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    Are we now the fan favourites ‘outsiders’ the media will make darlings

    Are we the new media darlings? Is the new narrative of the would be outsiders of misfits without our #1 Ruck & #1 Full Forward and maybe Weightman.

    Clearly, the Ch7 & friends didn’t want us to win the last two games. But do they flip the script and back us with the title as underdogs to get behind public sentiment.
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    Re: Are we now the fan favourites ‘outsiders’ the media will make darlings

    A lot of fans hating us getting all the free kicks we get.
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    Re: Are we now the fan favourites ‘outsiders’ the media will make darlings

    Nah were getting hated on externally for being in the umpires pockets.

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    Re: Are we now the fan favourites ‘outsiders’ the media will make darlings

    Quote Originally Posted by bornadog View Post
    A lot of fans hating us getting all the free kicks we get.
    There's no doubt over the course of the season that we have the best FF/FA ratio and the first two finals have both been well above that.

    Season it's 19.4 FF and 15.9 FA (we're by far the lowest FA). Finals have been 22-14 and 28-19 our way. Won't make too much of a judgment about what it should've been but certainly felt like we had a good run the last two weeks, even with some clearly wrong ones going against us.

    I can certainly understand why a neutral supporter would hate the frees we're getting. Also that both crowds have been heavily against us pushes that perception further with all the booing and bronx cheering.

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    Re: Are we now the fan favourites ‘outsiders’ the media will make darlings

    We are playing Port. Everyone hates Port. How could you barrack for Port?

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    Re: Are we now the fan favourites ‘outsiders’ the media will make darlings

    I guess they go with Melbourne breaking the drought as the best story and go all in on them?
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    Re: Are we now the fan favourites ‘outsiders’ the media will make darlings

    Quote Originally Posted by bulldogtragic View Post
    I guess they go with Melbourne breaking the drought as the best story and go all in on them?
    Yep... Melbourne are the darlings in 2021..uggg.... 20 years of tanking finally pays off... and everyone lauds them for it ..... not this little black duck.
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    1. Dogs win 2021 premiership...against melbourne in last 30 seconds
    2. Dogs win 2021 premiership against anyone..
    3. Dee's lose Premiership to anyone outside of Dogs
    4. Dee's don't make GF.

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    Re: Are we now the fan favourites ‘outsiders’ the media will make darlings

    Nope, the same underlying influences that run deep within the media that didn't want us to win throughout 08-10, but had to concede 16 are still alive and well.

    It's not paranoia, it's actually systemic and political. How else can you explain the apologist nature commentary towards Essendon and Carlton, and the lack of heat for North Melbourne and Melbourne to simply get stuffed.

    Would the AFL ever pay for us to Paul Roos ourselves for a few years just so we could show we've been Paul Roos'd in the Roos hole?
    We definitely know the answer to that.

    We are going to face six days minimum of defending ourselves against so called umpiring miss-haps, be given unfavourable coverage in our HOME STATE compared to Port Adelaide this week, and wind up having to play again after arduous quarantine conditions compared to our opponents with barely a mention of sympathy.

    And then we are going to take it up to them in front of their dreadful song singing fans.

    We are in the glow right now, just you wait for the next few days. It's going to be ugly.
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    Re: Are we now the fan favourites ‘outsiders’ the media will make darlings

    No way in hell. We are the villains in this campaign. Dees the feel good (blergh) story. Geelong the backs to the wall team. Port the valiant performers.

    We are the spoilers. The unworthy. It’s all a conspiracy. Umpire’s pets.

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    Re: Are we now the fan favourites ‘outsiders’ the media will make darlings

    We’re very much the outsiders… all the talk is that we only won because we got looked after by the umpires.

    But who gives a toss… we go again!

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    Re: Are we now the fan favourites ‘outsiders’ the media will make darlings

    With Daniel's off-the-side of the boot but somehow intentional free kick I'm not sure how anybody can claim that.
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    Re: Are we now the fan favourites ‘outsiders’ the media will make darlings

    And then we are going to completely *!*!*!*! Port like they've never been *!*!*!*!ed before. In front of their dead shit, hopeless and dreadful song singing fans (it's not because of socio-economics that I call them dead shit, hopeless and dreadful).

    And that is an understatement Jeemak I can still picture the bearded feral bogan on the boundary giving it to Sweet earlier in the year, that bloke is their supporter's poster boy.

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    Re: Are we now the fan favourites ‘outsiders’ the media will make darlings

    Quote Originally Posted by jeemak View Post
    Nope, the same underlying influences that run deep within the media that didn't want us to win throughout 08-10, but had to concede 16 are still alive and well.

    It's not paranoia, it's actually systemic and political. How else can you explain the apologist nature commentary towards Essendon and Carlton, and the lack of heat for North Melbourne and Melbourne to simply go and *!*!*!*! themselves at best, or at worst be rationalised and run out of town?

    Would the AFL ever pay for us to Paul Roos ourselves for a few years just so we could show we've been Paul Roos'd in the Roos hole?
    We definitely know the answer to that.

    We are going to face six days minimum of defending ourselves against so called umpiring miss-haps, be given unfavourable coverage in our HOME STATE compared to Port Adelaide this week, and wind up having to play again after arduous quarantine conditions compared to our opponents with barely a mention of sympathy.

    And then we are going to completely *!*!*!*! Port like they've never been *!*!*!*!ed before. In front of their dead shit, hopeless and dreadful song singing fans (it's not because of socio-economics that I call them dead shit, hopeless and dreadful).

    We are in the glow right now, just you wait for the next few days. It's going to be ugly.
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    Re: Are we now the fan favourites ‘outsiders’ the media will make darlings

    Quote Originally Posted by angelopetraglia View Post
    We are playing Port. Everyone hates Port. How could you barrack for Port?
    The interesting part of me is if we don't beat them next week they would be my preferred option to win the flag. No way I would want Melbourne or Geelong to win it.
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    Re: Are we now the fan favourites ‘outsiders’ the media will make darlings

    Quote Originally Posted by GVGjr View Post
    The interesting part of me is if we don't beat them next week they would be my preferred option to win the flag. No way I would want Melbourne or Geelong to win it.
    I quite like Port and if not us I'd be happy for them, and certainly over the other two teams.
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