A flicker of hope from a Power outage in Adelaide... then WHACK! Carlton flogs the Lions and puts our season back in the dark on life support.

Could that ripple on the Parramatta River become a surging Orange Tsunami flooding deep into September? We can only dream.

And dream we will.

Dreams of Whitfield dialling back the clock and kicking them from 50 out on an angle.

Dreams of Stringer and his fish oil supplement dynasties.

Dreams of the greats who have donned the number 31 for the Giants. Jarrod Brander, we remember and salute you.

Get into this week's dose of The Squinters with Sparrow and Orca. Hair loss, Song of the Week, Squintfest options... it's all there.

And, of course, we look ahead to our clash at the Golden Egg against our Expansion Cup rivals, the Suns.

Oh, and if you make it to Canberra, check out the Mount Ainslie 500 on behalf of Sparrow, on the 500over10.com website.

Report back with your time.

That's it. Enough cross-pollinating of podcast interests.

Giants for the win, gamble responsibly which is not at all, and...

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Yes, that was a tough watch.

Any time an opposition player racks up more than 1,000 metres gained against you, it’s going to be a tough watch. When the Swans kick seven goals in the opening quarter and lead by 53 points at half-time, it becomes something else entirely.

And then Finn went down.

Is there any hope?

Define hope…

What we do have is a strong football club, a healthy culture, an awesome supporter base and a media storm brewing that seems heavy on noise and light on substance.

We expect better from you, Cal Twomey.

So here it is: direct from Giants fans, for Giants fans. An opportunity to listen, commiserate and reflect on the season that could have been—had something resembling half our best side been available at the same time.

There were at least a few flickers amid the wreckage: Cogs kicked three and had plenty of High Speed Metres, the youngsters kept cracking in, and the Orange Army stayed loud despite being given very little to work with.

And, of course, a special shout-out to the club doctor—also on crutches.

Seriously, can we take a trick?

Probably not in 2026. Nonetheless, we’re loading up for Port Adelaide and one final attempt to keep the season alive.

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Well, there goes the July Run. We'll take down Empires, but the rats and mice in the drains will never cease to trouble us.

Best we just delete the last game against the Bombers from our memory bank and move on.

Reboot.

Look forward.

Battle Of The Bridge.

Biggest Rivalry in Australia.

At stake: bragging rights. Strutting rights on Bronte. The Anzac bloody bridge. And maybe even our place in the top 8, sorry top 10, whatever the encouragement awards policy now covers.

Whatever—we just have to win.

Let's hope for more than 23 high speed fkn metres from our leaders this time.

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The beauty of maths is that it’s completely objective. It’s science. It’s truth. It’s the foundational cornerstone of accumulated knowledge and humanity’s long, noble journey towards enlightenment.

And so, Ragnar’s Maths continues its relentless pursuit of truth by predicting—nay, mathematically proving—what will happen this month:

We won’t lose.

But… ahhh, bugger.

This weekend we play a team sitting on the bottom of the ladder. We generally play poorly in situations like this. Anything could happen, and humanity’s journey towards enlightenment may yet perform a spectacular U-turn.

Ragnar, Sparrow and Orca are here to dive in and reassure the Orange Army.

For now, we'll rejoice in the magnificent victory against a side that—for most of the game—was probably the better team.

Unfortunately for them, when Clarry’s magnificent shoulder arrives at full force, accompanied by a commitment to the football only an overexcited kelpie could rival, chances are you’re about to lose.

Where have we heard that before?

That’s right: Rag’s Bet.

Currently in administration. Possibly insolvent. Almost certainly irresponsible. RIP.

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BECAUSE MARK OUR WORDS: THAT’S A MATHEMATICAL CERTAINTY.

We’ll see.

But until then, we’ll Never Surrender.

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Firstly, and most importantly: WELCOME BACK NEEDLES!

Yes, the President of The Squinters, the Renaissance Man, the trackside oracle, returns to his dodgy mic after attending the Golden Egg with fellow OG Bartman to deliver high-quality uninformed opinions and insights you can only get on this golden piece of podcasting mastery.

And what a game to return for.

The Giants, with half the list held together by duct tape, fuelled by youthful zest and the faint smell of September, have knocked off the ladder-leading Dockers and ended their 14-game winning streak.

The Package delivered a career-high seven. Toby did Toby things. The young’uns stood up. Callaghan worked. Idun marked everything. Whitfield was brilliant before getting concussed. And somehow, against a very legit football team, the Orange Tsunami emerged from Burley Griffin.

Maybe it was the polite Canberra crowd. We love you Canberra.

There is so much to discuss: the pressure, the clearance dominance, the defensive grit, the forward-line chaos — did we mention we had no key forward? Cads and Package 4Lyfe

And of course, it's July, so throw the house on a win over the Cats this weekend (no, chances are you're about to lose), or at least get there to watch a quality game... CAUSE WE'RE BACK BABY!!!

Clear the diary for September, because who knows?

Whenever there’s a sniff, we'll Never Surrender.

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Ragnar is detoxing.

Stormy's calf is busted.

The AFL YouTube Channel is dropping the ball.

And we suck on a Friday night.

But there's hope!

Get used to this name: Ethan Matthews. Perfect time to get injured, young fella. Put him on ice, and hide him in the garage. Nothing to see here... 👀

And sure, there's tough games coming up in July — starting with the Dockers at Golden Egg — but Ragnar's Math's doesn't lie: Kingsley's July Record Is Ridiculous. So throw the house on it and Chances Are You're About To Lose.

What Could You Be Buying Instead?

Gamble Responsibly.

We love you Stoney's Dad.

And $6 beers are $6 beers, Guildford Hotel. Not $6:09. You're on notice as well.

That is all. Enjoy the pod. Great job fellas. Spaz will be back soon...

Never Surrender.

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When two waves collide, there’s a displacement of energy.

And when those waves are Orange and Blue, it’s not yet the month we don’t lose in — July, obviously — and you’ve got players slipping over, missing targets, and podcasters wandering around forlornly looking for somewhere to eat and commiserate… sometimes, somehow, the footy gods deliver.

Not on the scoreboard. With pizza.

Hats off to Basilico Pizza in Homebush for cheering us up with proper soul food: wood-fired pizzas, fresh toppings, and bases better than any you'd find on Lygon Street, Carlton. So that's a win at least.

Rags, Sparrow, Orca and Number 3 take you to the game, ride the emotion of it all, and then debrief in a converted petrol station in GREATER Western Sydney.

Just the stuff to get you through the week before Friday’s game against the Hawks. Which will be tough...

Stick fat, Orange Army, and Never Surrender. July is almost here.

Basilico Pizza: 161 Parramatta Road, Homebush. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Did we lose? Sure.

Kingers, post game: “We’re better than our ladder position”, plus “Hoges was a mistake”. Frankly, we agree.

BUT...

Was Stormy magnificent? Absolutely.

Did Bluey have his own pill? Damn right. (Check his stats on that stats thing on Mongrel Punt — astounding. Bluey or Phoenix for the Kevin Sheedy Award in October).

Nevertheless... T'was still a loss, and losses mean only one thing: we must galvanise and come together. This week: literally, for once.

Join Rags and Orca as they go DEEP WITHIN THE BOWELS OF THE BEANSTALK to commiserate, speculate, and provide the usual unauthorised and uninformed opinions.

PLUS: INTERVIEWS WITH THE BANNER CREW!!!

The heart and soul of the club. Absolute legends. Great to get them on the pod.

AND A NEW SONG FROM BRAVO BISON!!!

We turn our eyes to the Blues. Let's get to the Beanstalk on Saturday arvo and have it rockin and rollin as the Giants look to bounce back. The timeslot, the weather, the fact it’s almost July — and we never lose in July — all shapes as a cracker.

Plus, Hoges has a point to prove. And Stormy is the best player in the AFL.

We love you, Toby. Don’t leave us, Toby. Drinks and spearfishing are on us, Toby.

Never Surrender.

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Just when we were gaining some momentum, fresh off the Road Train back from Alice, we put our feet up and forgot about footy for a week...

And then the AFL decided to put the Giants on at the same time the Socceroos kick off their World Cup campaign.

Will our heads be elsewhere? Toby has confirmed: yes, this is likely.

Will the Tsunami retreat to a gentle lapping on the fringes of the Marvel turf? There’s every chance.

Hypothetically, technically and realistically, we should continue to march up the ladder given the big ins this week, the form that’s been building, and the fact that the Saints would be demoralised after letting that one slip against the Swannies. And three Ls in a row. Ouch.

Plus, we’re just a better side than the Saints.

