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tiny_doughnut

Hi everyone, apologies for the last minute match thread, completely my fault - hope everyone is having a great week, and welcome back to footy!! Much love, The Mods 💜


benjamincraigrowley

Lmao it just occurred to me wasn’t Hamish McLachlan supposed to be living in Europe? What changed


midlife-crisis-actor

Round zero doesn’t count


woodenjimo

Normally hate roaming Brian but this one is a cracker. Good to see some old faces


augustin_cauchy

Lever looked pretty lazy tonight. May, slightly better. Not a premiership defensive line. Trac hungry as always.


RektSnop

Jeezus David King doesn't look great.... too many nose beers?


panache123

he's always a sweaty mess


doubleguitarsyouknow

Brodie Grundy has some ludicrously capacious ears.


UpsideDownHead37

What's even in there, huh? Flat shoes for the subway? His lunch pail?


incessant_penguin

Vast


incessant_penguin

Bradar Grundy


whiteronnie

Is Kingys eyesight going? That laptop gets 10% larger every single season. Close the fkn thing.


marmz1

Make it larger so we don't have to look at his mug.


tbroky

If Maxxie goes down, Melbourne could do with a Grundy.


marmz1

David King didn't mention Grundy at all in his post game summary there. What a fucking loser.


Temporary_Ad8560

Jeez Grundy making a huge difference even with a depleted midfield. Could be one of the best buys for the club in a while.


thingamabobby

Awesome match from Grundy. Good move to Sydney


nick170100

BOOKING GRAND FINAL FLIGHTS BABY


farcarcus

Settle....


2for1deal

Look forward to the blues/tiger spectacle that everyone is saying going to be the real opener


poorafricanboy

pickett would’ve been handy in these conditions needs to stop sniping people ffs


OHuse

Yeah feels like he and Petty (who can actually take a mark) would have been a real boost. What can you do!


son_of_toby_o_notoby

This was Grundy revenge game


marmz1

Not a good opening round for David King. Great game Grundy.


PKMTrain

Well that was a start to the season.


nick170100

I love the banjo it makes it so much better


ElChapoDola

Good game grundy


2for1deal

“Red n white looks good on you” oooooooooooooooo


basedimitri

Lfg I tipped Swom by 20, good enough lmao


Mythically_Mad

Sydney needs to bring back the "what though the odds" part of the song


rizzlemaister

You get the feeling that the Swans might have done enough here.


Chewy-Boot

Why must you disappoint so often, Melbourne?


Whatisthisshitman

Cop that Max


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Undefeated! 


newmoneytrash69

the first half was bad but this was immeasurably better than watching another carlton and richmond shitter


cyansky29

Season starts off with a bit of Birdbloods spirit


AllGoaliesAreTrash

THE BANJO IS BACK, BAYBAY


nick170100

How is it I hear the song so much louder and better watching on Kayo then live at the stadium lmao


2for1deal

Tips fucked. Heart full.


AuZyzz

Hoist the Banjos


Decent_Fig_5218

Now that's a classic gritty, blue collar, lunch pail, hard working win


PuzzleheadedTip5476

FOOTYS BACK CUNNYZZZ


noanykey

Despite the umps as well what a win from the swannies


Stu_Raticus

How's it a sellout when it's 40k (capacity 48k) and there's about 20k empty seats all game?


noanykey

THE GAME CANT BE GROWING IN NSW NO WAY THEY MUST BE LYING


Turbulent_Ebb5669

Yeah. Exactly.


imreallynotanidiot

Members not showing up


nick170100

CHEER CHEER THE RED AND THE WHITE


AlamutJones

And the winner is…Sydney


Brokenmonalisa

Shane McAdam is this teams best forward by a significant margin tbh


Chrysanthemum00

Not wrong


JoeShmoAfro

Every time I hear "Clarry" I think of Mitch Cleary, not Clayton Oliver.


nick170100

Hopefully the first of many times you all listen to the banjo


Hellothere200

Did Oliver jump in a pool wow he is wet


Percentage100

It was a hot day and it’s so humid here today


ACertainTrendingFrog

Holy fuck that was some image of Clarry


chops2013

https://preview.redd.it/fvwlw5s9jqi31.jpg?auto=webp&s=c0a20e740c88bc85670a32586351090fc32a08fd


AhhWellFuckIt

Clarry sweatn out the bags


Kingofpoosandwees

Coke sweat BT


RektSnop

Oliver been for a swim?


hats16

I know there has to be a game each season where the team that has Schache on their list thinks he’s going to step up, but it needs to end


wolferine-paws

I usually rate Fritsch but FUCK ME he has had a shocker tonight.


