AFL Grand Final AFL 2024 GRAND FINAL: 2024 Premiers BRISBANE LIONS

[Shai]

What a day, the Lions hit it for 6 and the best horse in the country won

 

[bloodsbigot]

Is this a troll? They've got a 3 club history and the Roys kit is an all time great.
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My UK mate made the observation that this kit looks like a Sri Lankan flag. Can't unsee it now.

 

[bloodsbigot]

and think their Bears clash is the best clash jumper they've ever had.

They should be wearing it because the red and maroon from the back in the sun will be difficult to distinguish.

 

[BrainOfMorbius]

Interesting to note that those who seem to love the original Bears jumper design never had to watch their own team playing in it. Dumping it for the gorgeous maroon with gold chevron and white trim was the best and easiest decision we ever made, and losing the 1992-6 jumper was the most painful part of the merger for us Bears fans (obviously had to happen of course though)

 

[Lion_LegacyXL]

Interesting to note that those who seem to love the original Bears jumper design never had to watch their own team playing in it. Dumping it for the gorgeous maroon with gold chevron and white trim was the best and easiest decision we ever made, and losing the 1992-6 jumper was the most painful part of the merger for us Bears fans (obviously had to happen of course though)

The darker maroon looked brown and the lighter maroon looked almost pink. They were both ugly but if I had to choose the lighter maroon was better. The 92-96 jumper was 10x better.

 

[JPetro83]

There's only one man who's qualified to present the cup

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"Warrick Caaaapppppper you F******N BEAUTY"

 

[Chief]

Callum Mills update



Sydney Swans captain Callum Mills

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Callum Mills

Age

27

Ht

188cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.2

5star

K

10.8

4star

HB

7.4

5star

M

5.3

5star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.6

3star

D

18.4

4star

K

11.5

4star

HB

6.9

4star

M

5.4

5star

T

3.4

4star

CL

1.4

4star

D

17.0

5star

K

9.4

4star

HB

7.6

5star

M

4.4

4star

T

2.8

5star

CL

1.2

4star

will not play in Saturday’s AFL Grand Final.



Mills trained this morning and after taking everything into consideration a joint decision was made by the club’s medical staff and the coaches to rule him out.



Mills initially strained his hamstring at training a fortnight ago.

 

[Maddo11]

Bizarre that they would wait until after he passes a fitness test to then cut him anyway.. should have just made the call earlier that they wouldn't risk it

 

[SeaOfFire]

Bizarre that they would wait until after he passes a fitness test to then cut him anyway.. should have just made the call earlier that they wouldn't risk it

Yep, it is totally bizarre and seems to have wasted time and energy for.....what?

 

[Xtreme]

Yep, it is totally bizarre and seems to have wasted time and energy for.....what?

Drama
Suspense
Intrigue
Lust
Unbridled enthusiasm

 

[MF]

Bizarre that they would wait until after he passes a fitness test to then cut him anyway.. should have just made the call earlier that they wouldn't risk it

We're flexing on the lions by cutting a perfectly healthy, fully fit All Australian player & club captain from our lineup. It's our version of the power stance.

 

[Ticky009]

Shout out to all the Swan & Lions fans getting spammed by their phone & Google right about now with not so fond memories.

 

[hawkman]

Longmire was never going to take the risk with Mills after being burnt with Reid 2 years ago

 

[SeaOfFire]

We're flexing on the lions by cutting a perfectly healthy, fully fit All Australian player & club captain from our lineup. It's our version of the power stance.

Well...it could be a Sheedy era psyche out I suppose.

Rule him out Wednesday, name him on Thursday.

 

[bloodsbigot]

I'm not familiar with the reference ...

Binge ted lasso before the grand final and you'll understand what mean.

 

[RUNVS]

Longmire was never going to take the risk with Mills after being burnt with Reid 2 years ago

Yep, and truth be told Reid declaring himself fit that day has tainted my memory of his career. It was a selfish call on his part. Mills being part of the decision not to play only enhances my opinion of him.

 

[sabso]

Drama
Suspense
Intrigue
Lust
Unbridled enthusiasm

Ah blow it out your orse Bull

 

[Cam Payne]

Will Mills still get a Ron Barassi medal if he doesn't play?

 

[RedmanWasHere]

GF cup presenters.

BL: Leigh Matthews.
SYD: Stuart Maxfield

Stuart Maxfield

Age

52

Ht

178cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.6

4star

K

11.2

4star

HB

3.3

3star

M

2.5

3star

T

2.0

4star

No current season stats available

D

9.0

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

2.0

2star

M

2.2

3star

T

1.4

4star

.

 

[bloodsbigot]

GF cup presenters.

BL: Leigh Matthews.
SYD: Stuart Maxfield.

Should have been Warwick.

 

[SeaOfFire]

"Mills left coach John Longmire’s office “in tears” after the meeting that confirmed his fate, according to Channel 7 reporter Ryan Daniels."

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Man, I really really hope it's a psyche out, because otherwise it just isn't a good look, given they could have ruled him out a week ago.

 

[Soggy2112]

"Mills left coach John Longmire’s office “in tears” after the meeting that confirmed his fate, according to Channel 7 reporter Ryan Daniels."

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Man, I really really hope it's a psyche out, because otherwise it just isn't a good look, given they could have ruled him out a week ago.

As a player, would you not be more angry if your coach ruled you out before you had the opportunity to try and recover?

Getting through the fitness test doesn’t necessarily mean he’s at the level of performance the coaches wanted/needed from him.

 

[SeaOfFire]

As a player, would you not be more angry if your coach ruled you out before you had the opportunity to try and recover?

Getting through the fitness test doesn’t necessarily mean he’s at the level of performance the coaches wanted/needed from him.

I don't know about anyone else, but I'd be pretty pissed if I was told I had to do xyz, did xyz, and then got told nah.

 

[Corn Cobbers]

Great decision by Longmire imo, finally learnt his lesson

No room for sentiment in a grand final

 

[Cam Payne]

I don't know about anyone else, but I'd be pretty pissed if I was told I had to do xyz, did xyz, and then got told nah.

Best cricket team I ever played with had a bloke do a calf a couple of weeks before the finals and he worked miracles to get fit. Subsequently got through a fitness test on the Thursday night before and yet wasn't selected. The fracture it put though the team was like nothing I'd ever experienced before or since. Twenty years later there's still bad blood between some of the guys.

Hopefully the same happens to the Swans. /S

 

[SeaOfFire]

Great decision by Longmire imo, finally learnt his lesson

No room for sentiment in a grand final

And that's my point - I contend that Longmire HASN'T learnt his lesson.

If he needed a full game under the belt in the eyes of the coaches etc, then the fitness test today was irrelevant and the decision could have been made a week ago.

But what is being reported and what hasn't been otherwise clarified by the Swans, was that it relied solely on training at 100% today, which he did.

I feel that the process has been muddied unnecessarily and reflects a level of uncertainty, stemming from 2022 - will it matter? Who knows, but from outside it looks confused and indecisive.