But nothing is a given in this beautiful, chaotic, unpredictable sport called Australian Rules Football. And nothing is predictable — other than the Giants making the top four and going on to win our first cup — with this enigmatic team known as the GREATER Western Sydney Giants.

Is this stressful? Sure.

Do we love it? You bet.

Gamble responsibly.

So sit back, split the Kayo screen down the middle, mute the soccer, and enjoy Finn slicing the Saints to pieces, Hoges coming back and kicking a baker’s dozen, and maybe something special from Gothard once again...

Never Surrender.

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What’s better than watching us towel up the Dees in beautiful Central Australia, at the foot of the MacDonnell Ranges, with the Tanami Transport Road Train parked in behind the goals?

NOT BLOODY MUCH!!

We love that ground. We kick straight. The opposition don’t. Bad Kicking is Bad Footy. We win.

So on that note, let’s just claim Traeger Park as another ground to call our temporary home over the Easter Show period. Homebush, Canberra, Alice — all part of the “Greater” Western Sydney. Another tick in the “keep the name” column, Scotty... and Tim (Reed, number one fan of the pod. We see you Tim).

So yeah, another won. TWO IN A ROW!!! Not quite as dominant as the DRUBBING of the Brisbane Cubs, but convincing nonetheless. Are we now perfectly placed? YES, in an Orange Tinted Shades kind of way — how we like it — not on top, but nicely positioned for a strong, storming, Stormy sprint to the finish.

RagsBet/SpazBet this week suggests loading up at odds of $24 for the Cup to come home to Tom Wills Oval. (Gamble responsibly; for gambling help call 1800 858 858). It’ll only get shorter as we knock teams off after the bye.

Enjoy the bye, wear your Big Freeze Beanie for Neale Daniher and all those impacted by MND, and we’ll meet again via the airwaves soon...

Maybe next week. We’ll see.

Till then, Never Surrender.

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REUPLOAD!! 😲

Song of the Week has caused some major headaches... We've slogged it out with Universal Music (Major Sponsor of the show, we appreciate their support), we won of course, but have come to the agreement that Angry Anderson is not allowed on this episode. So here's the new version...

In Leek, and Breadsy, We Trust.

And with glimpses of brilliance from Stormy, Gothard, Lek, Cads, Stringer and Captain Tobes (with the team on his beautiful oily shoulders), that's all the scraps we need as a starving fan base to head north and take the M1 to the Expansion Cup.

RAGS WILL BE THERE!! That's right, fully aware he'll have a 3 hr turn around for Monday morning mowing, Rags is going deep into Suns territory.

Should be a good one. They're no longer the shit older brother. They've got guns. But we've got an Orange Army.

Never Surrender.

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What. A. Game.

Well, when it’s a 14-goal-to-0 third quarter — sorry, they did kick three behinds — it’s not so much a game as a belting. Brutal. Relentless. A training drill against the U12s Parramatta Lions. An Orange Tide that can’t be stopped. Yes, you could even say an Orange Tsunami. Maybe that’s the purest display we’ve seen of the OT in quite a while.

I mean, if you want instant gratification, just put Stormy’s work at the centre clearance on loop for a while and you’ll be a happy member of the Orange Crush. Best player in the league* — according to Ragnar et al.

Sparrow, Ragnar Lothbrok and Team Orca are here to break it all down, reflect on whatever it was we witnessed this past Sunday, and look forward to the trip to Alice, where the Tanami Transport road train, sitting in front of the spectacular MacDonnell Ranges, once again — hopefully — witnesses an Alice Ambush against the Demons. Cue Sparrow’s Soliloquy..

Did we mention there’s ANOTHER SONG? A tribute to our great skipper, of course, off the back of the speculation that he’s leaving for Geelong, his poor form against the Eagles, and the simply stunning game he played against Brisbane.

Did we mention those big oily shoulders carrying the team? No? Well, here’s a tip: HE’S HAD A BLOODY BROKEN FOOT for the past five or so weeks!!! Man, that guy is tough. Build a new stadium in Punchbowl and name it after him.

Lap it up, Squinters, and Never Surrender.

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All we can do is look forward.

Not look back — or west — and pretend that Bailey Willams and the Harley Show never happened.

Sure it's denial.

Sure it fails to deal with the problem.

But the pain is too deep.

Let's just all get down to GMHBA stadium in Geelong and beat the Ca...oh wait, no Cats game this year to reserrect our season... damnit.

SO IT'S TO THE BEANSTALK WE MARCH!!!

Pony Up Orange Army. Take some stoic advice from Seneca via Sparrow, enjoy the latest tune from Ragnar, and reflect with reflections from Orca, and let's lift each other up and out of the Guildford Hotel gutter.

Onwards and upwards in our quest for 10th on the ladder!

Never Surrender.

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This episode was massive. Not so much cause we played so well in our win over the Bombers — it was actually mostly ugly to watch (hence Sparrow's long run at half-time) — but MAN there's some GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY (GWS, Scotty) GIANTS chat out there at the moment.

And being the 𝑜̶𝑛̶𝑙̶𝑦̶ original unfiltered, unauthorised, and uninformed Giants fancast, it naturally falls on us to discuss all that's happening in the Orange Army.

Toby's NOT leaving, the Kid with Lid is a miracle healer, and Connor Idun is the Smother GOAT. They're the main headlines you need to know.

So sit back, extend your drive to work by another 15 minutes (thanks Zoom Premium), and enjoy the banter — AND THE NEW SONG FROM RAGS!!!

Never Surrender.

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Join Rags, Sparrow and Orca as they unpack the disappointment of our first ever (??) loss to our underwhelming older brother, the Gold Coast Suns. Maybe not first ever but the losses are few and far between to the men in pink? blue? red??

In brighter news, RAGS HAS WRITTEN A LOVE SONG TO LAVERDE 😍 – well, it's for Sparrow as he has developed a serious man crush (sorry Madden you're on the scrap heap)...

Speaking of scrap heap... WHATS UP with Briggsy, Hoges, and Toby?? We do our best to come up with answers. Form is down, attitude is poor, and the season is slipping away...

Oh yeah – Leek's got a new name now that he's an honourary member of the Ruck BBQ Division. As does the young promising–but ALSO injured–Logan Smith. Tune in to find out.

See you at the Beanstalk, fly the GREAT WESTERN SYDNEY Giants Banner high and proud, and remember: Never Surrender you greater western sydney legends..

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The Greek Adonis, Nick 'Mayo' Madden, and the leaping Leek Aleer, in the ruck, brought us hope and excitement.

As did a smiling Phoenix Rising Star...

Mayo missing goals from the goal square — not so much.

'Bluey' Oliver getting 64 touches in the wet: also stunning to watch. But Finn blanketed by James Jordan — enough to send you to bed at midnight rather than watch the remaining quarter - or whatever crazy time that game went to.

Orca gives us insight from the ground — the stitch up by the Swans on our cheer squad, the amphetamines fed to fans at the gates, the fashions from the fields...it's all in his match report.

So we put the Battle Of The Bridge behind us and remember the words a wise commentator once said: "bad kicking is bad footy".

Onwards to Anzac day round and the Roos at the Golden Egg. Grim memories from Butters running riot last year — but it's a new year, new faces in the team, new memories to forge, new Surrenders to Never give(?). Anyway time to get the season back on track.

Enjoy the footy, pay homage to our great service men and women, thank your lucky stars for that great land called Australia, Lest We Forget, and remember: Never Surrender.

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Fresh off a 56 point drubbing in Barossa, Sparrow and Needles are back!! Some say they're fickle fancasters — others just busy professionals...Regardless, they love to spend time with Nordic Viking Warriors and Playful Killer Whales discussing all things Orange Army, so it's a PREMIUM full house episode this week: Sparrow, Needles, Ragnar Lothbrok and Orca. Generally talking over each other, sometimes making coherent points. Always unfiltered.

So...., we got some troops back and all of a sudden we're brilliant at football and a delight to watch. Funny that. Turns out Stormy is quite good, as is Cadman.

In fact, if there was a drug that administered the same dopamine hit as watching Callaghan break out of the centre square and land a perfectly weighted kick into the outstretched mittens of Cadman, we'd all be addicts. Better than Meth.

Speaking of which, GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY IS A FARCE.... according to avid fan Brett, who writes in to share his thoughts on changing our name. We all generally disagree, but love the input nonetheless — keep it coming Brett and Scotty.

On to the Massive Game this week — the Battle Of The Bridge (always was, always will be), LFG!!! Tough one. Crowd will have specks of orange in the sea of red, just how we like it at the SCG. Hopefully we see the return to form of TFG (who showed glimpes last week) for another Brett Kirk medal. (Thank F*K Luke Parker is lone gone...)

