The panel unpacks Brisbane's DEMOLITION of Sydney and what it means for Longmire - Sunday Footy Show

[@StuTheDon17]

As long as I live, I do not want to see Sydney in another GF. They ruin the best day of the year.

[@kiliantp]

I'm a Swans fan and a part of me agrees with you!

[@MrAvilla333]

05 and 06 possibly the best grand finals you’ll see

[@iancocks9408]

Absolutely hopeless grand final team

[@iancocks9408]

@@MrAvilla333yep and thats many years ago, never going to win with dud Franklin and now not without either

[@AlbieAughtie]

That was back in the low scoring days. Nah they weren't that great. ​@@MrAvilla333

[@imalwaysright]

Damo carrying on like he’s got the exclusive on Daniher. Give it a rest

[@jimmyriddle5246]

Damien Me Me Barrett

[@mayor_of_marrickville]

Also said midway thru the year they’ll miss finals 😂

[@stuhead7607]

If he knows then encourage him to come to north we need anyone, cmon Barrett your a north fan so do something lol. Jokes aside hope joe continues to play but what a way to end it

[@War20-4]

Brisbane just wanted it more. Over by halftime, Agreed swans looked timid throughout the game, it’s a Grand final you go hard, play hard tackle hard. There’s no time to be soft in a Final.

[@PrinceofTroy-kx3nk]

Exactamundo Truth 🎯

[@GGGlynn]

Judging by the balloons if you didn’t know better you’d think that west coast won yesterday

[@dorianfarr6799]

Haha the choice of purple instead of red is questionable.

[@debbiediehm2011]

Fages wasn’t stood down - HE STEPPED DOWN!

[@debbiediehm2011]

Winge about The Swans bad game instead of how well the Lions played

[@markrobinson9394]

@@dorianfarr6799Presumably, someone thought purple and maroon were the same colours.

[@felixstone7593]

@@markrobinson9394 its also possible the ballon looked closer in colour before the rubber was stretched out by its inflation, still a very poor effort by the show

[@phatboi4557]

Swans thought playing "bruise free footy" would win them a flag😂😂

[@gdbssa]

Lets play the exact opposite style of footy that won us a flag in 2012 and see if it will work the 4th time around 🤡

[@scottbrushett152]

Yeh you could tell Brisbane wanted it more on the first 15mins of the game regardless of the score in the first qtr

[@bradenhue6066]

​@@scottbrushett152 True, their handballs and tackles despite poor goal kicking showed they were 'on'

[@dhenderson1810]

They don't have "tough" players who put their head over the ball.

[@dhenderson1810]

Sydney struggle on the MCG.

[@JayYoung313]

Lions defence was just immaculate. They just controlled that game 🔥🦁❤️

[@imalwaysright]

Kane was calling Fagan “too soft” throughout the year and demanding he dropped players etc. Well, “Softie” didn’t do any of what Kane wanted, got them out of the bottom 8 this year, got them through those 2 prelims, and now won the flag from outside the top. 4. Coach of the year too. Kane also said Lions wouldn’t win a flag with certain players in their team 😂😂😂

[@Tosicc567]

fagan has taught the players well enough, that he knows that they're capable of pulling this off

[@MariaTurner-gx5bv]

It is common knowledge that Brisbane teams are always uderestimated by the south.

[@DrShred24]

@@MariaTurner-gx5bvreally? Even in 01, 02, 03? Dunno about that

[@lukemate2783]

@@MariaTurner-gx5bvthey were one of the favourites all year?

[@0077725]

Kane has always been a flog with mostly garbage takes.

[@jamesward860]

the new era of the swanny wobbles ... the torch has been passed

[@thetwogardens6048]

hahahah

[@Tosicc567]

turns out fagan trusting his players was the best coaching move lol He has taught them so well he knows they know exactly what is asked of them. Also hipwood played with an injury since round 19, still performed his role and managed to have some impact. How is hipwood playing with an injury better than heeney lmao

[@robertlynch8137]

Heeney is a bottom

[@KevinCostner471]

Heeney was still recovering from taking "Mark of the Year".

