Autopsy AFL 2024 Second Qualifying Final - Port v Cats Thurs Sept 5th 7:40pm EST/7:10pm CST (AO) - Teams up

[Mr Meow]

Good, I like the banter. I don’t care if I make a goose of myself, I even point it out when I cook it. Laughing at yourself is a valuable life skill you’ll never have. You’re that boring guy at parties that sits in the corner pretending to drink a beer. Eww

Like for real dude you just won a final and you’re spend your time bickering with me. Wtf is that? it’s actually concerning.

You made something up that didn't make sense, then added a really effeminate thing at the end.

Then go on to simply complain because people are making fun of you. I'm sure you were well aware that your silly chest beating over Geelong straight sets would have people pointing and laughing if your latest Nostradamus attempt was false.

"Omg guys get a life I'm just joking and having fun, you remind me of a man going into an office in a suit, starting up Microsoft Excel" is a really poor way to say "Please make it stop". A simple "I was wrong" would do.

You're once again back to miserable. I wonder why. Death riding a club isn't healthy.

 

[Cleansweep17]

You made something up that didn't make sense, then added a really effeminate thing at the end.

Then go on to simply complain because people are making fun of you. I'm sure you were well aware that your silly chest beating over Geelong straight sets would have people pointing and laughing if your latest Nostradamus attempt was false.

"Omg guys get a life I'm just joking and having fun, you remind me of a man going into an office in a suit, starting up Microsoft Excel" is a really poor way to say "Please make it stop". A simple "I was wrong" would do.

You're once again back to miserable. I wonder why. Death riding a club isn't healthy.

Death riding a club is fine you bot. What do you think rivalries are.

 

[Mr Meow]

Death riding a club is fine you bot. What do you think rivalries are.

We don't have a rivalry. Your club is irrelevant to the GFC and I hope they get their act together quickly. Why do you still have a Geelong obsession?

 

[Cleansweep17]

We don't have a rivalry. Your club is irrelevant to the GFC and I hope they get their act together quickly. Why do you still have a Geelong obsession?

We can agree on that, thanks for the flags. Maybe one day you can beat us when it matters.

 

[Mr Meow]

We can agree on that, thanks for the flags. Maybe one day you can beat us when it matters.

So why are you still obsessed with the GFC? I just don't get it. Your entire posting history is basically death riding, insulting and diminishing that particular football club. It is so unbelievably weird.

 

[STPer18]

'Grrrrr we are Geelong's rival, if we keep saying it and shitposting about it on an online forum it must be true!'



The humiliation fetish needs to stop. I do feel bad for the reasonable Richmond supporters because this one-sided inferiority complex from a large portion of their fanbase on this website makes it hard not to tar them all with the same brush.

 

[Cleansweep17]

So why are you still obsessed with the GFC? I just don't get it. Your entire posting history is basically death riding, insulting and diminishing that particular football club. It is so unbelievably weird.

Then you don’t read all my posts properly. Anyways I’m not talking about this anymore you clearly have a problem. I’ll be here to stick it when you lose. Let’s see how chirpy you are then.

 

[mcgarnacle]

You just knew it was Geelong's night when Jez slotted the goal not even 3 mins into the game.

 

[Fadge]

Then you don’t read all my posts properly. Anyways I’m not talking about this anymore you clearly have a problem. I’ll be here to stick it when you lose. Let’s see how chirpy you are then.

Cop that, Mr Meow.

And cope.

 

[Mr Meow]

Then you don’t read all my posts properly. Anyways I’m not talking about this anymore you clearly have a problem. I’ll be here to stick it when you lose. Let’s see how chirpy you are then.

Given my own prediction for Geelong was finishing 6th and perhaps making it as far as a semi-final, they've already exceeded my expectations. Not as much as yours, but we're in bonus round territory.

Given how miserable you are, I would much prefer support a team losing a bunch of prelims and winning the odd flag, compared to having a singular 4 year period of relevance and then being terrible otherwise.

"LOL loser mentality. You win the flag or you're just one of 17 losers" doesn't explain why Geelong supporters on here are largely sane and content, while clubs such as yours includes truly headf***ed individuals such as yourself.

One thing I do agree on is that it's time to move on.

 

[FootyLad0]

I wonder what Travis Boak thinks of his "loyalty" now.
Could've been a premiership player, instead was stripped of the captaincy for that spud Jonas and now the gutless Rozee.

Imagine Boak instead of picking up Higgins or Jack Steven or many other mids we tried to use in that role.

