Review Grand Final, 2024 - Sydney vs. Brisbane Lions

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Denno said:
Yep, but the week after was worse. Was an absolute joke.

Also, the week off allowed them to get players back (that they otherwise wouldn't have), and it also caught the comp by surprise by skewing the advantage against the top 4 (that won their 1st finals). 8 years later teams are better prepared.

I'm biased, but I think our run was clearly better.
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The whole end of the year kicked off the free kick bulldogs meme. I'm still not sure if the umpires advantaged them or they were just coached about throwing ahead of the rest of the comp. But it was just week after week of every line ball (and many worse) going their way
 
Lions 2024 is one of, if not the greatest Premiership of all time.

Craps all over Bulldogs 2016 who had two "away" Finals, including the GF against an "Interstate" team in Melbourne with embarrassingly one-sided umpiring to boot.

We had one home EF then ran the table away from home in three Finals.

I've seen it all since 1987

The largely dismal Bears, the chaos in the first year of the merger in 1997, the disastrous 1998, the revival of 1999/2000 under Leigh, the magnificent threepeat of 2001/02/03 and the 2004 GF loss when the AFL stacked all the cards against us.

Then the decline from 2005 to 2008, the false dawn of 2009 and the abysmal way the idiots in charge sacked Voss in 2013.

(Angoose........" Paul Roos....something, something .... ....new coach....something, something......oh wait!!......D'oh!!!")

The total despair of the Leppa years.

Then rays of hope of the first two years after Fages came to town

Then in 2019....suddenly we're "good" again.

In contention every year......2019 ,2020,2021, 2022 but not quite good enough to get to the big Dance.
Then we finally get there in 2023 and lose a heartbreaker to bloody Collingwood.

Which brings us to 2024.

The weirdest season where we went from no hope to some hope, to great hope, to Premiership favourites , only to shoot ourselves in the foot with two baffling losses against GWS and the Pies where we should have won both and finished comfortably inside the top 4.

5th spot

.....nah!!!

Too hard.

Oh well...at least we made the Finals

We know the rest.

I could be accused of recency bias, but this Premiership will live in my mind as the clubs best ever.

I'm pushing 70 and I thought there was a real chance I wouldn't live to see another Lions Premiership

There were so many redemption stories

Zorks, Lachie, Frog, Bez, Joe and last but not least...

FAGES

We owe that man an enormous debt of gratitude.


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M Malice said:
Not a big follower of Rugby League but I do watch the SOO and the GF, after the NRL Grand Final last night something that 4Peat Premiership half back Nathan Cleary said when asked about how they have been able to back up year after year could be applicable to us >

The feeling of winning GFs is addictive, you just have this hunger to feel it again.. but you have to pay the price if you want to succeed. Not Verbatim.

He didn't elaborate in the clip I heard but I assume by "pay the price" he meant on the training track.

Hopefully our boys have that same desire to feel that feeling again and the willingness to pay the price.
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I think it may have been selling their souls...
 

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luthor said:
Lions 2024 is one of, if not the greatest Premiership of all time.

Craps all over Bulldogs 2016 who had two "away" Finals, including the GF against an "Interstate" team with embarrassingly one sided umpiring to boot.

We had one home EF then ran the table away from home in three Finals..

I've seen it all since 1987

The largely dismal Bears , the chaos in the first year of the merger in 1997, the disastrous 1998 , the revival of 1990/2000 under Leigh, the magnificent threepeat of 2001/02/03 and the 2004 GF loss when the AFL stacked all the cards against us.

Then the decline from 2005 to 2008, the false dawn of 2009 and the abysmal way the idiots in charge sacked Voss in 2013.

(Angoose........".Paul Roos....something, something .. ....new coach....something, something......oh wait!!......D'oh!!!")

The total despair of the Leppa years .

Then rays of hope of the first two years after Fages came to town

Then in 2019....suddenly we're "good" again.

In contention every year......2019 ,2020,2021, 2022 but not quite good enough to get to the big Dance.
Then we finally get there in 2023 and lose a heartbreaker to bloody Collingwood.

Which brings us to 2024.

The weirdest season where we went from no hope , to some hope , to great hope , to Premiership favourites , only to shoot ourselves in the foot with two baffling losses against GWS and the Pies where we should have won both and finished comfortably inside the top 4..

5th spot
.....nah!!!

Too hard.