[@robertlynch8137]

@@KevinCostner471 marked a penis right into this mouth LOLs

[@ddw-ge1ss]

The winner of the Brisbane Geelong prelim was always gonna smash Sydney

[@terrythekittieful]

As a Cats supporter I feel so much better with that result yesterday. The MCG is not the SCG.

[@garrywallah4966]

Yeh that's what everyone was saying before the game... NOT. All experts in hindsight.

[@kyedouglas482]

@@garrywallah4966absolutely and if Brisbane had lost they’d be saying “Brisbane played their final last week against the cats…”

[@bradenhue6066]

Who should of put $$$$ on it as underdogs

[@veddyveddygood]

Gee that's a brave prediction 24hrs AFTER the game. Outstanding.

[@kiliantp]

It's hard to fathom how those were the same men that won more games and scored more points than any other team this season. I've been a Swans fan for 28 years and I've come to the sad conclusion that, gifted coach though he is, Horse won't be able to get us over that line again. The 2012 side still had a large part of the nucleus and leadership of the team that Paul Roos built. Since that great day we've been smashed in 3 out of 4 GFs we've reached by 60 points or more. No fight, no grit, no ideas in the game that matters most of all. it's just devastating to watch.

[@1362pc]

Fitzroy would have been going off last night...go the Lions

[@thad1488]

junkies and lefties? i doubt it

[@Aaliyahchannel2024]

The lions are Fitzroy merger with Brisbane Bears forming a new team...The Brisbane Lions. Lions aren't Fitzroy...Just like your life is worth living.

[@Mark-f7o]

​@@Aaliyahchannel2024yep I know the history. I'm an old Fitzroy supporter from way before 1996 and know the history..I'm 61 years old and lived through it.

[@tb7667]

As a swans supporter, I was more nervous than I have ever been before yesterday's game because I just knew we had a performance like that in us. I am kind of kicking myself that I didn't have the foresight to bet on Brisbane to win by 40+.

[@gdbssa]

Mate I had that exact feeling. Its the most talented list in my lifetime and I dont trust them 🤣

[@gdbssa]

@@Mark-f7o Swans list mate* pretty obivous in the context.

[@AlbieAughtie]

Tom 'The Smear' Papley...where were you big mouth?

[@insertnamehere5809]

He disappeared, just like he did against Geelong in 2022

[@stevesalkas9128]

Swanwobbles😅

[@La-vc6nt]

@Albie....... 💯💯👍👌 What a flog

[@mizurp]

Can’t do it all himself. Still the best small forward in the comp DH

[@Comatosedpeanut]

@@mizurpgoes missing when it counts. How can Sydney have all the best players in all the positions if they constantly get flogged every grand final.

[@jeffpopova-clark3500]

Why is no-one mentioning the awesome midfield tackling of Josh Dunkley. He is the one who is most responsible for shutting down the 3-headed midfield beast of Sydney that was supposed to do the job at this Grand Final. No denying Neale's inhumanly clean hands and ability to clear a ball out from inside, but Dunks shut it down every time Heeney, Gulden, Warner, Rowbottom, or Grundy got it in their mits. Warner, Papley, Heeney - 1 tackle each for the whole game!

[@dhenderson1810]

60 points flatters Sydney.. Daniher kicked three behinds which could have been goals. Also, Sydney came back in the last quarter and kicked a few goals late as Brisbane took the foot off. So it could have been 90 to 100 points over wise.

[@lukemckean6155]

Glad they didn’t say Ashcroft was the youngest ever Norm Smith Medallist as others have said. Wayne Harmes was 19 when he won the first Norm Smith in 1979

[@mentalosrs3076]

That was during the VFL era. Theyve separated the two so "new" records can make headlines. Either way, kids a star and deserved it

[@AlonsoRules]

I was at the SANFL Grand Final last week and both teams went for it from the first bounce to the final siren - nobody could blame lack of effort for a loss. Sydney were weak, their effort was terrible. That's why they lost.

[@thescoutn2967]

glenelg were dirty and have been cited 6 times for striking off the ball. will gould with 3 weeks and a fine, disgusting antics but a very contested game as you said.

