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2 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

[censored] yes!

 

Bevo said some very nice things about jason taylor in his post match presser last night. 

And many of his old MFC mates, but with Taylor, he has known since they attended kindergarten together and went through school together. Good friends.

Its a great coomentary on Bevo's background and worth a listen.

15 minutes ago, Engorged Onion said:

Our system is better than their system.

Two thing will stop us. Injury to key personnel or inaccuracy.

(I would imagine their supporters are saying the same thing)

In our case  its true for us though.

The tactical decision to start Willem Drew on the bench last night (the stopper Johnno Brown calls the Koroit Flier was mind-boggling. He came on after Libba had ammassed 5 possies in 10 minutes.

Our coaching team will be on top of all of this and we don't need to worry about strategy brain fades like that

. Players just need to '"..be us.."  again and the result will take care of itself.

15 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

The Bulldogs’ total domination over Port Adelaide is great for us - removes any chance of treating the game as anything other than a contest to be won by hard work against a strong opponent. Heads firmly fixed on the ground and concentrating fully on the job ahead.

Great post that summarises the benfits of last night. 

Dees will not be sucked into to 'one hand on the cup' garbage.  That scenario reminded me of the first final against the Eagles in 1988, when we went in thinking  ours to lose, and it took Garry Lyon heroics in last minute the win.

Not this time.

It'll now be inside the team "..Come and get us..."

11 hours ago, The Swimming Dee said:

Why does Brad Johnson laugh with every sentence he says?

Its a nervous laugh!

13 hours ago, Cards13 said:

Old Lingy shouldn’t trust anyone from Geelong ever again, the story about his leasing the Cunningham Pier from The golden boy Frank Costa is brutal. He had to sell the house to cover his debts. 

 

Interesting background Cards. 

The Costas were approved Lessees of the Pier from the Crown under a before-the-time unheard of 99 year lease developed under the Kennett govt. The lease is 3 volumes long I am told.

This lease underpinned the pier develoments which to this day I have no idea why they are patronised. The Pier is really nothing more than an unsightly carpark with a gawdy building on the end killing all sightlines. Kennett was repsonsibibel for a fabulous re-build of the Geelong foreshore. This Pier works allowed under the lease was not a component of tha.

I now feel sorry for Lingy and hope he can recover from this. It would have been hugely stresful.

3 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

In Round 11 Naughton kicked 1.1 from 14 disposals and 5 marks.

In Round 19 Naughton kicked 2.1 from 9 disposals and 3 marks.

Tonight to half time he has kicked 2.1 from 7 disposals from 6 marks.

In other words: twice this year, we've curtailed him.

Yes. I fear ports rucks and midfield more than dogs.

Hannan 3 goals in a half? This games just in a parallel universe.  We've got this in 2 weeks.

5 hours ago, picket fence said:

Gee are they giving Gary Rohan a bake on Big Footy talking about his 25 possesions in 5 finals and 1 Goal!

Cameron ling said today on the abc he no longer trusts rohan in finals. H and A form now means nothing. Should not be played in future.

His words not mine. Lingy rarely critical of anthong geelong wise too.

How good is beveridge. Forward strategy against port defence is fantastic 

Yze-like quality 

4 hours ago, 640MD said:

Now I do not know what the 186 defeat was like.  Left a day before and was in Canada and back then, phones and internet was very ordinary.

So tell me what is better.  I cannot see any time we have played better in the last 50 years. Goody got the brickbats he deserves the plaudits.

But are we avenged?

Yes because it was done in front of probably 1.50 million viewers live.

Embarrassing yet amusing at the same time.

54 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Power at a dollar twenty

Dogs at three dollars and fifteen.

Will be tough for dogs at a ferral home game but dogs odds seem attractive.

Not sure why port are that big a favorite.

Apart from gws the dogs were the only finalist to beat us so they are underrated.

Once again,  now for the 29th time out of the past 33 PF's,  the QF winner beat the QF loser.

Port are rightfully clear favourites. $1.20 is too long IMO

3 minutes ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

I'm not so sure

If it's a 3-4 week hammy, makes no difference if he plays on and makes it worse

It saves the Sub for a bit longer to protect a concussion to another player

He looked sad when he came off, and Mark Williams was in his ear I assumed it was to make him keep his mood up and important for team morale.

I hope he's OK, but not confident 

Fair point. Having had one when I played it looked to me was moving too freely for a serious one and the back massage may have got him going to stay on. Then use the 15 days to get right

2 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Fritzel has a very punchable head, but other than that they're a very watchable side. Class everywhere.

 

On behalf of Fritsch, I take exception to this comment.

Bailey's head has the best hair in the AFl and is in no way punchable.

25 minutes ago, WA Demon Boy said:

May will be fine. 
 

