johntheclaret wrote:eaglehaslanded wrote:I think this will be a tight one. Glenelg certainly won't be able to give the Eagles a start like they did the blues today otherwise it could get ugly. The Eagles with the more hardened finals experience will come out on top and set up a rematch with the Rooters the week after. GO THE MIGHTY EAGLES !!!
How can you say that ELH after the start North gave you upto and beyond 1/2 time. WWT were 30 points up at one stage, in a low scoring game under difficult conditions.
From a neutrals point of view, I think this game is going to be a real tough call. the Bays should be fired up for next week and have been playing some pretty good stuff coming into the finals, and whilst the from book may read the same for WWT, I wonder how much losing to North today, and more importantly how they lost, will affect their confidence going into next week.
Contrary to popular belief, I'm not so sure what previos "finals experience" has to do with it. It's about how you play on the day and to their credit, the Bays have shown what they can do in a finals game, under pressure, at the Adelaide Oval in front of a decent crowd.
I think two main factors next week will be, 1) the weather conditions. Fine and dry might suit Glenelgs style better as they can score goals quickly and, 2) the ins / outs. Don't get me wrong both affect both sides and I agree to some extent, that WWT are a much tougher nut to crack than Sturt.
Last weeks loss to North although not good won't have any negative impact in the lead-up to this match for the Eagles. I think finals experience does have a say in these situations. The bays were lucky to play a similary experienced finals side in the first week. If it weren't for inaccurate kicking we would be playing the 2SF not the 1SF. It will be a cracker game but I'm expecting a 5 goal win.