[@Mark-f7o]

Mate of mine drove over there to watch it. Glenelg fan as well as old Fitzroy boy.

[@jackwaite4035]

John Longmires only offered excuses in that press conference there were all pathetic. Complaining about the pre finals bye and injuries, get a grip. You expected to play bruise free football and win a flag. There was no intensity or pressure, you let Brisbane do whatever they want.

[@melbgrk6725]

Not a Lions fan but so glad they won. Go the Roy’s!!

[@Mark-f7o]

I'm an old Roy boy myself and so is my 92 year old father..he just loves the lions.

[@Th3L0wK1]

@@Mark-f7oas the song says “Like Fitzroy and Bears of old All for one, and one for all”

[@Mark-f7o]

@@Th3L0wK1 too true.

[@KeepCalmEden]

Lmao red balloons were obviously out of stock

[@aussieswatching3135]

Maroon not red

[@miljoy91]

Haha looks like West Coast!

[@jibba0jabba1]

They went maroon, blue, yellow, blue which makes it look like Eagles haha

[@BennosCamaro]

Go the eagles! 🦅 😂

[@matthewmcmaster8770]

Maybe they cost an extra $3 and TJ was doing the shopping

[@aplund]

After seeing Zorko distribute the beers after the match, there will be many over 35s teams in Brisbane ready to nab him when he's out of contract.

[@davidnewman8470]

The Swans need to do what West Coast had the foresight to do and create a new ground that has the exact same dimensions of the MCG. If the Swans played every one of their last 4 GFs at the SCG they would be premiers. But the MCG is where premierships are won. They had no control of the game at any stage yesterday.

[@purebloodsunite7489]

Optus isn't the same dimensions as the MCG

[@gdbssa]

@@purebloodsunite7489 Optus doesnt have half the atmopshere Subiaco did

[@lukemate2783]

@@gdbssathe WACA was beast

[@SilentHotdog28]

@@purebloodsunite7489 I think it's pretty close.

[@cmadelaide56]

Not really sure copying anything West Coast has done is a smart move. All this fluff about the MCG is a red herring - Brisbane just played better on the day, plain and simple.

[@fuzz7981]

No more Sydney in the GF. Completely ruined the occasion yet again. Makes the game look like a farce on the biggest stage of all.

[@effkay3691]

So much for the “bloods” nonsense. They’ve been favourites for their last 4 GFs and have been humiliated in all of them. More like Bloody Soft!

[@rindiesel1678]

Weren't favourites against Geelong in 2022. I know because I bet on Geelong.

[@lockedout8643]

Geelong were favorites in 22 and they got rolled by the umps in 16. Been poor the last couple no doubt though.

[@paulweston285]

Swannywobbles

[@darkmatter7301]

Upon reflection the “bloods” is really the Paul Roos era. They were in the wilderness and to win in 05 and compete hard in 06 was legendary as they were unfashionable. 2012 was the tail end of that era. The “bloods” culture is long gone. These guys are front runners and soft in an un-Sydney like way.

[@mjames4709]

Agree. That culture crap is just that: crap!

[@endakis1]

hearing Damo talk is like listening to a cat dieing

[@kbkarnesis]

Blakey had a SHOCKER played for free kicks he was TERRIBLE

[@ray.shoesmith]

Longmire doesnt have a message anymore, he should retire gracefully instead of getting sacked

[@JustinSteele-gd5nu]

Unless you go for Sydney or Geelong, you dont understand how blessed you are. What happens if you replace him with cox and then cox doesn't work? You got one of the best coaches in the history of the game, and you wanna sack him because his lost 2 out of the last 3 grand finals 😅 i know 14 other clubs who would be happy to even have made the top 4. When you have something great but want more, you will end up with nothing, and then it's too late.

[@jogon9649]

how many coaches could get them to 6 grandfinals, youre more likely to go back more steps than forward

[@brentt8940]

People said the same thing about Scott at 2021. Step down. Ended up winning the flag 1 year later

[@offtodamoon]

2 out of the last 3? Try 4 out of the last 5.

