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13 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

That’s fantastic from those three legend players to show their appreciation.

Who was that player you were talking about that does the complete opposite?

I’m so not gonna go there, B-B-P. I was lambasted for even mentioning that there’s one player who is eternally rude to us, and that’s without saying his name. 😩

 
2 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

That’s because he is. 💕

Ben does so many good things off-field without making it known. He’s kind and caring, totally selfless and he’s the nicest person you could ever hope to meet. He listens and is genuinely interested in whatever’s being discussed and he remembers stuff you’ve told him. I can’t sing his praises enough. He’s a very special person. 

Bit of a man crush going on here me thinks WC 🤪

If we get past Carlton next week, Brisbane at the gabba looks a bridge too far. We’ve performed far better at Adelaide oval so was hoping Port might get up tonight, but Lions are an offensive juggernaut up there. It’s a real tough path for us now

 
25 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

after going to 3 games in 3 days, watching footy on tv SUCKS

the camera angles, the commentators...the pits

Standard fare when watching 7 WWSW


16 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Anyone got the knackers to book a flight to Brisbane for prelim final weekend before the airlines go all Alan Joyce on us in the coming days.

Only if you pay the extra to get a credit if you cancel

1 minute ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Pies are getting the Friday night prelim right?

The number 1 seed always gets the Friday night prelim.

It would be fairer for everyone for Brisbane v Carlton/us to be the Friday night (allows a 7-day break for us/Carlton) and Collingwood v Port/GWS to be the Saturday twilight (allows a 7-day break for Port/GWS and as a twilight game allows Port/GWS to get home before the end of the day if they win to prepare for the GF).

Collingwood will draw 90,000+ to their prelim and a massive TV audience regardless of timeslot.

20 minutes ago, —coach— said:

Brisbane do this amazing thing where they allow their fellow forward to mark it without crashing into and spoiling them! We should try it 🤔

Are you suggesting we should attempt some sort of forward craft and method coach?  Wash your mouth!

 
Just now, Lord Travis said:

If we get past Carlton next week, Brisbane at the gabba looks a bridge too far. We’ve performed far better at Adelaide oval so was hoping Port might get up tonight, but Lions are an offensive juggernaut up there. It’s a real tough path for us now

If we somehow miraculously fix our forward issues and beat Carlton, I think we can beat Brisbane. We’re the last team to beat them there and they will be a bit shell shocked to play a game with a defence as good as ours. 

But, ultimately I just have a feeling that with the momentum Carlton have, they’ll get over the top of us.

11 minutes ago, DubDee said:

what about when we beat the Pies and Brisbane and Swans away.

were they miracles?

In a finals context and with our current forward line yes. We lost to Brisbane up there too.


7 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

Just got home and seen the score, considering we know Port is overrated we’re Lions brilliant or just ok?

I still think we can win it and if we don’t this year has been a massive failure.

They look very good. They are getting plenty from their young players too...not many players you can try to expose through their team.

64 inside 50s for 123 for Brisbane 

69 inside 50s for 53 for us 

Shows what a functioning forward line can do… albeit against a pretty leaky defence 

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Brisbane had 64 inside 50s (still 5 less than us) and they kicked 70 more points than us. Unbelievable 

1 minute ago, rufus said:

They look very good. They are getting plenty from their young players too...not many players you can try to expose through their team.

Need to remember Port dropped something like 4 out of their last 5 games. Also during their winning streak mid season a number of those wins were under 8 points. I still think we can take them, time will tell.

2 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Bit of a man crush going on here me thinks WC 🤪

🤔 Isn’t it only called a man-crush when it’s a man crushing on another man? Regardless, not crushing on BBB in any way, shape or form. But unashamedly adore him. Everyone in the DA does and for very good reason. 


Port's defence is Pathetic, they were 2 players down, Powa's midfield is too light weight, Lycett is on one leg.

But Brisbane put them too the sword.

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3 minutes ago, demoncat said:

64 inside 50s for 123 for Brisbane 

69 inside 50s for 53 for us 

Shows what a functioning forward line can do… albeit against a pretty leaky defence 

64 inside 50s against an already weak defence which then suffered a key injury (McKenzie) and then another injury, rendering them a player down for a half - funnily enough, the half in which Brisbane pulled away.

Compared with our 69 inside 50s against an elite defence.

Two totally different games.

Not exactly a like-for-like comparison.

12 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

It would be fairer for everyone for Brisbane v Carlton/us to be the Friday night (allows a 7-day break for us/Carlton) and Collingwood v Port/GWS to be the Saturday twilight (allows a 7-day break for Port/GWS and as a twilight game allows Port/GWS to get home before the end of the day if they win to prepare for the GF).

Collingwood will draw 90,000+ to their prelim and a massive TV audience regardless of timeslot.

David Zita on Fox Footy all but confirmed that the Brisbane prelim will be on the Saturday. Probably twilight.

Interestingly Port or GWS will cop a 6 day break into a prelim, as Collingwood did in 2018.

As much as we can’t stand Collingwood, they’ve earned the reward of getting the extra days break into the Gf if successful.

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7 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

Brisbane had 64 inside 50s (still 5 less than us) and they kicked 70 more points than us. Unbelievable 

They also have a fully functioning forward line!


14 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

If we get past Carlton next week, Brisbane at the gabba looks a bridge too far. We’ve performed far better at Adelaide oval so was hoping Port might get up tonight, but Lions are an offensive juggernaut up there. It’s a real tough path for us now

I was about to post the same thing - glad I read ahead. 
 

Wishing for miracles from here on in. 

1 minute ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

David Zita on Fox Footy all but confirmed that the Brisbane prelim will be on the Saturday. Probably twilight.

Interestingly Port or GWS will cop a 6 day break into a prelim, as Collingwood did in 2018.

It's pretty unfair.

If Port wins next week, they'll be the higher ranked SF winner whether we or Carlton win, yet we/Carlton will get the "better" break into our prelim than they will.

12 minutes ago, Jibroni said:

In a finals context and with our current forward line yes. We lost to Brisbane up there too.

wow 3 miracles

praise Jebus

 
9 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

I’m so not gonna go there, B-B-P. I was lambasted for even mentioning that there’s one player who is eternally rude to us, and that’s without saying his name. 😩

You got lambasted by the same player who is eternally rude!??

So, whoever it is, he's a d'lander regular who reads your posts.

Interesting! :rolleyes:

I don't for a second believe we can't beat Brisbane in the prelim. It's clearly a much harder path to the GF than a home prelim against Port/GWS, and for that reason I'm of the view the loss to Collingwood renders our flag chance much, much lower than they'd be if we'd won, but I don't accept that Brisbane belting Port means they can't be beaten.

If we beat Carlton, we'll go to Brisbane with all the pressure on them. The last time they hosted a prelim in similar circumstances was 2020, and they choked and lost to Geelong. This is their 5th-straight deep run into September and they are yet to make a Grand Final, let alone win a flag. We'll be playing as the clear underdog for one of the rare occasions in the last three seasons and I like it like that.

But right now I don't care about Brisbane, I care about Carlton. 


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