binman

I think thta is right. Priority one members get first crack at tix is my understanding. Priority one members are those with a GF guarantee: Memberships with Grand Final Guarantee included: Legends Trident Trident Open Air, Redlegs, Redlegs Open Air Demon Seats Plus members

I'm with you sisso

And besides, the g is our bloody home ground. The johnny come lately squatters should [censored] off and get their own home ground.

He knows its 50 50. They discussed it. He just reckons its unfair the pies, as the home team, don't get any advantage because the g is also our home ground.

100% 50 50 - pardon the percentage pun.

Yep, King gave us a huge pump up, tracc this, defence that. But at the end of the show they all gave their predictions. Bizarrely, given his huge pump up of the dees, and picking us as flag winners after our win over the Tigers, King picked the Pies to be the premier, with lions runner up. Somehow King arrived at the dees not even making the Grand Final. He also said that the Pies should get 75% of the tickets sold for the QF because as the home home team, and having finished on top, they have earned the benefit they would get from a pro Pies crowd.

That is a very good point. Daicos would surely be touch and go to play. Six weeks was preliminary final i thought. Even if he plays, it's not a game he can ease into, and will get no time and space. Or peace. And for Moore every day matters given his history of hamstring issues. A chilly Melbourne Thursday night won't help his cause much either.

Yeah, that's my guess too.

That's one of my favorite wins for long time. A team with such pride in the jumper that instead of taking the easy, cruisy path, as highlighted in the fox stats noted above, they dug in and said, nup, the dees win. Just fantastic. I am so proud to be a dees fans.

First time in the game day thread, once the game starts that is, for me in a couple or seasons. Quite a vibe - can imagine it would be fun in a game that had something riding it and we were losing. Some random comments: What's with the ragging on Hunter? It's 2023 - do people not understand he has a specific role, which he is playing to a very high standard? Turner doing well. His ability to zone off and work rate and pace to be a handball receive option is why he is in ahead of tomo, and why he is genuine chance to remain in the team May moving well, which is brilliant. Love him pushing up high. Dees playing 2 and 3 less at the stoppages in order to have players behind the ball is genius. Feeding our intercept game and remarkably we are plus 7 foe clearances. Love the focus on deefence. See you all in the post match thread

It's a joke. Such an infuriating rule. E Often either turns out not to he an advantage, or in the event every just stops, an unfair disadvantage to the team the free has been paid against.

They look in great nick. Sparrow, tracc and riv all look in the best shape I've seen them.

Port players are playing like they are scared of copping a pre finals injury.

Another 5 years or so of top 4 finishes and i might look back to that time wistfully. Not yet but.

MFCSS IS like syphilis- it never leaves the body. Ready to flare at any time

Yes. A possibility. But we then have the chance to do the same.

That's right. But it was more luck than good management, in the sense they were lucky they had a decent angle on it - the Fox coverage angle I'm guessing. It was just as likely for there not to be an angle, or frame good enough to over rule the soft call. And the point would have stood, as it did for tracc's goal.

A much, much better match up in my view. The Lions are a very good team who have modified their system to beat us - primarily with that chip mark, control game they use. And unlike the Pies, they also have a forward line that if it clicked at the same time, and they took all their chances, could run up a very big score. I am much more confident of beating the Pies, who will have no Daicos and Moore first game back from a hammy.

I'm confused. Did you not read my post? We won't play the pies week one if the saints win this game. If the saints and the dees win: We will play Port IN Adelaide if they beat tigers (which they will). Or if port lose we will play the lions at the g.

Huh?

Sure. But if they lose, port wins and we win we play port at Adelaide oval week one of finals.

Why?

C'mon lions ffs. What a boring, low skill game.

Never cared about the death ride anyway......

That's the thing - they weren't the pinging pies that day. We completely took away their running, transition game by pressing up, creating density and choking their outlet handball. And the Pies looked flat that day too (the flu, loading). So tomo wasn't really ever exposed by fast transition in that game. The pies will be a different proposition in a QF. Have to plan for them to get their the game on their terms at some point in the game. Last week Tomo was exposed at least three times when the Hawks got inside their 50 quickly by a young forward he simply couldn't go with. Why do yo think Goody subbed Tomo (for the second match in a row) and didn't pick him this week?