Certified Legendary Thread Lions go B2B : Grand Final, 2025 - Geelong vs. Brisbane Lions

[Dalions]

3 months ago today

 

[Simbatheking21]

Yes, I have had a few drinks and yes.. I have been watching the lions back to back gfs. Happy new year, all the best for you and your families!

What a way to end the year!!!

go lions

 

[Grasshopper17]

I suspect he made these statements to deflect criticism away from his players, he wouldn’t have been concerned that criticism would come his way. Geelong were pulverised in the Grand Final, their key players came up short when it really mattered. How will they deal with this in coming seasons, many will carry the mental scares.

No team has won a final the year after losing a Grand Final by 40 points or more since 1995.

 

[mpal6]

No team has won a final the year after losing a Grand Final by 40 points or more since 1995.

With Wildcard finals round in play, fully expecting Geelong to win one final this year.

 

[Grasshopper17]

I want the full fox footy montage treatment for Harris soccering the ball on the wing, then tapping it, then falling over the boundary line oh so clumsily.

Quad call, gladiator music in the background please.

I can't give you gladiator music, sadly.

I can give you Karl Langdon however.

 

[Simbatheking21]

The fist pump by Harris

 

[Grasshopper17]

Apologies if this has already been mentioned elsewhere, but we've never lost a Grand Final with an Ashcroft playing. Marcus retired after 03, Will injured in 23. Unbeaten in the rest of them.

Somewhat more worryingly, haven't won a senior men's premiership since ww2 without an Ashcroft.


The Fitzroy one was pretty good, got Wilmot, Gardiner, Bruce, Starce and Will but yeah I think it had been a long night. Tricky to schedule though as I assume a bunch of them have well-earned holidays coming up.

We have never won a premiership without a Starcevich involved either.

 

[Grasshopper17]

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Anyone else in Q53?

Had basically the same view when I went to the Gabba this year for the Port Adelaide game. I’m chalking that up as a personal good omen.

I too was in Q53. In the shade all day and a cracking view of the last quarter avalanche. Good times!

 

[Ray Button]

I can't give you gladiator music, sadly.

I can give you Karl Langdon however.

Harris Andrews is the master of 'controlled clumsy'.

 

[Grasshopper17]

Harris Andrews is the master of 'controlled clumsy'.

Yes the master of the old accidentally-on-purpose out of bounds isn't he

 

[Dalions]

Yes the master of the old accidentally-on-purpose out of bounds isn't he

It is an art form

 

[Grasshopper17]

With the demise of the sub, history will show the two last sub players being of a different class of footballer.
A certain trivia question in the future

Lions:
Lachie Neale - 293 AFL games, 21 in 2025. Lions co-captain. Dual Brownlow medal winner. B & F 3 times. MVP 1, Ayres 1, Premiership 1 (at that time)

Cats:
Jack Martin: 163 AFL games 12 in 2025.

Lachie Neale was also the first ever sub in a Grand Final, in 2013 for Freo. Now there's your trivia question!

 

[Grasshopper17]

Haha yep I was just watching that, totally nuts but apparently there was a such a “credit” system in the early days of VFL that the loosing team could use to ask for a rematch.

There was indeed, but that only ever applied to the minor premier. So even if it existed today, Geelong still couldn't have used it!

 

[Grasshopper17]

This guy has no shame

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Far out, got it wrong.. errmm let me swing the other way now and call WAshcroft for $2 million dollar contract.



Good to see Sarah Olle pulling him up on the "playing Lachie Neale is the most reckless thing Brisbane Lions could do - don't do it" hot take before Grand final. Good on her.

Still waiting for Kano to ride his bicycle all the way from Adelaide to Brisbane in his Lachie Neale #9 guernsey as he promised. No shame indeed.

 

[mighty_lions]

I dont want to steal sleepylion thunder but the 2025 mini movie was uploaded to YouTube but it now seems to be blocked for copyright wtf, hopefully gets fixed so keen!

 

[Nunez]

I dont want to steal sleepylion thunder but the 2025 mini movie was uploaded to YouTube but it now seems to be blocked for copyright wtf, hopefully gets fixed so keen!

Oh no, hadn't seen it! sleepylion let us know if you are able to upload to a new link or private link for us to see!

 

[mighty_lions]

Oh no, hadn't seen it! sleepylion let us know if you are able to upload to a new link or private link for us to see!

She said the afl have 48 hours from when it was posted, if they dont do anything it will be public then or she will upload it to a google doc, can’t wait

 

[Grasshopper17]

Still reading through the pages, but Fages effectively flagged the difference between WAshy and Naicos in his presser (in not so many words).
Both players are incredibly talented, but WAsh is tough.

He copped some flack for not doing the defensive running earlier in the season. I think he put that to bed in his finals performances.

Have they announced him as the winner of the Gary Ayers medal yet?

I think the biggest difference between Ashcroft and the golden boy, in fact the difference between most of our mids and the mids of other clubs, is that our guys have had drilled into them the importance of defence. Of tackling. Of pressure. I don't know whether this has come from Fages, or Cam Bruce, or maybe it's simply Josh Dunkley rubbing off on everyone else.

Will not only won the Norm on the back of his attacking prowess, but he also laid a game-high 8 tackles. When he first joined the club you wouldn't have been surprised if he hadn't laid 8 tackles his whole life, such was his focus on just getting the ball. McCluggage has had a similar build and went to a whole new level in 2025, after years of being an outside player and for whom defence was generally an afterthought.

Rayner is another one. He's compared to Dusty on occasion... he's got a long way to go to reach Dusty's heights at this stage but one thing Dusty never did was tackle. Anyone. Cam on the other hand eats this stuff up. He looks like he genuinely loves tackling blokes, hitting bodies, and running them down from behind in particular. Even Zac, he remains a bit of a work in progress but he's improved in this aspect as well.

It's pretty clear to me, if you won't tackle, pressure and defend, you won't play in our midfield, and you probably won't play in our team. And that's how it needs to be, doesn't matter who you are or what your name is.

Compare all that to the p!ss weak tackling "attempts" from the golden boy in our recent games against Collingwood, and it's clear that his focus lies elsewhere, or has to this point in his career.

 

[sleepylion]

It’s finally here! I had this ready to go before Christmas but delayed it so that it wasn’t overshadowed by other club matters, and was further delayed by 48 hours after uploading due to copyright, but I’m proud to say that the sequel to my mini-movie is now available publicly for you all to enjoy! The AFL might still take this down but hopefully we’re in the clear now and I’ll provide a private link for you all to watch in the situation that it does get removed. I’ve again spent hundreds of hours on this one to try and do the season justice - hopefully you enjoy it as much as you loved the 2024 version

 

[Grasshopper17]

She said the afl have 48 hours from when it was posted, if they dont do anything it will be public then or she will upload it to a google doc, can’t wait

Looks like it's up and running!

(For now at least haha)

 

[mighty_lions]

Looks like it's up and running!

(For now at least haha)

just watched it amazing! She said she made a post but its pending on Bigfooty still

 

[Perrip]

Looks like it's up and running!

(For now at least haha)

Holy hell that's n awesome watch. Great to hear everyone downplay us throughout the year again

 

[Nathan Barley]

I'd forgotten about the first half free kick count before that video reminded me