He'd had a great career and you can't fault loyalty but he'll always be overshadowed by others because they got the big one.

 

[Tristan34]

We can agree on that, thanks for the flags. Maybe one day you can beat us when it matters.

So you finally drafted a great team.. How many attempts did it take you??
It's hard to play Richmond in finals when they are never there. They probably won't be there for another 20 years..
I will say we gotta give you credit... You stayed around when your team sucked.. The rest of your supporter base have checked out...

 

[Cleansweep17]

So you finally drafted a great team.. How many attempts did it take you??
It's hard to play Richmond in finals when they are never there. They probably won't be there for another 20 years..
I will say we gotta give you credit... You stayed around when your team sucked.. The rest of your supporter base have checked out...

But we have 13 flags though and are a younger club.

Gotta get a move on Geelong it’s getting embarrassing now.

 

[Freomaniac]

I don't think they are very far from a premiership but I think Hinkley doesn't know how to counter teams getting behind their zone and exploiting their defence's weakness at ground level as you say. They rely heavily on defending up the ground which helps generate inside 50s but a good backline like Geelong will be able to counter and get behind the zone very easily. Brisbane exploited that earlier this year too.

Playing that type of game needs a very good backline at ground level. Port's backline needs numbers in defence to defend effectively which I thought they did pretty well against Fremantle and in the second half of the year so I don't know what that was yesterday.

If there is one part of the side port has a weakness, it's definitely in the back 6.

Just look at the 2 finals Port lost last season. They lost to Brisbane in the Gabba, they didn't hesitate to attack.

Port then lost to GWS in a home semi final. GWS should of buried port by half time had they been accurate on their set shots on goal.

Mind you port had injuries and sore players as well.

Don't get me wrong, I am gutted my team lost 2 weeks ago vs port. But Freo kicked 9.13.67 to ports 13.9.87.

Dockers had very few scoring shots in the 1st half and they didn't do much with those scoring shots. Dockers were down by 3 or 4 goald by half time too.

On the other hand. Cats kicked 9.9.63 by half time and port kicked 6.7.43. cats had a 20 point lead.

One team is up by 3 goals, the other side is down by 3 goals at half time. That's 2 totally different mindsets

 

[Freomaniac]

Insecure obviously. Hopefully he gets his first pube soon

Mate we were all young once. I still remember Essendons last finals win. LoL

 

[Freomaniac]

Imagine Boak instead of picking up Higgins or Jack Steven or many other mids we tried to use in that role.

He'd had a great career and you can't fault loyalty but he'll always be overshadowed by others because they got the big one.

In a way I wished Jordan Clarke stayed at the cats just for one more season. He might of got on the bench on that 2022 cats premiership side.

Tim Kelly on the other hand, I can't knock him for leaving the cats at the end of 2019. Kids and family came 1st which is for enough

 

[PhatBoy]

We can agree on that, thanks for the flags. Maybe one day you can beat us when it matters.

Here’s the thing, as one of YOUR supporters in another thread actually observed.

During our run of flags, it was Collingwood that we had to go through to get to the title.

But we stayed up. During Hawthorn’s period at the top, we hung around and we were their main rival - along with Sydney - that they still had to go through, and win.

They disappeared. And we stayed up.

Then you arrived. And you had to go through us, and win, while you were the team at the top of the tree.

Richmond have amassed a great finals record against us. No danger of anyone missing out on that: it’s all there in black and white numbers.

But where was Richmond when we were at the top? Why weren’t they there to challenge us and put that supposed stranglehold to the test? Collingwood were around, pushing us, even when they weren’t quite as good as us they were making us win a prelim by 5 points. Hawthorn snuck along the rails and beat us in a grand final. Where were Richmond?

It’s all very well to be superior ‘when it counts’ if you’re only playing someone in finals if you’re only ever IN the finals when you’re at your very best.

 

[Mr Meow]

If there is one part of the side port has a weakness, it's definitely in the back 6.

Just look at the 2 finals Port lost last season. They lost to Brisbane in the Gabba, they didn't hesitate to attack.

Port then lost to GWS in a home semi final. GWS should of buried port by half time had they been accurate on their set shots on goal.

Mind you port had injuries and sore players as well.

Don't get me wrong, I am gutted my team lost 2 weeks ago vs port. But Freo kicked 9.13.67 to ports 13.9.87.

Dockers had very few scoring shots in the 1st half and they didn't do much with those scoring shots. Dockers were down by 3 or 4 goald by half time too.

