Game Day 2024 Grand Final - South Melbourne vs Fitzroy, Sat 28 Sept at MCG 2:30pm

[Biggy_Boy]

Premierships:

Rhys Stanley - 1
Brodie Grundy - 0

Astute coaches have figured out you don't need to be wasting money on gun rucks, because the margin between what they and their mediocre equivalents can do is marginal, and you can make that up in other areas of the ground. Most flags in recent years have been won with fairly middling ruckmen, and there's been a recent trend of teams losing or moving on highly-perceived ruckmen who then have more success without them.

 

[BlakeyNoFlakey]

Blakey was Flakey again.

 

[catsfootyfan89]

Can the Swans recover from this next year? I don't know if any group of players can recover from two 10+ goal grand final losses in three years.

They shouldn't, nor do they deserve to. They shouldn't be taking up room at the top of the ladder. Time to slide away and make room for other teams.

 

[JoeyJoJoJuniorShabadoo]

Have they ever had a dual NS? I feel like Ashcroft just shades him, but they both deserve it.

Can only have one winner. Paul Chapman beat Jason Gram back in 2009, on account of countback, due to having more '3 votes'.

 

[D BRIDGE]

Swans board when 77 points down.

“We need to throw caution to the wind now”.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

Can the Swans recover from this next year? I don't know if any group of players can recover from two 10+ goal grand final losses in three years.

The 'Sack Horse' thread that got put up after Port flogged them is second on their board right now after the game day thread.

 

[PzBlinky]

Makes our season an incredible effort. Still disappointing we lost last week. But no shame to lose to premier team.

It's kind of both, isn't it? Our team was incredible this year and it's no shame to lose to the team that took the cup...but it still looks like an opportunity lost, especially where we had the game at last week.

 

[Strange Cat]

Even Holmes on one leg would flog them

 

[Lana]

Swans board when 77 points down.

“We need to throw caution to the wind now”.

I don't what else they're supposed to do with their hands

 

[Grimoz]

BT calling “Chris” Fagan Dennis what a dickhead

 

[Finknottle]

Brian Taylor celebrating hard now. He must have had a nice wager on Brisbane.

 

[BlakeyNoFlakey]

I think Neale is in front for the Normie

 

[winty]

 

[Schmegg]

This is a culture killer, multiple smashings in grand finals, I’m amazed we stayed remotely competitive after 1994/1995.

 

[Strange Cat]

Brisbane are going to go well past our 80 points win

Hell they might even beat 119

 

[dangerwood]

Sydney aren't allowed in the grand final again. Now I know how everyone else felt in 2022.

 

[Grimoz]

I think Neale is in front for the Normie

From all umpires reports the head was that good

 

[winty]

2022 - Geelong 15.11.101 to Sydney 4.3.27 at 3/4 time.
2024 - Brisbane 16.11.107 to Sydney 5.4.34

 

[Goggin Our Best]

Every Port Adelaide supporter will be riding the Lions home in this last quarter , like Mick Dittman riding home the Melbourne Cup favourite .

 

[Vdubs]

Any team in the 8 would have beaten Sydney today except maybe Carlton.
It’s over and the Swans have been humiliated yet again.
It’s a pattern for them and would have been smashed by half a dozen teams today. Brisbane are deserving winners but hardly an unstoppable force.

Well, they have been unstoppable in September, when it counts, and are deservedly the #1 team of 2024. We pushed them, sure, but they broke us each time we looked promising.
About time this list wins a flag.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Get near the ball Sydney !

I assume this means longmire is a bad coach?

 

[BlakeyNoFlakey]

 

[rocker_oz33]

BT calling “Chris” Fagan Dennis what a dickhead

Denis Fagen ...sounds make up ..

 

[SkittleCats]

Dunno about this being a dropped chance for us. Somehow I doubt we would've looked this good against Sydney's midfield.

 

[The Unforgiven]

We would have destroyed these jokers. FMD.