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22 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

We won this against all odds, really. Nothing was in our favour. Nothing was going our way. It almost seemed like a concerted effort by all to stymie everything we did. We were given no help, no advantage and were going into today as massive underdogs, not because of the footy we’re playing but because everything was stacked against us. So this win is even bigger and better than it appears.

So bloody proud of this team. They’re most deserving of a Flag. And… they’ve got one!!!! Awesome rewards for awesome efforts. ❤️💙

First para nails it for me WCW.  Blind-sided frees guesses by umps in first 1/4 had me worried about their standard.

We got nothing.

But.... we had Daisy ( apologies to others)  7 disposals, 6 contested. How lucky as a club to have a Gawn/Pearce leadership combo.

Someone should Have told Lions skipper and the BoG player that the Dees won, not them and the skipper was clearly reading what was meant to be her victory speeeh. Weird and unclassy on their behalf.

Thoroughly deserved by the Dees though.

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    Adelaide had 4 players in the All Australian side including the vice captain. 

    They had the leading goal kicker of the year

    4 players in the AFLW U22 team

    Starcevich was the coach of the year. 
    Ally Anderson won the League B & F. (Or as I like to cal it, the Daisy Pearce medal) 

    Emily Bates won the same award 6 months ago

    They got to play at home today and bought their their own umpires

    But we proved the old adage that a champion team will beat a team of champions. 
    And we are the CHAMPION TEAM!!!
     

     

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    5 minutes ago, FarNorthernD said:

    Adelaide had 4 players in the All Australian side including the vice captain. 

    They had the leading goal kicker of the year

    4 players in the AFLW U22 team

    Starcevich was the coach of the year. 
    Ally Anderson won the League B & F. (Or as I like to cal it, the Daisy Pearce medal) 

    Emily Bates won the same award 6 months ago

    They got to play at home today and bought their their own umpires

    But we proved the old adage that a champion team will beat a team of champions. 
    And we are the CHAMPION TEAM!!!
     

     

    They had 5 in the 22 under 22 to our 2 as well.

    Tahlia Gillard didn’t even make the squad. 

    Today, she shut Wardlaw completely out of the game. 

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    MELBOURNE 0.1.1 1.4.10 2.5.17 2.7.19

    BRISBANE LIONS 2.0.12 2.0.12  2.3.15 2.3.15

    GOALS

    MELBOURNE Harris Mackin

    BRISBANE LIONS Davidson C Svarc

    BEST

    MELBOURNE Hanks West Gay Purcell Gillard L Pearce Paxman

    BRISBANE LIONS Campbell Grider C Svarc Anderson Bates Ellenger

    INJURIES

    MELBOURNE Paxman (head)

    BRISBANE LIONS Koenen (right knee)

    REPORTS

    MELBOURNE Nil

    BRISBANE LIONS Nil

    CROWD 7,512 at Brighton Homes Arena, Springfield

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    Well done girls on a historic first flag for the Dees AFLW team.

    As Daisy said men’s flag, Casey flag, VFLW preliminary final and now AFLW flag.

    Dees travelling ok atm.

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    4 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

    They had 5 in the 22 under 22 to our 2 as well.

    Tahlia Gillard didn’t even make the squad. 

    Today, she shut Wardlaw completely out of the game. 

    I thought that was Gillard’s best game.

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    2 minutes ago, Redleg said:

    I thought that was Gillard’s best game.

    Agreed. She’s been very good with the occasional stuff up all home and away season. Probably found the pressure a little hot the first 2 finals but came in to the games. Today she was on from the start. 

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    41 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

    And yet here you are, not only reading the AFLW Grand Final thread but also posting in it.

    No chance beyond that Ds. 

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    Awesome win in probably the highest pressure game I've seen from this comp. We stood up after Brisbane threw everything they had at us in the first quarter. So proud of this group and happy we could do it for Daisy and Paxman, who I hope will go around again next year.

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    I get that it’s hard delivering a speech after losing but surely you just keep it straight to the point: congrats to the winners, acknowledge your teammates and staff, quick thanks to the sponsors, and thanks to the fans. Should be no longer than 2-3min.

    It dragged to the point I switched off and only came back for Daisy’s speech (which went only as long as it needed to). 

    I still can’t believe I’ve seen Demons teams with 3 premierships in the last 16 months. Bloody proud. 

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    26 minutes ago, Redleg said:

    I thought that was Gillard’s best game.

    16 games played for 15 wins including a flag. That’s Boweyesque! She must be thinking this footy caper is pretty good.

    Ive said it previously but I reckon she will be in the All Australian squad by the end of next season and then entrenched in the team after that. If she could become better overhead she could anything. 

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    1 hour ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    Mad Monday celebrations tomorrow just got rowdier and way more raucous. 🤣

    Not bragging, except 100% totally bragging I got an invite to Mad Monday, along with @Katrina Dee Fanwho may or may not be back from Brisbane in time. All good if she’s not, I’ll just party hard for both of us. 🍺🥂🍷🤣

    Get some photos with the Cup!

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    1 hour ago, joeboy said:

    I was working today so had to rely on SEN’s coverage of the game😱

    Whomever  thought Zorko could pass as an eloquent expert comment’s man was obviously high on pickle juice or some other concoction.. he was embarrassingly inept and inappropriate, and seemingly unable to string 2 sensible words together.

    From what we've witnessed of him on field, I'm not surprised. Not a captains Ahole.

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    In hindsight the build-up suited us perfectly. All the talk was about the Lions. Took the pressure off us and heaped it onto them. They were not at their best today at all. We shut them down and they had no response. I think they got complacent. Delighted we beat them after all the carry on with the venue (which looked pretty good  i have to say. Just not enough capacity for a granny)

    We've been winning premierships for fun recently but none at the G. Really want us to rectify that situation next season

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    Would love for the club to release some premiership merchandise and memorabilia like the pay did last year. 
     

    A Royal Selangor AFLW Premiership Cup would go very nicely with my 2021 one 😁😍

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    i still want to know what happened to the last kick just before the siren.

    it looked to be heading for the goals, but they cut the video of the ball before we could see

    anyone who was there see where the ball ended up?

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    4 hours ago, DeelightfulPlay said:

    MACKIN!!!

    What a story!!

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    I have been out all day. I am going to be watching the replay now and sharing my progressive thoughts while ignoring everything said here until the end. 

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    The pressure has ratchetted up a few notches. You'd think it was a great game or something.  

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