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    2026 fixture wishlist/discussion

    Nothing inevitable about that all. The AFL scheduled Collingwood v us on a Saturday night when we were first and second. On top of the prime time snub, 5 games starting at 1.10pm or earlier is a bit strange. It's not the fixture you give a supposed powerhouse.
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    Football Related Random Thread - PART 2

    It looks like the sports component is one of many components at the end of their Single Source survey. https://roymorgan-cms-dev.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/28233657/AustraliaFactBrochure2020_JuneWEB.pdf So quite likely it's a double-barrel - 'Do you support an...
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    List Mgmt. 2025 List Management Discussion

    I don't think he should care, really. We've done very well out of Ah Chee, and he would know that. This is all pretty low stakes for us. If we get something marginally useful for Ah Chee, fine. If Ah Chee goes to the PSD and we get nothing, oh well. It's mildly annoying that the Crows have been...
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    Oppo Camp Non-Lions Discussion 2025

    Also Jake Niall: Of course Brisbane have list depth when they can get pick 1 for pick 20 through their academy.
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    Certified Legendary Thread Lions go B2B : Grand Final, 2025 - Geelong vs. Brisbane Lions

    I guess a picture of Bailey Smith means I'm arriving late, and soon everyone will wish I'd never come at all.
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    2026 fixture wishlist/discussion

    As many high-profile Friday night games as can be crammed into one season. I really want us to frank this idea that we are one of a handful of big, successful, powerful, high-profile clubs. Say it often enough and it becomes true.
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    2024 vs 2025 Premiership, which is a greater achievement?

    The 2001 premiership is still our club's greatest achievement, and probably always will be. There has never been a bigger shoe-in for the flag at the beginning of a season than Essendon in 2001. None of the teams we've conquered since then deserve to be in the same sentence as the 1999-2001...
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    Certified Legendary Thread Lions go B2B : Grand Final, 2025 - Geelong vs. Brisbane Lions

    Something I've had rattling around in my brain for a few days: Fages's line about how he was either going to be a genius or an idiot for picking Neale as sub. It would have been so much easier just to quietly rule it out as an option two weeks earlier. No one outside the club would even have...
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    2024 vs 2025 Premiership, which is a greater achievement?

    Purely in terms of GFs, then it's 2025. The Swans put out a true shocker last year. The Cats were at least able to sometimes convert on the many occasions the umpires gave them a shot on goal. We won a grand final where the umpires paid 17-4 free kicks against us in the first half. That is mad!
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    Certified Legendary Thread Lions go B2B : Grand Final, 2025 - Geelong vs. Brisbane Lions

    I thought Scott's press conference was very gracious and dignified. It's a shame the channel 7 coverage butchered it.
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    Certified Legendary Thread Lions go B2B : Grand Final, 2025 - Geelong vs. Brisbane Lions

    I think ultimately what this game came down to is that we know what Grand Final intensity is, and the Cats didn't so much. Our tackling was freaking brutal in the first half. Forget about the scoreboard, we were a much better team in that first half. When the Cats got that nasty sense that...
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    Certified Legendary Thread Lions go B2B : Grand Final, 2025 - Geelong vs. Brisbane Lions

    This is an amazing footy team
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    Game Day Grand Final, 2025 - Geelong vs. Brisbane Lions

    This is highway robbery.
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    Preview Geelong. Grand Final. You know when. You know where.

    I was a bit surprised we didn't rule out today that Lachie might be the sub. We're not usually coy about these things. I don't love the idea. And I can't think of a time we've done anything similar at selection. It doesn't really scream confidence and self-belief.
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    Preview Geelong. Grand Final. You know when. You know where.

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-26/afl-grand-final-preview-lions-look-for-back-to-back/105820830 Excellent from Atkinson and Lawson as usual. Despite the positive headline it makes for somewhat sobering reading. What I think it boils down to is we get more and more dependent on our...
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