Enjoy the Friday Night Lights at the SCG, good luck if you're there looking for love, and remember: Never Surrender.

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Richmond Preview — Take 2!!! 🤦‍♂️

That's right, it even happens to Nordic Vikings.

So..., this was recorded (so we thought) early in the week, ready in time for you to listen on the long drive across the Hay Plain, as you ventured down to North Adelaide for Gather Round to watch the mighty Giants take on Richmond.

But of course — as happens in the early stages of every young budding Podcaster's career — Ragnar Lothbrok forgot to press record... ouch

SO HERE IT IS!! Friday-zone-out-at-work sorted as you listen in on Ragnar and Orca, and.....NEW MEMBER OF THE POD: Young Orca, discussing the Gerald Healy Criticism, bias of umpires, Premiership predications, team selection, and much more...

Enjoy the weekend of Footy, LFG MAYO!!!, and remember: Never Surrender.

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We have a knack for turning opposition kids into breakout stars. This week: Oscar Steene — a young ruckman who, when he leaps, somehow gets his scrotum higher than the outstretched fingers on Briggsy’s arm.

Briggsy has been a loyal servant, but these new rules may well spell the end...

Meanwhile, Nick Daicos is quite good at football. #BringBackTheDutchClamp

But it’s not all doom and despair.

Glen from the Parramatta Lions drops by to share his Giants story and give us a feel for what’s happening in the heartland, with an exclusive on our prospects for the 2034 AFL Draft.

Enjoy the bye, go easy on the eggs, be thankful for Christ, and remember: Never Surrender.

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The Giant OGs once THRIVED off lightning at the Beanstalk.

In fact, it was under immense atmospheric electrical disturbance back in 2014 that we FLOGGED the Swannies, recording our first ever win against our arch rival. Remember when Cogs was good? He had a day. The headline read: "The GIANTS survived thunder, lightning and a rare rain delay to pull off the greatest victory in its short history, stunning the Sydney Swans by 32 points at Spotless Stadium."

Fast forward to 2026, and THIS MOB(!!!)—well, they musn't have read the script. For the first three quarters against the Saints WE WERE ASLEEP, WOEFUL, still in bed trying to figure out the day's Wordle.

Ragnar and Orca have a bit to say on this, so tune in and see if we can make sense of this madness...

Bring on the Pies, stay positive, and remember: Never Surrender

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If we reach back into the annals of our deep rich history as a club, we'll see that in late July 2025, we were wiped off the planet by a formidable Bulldogs outfit that belted us by 88 points.

We've had time to reflect since then, and an off season to prepare.

And it's great signs, as our positive trajectory as a Premiership contender is clearly evident, bridging the gap since that fateful Thursday night by 7 to be a mere 81 points off the Doggies.

Positive signs for the Orange Army and Season 2026.

Listen in as Rags is joined by Team Orca as they rummage through the debris for any signs of life or positivitiy, and look forward to the battle at the Beanstalk against the Trillion Dollar Saints.

Never Surrender.

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Well, Opening Round came and went, and we learnt a few things:

The Blue Goose (Jase Macartney's boat) could well be the hidden piece in our path to premiership glory
Stringer contract years are the best Stringer years. Sit back and enjoy...
Clarry aka Bluey aka Bluey Bleach Boy, who came aboard said boat to talk shop, looks MAGNIFICANT IN ORANGE (well called Huddo)
Albury has erupted, as did the Beanstalk, with the Rising of the Phoneix.

Enjoy the win, enjoy the pod, but brace for pain this weekend against our nemisis, the Doggies.

Rags is betting against us - don't do that (if you do, gamble responsibly), but if you did last week and you reckon it's our lucky charm, then do it again (again, gamble responsibly). And dearest Sportsbet, our email is in the show description.

How good's Footy!!! Never Surrender (Orca will get it right one day....)

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We're BACK!!

Join Sparrow, Ragnar Lothbrok, Needles, and a very special guest all the way from the coast of Norway — Team Orca, to discuss the season ahead.

Are we cursed by injuries already? Maybe...

But do we remain optimistic for Season 2026?

Certainly not if you're a Nordic Viking mowing Golf Courses at Byron Bay...

But between Team Orca, Sparrow and Needles (well, kind of Needles), the vibes are high, the outlook rosy, and the accolades for the greatest spray from a coach ever witnessed overflowing, from our somewhat questionable microphone hardware.

Footy's Back Baby!! Never Surrender.

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Hello Dan, it's Joe here. I hope you're keeping well...

Yep - it's that time of year.

So WTF!! A pod drop from the lads??? Yep. Just when you thought the silly season couldn't get any better, RAGS HAS SUMMONED DRAFT GURU PMBANGERS!!!!!

That's right, the best in the business - PMBangers - joins the tractor driving viking warrior Ragnor Lothbrok to unpack the Draft, the trades, the players we should be excited about, and what to expect in season 2025.

Does he have a huge call on a player to watch in the new year? You bet. Does that ignite a warm orange glow within our loins? Absolutely.

So crank the AC, grab a coldie, pause the cricket, and enjoy this SPECIAL BONUS episode for our awesome GWS Giants Fan Base.

Never Surrender and see you Season 2026.

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Listen as Ragnar and Sparrow discuss the heartbreak and despair of what was the game that ended the Giants season.

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Join as Ragnar and a few guests discuss many things Giants

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Join us as Ragnar, Young John & Sparrow discuss the Giants making the finals, player movement and a little segment called GOLD or MOULD.

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Join us as Sparrow and Ragnar discuss the smoking of Roo meat and walk you through the ins and outs of the second edition of the Expansion Cup 2025

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Listen as Ragnar and SPECIAL guest Young John talk all things Dogs loss, Roo meat and big predictions.

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Listen as Sparrow and Ragnar dissect the epic game that was against the Swans and move into talking about our next biggest rivals the poodles...

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Listen as Sparrow and Ragnar discuss the comprehensive win against the Bombers as well as the upcoming game v the Swans.

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Listen as Needles and Ragnar dissect the game agains the Cats as well as discuss the upcoming match v Essendon.

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Listen as Needles and Ragnar discuss all things orange from giving the Eagles a decent beating to pondering over Whitfield's glistening career ahead of his 250th.

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Listen as Ragnar, Needles and Moose discuss candy, Callum, Cadman and Friday night bright lights

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Listen as Ragnar and new guest Moose dive head long into the victory over the Lions as well as previewing the upcoming game against the Suns

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Listen as Sparrow and Ragnar discuss the disappointment that was the Power game and stare with rose tinted glasses at the challenge that is the Lions in Brisbane

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Join as Needles, Sparrow, Ragnar and a special guest discuss 100 episodes in the podcast game, break down what Cal Ward means to the Giants as well as his actual half time speech. Jimmy and the boys deliver again!

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Listen as Sparrow and Ragnar discuss all things orange

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Listen as Needles and Ragnar process the loss, talk about the upcoming game against Carlton and talk about washing machines

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Join as Ragnar runs you through the game against the Cats and a preview of what is to come against the Dockers

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Join Needles, Ragnar and Sparrow as they discuss the loss to the Dogs and very briefly the upcoming game against the Swans

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Listen as Needles and Ragnar take you through the review of a game that never happened and a preview of our upcoming game against the Dogs @ Manuka!

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Join Ragnar, Needles and special guest Creggers as we discuss all things Giants and the Crows

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Join Needles and Ragnar as they break down the Giants big win against the Eagles, preview the game against the Saints and play a game called Cut or Keep

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Strap in, Orange Army, for a VERY special edition... Sparrow is back from the dead after running 1000 kilometres, and with Needles off gallivanting in London with Mal Michael (OG Squinter), Sparrow and Ragnar Lath Brock tear into a weekend of high winds, lows (Cad's airy in the final minute), and the footy mayhem that is March Madness.
We dissect the seesawing game in the wind tunnel that is Launceston. We dive deep into the Oscar Allen debacle. We pay due respects to Wizard’s wizardry. We make bold predictions of a Beanstalk Bloodbath against the struggling Eagles.
Stick with it, Orange Army—flag glory 2025 is still well in the crosshairs. For now, enjoy the raw, unfiltered analysis that the Squinters keep delivering...

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Join Needles and Ragnar as they preview the Giants taking on the Hawks in Round 3.

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Listen as Needles and Ragnar discuss with Giants win at the MCG v Melbourne

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Join Needles and Ragnar in a review of opening round as well as a preview of our clash with the Demons in round 2

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The Squinters return for 2025 after the heartbreak that was 2024 with a review of the season that could have been.

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Sit back and enjoy the Orange Tsunami folks, this is when we roll our socks up.

