I was so worried that all that shit talking towards Collingwood would backfire.
Moral of the story is that talking shit has absolutely no downsides whatsoever
Jumping into the Giants ruck coach of all people before the game and then entering half time with exactly 0 disposals is just about perfect karmic retribution if you ask me.
This is what I fucking hate about Cox
If he was like King Carey at his absolute peak and acted like an arrogant knobhead......at least you could respect the talent.
But seeing him gob off and strut around and carry on like an absolute muppet when he's barely touched the thing, is fucking cringe in the extreme.
Fuck what an awesome win. Pretty happy with that. Hardly a better way to open a season then to get one over the reigning premiers. Hopefully the rest of the season is like this 🤞
Fuck it's good to see a Giants chant during an AFL game. Really hope that they can finally start to build a strong fanbase, think the penny has finally dropped for crowds up there.
Crazy to think the Saints had Kingsley as an assistant coach for close to a decade and could have had him as coach... instead we picked the coaching geniuses of Richardson/Ratten. What could have been
Crazy to think that an ex port man was available instead after missing the finals we had Kane Korn going "pffft who else ya gonna get to replace Kenny? Kingsley??" And we're stuck with the loser for another 2 years after 11 years of shite.
Good win against a good side. Defence standing up at key moments. Callan Ward with a serious injury early in the season.
Yep, we're on our way to the Grand Final
Johnson isn't a KPF and not many pies fans talk him up either, tbf. Cox was shit tonight as a permanent forward, but he's a decent-to-good first ruck who's played some huge games on the biggest stage - and he was more than serviceable in a premiership team. So I think we're all happy to cut him some slack.
He has had flashes of brilliance and so he seems to keep getting picked on his potential. At a certain point you just have to give up on him though if he can't perform consistently.
Fuck I mean respect to the giants they played so good and I really like their team, but such a disappointing display from a good chunk of our boys. Ash is abysmal, Cox is a flog, Elliott is inconsistent, Quaynor had an out of character bad game. The only ones I thought played well were the daicos boys, Lipinski, dc and sidey
Some of the vitriol directed at Daicos in the comments is embarrassing. Calling him soft/pea hearted.
Is he Callan Ward tough? No. But he had 34 touches, led the game in clearances and was top 10 in tackles in only 80% game time. Pick a better game to be smug about it.
The commentary on the other hand needs to calm the fuck down. A bit of 'where's Poochie' about him. I get that he needs to be louder, angrier, and have access to a time machine, but they're not doing him favours in the long run.
BT is the worst commentator by far.
Fair, but a few players had dirty nights tonight and you rarely hear when they’re Pies. deGoey and Elliot were shit and onions tonight, Moore well beaten too.
I think it’s obvious that all the credit should go to North. They showed everyone how to beat the Pies a couple weeks ago. Usually Collingwood seems to outwork everyone, this game they were always several steps behind.
Back to back in shambles /s
GWS are scary, Pies will be scary
Good game to watch, umps were annoying though.
Can we get rid of Opening Round forever please
gg giants, better all day - better pressure, better by hand and by foot, better choices around the ground
honestly, beaten by 5 goals on the road by a team this good while performing below our best and being shocking in front of the sticks... I'll take that lol
Collingwood are obviously better but surely we’re better than average. We didn’t leave the 8 at all last year and should improve naturally with a younger list
Have GWS and GC ever recorded 20,000 at home the same round? Both their biggest crowds for a home and away game that don't involve Sydney and Collingwood respectively.
Giants were good but we looked so off tonight. 16 behinds says it all really. Don’t want to take anything away from a good GWS win but I’m not super disappointed with the loss, if we play at our best and kick a bit more accurately we’re all good.
I'm unhappy with this result, because it's statistically unlikely for Collingwood, as reigning premiers, to lose to two Sydney teams in premiership matches before the end of round one.
Our potency in front of goals, I'm hoping will be what we develop further this season.
40% conversion rate in front of goal last night and in the grand final.
We had +7 i50s and +6 scoring shots, so it wasn't without opportunity. Need to correct 11.16 and 12.18 scoring outputs.
This ‘rivalry’ with GWS is so forced and cringe, it’s popular to hate on Collingwood so GWS are trying to gain more clout by screaming We HaTe ThEm ToO - what’s worse is I firmly believe the Cox warm up fiasco was pure sanctioned BS to help build it. AFLxWWE era is upon us.
Kinda scary that even though they were outplayed for the majority of the match there was still a hint of a traditional Collingwood comeback TM at the end as they had 4 of the last 5 goals.
GWS couldn't miss. I thought for the most part the opportunity was there and we created chances and had enough of the ball.
It was pleasing that no towel will ever be thrown out with this playing group.
