Review Qualifying Final, 2023 - Brisbane Lions vs. Port Adelaide

[ZoBlitz]

This is it.

 

[fugitive]

Go boys! statement made, this is our year!

 

[dlanod]

Nasty fingernail rake down Charlie's upper arm.

 

[rye]

jaspa fletcher take a bow!

 

[dlanod]

Oscar grabbing the ball for clearances really made a difference in the third

 

[Warwick]

Well that was enjoyable.

 

[Morbidly_Obese]

I shall eat a whole woolies mudcake in honour of this great victory!

 

[dlanod]

I shall eat a whole woolies mudcake in honour of this great victory!

To be honest that's just Monday night for me

 

[twiggy4PM]

Well down Brissie, always a pleasure to watch Port get smashed after their big headed arrogance.

Time for the premiership cup to go north again.

 

[FLVanLandingham]

YOU BEAUTY!!

not to be a downer but I have a feeling Ashcroft would have absolutely been flying if he was playing. With that being said our young guys are such a treat.

Put the hammer down and lifted when they drew close, that is very good to see.


Don't know who i'll be voting for but McCluggage was supreme, Joe was great and you gotta love Fletch, and i forgot Rayner! thighs of steel and a head for finals

 

[Toffee Lion]

What a seriously good performance.

Rayner & McCluggage in the first half kept our energy up. Wilmott was superb down back, Hipwood's workrate was immense pushing up the ground and making contests. Joe was surefire in front of goal and Charlie's 3Q was insane.

Jaspa bloody Fletcher, what a finals debut. He gets his own line, just made every impact his own moment.

Overall I think that's our best final played under Fagan, beating out the Melbourne game last year. Just totally creamed them in the second half when the game was there to be won.

Lastly, that crowd was next level. Well done to all who attended, that was a fortress created by the fans.

ONTO A BLOODY PRELIM YEWWWWWWWWWWWW

 

[Squizz89]

For the first time tonight we actually looked like a premiership team at finals time.

Like our premiership team from the early 00s when we needed to step it up in the premiership quarter, they simply couldn’t go with us.

Play like that in 2 weeks and we’re into a granny.

Edit. Now let’s hope and pray Melbourne and Carlton belt the crap out of each other and their players can’t walk for a week.

 

[rye]

rayner, fletcher, daniher, cameron and mccluggage my fab 5

cameron's workrate all around the ground was really impressive. looked like he had a personal vendetta against jhf after that first broken tackle

dunks honourable mention

 

[Jivlain]

Really pleasing how the kids all stood up. Rayner, Kiddy, Jaspa, Wilmot all had great games. Dev was a little quiet but still got a bunch of nice little touches. We're not only playing a home prelim this year but we've got a hell of a lot of future too.

Clugga was fantastic and came out determined after that hip injury and really stamped his influence on the game. And Joe stood up.

 

[McIvor]

I’d written us off in the second quarter and boy was I wrong. Fantastic effort and how good are some of our young boys; Wilmot and Jaspa, just wish Will was out there with them.

That first half from Cam was insanely good.

 

[RandB]

It's you guys vs the Filth in the GF.

Don't * it up!

 

[Sproj]

That was a statement. They really tried to play the Port way and run us off our feet and we responded each time, premiership style football. We actually never looked like getting beaten, that was phenomenal.

 

[RoyBoy17]

Proud, answered every challenge and the best thing was how even the performance was across the board. We didn’t rely on a few.

 

[FFB1]

That’s what I’m talking about

 

[Lockie]

Wow what a game! Wilmot was fabulous. I think that lose to Melbourne was significant for us maturing as a team.

 

[FFB1]

Got zero interest in player votes tonight #TeamEffort

 

[McIvor]

Already looking forward to watching the replay without the stress and worrying about the dodgy umpiring.

 

[Mr Ripper]

Jaspa is going to steal the plaudits (and deservedly so), but another 19yo in Darcy Wilmot is fast becoming a very accomplished league footballer.

 

[BrownYouGun]

Surprised how few votes for Hipwood, was excellent (goal kicking aside).

Such a good win, we should always have too much for them but good to do it so comfortably in the end and stop the momentum they had in the 2nd/3rd

 

[BRAB]

MAGICAL evening.

Charlie kicking two in 30 seconds while the entire crowd bellows out country roads is a top 5 Gabba moment.