Review Semi Final, 2024 - GWS vs. Brisbane Lions

[The Zork]

Media like King get off on being the driver of coaches being put under the pump and ultimately sacked. It’s like a notch on their belt.

For instance Cornes (and I like Cornes) who continually pushes the narrative that the bulldogs have the best list in the league, just so he can tee off when they lose.

 

[M Malice]

The media collectively are running the narrative that Brisbane have the best list and therefore must win the GF or it’s a failed season. David King therefore takes the line that if we don’t win it’s Chris Fagan’s failure, and he’s playing the odds that if Brisbane don’t win the GF, he gets to say “I told you so!”.
So round 1 his odds of being correct are 94.5%. Finals starts he at 87.5%.
Prelim Final weekend he’s still at 75% chance of being correct.
Only if we go all the way is he wrong… and if that happens, next year he goes at Hinkley. If it doesn’t happen we get another season of his shit.

I know Kane Cornes has the opinion that the Bulldogs have the best list.

David King is a vacuous muttonhead.

 

[luthor]

I know Kane Cornes has the opinion that the Bulldogs have the best list.

David King is a vacuous muttonhead.

We could win the GF by 6 goals and King would still teckon that Fagan is a dud.

"Clearly outcoached by xxxxx but had the cattle anyway. They would have won by a lot more if Fagan had pulled a few in game levers"

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[p4p1]

I have never understood the joe doesn't care narrative. Just watch his reactions, he is so emotional..

I reckon if Joe was watching he would be just like matho.

Or been hiding in the bedroom, fingers in his ears, watching the worm and trying not to die of a heart attack during the last quarter of that game.

His efforts show how much he cares. He shows it all the time. But the casual demeanor is IMO what helps him to not get into slumps after making mistakes or lose confidence. He kicks it out on the full from 15 out straight in front? Well shit happens I'll still try it next time.

 

[twhowler]

Circling back to the Ah Chee chat, to me he is a bit of an enigma. Often gets very low touches.

He does do little things that might not pick up a stat. Puts a body on, taps it to a teammate etc. Has a good tank too on the wing.

He also has a habit of being good in big moments. Off the top of my head - kicked the goal from a set shot to put us ahead v the giants in 2021 semi final from a tricky angle. Tackled a Collingwood player at the end of our 2022 game when it looked like they might go forward and level scores - just got him after a huge chase. Kicked brilliantly vs Adelaide this year to help us draw including a very late set shot.

He was obviously exceptional on Saturday night. Would be great if he could be that more often but it's clear he won't be having a big game every week.

Given his selfless attitude, and extreme versatility, he should be in the side every week.

It's all set up for him this week. I think he could be really good on Stewart. Only question is does he follow Stewart in to the midfield or not? Not for centre bounces but general play...

 

[martinson]

Circling back to the Ah Chee chat, to me he is a bit of an enigma. Often gets very low touches.

He does do little things that might not pick up a stat. Puts a body on, taps it to a teammate etc. Has a good tank too on the wing.

He also has a habit of being good in big moments. Off the top of my head - kicked the goal from a set shot to put us ahead v the giants in 2021 semi final from a tricky angle. Tackled a Collingwood player at the end of our 2022 game when it looked like they might go forward and level scores - just got him after a huge chase. Kicked brilliantly vs Adelaide this year to help us draw including a very late set shot.

He was obviously exceptional on Saturday night. Would be great if he could be that more often but it's clear he won't be having a big game every week.

Given his selfless attitude, and extreme versatility, he should be in the side every week.

It's all set up for him this week. I think he could be really good on Stewart. Only question is does he follow Stewart in to the midfield or not? Not for centre bounces but general play...

It's taken Cal a long time to get over that Cripps knock and he had another head knock in training that set him back a while. It was my impression that his kicking and awareness wasn't what it was for some time after that.

He's been slowly regaining his best. What's forgotten a bit this year is who he's been playing on. He's managed to shut down a few big names through our run of wins and recently.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

He's solid at sitting in the hole late in quarters as well

 

[Happy_Neale]

Circling back to the Ah Chee chat, to me he is a bit of an enigma. Often gets very low touches.

He does do little things that might not pick up a stat. Puts a body on, taps it to a teammate etc. Has a good tank too on the wing.

He also has a habit of being good in big moments. Off the top of my head - kicked the goal from a set shot to put us ahead v the giants in 2021 semi final from a tricky angle. Tackled a Collingwood player at the end of our 2022 game when it looked like they might go forward and level scores - just got him after a huge chase. Kicked brilliantly vs Adelaide this year to help us draw including a very late set shot.

He was obviously exceptional on Saturday night. Would be great if he could be that more often but it's clear he won't be having a big game every week.

Given his selfless attitude, and extreme versatility, he should be in the side every week.

It's all set up for him this week. I think he could be really good on Stewart. Only question is does he follow Stewart in to the midfield or not? Not for centre bounces but general play...

