Oppo Camp 2025 Other Games Rolling Thread

[No SPIN]

As an aside - watching both Sevens and Fox broadcasts I have to say what a huge disappointment the 7 team is.
You can love or hate Dunstall and Lyon - but they are so much more insightful and entertaining by comparison.
It was a stark difference - given I only watch the game on Fox during the season.

Would not be surprised if there are changes at Seven - BT and Bradshaw may have had their day.

 

[AmericanMustard]

I think Geelong should get more home games at at Pussy-cat Park every year. I love the way it gives them a false hope of superiority.

They genuinely should have to play more. It’s crazy the league has allowed them to con them into having shit teams at Geelong but also having blockbuster preassigned games like Easter Monday, diary farmer game (wtf?) so they can recruit with the you don’t miss out on the big stage games

And yes, that means we should play away games at Geelong

 

[Doc1763]

As an aside - watching both Sevens and Fox broadcasts I have to say what a huge disappointment the 7 team is.
You can love or hate Dunstall and Lyon - but they are so much more insightful and entertaining by comparison.
It was a stark difference - given I only watch the game on Fox during the season.

Would not be surprised if there are changes at Seven - BT and Bradshaw may have had their day.

The channel 7 commentary of the 2023 Grand Final is putrid. Whenever I watch that game, I always watch one of the other versions.

 

[Finnishpie]

They genuinely should have to play more. It’s crazy the league has allowed them to con them into having shit teams at Geelong but also having blockbuster preassigned games like Easter Monday, diary farmer game (wtf?) so they can recruit with the you don’t miss out on the big stage games

And yes, that means we should play away games at Geelong

The fixture is completely ruined.

No fairness at all.

First thing: play each team once at home grounds each year. Swap home/away following year.

If they're worried about losing $ -- which they are because they're corporate-gorged-on-gambling-pigs-neck-deep-in-the-trough -- they should introduce a wildcard round and maybe adjust the finals.

 

[thebaldfacts]

The channel 7 commentary of the 2023 Grand Final is putrid. Whenever I watch that game, I always watch one of the other versions.

Thankfully l have Foxtel, so have been spared the Channel 7 commentary all year. Unfortunately couldn't escape BT and the other second rate commentators for the GF.

 

[Doc1763]

Thankfully l have Foxtel, so have been spared the Channel 7 commentary all year. Unfortunately couldn't escape BT and the other second rate commentators for the GF.

yeah, same here, never watch the 7 coverage, until yesterday.

 

[WakeUpPies]

Surprised Andrews didn’t just point to the scoreboard

Andrews is just a class act. Celebrates his teammate’s spoils as if they were goals. Best defender I’ve seen since James Clement - except with an extra 20cm of height.

 

[Jafo]

Andrews is just a class act. Celebrates his teammate’s spoils as if they were goals. Best defender I’ve seen since James Clement - except with an extra 20cm of height.

Yes. Would love to have Andrews at Collingwood

 

[GreekLunatic]

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1CqM1X4auU/?mibextid=wwXIfr is this guy for real

 

[manicpie]

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1CqM1X4auU/?mibextid=wwXIfr is this guy for real

I said his melts were legendary but he might have gone up another level this year.

 

[Doc1763]

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1CqM1X4auU/?mibextid=wwXIfr is this guy for real

I cant figure out if he's fair dinkum or its a piss take. I'm leaning towards the former.

 

[manicpie]

I cant figure out if he's fair dinkum or its a piss take. I'm leaning towards the former.

It's real. He has form

 

[gouki88]

Andrews is just a class act. Celebrates his teammate’s spoils as if they were goals. Best defender I’ve seen since James Clement - except with an extra 20cm of height.

He’s a rung below McGovern & Scarlett for the best of the century, but he’s right there. So good

 

[Knoxy]

As an aside - watching both Sevens and Fox broadcasts I have to say what a huge disappointment the 7 team is.
You can love or hate Dunstall and Lyon - but they are so much more insightful and entertaining by comparison.
It was a stark difference - given I only watch the game on Fox during the season.

Would not be surprised if there are changes at Seven - BT and Bradshaw may have had their day.

