Preview AFL GF 2025: Geelong V Brisbane Sat 27th Sept MCG 2:30 pm

[cats_09]

Resource Post - I'll endeavour to update this post with info and links relevant to what's happening over the coming week

- Meet Up, Live Sites & Viewing Party discussion

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

https://gardenstatehotel.com.au/ 101 Flinders Lane. It opens at noon on Sunday.

www.bigfooty.com

- Grand Final Ticket discussion (please don't start separate threads for ticket sales)

Resource - 2025 Finals Ticket Discussion - Grand Final ticket discussion

Where can I find my Cats Membership Barcodes? OR When do we get Cats Membership Barcodes? Checked online : geelongcats.com.au website and Cats Mobile App

www.bigfooty.com

 

[cats_09]

Who's Theo?

Sports reporter on 7

 

[Play it Sam]

Amaze yourself. winning numbers.

 

[Stucky]

Not sure about anyone else, but man I’m struggling so hard to get anything done at work. Just can’t focus
Lucky I work for myself.

That was me last week against the arch enemy.

Both my brothers are Hawthorn and l couldn't handle the thought of losing another knock out game to them.

I couldn't resist sending a WhatsApp msg the following day saying so much for beating us when it count, which I've been hearing for many years

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Looking like the Lions will have 8 players under 22 in the team, a few of which made the 22 under 22 team.
With Annable, Allen, Draper to arrive. Hipwood, Answerth fit again.

If they can just let us have this one I'd happily let them dominate footy and more importantly deny the devil sporn from Waverley Dingley for the next half a decade.

 

[year of the cat]

Looking like the Lions will have 8 players under 22 in the team, a few of which made the 22 under 22 team.
With Annable, Allen, Draper to arrive. Hipwood, Answerth fit again.

If they can just let us have this one I'd happily let them dominate footy and more importantly deny the devil sporn from Waverley Dingley for the next half a decade.

After we 4 peat

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Well, they couldn't have put much less effort into the WEG poster this year

I do like they put a headband on it

 

[canny30]

View attachment 2436615

Ahhhh nice

 

[fpm84]

I do like they put a headband on it

That was a fan-made version, this is Mark Knight’s Danger-inspired real one:

 

[allrighty]

Heard her on the age podcast last week before the prelim Hawks will win it all now on agenda setters tonight she says “ Brisbane will win, I’ve said it all year “

She is a hateful and spiteful thing isn't she?

 

[Cataholic]

She is a hateful and spiteful thing isn't she?

Got a face, voice and meanness of pure acid imo.

 

[Vdubs]

No those are the prelim teams, slight change to the GF numbers you'd expect, but you couldn't get closer in the real world.

I'm expecting 2 changes (injuries)
Stanley for Stewart
Ollie Henry for Martin- if injured
won't affect the averages too much.

After we 4 peat

4-play?

 

[foxdog50]

I don't know why. But I was more nervous the game against Hawthorn then I am this week for the Granny

 

[cats_09]

I don't know why. But I was more nervous the game against Hawthorn then I am this week for the Granny

62yrs since we had defeated them in a knock out final may have been a factor

 

[Vdubs]

I don't know why. But I was more nervous the game against Hawthorn then I am this week for the Granny

Same- losing to Hawks is a nightmare; losing to Lions is much less painful- they are the team to beat, have been all year, and we have succeeded once. If Lions end up winning, we know why- just too good this time. If we get up, it'll be proof that we got our act together perfectly, and became the # 1 team in the comp.

 

[foxdog50]

62yrs since we had defeated them in a knock out final may have been a factor

I think its cos its Hawthorn in general.. If you hate a team more, the more you get concerned about loosing to them

 

[CatsDoItBetter]

Just so anyone doesn’t accidentally miss the start of the game can we edit the title of this thread?
As much as I’d love the game to start a little later it starts at 2:30pm not 3:20pm.

 

[cats_09]

It's starting to feel real

 

[Munich]

Simmo and Horse both tipped Bris

 

[Strange Cat]

I love the new jumpers with the new ford logos btw

 

[cats_09]

 

[Baudolino]

Has our success in the Qualifying Final tactically snookered us? We've shown all our cards now so the Lions will go in able to prepare for everything we did to them two and a half weeks ago. So from that perspective you'd almost think we're better served trying something different on Saturday....but then, if we did that, we'd be moving away from match-ups and tactics that we know work against Brisbane to match-ups and tactics that might be less optimal.

I have this horrible feeling that Mullin to McCluggage won't work this time.

 

[allrighty]

I'm expecting 2 changes (injuries)
Stanley for Stewart
Ollie Henry for Martin- if injured
won't affect the averages too much.

4-play?

Get a grip

 

[ndduyk6]

Simmo and Horse both tipped Bris

same with the whole on the couch panel apart from bucks but the bookies have us as favs and we beat them in the QF but each to their own

 

[Strange Cat]

Has our success in the Qualifying Final tactically snookered us? We've shown all our cards now so the Lions will go in able to prepare for everything we did to them two and a half weeks ago. So from that perspective you'd almost think we're better served trying something different on Saturday....but then, if we did that, we'd be moving away from match-ups and tactics that we know work against Brisbane to match-ups and tactics that might be less optimal.

I have this horrible feeling that Mullin to McCluggage won't work this time.

I’m not sure there’s much lions could do to combat the way the cats played , it’s not like Lions deliberately went out of their way to drop that game in an effort to see the tactics

Doesn’t work like that

 

[fpm84]

Has our success in the Qualifying Final tactically snookered us? We've shown all our cards now so the Lions will go in able to prepare for everything we did to them two and a half weeks ago. So from that perspective you'd almost think we're better served trying something different on Saturday....but then, if we did that, we'd be moving away from match-ups and tactics that we know work against Brisbane to match-ups and tactics that might be less optimal.

I have this horrible feeling that Mullin to McCluggage won't work this time.

Simmo and Horse discussed this on 360 this evening and basically said Scott is ahead of the game and will change things up on Saturday.

They showed footage of Atkins on Newk in the prelim and said he could play the same role on McCluggage, with Mullin instead doing a hard tag on Ashcroft.