AFL finals Week 2: The Agony the Ecstasy returns!

AFL....Serena williams came oh so close to knocking AFL from top spot this week, but we will have to cage her for a few more paragraphs before we let her loose. The only challenge to her was the Pies come from behind victory in the Semi's! Oh and Chris Judd teaching the media Ninja moves to get out of his eye gouging suspension...Oh and Jeff Kennett declaring he wants a woman to play for Hawthorn ASAP (you twit!)....Anyway the two Victorian teams knock the two Interstaters out of the finals! Melbourne Rules!....Sorry it had to be said, even if one of those teams was Collingwood :-s.

The Crows agony, the Pies ecstasy:


The game started as a one sided affair, with the Crows blowing the Pies out of the water in the first quarter. In the second the Pies stopped the Hemorrhaging and only 1 or two goals were scored each. After half time the Pies blew the Crows away in the third, Adelaide not scoring a single goal, and for the next 50 minutes! In the last quarter the lead changed about 5 times as fans were left hanging on the result, and Geelong fans wondered who would have the honour of playing them next week :-p, so confusing.

Fear of loss sets in.....*Hold me and tell me everything's going to be alright*:



Could this be one of the greatest come behind wins in semi's history?...Kurt tippet kicks a goal for the Crows with about 2 minutes to go putting the Crows back in front...hearts break, and early celebrations everywhere. A minute later, Anthony gets a free kick for the Pies and a shot at goal. A point would cause a draw, a goal would seal the win... can you fricken stand the tension!..Of course you can, you already know the result by now...

John Anthony kicks the winning goal, after doing nothing all day. hearts break again and celebrations, as it looks to be over for sure, mere seconds to go:

Siren........

But holy Jason Porplyyyyyzzia, the Crows nearly went through to a Prelim!..Never underestimate the power of Jason Porplyyyyzia.....Mick Malthouse can't believe his luck after a horror start. And the Pies get a crack at the Cats next week:

The Dogs are happy to be in another prelim, but the 51 point victory over the Lions didn't make for much of a spectacle, unless you're a Doggy's fan, then you're in football heaven with a semi final smashing. They didn't get out unscathed though, Ryan Griffin aka Mr Bean, kicked himself in the Calf and put himself on ice.

The Mincer is happy, and in all seriousness, the Dogs could make it into the Grand Final. They will have to get passed St Kilda first next week:

Tennis (US OPEN)...Ok it's time. Never has there been an outburst on the court like this since Marat Safin yelling at an Aus. Open Lines judge for a foot fault on a big point. One big difference though, he didn't threaten to suffocate the judge with a tennis ball like Serena.

On match point Serena was called for a foot fault, unleashing the devil in her. She had smashed her racket earlier but was taking it to a new level here. Serena walked over to the lines judge, pointed at her and among many words was heard to say;

'Im gonna take this ball and shove it down your f*&$#%g throat!'...

After the previous violation Serena lost a point and handed the unseeded Kim Clijsters the match. Even the biggest whiner of all John McEnroe was in shock. Princess Serena had taken it to a new level and revealed her true colours.

The threat....the poor lil' lines judge:

Aafter the Match, Serena prowling around like a caged lion as the lines judge seeks refuge by hiding behind officials.....

*Im not aggressive, WTF are you talking about!!!!!!!!...come here'n say that!*:

The lines judge tells officials that Serena threatened to kill her, which is kinda true, reckon a tennis ball in the ol' wind pipe'd do it ey?.....

*There, I won...that should shut the cow up*......:

*Oh wait, spoke too soon*...Clijsters shudders in fear as Serena approaches after the match.......*stay away from me you crazy bish*:

After the match Serena refused to appologise to the judge, even though the sound was all caught on camera. She came out with such brilliant quotes as 'other people have said way worse than that', and 'I used to have a real temper, iv'e gotten a lot better. I know you don't believe me, but I used to be worse'....We can only imagine dear, time for anger management, and a possible fine....and a possible suspension.

Clijsters is now through to the final with Wozniaki, and the mens semis are set with R-Fed v Jokovic, and Rapha V Del Potro.

Cricket.....The Aussies charge on winning the 3rd and 4th ODI's against the England. The 3rd game wasn't too challenging with Watson helping bowl the Poms out with 3/36. Cam White then scored a Centruy and Michael Clarke 52, leading the Aussies to Victory.

The 4th ODI was even more of a white wash with Brett Lee taking man of the match after bowling 5/49! Even Straus's 63 couldn't save the Poms that day. Clarke 62 and Ponting 48 helped as well. The Aussie are looking to win the series 7 nill, but punter said they would start with the fifth ODI first. Good idea, one slaying at a time ey ;-).

NRL....Oh the finals are on and Billy Slater scores a match winning four tries in the Storm's 40-12 win against Manly last night!

Little Billy flies:

The Eels upset the Dragons (25-12), bringing Manly's season to a sudden end, much to the delight of the Storm. The Eels caused a 50 point turn around from the dragons victory in the last round. With Manly out, the Storm can breathe a little more easily after they were thrashed by them in last years Grand Final.

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