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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2628972, member: 1899"] GF week reminds me why I should have splurged $400 on a DVD-R to record Fox games. All these great grand final games but all I can do is have them on in the background as I got through all these stupid journal reflections that 98% of the student body leaves till the last few weeks. Couple of things I've noticed... - Slater lead with the boot in the first try of the 08 GF. Why is this important? I always thought it was odd that the media only kicked up a stink when Slater did it against Manly but in complete fairness they only got up in arms when they realised how dangerous it could be which it was against Robertson. Queensland conspiracy #7 averted but they'll never take my complaints of Golden Point away from me! - Speaking of the Robertson try, that was a lucky call to Manly. One of those cases where they obviously applied benefit of the doubt to the attacking team as it appeared for all money his boot was on the line as he grounded the ball. Big call and gave Manly the edge going into the second-half. - Melbourne really did miss Smith in that game and I don't think Manly were as great as I remembered them. Melbourne were just dreadful and had nothing in attack outside of giving it to Folau. Manly recognised that and started bending the rules to take him out of the game. - A lot of people remember the Steve Simpson try-saver in the 2001 GF but very little is made of Hodgeson's try-saver on Simpson. Was a great tackle and I thought Brett was one of the best players I've seen in a losing GF - right up there with Slater 06. - Joey Johns missed one of the easiest field goals of his life. A shocking attempt. - The 2001 GF didn't hold up that well. Maybe it's because I missed the opening 30 and the heat had already died down in the game but the way I saw it, both teams were their own worst enemy. - 2004 still remains the worst I've seen. Although I find the criticism against JT's performance to be exagerated. He came on quite early in the second half and basically kept Anasta out of the game as long as he could. - Suffice to say, Anasta put in one of the least deserving performances I've seen from a premiership player. [/QUOTE]

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