And it's the youngins!! The Sanitiser (chanelling Polly Farmer), Peatles (turns out he's a FIN WEAPON), CadMAN, and the kid with the lid, have made life very* uncomfortable for Chris Fagan, the Brisbane Lions, and the rest of the AFL competition.

How good's footy!!

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Season on life support, down by almost 40 points, the boys eat some quarter time oranges, then BANG!!!

Kingers doesn't know what happened. So lets spill the beans...

Darcy. Friggin. Jones. That's what happened.

He's so exciting to watch. He's electric. So friggin fast. When he's near the action, stuff happens. Good stuff. Great stuff. Give him the Rising Star. A statue on Australia Ave. The keys to the Rooty Hill Rissole.

So we're back baby!, well this week anyway, cause our mate Ragnor Lothbrok, texted "we need to discuss Darcy Jones"...., so here's that discussion, and some. You're welcome.

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Well, the season has OFFICIALLY started.

Injuries are becoming a thing once again; we've got actual opposition to test us; and the proverbial roar from the Golden Egg is once again reverberating through the streets of Kingston (for the last minute anyway). SO LONG CLARKSON CURSE! And how about the Rise Of Saint Peatles!!!

This week features A SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL EDITION all the way from South Africa, featuring Needles, and long time Squinters Mal Michael, Coco and Bubs, all the way from South Africa.

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Give us a Hoodoo. BOOM! A bogey ground. SMASH!! Any bloody challenge. KABANG!!!

Kingers doesn't give a rats rear about said hoodoos and our short but rich history of bogey teams, haunted grounds and other witch craftery cast upon us.

Give us a challenge and we'll meet it.

Give us a road trip and we'll galvanize.

Give us the most hyped draft pick since Richard Lounder in '87 and we'll take his head off. Well done X.

Join Needles, Sparrow, and...... RAGNAR LOTHBROK(!!), back from his defection to the Devils to talk all things Orange Army, as we reflect on the demolition of the Eagles in Perth, the season so far, and speculate on the hype we've earnt.

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"They're playing Harlem Globetrotter footy. It's relentless." David King (SEN), 18th March, 2024.

You Get A Goal..., And You Get A Goal..., And You Get A Goal...., EVERYBODY GETS A GOAL!!! Well, nearly everybody (sorry POTUS. So close 😢).

Join Needles and Sparrow as we saviour the view from the Top Of The Ladder, disecting with meticulous analysis the demolition of the Roos at the Cow Paddock—which we'll miss for another 60 bloody long days! Good thing we like a roadtrip and living out of a suitcase.

Special mention to the Fan Gathering this Sunday 24th March at 6.30pm at the Silverwater Hotel, courtesy of our squinting friends 'They Might Become GIANTS' . Get down there to to watch the bogey game against the Eagles. Milkman's AFL debut perhaps...? Hopefully not Ried's statement to the AFL World that he's well and truley arrived. Harley, save that for Gather Round...

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"Collllliinnn-GIIIIAAANNNTSSS..., GIIIIAAANNNTSSS..., GIIIIAAANNNTSSS..." The Beanstalk, Round 0 2024.

Our new most hated team (sorry Doggies, we'll focus on you later), came and GOT SPANKED!!! That'll shut em up, and make Cox shrink down South to where he belongs (doesn't deserve to be in the cow paddock quite frankly).

Join Needles, Sparrow and Ragnar Lothbrok as we dive into game 0 (1??) for the year between Collingwood and the Giants, a game which saw us start a little slowly, then off the boot of an Irishman demolish the Premiers with a resounding 114-82 victory at a pumping Beanstalk.

Rags does his best to spoil the party and temper our excitement; Ragnar's Maths gets an insert from Needles via Rohan Connelly; we kinda sorta shoulda mention you guys can sponsor us if you feel inclined (details on that at a later date); and of course we look forward to our next assignment against the Shinboners at The Beanstalk on a family friendly Saturday Arvo. Get down there.

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Looks weird dunnit? Round 0. But that's where we're at. Pre Round 1 2024. Needles, Sparrow and Ragnar have folded up the speedos, dusted off the microphones, and are ready to rumble...

The off season's done; the sand dunes of Summer Bay have been summited; the Inner West Bay Run's been done 1000 times; Cads is now a Gym Rat; and Tobe's and Cog's are Dad's... 🥹

So strap the leg rope on, wax up your boards and lets get on this big bloody beautiful Orange Tsunami once again for a season of barrels and the occasional wipe-out... 🏄

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Never Surrender ✊

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Join Sparrow, Needles, Ragnar and special guest Bangers as we discuss the upcoming 2023 AFL Draft.

The GWS Giants hold picks 7 (thank you Richmond), 16, 43, 59, 77, 79, 95.

Who do we like? What's the predications for the talent headed to Homebush? What needs do we need to focus on?

Usually we're unauthorised, unfiltered and uninformed, but this week we actually present rare insight and informed opinions. We, as in Bangers, who turns out is a genuine draft guru. See his work at https://central.rookieme.com/afl/2023-afl-draft-guide/

You're welcome. Now back to tanning on the banana lounge.

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"That one hurts. That one really hurts”. Toby Greene.

Moments like these cut deep. But we get off the canvas. We band together. We dust off the mics and console each other. We rally as the Orange Army.

It was just one head decapitation too many... But man were they courageous. Plenty to be proud of and look forward to. And plenty to talk about.

Join Needles, Sparrow & Ragnar as we reflect and discuss all matters pertaining to the Orange Crush. And of course there's Ragnar's Maths , the return of the Bake, Sparrow's SOS, and...., wait for it....., Needle's Quiz is back!!!

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"This mob, my God, they run like the wind”. Robbo

Call it belief, call it #TaylorsProphecy, the Orange Tsunami, or just a bunch of mates playing for each other and lovin footy. Whatever you call it, boy oh boy wowee it's good to watch. And as Tom Green reminded everyone, “What’d I say, what’d I say???”. Time to listen to the lad from Canberra. Free smoke wherever you want it.

Join Needles, Sparrow, Ragnar, and special guest..... BARTMAN(!!), as we go through all the issues, dissect the demolition in Adelaide, speculate over the Prelim against the Pies, and of course deliver our regulars in Ragnar's Bake (via Spaz), Ragnar's Maths (this one could go viral), and or course Sparrow's SOS.

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"Any Time. Any Place. 13 Venues. Free smoke wherever you want it”. Tom Green 👊

This team is made for finals. Tough, relentless, impervious to pressure.

Join Needles, Sparrow and Ragnar Lothbrok as we dive into the Elimination Final between St Kilda and the Giants, a game which saw us fight our way to a 101-77 victory at the home of AFL, the MCG - the 11th venue we've won at in season 2023. Noone else has done that by the way...

There's live grabs from the game - NEEDLES WAS THERE!!! (and Bartman - sorry Bartman for not getting you on); heaps of sponsor chat with not much sponsor action (though there is a promo code - FIRST EVER, see below); Bake reviews (we take the credit for Ben Ihle's fine performance getting Bedford off); Ragnar's Maths (courtesy of listener Nathan); Sparrow's SOS (which is becoming an unwieldy beast); and of course a look forward to our next assignment against the Power in Adelaide. Are we daunted, HELL NO!! But Needles thinks we'll lose (emotional hedge).

And how about #TaylorsProphecy. It's gone bloody mainstream! You're welcome Fox Footy and AFL Media. Sparrow at your service. 🫡

Fatt Matt’s Beef Jerky (https://www.fattmattz.com.au/) for your finals viewing: PROMO CODE IS NSP. Helps us build for Season 2024. GET ON IT SQUINTERS!!

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SPECIAL EPISODE!! In this HUGE episode previewing our Elimination Final against St Kilda, the One Eyed Giant (the best thing in Sports Media) becomes a Squinter. Or do the Squinters become One Eyed Giants? Either way it makes for glorious Orange flavoured ear candy.

There's much to discuss: Snooze Bedford's OUTRAGEOUS miscarriage of justice; the elusive #TaylorsProphecy; a One-Eyed-Giant snapshot of the year so far; shoutouts to incredible fan contributions and support (looking at you Jon); and of course the outlook against the Saints this weekend.

And a product shoutout!! Fatt Matt’s Beef Jerky (https://www.fattmattz.com.au/) - let him know you came via us when you order it for all your finals viewing and let us know your thoughts. Needles and Jon swear by it. And Sparrow's just ordered 4 cans of it to see what all the fuss is about.

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Der Spatz, Ragnar, Needles present an extra-long celebratory episode of Never Surrender by the Squinters, the best GWS Giants AFL fan-made podcast.