[@JustinSteele-gd5nu]

@offtodamoon your talking over a 15-year period. Like I said before, be grateful you have a coach that has managed that and over such a long period. Sydney and Geelong have been lucky, and every fan sees it besides their own. No club stays up there that long or makes that many grand finals. It's rare it's why Scott's the only coach to have come close. I dont care though. I hope he steps down so you fans in 5 years can understand what you actually had and how disgraceful towards a club and afl legend.

[@BruceB-fo4gj]

Anyone still saying that Heeney Warner and Gulden is as good as Brisbane's Voss Akermanis and Black 😂

[@MariaTurner-gx5bv]

That is an insult to the three lions great. no comparison.

[@thesecretwombat056]

their not even better than neale dunkley and ashcroft 😂

[@MattSpencer-g4x]

Three-pronged Swans tall forward line set-up is too big too slow. It may work on SCG but gets found out on MCG

[@lovegod8582]

And are not good players

[@ShoeSnatchinWilly]

Lions defenders were way too strong in the air. Would have been just as bad with smaller forwards.

[@itsmedeni007]

Amarti is no good and very poor yesterday

[@taxads7791]

It barely works at the scg, they're just no good

[@veddyveddygood]

Hasn't Amartey and McDonald signed long term contracts?

[@gritfitstudios]

Is it possible to consider that Sydney play on a very small ground and have a significant advantage so their results during the year and finals is false? They have lost 4 straight grand finals after having strong years and finals at the SCG. Just a thought.

[@AlbieAughtie]

And Mick McGuane wrote an article in the HS saying the MCG would suit the Swans. It's the space that exposes their weakness.

[@dcollis1239]

@@gritfitstudios probably something in this. They looked lost at the G, just wandering around leaving Brissy guys with metres of space.

[@gdbssa]

You do realise The SCG has had multiple renovations oer the past 20 years? Different dimensions, sure like any other football ground but Its not that much shorter in length than the G now.

[@roryo2040]

Games have been played on the scg for 40 years. No issues. The ground is 5m shorter than the mcg and equivalent to a number of other grounds. The swans finish minor premiers and all of a sudden there's this magical advantage

[@dhenderson1810]

They struggle on the MCG.

[@jackmag4056]

Swans are a great H&A , nothing more nothing less

[@peterrichards1058]

If any coach other than Ken Hinkley deserves to win a GF it was Fagan and I am Tigers supporter. Well done Brisbane well played.

[@jimmyriddle5246]

Why the hell does Hinkley deserve to win one? It's been 12 years and he hasn't even made it to a GF nevermind actually win one !

[@guyh9992]

Blight didn't stay at Geelong after losing four Grand Finals and neither did Hafey at Collingwood. There is just too much baggage within the club, between the coach and administration, coach and players and between players. There has to be some sort of circuit breaker in the form of the coach leaving particularly as Sydney is so mentally scarred it is unlikely to make finals next year.

[@christineabdelahad9435]

And they don't learn from mistakes

[@Day_Jyer]

Blight only lost 3

[@GaryLorenz-t7c]

But however, that Malcolm Blight was the new coach of the Adelaide Crows Team & he took them to the (1997) AFL Grand Final in was their Very (1st First) Time & they are ending up winning it for their Very (1st First) Time against St Kilda and the final score/s were Adelaide Crows 19-11-125 - St Kilda Saints 13-16-94, of course.

[@stuhead7607]

Lions had the momentum in the last portion of the home away season, and come finals you win games with your back against the wall. Footy is won with momentum, belief and hunger and they had it. Good on them, as a neutral it was great to see them win. Great man management by Fagen, and his coaching team. Shut up Barrett….😅

[@hotkeyafl]

Matthew "they've got to live with this" Lloyd

[@darkdrum1968]

Swans just didn’t show up again. Sydney’s midfield was non existent. No pressure.

[@kymcha]

I reckon the panel should have raised the post match pressers for both JL & CF. Whatever manager is responsible for the media facilities at the MCG should give up and find something else to do for a living. Whatever AFL manager is responsible for ensuring that post-match pressers are NOT embarrassingly amateurish should join the MCG manager in the CentreLink unemployment queue.

