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Meet Up - 2025 Meet Up Thread - Grand Final Edition... including Live Sites info

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Resource - 2025 Finals Ticket Discussion - Grand Final ticket discussion

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It started with 6 more wins.....

Now its 1.

1 more win.

Not to much to ask right? One more supreme 4 quarter effort that could lead to the footy equivalent of immortality and 2025 Premiership status.

Legend status, as a Premiership player. And its ok to say that now... its 1 win away. The lid is off. We've earned the right to be there. Took down the reigning Premier Lions, the Rival Hawks... and now back to the Lions.

Once the GF ticket ballot is active, its all ok to admit we are there.

There will be a lot going on this week... the talking heads will wobble back and forth, the fans will get up and about... and 16 other clubs will look on forlornly thinking why not us. Well, in 2025, we did it better than those 16 teams did.

And now to the game itself.... We have already 1 forced change with what Jimmy Bartel eyeballed earlier in the year...the What if of a concussion in a Prelim final. Stewy had no clue what was coming as he went for the ball but in a flash he was out. Chol is gone for 3 weeks on a rule that will change next year but no one cares as that penalty meansnothing to to Stewy who was simply the ball carrier getting tackled - and now his 2025 march to a flag is done thur no fault of his own. You cant' help but feel for the guy. Not his fault... just a badly designed situation from a rule with good intentions.

PFD has been nothing short of mercurial - even dare I say it... Selwood like. Rest that rig easy skipper, we need one more Herculean effort in 7 days time so charge it up.

Will we Stanley or wont we. Perhaps the question of the week. All i want is Rhys to spend 15 mins with Matty Stokes talking about 2008. And then Rhys can make the call - just make the right one. Same goes for Jack Martin and his calf.. and anyone for the matter..You'll get all the time to be right... but make sure you 105% because a GF will require that 110% from you... and you cannot break giving it.

There will be much said on match ups, the magnet shuffle and who will try what from the box. For mine. will CS have another wrinkle to what the Lions got in the QF, or will it be "now you've seen it once, try and beat it"

Will McLuggage break the Mullin tag... will it even be there?

Can Neale give Harris Andrews more to think about... Can Dempsey, Stengle, MOC, Mannagh, Smith and Holmes get enough clean ball .. but also enough defensive pressure. Will the back 7 shuffle around Stewy well enough?


Will laconic Jezza be enough to kick 5? Who will be the "one" that starts that fire, that one singular act that gets us going.... but then can we settle first and take advantage of their nerves.

The Lions will be doing their homework. They know what beat them 2 weeks ago and wont want to let it beat them again - and they wlil come and come hard. They want a back to back at our expense.

The neutrals will be pulling their hair out... not Geelong again. I dont take it for granted - this 2 decades we've been up... and this week is no exception. Enjoy the lead up, embrace the fun and the potential we dont make it on the platform after the game... but enjoy the ride regardless.

Being an over 50 Cats tragic.... I have the memories of the 44 years in the wildeness, the great excitement of GAS and the hopes of 89, 92, 94 and 95.. and the despair when it fell away. So I take nothing for granted as I just don't know how many more of these I'll see... because if its 44 years from now... im in a lot or Barney.. so embrace and enjoy Mofos...


Its time once again Cats fans... let go show the world why we Geelong..... The Greatest Team of All

GO Catters
 
This is fulfilling our Destiny. I expect to see a physical first quarter and then fatigue to catch up with the Lions towards the last 2 quarters.

Our boys will play on edge. Remember ZGuthrie's shirtfront in the 2022 GF? Geelong to win comfortably.

I predict another Smith (of the Baz variety this time) to impress early and come into Norm Smith calculations. Following the heart though, Paddy for the Norm Smith.
 

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Ah yes, the Darcy Fort cup.

Bring it home Catters
 
Cats by 6-8 goals.
Danger to bring out another all time great finals performance to be a unanimous Norm Smith winner.
Our Irish lads will do their best to nullify the lions prime movers and they'll struggle to stop the impact of Smith/Holmes/Dempsey/Myers/Danger/Mannagh/Atkins and although the margin won't be the same, we will attack them physically eerily similar to the 22 GF where we belted the shit out of the swans in one of the most ferocious games I've ever seen.
Stanley to play for Stewart, Henry to come up ok. IMO they'll play Stanley part time forward to try to stretch Andrews and get him away from Jez and Neale.
Blicavs might be the biggest key to the game, if he provides in the ruck and can help cover the loss of Stewart by freeing up Zuthrie then that'll go A LONG way to winning the Premiership.
Bring. It. On.
 

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dazbroncos said:
It started with 6 more wins.....

Now its 1.

1 more win.

Not to much to ask right? One more supreme 4 quarter effort that could lead to the footy equivalent of immortality and 2025 Premiership status.

Legend status, as a Premiership player. And its ok to say that now... its 1 win away. The lid is off. We've earned the right to be there. Took down the reigning Premier Lions, the Rival Hawks... and now back to the Lions.