On the other hand. Cats kicked 9.9.63 by half time and port kicked 6.7.43. cats had a 20 point lead.

One team is up by 3 goals, the other side is down by 3 goals at half time. That's 2 totally different mindsets

Cats should've been up by 40 points at half time. The dominance was better reflected on the scoreboard in the second half.

It wasn't just the amount of scoring shots. We had 3 hit the post and another 2 very close, plus it included a few absolute sodas like set shots directly in front 20m-40m out.

 

[Freomaniac]

Cats should've been up by 40 points at half time. The dominance was better reflected on the scoreboard in the second half.

It wasn't just the amount of scoring shots. We had 3 hit the post and another 2 very close, plus it included a few absolute sodas like set shots directly in front 20m-40m out.

Yeah true. Again cats did kick 9.9.63 at half-time. Could of been 12.6.78 at half time.

It would of been interesting had cats been more accurate. Could of kicked 25-30 goals last night

 

[Grechy]

How we doin today grechy? Any more prophecies?

It's going to be windy and rainy in Melbourne tonight.

 

[Cdog71]

Here’s the thing, as one of YOUR supporters in another thread actually observed.

During our run of flags, it was Collingwood that we had to go through to get to the title.

But we stayed up. During Hawthorn’s period at the top, we hung around and we were their main rival - along with Sydney - that they still had to go through, and win.

They disappeared. And we stayed up.

Then you arrived. And you had to go through us, and win, while you were the team at the top of the tree.

Richmond have amassed a great finals record against us. No danger of anyone missing out on that: it’s all there in black and white numbers.

But where was Richmond when we were at the top? Why weren’t they there to challenge us and put that supposed stranglehold to the test? Collingwood were around, pushing us, even when they weren’t quite as good as us they were making us win a prelim by 5 points. Hawthorn snuck along the rails and beat us in a grand final. Where were Richmond?

It’s all very well to be superior ‘when it counts’ if you’re only playing someone in finals if you’re only ever IN the finals when you’re at your very best.

Yep, how I wish we could have been the first of the losers or even the fourth loser more often.

Then I would be able to join in with all the other losers and discuss the who really is the most successful loser over a period of time.

Do you think it’s better to be the 2nd loser rather than the first loser?
At least then you can say that you are successful though didn’t have to feel the disappointment of not winning the premiership, which for some reason most clubs seem preoccupied with.
Your right.
Let’s all be successful.

 

[PhatBoy]

Yep, how I wish we could have been the first of the losers or even the fourth loser more often.

Then I would be able to join in with all the other losers and discuss the who really is the most successful loser over a period of time.

Do you think it’s better to be the 2nd loser rather than the first loser?
At least then you can say that you are successful though didn’t have to feel the disappointment of not winning the premiership, which for some reason most clubs seem preoccupied with.
Your right.
Let’s all be successful.

Yeah, I do.

Because I would rather on a week to week basis watch a game of football and come away from it and be happy with the outcome than annoyed.

Does everyone want to win the comp? Absolutely. Does everyone get to? No.

So why the f*** does anyone bother watching a game unless it is a grand final? 20,000 people are going to go to Campbelltown tonight to watch two teams fight it out for 16th in the NRL. Another 30,000 are going to watch one team who has played like a busted sphincter all year play a team with half its starting side in hospital simply because they don’t like each other, with absolutely nothing on the line.

Why? Because people like to see their team win more than they like seeing their team lose. It’s football at the end of the day and just gives them something to be a bit happy about for seven days until they do it all again.

So I’ll say it one more time, it’s no good being better than someone in finals ‘whenever you meet them’ if you only meet them when you’re the best. All that means is that you’ve been the best side in general. If the Tigers had have sprung out of the woodwork in 07-11 at our peak and knocked us off their might be some truth to it, or managed to pull off one last win for the ages when we’d marched into the finals off the back of 15 straight wins in 2022 I’d be more inclined to agree with it.

For now all I see in modern times is a team who has simply been much stronger than us

 

[The Mares Leg]

Insecure obviously. Hopefully he gets his first pube soon

Just for you.

I felt bad about making you melt over your pretty boy - Ah well, at least you have his poster on your toilet door.

 

[Pistol Night]

Just for you.

I felt bad about making you melt over your pretty boy - Ah well, at least you have his poster on your toilet door.

Melt? Hahaha. Calm down Muscles you just save your energy for belittling other 21yos on the internet like the other tough guys.

 

[Pistol Night]

Mate we were all young once. I still remember Essendons last finals win. LoL

Me too. Just.