[@shannonbaron7302]

Why wasn’t Parker playing in the middle, the meek young mids got shamed and their biggest offensive weapon was on a negating role in the fwd line. Dumb

[@DustDustDust790]

Where is the pressure on Longmire?!? He is incompetent WHEN IT COUNTS. For Heaven's sake Sydney, REMOVE him!!!

[@jetsetsabreena4769]

The Swans played like they did not have a heartbeat, by midway of the 2nd they looked like the wind was taken out of their sails and the Lions just took their heart.

[@thequartersfooty]

What really disappointing from a Sydney perspective, they were minor premiers, they at a home Qualifying Final win against GWS, one week off, home Preliminary Final win against Port Adelaide. They had all the best cards in their hand. No travel at all. They wasted the perfect poker hand quite frankly. Brisbane on the other hand finished 5th on the H&A ladder, played the home Elimination Final at home and beat Carlton, then played a semi final and down by 44 points to GWS at Giants Stadium and beat them, then played Geelong in the Preliminary Final at the MCG and down by 25 points in the third term and still win. While Brisbane had to fight and compete hard and travel back and forwards, Sydney had the easy route and still didn't get the job done, and Brisbane did it the hard way. So Brisbane in the end will deserving premiership and I am happy they got one after a 21 years drought from the last, and they should be proud of this premiership on where they came from at the start of the season.

[@gdbssa]

2016 all over again

[@thequartersfooty]

@@gdbssa Bingo: And I dare say in the AFL Era of finals. 1996, 2014, 2016 & 2024. Every time the Swans were minor premiers, the same thing has happened. The perfect and easy setup for the Grand Final and they waste it completely.

[@gdbssa]

@@thequartersfootyNobody was beating the King in 96. I love all our academy talent but there isnt a Brett Kirk, Adam Goodes or a Jude Bolton type leader and it becomes painfully obvious when it matters most.

[@lukemate2783]

Thanks captain

[@thequartersfooty]

@@lukemate2783 You're Welcome

[@JustinSteele-gd5nu]

22 sydney swans turned up at the MCG grandfinal day. Once that ball's bounced them swans turn into sydney chickens 😂

[@Robert-mn8gc]

Nah not Chickens .. There New Name is the SWANNETTES... 😅😅😅😅😅😅 Told my mates the Brisbane Lions 🦁 would SMASH Them .

[@stevesalkas9128]

Swanwobbles😅

[@chriscoyne4827]

@@stevesalkas9128 the where's Wally's

[@KevinCostner471]

Katy Perry's Roar spooked them.

[@lukemate2783]

@@Robert-mn8gcI followed your mates home

[@thetwogardens6048]

The panel were saying what a loss Grundy was to Collingwood. Grundy got outplayed by a AFL journeyman Darcy Fort !

[@glazeddonuts9336]

Where’s this so called bloods culture on grand final day ? All talk no bite absolute embarrassment of a club with how big their ego is

[@veddyveddygood]

The was the Roos era - not applicable to the Longmire era.

[@brayofficial2160]

You know your team well enough when you can see them getting beaten in the second quarter that you stop watching it to avoid the heartbreak

[@tullynona2750]

The entire Lions line up stood up as one and went boom 💥....bobs your uncle Swans.

[@samsnuts4716]

It was a master class from lions coaching team that won the game.

[@burningsagemanmusic7491]

One of the easiest grand final wins ever... Handed on a platter!

[@rachelascher8942]

Imagine paying $450.00 to watch the lions train. 😮

[@SilentHotdog28]

HAHA

[@terrybell9339]

Comment of the year 🎉😂

[@damncoldmusic1437]

Great comment, mate! Absolute gold! 😂

[@michaelcooper9554]

As a swans supporter, the brutal simplicity of this sledge is commendable

[@2011GamerBoy]

A champion team will always beat a team that has a few “champions” Lions did what, hawthorn and Geelong did in 14 and 22. Brutalised the swans. They think their gonna go into a grand final and be untouched? Jokers. Good on the lions the tougher and better team won. Sydney can keep being show ponies

[@cfssuperhero]

Legendary win! 🥰🥰🥰🦁

[@eugenekrabs8986]

Reckon the Lions could be set up for a dynasty now. Another Ashcroft coming in plus they have lots of great young players. Neale will still be around. Hard to see them being stopped next year.