Once the GF ticket ballot is active, its all ok to admit we are there.

There will be a lot going on this week... the talking heads will wobble back and forth, the fans will get up and about... and 16 other clubs will look on forlornly thinking why not us. Well, in 2025, we did it better than those 16 teams did.

And now to the game itself.... We have already 1 forced change with what Jimmy Bartel eyeballed earlier in the year...the What if of a concussion in a Prelim final. Stewy had no clue what was coming as he went for the ball but in a flash he was out. Chol is gone for 3 weeks on a rule that will change next year but no one cares as that penalty meansnothing to to Stewy who was simply the ball carrier getting tackled - and now his 2025 march to a flag is done thur no fault of his own. You cant' help but feel for the guy. Not his fault... just a badly designed situation from a rule with good intentions.

PFD has been nothing short of mercurial - even dare I say it... Selwood like. Rest that rig easy skipper, we need one more Herculean effort in 7 days time so charge it up.

Will we Stanley or wont we. Perhaps the question of the week. All i want is Rhys to spend 15 mins with Matty Stokes talking about 2008. And then Rhys can make the call - just make the right one. Same goes for Jack Martin and his calf.. and anyone for the matter..You'll get all the time to be right... but make sure you 105% because a GF will require that 110% from you... and you cannot break giving it.

There will be much said on match ups, the magnet shuffle and who will try what from the box. For mine. will CS have another wrinkle to what the Lions got in the QF, or will it be "now you've seen it once, try and beat it"

Will McLuggage break the Mullin tag... will it even be there?

Can Neale give Harris Andrews more to think about... Can Dempsey, Stengle, MOC, Mannagh, Smith and Holmes get enough clean ball .. but also enough defensive pressure. Will the back 7 shuffle around Stewy well enough?


Will laconic Jezza be enough to kick 5? Who will be the "one" that starts that fire, that one singular act that gets us going.... but then can we settle first and take advantage of their nerves.

The Lions will be doing their homework. They know what beat them 2 weeks ago and wont want to let it beat them again - and they wlil come and come hard. They want a back to back at our expense.

The neutrals will be pulling their hair out... not Geelong again. I dont take it for granted - this 2 decades we've been up... and this week is no exception. Enjoy the lead up, embrace the fun and the potential we dont make it on the platform after the game... but enjoy the ride regardless.

Being an over 50 Cats tragic.... I have the memories of the 44 years in the wildeness, the great excitement of GAS and the hopes of 89, 92, 94 and 95.. and the despair when it fell away. So I take nothing for granted as I just don't know how many more of these I'll see... because if its 44 years from now... im in a lot or Barney.. so embrace and enjoy Mofos...


Its time once again Cats fans... let go show the world why we Geelong..... The Greatest Team of All

GO Catters
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And don't be quiet, as, comparatively, Cats supporters so often are. Go home, hoarse!
 
I love being a part of Grand Final week. I love AFL football and you want to be part of the season to the very end. There's been plenty of heartbreak but 11 Grand Finals in my lifetime.

It's a privilege to support this club. I'm actually a bit astounded we are here again.
 

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WTF do we do with Stanley? If he's fit and available then my preference would be to select him rather than going in unchanged, as I would like us to have the ability to use Blitz as a defender if we're leaking goals in Stewart's absence. But that being said, I feel like picking players with injury clouds hanging over them always backfires in Grand Finals, so there's another part of me that would err on the side of caution.

Tricky call!
 
Baudolino said:
WTF do we do with Stanley? If he's fit and available then my preference would be to select him rather than going in unchanged, as I would like us to have the ability to use Blitz as a defender if we're leaking goals in Stewart's absence. But that being said, I feel like picking players with injury clouds hanging over them always backfires in Grand Finals, so there's another part of me that would err on the side of caution.

Tricky call!
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Brisbane will have a couple talls with big o and Fort but i liked Blitz's game in the ruck against a bigger body.. but if stewarts out maybe the put him in defense to cover him.
 
Playing Lachie Neale three weeks after what was reported as a 4-6 calf injury would be something - and the QF was his first game in a month after returning from a quad issue.

Dunkley in a moonboot as the team arrived home overnight.

Pray for Jack Henry’s feet 🙏
 
fpm84 said:
Playing Lachie Neale three weeks after what was reported as a 4-6 calf injury would be something - and the QF was his first game in a month after returning from a quad issue.

Dunkley in a moonboot as the team arrived home overnight.

Pray for Jack Henry’s feet 🙏
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Risky but we might be doing the same with Henry.
 
Baudolino said:
WTF do we do with Stanley? If he's fit and available then my preference would be to select him rather than going in unchanged, as I would like us to have the ability to use Blitz as a defender if we're leaking goals in Stewart's absence. But that being said, I feel like picking players with injury clouds hanging over them always backfires in Grand Finals, so there's another part of me that would err on the side of caution.

Tricky call!
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At least we only have 1-2 players under a bit of injury concerns..Brisbane have quite a few more
 
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