Game Day AFL Finals 2024 - Match discussion party thread

[chazwazza]

119 could be given a nudge here

 

[Cromulant]

This smells like a 100 pointer

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Erol playing today?

Their 3 gun mids forgot to turn up.

 

[aabp1978]

Also - this has to be one of the best premierships of the last 50 years - were what 1-4?, stack of injuries, coming off a losing (dodgy) GF, 40 points down in a final, rumours of player riffs, losing their No 1 ruck in the prelim..epic

 

[Crow-eater]

If Brisbane take 119 from us, they'll forever be on the shitlist

 

[AFC979810]

Losing 4 grand finals within 11 years is pretty brutal

Look at the margins too:

63 points
22 points
81 points

And now looking like a 100 point loss.

 

[CrowinNT]

BT you are an absolute AFL embarrassment

 

[Southerntakeover]

If Brisbane take 119 from us, they'll forever be on the shitlist

Ken's master plan pays off. Re-sign him for 10.

 

[SugarShane]

For everyone that always says "We'll never win a flag with insert spud here in the team", Eric Hipwood

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Eric Hipwood

Age

27

Ht

203cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.0

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

2.6

2star

M

3.9

4star

T

1.3

3star

G

1.5

5star

D

11.1

3star

K

8.4

3star

HB

2.7

2star

M

4.1

4star

T

1.1

2star

G

1.1

5star

D

10.6

3star

K

8.4

4star

HB

2.2

2star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.6

4star

G

2.4

5star

is now a premiership player.

 

[Carmo]

How can AFL coaches not be aware of the effectiveness of extra numbers in defence gameplan vs not in high pressure games?? Adelaide 2017 or today textbook examples. It's too much to ask with the evenness of the comp, with a heap of pressure applied, with the smartness of the defenders, for mids to hit kicks that forwards 2 on to 1 can mark. You at least have to have that as a plan B but it seems like Longmire just didn't think it was necessary.

 

[Southerntakeover]

Look at the margins too:

63 points
22 points
81 points

And now looking like a 100 point loss.

One of these was enough to break me, imagine sitting there for your fourth like $10,000 the poorer

 

[Bovo]

Sydney might have to blow this list up - the mental demons from this and 2022 could be too much to overcome.

I was thinking something similar. It’s going to be tough to mentally come back from this

 

[FR0GGY]

Swans need to sub a cooked buddy on and take Amartey off

 

[The Karma Bus]

Also - this has to be one of the best premierships of the last 50 years - were what 1-4?, stack of injuries, coming off a losing (dodgy) GF, 40 points down in a final, rumours of player riffs, losing their No 1 ruck in the prelim..epic

Tick.. tick.. tick..
Big Victorian club? ️

 

[Carmo]

Hopefully that emotional event BT was talking about is his retirement from commentary

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

So, that's four GF losses in a row for the Swans with three of them being beltings. If questions weren't asked about them, they have to be now.

Swannywobbles.

 

[FR0GGY]

Imagine throwing away a flag playing a non Vic team at the G

 

[Redline]

BT you are an absolute AFL embarrassment

I don't mind BT but I think he has had the worst call of a GF ever.

So many clangers. That's not counting goals he initially thought were going to be points. Hopefully someone packages them up post game.

 

[Mr_Moogle]

119 could be given a nudge here

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[1990crow]

For everyone that always says "We'll never win a flag with insert spud here in the team", Eric Hipwood is now a premiership player.

Hipwood has kicked 70 odd goals in past 2 seasons. Not sure you can be considered a spud with those numbers.

 

[hippyhippy]

GWS had the Lions on toast a couple of weeks ago. Only if...

Gws should have won it this year...

 

[1990crow]

Grundy has been bog average.

 

[MatthewB]

 

[Danger Zone]

Not more than 119 points though Brissy. Don't ruin this for us.

 

[Redline]

They have a few coming to the end but imagine winning the flag with guys like Ashcroft, Morris, Fletcher, Coleman, Lowmann and others. Then picking up the player most likely to be the number one pick.

Should stay competitive for a while yet.