Scruffy Seconds. (all of the above)

I live in Geelong, a town full of cocky smug Geelong supporters and a newspaper (Geelong Advertiser) that reports on nothing but The Cats. Even when they cop a massive thrashing by another team the sport headline will be "Brave Cats Go Down Fighting".

When I tell people that I barrack for Melbourne I often hear back "oh, what are you doing here then."

The end of their rein and the rise of ours will bring me much joy...

Essendon are far and away my most hated. Carlton & St Kilda very close.

Collingwood I don't have that same hate, although I love to beat them I enjoy the big games against them and have plenty of good memories from these games.

I've never found the majority of Pies fans to have that same smugness that an Essendon supporter possess. That type of smugness that you just want to punch square in the mouth B)

My Most Hated Top 8:

1. Essendon (Origin: Crushing loss in the early 90's when they came back from 8 goals down at 3 quarter time to beat us. Smug bastard sitting next to me with his pumped fist in front of my face yelling "Hiiiiiirdy!" and "Caaaaalthorp!" etc as they stomped us into the MCG turf. This was oft repeated through the 90's.

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2. Carlton (Origin: Arrogance and sense of entitlement of the Jack Elliot era has not diluted in them one bit, even after their spoon years. Stealing of Kreuzer/Naitanui from us)

3. Collingwood (Origin: Generational beef passed on from father, aided by filth-supporting neighbours rubbing their 1990 flag in face for an entire summer.

4. Hawthorn (Origin: Snuffed the life out of our romantic late 80's resurgence with horrible grand final hiding. Dermott Brereton forever ironing out our players)

5. St Kilda (Origin: Really risen up the ranks in recent years. Seem to have conveniently forgotten their underdog past despite not yet having won a flag)

6. Geelong (Origin: Liked them a lot more when they were losing grand finals and carrying handbags to away games)

7. North Melbourne (Origin: Have jumped up into calculations here with their ne'er-do-well supporters continued sniping at us. And Wayne Carey, of course.

8. Gold Coast (Origin: Already hate them with a passion. AFL wants them to win flags and probably at our expense. Won't happen.

Anyone else's top 8 differ from mine?

My most hated:

1. Collingwood

2. North Melb.

3. Eagles ( Try living in Perth)

4. Sydney

5. Richmond

6. Dockers.

7. Essendon.

8. Adelaide.

Edited March 5, 201114 yr by bobby mckenzie

Last year much like yourself i started thinking about why i hate Essendon so much. What i wrote turned into a mini thesis on why this club gives me the sh*its...

If i can find it ill put it on here

The 2000 GF thuggery was as much our fault as theirs .

I couldn't believe that we weren't ready for it ,for the previous 15 years they had beaten us up physically whenever our young side showed abit of dash . Then we meet them in the biggest game of the year and are utterly shocked by what happenend . Blind Freddy new they we're going to target the young fellas especially as Wallace position was kept by Sheedy for that exact reason . Hardwick and Soloman we're coathanger kings while longs Cheap shot was what you'd expect from a coward .

Blokes like Neitz and Schwarz shoulda been more prepared to do some skull cracking of their own as soon as the rot started .

Tho' I dislike all our opposition I save my hatred for

Collingwood ,Essendon & Carlton .