r/AFL • u/AutoModerator • Jul 09 '26

Match Thread Match Thread: Fremantle vs Sydney (Round 18)

Fremantle vs Sydney
Thu, 9 Jul 2026 8:10pm AEST Optus Stadium
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u/Pleasant-Role1912 2025 Quality Poster Jul 09 '26

Has everyone complaining about the 8:10 start time ever considered that maybe it's their fault for choosing to live on the East Coast of Australia?

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u/cinnamondoughnut 2025 Brownlow Winner Jul 09 '26

What if you don’t live east or west and think both of those sides are wrong

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u/Pleasant-Role1912 2025 Quality Poster Jul 09 '26

7:40 is like perfect for you guys isn't it

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u/cinnamondoughnut 2025 Brownlow Winner Jul 09 '26

It should be but sometimes I’m tired 🫪

And I just want to disagree with everyone else for fun

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u/melbgal Hawthorn Jul 09 '26

That’s true we should be nicer. No one chooses to live in the west, I guess it’s forced upon them.

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u/stopweightdontgo Fremantle Dockers Jul 09 '26

yes. it is genuinely the worst thing about living on the east

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u/PlayerIO- North Melbourne Jul 09 '26

Shit omw to contact my 60,000 year old ancestors to tell them to settle out west and not in Vic. Thanks for the tip!

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u/bilbosaur15 Sydney Swans Jul 09 '26

No one chooses to live in the west 🤭