[@philsoutlook]

This cats fan agrees with you, and to add to your point, injured players will be coming back too. I can definitely see them going back to back after yesterday.

[@christineabdelahad9435]

Lester, starcevich, daniher and zorko will probably be gone after 2 more years

[@finnmahoney4355]

⁠@@christineabdelahad9435 starcevich is 25?

[@christineabdelahad9435]

@@finnmahoney4355 except him

[@RetroBackslash]

Isn’t that what Collingwood fans were saying last year?

[@tonymaiorano2749]

Love Joe Daniher. And I am a magpie fan.

[@jameschristiansson3137]

Same!

[@patrickmilner4149]

Always been a snoozefest for the neutrals and a bloodbath for the opposition whenever they've been in a Grand Final since 2014. Worst interstate losing team in Grand Finals. 2 wins and 6 losses since relocating to Sydney 💀

[@thebops4180]

SYDNEY were horrible. What a CHOKE job! Well done Brisbane . . .

[@Simon-zo2vo]

As a Swans fan, sack the Horse and Grundy.

[@ma3stro681]

And Kinnear Beatson in recruiting. He’s also been there too long …

[@bede705]

Grundy was probably your second best player apart from Parker who was your only multiple goal kicker 😹

[@noirjacques3274]

Fun fact: In the 42 years since re-location, Sydney are still one premiership behind what their old guise, South Melbourne, did.

[@christineabdelahad9435]

Should've stayed in south Melbourne

[@noirjacques3274]

@@christineabdelahad9435 👍 I reckon they’d have been more loyal. Sydney is fair-weather in their support; if the team has bad seasons (granted- not for a while), their crowds would be alot poorer.

[@warwickwhatley9549]

Master class in coaching. Hear that, Davibd King. Master class.

[@flyinguitars1]

Catches win matches and so does kicking goals, Joel Amartey, Logan McDonald, 4 kicks between them.

[@stevepetty3458]

Plastic Papley , a protected species because the game physicality protection changes. Runs around trying so hard to look all gangster. Can actually play, invest your time into your ability and not trying to bogeyman every single oppo player

[@La-vc6nt]

@steveo........ 💯👌👍 Papley is a total FLOG!

[@anthonyd4771]

It's not non Victorian teams that was the issue. It's the fact it was 2 NRL states

[@AlbieAughtie]

Over 100,000 NRL state teams fans packed the MCG. Same night two Sydney NRL teams fans still hardly show up to a preliminary final.

[@gdbssa]

@@AlbieAughtie NSW is still an NRL State for the most part. Walk around the Sydney CBD on a weekend and you'd have no idea they even play Rugby League in this city but theres Swans scarfs everywhere.

[@videohistorysnippets8963]

Swans didn’t put Brisbane under any real heat at any stage in this game, total fizzer of a game. It’s all well and good with the Swans and also Geelong always contending but at the end of the day it’s about winning the premiership not just being there.

[@philsoutlook]

To be fair Geelong won it just a couple years ago

[@lukemate2783]

The most interesting and competitive season of all time with the biggest anti climax of all time. Sad.

[@etomedo888]

What a dismal performance (yet again) in a GF. Embarrassing after so much hype throughout the year.

[@kerrybourke5018]

Is someone on the Sunday footy show set crew colour blind...since when Brisbane Lions have yellow and blue balloons for their team....😂

[@wino5086]

Yellow/GOLD balloons for the Bears... "We are the pride of Brisbane town We wear maroon, blue and GOLD We will always fight for victory Like Fitzroy and Bears of old" Sold at AFL shops/retail outlets -official merchandise with Lions logos on the balloons in maroon, blue and GOLD🙄

[@brayofficial2160]

Not even outplayed we just didn't turn up. 5 minutes in we were rattled and all over the place

[@gdbssa]

Shout out to Will Hayward paying for my beers so I could numb myself

[@frustralia4293]

Gave up as soon as it got hard. Pathetic.