We were so good? We're we good? Are we ready? Yes, we're ready. Who's the best? All of the boys, but Cogs did play his 200th and got named in the All-Australian squad so is a total, total legend. There's some new bits today - Maths with Ragnar, and Sparrow's SOS. So stick this in your ears and enjoy before everything gets very serious very soon. Play time is over, kiddies.

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A HUGE BONUS EPISODE for our loyal listeners! Firstly, Ragnar Lothbrok drops another track for the A-Side of The Squinters Greatest Hits mixed casette (hurry and get your orders in), in tribute to our Power Forward Jesse Hogan and his huge haul of 9 against the Bombers last weekend.

And SECONDLY, we welcome to Never Surrender by The Squinters..... Leek Aleer!! A prodigious talent with raw natural ability, Leek's is a story of determination and the power of resilience. Hear it from the man himself, and what do you think about him being snubbed for the Giants basketball team??!! He (and we) both think he deserves the Centre position over the off season.

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How good is it, hey? How good is it do the only GWS Giants AFL fancast when the Giants go to town on one of the Old Guard at home? So good, in case you were wondering. Needles, Ragnar and Der Spatz have put it all in here - Bye Phil, thanks for everything. Bye Lloydy, go well, cheers. How good are we? How terrible are they? Who gets Phil Davis' number 1? What do we feel are our chances are of beating Carlton in Melbourne to guarantee us the chance to beat Carlton in Melbourne? Why is Ragnar baking a state capital? Does anyone want to know any more about Needles' involvement in the second Weston Creek Mildcats' ACT Masters flag in a row? Anyone?

Whatever. Never Surrender ✊

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Needles, Sparrow and Ragnar touch on the bin fire but mostly avoid the whole mess.

There's an incredible tribute to our great Cal Ward in the first quarter to cheer us all up.

And for even more orange cheer, WE HAVE ANOTHER AWESOME COMPETITION. Tune in for the details.

Hope you've enjoyed the Toby Tribute video - more to come once Sparrow learns how not to sleep.

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Join Needles, Ragnar Lothbrok and the Soaring Sparrow as we reflect on the loss in the Battle Of The Bridge..., but MORE IMPORTANTLY, RAGNAR HAS RECORDED A NEW SONG!!!

Likely to be on the A-Side of the Squinters debut cassette, it's a moving tribute to Harry Himmleberg signing up for the long haul and for premiership glory with the boys in Orange and Charcoal.

We've packed plenty into this one, including the naming of our INAUGURAL PRIZE WINNER!!! This is getting real.

And an exclusive...., Ragnar's Bake this week comes from deep in the bowels of the Beanstalk. Inspirational stuff. Unfortunately it didn't achieve the desired outcome, but we move on quickly to next week in Adelaide...

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What do you do when you are on the only GWS Giants AFL fanpod and the Giants win again away (Ballarat - we lost to the Suns there!) for the 7th time in a row, coming from further back and faster than Silky Sullivan to do one over the Bulldogs? You have a very lovely time picking it over and launching some competitions to wins some Giants merchandise. That's what you do.

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Join us as we celebrate the BREAKING OF THE CLARKSON CANBERRA CURSE!!

It all started with Jeremy Cameron's sulking bottom lip frozen to the Manuka turf back in 2019, and Alistair Clarkson running laps in the snow in his undies, starting a wicked curse that lasted 4 long years. And yet the Canberra Orange Army still turned up in droves - what legends! Now Toby 'He's Our Leader' Greene has risen above the hoodoo on a glorious Canberra winter's day, delivering a mighty performance, smashing the Suns back to mediocrity, and continuing our charge towards action in September. So much to savour.

Also, THERE'S A RAGNAR BANGER EASTER EGG hidden in the episode. He's delivered, once again. You're Welcome

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Never Surrender by the Squinters is the only GWS Giants AFL fan podcast, and we have a few announcements:

The greatest thing you ever heard is at the end of this pod. If you only listen to one bit in 2023, listen to 'He's Our Leader.' You're Welcome.
The breaking newsflash that we forgot to talk about was Lachie Ash re-signing.
Needles is back! To everyone's relief no doubt, with Ragnar and the Sparrow (who apparently has a missus sparrow, who thinks HH is a nice guy).
This was a really fun pod to do, because winning hard games is lots of fun.
We have twitter contributions! Get involved, like that random guy who sounds only a tiny bit like Bubs and an Adelaide supporter who was grudgingly appreciative of the magic that is Giants 2.0. @theSquinters, neversurrenderpod@gmail.com.
Why settle for 5 in a row when you can make it 6!

Rate us with all the stars on all the usual places

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On the back of our rejuvenated Italian rabbit (who's back to career best form), the reliable mittens of Hoges, and Riccas chiming in with a few, we have once again fought off a pesky bunch of brown and gold chicklings. And how bout that Octopus?!! Tentacles latching onto anything and everything. Then there was Breadsy taping to Rabbit for a goal Barella would be proud of. They were brave but no match for the rising Orange Tsunami. That makes it four in a row, and if that's not evidence of #TaylorsProphecy from Slamin Sam the Soothsayer, then I don't know what is.

Enjoy the reflections and analysis from Sparrow and Ragnar as Needles recovers on the bench.

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This podcast starts with an ODE!!! Sparrow on poetical fire.

waveon. Did you see that? We interviewed the Milkman and then the GWS Giants hung in there and gutsed out a win in the pouring rain in 8 degrees centigrade at Traeger Park in Alice Springs in the middle of a desert. Is it a coincidence? (imagine thinking face emoji) Every possible angle in every possible universe is picked over by Ragnar Lothbrok, Sparrow and Needles in a forensic hour of fascinating football banter. Never Surrender by the Squinters is the world's best GWS Giants AFL fan-made podcast and we know it.

And now that Ragnar has migrated from angry email writing fan to embittered podcast pundit, there is room in our inbox for YOU! Neversurenderpod@gmail.com

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Yeah, we've only gone and dunnit - had a chat, like absolute bosses, with a forrealz GWS Giant, the one and only, Jason 'the Milkman' 'El Lechero' 'The Balranald Boy' Gillbee!!! Total legend. He's our favourite. Was concussed when we spoke last week, currently carving his way into first grade through the magoos. There's mysteries - so many mysteries, exclusives - bombshells everywhere, and fair dinkum insights. We (Ragnar, Needles and Der Spatz) loved it, he's a champ, and we hope he goes well.

Never Surrender by the Squinters is the only GWS Giants AFL podcast by fans, for fans - a fancast, if you will, and the best one. But we gotta thank Jaso, Zelly and the Giants for being cool with making this happen. You guys are alright. xoxo

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Never Surrender by the Squinters is the only GWS Giants FanCast on the entire interweb. And he called it! Didn't he? Sam Taylor only bloody called it! Needles, Ragnar and Der Spatz review the glorious match against Freo - our best game in years and lick our lips about what's coming (hashtag flag). Have a listen to hear what three very satisfied young men sound like (see above). Lovely.

Also have a listen to Needles's cameo on the Purple Reign podcast last Thursday, biggin' up the Orange Boys to the Westizens: https://open.spotify.com/show/1lUwfZaDKjgqLR5JOZ3QDn

And then email to neversurrenderpod@gmail.com your answer to following chin-stroker: who would win a fight in a 50m pool filled waist high - a Great White Shark or a Polar Bear?

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This episode of Never Surrender by the Squinters, the only GWS Giants AFL fancast, may or may not be 40 minutes of Needles and Der Spatzl listening to Ragnar Lodbrok's heavingly emotional paean to Callum Brown.

Either way, worth it.

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Never Surrender by the Squinters, the only AFL GWS Giants FanCast, presented this week by Ragnar Loftbrok, Der Spatz, Dr Nangs and Needles.

So I don't get it. We lost again, at home, to a team (who were) below us on the ladder and have had a terrible fortnight, who we need to beat to improve their (our) draft pick and are the fourth enemy in Der Spatz's Big 4 Baddies we need to beat to win a season if we miss out on the flag ('Pies, Swans, Dogs, Tiges), and bloody Ragnar's all like "yeah, nah it's all good.' Even Dr Nangs, who was at the bloody game and watched the loss, is the coolest thing unhung about it all and want's Breadsy's babies.

Swear to god, if we get done by the Kanga's this weekend, I'm going to have a stroke (even though I won't be watching it, obvs - but Ragnar will be, because he'll be there, having takec his longboat for a raid up Stormzy's Bay, a spot of golf and a bit of footy - nice Viking life if you can get it, I guess).

