Of Scooters and Man - The Grand Finale

As the Grands Finale (thats the plural of Grand Final) are upon is, it seems like the lack of any Queensland team at the pointy end is causing those slowpokes to start turning their aggression within... yep much like the mods in the 60's it looks like the scooter wars are kicking off in Brissy.  "You go too slow Once Great." "You don't go at all WildJohnny."  "That's not a scooter, THIS is a scooter." "Who the f##k rides a scooter?".  "Just who was Scooter in the Muppets anyway?"

Well I can only answer the last question with certainty, and then only by looking it up on the Muppets very own wiki site - http://muppet.wikia.com - who knew they had their own world going?

Of course there are also no South Aussie teams in the finals.  We were robbed by dodgy umpiring decisions through the course of the year.  No, seriously.  If the Blues were robbed, and the Hawks were robbed, the the Crows were most certainly robbed. I blame Razor Ray. WOWEE!

So the best team of the last 5 years plays the best team of the last 2 years.  This promises to be an absolute cracker.  I know that gets said most years (notable omission: Port v Cats - everyone said 'this will be a slaughter, suck shit') but in all but Dave Cassell's mind, the Cats n Pies have been primed all year for this and it was never going to be anything other than this in the Granny.

The Pies have made their way through a tough tough final against the Hawks - massive game for them and they will be battered and bruised for the next couple of days.  Is it going to hurt them for the big one?  If it is still tight in the last quarter will they have the energy to keep going at that intensity?  One thing f'sure is the Cats will be going hard for the first half to try and break the Pies.

But unfortunately it could all come down to the absence of one player - Stevie J - massive out for the Cats if it goes that way.  Unlike the Hawks and Buddy, the Cats don't seem to LIE continuously about their players fitness.  I'm looking forward to Buddy being unavailable every game next year only to miraculously line up 20 mins before the start.  Alistair C spent too much time at the Paaaah honing his skills of deceit, learning from the Masters of Duplicity, but it won't wash next year Buddy - on yer bike.  Or scooter.

Stevie J.  He looks like an accountant but he is no doubt the X factor for the Cats.  And not in a Luke O'Dell "Introvert, Extrovert" kinda way... Without the big fella I just can't see them winning. Simple. 

In terms of your tips, YES you need to tip the grand final. During the week I will work out your GF/WS picks impact and post them on this ere blog - a few did tip the Cats n Pies so if you did, you may see your star rise... Tis a top ten paying tipping comp... I will post the $ this week too - it will all be revealed soon.

GO CATS!