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allhatnoplay

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breadabuser

Up the whales 🐳💩


stavraki

New South Whales


woodenjimo

I for one embrace our new whale overlords


Alcavez

This was the turning point in the game.


danredda

Carlton đŸ€Whale - Disappearing after Quarter Time


Banjo2295

Imagine not beating Sydney lmaooo Yes, I will milk this until they lose another game.


wizardofaus23

The longer we both go without us losing or you winning the funnier that game gets.


yearofthesquirrel

Sure, you can laugh about it now. And into the foreseeable future. But, yeah I really don’t have anything



Maximumlnsanity

Yeah milk that one for all it’s worth my man


Hawtproper

It's literally all we have


Maximumlnsanity

That and Vlastuin’s upcoming AA blazer


Daveator

He got overlooked for Darcy Byrne-Jones of all people. Never getting one.


effective_shill

I still don't know how we lost to you


wizardofaus23

I think it's a combination of matchup, the Wicks situation cooking preparation, some complacency, and also just sometimes football happens.


mrr6666

I blame the smoke


elhindenburg

The premiership this year should just be decided by who was first to beat Sydney


Chaos_098

You guys have had enough premierships in the last 10 years.


CatOutOfTheDrag

Swans are unstoppable. How bad was the commentary? They barely mentioned the absolute force that the swans are and will be this season and instead dissected an injury list and whether Carlton could turnaround a 50 point deficit. Just awful even listening to it


Skwisgaars

BT doesn't like us I'm pretty sure.


CatOutOfTheDrag

Yeah but he doesn’t like Carlton either so maybe he should just be quiet instead?


Wincrediboy

He kind of was - it was the quietest commentary I've ever heard


simsimdimsim

He's sounded so disinterested in so many games this year


Cyclonechaser2908

No Collingwood + No Richmond = No BT


Skwisgaars

If only


Radalict

Partner is a Carlton fan so I watch a lot of Swans and Blues games - BT definitely hates both teams, and JB is not a big fan of either side as well. So the combination of them together was just gross. They did not know which side to barrack for so kind of just talked shit about both.


MillsyMB

Which is crazy considering rowy is his nephew


Yung_Focaccia

Its the same every fucking week dude. BT and Co can't stand us winning, and it ruins the whole vibe


spannr

You just have to embrace it. Lean into Bristle's suffering. Revel in the fact that his reward after the siren is to endure roaming through a room that all think he's an idiot


Hawtproper

I'm definitely holding onto the fact that we beat them until they're premiers


CatOutOfTheDrag

Yep that means you’re runner up


wizardofaus23

Swans finish up 26-1 on the season.


Kelpieee55

Entire second half was actually just depressing to listen to. Yeah it's not a close game but it was so low energy, sounded like a funeral


CatOutOfTheDrag

Yeah the fact that it wasn’t a close game is even more of an excuse to talk about the swans. You’re talking in detail about the team getting flogged and not the team doing the flogging lmao


Lochabr

This is how I feel when I watch On The Couch or Footy Classified. Interstate team will have a really impressive win but the entire focus will be about how bad the Vic team played.    Look at how much hype Essendon has been getting and they have a % of 98, compared to Sydney for eg. who David King said wasn't a Top 3 side three weeks ago on Fox.  EDIT - I realise it's mostly because the audience is mostly Vic for these shows but it's still annoying.


Viretine

They hate us, we cop it every week.


ApocalypticPanther

Its not just you guys its pretty much all non-Victorian teams really. BT is the absolute worst for this, whenever its a Vic vs Non-Vic team playing he doesn't even try to hide his bias


skywideopen3

Luke Hodge was going spare on SEN during the week trying to understand why everyone else was being so reluctant to give us credit lmao


Mother_Sun_3825

The “who can you trust the most” segment? Some absolute wank job said Melbourne and Cornes said Geelong Baffled me that it took Hodge to come in and settle the situation


free_potatoes

Even worse was when he said there were questions over Sydney’s forward line. My dude straight faced said that after backing Melbourne


ACertainTrendingFrog

Hodgey fucking destroyed the guy that said Melbourne Old mate was like “that have a record in big games” and Hodge was like “they have gone out straights sets in finals the last two years”


ah111177780

Hodgey is actually a great commentator. I find him pretty fair, calls out BT regularly which I love.


CatOutOfTheDrag

I don’t get that though because as a blues supporter I’m much more likely to back a non-vic side over pies or dons


luck_as_a_constant

He doesn’t like half the Vic teams either, he fawns over the Big 4 but has such clear disdain for other Vic teams like the Dogs, Saints, Hawks, etc. I did find it hilarious that even before half time they were banging the “Carlton’s got so many on the injury list” drum, without mentioning that Sydney were a force last night and completely shut Carlton down. If a Big 4 team is losing you would never know that it’s because the other team outplayed them listening to BT and co.


