Mega Thread 2026 Media & Miscellaneous Thread

[Stinky Lomax]

‘Champions evolve, they don’t dissolve?’

God I miss Dennis, that’s awful.

 

[anchor man]

Any one hear Kath Loghnan callout King tonight after the game. She raised the Dockers win today and asked for their opinions, King being King immediately to rant about what the Lions did wrong. Kath said no, we are going to talk Fremantle, you can talk about your Lions later. Great work Kath.

 

[Vimal Anand]

 

[FreoGirl]

Wonder what he will say now…

 

[go_the_dockers]

 

[Barnabus]

The Round so Far this week is an extraordinary watch if you want to hear people getting paid to basically make errors repeatedly. Apparently we beat the Bulldogs by less than a goal and they are also great defensively. Really pulled out the B Team last night.

 

[oldgoat]

Wonder what he will say now…

Deelishus

 

[Minz]

Snaps Truly for this week, nailing the Lions’ pressure level https://fremantleshippingnews.com.au/2026/05/30/after-the-game-with-snaps-truly-rd-12-v-brisbane/

 

[Retzlaff]

“You just can’t trust Freo until they prove they can beat the 2008 Hawks” - Victorian footy pundit, probably

 

[Grape Bear]

 

[FreoGirl]

The Round so Far this week is an extraordinary watch if you want to hear people getting paid to basically make errors repeatedly. Apparently we beat the Bulldogs by less than a goal and they are also great defensively. Really pulled out the B Team last night.

They love the bulldogs

 

[Barnabus]

They love the bulldogs

Yeah I get that feeling. It is like the Bulldogs have been surgically attached to the word Brave.

 

[mattis117]

Whoever runs the footy stats websites need to intervene with their own algorithms. Sydney go +4 points on Wheelo for thrashing Richmond. That game should have zero value for evaluating Sydney lol.

 

[FreoGirl]

Freo beat reigning premiers in Brisbane to be #1 gets 5 stories on The West Australian Sport (including negative reports about Freo injuries). WCEs gets 8 stories (including calls for Ginbey to be AA) to defeat a undermanned team (on the bottom of the ladder), with no coach - that’s worth 8 stories ?!?!??

 

[gaskin]

Dunno if anyone else saw The Sunday Footy Show but Lloyd did a deep dive on the Demo Derby and he was absolutely loving the biff. It wouldn't surprise me if he had a semi during that segment.

 

[LongSerong]

Whoever runs the footy stats websites need to intervene with their own algorithms. Sydney go +4 points on Wheelo for thrashing Richmond. That game should have zero value for evaluating Sydney lol.

Yeah, been following our squiggle evaluation this year (which collects all the algorithms), some weird things happen. Hawks went up points a few weeks ago after losing to us, same with their loss to Melbs. Whereas we've won 11 in a row and are still ranked 4th in their seedings.

 

[ubiquitous226]

Whoever runs the footy stats websites need to intervene with their own algorithms. Sydney go +4 points on Wheelo for thrashing Richmond. That game should have zero value for evaluating Sydney lol.

I obviously don't know why Sydney got such a boost from pumping a injury hit Richmond team, but I have done a little digging around the edges around why we've remained relatively low on the power rankings or equivalent of most algorithms.

I find it particularly interesting as I'm still a little sceptical of our ability to perform in September, yet, given our inability to build the experience in what I still consider very different footy.

Taking a look at the Wheelo predictions/simulations, which is just one small example and also output and not input based, but it does suggest a couple of things.
Essentially it is very confident we'll finish high on the ladder, and also rates us as a high chance to reach a prelim, but then a higher chance of crashing out at the prelim stage.

I doubt it or most other models are putting additional emphasis on September results, but it's in the head to head against the top teams that I suspect we're getting discounted.
So this next little run and how it's treated by the algorithms will be interesting.

 

[Cappy71]

Really good point, humorously made, on Fireball this morning, re Serong traveling to Brisbane

 

[ilikepotatoes]

I obviously don't know why Sydney got such a boost from pumping a injury hit Richmond team, but I have done a little digging around the edges around why we've remained relatively low on the power rankings or equivalent of most algorithms.

I find it particularly interesting as I'm still a little sceptical of our ability to perform in September, yet, given our inability to build the experience in what I still consider very different footy.

Taking a look at the Wheelo predictions/simulations, which is just one small example and also output and not input based, but it does suggest a couple of things.
Essentially it is very confident we'll finish high on the ladder, and also rates us as a high chance to reach a prelim, but then a higher chance of crashing out at the prelim stage.

I doubt it or most other models are putting additional emphasis on September results, but it's in the head to head against the top teams that I suspect we're getting discounted.
So this next little run and how it's treated by the algorithms will be interesting.

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Aren't we just not rated highly on the statistical models because we don't beat up on poor teams?

Whereas last year the Dogs from memory were consistently rated highly by the Squiggle even though they missed finals.

I'm not sure on Wheelo ratings but I'm certain that is the case for the Squiggle.

 

[Sully90]

I obviously don't know why Sydney got such a boost from pumping a injury hit Richmond team, but I have done a little digging around the edges around why we've remained relatively low on the power rankings or equivalent of most algorithms.

I find it particularly interesting as I'm still a little sceptical of our ability to perform in September, yet, given our inability to build the experience in what I still consider very different footy.

Taking a look at the Wheelo predictions/simulations, which is just one small example and also output and not input based, but it does suggest a couple of things.
Essentially it is very confident we'll finish high on the ladder, and also rates us as a high chance to reach a prelim, but then a higher chance of crashing out at the prelim stage.

I doubt it or most other models are putting additional emphasis on September results, but it's in the head to head against the top teams that I suspect we're getting discounted.
So this next little run and how it's treated by the algorithms will be interesting.

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Im guessing the Premiers prediction is weighted so heavily against us because its played 'away'? Cant see any other reason to ha e such a massklive disparity between premiers and runners up

 

[Taylor]

Im guessing the Premiers prediction is weighted so heavily against us because its played 'away'? Cant see any other reason to ha e such a massklive disparity between premiers and runners up

Perhaps it weighs the performance at the MCG, we don't have an exceptional run of form there.

 

[Quay Club]

Yeah, been following our squiggle evaluation this year (which collects all the algorithms), some weird things happen. Hawks went up points a few weeks ago after losing to us, same with their loss to Melbs. Whereas we've won 11 in a row and are still ranked 4th in their seedings.

 

[LongSerong]

Perhaps it weighs the performance at the MCG, we don't have an exceptional run of form there.

Won our last 2, 4 out of the last 6, and 6 of 10. Not terrrrrible...

 

[Knees of Ben Allan]

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Featuring the surly talents of David King as the blackboard, uttering his catchphrase/mantra:

“Hurry Up, Hurry Up”

 

[Quay Club]

Featuring the surly talents of David King as the blackboard, uttering his catchphrase/mantra:

“Hurry Up, Hurry Up”

Yep and when we win a GF he will say "Yes but I want to see them do it in two"