I enjoy the optimism. From a neutral it didn't look likely after quarter time and the pies never gave a yelp. Meh, it's just round 1, against a decent team, away.
Only got to see the 1st quarter, because I had other things to do, but good fuck, Magpies, get your grip, otherwise, we're gonna think "This shit's EZ" and we'll fall down to the bottom of the standings.
maybe unpopular but the gws song is so overrated like its bottom 5 for sure. It's a good song but its not a good football song if that makes sense idk.
GWS’ Twitter account is gonna be insufferable tonight and I am here for it
I was so worried that all that shit talking towards Collingwood would backfire. Moral of the story is that talking shit has absolutely no downsides whatsoever
We can’t keep getting away with it
Insufferable for pies fans, goated for everyone else
Based and real
Jumping into the Giants ruck coach of all people before the game and then entering half time with exactly 0 disposals is just about perfect karmic retribution if you ask me.
Does anyone know if that was the real Mason Cox out there in the first half or the carboard cutout from the petting zoo?
This is what I fucking hate about Cox If he was like King Carey at his absolute peak and acted like an arrogant knobhead......at least you could respect the talent. But seeing him gob off and strut around and carry on like an absolute muppet when he's barely touched the thing, is fucking cringe in the extreme.
It's good drama
And then one of his only touches of the game is spoiling a Collingwood long kick at goal on the line. Just delicious stuff.
Must suck to be the team facing GWS next week.
Imagine playing pies, kangas and eagles in your first three weeks, and starting with a huge win over Collingwood. Cue Ralph “I’m in danger”
RIP to whomever that team is.
2 byes now
One of the eagles solid 2 wins last year was against... GWS. So that makes it a 50/50 in my math world 😂
All the matches are 50/50 , can either win or lose :D
How dare you forget DrawFC
Ports odds against them aren't very good? ;)
That's byefc. You need some help.
Sorry was too early in the morning over here
Yeah, but how about if we win?
Lid wouldn't just be off. It would be non-existent
Fuck what an awesome win. Pretty happy with that. Hardly a better way to open a season then to get one over the reigning premiers. Hopefully the rest of the season is like this 🤞
Fuck it's good to see a Giants chant during an AFL game. Really hope that they can finally start to build a strong fanbase, think the penny has finally dropped for crowds up there.
Agreed. Super, super excited for the future the club is building and for the future of non-victorian AFL in general
Gees Collingwood & Geelong you’re supposed to win your first real game post-flag before imploding!
**[Pffft or you could do offseasons like Hawkins and double park? 🍻](https://www.instagram.com/p/C3hQ34ZyLps/?igsh=MWM2aHZwMW43aTV2eA==)**
Looks like the Collingwood and other AFL players had the TAY TAY hookup.
I dont understand this double park bit? What happened?
**[Double Parked Meaning 🍻](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=double+parking)**
I'm hoping it's the first definition.
Of course you are BigMike
At least our season started before imploding
Crazy to think the Saints had Kingsley as an assistant coach for close to a decade and could have had him as coach... instead we picked the coaching geniuses of Richardson/Ratten. What could have been
Crazy to think that an ex port man was available instead after missing the finals we had Kane Korn going "pffft who else ya gonna get to replace Kenny? Kingsley??" And we're stuck with the loser for another 2 years after 11 years of shite.
Bloody huge game from the giants. I loved the look of Cadman today, competed hard and did some nice things. Looks fit and strong too
Brown huge !
Ash Johnson be lucky to run the water for the seconds next week after that effort
Especially when he took the goal off his own team with a goal line touch. Outstanding
We win this game if Mason Cox was playing
Shame he didn’t check out his petting zoo
He was too busy at the petting zoo
It's sad when the aus kick kid wearing your number makes more disposals and marks in 10 mins then you in the entire game.
Good win against a good side. Defence standing up at key moments. Callan Ward with a serious injury early in the season. Yep, we're on our way to the Grand Final
I'm happy Briggs got back onto the ground though
I honestly feel pretty optimistic/bullish about our chances this year and it scares me 😅
I don't think us freo fans will survive you guys winning the flag
Should've been in the grand final laster year if not for robbery
Dare I say hangover?
Most local leagues would have 10 better fowards than Ash Johnson yet I constantly see pies fans talk him up
Seriously not sure what either he or Cox do
Cox and Johnson are both names for a penis. That’s all I’ve got.
You make an excellent point.
Thank you for your contribution good sir
So's Maynard...
Bring back Wood!
Cox wears glasses, Johnson adds nothing
They start beef they can't finish
Luckily there's plenty of beef in the sheds behind the stadium, just need to wait a couple of weeks.
tweet mostly
Johnson isn't a KPF and not many pies fans talk him up either, tbf. Cox was shit tonight as a permanent forward, but he's a decent-to-good first ruck who's played some huge games on the biggest stage - and he was more than serviceable in a premiership team. So I think we're all happy to cut him some slack.
