Collingwood and St Kilda battling it out for football’s greatest prize. Which soldiers will remain standing in 2010?

Market Talk

Coming into the second last week of the finals series, Collingwood’s Alan Toovey and Western Bulldogs’ Callan Ward both stood up under enormous pressure to turn in sensational performances. They earned the label of the biggest gainers of the preliminary finals week. Retiring champion Western Bulldogs’ Brad Johnson along with finals veteran Geelong’s Cameron Mooney practically summed up their respective teams finals campaigns. Both players had minimal impact and were this week’s biggest losers.

The grand final beckons for Collingwood and St Kilda as they both cruised through their respective preliminary finals matches. Even though both clubs have posted negative returns over the last month, they were this week’s biggest gainers. The losers of both preliminary finals, Geelong and Western Bulldogs were stopped in their tracks as they ended their season with losses to their share prices of over 3%. They are now both staring down the barrel of a potential re-building phase in the next few years.