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There is something about going to a game, being the underdog, being completely outnumbered in the crowd and then winning. Doing it in a grand final would be exquisite. Get it done girls, it's time.

Probably fits in with the age old Ipswich tradition of betting on dog fights. We're pumped for tomorrow. Just been to Logan and bought a tricked up twin turbo Hyundai excel. We've fitted a brand new set of retreads to the rear. We'll be lighting her up with some victory donughts in the Springfield shopping centre car park after we win. Booked in for a southern cross neck tatt this arvo. Go Dees

He'll be in a corporate box so no need to worry

Nice write up. There's a link through this article to a podcast interview with Daisy as well. https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/so-much-more-than-that-daisy-pearce-on-finding-fulfilment-outside-flag-dream-20221115-p5byi3.html

After watching Paxy last week, I'm tipping her for BOG. She's looking so fierce. I hope she rocks the friendly fire head gear one more time. Dees by 3 points. I assume considering they didn't have goal posts a week or two ago the penultimate showcase AFLW game of the season will not have VTR goal line review technology in place.

I believe we're now getting a run Saturday arvo. The fifty metre arcs touch the centre square. Purpose built AFL stadium pffft. I think @kevmartin mentioned in the training run that the girls were focusing on pushing hard through the centre corridor / square which probably makes sense if the lions try to force us wide. If we can keep busting them through the centre corridor we're half way there. If Harris is also fit as reported, she can boot them from 45 out and could wreak some havoc from centre clearances kicking them deep into our forward line.

I threw a bit more on the Dees yesterday. You're right, our defensive game is fantastic. There's nothing between these sides apart from a home ground and crowd advantage. Hope the umps don't get sucked in as usual. How did Birch miss a spot in the AA? I reckon it's going to be a nail biter.

I really save my loathing for the likes of the pies and the cats but the lions are quickly catching up. A victory would be so bloody sweet. Apart from Macca being out all season, this is probably the fittest squad we've taken into a finals series. Can't wait.

I'm sure this will ready get the game flowing...like effluent

Spot on. Pretty much grossly unfair I'd suspect but we will probably never know. Anyways, everyone knows that the best way to grow the game is from the ground up...... By erecting corporate marquees. Then square the tickets away for their mates who don't really care about the game to come along and be fed finger food and cheap bubbles. They can chat about anything else but footy throughout the day. I hope our footy team sends them off to their Teslas before the final siren even sounds. Go Dees

How are the umps supposed to allocate the correct votes without a comprehensive betting market in place?

There's quite a lot here lacking any kind of transparency. Usually, the AFL are very clear about ticket allocations for a granny and how many tickets are allocated to each club, sponsors etc etc. Haven't really seen any details around this. Have the lions been given 7500 tickets perhaps? With a couple of hundred thrown to MFC? Have we been offered a chance to train on the ground or not? I hope Springfield Bunnings have got some goal posts in stock.

You'd want them having a run in the heat at the ground on Friday arvo I would have thought. It's always stinking hot out that way this time of year. It was a perfect opportunity for a 6.30pm local time kick off to hit prime time TV in the eastern states. But naaah Would have been better for players and spectators.

Yeah, the lions were training there last night for the first time I believe. I really hope we [censored] them.

That is such a great summation @binman There really is less fuss, staging, niggling, complaining, rubbish with the women's game. They just compete hard. It's what I love about football. I love watching the likes of Clarry out in the middle. His skills are almost Supernatural but one day there'll be a Sam Kerr in the AFLW and I really hope she's a demon. There's also a parallel between the ineptitude of FIFA and the AFL as well. If Sam Kerr was a bloke, she'd be the most well known highly paid sportsperson in this country. Great article.

They're very good at very bad decisions. It's nuts. The combination of $10 per ticket and grab up to 10 tickets per person was way stupid. I would imagine there will be a tiny amount of Demons supporters there. It's really not fair for supporters of both clubs in the end. Capacity of 8000 people. What was it in Adelaide? Around 53000 at the final. And as for the Lions CEO touting how the stadium is as good as anything in the NFL when theirs currently seats 600 people while the rest will be standing in 35 degree heat on the day. The 50m arcs touch the centre square on a brand new stadium being built in the middle of nowhere. It's like John Clarke with the 97.5m 100m running track. It's an hour by train ride from Brisbane central and then a 24 minute walk to the stadium. It's worse than Metricon. Even Southport holds 8000 and would have more established facilities, transport, cover and accommodation. Plus the heat and surface risk to the players. The only silver lining I can see is that long term they are going to force Lions players to travel to Ipswich to train when most of them live in inner east Brisbane. The AFL are just complete clowns.

I just tried with AFLW member bar codes and nope, nuthin

and.... it appears to be sold out. I live 2 hours drive away and logged in 5 minutes after they were released. Sold out. FFS

Just logged on to ticketmaster five minutes after they're released. No tickets available! Anyone else getting the same thing?

Anyone know about the members ticketing? Is it Melbourne AFLW members or Melbourne AFL and AFLW members? I'd be spewing to miss a ticket.

Just finished watching. We really took a while to get our rhythm but we got there. I thought Paxy was just bloody huge today. Inspirational. We're two and a half hours drive from some weird construction site of a footy field for the granny. It could be the first flag I see a Melbourne team secure live in the 55 years I've been alive. I can't wait. Let's do it girls. A team to be really proud of.

Love this. They really do seem so relaxed confident and happy as a team. I'm super excited but went and saw the black Crowes during the week and I'm inspired to play some music today with some mates. So lots of jamming and then a delayed watch of the game with a lamb roast tonight. To everyone going today, yell your guts out for them. The whole team deserves this flag after so many years of going close. Go you demons

Yep first three of four goals from frees in front. The amount of non frees to Adelaide was terrible too. Wardlaw was protected all night. There is no such thing as holding the ball in the women's league. We need to just take the tackler on. You'd have to be lucky to be pinged.

If it's out at Ipswich, they should be able to line up some awesome half time entertainment with locals bringing their cars for a drifting event around the boundary line (if they have a boundary and if it's not a rectangular rugby league field we're playing on). Some ethical issues here for the AFL if half of the cars are stolen although ethics is not usually a concern for them. They can get the local limp bizkit covers band to play ( I believe they're called limp buzzcut as they're all airforce dudes from Amberly air base) They could also include a half time dash from goal line to goal line with competitors carrying a stolen flat screen tv. West Brisbanites love their AFL

They could have milk crates painted in team colours for players to sit on. Dressing sheds could easily be put in place with a shipping container each. Goal posts. One wheely bin each for point posts. Two wheely bins placed on top of each other for goal posts. Gotta make it a showcase event.