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Some Squinters watch State of Origin (we're moving one to the next game), some Squinters do a pod called Never Surrender by the Squinters - the OnlyFan's (wait...is that right?) GWS Giants AFL podcast, some Squinters do both, and some Squinters leave Adelaide on State of Origin night to do a pod. There are all those sorts of Squinters - ie; Ragnar Lofbrock, Der Spatz and Needles - on this pod - a bit delayed because we have lives, OK - patience, padawans - gathered here to talk about stuffing the Cats RIGHT UP again, at Geelong. Everyone was good, Toby was great, and we didn't pick up anyone in the mid-season. Find out why, right here, right now.

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Never Surrender by the Squinters - the best, also, the only, fan & ChatGPT-produced GWS Giants AFL global podcast. Unauthorised, unfiltered and uninformed since 2019. And for the first time since then, two shows in a row! It's Ragnar - he's brought energy, opinions, and bloodthirsty ruthlessness - if we finish higher than 12th - and if we don't beat North at Hobart soon that will become a stretch goal anyway - he'll be pissed. Find out why, and all about how the youthful orange shoots sprouting at the club, and the Death-Riding Richmond stream on Big Footy.

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Never Surrender by the Squinters is the best (and only) fan-produced GWS Giants AFL podcast on the whole interweb. Proudly unauthorised (and - so far - unsponsored but if any Giants fan owns a company and wants amazing publicity for a nominal sponsorship landing all the Squinters in clover then come running at NEVERSURRENDERPOD@GMAIL.COM), always unfiltered and utterly uninformed. Until now.

Yes, you're surprised that Needles and Sparrow are doing a pod after a pantsing. In truth, so were we and did wish we could have introduced our very, very special quasi-mythic Scandanavian Raider under more winning circumstances, but that's as maybe, our Viking bro was ready to go. He's got insights, provocative (if not inflammatory) opinions, hairy breeches and, as recorded on this pod, is going to owe Needles 50 dollarbucks. I foresee spicy scenes. Horn's up!

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Bubs was there! He saw Toby Greene do the things! for real! and he has opinions about who was good (we like snooze) and who was less good (also about Lawso's Copenhagen cold take on Lachie Ash) and he shares them with Needles on the only GWS Giants AFL podcast, Never Surrender by the Squinters!

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There's a lot to be angry out, and the Squinters - your hosts of your favourite GWS Giants fan-made AFL podcast (because its still the only one), Never Surrender by the Squinters, are angry with you. Not only are we the first podcast ever to use ChatGPT for their content in an attempt to get a runningstart at bowing down to our AI overlords, but, we ask, is this all there is to look forward to, they ask, endless St. Kildan mediocrity (wait...), who's coming in for Jake Ricciardi, was giving up Jezza for an unprecedented draft haul not the haul, unprecedented or otherwise, everyone bar David King thought it would be, and Freo can wrap an anchor in their rip-off 'stealth' guernsey and stick up their arse. Sideways. That's enough to be going with, we think.

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It's 'Never Surrender by the Squinters' (again) - the self-styled greatest (only) GWS Giants AFL podcast done by fans, for...mostly themselves (ie; fans) talking about an Adelaide game (again) that we won (again). You'd think there'd be less to talk about - everyone was GREAT! - but in fact there was, Bartman was in surgery, Needles was on the road and the Sparrow was at the game in the shade with the 60,000 other patrons. Good times, good chats. The lads get a lot of love.

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So Mainstream AFL Media has again been lured into some very Squinters-shaped rox by our siren song. Here is a little orange amuse bouche from Sparrow and Needles about how the GWS Giants are going to have a rebuilding year by winning the flag in a scrappy fashion (thank-you Lawso and Coco) that we recorded it for the Sporting News, which may or may not be a thing, but the guy, Aiden, who asked us to do it had lots of Sporting News-type words in his email address so it could be kosher. Anyway, we dunno if his mob is going to post it or not - it might be too cutting-edge, too unfiltered - and we was going to leave it, but Sparrow leaned into Needles and put the hard word on him, so here it is!

Happy Aussie Rules.

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Well. That really escalated, didn't it? Growler, calling for #LeonOut since 2010, got his man yesterday morning when Coach Cameron pulled the pin. This pod is for Lawso who immediately joined Coco on the ledge and started regretting what he had wished for, called for an emergency pod and then promptly made himself unavailable.

The Squinters were the first in Australia to know about it because, even as Growler was cleaning off the knives he's extracted from Leon's back, we got the head's-up from Coco in Pennsylvania - who patches into this emergency podcast of 'Never Surrender by the Squinters'* from his breakfast table - joining Sparrow and Needy for some unfiltered and uninformed reax (if not unoriginal, because for the second time ever, yet consecutively, record on Zoom was not pushed) and views.

This pod - the only GWS AFL fan pod - has (1) a recount of Sparrow's experience at the press conference hiding his pitchfork under his jacket - and (2) Sparrow's five point plan for GWS's giant success and flags in 2023/24, which is now a three-point plan because we sorted points 1 and 5.

OK. What's next?

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THIS is the Never Surrender by the Squinters Alex Williams tribute pod. A GWS Giants AFL podcast inspired by Alex Williams, demanded by Alex Williams and dedicated to Alex Williams. Like they say Alex Williams, be careful what you wish for. He asked Sparrow why we hadn't dropped a post-Adelaide smashing revel in the glory. Sparrow said it was in the can. Sparrow was lying. Feeling guilty about his ... "mistruths", Sparrow was joined by Needles and Bartman live from Portugal to pontificate about the Adelaide game and give views about the Geelong game. We forgot to record the VERY, very funny Adelaide bit, we've only got the Geelong bit. It's not pretty, but solutions are suggested and accepted, Growler's 2016 call for #LeonOut, #theLeonGoodbye is accepted as a Statement of Agreed Fact and so the Squinters will be accepting coaching CVs, especially from would-be coaches who claim to be able to impart on a group of very talented footballers something, anything, vaguely resembling an identifiable "structure".

Bom Dia.

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This is Never Surrender by the Squinters, the AFL's only fan-done AFL podcast, unauthorised, unfiltered and uninformed. Dr Nangs and Needles have a lot, and I mean A LOT, to say about that Zeppelin-fire of a football match on Saturday night. But it's too good to summarise here.

Go Giants...

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Ya know, if every man jack of the Squinters - particularly the ones who come on the podcast - weren't such downright outstanders, than recording the only AFL podcast about the GWS Giants made by Giants fans, to wit: 'Never Surrender by the Squinters', with the Squinters might be a bit of chore. ESPECIALLY after the shit we dished up against Richmond's magoos. As it was, Bubs, (still in the country)Coco and Needles had a lovely time - invective, swearwords, lols, bants, beers, clichés, problems identified...if not exactly solved, coach's heads called for and put back on again, then finishing a classic Squinters unauthorised, unfiltered and uninformed hot take on the Top 10 best (most important) and Top 3 Worst Giants since the beginning of time. Delidio, Ward, Daylight, Cornes - all named...but where? Not tellin'.

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It's Episode 50! Half-a-century. The big five zero. Cinquenta (I think...Spanish listener let us know at neversurrenderpod@gmail.com). It's good to know we got there in the end at the start of the Giants' first premiership season. It didn't begin with the win Bubs, Coco and Needles thought we'd get as we discussed seasonal prospects and predictions over cakes and gallons of French Press coffee at morning tea at Coco's mum's place, but when you listen to this episode of Never Surrender by the Squinters, the only AFL podcast by Giants fans FOR the Orange Crush, you'll stop cracking a sad in your cornflakes. The future is looking GOOD!* It's all good - that was the loss we had to have. Needles and Coco (in Canberra) in furious agreement. Lush.

*Assuming we kick straight from now on.

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Yes, we have an opinion on Toby (everyone has an opinion on Toby, arewerite?) but the real reason to listen to this outstanding iteration of the AFL nation's favourite Orange-flavoured GWS Giants' fan podcast is the dulcet, sorely-missed tones of Never Surrender by the Squinters' hirsuite hero - ROMAC!

The Swans were great and bode well for the future, the Giants were better and are ready for today (and Saturday against the kittens and Jezza) and Toby, for like the 20th time (we're sensing a pattern - perhaps he doesn't like playing finals?), was very, very silly...again.

Still, AT THEM LADS!!! Let's get to work.

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[Don't really know what happened there. Once more with feeling.]

All it took to get a bit of the band back together was at least our 3rd greatest, bravest, defining wins in the club's history this season. We have developed high standards. It's probably going to be now and then from now on.

It's Never Surrender by the Squinters - the only GWS Giants fan podcast and we (Needles, Sparrow and the good Dr Nangs in his podcasting hat) got around some whisky, schhhhhhnaaaaaaps and chardonnay to tray and work out the HELL just happened at GMHBA1CF67 Oval and also where was Mal - who had promise dto show-up (nb; the man himself later apologised for his absence saying he had black eye, a cut on his foot, the house was covered in blood and he couldn't remember why. So at least he was on brand). Anyway, how good was it? Pretty friggin'.