[@brayofficial2160]

This was the last straw for me. A team like Sydney will make you wanna get your life together

[@garion046]

Yeah, 5 mins in I was thinking Brisbane started well but would rue missing some easy set shots when Sydney had their turn. Then Sydney... never got better. Brisbane played great, but I barely saw any of the quality from Sydney that I expected.

[@brayofficial2160]

@@garion046 I saw straight away that we were rattled and the occasion was gonna get to us. We looked slack but everyone was saying Brisbane out beat us. Probably...but we made it easy for them

[@phillipberger5919]

Brisbane vs Sydney witchers hats.

[@TBoneTony]

6 minutes in the 2nd Quarter was a smashing, the Swans never recovered after that.

[@dobese7086]

How about the start keeping Carlton goalless for almost 2 quarters.

[@simonayers8033]

Sydney is deathly allergic to a trophy. What a totally wasted season you losers. Pack your bags Longmire. You are done

[@9slideglide]

The first rule of coaching is don't get beaten by what you know. Sydney knew they were up against a gun on a mission - dual Brownlow medallist Neale. In Round 19 Taylor Adams beat him convincingly, but was not selected for the Grand Final. And Sydney chose not to play their closest checking player James Jordan on Neale. Sydney got beaten by what they know!

[@windyhillbomber]

Not picking Callum Mills was a ‘Sydney Statement of Intent’. Hahaha.

[@barbfowler5889]

It was pathetic to watch! Brisbane must have been laughing at just how easy it was to have over 100 uncontested marks! Swans couldn’t catch them when they chased! It was just all too easy for Brisbane! I don’t know how long it’s going to take for me to get over such a dismal performance!

[@stevesalkas9128]

Longmire give macrae a call see how he is 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@leighsymons5619]

The AFL's love child absolutely chokes on the biggest stage time and again. Papley gives it full revs in the minor rounds then is found wanting when it counts.

[@gdbssa]

I must have missed the part where The Orange team lost the Grand Final.

[@NJards-zt4fp]

There's been heaps of GFs with two non Victorian teams.

[@likedporter2895]

Did West Coast win

[@garrywallah4966]

No Williamstown VFL

[@Jack-r2v9b]

East Coast

[@gdbssa]

@@garrywallah4966 You Victorians are just getting desperate now

[@KevinCostner471]

Peel Thunder won.

[@wino5086]

They might have if they made the GF and were playing Sydney😜

[@ohisww]

Maybe danii laidley would be a worthy addition to the coaching panel next year for the swans?

[@petermcculloch4933]

I understand the AFL desperately wants the Sydney market and the advertising revenue good Sydney ratings will bring.But giving the Swans a favorable fixture and a better than average chance of making the grand final is making the games showcase match sleep inducing

[@phillipwinning2935]

The so called experts conveniently forgot to mention that the swans were beaten by 110 points not far out from the finals ,u don’t have to b an ex AFL player to know that any side that gets flogged like that must have problems

[@richardswainson1555]

They could have Used Red & White Ballloons who give a “ F” LIONS PREMIERS 2024 ! 🦁

[@jimlaw8199]

The Sydney experiment is over, it's time for the the Swannywobbles to fold. They continue to get to grand finals through unfair advantage, then ruin it for everyone by having a massive choke on the day.

[@darrenoleary5952]

If that were the case, then Collingwood should have gone several decades ago back in the late 70's to early 80's where they lost the GF replay to Nth Melb in '77 and lost 3 on the trot from '79 to '81.

[@thetwogardens6048]

They only win at the SCG with umpire help. A collingwood v Lions Game would have been more Entertaining !

[@RetroBackslash]

😂😂😂 Minor premiers by a mile. Made the GF. Played some great football throughout the season. Consistently making finals. And you ‘think’ they’re a failed experiment 😂😂😂 Congratulations, your take is the dumbest take I’ve seen on the GF.

