Meshel Laurie: Only Victorian sides should win AFL grand final Buddy Franklin Geelong Sydney Swans
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Mechel Laurie, former presenter of The Project, says only Victorian sides should win the AFL final if she has a shot at Buddy Franklin’s shocking performance in Swans’ massive loss
- Mechel Laurie hates it when non-Victorian teams win the AFL grand final
- Former The Project host has focused on Buddy Franklin’s performance
- Laurie made her thoughts known on Sunday via an Instagram post
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Former The Project presenter Mechel Laurie has said she hates seeing non-Victorian teams win the AFL grand final – and has criticized Swans star Buddy Franklin for his performance in Saturday’s premiership decision.
The 49-year-old shared the post with her 27,600 followers on Sunday, adding a photo of the Geelong Cats celebrating their one-sided win over Sydney.
Comedian and former presenter of The Project Mechel Laurie made the above Instagram post on Sunday — and she was damning to the Swans and their superstar, Buddy Franklin
Laurie says she hates it when teams outside of Victoria win the AFL Grand Final and take a swipe at Swan’s star Buddy Franklin’s performance in the premiership decider
Next to the photo, Laurie posted the caption, “Congrats to the Cats! I can’t stand it when a non-Victorian team wins the Premiership. FF forever!!!! Thanks to @geelongcats for beating @sydneyswans today. buddy who? God bless you boys.’
Laurie was certainly not alone in her criticism of Buddy Franklin after his performance over the weekend.
The Swans star was effectively knocked out on Saturday, racking up a meager three disposals in the first three terms, taking a 0.1 kick.
Footy fans wasted no time declaring the attacker “missing in action” when it mattered most.
“I just saw Buddy Franklin with the ball. I didn’t know he was playing today,” said one Twitter user.
Franklin was effectively shut out by a stifling Cats backline in the grand finale and received much criticism from fans online
“Can anyone get the bus driver to find Lance Franklin and the rest of the ‘bleeds’ and direct them to the MCG. There’s a bloody grand finale going on,” said another.
“Is Buddy Franklin playing today?” noted a third.
Some, meanwhile, are questioning Franklin’s decision to play for another year. The forward turns 36 before the next season starts and time seems to be catching up with him.
He’s an all-time great, no doubt about it, but if that press release from Buddy Franklin today should have read ‘one too many’. Three touches in just over a half,” said one Twitter user.
Some fans have questioned Franklin’s decision to continue for another season, assuming he’s had “one too many” games
AFL journalist Damian Barrett pointed out that it was interesting that Franklin had lost four of his six major finals and three in a row to the Sydney Swans.
“It just goes to show that a man who is going to become a legend of the game at a very early stage once he is retired has lost double the number of grand finals he has won,” he said.
It’s not looking good for Franklin to move forward, especially when he had one of the season’s moments kicking his 1,000th AFL goal.