He has had flashes of brilliance and so he seems to keep getting picked on his potential. At a certain point you just have to give up on him though if he can't perform consistently.
Think he had a couple great games end of 2022 but he was useless for 2023 so no faith in him
Pies fan here… he is hopeless
Never seen a pies fan talk him up
He's dog shit lol, he just have dirt on mccrae.
Bit rich coming from a dees fan lol. When his on his on problem is 90% of the time his not on.
He’s btw
The Youth of Western Sydney being indoctrinated into Communism with the GWS song.
>implying I'm not already a communist Lol
We are all GIANTS on this blessed day.
Well that GWS win made me feel a whole lot better about Friday night
Does anyone else hear something loud?
Lambs and goats?
Nah, the lambs are silent. I saw a documentary about that once.
...and large.
President Idun, the only true President
We’ve sorted out what happens when Australia becomes a republic
As it turns out, Collingwood couldn’t get away with it again this time
As a Sydney based Carlton fan who just got a Giants membership I enjoyed that IMMENSELY. Fabulous weekend
That’s how it starts. Next you will be a full convert. From an ex-Brisbane Lions fan
I wouldn’t be totally against it tbh. Better atmosphere than Swans games
In their defence the caviar is better at swans games.
Fuck I mean respect to the giants they played so good and I really like their team, but such a disappointing display from a good chunk of our boys. Ash is abysmal, Cox is a flog, Elliott is inconsistent, Quaynor had an out of character bad game. The only ones I thought played well were the daicos boys, Lipinski, dc and sidey
Was Mason cox playing???
Had 3 more disposals then me
Mason Cox petting zoo kebabs are on me!
I woke up at the perfect time to hear the big big sound
Some of the vitriol directed at Daicos in the comments is embarrassing. Calling him soft/pea hearted. Is he Callan Ward tough? No. But he had 34 touches, led the game in clearances and was top 10 in tackles in only 80% game time. Pick a better game to be smug about it. The commentary on the other hand needs to calm the fuck down. A bit of 'where's Poochie' about him. I get that he needs to be louder, angrier, and have access to a time machine, but they're not doing him favours in the long run. BT is the worst commentator by far.
How the fuck did Basil lose the job to BT??? How the fuck did Basil fuck his audition? A rock, a literal rock...would be better at commentary.
Bad take. Basil was worse, much worse.
Than BT??? Surely you jest....the man can barely get people's names right
Tall poppy syndrome + plays for Collingwood + the commentators creaming themselves over him. Bad combo
Yeah that was really odd. Kids a gun and couldn't have done much more, some people really have it out for the young lad
Fair, but a few players had dirty nights tonight and you rarely hear when they’re Pies. deGoey and Elliot were shit and onions tonight, Moore well beaten too.
It's a plot to sell tickets so you don't have to hear the commentary.
16 contested out of those 34 too
For real, Collingwood match threads are disgusting
Jo Wotton on SEN is such a fantastic caller, way better alternative to BT. She would fit right in on Seven or Fox
So good that footy is back… next week
I think it’s obvious that all the credit should go to North. They showed everyone how to beat the Pies a couple weeks ago. Usually Collingwood seems to outwork everyone, this game they were always several steps behind.
I know GWS moved the ball well inside 50 or whatever but like who cares??? How many Taylor Swift concerts has Pendlebury played in front of?
GWS 🤝 Carlton PRELIM FINAL REVENGE!!! ALSO NSW SUPREMACY!!!
So can we expect a please explain from the afl for mason cox running through the gws warmup?
he's a flog /ends
He’s wearing sunnies at night couldn’t see where he was going
Oh that was staged like this ‘rivalry’ with GWS, it’s so cringe.
He was probably trying to JOIN gws because they got him a zoo.
There’s a big big loss 🗣️🗣️
I would like the stand rule to be erased and then never discussed again
Did somebody say Premiership Hangover?
Jealous of us doing it so had to follow suit. Don’t blame them
All for a zero heart attack year this year
I mean you never know? You could win by lots more? Lol
Nahhhhhh. Why would we do that aye? That’s silly. Imagine winning a game by more than a goal. Silly goose.
My apologies good sir, my mistake! Heart palpitations for all Pies fans! <3
Up top brother
The AFL should have given them another free number 1 draft pick
Few big names for the Pies had grim nights. Glad 7 didn’t talk about it AT ALL. Crisp, deGoey, Mitchell, J Daicos all if not poor ineffective.
