Essendon vs Adelaide Elimination Final Pre Match Discussion

[paddyl90]

Confirmed: Adelaide vs Essendon AAMI Friday Night 7:45pm

[Jazz_84]

Friday night?

[paddyl90]

Sorry yes Friday night

[Malky]

WHOOOOOOO!!!!! We're playing finals football again!!!!!
(No, this hasn't just dawned on me - I'm still very, very excited!)

Please, please, please, please, please take the same flair, flamboyance, fast-paced game that beat the Scum, the Filth, the Dawks and the Aints this year across the border!!!

Looking forward to getting drunk with Staggy at a nearby pub/bar, irresepective of the result, hoping for a win!

[jimmyc1985]

Poo. Was going to head over if it was on Saturday.

Guess i'll just have to pick a pub, knock off from work nice and early and get loud and shitfaced before the first ball is bounced.

[Jazz_84]

im glad it's a friday night i dunno if i could organise another saturday afternoon off..... i mean i would cause im my own boss for a few weeks but really shouldn't haha

[Mrs Mercuri]

woohoo... Friday night footy... im not overly confident but its great to just be a part of it all...

well i now officially have plans for Friday night now!

[Jazz_84]

meet ya here friday night Mrs Mercuri???

good thing is we will have no expectations to win, could put up a good fight!

[robrulz5]

Looking forward to the game. If we can play at or near our best we are a chance.

[Boyler_Room]

For crying out loud! Why Friday night? I am destined to not see the boys play live at all in season 09. This is ridiculous.

Our first final in 5 years... it's in Adelaide... and I can't make it because the AFL didn't consult me regarding my availablilty!! Incredible!!!

Can we do what we did to Freo? I know Adelaide are a very different side, but still. Would be nice to see if we could be more than just making up the numbers. We've beaten a good number of the sides ahead of us, so we know we've got the goods... it's a matter of whether we can produce or not on the day.

[Mrs Mercuri]

meet ya here friday night Mrs Mercuri???

good thing is we will have no expectations to win, could put up a good fight!

Quite possibly unless i decide to just watch it on TV... will channel 7 or 10 have it??

[Jazz_84]

yeah id say they will have it on 1 hour delay or something like that

EDIT: Live actually Channel 7 - 8:30pm

[j-mac31]

I think it'll be 7.
If it's not live:

[paddyl90]

I think it'll be 7. If it's not live:

It won't be - Mark My Words.

*sings Better, Homes and Gardens Theme* Not that I know it

Oh well I can just watch it live on the internet.

[Jazz_84]

it is live on Channel 7... 8:30 pm which is live for a 7:45pm start in Adelaide?

[Mrs Mercuri]

it is live on Channel 7... 8:30 pm which is live for a 7:45pm start in Adelaide?

ahh yess you may be right... Adelaide are an hour behind arent they??

[j-mac31]

Online TV guide has football starting at 8.30 (game starts 7.45 (Adelaide time?)), but says TBA on details, so seeing as they didn't know the schedule they didn't commit yet.
Still, as if its not bad enough we have to listen to Bruce...

Even if the 7.45 is over there, that's only 8.15 here, they're 30 minutes behind (and 20 years).

[Boyler_Room]

it is live on Channel 7... 8:30 pm which is live for a 7:45pm start in Adelaide?

Mate, if it's a 7.45 start and it's being televised at 8.30 in the East (8pm here) then it's not live... it's 30min delay (after the 15 minute build-up... unless it's more like a 45 min build-up, in which case it's 1hr delayed). I don't actually know what time the bounce is, but thought I'd point out the minor flaw in your logic.

[Jazz_84]

but thought I'd point out the minor flaw in your logic.

you have a flaw because i have no logic haha oh well 30 min delay is pretty good can't complain about that!

[Malky]

Surely the boneheads at Channel 7 are going to televise the game live into Melbourne for a final...???

Or because that would be a normal person's thought, they're not buying into it and having this ridiculous and unnecessary delay?

I would have thought that the dedicated BHAG viewers would allow us one concession for the year... all 4 of them...!!!