Oh well...at least we made the Finals

We know the rest.

I could be accused of recency bias but this Premiership will live in my mind as the club's best ever.

I'm pushing 70 and I thought therecwas a real chance I I wouldn't live to see another Lions Premiership

There were so many redemption stories

Zorks, Lachie, Frog, Bez , Joe and last but not least...

FAGES

We owe that man an enormous debt of gratitude.









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I genuinely believe it's one of the truly great sporting stories. It's going to make for a wonderful documentary, but for those of us who are invested and have lived it, I doubt another sporting moment will ever come close. Even if we went on to win it next year.
 
Nunez said:
I genuinely believe it's one of the truly great sporting stories. It's going to make for a wonderful documentary, but for those of us who are invested and have lived it, I doubt another sporting moment will ever come close. Even if we went on to win it next year.
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It would be great to be discussing which was the best win though
 
Section 5 said:
It would be great to be discussing which was the best win though
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I wouldn't complain 😎

But in all seriousness - as far as a single season goes, this one would take a lot to top.
 
Nunez said:
I wouldn't complain 😎

But in all seriousness - as far as a single season goes, this one would take a lot to top.
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2001 will always hold a special place in my heart.

It was an incredible run to make and win the GF that year....and it was our first as the Brisbane Lions.

We did have the advantage of finishing second that year and were pretty much hot favorite to make the GF with two home Finals at the Gabba.

Then to beat the all-conquering 2000 Premiers (the Bombers) in the GF was bloody unreal.

It's a close-run thing but This 2024 Premiership just pips 2001 by a whisker for me
 
Nunez said:
I wouldn't complain 😎

But in all seriousness - as far as a single season goes, this one would take a lot to top.
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In all honesty I thought making a prelim would've been a considerable achievement this year.

It turned out those 2 come from from behind finals was the making of us. When you've stared into the abyss and survived you come out stronger.

In hindsight the GF was a walk in the park because by that stage we knew we could do it.
 
My apologies for the lengthy post - wasn't quite sure where this best belonged.

I've been reflecting on the season and wanted to share some remarkable learnings, connections, and closures.

1. The Prelim Final vs Cats

The last two minutes felt like a reversal of last year’s Grand Final. We hit the lead against the flow, and Collingwood responded with two quick goals from the next centre bounces. Fast forward to the Prelim against Geelong - after they hit the front - Josh Dunkley, determined as ever (maybe spurred on by the De Goey slip?), desperately jumped on the loose ball from the centre bounce, forcing a ball-up so we could get our all-out attacking numbers to the contest (Answerth, a defender, wins next clearance). The result: Ah Chee and Rayner became the new De Goey and Sidebottom moments.

Funnily enough, upon further reflection, Rhys Stanley's shot at goal is eerily similar to Joe Daniher’s late goal in the 2023 GF - except Stanley missed. Overall, those two minutes really highlighted the maturity of our group, standing tall at the MCG in front of a Vic team-dominated crowd of over 90,000. The progress of handling those moments was incredible to see.

In another twist of irony, in Round 23 against the Pies, Collingwood hit the front by a point with almost the exact same time remaining as in the Prelim (2:43 vs. 2:45!!!). That loss was tough to process as a supporter, but it clearly gave the players the right lessons at the perfect time before finals.

2. The Semi Final vs GWS

This game summed up our season. We started poorly (2-5), rallied after halftime (9 straight wins), stumbled when GWS kicked three goals (echoing our losses to GWS and Collingwood), but finished strong - just like our finals campaign and eventual premiership triumph.

The poetic part? GWS was the team that shattered our flag hopes earlier in the year and caused us to stumble later in the season.

It’s funny how the universe works sometimes. As painful as those losses to Collingwood and GWS were, they happened for a reason.

I’m very much at peace with everything now and hope you all are too :)
 

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3KZ is Football said:
That looks about right in terms of order. Hawthorn might be a bit short, but they could continue to improve.
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Hawthorn gets the "best Melbourne team" odds handicap. If it was much longer a disproportionate amount of betters would be jumping on them. (Not that I'm saying they're bad, just agreeing that they're a bit short compared to those around them.)
 
luthor said:
Lions 2024 is one of, if not the greatest Premiership of all time.

Craps all over Bulldogs 2016 who had two "away" Finals, including the GF against an "Interstate" team in Melbourne with embarrassingly one-sided umpiring to boot.

