Autopsy AFL 2024 Preliminary Final - Swans v Port Fri Sept 20th 7:40pm EST (SCG)

[Freomaniac]

Tough game to pick.

Port have been very good vs the Swans in recent years. They'll go in as huge underdogs and with nothing to lose. The Swans should be feeling good after their dramatic and stirring QF win over GWS.

The Swans have never won the premiership from top spot since they moved to Sydney but have always made the GF.

I'll toss the Coin, Swans by 1 point.

Sort of glad you were incorrect. People said all this facts that Port had the wood over Sydney. A could of those scg games were decided by narrow margins.

Saying that, Swans vs Collingwood in that 2012 preliminary final was a similar situation. Collingwood had the wood over Sydney.

 

[Freomaniac]

This tells the story pretty well. The bottom 7 AF rated players on the ground outside of subs were all Port players. It is so very true, your bottom 6 decides if you win big games like this.

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Very interesting stats

 

[Monco Matt]

Collingwood would have gone back to back with Grundy

We wouldn't have won the '23 flag with him. If we kept him on the books we would have missed out on getting a few key players in to the club.

 

[Mr MysteryGuest]

A kick from winning in 06
Two kicks away in '12
Screwed by umpires in '16

In addition to their two flags.

They've performed pretty well.

They won in ‘12

They lost ‘14 by 10 goals

The umpiring in ‘16 is exaggerated

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Got his team up for victory with half his players missing and put an end to his opponents season which made my day. Just absolutely Fantastic stuff if you ask me

So he had 20 players missing? Can you tell us who they were?

 

[.Shotties.]

They won in ‘12

They lost ‘14 by 10 goals

The umpiring in ‘16 is exaggerated

Nah, was ****ing horrendous. Even Boyd's famous goal was preceded by Franklin having his arm pulled down in the marking contest before it which lead to the spill.

 

[Fadge]

And if Cats win tomorrow that'll be 7 of the last 18 Grand Finals to go with it.

Indeed.

It takes an exceptional team to play in more than one third of Grand Finals played over multiple decades.

 

[bloodsbigot]

The umpiring in ‘16 is exaggerated

It was the most biased umpiring of all time.

 

[wingersclub]

Well, we may have palmed him off, but you can't say it was a mistake because the money we saved let us pay for Hill, Mitchell & McStay which lead to the premiership. The Dees just needed to stick Max in the square and leave Grundy on the ball and we wouldn't be in this mess.

Grundy was unfit and sucked when Gawn was out. This whole mess started because of Collingwood.. thanks a lot

 

[fnerd]

The umpiring in ‘16 is exaggerated

It really isn’t.

Was horrific AFL manipulation

 

[Xtreme]

Imagine being the modern Colliwobbles though.

They're going to get thrashed next week and it will be glorious.

 

[kirky]

Are you celebrating a finals coaching triumph or flying home to eat more pies and get sacked for wasting the list again sad Ken?

He won’t get sacked, he got them to a Preliminary Final.

So you win by 112 points, 6 weeks ago. Means nothing in the scheme of things.

 

[The Nostradamus]

 

[Toump Ass]

We won a flag after getting Grundy off our books.

In part because of all the nice kisses AFL gave you on the dick. They let you pay Dayne Beams' salary outside of the cap because you'd blown it up so much, you landed Quaynor via NGA, two Daicos' brothers via Father-Son rorts...

Kind of amazing you're as shit as you are now with all of the handouts you've been given but that's for another thread.

 

[Mr MysteryGuest]

It really isn’t.

It really is.

I rewatched a few weeks ago (work lunch breaks), it wasn’t that bad.

There have been other recent gf’s that were worse

 

[Fadge]

Grundy was unfit and sucked when Gawn was out. This whole mess started because of Collingwood.. thanks a lot

Salty Malthouse to Carlton was the beginning of the end for Carlton just when it looked as though they were cooking something else.

Grundy to Melbourne the beginning of the end for Melbourne.

We don't need to conjure up anything for Richmond and Essendon - they just self implode.

 

[Fadge]

In part because of all the nice kisses AFL gave you on the dick. They let you pay Dayne Beams' salary outside of the cap because you'd blown it up so much, you landed Quaynor via NGA, two Daicos' brothers via Father-Son rorts...

Kind of amazing you're as shit as you are now with all of the handouts you've been given but that's for another thread.

'As shit as we are now'?

As in 'Reigning Premiers'?

 

[wian]

So he had 20 players missing? Can you tell us who they were?

Half his backline for starters..

Look let's be totally frank it's just a wasted golden opportunity for the Hawks. The one that got away.... Such an open finals series.. Very painful and sad....
..

 

[apollo_creed]

Funniest part is Port sooked it up when Grundy rejected them.

Bad winners. Sore losers.

 

[Monco Matt]

Grundy was unfit and sucked when Gawn was out. This whole mess started because of Collingwood.. thanks a lot

Well, our decision to palm him off to the Dees was strategic leading to a flag, you guys were supposed to keep the damn muppet. The Dees palming him off was due to incompetence.

 

[Toump Ass]

Did Butters put himself on the bench again at half time? Barely spotted him.
What a fn' squib, completely invisible when it matters.

 

[wian]

Port were never going to win. They played their GF last week which was fantastic

 

[Do_Beta_Rapport]

Look, I get it. Ken has been there a LONG time so probably time for a fresh voice.

But really, the Power only have 2 good forwards; Georgiadis and Rioli. How are they expected to kick winning scores?

Amazing they’ve made it this far.

 

[revo333]

Are you celebrating a finals coaching triumph or flying home to eat more pies and get sacked for wasting the list again sad Ken?

Still hurts doesn't it!

 

[dean33]

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That picture tells quite a story. Where is their captain? Sitting in the middle with his team or removed from them right up the back alone?