Neutrals of bigfooty - Which team would you like to win the flag?

[JayJ20]

100% Fremantle. It's the year of the Flagmantle!

Hopefully not Sydney and Collingwood.

 

[Back One Out]

I don't really care which team wins the flag.

Neutrals usually barrack for the underdog, the "Cinderella" team. I suppose Fremantle is that team in these finals, and maybe to a lesser extent, Brisbane.

Freo have never won a flag, so it would be huge for their fans, but I doubt they can win it this year. The Lions haven't won since 2003 and they were down the bottom of the ladder for 10 years. I quite like them as a neutral. But I can't see them winning their next 3 finals. Sure, I'll barrack for either of the non-Vic underdogs if they were to get through. But if they lose, I won't be getting bent out of shape (like some "neutrals" in the match threads)

I like watching Melbourne and Collingwood. It would be great for Dees fans to see their boys win a Grand Final at the MCG. But I think they're in a bit of trouble. It's not looking good for them. Neither Dees, nor Pies have the forward line firepower to beat the Cats & Swans in successive games. Just not quite there in 2022. Maybe next year.

Which leaves Geelong and Sydney, two clubs I HATED when Hawthorn was their big rival for the flag
But that no longer worries me. They both play good footy. If they win their next 2 games, they fully deserve it.

Whoever plays the best footy this September. That's my answer.

 

[Greasyrhys]

Freo

 

[safeandsound]

Swans and then Pies .

 

[Roddy]

Swans are my second favourite side, I'm rooting for them. Then the Lions.

 

[GastevsBeard]

On the basis of week one of finals, I think Sydney's peak footy is clearly of a higher standard than every other side. So from the perspective of a meritocracy it has to be Sydney

A Geelong win & I think i'll support Rugby League

 

[woosha24]

Pies. Already beaten them in possibly the greatest GF to watch in the last 20 years so no real animosity there. Also:

• Its long simmered down but we still have somewhat of a rivalry with Sydney from the mid-2000s
• Chris Scott is a carnt
• Dont want Brissie matching our flag record as an interstate side
• Cant let Little Brother get too big for their britches

 

[Osho]

Freo, then Pies.
Freo, because they haven't won one, ever, and I like the cut of their jib this year, exciting youth and a good bloke coach.

Pies because they are coming from nowhere, and playing with hardness and order. Real working class f@#$ you footy.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

In terms of off-season media, freo. Every other team will dominate the airwaves during cricket season

 

[Jimthegreat]

Sydney.

They are in the box seat too based on the first week. Easily the best of the finalists over the weekend.

 

[footyfan1978]

Swans
Family connection to South and genuinely like them as a team …

South connection still evident in crowds down here.

 

[Osho]

Richmond fans like Collingwood more than Geelong and Melbourne now?

The world is upside down!
All sense and reason has been replaced by emotions.

Chris Scott, you are breaking RFC fans effortlessly. What a performance.

 

[AndyLucimitis]

Geelong - hopefully not Pies or Sydney.

 

[bungalow_bill]

Thought the Lions would poll better. 2nd least liked behind the premiers and behind the Pies of all teams.

 

[Power Raid]

1. Freo

2. Swans

3. Lions/ Dees/ Pies

6. Cats

 

[Falcon3518]

Richmond fans like Collingwood more than Geelong and Melbourne now?

Don’t have a problem with the pies. Like McRae as well. Don’t want Dees only cause of b2b. Don’t like cats cause of the people on BF and GMHBA advantage.


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[a_fighting_fury]

Pies or Freo

 

[Fire]

1. Freo
2. Brisbane
3. Sydney
4. Geelong
5. Melbourne
6. Collingswood

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[CasuallyDressed]

If Collingwood were to lose to Freo then I'd be going for Freo to win it from there.

 

[PhatBoy]

If I was neutral I would strangely have the swans as the most and least I’d like to win.

I’d like them to win because I have an immense amount of respect for how they play and that like us they’ve made a deliberate attempt to keep contending so it really endears them to me. On the other hand if they win they’ve succeeded in doing it and getting a reward at the end of it whereas we haven’t

 

[Millky95]

1. Freo
2. Brisbane
3. Melbourne
4. Pies
5. Geelong

But honestly, not too fussed. Freo having not won a flag puts them top for me

 

[Zevon]

If I was neutral I would strangely have the swans as the most and least I’d like to win.

I’d like them to win because I have an immense amount of respect for how they play and that like us they’ve made a deliberate attempt to keep contending so it really endears them to me. On the other hand if they win they’ve succeeded in doing it and getting a reward at the end of it whereas we haven’t

Yeah I see what you’re getting at. I wonder sometimes if some of the hate towards the Cats comes from supporters of teams that have bottomed out time and again and still have no flag to show from their repeated “rebuilds”, whereas the Cats just keep keeping on, making finals and contending year in year out. The only comforting thing to those people is that the Cats haven’t tasted the ultimate success in the last decade either, and if they finally do then it will really vindicate that “keep contending at all costs, don’t bottom out” strategy.

 

[Danw0w]

1- Sydney
2- Freo
3- Melbourne
equal 6- all the rest

 

[RichLeMonde]

Collingwood
Fremantle
Geelong


Melbourne
Sydney
Brisbane

 

[HairyO]

Brisbane
Freo
Melbourne