Oppo Camp Non Geelong football (AFL) discussion 2025, Part 2

[Mad_Hatter]

I only get nervous because of how we started last night.
But if we start well i dont think we ger run down. Everything is in our favour.

I thought we started pretty well, just didn't execute going inside 50/forward half of centre. I put that down to the bye more than not being ready to play. Then the hawks got on top for 10-15 minutes and put scoreboard pressure on us.

 

[BotsMaster]

Who would have thought Brisbane would end up playing 3 Grand Finals in a row?

 

[InnocentBystandr]

FWIW, I reckon Hawthorn would have beaten Collingwood if they’d were on that side of the draw.

 

[Vdubs]

I wonder how underdone Neale is if they play him next week.

Very. But they have multiple guns

 

[catters_28]

Pies peaked too early in the season.

 

[Vdubs]

What's with the explosion of middle aged men with full face paint.

and no teeth?

 

[Mad_Hatter]

I'd prefer we hunt them as if there was no tomorrow, because there isn't.

We will 100%. I just more mean that IMO we have the advantage, we are the better team and it's up to them to pull out something special.
Without a shadow of a doubt Scott and the match committee will take them as seriously as a Grand Final opponent deserves.

 

[cats_09]

I wonder how underdone Neale is if they play him next week.

Didn't Brisbane say he was ruled out for the season but he's trying to pretend he wasn't

 

[Grimoz]

Time to grab the beer and popcorn and head over to the pies thread, it promises to be wildly entertaining!!

 

[wcadams88]

I thought we started pretty well, just didn't execute going inside 50/forward half of centre. I put that down to the bye more than not being ready to play. Then the hawks got on top for 10-15 minutes and put scoreboard pressure on usus

Will be better for the run, reckon the boys will be pumped and ready to go. Systems is working. We beat the prelim demons from last year, beat the arch nemesis. One to go

 

[Seeds]

Lions looked pretty awesoem today. Gallops a find.

Gees why cant we ever get an easy opponent in a grand final

 

[Mad_Hatter]

Lions looked pretty awesoem today. Gallops a find.

Gees why cant we ever get an easy opponent in a grand final

Because it's a Grand Final

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Didn't Brisbane say he was ruled out for the season but he's trying to pretend he wasn't

No hes trying to get up and play injured like he did last year. I hope they do play him as he wont be right to go.

 

[catters_28]

Lions looked pretty awesoem today. Gallops a find.

Gees why cant we ever get an easy opponent in a grand final

You have a short memory. Sydney '22 were roadkill.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Lions looked pretty awesoem today. Gallops a find.

Gees why cant we ever get an easy opponent in a grand final

Because we didnt beat brisbane last year haha. Sydney are as easy as it gets.

 

[Goggin Our Best]

Lions looked pretty awesoem today. Gallops a find.

Gees why cant we ever get an easy opponent in a grand final

We got Syd - id call that an easy type opponent - in that game Geel had manic pressure , they need to bring that next week

 

[catstorm]

I ****ing called this before the finals started.

The Grand Final would be Geelong VS Brisbane, it didn’t matter who won the QF I believed the other would go the long way round.

 

[catempire]

FWIW, I reckon Hawthorn would have beaten Collingwood if they’d were on that side of the draw.

Of course they would have, because Pies are no good. They had a horrible two months and were lucky enough to run into an all-time choker in a QF.

 

[Cataholic]

No hes trying to get up and play injured like he did last year. I hope they do play him as he wont be right to go.

He ran 8km this a.m apparently

 

[Interdimensional Bigfoot]

Lions looked pretty awesoem today. Gallops a find.

Gees why cant we ever get an easy opponent in a grand final

Sydney!

 

[D BRIDGE]

Could that be it for the Pies being a serious threat going forward?

Age might just get them now.

Started the season huge but faded hard... very old and might be it for them IMO.

 

[joe444]

So, nervous nellies, may I remind you:

• their key forwards are Logan Morris and Ty Gallop; Charlie still looks like he's played one year too many
• Collingwood let the Brisbane mids do whatever they wanted
• Berry is injured and Neale can come back if he likes but he'll be sub-par; Lohmann is sore
• the Lions coughed up some unbelievable howlers again
• Aside from Elliott, Collingwood's forwards were impotent.
• Starcevich and Lester again looked very weak.

Will it be closer than last time? Almost certainly. But I don't know what more this Geelong side has to do to reassure us we will turn up and take them down. We're fit and firing, they're staggering into a third Grand Final in a row.

We are waaaay better than Collingwood.

 

[Turbocat]

Lions looked pretty awesoem today. Gallops a find.

Gees why cant we ever get an easy opponent in a grand final

Didn't Geelong bid on him in the draft .Looks good.

 

[frggr]

Post-match saying Neale ran 8kms today so might be right to go next week.

 

[catempire]

Lions looked pretty awesoem today. Gallops a find.

Gees why cant we ever get an easy opponent in a grand final

Mate, we won by 119 and 81. I think we've done OK.