ALM Grand Final vs Victory 23/24

[Ironbark]

We all know anything can happen in a grand final, but if there's ever been a time to believe we have it in us it's now

No chicken counting but our destiny is in our hands

 

[Corsair]

We all know anything can happen in a grand final, but if there's ever been a time to believe we have it in us it's now

No chicken counting but our destiny is in our hands

We've had our ass handed to us at home by VUC in previous seasons. This team can maul them bad and deliver vengeance.

 

[pjennings]

We've played them 3 times this season for 2 draws and a 1-0 win. No reason we can't win but equally no reason to think it will be easy.

 

[Ironbark]

Completely agree

 

[Meerkat]

We've played them 3 times this season for 2 draws and a 1-0 win. No reason we can't win but equally no reason to think it will be easy.

Exactly.

I don’t think there was a person alive who thought Nix wouldn’t bring home the win, at home on Saturday. They had lost only once at home all year and Victory hadn’t troubled them, massively.

We can absolutely do it, but I don’t count chickens til the final whistle has blown and VAR has cleared it 😂

 

[FFC Mariner]

We will beat them.Popa ball is to defend doggedly. You want us to have the ball champ?
Bold strategy

 

[Capn Gus Bloodbeard]

Exactly.

I don’t think there was a person alive who thought Nix wouldn’t bring home the win, at home on Saturday. They had lost only once at home all year and Victory hadn’t troubled them, massively.

We can absolutely do it, but I don’t count chickens til the final whistle has blown and VAR has cleared it 😂

I feel like the occasion got to Nix....looked like a game they lost more than MV won.

MV's antics were pretty disgraceful that game too.

But, it's not just about that game. The result is a great demonstration of why playing to draw the first leg, with the expectation to bring it home, is so risky.

I'd rather try to win 2 games, then try to win 1 and hope they don't win the other. I can see the reasoning behind it.....but it doesn't leave any room for mistakes. Or for the team having an off-game.

But yes - we are facing a team who has, as a club, a lot of GF experience. And unlike City, they'll bring fans up, and they'll be loud.

This will be a tough match. I wonder how much changing our plan for last game was a factor in us playing so unsettled and whether we go back to Plan A.

 

[JoyfulPenguin]

Tickets definitely more expensive than they should be, but around the same price as the Aleague All Stars tickets.

We at least have the better value there.

 

[dlanod]

With respect to pricing, exxy but (without checking currently), it seems consistent with other codes' pinnacle events. Football has undervalued itself in the past.
This is special but justifying the outlay is an individual decision

Soooooo much cheaper than other codes.

I've been to NRL and AFL Grand Finals as well - NRL was about $300 for a pretty shit ticket. AFL was all locked up in membership ballots, but when you get a ticket it's pretty much guaranteed to be $350-$450 per person. They technically have cheaper tickets (still almost $200) but it's minimal numbers and randomly allocated just to look good for headlines.

 

[finally retired]

We will beat them.Popa ball is to defend doggedly. You want us to have the ball champ?
Bold strategy

Sounds like us 🤣

 

[JoyfulPenguin]

A warning for those buying tickets, BOM saying an 80% chance of rain.

 

[Melange]

A warning for those buying tickets, BOM saying an 80% chance of rain.

I'm ordering mine from inside my house, so I should be ok 😁

 

[JoyfulPenguin]

Wooooo ticket got!

 

[Wedgie]

Woohoo, now have Flights, Accom, Car hire and game tickets done!
Next besides praying flights aren't changed/cancelled is to work out the best place to go for pre match drinks before the game!
Bring it on!
PS Unlike last year return flights have been booked for Monday in case there's something to celebrate on Sunday, the flight home Sunday morning last year was hard work!

 

[LFCMariners]

Bay 16 again. Game on.

 

[Forum Phoenix]

All bets are off in a GF. Victory have players capable of having blinders who can win a GF for their team. We have a team whose belief and achievement is immense. Heart always says yellow. But Impossible to call for mine.

 

[FFC Mariner]

All bets are off in a GF. Victory have players capable of having blinders who can win a GF for their team. We have a team whose belief and achievement is immense. Heart always says yellow. But Impossible to call for mine.

Nope. We are specials here.
2 nil.
Goal in each half

 

[Charlie1]

Any tifo or March being arranged ?

 

[sydmariner]

Any tifo or March being arranged ?

No tifo but maybe a march

 

[booney]

Popa will want to portray them as underdogs.Well let's make them our bitches.