We had one home EF then ran the table away from home in three Finals.

I've seen it all since 1987

The largely dismal Bears, the chaos in the first year of the merger in 1997, the disastrous 1998, the revival of 1999/2000 under Leigh, the magnificent threepeat of 2001/02/03 and the 2004 GF loss when the AFL stacked all the cards against us.

Then the decline from 2005 to 2008, the false dawn of 2009 and the abysmal way the idiots in charge sacked Voss in 2013.

(Angoose........" Paul Roos....something, something .... ....new coach....something, something......oh wait!!......D'oh!!!")

The total despair of the Leppa years.

Then rays of hope of the first two years after Fages came to town

Then in 2019....suddenly we're "good" again.

In contention every year......2019 ,2020,2021, 2022 but not quite good enough to get to the big Dance.
Then we finally get there in 2023 and lose a heartbreaker to bloody Collingwood.

Which brings us to 2024.

The weirdest season where we went from no hope to some hope, to great hope, to Premiership favourites , only to shoot ourselves in the foot with two baffling losses against GWS and the Pies where we should have won both and finished comfortably inside the top 4.

5th spot

.....nah!!!

Too hard.

Oh well...at least we made the Finals

We know the rest.

I could be accused of recency bias, but this Premiership will live in my mind as the clubs best ever.

I'm pushing 70 and I thought there was a real chance I wouldn't live to see another Lions Premiership

There were so many redemption stories

Zorks, Lachie, Frog, Bez, Joe and last but not least...

FAGES

We owe that man an enormous debt of gratitude.


On SM-G973F using BigFooty.com mobile app
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Couldn't have detailed it all any better. Reflects my ride completely including turning 70 in November this year :'( ;)
 
dlanod said:
Hawthorn gets the "best Melbourne team" odds handicap. If it was much longer a disproportionate amount of betters would be jumping on them. (Not that I'm saying they're bad, just agreeing that they're a bit short compared to those around them.)
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If I was a bookmaker I would be laying Hawthorn, Carlton, Footscray and Collingwood. You would clean up as all the delusional money flooded in for them.
 
Dancing On Thin Ice said:
My apologies for the lengthy post - wasn't quite sure where this best belonged.

I've been reflecting on the season and wanted to share some remarkable learnings, connections, and closures.

1. The Prelim Final vs Cats

The last two minutes felt like a reversal of last year’s Grand Final. We hit the lead against the flow, and Collingwood responded with two quick goals from the next centre bounces. Fast forward to the Prelim against Geelong - after they hit the front - Josh Dunkley, determined as ever (maybe spurred on by the De Goey slip?), desperately jumped on the loose ball from the centre bounce, forcing a ball-up so we could get our all-out attacking numbers to the contest (Answerth, a defender, wins next clearance). The result: Ah Chee and Rayner became the new De Goey and Sidebottom moments.

Funnily enough, upon further reflection, Rhys Stanley's shot at goal is eerily similar to Joe Daniher’s late goal in the 2023 GF - except Stanley missed. Overall, those two minutes really highlighted the maturity of our group, standing tall at the MCG in front of a Vic team-dominated crowd of over 90,000. The progress of handling those moments was incredible to see.

In another twist of irony, in Round 23 against the Pies, Collingwood hit the front by a point with almost the exact same time remaining as in the Prelim (2:43 vs. 2:45!!!). That loss was tough to process as a supporter, but it clearly gave the players the right lessons at the perfect time before finals.

2. The Semi Final vs GWS

This game summed up our season. We started poorly (2-5), rallied after halftime (9 straight wins), stumbled when GWS kicked three goals (echoing our losses to GWS and Collingwood), but finished strong - just like our finals campaign and eventual premiership triumph.

The poetic part? GWS was the team that shattered our flag hopes earlier in the year and caused us to stumble later in the season.

It’s funny how the universe works sometimes. As painful as those losses to Collingwood and GWS were, they happened for a reason.

I’m very much at peace with everything now and hope you all are too :)
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Welcome. Love your name, hope you got a roar deal dancing on thin ice shirt to go with it.

I believe that some of our new late term composure is a result of Dew coming in board.

And I'm in the camp of we needed that round 1 loss with the opposition come back as a wake up call that got us through the finals.

Fagan and his learnings. Only eclipsed by his dancing in thin ice metaphor.
 
