Oppo Camp Non-Eagles Discussion

[Dazzler9]

Did Tom Stewart retire or something?

He looked overly emotional

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He played his heart out and just missed out on a GF. Bitter pill to swallow.

 

[Mulldogg]

I called it. From the official AFL account no less. Classic Vic nonsense.

 

[Barrybran]

I called it. From the official AFL account no less. Classic Vic nonsense.

Probably nicked from the bloke that posted that elsewhere on BF

 

[MKMatty]

I called it. From the official AFL account no less. Classic Vic nonsense.

It’s not even correct. South Melbourne were the bloods until 1933, and Fitzroy were then known as The Maroons.

First Grand Final between Swans and Lions. Vics need to stop making it about themselves.

 

[TY24]

Feel like the Swans will turn up thinking they’re gonna cruise to an easy flag, and the Lions will give them a punch in the nose.

They’ve got a point to prove after last year.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

This is not Geelong's fault, but if you look at their last game of the season against West Coast, they were 100 points in front at half-time. It was a low-pressure, low-contested game." Fagan said

Well **** you too Fages!

 

[Dylan82]

Feel like the Swans will turn up thinking they’re gonna cruise to an easy flag, and the Lions will give them a punch in the nose.

They’ve got a point to prove after last year.

Swans have been hurting for 24 months after what happened in 2022 as well.

Both teams are hell-bent on redemption.

Has all the makings of a truly brutal contest, hopefully a classic.

 

[Yippy Yi Yeo]

Since 1990, including this year, there have been

11 All-Vic Grand Finals (12 if the tied GF counts)

20 Vic v Non-Vic

• 11 won by the Vic team
• 9 won by the Non-Vic team

And 4 all Non-Vic Grand Finals

And 5 of those non vic winners had COLA at the time, so its 4/15 if you remove those

 

[Seadog]

Well **** you too Fages!

Facts is facts.

 

[Dylan82]

Well **** you too Fages!

He has a point though - Geelong had played two matches in six weeks, with both of those matches low in contests and pressure - which is hardly an ideal preparation coming into a Preliminary Final.

At the least it seems to have worked internally in driving belief amongst his players against an opponent that had bullied the Lions multiple times in finals over recent years.


Hopefully it gets more attention in the media - if it starts to be framed as the reason why Geelong lost, you can bet the Eagles won't be finishing seasons at Kardinia Park anymore.

 

[Seadog]

I see Chris Scott

Chris Scott

Age

48

Ht

182cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.6

4star

K

11.2

4star

HB

5.4

4star

M

5.1

5star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.4

3star

No current season stats available

D

13.2

4star

K

10.2

4star

HB

3.0

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

2.8

5star

G

0.4

3star

managed to mention every excuse he didn't want to use for the loss in his presser.

Also if we contributed in any way at all to Geelong's loss, be it not offering a contest or making King fly across the country I'd say good on us.

 

[bUCKET__]

Well **** you too Fages!

If we're going to continue to be terrible, at least it's nice to think that we prevented the Cats from preparing well. Still, it wasn't as harsh as the drive-by on Port being impressively awful

 

[PerthBoy86]

Imagine winning a qualifying final by 80+ points and then losing a home PF. A special kind of hell for cats supporters right now.

The bastards have won 4 in the past 17 years. Weren't expected to contend this season. Doubt they'll be losing sleep over this.

 

[MKMatty]

Whose coaching legacy has more to lose from the GF?

If you’re Longmire, another loss makes 1 win out of 5 GF appearances.

If you’re Fagan, 0/2 GF appearances and that glut of straight sets exits and chokes in past prelims comes back into focus?

 

[ioppolo]

Whose coaching legacy has more to lose from the GF?

If you’re Longmire, another loss makes 1 win out of 5 GF appearances.

If you’re Fagan, 0/2 GF appearances and that glut of straight sets exits and chokes in past prelims comes back into focus?

Longmire seems weirdly untouchable. Fagan would cop it worse.

 

[Keys]

Still didn’t play finals partly because they lost to 16th by 6 goals

 

[squashface]

No Vics?

I might be rock hard

 

[Rowan18]

Swans have been hurting for 24 months after what happened in 2022 as well.

Both teams are hell-bent on redemption.

Has all the makings of a truly brutal contest, hopefully a classic.

Better be - I've got tickets

 

[DorothyG]

Urgh, go back to '05, all the talk was "the bloods", "South Melbourne", longest premiership drought... It was nauseating

Too me, and a huge portion of the fan base, we only know the swans as Sydney, and although I have a few memories of Fitzroy, to me Brisbane are Brisbane and Fitzroy are no more.

Time to let it go Victoria

 

[Broken_Chairs]

AFL house will love this tbh, 2 teams from the NRL heartland

Academies working just as intended....

 

[Rowan18]

Was pick 20 in 2021, from GWV Rebels (Victoria).

Lions took D.Wilmot at 16, and then they went early on K.Lohmann at 20 which was seen as quite a stretch as he was expected to go around 30-40. That stretch now looks like a steal.


Well done by Brisbane's recruiting team.


Meanwhile, we took C.Chesser at 14 that year.

Put Lohman in our team and he would be seen as a crab. He's getting on the end of good play from good players. Definitely doing well for his age but is still a role player at this stage.

 

[squashface]

Gee, Richo it’s [the most Victorian Swans player] against [the most Victorian Lions player]. Footy’s alive isn’t it?

 

[ziad]

Put Lohman in our team and he would be seen as a crab. He's getting on the end of good play from good players. Definitely doing well for his age but is still a role player at this stage.

not so sure, he has amazing agility and speed, tough as well.

 

[Woutizmoo]

Has the enquiry into why no Victorian teams in the Grand Final been officially announced yet?

 

[Cuzz09]

Has the enquiry into why no Victorian teams in the Grand Final been officially announced yet?

I heard Geelong are getting a priority pick just before our first pick

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