The Changing Face Of The Premiership Favourite

[Beauski]

Based on who's shown the best footy should be Giants vs. Lions in the decider.

One of the worst top 8's from a skill point of view I can remember

 

[Angus Young]

Pies V Lions

Pies

 

[NetworkNerd]

Imo whoever wins tonight will win the GF

 

[Angus Young]

Imo whoever wins tonight will win the GF

So Brisbane

 

[Fadge]

Collingwood at $1.70 the first team in red figures for the 2023 premiership, after maintaining premiership favouritism since round 3.

 

[OnceWeWereKings]

Collingwood at $1.70 the first team in red figures for the 2023 premiership, after maintaining premiership favouritism since round 3.

Going to be another Pies GF loss Fadgey.
The blueprint to win was exposed last night. With McStay out you physically target Elliot, Hill and Collingwood won’t kick a score to win. Sit someone on Degoey, target Naicos and play a decoy tall on Moore.
Game done, winner either Brisbane or Carlton. It’s going to be too easy.

 

[Pistol Night]

Going to be another Pies GF loss Fadgey.
The blueprint to win was exposed last night. With McStay out you physically target Elliot, Hill and Collingwood won’t kick a score to win. Sit someone on Degoey, target Naicos and play a decoy tall on Moore.
Game done, winner either Brisbane or Carlton. It’s going to be too easy.

Im confident Fagan will use this blueprint word for word

 

[OnceWeWereKings]

Im confident Fagan will use this blueprint word for word

No charge !! Just happy to help.

 

[Pistol Night]

No charge !! Just happy to help.

And you're not even charging him? Not all heros wear capes.

 

[Fadge]

I love how not only has Dan McStay become Wayne Carey v2 this finals series, but John Noble

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John Noble

Age

27

Ht

180cm

Wt

72kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.3

4star

K

9.2

4star

HB

7.1

4star

M

3.5

4star

T

2.0

4star

MG

186.1

3star

D

14.2

3star

K

7.7

3star

HB

6.5

4star

M

3.2

3star

T

1.8

3star

MG

149.7

3star

D

18.8

5star

K

11.0

4star

HB

7.8

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.2

4star

MG

229.8

4star

has also become Andrew McLeod

Andrew Mcleod

Age

48

Ht

181cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.8

5star

K

13.1

5star

HB

6.7

4star

M

3.1

3star

T

2.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

10.8

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

1.0

1star

T

1.6

4star

v2...

 

[Rich01]

I love how not only has Dan McStay become Wayne Carey v2 this finals series, but John Noble has also become Andrew McLeod v2...

Shows the standard of the season really. Pretty poor.

But…. At the end of the day the pies will have another trophy in their cabinet. A flags a flag.

 

[OnceWeWereKings]

And you're not even charging him? Not all heros wear capes.

We‘re out there, walking amongst the common folk.
Some of us just don’t need the kudos.

 

[Nunez]

I don't know how people can see the Pies winning the flag as a foregone conclusion. They scored 58 points in a prelim, their best mid looks very underdone and they lost their most damaging forward.

This year's GF will be a genuine coin toss.

 

[Fadge]

I don't know how people can see the Pies winning the flag as a foregone conclusion. They scored 58 points in a prelim, their best mid looks very underdone and they lost their most damaging forward.

McStay - the bloke everyone laughed at us about when we brought him across and has played in only half our games this season - is our most damaging forward now?

 

[Nunez]

McStay - the bloke everyone laughed at us about when we brought him across and has played in only half our games this season - is our most damaging forward now?

He certainly was yesterday, and I have always been a McStay fan and think most Lions have and would be happy to see him find success.

 

[upnsmoke]

Going to be another Pies GF loss Fadgey.
The blueprint to win was exposed last night. With McStay out you physically target Elliot, Hill and Collingwood won’t kick a score to win. Sit someone on Degoey, target Naicos and play a decoy tall on Moore.
Game done, winner either Brisbane or Carlton. It’s going to be too easy.

Then Pies should have lost most of their games after the first 3 rounds.... easy to beat you say.

Lol, and this is why you're just a bigfooty forum poster and not a professional sports coach or tactician.

If Pies lose, it will be because either lions or blues is the better team on the day.

 

[upnsmoke]

He certainly was yesterday, and I have always been a McStay fan and think most Lions have and would be happy to see him find success.

Agreed.

But if he wasn't marking those, the ball would be on the ground and more opportunities for the small forwards for Pies.

 

[Nunez]

Agreed.

But if he wasn't marking those, the ball would be on the ground and more opportunities for the small forwards for Pies.

58 points though. You'd want more out of your forwards in a granny.

 

[Penski]

58 points though. You'd want more out of your forwards in a granny.

You only need 58 points if you can restrict the opposition to less than that. Simple really.

 

[Nunez]

You only need 58 points if you can restrict the opposition to less than that. Simple really.

You'd get away with that against Carlton, maybe. Brisbane have only kicked under 60 once this year very early in the season.

 

[BRAB]

Im confident Fagan will use this blueprint word for word

Fagan actually gets all his coaching advice from bigfooty. It’s why he dropped Gunston.

 

[Kangapirate]

You'd get away with that against Carlton, maybe. Brisbane have only kicked under 60 once this year very early in the season.

I’d be surprised if the Pies didn’t score more in a day grand final.

these night finals at the G haven’t been producing big scores in general. 11 goals to the blues is the biggest return so far.

 

[Nunez]

I’d be surprised if the Pies didn’t score more in a day grand final.

these night finals at the G haven’t been producing big scores in general. 11 goals to the blues is the biggest return so far.

IMO it's too simplistic to blame the time of day.

 

[BRAB]

I’d be surprised if the Pies didn’t score more in a day grand final.

these night finals at the G haven’t been producing big scores in general. 11 goals to the blues is the biggest return so far.

I didn’t even notice that until you pointed it out. What do you think it is about the night finals that is making it so hard to score?

 

[Rich01]

Except for covid year *2020

To be fair last year was pretty average as well. Last years grand finalists were meek this season. One and more than done.

Reminds me of the year Leyton Hewitt was the number one tennis player in the world.

The Sampras and Agassi era had concluded and Federers hadn’t commenced.

But he was still the best in the world at that time, and no one can take that away from him.