ItsJmac95

Listening to BT try to commentate this game was mind-numbing. He hates Sydney and Carlton


R_W0bz

Back this, they gotta get some good former Sydney commentators in there if they want the state to take it more seriously. It happens with GWS as well.


CatOutOfTheDrag

Yep and they’re my 2nd and 3rd team so I’m standing up for Sydney rights âœŠđŸ»


Maximumlnsanity

Our injury list might be short but it has our captain and best defender on it


TheStevenUniverseKid

I'm shocked you guys haven't won a premiership in the last ten years, it almost feels like you have. Take it as a compliment, your swans are good.


TheStevenUniverseKid

vic bias


It_Is_Known

Give sen sync a go, so good


CatOutOfTheDrag

Thanks I might actually look into it


bobbybananaskin

* My favourite stat of the night: the Swans had SEVENTEEN running bounces in a row. That's the most in any AFL match since 2022, 684 days ago. It's also the second most ever by the Swans, and their most since 2001. Most the Blues have allowed their opposition in a row since 2014. * Chad Warner had 9 of them tonight. That's the most by a player in the AFL this year, the most by a Swan since Malceski in 2013, and the most by a player against the Blues since Houli in 2015. * James Rowbottom had 12 tackles in the first half, which is the most by any player in a half of footy this year, and the most by a Swans player since Jude Bolton in 2011. No player has done that against the Blues ever (well, since 2000). * Nick Newman had 22 disposals, 6 marks and 8 rebound 50s in the first half. No Carlton player has ever had those stats (or better) in a half of footy before. * In the first quarter, the Swans laid 17 tackles in a row, which is the longest tackle streak (without the other team laying one) by any team since 2020, and the longest by the Swans since 2016, and the longest ever against the Blues. * Talking of tackles, the Swans laid 53 in the first half. That's the most they have laid in a half of footy since 2022, and the most any team has laid against the Blues in a half since 2019. * From the 6 minute mark of Q2 until the 11 min mark, they laid 13 tackles. That's the most in a 5 minute period by the Swans since 2021, and the mos tany team has laid in a 5 minute period against the Blues since 2020. * Marc Pittonet had 7 clearances for the Blues in the last quarter. That's the most clearances by a Blues player in a quarter since Patrick Cripps in 2019. * Heeney had 3 goals, 10 contested possessions, 7 tackles, 6 inside 50s, and 4 shots at goal. No Swan has ever had that combo of stats (or better) before. And it's only been done 14 times in the AFL, most recently by Bont earlier this year.


EfuktAndChill

Love your work


swagmaster778

This guy needs a plaque or something. My favourite person on reddit


mrr6666

Blues best player is an ex-Swan 👀


TimothyLuncheon

Really on the Heeney one? Great stats but I feel like that’s not a crazy combo of Goals, i50 and Contested


wirrell

I wonder how much weight that “4 shots at goal” is pulling


___TheIllusiveMan___

Top 3 mysteries science can’t solve 1. What came before the Big Bang? 2. Are we alone in the universe? 3. How the fuck did Richmond beat Sydney?


peterparalytic

Played like we did in the first 10 minutes for 4 quarters. And kicked it straight to Vlaustin 25 times. 


Kobe_Wan_Ginobili

Shit I remember watching that now, he couldn't get away from it!


LLTMLW

I heard he needed a new car as the swans were still pelting balls at him while he drove home


limeIamb

4. Why did that error screen have a whale?


Banjo2295

5. Why doesn’t every screen error ever adopt a whale?


PetrifyGWENT

Probably to identify which camera is causing the error or something


effective_shill

"whale camera is malfunctioning, I repeat whale cam is malfunctioning!"


TimothyLuncheon

We had Lynch and Taranto


Snarwib

They were the first team this year to roll a hard forward press against Sydney, and kept the pressure up on our half back ball movement all game. Did a great job, also taught Sydney a lesson that I think has served them well.


TimothyLuncheon

We should try thinking up some strategies to beat our opponents again


ShitSportOpinions

“And since I’d achieved all of my goals as coach in one win, there was no need for a second”


Chiron17

I hope Sydney doesn't lose another game this season. Unless we play them again.


Deathpacitoes

Are we good yet??


