Game Day 2022 AFL Grand Final : Geelong v Sydney

[Rioli magic]

Sydney have come out of half time asleep. FFS.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Sydney fans can start getting an early ride out to the airport. We are done here.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Deplorable - just deplorable. Sydney has zero interest in winning.

 

[Rioli magic]

 

[H00t]

I'd say though that being bigger on average than your opposition gets you enough wins to make the finals (with how much an emphasis there is on contested ball these days).

And if you make the finals often enough sooner or later you will get lucky and win a GF.

Our midfield in particular is so small it is no wonder we get smashed in contested ball. We only started to turn it around when we added our own midfield bull in Newk.

A 22 week AFL season is a long, hard grind and bigger bodies can absorb the hits (and dish them out) more consistently than lighter, framed endurance runners (which is where I think our fitness team has been veering towards the last 5 years).

Just annoys me when coaches say that their team lost cause the opposition was bigger and more mature bodies. Be like and NBA coach saying they lost cause the opposition was 6 inches taller than them

If anything I’d say we’ve moved away from the endurance athlete to bigger bodies since our 3 peat.

The big difference between endurance vs strength. Is endurance puts more emphasis on skill. As you can’t rely on contested ball and need to open the game up.

Not that you need to be big to win contested ball.

One thing I don’t like about being heavy is it takes the game out of your hands. If they opponent is fitter and uses the ball well they will generally win.

 

[grumbleguts]

This is just comical now.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Imagine spending all that money to see your team not give a yelp. Terrible work Sydney. Scoreline flatters Geelong.

 

[VandoHawk]

Sydney earning the choker label

 

[Off The Couch]

Hawks have scarred Sydney grand final teams

It’s the only win I’ll have all day so I’m taking it

 

[hardway]

I’m switching to the Jefferey Darhma series for some easy viewing.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Smith is going to win the Norm Smith.

 

[VandoHawk]

Issac always was a big game player

 

[Boot Studder]

I think I’ll go and deadhead the geraniums. It’ll be more entertaining.

 

[H00t]

This swans team would have lost to the 2019 GWS team that played in that grannie. That’s how bad they’ve been.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Sydney are worse than GWS in 2019. Scoreboard more flattering so far but won’t stay like that now.

 

[Off The Couch]

Hawkins and Smith best 2 to half time for real impact.

Smith has a pretty good GF record. Could have won 2015 Norm.


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They will give it to Danger

 

[Dixie Flatline]

They will give it to Danger

Selwood.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Buddy is 0-3 since leaving Hawthorn in grand finals. Hawthorn is 2-0 since he left. Whoops.

 

[MinerBoy]

They will give it to Danger

Done a few nice things but hasn’t had as much impact as the comms would have you believe.


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[KermitJagger]

They will give it to Danger

There's no way. Smith has been best on by a mile. He's made for the MCG.

 

[H00t]

Worst thing will now having to listen to how “unbelievably good” this Geelong team is.

 

[Sixpence]

Hopefully Selwood retires after this and makes it a little more bearable.

 

[Kuuz]

Game. Set. Match.

Both Sydney and Brisbane have given Cats the easiest ride to a Premiership in recent memory.

Their effort on par with GWS against Richmond, but at least that was against a repeat Champion team.

 

[Off The Couch]

There's no way. Smith has been best on by a mile. He's made for the MCG.

No doubt but Danger is another Judd - everything he does, even playing badly is applauded

 

[Lotus]

What a boring game this is .