I'm still pissed off that BT and Brayshaw commentated our 2023 flag. They completely butchered all of the great moments. Whenever I watch it on Bluray I always switch the commentary over to either SEN or 3AW

 

[Sea fog]

Yes. Would love to have Andrews at Collingwood

Yeah really admire him. He is helped by having a great midfield behind him but he has such judgement, good hands and he controls their defence knowing about tempo the way he just helps his defenders use the uncontested kicking to wear out the forwards. He is also a very good public speaker and won the Stynes award at the Brownlow that celebrates off-field modelling of values with his domestic violence work. Such a good leader. Imagine getting him as an academy player like they did in 2014.

 

[Sea fog]

For me the worst type of Lions fan is the old Fitzroy type. They stick it up us for moving past us as a club. Where would they be if the AFL had not created a superteam with that early noughties version of Brisbane? And then the AFL stepped in again when the hit rock bottom. Such an entitled fan base. They will be a dynastic team which is something in our life time we will never manage.

 

[GreekLunatic]

Lions do have a lot of supporters come out when they win flags u never hear a peep during the year

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

The fixture is completely ruined.

No fairness at all.

First thing: play each team once at home grounds each year. Swap home/away following year.

If they're worried about losing $ -- which they are because they're corporate-gorged-on-gambling-pigs-neck-deep-in-the-trough -- they should introduce a wildcard round and maybe adjust the finals.

Doesn’t even need to be a wildcard round which in itself can distort outcomes

I think they should just rotate on a yearly basis who each team plays twice. And you never play the same team twice if you played them twice last year, similarly next year should be a different six to this year and last year.

Every team plays the same number of games against every other team ( approximately) over a rolling 3-4 year period.

Obviously including a bit of tweaking based on ladder positions

This will even up the draw over the medium term. Obviously from year to year some teams will get a good run and others not so much, but it won’t be embedded

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Still pumped that Dangerfield had a stinker. And busted up a teammate with one of his head first Superman charges into a pack.

 

[WanderingDude]

NQR

The kid puts on display everything that can go wrong with the social media generation.

Entitled, petulant, and self-excusing.

Did nothing wrong. It should not have been captured.

 

[WanderingDude]

As an aside - watching both Sevens and Fox broadcasts I have to say what a huge disappointment the 7 team is.
You can love or hate Dunstall and Lyon - but they are so much more insightful and entertaining by comparison.
It was a stark difference - given I only watch the game on Fox during the season.

Would not be surprised if there are changes at Seven - BT and Bradshaw may have had their day.

There is a channel 7 trend that I find disappointing. For long periods they stop commenting. I cannot accept doing trade updates in game. I cannot accept doing all the background stories in game. They also do analysis of the game in game, not at stoppage. And don’t get me started on cheerleading. Arrrggghhhh. Rainer had a bad game. Just didn’t contribute for long periods.

 

[JuniorB]

Doesn’t even need to be a wildcard round which in itself can distort outcomes

I think they should just rotate on a yearly basis who each team plays twice. And you never play the same team twice if you played them twice last year, similarly next year should be a different six to this year and last year.

Every team plays the same number of games against every other team ( approximately) over a rolling 3-4 year period.

Obviously including a bit of tweaking based on ladder positions

This will even up the draw over the medium term. Obviously from year to year some teams will get a good run and others not so much, but it won’t be embedded

It makes sense, but the AFL won't let that happen, because of the "blockbuster" nature of so many of the games between the big Melbourne clubs, which rake in big revenue.
That's why we play the scum and Essendon twice every year.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

It makes sense, but the AFL won't let that happen, because of the "blockbuster" nature of so many of the games between the big Melbourne clubs, which rake in big revenue.
That's why we play the scum and Essendon twice every year.

Yep.

Although we don’t play Essendon twice any more. They are too crap.

 

[BillyElliott]

I cant figure out if he's fair dinkum or its a piss take. I'm leaning towards the former.

I think he really is a sandwich short of a picnic.

 

[Bramax]

Still pumped that Dangerfield had a stinker. And busted up a teammate with one of his head first Superman charges into a pack.

Did Dangerfield play?
I thought he must have been a late out before the game.