Opinion AFL 2024 Grand Final - Liked, Learnt, Hated

[peetoo]

Hated:

Rampe's speech.

Boys couldn't remember how to make a tackle.

But in true Swans fashion, Dayne of course, didn't forget to give a shout out to good old realestate.com.au. A sponsor apparently?

Good old Bloods culture has been completely corporatised.

Going to end up like the Wallabies at this rate.

It’s as fake as the fakest corporate bulldust. Thinking coles and Woolies ‘doing it for the farmers who are doing it tough’

Their players should refuse to use the bloods word till they have attoned for the 4 in a row

 

[CarterS]

Learnt - I learnt Saturday night that it's hard to pronounce mcinerney without slurring after you've had 7 pints.

 

[Angus Young]

Liked: seeing the Lions win. They just got hot at the right time. Well deserved.
The Big O´s humility. Seems like an absolute champion bloke.
Happy for Fagan too after the shit he´s been through
Not even a Katy Perry fan but that show was very good. Pulling that off in middle of day and trying to please everybody can´t be easy.

Bad: Feel bad for Sydney fans. They been through some shit, choking away grand finals along with the and the 2016 grand final umpiring.
Thought it would of been a better contest.

Learnt: Twilight would be better. Fireworks and lighting around that stadium with some dark would be world level shit.

 

[rapidfire7]

Liked:

That we have had a different Premier for the 5th straight year.

The game may have a lot of issues, but I love that every single team can still hold out realistic hope of one day winning a Premiership (which is something you can't say about many other sports leagues)



Learnt:

Gary Pert is the most comical leader of a football club I've ever known of. Surely, his time is up.



Hated:

The pre finals bye (as usual).

I am yet to find a single footy supporter who thinks it's a good idea, not even commentators for that matter. Just the greedy AFL and TV networks, who it obviously works for.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Any final

Nup. We're actually great in all finals except the final final.

 

[The King!]

Hated the game, but look I liked seeing the Lions fans, Had some great interactions pre and during game in good spirits . Saw fans crying with happiness, their coach pre game interacting with the cheer squad etc just a classy organisation and fan base.

 

[Bjo187]

Liked: the lions winning the flag, just reward for 6 good years and Fagan deserved one. Also good for footy in Queensland.

Learnt: Sydney are mentally weak and that the gf would feel so much more special at twilight.

Hated: Another grand final over so early, bad for footy in nsw as it was riding a wave of momentum. 7's commentary and production as usual was below par. At least they put some microphones to pick up crowd noise this year though, so one small improvement.

 

[Satan]

Liked: the lions winning the flag, just reward for 6 good years and Fagan deserved one. Also good for footy in Queensland.

Learnt: Sydney are mentally weak and that the gf would feel so much more special at twilight.

Hated: Another grand final over so early, bad for footy in nsw as it was riding a wave of momentum. 7's commentary and production as usual was below par. At least they put some microphones to pick up crowd noise this year though, so one small improvement.

later grand finals might be better for ratings and fireworks but as a fan of a team playing it is nerve wracking . I was exhausted by the game started in 2021

 

[Bjo187]

later grand finals might be better for ratings and fireworks but as a fan of a team playing it is nerve wracking . I was exhausted by the game started in 2021

I feel you mate, about 5 years ago I use to tease my 2 bosses and 1 colleague at work coz they couldn't watch their team's live, they would instead do things like go for a walk when their team is playing and check the scores online. They said just wait till you get a bit older, it gets worse each year.

5 years later, I'm getting the same, can't handle the stress. If Essendon ever make a grand final, I'll probably have a heart attack before the game even starts .

 

[Satan]

I feel you mate, about 5 years ago I use to tease my 2 bosses and 1 colleague at work coz they couldn't watch their team's live, they would instead do things like go for a walk when their team is playing and check the scores online. They said just wait till you get a bit older, it gets worse each year.

5 years later, I'm getting the same, can't handle the stress. If Essendon ever make a grand final, I'll probably have a heart attack before the game even starts .

I had my stroke 5 months later . I was lucky and recovered

 

[Andronicus]

If Essendon ever make a grand final, I'll probably have a heart attack before the game even starts .

Reckon you are pretty safe for a long time yet.

 

[raskolnikov]

I feel you mate, about 5 years ago I use to tease my 2 bosses and 1 colleague at work coz they couldn't watch their team's live, they would instead do things like go for a walk when their team is playing and check the scores online. They said just wait till you get a bit older, it gets worse each year.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who does this. I rarely watch an Essendon game live. Usually find out the result later and watch the replay if we win.

 

[timokane]

Liked: weather was good not as hot as 2023 scorcher tho
Learnt: only Collingwood make grand finals
Hated: nothing just the bs entertainment was boring and bland like perry just felt had no feeling the day

 

[TheEscapeClub]

Liked : It was a day match.

Learnt : When you really look at it, Sydney really doesn't have a forward line.

Hated : Flogs using Katy Perry and some limp fireworks as a reason to switch to a night gf. The footy is the entertainment.

 

[peetoo]

Liked : It was a day match.

Learnt : When you really look at it, Sydney really doesn't have a forward line.

Hated : Flogs using Katy Perry and some limp fireworks as a reason to switch to a night gf. The footy is the entertainment.

Geelong were all conquering in 2008. But when it came to finals. Pathetic fwd line

 

[TheEscapeClub]

Geelong were all conquering in 2008. But when it came to finals. Pathetic fwd line

Bit of a ridiculous comment. If they were pathetic, they wouldn't have made the grand final.

Geelong's forward line got it done in 3 out of 4 grand finals. Mooney / Hawkins, Chapman, Johnson, Bartel and Stokes.

I remember the first time I got drunk too, drink some water and go have a lie down.

 

[peetoo]

Bit of a ridiculous comment. If they were pathetic, they wouldn't have made the grand final.

Geelong's forward line got it done in 3 out of 4 grand finals. Mooney / Hawkins, Chapman, Johnson, Bartel and Stokes.

I remember the first time I got drunk too, drink some water and go have a lie down.

Mate, in the granny it was money, lonergan (really) and a banged up stokes and Chapman. Their only class forward, Johnson, was nowhere near the fwd line for some reason. Bartel either.
Hawkins wasn’t AFL standard in 2008.

Buddy rough willo Cyril dew was magnitudes better, evened up in other parts of the field

 

[BrainOfMorbius]

Liked: obvs.

Hated: What's there to hate really

Learnt: That four-in-a-row means whatever you want it to mean. Swans are getting beaten over the head with this stupid non-statistic. 2014 & 2016 have almost nothing to do with the current group of players. By this standard, Richmond won three-in-a-row in 2017-2020, and if they win the next one they appear in (e.g. 2028) that will be four-in-a-row. Or do you only count them that way if you lose them? Yeah, nah.