

It was a good game of footy, but Collingwood weren't that awesome. If they play like that this week Geelong will smash them.

[wally funk]

judd to carlton = exciting prospect.

[Hard Justice Dan]

Yeah, this Chris Judd news is quite a big deal.

[Hard Justice Dan]

Andrew McLeod - All Australian Captain. What a gun.

I'm sure Rudi has his own views on the All Australian team that he would like to articulate.

[Rudi]

We smashed the All Australian team. Cam Mooney obviously > Scott Lucas. And Buddy Franklin.

[hardz]

THE AFL has announced that all public tickets and AFL Members' Reserve tickets for this Friday's preliminary final between Geelong and Collingwood are now sold out.

The remaining tickets for sale - approximately 15,000 - sold out this morning in a little more than 90 minutes.

The two clubs drew more than 85,000 fans for their home and away clash earlier this year.