AFL Footy Final Fever with Tom of Melbourne!

Well it’s that time of year! When big brutal boofheads go head to head with their opponents, and in the case of some supporters in Perth, that includes punching a woman who happened to be trying to watch a game of football with her kids. Or booing champion person, indigenous advocate and footballer Adam Goodes in his last game.

This week hordes of “those people” descend on sophisticated Melbourne as the West Coast Eagles do battle with gentlemen from Melbourne’s leafy, affluent Hawthorn.

Home to law partners, up market real estate agents and quite nicely preserved bottle blond wives who get around in 4 wheel drive Mercedes.

Amazing as it seems, Hawthorn is also home to the world’s greatest density of “private school bully factories” (elite secondary schools). Despite all this hardship they have produced the most successful AFL team in the modern era.

It’s the representatives of this demographic against the drunk, tattooed, fly in/fly out miners and bogans in this year’s AFL Grand Final.

AFL fans recall with affection the good old days when Collingwood, Carlton, Essendon, Richmond, St Kilda, North Melbourne and Hawthorn were loathed by all sensible football supporters.

How times have changes and we’ve had to find a new level of detestation to accommodate the teams from Western Australia.

It clearly isn’t just the players and coaches either. It’s the fans that make the teams totally insufferable.

On the football field Hawthorn looks stronger with a range of brilliant big and small forwards to kick a winning score. Cyril Rioli to kick 5 and the Hawks to win by that margin.

…and tonight watch the Brownlow Medal for tacky taste tacked on.