AFL Grand Final 2024 AFL Grand Final - Sydney Swans vs Brisbane Lions

[PeacefulWarrior]

This is the crucial difference.

Koch, Richardson, Davies, Cassisi, Wines, Rucci, Curtin, Kornes, Dwayne, and a frightening number of other Port people up and down the chain are more than happy to stand on the laurels of near enough being good enough.

It’s as if they can’t wait to find an excuse and tell a sob story from the perspective of a snivelling underdog that has no business competing at the pointy end, regardless of trifling realities such as draft/trade-capital and resource expenditure, ladder position, home ground advantage, and red hot favouritism.

• Little club from Alberton.
• The fans don’t understand how hard it is.
• Best list ever!/List is no good¡
• When he arrived.
• ‘We Exist To Win Premierships’ is unrealistic.
• How quickly they forget.
• Injuries/suspensions.
• There were TARPS on the SEATS.
• More than a few clubs would kill to be in our position!
• It’s not the SANFL anymore.
• Successful year in terms of win/loss.

Ken having the hide to sell the “pretty brave” narrative as we watch Brisbane stroll away with the flag despite a cavalcade of setbacks, is the purest microcosm of everything that’s wrong with Port’s approach versus elsewhere.

Please be our leader

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

Those that watched both prelims would have worked out that Brisbane were winning this quite easily.

Sydney might be the weakest minor premiers ever. Their list is flakey and average. Their gameplan is too reliant on opposition having no footskills.

 

[JHF1870]

We would not have come close to Brisbane. No answer for Joe and he would have Destroyed us.

Neale is super classy and I think their forwards, Mids, Rayner, Ashcroft and Zorko would have killed us. We need new direction and some good drafting if not for 25, for 26.

Just finished watching the game and the professionalism of fagin is miles ahead of Hinkley.

 

[JHF1870]

Brisbane have assembled an elite list by various avenues including the luck of excellent father sons and the academy benefits, good drafting with Dunkley Daniher Cameron etc, plus having an experienced core of low drafts coming thru from there time at the bottom

I Think they are possibly the most deserved premiers. I saw it coming from 2017.

Raynor and Mcluggage were on point.
Drafting was on point.
Attitude, professionalism is top level.

all that hard work and a little bit of luck. IIRC GWS should have finished them.

 

[rogerjames]

I Think they are possibly the most deserved premiers. I saw it coming from 2017.

Raynor and Mcluggage were on point.
Drafting was on point.
Attitude, professionalism is top level.

all that hard work and a little bit of luck. IIRC GWS should have finished them.

GWS suicided against them

 

[JHF1870]

GWS suicided against them

Only way we were winning was to beat Geelong into GWS into Sydney.

 

[rogerjames]

Only way we were winning was to beat Geelong into GWS into Sydney.

We weren't winning under any scenario imo. The players are totally spooked.

 

[GremioPower]

We would melt like ice cream under a scorching Summer afternoon sun if we happened to be in the GF. It would have been even uglier than it actually was.

It would trigger 2007-GF PTSD in every single Port person, even in those who didn’t follow the club back then. We actually escaped from worse losing in Sydney.