[@cmadelaide56]

I feel stupider for having read this. Minor premiership, made the GF, record membership, record crowds. Loses the GF a week after winning a prelim by a mile and a clueless muppet calls it a failed experiment.

[@TwoFourFourFour]

4:45 stop bringing up that BS cash grab racism saga

[@jayden6047]

Matthew Lloyd tipped against Brisbane EVERY game and said he couldn’t trust us 😂😂😂

[@jtiger1062]

Great to see the journalist who wanted to bury Fagan due to the racism scandal and the poor start this year have egg on their face…I hope those same journalist choke eating their humble pie…achee was phenomenal and deserves more plaudits especially in this final series kicking bags of goals and beating Whitfield and Stewart in the last 3 weeks…

[@taxads7791]

Hey Damo, tell us about the chad 😂, or tell us a little about the hawks tanking.. it might be funny for us listening to this bloke waffle on about rubbish, but hes the one laughing as he gets big money to talk such tripe

[@Rowsy91]

Absolute Embarrassment Was all excited to watch a great grand final at midnight here, what a letdown it ended up being

[@K.J.S.est1994]

John Longmire is the AFL equivalent to NRL coach Ricky Stuart. Longmire only won a premiership with the Swans in 2012 due to inheriting the team from former coach Paul Roos following his departure after the 2010 season. Same with Stuart when he coached the Sydney Roosters to a NRL Premiership in 2002 due to Graham Murray leaving after 2001. Sorry Horse, but sadly, you should’ve been given your marching orders five years ago and it’s absolutely laughable that he has been re-signed to new contracts twice.

[@TomasUjhelyi]

Christ mate that’s a bit harsh. Bringing a team to as many granny’s as he has is anything but sack worthy

[@richardbehan8118]

He did a rebuild in one year. It's not his fault the players fold under pressure.

[@christineabdelahad9435]

​@richardbehan8118 and played injured guys in 2022 and this year, mcdonald and heeney

[@richardbehan8118]

@@christineabdelahad9435 yeh, most teams go into grand finals with injuries.

[@DrKrunchy]

Everyone should be grateful it was Swans and not port 😂 port would of got decked by 100+

[@BlueprintCTS]

Nothing better than crying Sydney analyst and supporters blaming there boys too harsh there !

[@BOboO-us5tu]

I don't think I've seen cleaner footy in a GF. They were a team possessed.

[@arlettresc1582]

Safe travels Jam 😊

[@hannahshave8402]

Sydney Swans, is the most dirty and arrogant team in the AFL. They think that they are unbeatable during the season rounds but when it comes to the GF most vfl team is better than them, digusting and embarrsing, this club should diminish better yet they should just merge with gws or perhaps Tasmania hahahaha

[@gdbssa]

Victorians are still salty I see 🤣

[@lukemate2783]

No one agrees with this take at all

[@cantbegood7]

@@gdbssaVics are not salty. They are all happy Sydney lost 😂😂

[@vittoriosports7898]

The Malcolm Blight comparison makes no sense considering he found success elsewhere and the Cats never won a flag

[@idontdovarioustasks]

They won 4 since then actually

[@vittoriosports7898]

@@idontdovarioustasks 13 years and a coach after they won Blight. It is absolutely not the case that the firing of Blight led to those flags. Not even close to the same team That point is literally saying they should sack Longmire because they could win the flag on 2037

[@idontdovarioustasks]

@@vittoriosports7898 touche

[@fredfish4316]

Umps didn't know who to favour, so wonderful Swans just copped a brilliant Lions on another good day.

[@LomuHabana]

Sydney was not good enough period. For third time in the last 11 years. If you get destroyed in a granny, you are not a premiership worthy team.

[@タコの王]

Sydney has a fantastic team, look at what they did to PA last game, but the coaches??? What were they doing???

[@kymcha]

The Lions are a whole different proposition to PA.

[@AlbieAughtie]

Jesus after what Geelong also did to them on their deck I wouldn't use Port as a yard stick of any sort

[@gdbssa]

A rare W for Damo

[@tonytone5856]

Joel amartey probably isn't up to it.well done Brisbane.