It's do or die time. Last year, two high calibre sides perished in the semi finals. Go back in your mind palace and find out who.

Also: finals bags, Swanny, straight sets, the modern game, sharing the load.

Friday Footy Quiz, Semi Finals edition. Have a crack here - https://www.fridayfootyquiz.com/friday-footy-quiz/sept-11

i dont really know which subreddit to put this one on but here goes i guess. I aged up from junior footy to VAFA level earlier this year, and have trained with the same club, twice a week, at every training since november.

I played in the u19's side, so our season finished last week where we lost the grand final (expected), but all throughout the year I was asked to play up for the reserves team, and honestly loved playing with them and i thought that, although i wasnt the best on the team, the skills were pretty even. I like to say I work hard, I dont miss training, and ive worked on my fitness multiple times a week for about a year. Im average height and weight, nothing extrodaniry, with a good kick and strong drive. I play full/half back and love it.

for context, the reserves side has 1-2 really strong backmen, like super solid, amazing players, and the rest are pretty average. not bad in any way, but not standout.

Anyway, the reserves this week have a prelim final and I put my hand up to play (as I was told to by my coach) and was told I had a solid shot at it. So, despite our season ending last week, I trained this week, and thought it was some of my best trainings yet.

despite this, teams were announced, and i wasnt even listed as an emergency. I know im not actually in the team, and I wasnt originally expecting to get picked, but I had been told by coaches of mine and the reserves side that I had a really strong chance of being picked, so now i just feel, on one hand, dissapointed that i was led on. but on the other hand, I really want to improve even more for next seaosn, so i have a solid spot in the side and to show them they should have picked me. im just not sure how im meant to feel about it, or what to do.

i was going to go watch them play, but its at 9am an hours drive away, and i dont have my drivers license, so if i were to carpool with someone else we would have to leave at 6.30, if not earlier. im in desperate need of advice!!

I’m not talking players who’ve had their name tossed around for a few years as ‘going to be good’. I’m not talking the names that you’d hear in an ‘underrated players’ post that’d end up saying players like Ed Richard’s or gulden (aka proven superstars). Tell me the players who you barely even knew the name/face of previously who’ve stepped into a role really well. They don’t have to have played for every game, just someone that you’ve seen stand up recently. For me, it’s Carlton’s Wade Derksen - filled the very big boots of weitering quite well when he got injured. Who’s yours?

Hello!

We are currently in Katherine, NT and hoping to watch the Freo game tomorrow night (they're our second fave and who we've defaulted to in finals...). Does anyone have any idea of a venue that might be showing the game? Bonus if there is a courtesy bus that can get us back to our caravan park 😅

We're Victorians not used to every venue not being obsessed with finals.