We didn’t play the giants in 2021 finals, you might be thinking of 2019 when we played them at the GABBA. Cal didn’t kick that goal though - it was Allen Christensen who did weirdly enough. Cal did kick the goal against the swans a few weeks back to put us in front though

 

[Grasshopper17]

I wish they uploaded it somewhere but the 3 minute montage they did on 360 on Monday about our win was awesome but of course it’s nowhere to be found just like when Dunks was mic’d up for that Collingwood game and aside from 2 minutes being shown one time it’s nowhere to be seen either.

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[twhowler]

We didn’t play the giants in 2021 finals, you might be thinking of 2019 when we played them at the GABBA. Cal didn’t kick that goal though - it was Allen Christensen who did weirdly enough. Cal did kick the goal against the swans a few weeks back to put us in front though

Good point! Serves me right for going a capella

Yep that goal v swans was awesome although missed the sitter soon after.

 

[Gadzorks]

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Thanks. I've downloaded it and watched it multiple times already.

There's a bunch of great players at the Lions, but the team is far greater than the sum of those players.

This team believes, and that might be all that's needed. We've got this.

 

[Section 5]

GREATER Western Sydney midfielder Stephen Coniglio

3

Stephen Coniglio

Age

32

Ht

182cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

24.5

5star

K

13.0

5star

HB

11.5

5star

M

3.8

4star

T

4.7

5star

CL

4.7

5star

D

21.3

5star

K

12.5

5star

HB

8.8

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

3.8

4star

CL

5.4

5star

D

19.2

5star

K

8.2

4star

HB

11.0

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

2.2

4star

CL

3.0

5star

is facing a long recovery period after suffering five fractures in his face during last Saturday night's semi-final loss to Brisbane at Engie Stadium.

The 30-year-old was substituted out of the game before quarter-time after a collision with teammate Aaron Cadman in a contest with Brisbane co-captain Harris Andrews

31

Harris Andrews

Age

29

Ht

200cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.8

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

5.6

5star

T

1.6

4star

MG

151.7

2star

D

17.0

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

8.0

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.0

3star

D

9.8

3star

K

5.0

2star

HB

4.8

4star

M

3.4

4star

T

1.6

4star

MG

94.0

2star

, which brought play to a standstill for nearly five minutes.

Coniglio can't undergo surgery until next week due to the swelling in his face and will require up to three months to make a full recovery.

Giants gun set for long recovery after nasty facial injury

Stephen Coniglio will need up to three months to make a full recovery from the nasty injuries he suffered in the Giants' loss to the Lions

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[Mr Ripper]

Choose your poison

 

[ZoBlitz]

Choose your poison

Good account pickup Rip.

 

[Gadzorks]

Choose your poison

There's my Saturday afternoon warm up.

 

[Grasshopper17]

Watching AFL 360 as fages is on. They showed images of the giants on the siren, usually it’s despair on the face of players but a lot of their players were in genuine shock. Rare that you see those expression on a footy field.

Interview with Toby Greene

 

[Lace Out]

Watched this again last night.Ashcroft really got us going,he has some moves that boy,but it was Berry who turned defence into attack on multiple occasions that really stood out.

 

[p4p1]

Watched this again last night.Ashcroft really got us going,he has some moves that boy,but it was Berry who turned defence into attack on multiple occasions that really stood out.

Bez was my shout for the Norm, simply because it felt like he would will himself to get us in a winning position after feeling responsible for last year.

 

[Ceebee]

Just watched that last quarter properly and I still have no idea how they won .

Just never gave up .

 

[Mr Ripper]

Zac Bailey

33

Zac Bailey

Age

26

Ht

181cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.7

3star

K

6.9

3star

HB

5.9

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.2

4star

CL

0.9

3star

D

12.9

3star

K

7.3

3star

HB

5.6

3star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.4

3star

CL

0.7

3star

D

13.4

4star

K

6.6

3star

HB

6.8

5star

M

3.2

4star

T

2.8

5star

CL

0.6

3star

’s running with the flight of the ball mark in the back pocket in the last minute or so is underrated.

 

[fugitive]

It was all about the moments, we took all of ours and GWS didn’t, Brent Daniel slots that goal after taking advantage or Bailey doesn’t fill the hole or Joe misses one of the sealers at the end. So many different ways we could have been toast but 2024 was meant to be and so it was!

Just watched that last quarter properly and I still have no idea how they won .

Just never gave up .

 

[Gadzorks]

Interview with Toby Greene

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Ahhh those finals losses where we consoled ourselves with losing to the eventual premiers.

Those days will return but reading Toby's words felt AWESOME.

 

[Sproj]

Interesting. Not sure I'd be overly confident seeing that as a supporter. Your coach needs to be telling you that you are good enough to win it, not yeah we're pretty good but maybe not the best.

 

[MSB ROYS]

Interesting. Not sure I'd be overly confident seeing that as a supporter. Your coach needs to be telling you that you are good enough to win it, not yeah we're pretty good but maybe not the best.

These kind of clips are good in retrospect once you win IMO.

 

[M Malice]

These kind of clips are good in retrospect once you win IMO.

Yep, I'm very much looking forward to our Grand Final recall.