I don’t care whether we have an extra five minutes each way, have a penalty shootout or even grab the coaches out of the box and get them to have a shootout, we must not have draws in AFL.
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The last two grand finals we’ve been obliged and compelled to watch trench war fare. In saying that, under normal circumstances you’d think that would be a borefest, when the complete opposite was true.
Tonight will be the end of the dream, the end of the romance, the end of the theatre.
Tonight for the Pies, it is back to reality.
Matthew Lloyd might have kicked five goals for Essendon but it wasn’t enough to stop Port Adelaide collecting its third straight win.
It wasn’t even close.
It’s fitting that Melbourne’s first win of a retched season will enter the history books. The Demons recovered from a 51 point deficit to overrun hapless Fremantle 17.17 (119) to 15.23 (113) at the MCG.
A spectacular display of accurate kicking has elevated the Western Bulldogs to an 18.4 (112) to 14.10 (94) win over Sydney at the SCG, its best performance in an unbeaten run that has now extended to seven matches.
Football wasn’t exactly the winner, but the Adelaide Crows wont care, having eased to a 15.17 (107) to 11.8 (74) win over the Kangaroos at AAMI Stadium.
Up to fifteen seconds were lost because of an time keeping bungle as St.Kilda held out Richmond 17.8 (110) to 16.11 (107) in a night of high drama at Telstra Dome.