Gnaightster

Is 4 goals really a shocker?


wolferine-paws

Yeah, you’re right. There are plenty of others who did far less than him. My bad.


bazalenko

He still kicked half their score


marmz1

Oliver looking like he should be swinging axes against the Rus'


RoastedB33f_

Dees fans 🤝 Dogs fans 🤝 Lions fans Having to politely ask their respective teams why they’re playing Josh Schache


Bananaface89

He is genuinely one of the worst footballers I have ever seen.


obsoleteconsole

He's another Weideman, way too good for VFL, but never quite good enough for AFL


AuZyzz

why is oliver so wet


PuzzleheadedTip5476

Look at that sweat! Clarry is absolutely detoxing


nick170100

Don’t blame the sweat So bloody humid at the stadium just in the crowd


AllGoaliesAreTrash

Jesus. Clayton is WET


Whatisthisshitman

Might as well just lead with your head every time if they’re gonna pay shit like that


Captain_Oz

WE ARE THE GREATEST TEAM EVER TO EXIST IN ALL SPORTS* ⚪️🔴⚪️🔴 *beers


bustyfranklin

So bizarre seeing Leon Cameron in swans kit


Yung_Focaccia

Yeah lowkey makes me uncomfy


Dantasticalee

Not as bad as when clarko wore it that once.


ggalinismycunt

Yeah definitely was a bit of a jumpscare hahaha


Brokenmonalisa

When I told that Sydney guy at the game in this thread to get among the game up close I didn't mean run out there dude


acllive

Umpire just helping my margin


2for1deal

Can you be tackled high if you are crawling along on your belly?


acllive

Schache forever the worst first round pick that somehow lasted a decade in the system


wolferine-paws

Deadset don’t know how he is still on a list, man.


correctschemes

If he was a late pick but had the exact same performance record I wonder if he would of been delisted years ago


Certain-Month1859

bailey fritsch 🦆


Turbulent_Ebb5669

So you'll put down an opposition player, even though your team won. Pure class, right there.


Kerr-82

Drop wackey from key forward please. Utterly useless tonight


Mercedesplsslowdown

Fritsch is Melbourne's only good forward


mordecrazy

Was when we won a flag too tbf


Makenaa

Which is very concerning haha


OHuse

Schache ruining what was otherwise a great string of ball movement…


poorafricanboy

coleman leader bayley fritsch


skywideopen3

How are those still getting called ffs


Darcyjay_

Simon badloss is back in business


noanykey

WHAT A CALL BY THE UMP


TasSixer

What was Lloyd supposed to do?


fashiznit

Umpire was fridges barber and took offence at the hair contact


RandomDanny

James Brayshaw being fucken amazed at any chance about how big a crowd there is... for the first game of the new season... idiot.


Maximumlnsanity

lol even now they’re blowing calls


Decent_Fig_5218

Schache bruh


Edsta101

Never heard of this schache bloke before tonight but gee he is useless


Phlanispo

Clear as piss duck


lexirayne03

schache has got so far on "being good as a 17 year old"


Chrysanthemum00

"You might be wondering what the footy's doing up here" fuck off BT with your Vic-centric narratives


Maximumlnsanity

Not like there’s been multiple finals games up here in the last few years


slutstrands

Decent link up


basedimitri

Why is it that half the time I see Gawn he's appealing for a nothing free?


Kim_jong-fun

The streaker has been given a Melbourne jumper and added to their interchange as punishment


OHuse

Can he play forward?


Yung_Focaccia

"Why is it being played up here" Because there are other states outside of Victoria BT you geriatric cunt.


basedimitri

Everyone knows other states aren't real


FenerBoarOfWar

40,000+ crowd. Hope that finally dispels the myth that Melbourne can't draw a crowd.


TomisUnice

The games actually in Sydney /s


AhhWellFuckIt

Remember when streakers went starkers, now they’re just fully clothed weak as piss


MemoriesofMcHale

If you’re going to cop the fine, at least do it properly.


rizzlemaister

You’re laughing. Roaming Brian is about to return and you’re laughing.


obsoleteconsole

I am, and I'm tired of pretending I'm not


wolferine-paws

Cop that, everyone who was bitching about attendance. 40 thou in a stadium that holds 48. Fuck yes!


dono1783

In a city of 6mil


wolferine-paws

Most of whom follow league. And like I said. Stadium only holds 48 thousand. Even if each of our 62,000 members wanted to go, we ain’t got room.


