Non-Richmond games 2023

[mightytiges]

Sickeningly, unless Brisbane don't choke tomorrow night and then somehow overcome their MCG hoodoo, then it will be a gifted flag for the Pies .

Why gifted ?

They’ve been the best team basically all year

Gifted in the sense that the standard of the teams this year is poorer, and it will be a walk in the park for the Pies next week if the usual Brisbane "we're scared of the MCG" Lions turn up or they get a leggy Carlton playing their fourth tough final in a row. Any of the dynasty teams such as us in 2017-2020 would wipe the floor with the top teams this year. The top side this year is into a GF after they didn't score a goal for a half of footy in a Prelim! In both finals, their opposition didn't put them away when they should've and left the door open. Hardly, the sign of world beaters but 2023 is a soft year and they've been the best of an average bunch IMHV. An indictment on us btw and how pathetic and amateurish we were this year that we couldn't even make the finals  .

[Francois Jackson]

Agree with MT. Pies are nothing special. I feel Lions needed to win a final here to break the hoodoo. Pies will smash them next week unfortunately.

One thing we don't have which both teams have is ability to apply pressure. It was great to see.

[Andyy]

Sad that Giants lost.

I hate the rest.

Not sure who I hate the most.

At least if Lions win I won't have to hear much about it since they're an interstate team

[Francois Jackson]

We don’t know if Jordan De Goey wanted to be like Dustin Martin, or was it that all of us wanted him to be like Dusty.
But maybe De Goey is just De Goey, and despite sitting on the bench for the last nine minutes at the MCG, the powerhouse midfielder was best afield. By a long way.

He is Dusty but different.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/afl-finals-2023-mark-robinson-on-jordan-de-goeys-spectacular-preliminary-final-game/news-story/b3190c3006b40b44d80d32570a526e9d

[mightytiges]

Brisbane not turning up to play in a home Prelim again .

[Diocletian]

[mightytiges]

Thank gawd!

Bye bye baggers . LOL at losing a final after been given a 5 goal start  .

[JP Tiger]

The look on Cripps' face when he copped 50mtrs in the centre to start the 2nd half was priceless! 
It started with confusion, switched into dis-belief, morphed into anger & ended up with "I'm calling my lawyer!".       

[one-eyed]

"Sydney co-captain Callum Mills has undergone shoulder surgery after wrestling with a teammate at Mad Monday celebrations. He is now in doubt for R1 next year" - Mitch Cleary.

https://twitter.com/cleary_mitch/status/1706593721435963546


What the ....! Were the Swannies trying to imitate WWE?

[JP Tiger]

"Off the top rope with a chair", is a wrestling move not recommended by the AFL during Mad Monday ...   

[one-eyed]

Mills has ruptured his rotator cuff - torn it from the bone. This can be 9-12 months.

He was mucking around with Jacob Konstanty when the injury occurred. It was innocuous at the time. Teammates didn’t even notice.

@1116sen

https://twitter.com/tommorris32/status/1706826509078704407

[mightytiges]

This is going to be a long day if Collingwood are going to get frees for every time they deliberately buckle at the knees to draw a high free. Nick Daicos does it regularly and the umps fall for it.

Mind you Brisbane have brought their "MCG form" so far. Nervous and fumbly.

[mightytiges]

Brisbane after getting back into the game and hitting the front, go negative in the last couple of minutes and no surprise cough up 2 late soft goals. Terrible coaching by Fagan. When your team has got the momentum, you don't kill it yourself.

[Andyy]

Good game so far.

Smalls having a day out and demonstrating our most glaring weakness.

[mightytiges]

Fagan has put Rayner behind the ball late in both quarters and it's now cost them 3 goals including 2 after the siren.

Unusually high scoring and close GF so far. Entertaining for us neutrals. Not much defence out there though. Whoever gets on top at the stoppages and clearances is getting out the back into open forward 50s and scoring. It's why the small forwards of both sides are dominating. Joe Daniher is the best big man on the ground. Best game he's arguably played in his whole career so far .

Edit: Yep, Andyy. We don't have any dangerous quick small forwards anymore and we get burnt on the rebound as soon as the ball hits the ground as we don't defend the opposition's goal-side of stoppages and contests  .