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All it took to get a bit of the band back together was at least our 3rd greatest, bravest, defining wins in the club's history this season. We have developed high standards. It's probably going to be now and then from now on.

It's Never Surrender by the Squinters - the only GWS Giants fan podcast and we (Needles, Sparrow and the good Dr Nangs in his podcasting hat) got around some whisky, schhhhhhnaaaaaaps and chardonnay to tray and work out the HELL just happened at GMHBA1CF67 Oval and also where was Mal - who had promise dto show-up (nb; the man himself later apologised for his absence saying he had black eye, a cut on his foot, the house was covered in blood and he couldn't remember why. So at least he was on brand). Anyway, how good was it? Pretty friggin'.

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Alright Giants, let's get to work.

So many questions! How about Jeremy Finlayson jagging 5 snags? How about beating up Carlton by the biggest margin they've suffered all year? How about Briggsy's first win? How about Iassc Cummings kickin' his first ever with bomb monster? How bad is Josh Kelly's ankle? None of these were answered on Saturday by Bubs, Dr Nangs and Needles as they pulled together some outstanding content for Never Surrender by the Squinters #45, the only fans GWS Giants AFL podcast. Instead we watched the first half. Got confident. Went to the pub. Got worried. Cracked a sad. Drank whiskey. Got the W. Got happy. Talked about Punchy's barrel and Desi getting back into form, looked up who's next and then went back home and ate a whole bowl of soya crisps.

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Squinters, Orange Crush, AFL pundits and wider community all rightly riveted to Never Surrender by the Squinters - the GWS GIANTS on Sunday, June 14 2021 is a game that will live in infamy. It is the game that started the swell that became a wave - LEON OUT. Find out why ("It's just not good enough - they're LAST!") in this pod as Needles interrogates Bubs and his sources on a special 1-on-1 called "Makin' babies with Bubs'. Should Daniel Lloyd have handballed, faked the kick and straightened, or backed himself, will Josh Kelly stay, what is the Riccardi Zone and should Toby Greene think about kicking more goals than points next time?

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Never was it's better late than never better suited than for this episode of Never Surrender by the Squinters - the AFL's only GWS Giants fancast. Holidays up the coast, computer deaths, two games to talk about with whiskey, NeedlesJN, Dr Nangs and special guest (the surprisingly reactionary) Gibbo. We ride the West Coast win wave - a couple of moments for extra-strength rubber brown trousers - into the Lions coral rocks. We shout out our favourite indigenous footy players and big-up Will Shaw - just because he's from Deniliquin, and therefore a hero.

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Massive games, massive amounts of content. So much stuff to yarn about that on this week's episode of Never Surrender by the Squinters - the only GWS Giants AFL fan podcast - Cheese, Mal Michael, Dr Nangs and NeedlesJN (from the bottom of fucking well it would appear) don't manage to talk about Toby Green's shoulder fuckture (we didn't know), Tom Green's rising star nom (Ragnar predicted it and Cheese live-pod bets on it though), Tom Green's new nickname (forgot), the way he and Bobby Hill do that amazing cheek to cheek (didn't see it) or Will Shaw's goal in the Magoos (forgot).

Everything else was well and truly ticked off, however.

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[Today we play our exclusive, contraband recording of the $20,000 rocket Jase McCartney's gave the umpires. Hear it here first before the mainstream media get their hands on it.]

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Unauthorised, unfiltered and uninformed, Never Surrender by the Squinters is the only GWS Giants AFL fan podcast - and we're back, boys and girls, back like Hoges is back; with the proverbial big bang! Why don't we bash up a team in the guts with our midfield bulls, lay it out to Kelly and Whitfield on the wings to feed into the Hero and his Captain while relying absolutely on the great slammin' Sam and the Big Seek every week? Why didn't we do that against the Dogs when they gave us a kickin' the week before?

To answer those eternal questions, and quite a few more, The Squinters are going Diving in the Dumpster with the Sparrow, aided by whiskey, and Ragnar.

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If a week is a long time in footy then a win is the best time in footy - and if that win is a drag 'em down, knock 'em out, come from behind, jag a goal and winnit in the last minute against the Swans kids withour kids who were younger than the Swans kids, while Buddy - the nearly Giant and ornament to the game - kicks 5, then football is the winner but by god almighty the Squinters and the Orange Crush are a close second. On today's Never Surrender by the Squinters, the only GWS Giants AFL fan podcasts, we have to talk about it Cheese, who was there! ... for 3 quarters, Bartman who watched the first half and Needlesjustneedles who managed, very bravely, to watch the last two minutes. It's exactly the sort of analysis people listen us for - even, like NickO, all the way from America. Always unauthorised, comprehensively unfiltered and spectacularly uninformed.

Alright boys, let's get to work!

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'Never Surrender by the Squinters' is the only GWS Giants AFL podcast by the Orange Crush for the Orange Crush. And this one is a lovely little early Thursday morning in Canberra/late Wednesday evening in London ramble with Mal Michael through the proverbial Essex fields of football dreams. You will never hear a more thoughtful, polite, mature (except about the silly Bunt) Giant footy chat. And the fact that none of you'll ever see Mal Michael's plus-twelve months without a haircut lockdown mullet will be perhaps the only disappoint of what is a lovely, little listen.

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Never Surrender by the Squinters is the ONLY GWS Giants AFL podcast by the Orange Crush for the Orange Crush. And this pod has a fanrant for the ages - that's all I'm going to say.

Like Mal Michael, Sparrow and Needles, get the popcorn, find a comfy seat, put some earphones in, turn the volume up to the max and buckle yourself in because Bartman blows the hinges off it.

He's just sayin' what we're all feelin'.

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Footys back! Hurrrraaaaaayyyyyy....and so is Never Surrender by the Squinters, the only GWS Giants AFL podcast. Unauthorised, unfiltered and uninformed. And the Giants lost. Oh...well, that's a bit of a piss on the icing in the cake isn't it? At home. To a seriously undermanned Sainters outfit, in a game where we got a decent go from the umpires. Which is bad and worrisome. Still, a footy season is a season not a sprint and to start us off from the blocks we bring you 'GrowlNation' - a one-on-one of the hottest of Growler's hot takes. Does he pour petrol on his 2019 call of 'Leon out' and watch it burn? Is he straight-swapping Cripps for Cogs? Does he think Tim English's hardnormcare haircut is normal enough to be the new wave of the new normal? Could he find any positives from today?

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No bedtime story in this one, just a songs, and some more serious comments from the once funny Penny Wong.

Picking up exactly where they left the last one off, Bubs, the good Senator, Sparrow and Needles finish what they...what we, the Orange Crush, started and buckle-up for Giants Flag Glory in 2021. Sparrow, the self-styled eternal optimist, does crack a bit of a sad.

And we play a game!

Happy Aussie Rules. Never Surrender.

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Once more with feeling, friends, with lots and lots of feelzings. 2021 is coming on strong so we don't have much time to talk about what happened since 2020 thankfuckfully buggered off. In fact, so MUCH happened over the summer that we didn't really get time to talk about Jezza or Zaccy leaving, but who cares? They left, good for ém, we've got Tanner to talk about and Cog's awkward statute from the Amazon docco to chew over. Bubs, Sparrow, Needles and Richmond-Moll (and also Never Surrender pod graphics genius) Penny Wong make an announcement, have some very deep and serious conversation which I really didn't expect and agree that the new title for our fabulous pod subscribers (get your friends to as well) is the Orange Crush. And that's just part 1.

There's also a bedtime story.

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You didn't ask for it, but you should have, so here it is! Never Surrender by the Squinters, the only GWS Fan podcast, doing a pre-2020 (mickey mouse year amirite?) Grand Final pod (you BEAUTY!!!!) where we hardly talk about the GF but instead try and work out what in the name of all that's holy is going the hell on at Giants HQ. Rest assured, after 40 mins of considered opinion-leading inside this soundfile, everything will be much, MUCH clearer*...

cough what?

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Yeah, last week was a pretty terrible week to be involved in a much-loved, fan-made unauthorised, unfiltered and uninformed GWS Giants AFL podcast. Vomit against the Crows, bashed up by the Demons, split by the Night of the Long, Orange Knives. But a brave bunch of Giant heroes - Bubs, Cheese-OH!, Needles the Renaissance Man and Dr Nangs - got together late on Monday night and worked our way through it. Fair to say, problems solved. Or not. But they were discussed. Examplar hot inside goss take: Cogs was actually managed, not dropped, because bung knee.