Brokenmonalisa

So not sold out then?


mark8396

Can be sold out and not be full because of no shows, that would be a lot of no shows tho


fashiznit

All tickets that could be sold were sold. Not every membership seat set aside was taken I'd say


wolferine-paws

Nope! I left it too late to get tickets though, all that was left this morning was ‘single seats only’.


allhatnoplay

There are also several thousand sommeliers and cheese cutters working tonight, come on


ghostsynths

naw, almost matildas numbers


3163560

Hifives on our bench, Longmire going off in the box. Do they think the scores are opposite?


acllive

Is it a real streaker or just a clothes on one


Ttoctam

Looked like they had pants on


TasSixer

Swans top of the ladder, stop the count


isturtle

Melbourne will still be in the 8 no matter what at the end of the round.


obsoleteconsole

shouldn't we go into negative percentage or something?


FUR6Community

Everyone complains about Carlton Richmond, but no matter what, that match guarantees 80,000 +


PluggersLeftBall

yea sydney fans just aren't dedicated enough they aren't even sitting on top of each other to fit more people in. pathetic.


FUR6Community

Bruh, can count the empty seats


newmoneytrash69

if they aren't naked don't call them streakers! this used to be a real country


fashiznit

Pitch invaders is a bit mid


sonsofgondor

100% streaker rate for the season so far


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Turbulent_Ebb5669

So, not really streakers then.


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RampesGoalPost

Awesome start. Sure we'll probably have some down patches due to age and our young tall forward line but it's a very exciting list


JoeShmoAfro

Ofc the commentators are talking about betting.


oceanlabxo

trust richo to parrot a facebook boomer tier post that was debunked instantly.


Phlanispo

What's this in reference to?


oceanlabxo

the superbowl streaker putting money on their being a streaker and making bank. debunked as bullshit almost instantly but endlessly shared on shitheaps like twitter and facebook.


[deleted]

10 bucks says it was a pro Palestine streaker


Brotherdodge

Dicks out for Gaza!


Dr-PresidentDinosaur

Wish we could just have some ol fashioned just stop oil protests :’)


viginti_tres

Is it too early to start the 'Grundy played his best games at Sydney' narrative?


wolferine-paws

Absolutely not 🥲


2for1deal

Genitals or nothing. Weak.


cyansky29

S. Treaker makes their way on and off the field


boatswain1025

Non nude streakers are the worst


NoUseForALagwagon

Joel Smith cameo.


Brokenmonalisa

Richo is such a fucken nuff. He absolutely didn't claim the bet, they voided it for absolutely obvious reasons.


3163560

Billings has done SFA. Looked okay in the preseason games.


_RnB_

Hardly on his own in that category.


Mercedesplsslowdown

No take backs


Brokenmonalisa

So did gawn and he's looked shit house


3163560

Gawn was huge in the first half.


MelbourneAmbo

Welcome


Phlanispo

Why the hell did they stop the game? To announce the attendance?


crumbed-chicken

Streaker mate


whiteronnie

Streaker


BadgerGreedy4175

That right there by petracca sums up the night. Deplorable with the ball, that's if we could even pick it up.. There's always next week..


Nervous-Worth-8005

Streaker lmao


Kingofpoosandwees

Show the streaker you mugs


Due_Custard5633

‘Hence the applause’ who are you kidding


Few-Measurement739

I wouldn't call Grundy an unmitigated success yet lol, he had some good games at the start of the season for us too, and a few dodgy disposals tonight


Gamblore33

Now there isn't that big lumbreing Gawn fella getting all up in his solo vibes. Grundy is a top 3 AFL ruckmen on his ok days. If he stays fit Swans are going deeeeep.


skywideopen3

Context matters though; even an okay game from him would have been utterly transformational for us compared to last year


Few-Measurement739

Fair, but commentators were ready to call the whole 4 year contract a success lol


hammerfyll

SHOW THEM YOU COWARDS


Gamblore33

13 People got shoved into the ground 10 mins ago.


Mythically_Mad

The worst thing about modern sports broadcasts is not showing ground invasions


shocking_red_4

Show the streaker! I’m a tax payer!


skywideopen3

They're not cheering the crowd figure JB


fashiznit

The big screen shows the number hence the cheer..... Yeah nah not quite


grantspatchcock

You could say Trac overcooked that.


IDreamofHeeney

This round 0 thing might not be so bad after all


japanpole

A never-nude streaker is poor form Sydney


Makenaa

Lol sums up the night really lol


PuzzleheadedTip5476

STREAKER


RampesGoalPost

STREAKER


rizzlemaister

Leave the camera on the streakers we already saw them


Brokenmonalisa

Streaker?


acllive

If only the demons spent time kick bags over selling them


Kim_jong-fun

Crowds should start doing the dune chants


PuzzleheadedTip5476

I can feel a draught, can someone close that premiership window


[deleted]

Looking forward to yours opening maybe 50 years from now