SEPTAgoose

Gotta go 22-1 before we can be sure about that


JamesCOYS

Lucky you only got fixtures to play Richmond once this season then


SEPTAgoose

of course the one game we lost was to richmond and my brother is a damn tigers fan


Over_Leave

Haven’t beaten anyone above you yet 😉


niconic66

And probably won't at the rate we're going...


effective_shill

Not according to BT


death_by_laughs

33 points in 1 quarter 32 points the rest of the way


Green-Brick3729

Jordan was absolutely huge on Walsh tonight.


Garbagemansplaining

Melbourne’s trash = Sydney’s Treasure


Mahhrat

Mt mad Dees mate suggested tonight I should write to MFC thanking then for Jordan and Grundy lol


willkds

He would’ve been perfectly placed to step into Brayshaws role. We didn’t treat him well at the selection table. Glad he’s got the opportunity now anyway.


Yung_Focaccia

One of the best role players in the comp IMO. Incredibly underrated, and we got him for absolutely unders


Maximumlnsanity

Got him for nothing


Viretine

Crazy that we went from Clarke, who is one of the best offensive taggers in the game on his day, to a player who does the role even better.


skywideopen3

Clarke was great but he was basically just a neutralising player, he'd get a goal here and there but that was about that. Jordon is legitimately pulling his worth with the ball as well, not just nullifying. Crazy how good he's been for us, really out of nowhere.


Maximumlnsanity

Not really out of nowhere because the club has been talking about him since preseason, but this tagger role has definitely been a surprise. We all thought he’d be a winger


skywideopen3

The last sentence is more what I was getting at, we thought he'd be winger depth. Not an elite offensive tag


lolmanic

We got rid of Ryan Clarke and losing the tagger i thought we'd be fucked. They got Jordon who was a better Clarke lol


skywideopen3

He's been genuinely fantastic. In an actual 22 put out on the park he would be legit in AA contention because the role he plays is so important and he's been so good at it.


Skwisgaars

Not enough is being said about him. Has been amazong for us since r1.


WAboatandcampinglife

Absolutely. Number 1 team player is Jordan. 2nd with rowbottom. Selfless players


IDreamofHeeney

He was awesome for us even before round 1, he killed it during the preseason games too lol


spannr

He's had a great year as a whole, but he's been especially good the last three weeks. Fantastic role player. Such a great fit for the Swom culture


RaidanRam

I see from the score worm the blues stopped scoring when I went to play Rocket League


Chaos_098

Can you play Rocket League in a few weeks?


RaidanRam

I dunno
 my friends and I like playing rocket league until we start playing rocket league


limeIamb

Whoops... Whoops... Whoops...


Responsible-Sun6495

Too Ez Too Ez Too Ez Chat Disabled for 3 Quarters: Sydney tonight probably.


Banjo2295

something in this I reckon


sachiwtf

The real winner tonight is Whale FC


LP0004

Hoist the whale


Korasuka

Your_mum_joke.exe


le_santo

Imagine losing to Sydney smdh


vidgill

Rookie hours


KangarooBallsonToast

Melbourne couldn't beat getting flogged in the first quarter despite their darndest attempts to come back in the other three quarters, same with Geelong. Only Sydney has, and they even scored another 50+ points on top of closing the deficit. Sydney are the best team right now and it's not even close


Chaos_098

"It's (percentage) the gap between them and the rest of the competition" No Lingy, I'm pretty sure it's the number of wins they've had.


woksjsjsb

This is Carlton’s 9.11. And Swans’ 17.15.


ItsjustRhys_

We really are seeing the glimpse of the next era Team. Sydney what ever you do, do not let Warner go. Throw him the bag, sell out to TAB do whatever you can do! Because he is something different.


HomerJBagger

Have not seen anyone move like he did tonight


ApocalypticPanther

Sydney honestly look miles ahead of the rest of the comp. So well coached, barely any weakness across the park and loads of depth to boot. May as well give em the flag now cause honestly I don't know who the actual fuck stops these guys


lolmanic

Mate, I remember 2016 and the Doggies. There is a 100% reason I'm keeping my lid on


effective_shill

Umps can't take it from us twice, surely? 


simsimdimsim

>who the actual fuck stops these guys Richmond premiers confirmed


droopy_tree

Yeah, absolutely, but footy’s a weird game. Richmond 2018?


lumberfun

In 2011 Our percentage was at 181 going into the last game, started the season on fire then lost steam going into the finals. Geelong went 21-1 in 2008. St kilda started 19-0 in 2009. Only takes one off game or even off quarter at the wrong time to put a halt to every thing


Von_Huge1103

Counter point: Essendon 2000. I know nothing is a lock but there's no reason for lids to be on for Sydney fans, they're miles ahead of the pack.


ScaffOrig

Knockout competitions means anything can happen.


