Oppo Camp Non Geelong football (AFL) discussion 2024, Part 2

[cats_09]

Only downside is Brisbane/Fitzroy fans will turn up at the G next weekend.

The prelim 2 years ago had a crowd of 77,677

I think it’ll be a good crowd next Saturday but more so because it’s the only match in Melbourne across weeks 2 & 3 of the finals - so could well see a few more mutuals in terms of MCC & AFL members could well be more interested in attending than they otherwise would if there was more of a choice of matches

 

[Baudolino]

Daisy Thomas looks like a bad character design from some early 2010s video game or something. He's realistic looking enough for me to suspend my disbelief and just go with the idea that he's a human most of the time, but on HD TV it becomes harder. He'd fit right in to the Skyrim universe. Hopefully Bethesda update his graphics when the new Elder Scrolls game comes out in a few years.

 

[Pavlovs Cat]

Loosen the lid!

 

[Chinacats]

Don't mean to get ahead of ourselves but has to be said - great resul for us. Avoiding GWS is fortunate.

Because they let slip a 44 point lead we are fortunate not to play them? Oh dear …. They bottled it yet again!

 

[Interdimensional Bigfoot]

I'm down with them destroying Brisbane but don't want to see them turn up thinking they've already won.

Time to be clinical......and destructive.

There's enough old guys who know what it takes, they'll keep the kids in line.

 

[rocker_oz33]

WTF welcome to country .
BC before Cook .
White people .

 

[year of the cat]

1.73 fav on Sportsbet for next week

 

[Zouz Kitty]

I'm down with them destroying Brisbane but don't want to see them turn up thinking they've already won.

Time to be clinical......and destructive.

Absolutely! Clinical, take no prisoners, relentless + as you said, destructive! Just as they were defeating Port.

Players have found cohesion!

Let’s do it!

 

[Play it Sam]

Plot twist:

it says "Good luck against Port, think you are a really great player and have a lot of respect for what you have been able to do this year".

Did he say see you in 14 days? lol
Pity he didnt tell him he cooked me thousands I lost on his Brownlow chance @ $101.

 

[Chinacats]

Not sure why the lions started to get hungry and take the game on so late…. Game plan reminds me of Geelong 2019/2020, before they started playing on and getting desperate. Giants flopped again , since 2016 they just can’t get it done.
Cats v lions up for grabs.

 

[Cataholic]

WTF welcome to country .
BC before.
White people .

I hope the AFL stomp on that.

It's the first time I've heard the 'Welcome' be politicised, and it's not the time or place for that.

 

[calder_daddy]

Saturday 4:45pm
Sad that nothing has been announced but Sportsbet know



Edit,
Sportsbet don’t know shit
5:15pm start

 

[Interdimensional Bigfoot]

Plot twist:

it says "Good luck against Port, think you are a really great player and have a lot of respect for what you have been able to do this year".

Fagan will use it as ammunition

 

[coylez]

Very happy we are not playing GWS, there system would have worried us, albeit probably wouldn't of stuck for 4 quarters

 

[joe444]

I don't believe in omens, and I certainly don't believe that Geelong players get ahead of themselves.

The team most likely to beat us just choked and knocked themselves out of the finals and, for that, I am very grateful.

There is no need for me to look for reasons to feel nervous or that anything that happened to night reduces our chances of winning next week.

 

[frggr]

Saturday 4:45pm
Sad that nothing has been announced but Sportsbet know

Think they just make an educated guess

 

[Henry85]

Saturday 4:45pm
Sad that nothing has been announced but Sportsbet know

Channel 7 just mentioned 5.15pm


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[cats_09]

They're celebrating like they just won the flag. Like to see that. It's when the celebration is understated suggesting the job is still to be done that you'd be more concerned.

It reminded me of their reaction on the final siren 2 years ago when they had the unexpected win over Melbourne at the MCG

Not saying that teams & players shouldn’t enjoy the win, but as you said - it’s understanding the difference between celebrating like it’s the biggest win of your career and knowing that that win is still to come

 

[Zouz Kitty]

Unfortunate for Neale twisting his ankle in the last minute, that can't be good.
Want to play them at their ordinary best don't we.

 

[frggr]

Fagan will use it as ammunition

Fagan: Now I don't know if you know but there is this thing called the Internet these days. Back in my day we didn't have computers. Instead we had tin cans tied together with string and you'd have to....

 

[standupand]

GWS generally escape the spotlight because of the fact no-one cares. But to lose that game and go out in straight sets in the way they did... That's pretty humiliating.
Once their pressure game dropped off they couldn't find any answers to stem the flow.
2 weeks straight, losing pretty unlosable games.

 

[catempire]

1.73 fav on Sportsbet for next week

That seems to be very good value for Geelong. I’d have us $1.30-$1.40.

 

[Biggy_Boy]

Because they let slip a 44 point lead we are fortunate not to play them? Oh dear …. They bottled it yet again!

See what you mean. It's a bit funny to think that the winner is less of a challenge than the loser.

But, how much does it take out of Brisbane having to make that comeback? And how much will the travel, from Brisbane, to Sydney, to Melbourne, take out of them?

 

[The_Todd07]

The prelim 2 years ago had a crowd of 77,677

I think it’ll be a good crowd next Saturday but more so because it’s the only match in Melbourne across weeks 2 & 3 of the finals - so could well see a few more mutuals in terms of MCC & AFL members could well be more interested in attending than they otherwise would if there was more of a choice of matches

2 years ago was also a Friday night
Saturday twilight should see even more Cats fans there

 

[joe444]

GWS generally escape the spotlight because of the fact no-one cares. But to lose that game and go out in straight sets in the way they did... That's pretty humiliating.
Once their pressure game dropped off they couldn't find any answers to stem the flow.
2 weeks straight, losing pretty unlosable games.

Nobody still cares, but it was annoying to watch an AFL final played in front of a crowd smaller than I've seen at preseason games.

That was embarrassing. No other elite sporting competition serves up that sort of 'showpiece', as demonstrated by the NRL qualifying final in Melbourne earlier in the day.

That team's existence is an insult.