After the weekend.

Well. The two Grand Finalists have been decided and congratulations to St Kilda and Geelong for getting there. It's an achievement in itself to make it to the Grand Final and between these two teams whoever wins thoroughly deserves it!

Friday Nights game was a beauty! With a place in the Grand Final up for grabs it's what you would expect! St Kilda hosted the Western Bulldogs at the MCG. It was the Dogs who jumped out of the blocks early and it was their true grit that I thought could cause an upset. But St Kilda like they have all year came out and pegged the game even. For the rest of the night it was an arm wrestle before a Nick Riewoldt soccer goal sealed the game by 7 points for the Saints. There was a bit of a debate with the umpiring especially one decision to award a free kick to Nick Riewoldt after Brian Lake bumped him off the ball. Technically it was there after players were warned but the fact that Justin Koschitzke bumped Brian Lake after was the bit that should have meant that the decision should have been reversed. The fact that the result was under ten points was the reason why there was so much controversy. There were other decisions that were bad but I also believe that if the Western Bulldogs kicked straight then that would have made all the difference. It's heartbreaking for the Dogs who lost two years in a row on Preliminary Final week.

To Saturday Night and Geelong hosted Collingwood at the MCG. I don't know what was more annoying, the rain or the seagulls that were trying to get into the ground for free! LOL! Anyway early in the first quarter Collingwood were up and you thought that it was going to be Collingwood's night. But then Geelong came out and wrestled the lead back and maintained control. The pies hit back in the second quarter before Geelong went on to thoroughly outscore Collingwood and win by 73 points. The Cats played one of the best games I have seen them play in ages. If they play like they did on Saturday night on Saturday then the Cats will win.

So it leaves two teams in the race for the 2009 Premiership, who will it be? Will St Kilda win their first flag since 1966? Or will Geelong seek redemption for their disappointing loss in last year's Grand Final? If it's anything like the round 14 clash then we're in for a treat. Either way you look at it, it's very hard to pick the winner. Towards the Grand Final, I will be posting my thoughts leading up to the day and my tip of who I reckon will be this years Premier and other tips.

Tonight though is the Brownlow medal count. To be honest I'm not really good at predicting this but I'll have a go anyway. Here is my top 5:
1. Dane Swan (Collingwood)
2. Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda)
3. Gary Ablett (Geelong)
4. Leigh Montagna (St Kilda)
5. Joel Selwood (Geelong)

My roughie is Brendon Goddard and others that will poll well is Chris Judd (Carlton), Nick Dal Santo (St Kilda), Leon Davis (Collingwood), Joel Corey (Geelong) and Brendon Fevola (Carlton).