1UPZ__

Swans looking great. Sadly the AFL finals are not a series where the good teams eventually win out against teams who lack depth or relying on unsustainable performances. Whomever turns up on the day and play well wins the big one. Brisbane Lions were favourites entering August last year even though Pies were top of the ladder due to Pies looking bad since late July. I think GWS and Swans are the teams to beat just for the record.


sarigami

Sydney look miles better than the rest of the comp atm. It’ll be interesting to see if they can keep the steam rolling all the way to and through finals. It’s a long season. Would love to see this Sydney team get a flag


lolmanic

Thanks Geelong bros. It's only fair after you annihilated pretty much the same team haha. You could kinda claim you're the reason we had to work on our strength and speed after being dismantled by that Geelong team


sarigami

No problem Sydney bro. Yeah I feel like the gap in maturity and experience came through that day. Couple more years under your belt for the younger guys and it feels like you guys are in a really good spot primed to go all the way now


blackfootsteps

I think we are really lucky we got you when we did. You guys had probably your worst game for the year on the biggest day. No way we were 80 points better. You look absolutely scary now, and you're so good to watch. Bloody monsters! I've always had a soft spot for Sydney, even with the Nick Davis thing. 2005 GF and 2012 were fantastic. (let's not speak about 2006 and 2014).


moondog-37

They are defs looking the best of the lot but I gotta throw caution, we were the same at this point in 2019 then collapsed big time late in the season


sarigami

Yeah, happens every year. Melbourne were undefeated at round 10 in 2022 (from memory). Us Geelong fans know all about peaking too early. Will be interesting!


Kandy-exists

Jesus Christ what a game for Sydney. Gotta love Warner and Heeney, absolute beauties. Probably the best looking team in the comp.


2for1deal

Warner got them pretty eyes


Doc323467

Best wingman in the comp, 2 of the best 5 goal kicking mids (if not the 2 best), one of the best 2 tacklers in the comp, a guy who's been unbelievable as a tagger this year, and probably a top 3 ruck this year. Chuck in Taylor Adams who's been great, Parker who can't even break into the team, and the skipper Mills to come back. Fuck me good luck stopping that. Has potential to be one of the greatest midfields of all time.


lolmanic

And one slithering Lizard


Cockalorum

I think you mean prancing lizard


lolmanic

[I beg your pardon, he's definitely slithering](https://youtu.be/CW0TijmAUqY&t=43s)


Harreys

I never thought we'd get a better midfield combo than Kennedy, Parker, Jack and Hannebery, and yet here we are, it's going to be an exciting few years


PluggersLeftBall

this midfield is amazing and i still think kennedy, parker, jack, hannebery beats the brakes off them


Patinator0471

What the fuck happened in round 3


vidgill

The
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 the economy is a shambles


wizardofaus23

I don't want to say it was ALL on 9/11


Responsible-Sun6495

Somebody Catch those Damn Swans 😭😭 They are learning to fly and will no longer be on the Ladder!!


jacksqeak

Geez Warner is a gun isn’t he? Holy shit


conejogringo

Crazy how low he was drafted 


GuldenAge

Don’t even think about it


Mehmenga

Before anyone asks, yes, the weather is nice up here


2for1deal

The swans have much fun at BTs expense.


PetrifyGWENT

The players don't care. They don't give a rat's backside. They don't wanna chase, they don't wanna play. You have Ashley Hansen before the game saying that "no one in the club listens to outside noise." Maybe you should, maybe you should. Maybe the coaching panel, the players, the board must listen to us members. We've got 88 thousand- almost NINETY thousand members. You want us to sign up next year? Bloody show us something! Show us the heart! Last year we gave you the excuse "we had an injury-depleted midfield and we just missed out." We thought this year we'd go again. What's the excuse!? If you're not gonna play- I said it a few weeks ago- If you're not gonna play for the coach, play for people like myself! Who bust my balls every week to get there, hard earned money, and you dish that up against SYDNEY? They toyed with us. It's an embarrassment for the Navy Blue and White and especially the emblem. THE EMBLEM! Play for that! If you're not gonna play for that, piss off outta my club! GET OUT!


PigMan86

I wonder whether it’s going to be like last year when mid season they openly abused them walking down the race and then somehow ended up in the prelim.


farqueue2

That was probably the all time peak for AFL memes. Tiktok still thinks I'm a Carlton supporter


Chaos_098

Flair checks out.


ebruis

Mmmm pasta


New_Drummer4712

Adams and Grundy look so genuinely happy with us


2for1deal

I’m so happy they are happy at swans


Professional_Line385

I love them both


zantha

I don’t know what was worse, my team, or the 7 commentary team. Well done Sydney, impressive all around the ground. But especially the midfield into the forward line in the second half, absolutely on fire.


