Oppo Camp Non-Essendon Football Thread XV

[Ati Tude]

We would have to be up there with GWS and West Coast as the most unwatchable sides atm.

I wouldnt leave Kangas out of that list. Freeo found us very watchable last week.

 

[CBombers17]

Yeah Western Sydney will be a tough market. Incredibly diverse and essentially a rugby league heartland. I have the impression of a place where if the kids aren't playing league, they're playing soccer. You can see why they were so happy to get Izzy Folau on board, even if it ended up being a fail. The optics for the kids were important.

Probably be a similar sell in Western Sydney to Western Melbourne in terms of demographic - but with entrenched support for a competing code/s. It's Rugby league heartland after all. Then you add in the difference between Sydney siders and Melbournians in terms of sporting attendance and it will be a fair challenge.

 

[Lore]

 

[Beerfish]

Eat shit Hawthorne

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Wonder how conservative the Swans will be with Paddy.

 

[Lore]

Wonder how conservative the Swans will be with Paddy.

Extremely you would think. Bloke is a walking lawsuit

 

[rumply]

No surprise tbh, I watched for about 10 minutes & saw him cop two serious knocks to the head.

 

[eth-dog]

Our former academy boy sinks it.

Such a shame re: McCartin. Has been in great form too

 

[Darealrath]

Anyone else enjoying watching Colyer this season?

It looked like his career could have fizzled out a couple seasons ago but he now looks like a bit of a leader at Freo and his kicking has really improved.

Always liked him so glad to see him doing well.

 

[eth-dog]

Anyone else enjoying watching Colyer this season?

It looked like his career could have fizzled out a couple seasons ago but he now looks like a bit of a leader at Freo and his kicking has really improved.

Always liked him so glad to see him doing well.

Yep. Good on him.

 

[andleanback]

Extremely you would think. Bloke is a walking lawsuit

I think he would’ve had to sign a few things to allow him to come back and play footy.

 

[BrunoV]

Is there a better example of non twin AFL brothers being literal carbon copies than the Dow brothers?

Both perfect modern midfield physical specimens that literally cannot get a drop punt to spin properly.

The De Koning boys are just about carbon copies of each other.

 

[monty1104]

Anyone else enjoying watching Colyer this season?

It looked like his career could have fizzled out a couple seasons ago but he now looks like a bit of a leader at Freo and his kicking has really improved.

Always liked him so glad to see him doing well.

My partner is a Carton supporter so we watched the game this week. I said almost exactly this to her.

 

[MiguelM]

Anyone else enjoying watching Colyer this season?

It looked like his career could have fizzled out a couple seasons ago but he now looks like a bit of a leader at Freo and his kicking has really improved.

Always liked him so glad to see him doing well.

Yep good on him.

Doesn't fumble anymore either!

We could use him right now

 

[Sporno 4 Pyros]

My partner is a Carton supporter so we watched the game this week. I said almost exactly this to her.

 

[Lore]

 

[TheUnicorn]

Makes sense, Only reason I turn my TV on anymore is to watch football.

 

[I Remember Bluey]

The De Koning boys are just about carbon copies of each other.

I thought they were twins

 

[eth-dog]

I thought they were twins

Nah, Tom's older

 

[faible]

I thought they were twins

Unlike the McKay 'twins' who clearly is just one person playing for two teams.

 

[mike14]

At the risk of sounding stupid, don't we have this now with some games only being on Kayo/Foxtel?

 

[GUMBLETRON]

At the risk of sounding stupid, don't we have this now with some games only being on Kayo/Foxtel?

Yes, but - with one service you have access to all games and because they're also on Fox it doesn't count as "streaming" for luddites.

The potential outcome here is you need Amazon for the Thursday game, Paramount for the second Saturday night game and Kayo for whatever else isn't on FTA.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Paramount+ has copped a bit of criticism over their A League coverage

 

[Schnitzengruben]

Would love to get consistent 4k footy streaming tbh. Having said that, Kayo has enough problems...

 

[GUMBLETRON]

Paramount+ has copped a bit of criticism over their A League coverage

If they are serious it will improve, so I don't think that's necessarily a dealbreaker. Optus was complete dogshit when it started but is fine now and Kayo is leagues beyond the initial online Fox efforts.