3KZ is Football said:
If I was a bookmaker I would be laying Hawthorn, Carlton, Footscray and Collingwood. You would clean up as all the delusional money flooded in for them.
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Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon pretty much are always shorter odds than they should be just by the pure weight of delusional supporters they have.
 
luthor said:
Lions 2024 is one of, if not the greatest Premiership of all time.

Craps all over Bulldogs 2016 who had two "away" Finals, including the GF against an "Interstate" team in Melbourne with embarrassingly one-sided umpiring to boot.

We had one home EF then ran the table away from home in three Finals.

I've seen it all since 1987

The largely dismal Bears, the chaos in the first year of the merger in 1997, the disastrous 1998, the revival of 1999/2000 under Leigh, the magnificent threepeat of 2001/02/03 and the 2004 GF loss when the AFL stacked all the cards against us.

Then the decline from 2005 to 2008, the false dawn of 2009 and the abysmal way the idiots in charge sacked Voss in 2013.

(Angoose........" Paul Roos....something, something .... ....new coach....something, something......oh wait!!......D'oh!!!")

The total despair of the Leppa years.

Then rays of hope of the first two years after Fages came to town

Then in 2019....suddenly we're "good" again.

In contention every year......2019 ,2020,2021, 2022 but not quite good enough to get to the big Dance.
Then we finally get there in 2023 and lose a heartbreaker to bloody Collingwood.

Which brings us to 2024.

The weirdest season where we went from no hope to some hope, to great hope, to Premiership favourites , only to shoot ourselves in the foot with two baffling losses against GWS and the Pies where we should have won both and finished comfortably inside the top 4.

5th spot

.....nah!!!

Too hard.

Oh well...at least we made the Finals

We know the rest.

I could be accused of recency bias, but this Premiership will live in my mind as the clubs best ever.

I'm pushing 70 and I thought there was a real chance I wouldn't live to see another Lions Premiership

There were so many redemption stories

Zorks, Lachie, Frog, Bez, Joe and last but not least...

FAGES

We owe that man an enormous debt of gratitude.


On SM-G973F using BigFooty.com mobile app
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Beautiful post and I am older than you and thoroughly enjoying every minute of this final series and amazing premiership win . Well worth a documentary in my opinion .
 
Ceebee said:
Beautiful post and I am older than you and thoroughly enjoying every minute of this final series and amazing premiership win . Well worth a documentary in my opinion .
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I’m probably older than both of you and the GWS and Geelong games nearly killed me. The heart very nearly gave out in multiple occasions. Fortunately the Grand Final was a soothing tonic, a balm for the soul, especially prepared to bring relief and joy to the Lions faithful.
 
3KZ is Football said:
I’m probably older than both of you and the GWS and Geelong games nearly killed me. The heart very nearly gave out in multiple occasions. Fortunately the Grand Final was a soothing tonic, a balm for the soul, especially prepared to bring relief and joy to the Lions faithful.
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You're so old the over 50s clique have asked to move you to the over 80s clique.
 
M Malice said:
Only just come across this on my Facebook feed, love it.

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Yeah chalk and cheese when you compare that to Brayshaw's "lightning in a bottle" comment.

The vision there of the commentator (Corbin Middlemas) is interesting. I volunteered at the rugby world sevens out at Parramatta in Feb 2020, right before COVID. One of the things our team needed to do was run team sheets up to all the commentary booths and media outlets. So we're talking Fox, ABC Radio, all the international networks etc. It would have been over double figures, and with a game every 17 minutes it was a pretty full on job.

Pretty fun couple of days tho and one of the things I noticed was going up to the Fox box, the Aussie guy who always called the Sevens (whose name I forget now) was calling the game prior, and he sounded the same as he always sounded on TV. But I really noticed how physically animated he was, like he really had to amp himself up so that the vibes and emotions could be accurately communicated to the viewer at home, without the benefit of being able to see his body language and so on.

Anyway seeing Corbin in that clip really brought this home again to me. It looks like he's going way over the top but when all you have is the audio it doesn't seem so excessive.

It may also help explain why people like Dwayne Russell go way overboard on the coke and chocolate and sugary drinks etc.
 
This is a fantastic Podcast with Jarrod Berry, Rhys Mathieson and Mitch Robinson. Rhys asks some great questions, only downer was some minor cringe moments from Robbo... superb insights from Jarrod.

 
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