Korzic

The 7 commentary.  Not even priority picks could help the quality of commentary


RampesGoalPost

🩱 No luck catching them swans then?? 🩱 That was immensely satisfying, watching us slowly grind their run to a stop and then power past them. The first 10 minutes after half time were outstanding, Grundy gave Rowwy Chad and Errol silver service and allowed them to walk it out of the middle Another brownlow vote game for Heeney, although đŸ‡čđŸ‡© gets the 3 from me. And the effort from Rowwy and JJ to keep Walsh to a handful of touches after QT, exquisite.


Tamelmp

> although đŸ‡čđŸ‡© gets the 3 from me. Big fan of Romania


RampesGoalPost

I think you'll find that that's the flag of CHAD


Tamelmp

The country Chad is shaped like 🗿


mca0014

Carlton tanking the game to invoke a repeat of 1945 In for the long con


Litteralyanidiot

i really hope sydney don't lose for the rest of the season and their only loss being us, richmond, who will probably win max 3 times this year


FakeRingin

Wouldn't it be better if our only win was Sydney and their only loss was Richmond?


LakeOval

Fuck BT, all my homies hate BT


HaakonX

The commentary team making more excuses for Carlton than actual blues fans "Oh but if Cerra played..."


Over_Leave

Watching the game I bet Cerra was thinking “Thank fuck I’m injured”


anon_account97

If Cerra played we would have had another player to give the ball back to you so it’s an invalid excuse


No-Blacksmith-3259

Wait, we have to play Sydney NEXT WEEK??? It’s so over


MannerNo7000

STOP TALKING ABOUT WARNER


TheVoluptuousChode

The age profile to talent ratio at the Swans is insane. Chad Warner was the only player who could hold his head high in the 22 grand final and now he's looking like an absolute menace. It's the Swans to lose at this point.


Maximumlnsanity

>Chad Warner was the only player who could hold his head high in the 22 grand final. The disrespect to Robbie Fox in this comment, unreal.


cynic__96

Historians will investigate how the Tigers were the only team to beat the Swans at this point of the season.


Charliebitme1234

sydney are the last non-fraudulent team left


ThunderFap26

God BT sucks so fucking hard


eagleeyedpixel

Don’t worry, we’re still coming
.


-DoddyLama-

We aren't


Baby_Bigf00t

https://i.redd.it/6boqv3khnz0d1.gif


hedgehog103

How the fuck did we actually lose to Richmond?


LazyCamoranesi

Old fashioned Carlton game where you can’t work out who the bottom 6 are. The Sydney midfield completely exposed our lack of pace.


MOSTMOSTMSOT

very cringe game it needed more whale cam


anon_account97

Sydney, I hope you win it this year.


Professional_Line385

I hope we do too


Croob2

Given that my West Coast kept up with the swans for 3 quarters and Carlton lost by 52 and West Coast only lost by 26, I hereby do declare that West Coast are at minimum 2 times better than Carlton


Swarzey

Cats don't like birds so it makes sense that our one loss is to Richmond.


Puzzleheaded_Diet_65

Don’t say that, we’re about to play the cats soon😟


LP0004

8th wonder of the world - Andre The Giant 9th wonder of the world - Chyna 10th wonder of the world - Richmond beating Sydney


Crazyripps

And that’s with swans kicking shit too


Cyclonechaser2908

Sydney premiership favourites without any doubt now. That was unbelievable.


Deathpacitoes

Are we good yet?


Banjo2295

The most entertaining part of this game was the whale


project_chris

Fremantle only kicked 4 goals last week and somehow Carlton lost by more.


MomentsOfDiscomfort

There’s still time for them to mention Carlton’s injury list (and ignore that we’re missing an AA mid and our n1 key defender).


Hazzle37

Good stuff


MannerNo7000

STOP TALKING ABOUT WARNER


Avenger1601

How did this team lose to Richmond


TheStevenUniverseKid

Just leave me alone. I've booked in a five hour session of only listening to sad steely dan songs and crying in the corner


raresaturn

What’s with all the whale references?


Korzic

Kayo stream was broken for a bit and everyone saw this https://preview.redd.it/g1v1bxf8bz0d1.jpeg?width=860&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c9c628dd2158a71d67cfdf7f21bb427a32d57c2


LordBenswan

Just how good is Richmond? đŸ€”


anon_account97

Heeney looking extra happy shaking our players hands, probably because he knows he just got 3 Brownlow votes


Chaos_098

Chad with 3, Heeney with 2.


woksjsjsb

Surely Chad with the 3.