Looked up and about post game. 
 

Even Goodwin post-game said they are quietly confident he will be fine. 

Just watched the replay.

May came off midway through 3rd 1/4 when we got to 70 points lead. No way our medicos would have left him on up to then if it risked a GF for him.

8 hours ago, monoccular said:

Which captain showed better leadership tonight?? 😄

Stil not 100% sure - IF Dogs win then they will be the beneficiaries.

Those AA selectors sure showed up the AFL players on how you pick a captain.

To Will Schofield - 

"Dees say Hi" 

8 hours ago, joeboy said:

 

Spargo - year’s best performance 

 

 

3 extra words could be  - ' when it counted'

Clayton Oliver to garry lyon.

"...the boys went all right..."

Some interesting number combinations to pass the time - and point to a victory possibly.

In the 1988 season - a successful Prelim Final year, Garry Lyon, number 3, turned 21. 13/9/88, which makes his birth year 1967

so.....

G Lyon was AA 5 times

We have 5 AA's this year.

Gawn  11, Trac  5, Oliver  13  , May  1,  Lever 8.

all of these numbers can be made up via arithetical treatment of 1967, Lyon's birth year.

e.g. 13 = 6+7,  etc....., 11 = 9+1+(7-6)

And the arguable other AA was Salem  -  No.3 (Lyons number) as an aside.

The Gawn, Trac, Oliver, May and Lever numbers, as single integers can be manipulated to equal 36 (just trust me on that, its too lengthy to explain.

'36 is the great RDB's birth year.

Subtract RDB's birth year from G.Lyons birth year (1967-1936)

Gives you 31 (yes, its Olivers number in reverse also)

1988 to 2000 (last 2 successful PF's) is 12 years apart. 2000 to 2021 is 21 years apart if successful tonight

12:21 - perfect symmetry.

and thus a Dees win will see order in the universe maintained.

QED as we mathematicinas say. This has gotta mean something good, surely?

53 minutes ago, Jaded said:

Welcome to the grand final Port 

Absolute joke of a state. 
 

 

The State where the CHO warned fans not to touch the ball if it came over the fence. Especially yuo folk behind the goals.

A billion dollar industry deserves better treatment prior to a prelim. SA Premier AWOL - again.

Not a dogs issue, just generally unfair and disrespectful. Absolutely no risk given the quarantine processes in place.

Oh, and thanks for giving us Covid SA BTW due to your hotel failure earleir this year.

15 minutes ago, Jaded said:

I thought it was odd not to replace Parfait with another like for like midfielder.

The question is, who comes out to replace Narkle. Is it a tall due to injury, or will they just make a change with the sub?

Extra big-bodied(sort of , but still tiny compared to Oliver)) midfielder maybe. 18 game career, and 1 game this year so far?????

23 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

 Clarry has been getting lots of media attention due to his great late season form, and he destroyed them a few weeks ago. They’ll put more effort into him tonight

This reminds me of a famous quote from James Hird.

Once after another excellent game he was asked who was tagging him?

he replied - " Don't know - did I have a tag..?  "

He wasn't being smart - just had no awareness of taggers and played his usual game.

That's Clarry. Out of control tonight, again.

28 minutes ago, mauriesy said:

 but I'd be just as fearful of Jackson, Brown, TMac, Fritsch, Pickett and Spargo (not to mention Petracca)  if I were Geelong's backs.

And their defence sure ain't in our class - Jack Henry maybe excepted.

40 minutes ago, Jaded said:

If he can bring ball to ground and help keep Henderson busy so that Brown and Fritta can have a good run at the footy, then I think he would have done his role.

Of course a few goals would be nice. But he just needs to be back to his mobile running best tonight, and his tackling best. He has been one of our best inside 50 tacklers. Need to continue with that. 

Just like he did for Kozzie's first goal last game. I have huge confidence that he can bring that running game 

18 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

In case Geelong supporters are reading this, let me explain:

Most other supporters dislike your club for two reasons. You have been very successful, which for most clubs makes us envious. But more than anything, as a club, from the coach to the fans, you are supremely arrogant, like no other club I've ever seen. 

There's a third reason if you live in Geelong and don't follow the Cats.

The club has sucked millions out of any infrastructre programs diverting it through politics to the Kardinia Park re-build. Only now is Geelong getting a decent arts precinct coz the ground has pretty much been completed and don't have their hand out at the moment.

Try getting a decent seat at the ground for a game. Most Geelong fans can't afford it. Its capacity is still only 36,000 but its never been full.

Despite their image, it is an elitist club and facilities.

1 minute ago, Bates Mate said:

Same been confident all week and woke up with a nasty dose of mfcss

I was fine all week and this morning till I logged on to this thread.