Non-Richmond games 2024

[mightytiges]

Now that was a Giant choke.... be tempted to delist Daniels on the spot - the dumb 50 and then that idiotic advantage was the turning point that ultimately cost 'em the game....though the ridiculous deliberate against Taylor certainly didn't help... 

I thought the 2 Tom Greene handballs to open space, to no one in particular were incredibly costly. Needed to handball down and create a stoppage. Lions swooped on those and at least 1 resulted directly in one of Daniher's goals.

The Lachie Keefe miss probably cost them game too. 25 metres out and he never looked like kicking it

Indeed but those two brain explosions by Daniels virtually one after the other that cost them two goals - one for and one against- was the catalyst IMO...

Interestingly with this and the infamous '22 EF - that's twice now in finals that the Bears under Fagan have disproven  Dermie's "First side to 100 points always wins" rule....

I agree with you on this. Daniels two selfish brainfades (especially that stupid soccer goal attempt when the Giants had a free 15m out) were massive momentum gifts to Brisbane when the game could've/should've been killed off. From then on GWS cracked as a team as the mental demons and panic kicked in.

[mightytiges]

Two teams that have rarely bottomed in the last 20 years Geelong and Swans have made it to at least a preliminary final.
We once said we will learn from what they do and add our bit  to it also to ensure we are always there abouts and competitive, but alas we learned nothing or did nothing to ensure this .

The Swans did have back-to-back bottom 4 years (15th in 2019 & 16th in 2020) but it's their mid-range drafting where they hit the jackpot and keep themselves contending. They got Chad Warner at pick 39 in 2019 and in 2020 Errol Gulden (#32). Logan McDonald (#4) and Braeden Campbell (#5) were their first round picks in 2020. But they also got James Rowbottom (#25) and Justin McInerney (#44) in 2018 and Will Hayward (#21) in 2016 when they made successive finals. These mid-range picks are where we have failed.

ps. Having a fruitful academy that gives you the likes of Heeney and Callum Mills while you are contending is also an advantage the Swans have that we don't.

[Tiger Khosh]

Two teams that have rarely bottomed in the last 20 years Geelong and Swans have made it to at least a preliminary final.
We once said we will learn from what they do and add our bit  to it also to ensure we are always there abouts and competitive, but alas we learned nothing or did nothing to ensure this .

But we accomplished more in our period at the top then the swans have in the past 20 years. Only 1 less flag than the cats too.

If anything we did try to go down the top-up route and failed pretty spectacularly at it lol

[Gigantor]

I get what you guys are saying .
Do you think we are being unfair on the cats though
Without delving into this too much it appears to me that they not only top up but do have a regular supply of youngsters coming through( again I havent done the sums on this)

[WilliamPowell]

The AFL have fined Hinklry $20k for his "actions" on Friday night but Sicily has got off completely

And they wonder why fans think HQ are a pathetic rabble

[Francois Jackson]

The AFL have fined Hinklry $20k for his "actuons" on Froday night but Sicily has got completely

And they wonder why fans think HQ are a pathetic rabble

absolute garbage

[Francois Jackson]

So let me get this right this hokball is chaos football which we created in 2017 and is still copied today, with limited success

3 or more Little forwards to do the job.

Ground breaking hey Hawthorn.

[Damo]

Is Geelong complaining about a home prelim at the G this year?

Or is that sooking only reserved for when Richmond is  involved

[Andyy]

Hate to say this but I hope Sydney win.

Hate Lions.
Hate Power.
Hate Cats.

Don't like the Swines either but it's the lesser of evils for me.

[Francois Jackson]

Is Geelong complaining about a home prelim at the G this year?

Or is that sooking only reserved for when Richmond is  involved

funny, was thinking of this the other day

its not an issue anymore....

play on.

[Tiger Khosh]

Is Geelong complaining about a home prelim at the G this year?

Or is that sooking only reserved for when Richmond is  involved

funny, was thinking of this the other day

its not an issue anymore....

play on.

Wasn’t an issue before and hasn’t been an issue since. It’s only peaked when we were involved 

[Diocletian]

The one time they did get a final down there they lost to stuffing Freo....

[Diocletian]

#SackHinkley campaign shall now resume....

[mightytiges]

Port supporter on 5AA just now - "Not wearing the prison bars cost us the GF" 

Playing spuds like Dixon is why they fail in finals.

Btw where's the AA selectors when Byrne-Jones does nothing again in finals?! 


ps. Kochie will be pretty quiet tomorrow. Mouthed off pre-game about the Swans not beating Port since Obama was US president and it's come back to bite him  .

[WilliamPowell]

After the nonsense of Hinkley being fined last week by HQ part of me was hoping Pirt would go all the way and win the flag, yes just to stick it up the AFL

But their forward entries last night were so Richmond-sque last night it was laughable

Agree MT, the Dixon selection was a killer. Get whyvthe did it with Marshall out but he was horrible. Time to call time Charlie.