Seriously, I cant believe these comments!
The eagles were very good on the day and if anything should have been given a few free's in their forward line in the last quarter for high tackles that were completely overlooked.
I give grudging respect to Simpson for literally tagging both Gawn and Grundy out of the contests in both finals which had massive positive effects on the Weagles ability to dominate and win.
Lets be honest here, the Slime should have won this game by 4+ goals and only poor kicking for goals kept the Pies in it. As it was they outscored them by 6 goals from the 20 minute mark of the first quarter and dominated inside 50s (63-48), and they lost the free kick count 13-17.
To me the most important players for them were Jeremy McGovern and Tom Barrass with 19 marks between them, they constantly blunted the Pies attacking thrusts.
I hate them for winning but applauded them for delivering a high quality match that stuck it to the Vics!!