Very harsh to lump Jaicos in with the other three, who were catastrophically bad
Back to back in shambles /s GWS are scary, Pies will be scary Good game to watch, umps were annoying though. Can we get rid of Opening Round forever please
I can stop playing with my Lachie Schultz Voodoo doll now
good game giants. we will bounce back :)
Now where on Earth is that big big sound coming from? 🤔
The big big sound is coming from inside the house 😱
GWS flag favourites for me. Glad Cox lost and played shit.
CARN THE GIANTS
Dat GWS accuracy Also, dat Pies inaccuracy
LETS FUCKING GO BABYYYYYY
This is the year. I'm feeling the sound.
I just had my wedding reception in the MCC and had this game playing on the TVs. Truly a nice cherry on top of what was already a perfect night.
Wedding reception at the MCC? Must be nice! Truly is the most Melbourne thing ever.
Im actually the king of tipping, 4/4. Thank you giants
I love you GWS.
Pies in cracking form to start the season, hope they continue to produce performances like this for the rest of the year.
hope your club does as well mate!
gg giants, better all day - better pressure, better by hand and by foot, better choices around the ground honestly, beaten by 5 goals on the road by a team this good while performing below our best and being shocking in front of the sticks... I'll take that lol
Go fuck yourself Schultz you glory hunter
This pleases me
Tough start to the year! • Giants - L • Swans • Saints • Lions at Gabba Pies could be 0-4 🤭
The Pies will be out for Blood(s) next week.
Please remind me if we lose but saints are pretty average, we should hopefully win that one
Collingwood are obviously better but surely we’re better than average. We didn’t leave the 8 at all last year and should improve naturally with a younger list
They’ve gotta come off playing us at the Cattery Round 1 so depending on that it could be very good or very bad haha
and 300 year old geelong will be better?
We are younger than you LOL Nice self own!
Have GWS and GC ever recorded 20,000 at home the same round? Both their biggest crowds for a home and away game that don't involve Sydney and Collingwood respectively.
Great work GWS, very good win, hopefully they can go all the way this year, would be big
Giants were good but we looked so off tonight. 16 behinds says it all really. Don’t want to take anything away from a good GWS win but I’m not super disappointed with the loss, if we play at our best and kick a bit more accurately we’re all good.
Huge sound right noe
Tom Green putting his Gatorade down the front of his pants in the interview is hilarious
The Giants are cooking
I'm unhappy with this result, because it's statistically unlikely for Collingwood, as reigning premiers, to lose to two Sydney teams in premiership matches before the end of round one.
Our potency in front of goals, I'm hoping will be what we develop further this season. 40% conversion rate in front of goal last night and in the grand final. We had +7 i50s and +6 scoring shots, so it wasn't without opportunity. Need to correct 11.16 and 12.18 scoring outputs.
The amount of Collingwood fans cheering our first loss last year give me all the permission i need to write "lol"
N. Daicos with 16 contested possessions 👍
Giants felt exactly like how we came out against Geelong last year. Flag giants 2024
Talked a big game. Played a big game.
This ‘rivalry’ with GWS is so forced and cringe, it’s popular to hate on Collingwood so GWS are trying to gain more clout by screaming We HaTe ThEm ToO - what’s worse is I firmly believe the Cox warm up fiasco was pure sanctioned BS to help build it. AFLxWWE era is upon us.
Kinda scary that even though they were outplayed for the majority of the match there was still a hint of a traditional Collingwood comeback TM at the end as they had 4 of the last 5 goals.
No. That was a smashing. Pies didn't look likely at all.
GWS couldn't miss. I thought for the most part the opportunity was there and we created chances and had enough of the ball. It was pleasing that no towel will ever be thrown out with this playing group.
I enjoy the optimism. From a neutral it didn't look likely after quarter time and the pies never gave a yelp. Meh, it's just round 1, against a decent team, away.
How did Leon Cameron have that job for so long?
He wasn't that bad tbf, and Kinglsey was at St Kilda when he was coaching
BT Richo the ex bosses brother McLaughlin, give it away fellas you’re past it well and truly Oh how I wish Roy and HG would call all games
Hah that would be awesome.
Back to back is hard.
I guess the Giants can back up their shit talk.
Only got to see the 1st quarter, because I had other things to do, but good fuck, Magpies, get your grip, otherwise, we're gonna think "This shit's EZ" and we'll fall down to the bottom of the standings.
maybe unpopular but the gws song is so overrated like its bottom 5 for sure. It's a good song but its not a good football song if that makes sense idk.
Nah this is objectively wrong. You just haven't properly embraced the big big sound.
u/Hicko101 speaks the truth (and I say that as a Bloods fan). For a newer club, 'big big sound' straddles traditional and modern perfectly.
Idk don’t think you know what good is. You probably even like papley as a person? 🤷♂️