Semi-Final 14th April, Mariners v Victory

[Capn Gus Bloodbeard]

I'm not sure what I'm dreading more. Returning to work on Tuesday, or trying to find some pub that isn't dedicating all their televisions to replaying the aussie rules U/12 girls round 2 games from 1974....

It's my birthday the day after so those bastards better damn well bring me a birthday pressie!!!!

 

[Forum Phoenix]

Just wanted to mention that I'm damn excited because I will at long last be taking all my family and as many friends as I can manage into active support. My father is in his sixties, and has had both hips replaced, but wants to stand with the Yellow army for this game to help fight back against the black and red hordes.

Seriously, it's going to be full on. The most intimidating grand final crowd any team in the HAL has faced up too. Would you want to win our GF any other way?

A request to PP and crew, if you could skew a little of the volume of chants towards the more simple, upbeat chants you guys do, i'm sure it will be a big help to all the other blow ins and CCM supporters on the day in getting behind you. Awesome job too today btw.

Best

FP

EDIT:

Two tickets per member really makes life hard when you have a group of non member friends you've convinced to go.

Presale lets you get two per member, I thought it was 4 in previous years? Have I remembered wrongly?

Active support isn't allocated is it? Hope not, or that means A, I will have to travel in to ticketek tyomorrow and B, it will stop me from being able to persuade more people to come along this week too.

Funny/tragic how on Ticketek, there's an "RBB active area" And just - "Mariners supporter bays" I mean we do have a pretty legitimate history of active support whatever any snide bastards might say.

 

[style_cafe]

Not at all - it was a stupid, dangerous tackle. You don't get to go in like that just because there's a few minutes left - Monty already had his warning; that was his first card. Only one person to blame for that - we probably should have picked up a few more in the first half.

If he had just spoken to him instead then he would have lost the respect of the Victory players for not protecting them, not having the balls to take discipline on a dangerous tackle or being weak just because the game is nearly over.

I don`t think he would have.
I`ve seen far worse tackles escape without even a mention.
We need more Boyd McGregor type referees...

 

[true believer]

Still seething about Montgomery getting sent off!
No wonder players & fans have no respect for referees. A good referee would have have spoken to Monty along the lines of "two minutes to go don`t be silly or you`ll be missing next weeks game", thus winning the respect of the players. Instead he sends him off & earns the ire of every decent fan, player & anyone else..
FFS it was only Milligan.....! I`ve never rated him any higher than a grub anyway.

with hershy being sent off .wank stick had no choice

 

[true believer]

monty ,mom , i nearly cried
weemac , best player in the a league
danny , sunshine ,rainbows and candy flose

 

[Capn Gus Bloodbeard]

I don`t think he would have.
I`ve seen far worse tackles escape without even a mention.
We need more Boyd McGregor type referees...

Heh, talking about what other referees have missed doesn't mean much late, studs up, on the ankle. You can normally expect those to be yellows - even if we did a few in the first half that weren't ;-)

Doesn't matter now anyway, he made the tackles and he'll pay the price

 

[priorpeter]

Voice is shredded. Am slightly (excessively) drunk. Megaphone is broken. Have randoms in my hose partying.


I couldn't be f**king happier. LETS f**kING HAVE IT NEXT WEEK.

 

[style_cafe]

Heh, talking about what other referees have missed doesn't mean much late, studs up, on the ankle. You can normally expect those to be yellows - even if we did a few in the first half that weren't ;-)

Doesn't matter now anyway, he made the tackles and he'll pay the price

He sure will! Cheers mate..

 

[style_cafe]

The crowd tonight was 2nd only to the Wests game.
Everyone got into it.
There was a group at the back of bay46 that got a two clap Mariner`s going & after a few chants it developed into a 3 clap. Absolutely brilliant!

Also kudos to PP & the YA they picked up on a few chants eminating from the western stand that developed into the whole crowd getting going.

 

[BrisRecky]

MOnty..silly silly boy..what were you not thinking...other than that we read the mexicans like a book and shut them down wonderfully...crowd was up for it..NOW...upwards and onwards to next week, at least some of our blokes got some GF experience under their belts, might help us out...COYY

 

[MrCelery]

 

[MrCelery]

Great to see the owners\directors and Arnie come over to the stands and applaud the support. Respect.

 

[ExiledMariner]

The forgotten point is Asia again next year too..

 

[dibo]

Turnbull was in the Kendall post-match, looking pleased as punch.

 

[priorpeter]

Voice is shredded. Am slightly (excessively) drunk. Megaphone is broken. Have randoms in my hose partying.


I couldn't be f**king happier. LETS f**kING HAVE IT NEXT WEEK.

... wow. my head......

I had randoms in my hose?

 

[Gratis]

you know you loved it

 

[adz]

BTW not sure if anyone has mentioned it, congrats to those MV fans who didn't travel to the semi final because they were waiting to go to the grand final instead.

 

[dibo]

BTW not sure if anyone has mentioned it, congrats to those MV fans who didn't travel to the semi final because they were waiting to go to the grand final instead.

magic

 

[MagpieMariner]

The forgotten point is Asia again next year too..

And I'm pretty sure we're the only team to get into Asia 3 years in a row - I don't consider Brisbane got in this year, they lost the qualifier.

 

[Atomic]

I gotta say that I'm not overly excited by Asia next year. It looks good on the CV but it's screws with the Mariners' season and bank balance.