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Coco, Mal and BartMan entertain Blues diehard Memphis, as they discuss and dissect a game that saw 1.17 (or so) kicked across the middle two quarters. We touch on the Gabba granny, Leon re-signing, and discuss how the tailor is going to get to Dessie Haynes to measure him up for his first All Australian blazer. We turn to quantum physics to understand the Giants game style, and salute some great individual acts from Dorsal, Petrol, and Bobby Hill.

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WE’RE BACK BABY!! The Orange Tsunami is rising in the distance ready to engulf the rest of the competition after a demolition of the Dockers in Perth. This was never in doubt of course. Because we Never Surrender.

Join Sparrow, Needles the Renaissance Man and Mal as they unpack the many issues of the week…, dissect the domination of the Dockers, and look forward to next week and the rest of the season now that Jezza is back fishing, Dutchy is back clamping tighter than a mollusc, and Mal’s boy Jakey Riccardi is hitting packs like he’s played 200 games, won the Coleman, Norm Smith and even has an (overrated) All Australian jacket… (And it’s revealed he was actually first spotted by Never Surrender Chief Recruiter Mal Michael way back in a bar in London when you could go to bars and COVID was a thing on bats in China).

Plus there’s a new content alert. And a guest appearance by Stormzy (Grime artist, not AFL player from Nyah Nyah West).

Keep your questions coming in and thanks for listening.

The Squinters. www.TheSquinters.com

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***Our mention in The Age: https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/snap-shot-footy-s-stormy-daniels-comes-up-trumps-20190917-p52s1z.html

***Jezza Fishing Article article: https://www.smh.com.au/sport/afl/with-quarantine-over-cameron-is-no-longer-a-fish-out-of-water-in-perth-20200828-p55qd4.html

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Never Surrender by the Squinters. Join long-time Squinters Bartman, Bub and Growler as they unpack the GWS Giant's Round 13 AFL match against the West Coast Eagles. We discuss the Indigenous round highlights, Giants selection questions, have the Giants turned a corner and can they make the finals? As always uninformed and unsolicited…thanks for listening. Never Surrender.

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If you thought last week was deep and meaningful, get a load of this bad boy! A fox, a fan and more than fifty minutes of fun. This is Never Surrender by the Squinters, a GSW Giant AFL podcast and, nearing the end of our second season, we are well and truly in our strides. Yes the game was terrible and what the Giants dished up as they went under the Swans made us vomit collectively, but not wanting to talk about the game (well, the Fox was happy to talk about the result...listen to him coming in off the long run-up) means debutante the Fox, Growler, Coco and Needles, the Renaissance Man can talk about lots of other things - mostly the questions Terry asked. Which are now answered.

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This week BartMan and Coco dance with the devil as they host Bomber Bim, a diehard Bombers fan, in an effort to get inside the mind of the enemy.

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*** Bombers trade article https://www.afl.com.au/news/482092 Never Surrender by The Squinters: the only and therefore best unauthorised and uninformed AFL GWS GIANTS pod.

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Join Sparrow, Bartman and Mal as they tame the Wild Beast that is Round 9 of the 2020 AFL Season. This week we opt for Plan A; an Orange-Tsunami of unauthorised, unfiltered and uninformed, Squinting speculation and banter. We unpack more insights from Issues-Of-The-Week than you can fit in a Samsonite suitcase. We analyse and dissect our dominant performance over the Rising Suns (or perhaps setting Suns?). We salivate over the upcoming game against Shiel, Devon and James Stewart (the only relevant Bombers). And we imagine a strange dystopian future of an AFL landscape without Victorian clubs. Perhaps the Old Bar Bulldogs up against the Wagga Tigers, the Belconnen Pies taking on the Tamworth Roos, and the Darwin Bombers hosting the Cats from Concord (Gill that’s Copyrighted to The Squinters but of course happy to be included in the Think Tank).

Keep your questions coming in and we promise we’ll get to them. Thanks for listening. The Squinters. www.TheSquinters.com

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***Sam Taylor article: https://www.afl.com.au/news/478008/-he-thought-my-body-was-attacking-itself-giant-s-horror-infection-fight

***In Leon We Trust: https://www.sen.com.au/news/2020/07/31/giants-ceo-confirms-new-cameron-deal/

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Join Squinting stalwarts Cheese, Needles, Mal and Growler as they take podcasting live for the AFL Round 8 Grand Final rematch between GWS Giants and the Richmond Tigers.

In this episode, we talk through AFL issues of the week, the growing hype around Dezzy Haynes, whether we can keep Josh Kelly, and the finer details on what constitutes a wine decanter.

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*** Nick Haynes article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-23/gws-nick-haynes-a-giant-among-afl-defenders/12481234?fbclid=IwAR17CVw2cB6mgCPTydDAyZFsNG5FdXCdJ8tytmkX33EZlaG846Qj3ndGkqk

**** Josh Kelly article: https://amp.theage.com.au/sport/afl/salary-cap-squeeze-could-force-star-greater-western-sydney-giants-out-20200723-p55ex1.html?__twitter_impression=true&fbclid=IwAR3tXMtCFoxR8hdcXt2UraBtqICQf1FVNDHwlcKYwJck3_l-EDWU6aA-E_M

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Until the end of recorded time, Never Surrender by The Squinters is the only and therefore best unauthorised, uninformed and unfiltered AFL GWS GIANTS pod - https://www.thesquinters.com/

This episode is a classic two-hander featuring grizzled veteran Needles the Renaissance Man and fresh-faced optimist Soaring Sparrow that spirals into an aryan yoghurt drink-driven, avant-garde experiment of youtube memes, article read-back "react" segments and flotation of a possible mimed podcast in the future. The football is glossed briefly, but the rest is the best. "HORSESHIT!"

We have the honour to be well and truly yours,

The Squinters.

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***The McGuane Grenade, from Coco: https://www.thefootycorner.com/2020/07/17/greater-western-sydneys-issues-start-with-coaching/?fbclid=IwAR3DhORbBLAESPeD8Y4QAuUgYGeuljXoNntZqYZORV8hVez88oxqZiJ06sE

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Join the cross-continental gathering of Coco, Lawso, Mal and Cinque as they relive the big big moments from a great win over the Hawks on a beautiful Sunday evening. Find out how The Squinters are going to compensate Toby Greene after unjustly missing out on a MOTY nomination, and who the Dutch Clamp should go to next weekend.

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The Emergence from the COVID Chrysalis. Join Sparrow, Bartman and Needles as they dissect, discuss and celebrate a glorious victory over the peroxided Pies. This week on Never Surrender by The Squinters we heap the praise on the Karate Kid, we shuffle the abacus and work on a solution to keep Zaccy at the Beanstalk, we celebrate the return of the hairless Beast from Bunyip, Mumford V13.2, and much much more. Send us your thoughts, questions, dreams, and pics for The Squinters "Wall of Glory" to neversurrenderpod@gmail.com. Check out the website too, it's awesome: www.TheSquinters.com. Season 2020 is back baby!

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Never Surrender by the Squinters -Episode 25 - Round 2 2020 - Western Buldogs @ Marvel Stadium

Join squinting regulars Bub, Coco and Growler, as we dissect the spiteful Round 3 AFL clash between the GWS Giants and the Western Bulldogs; ponder how to bring the GWS Giants out of their form slump; and discuss what is the new normal in the AFL in the COVID-19 era.

As always, please send us your thoughts, questions and feedback to neversurrenderpod@gmail.com.

And finally, we would greatly appreciate it if you could rate us on iTunes (and recommend to all of your Giants friends).

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Alex! Completely forgot to get the chaps to answer your killer questions that you sent to us via NEVERSURRENDERPOD@GMAIL.COM. Probably Needles'fault though he plans to duck and shovel the blame on to Mrs Bartman via Bartman (see below). Next episode - promise (cross our hearts and hope to die).

The Squinters could have celebrated slightly more than a year of Never Surrendering and being a bona fide thing (arewerite?) with this post-pandemic-pod, but unfortunately not only does the anniversary completely pass them by, but even if it hadn't they would have been celebrating solo because they were left bereft by the Orange Boys who failed to stomp or really show up. Which, to be frank, made for an anticlimatic return to the interwebwaves. Still, we could all see each other on Zoom and Mal Michael was remains hung but alive in London, Cheese is handsome and aging in Sydney, Needles is creatively campaigning winningly in Canberra and Bartman flakes again, but this time because Mrs Bartman went into labour literally 2 minutes before the pod kicked off (piss-poor), not because he is maggot. Which means thanks to him and RoMac a bit earlier in the year, by the time the pod platforms have found this, there will be two more squintlets in the brood (makes 7 in two years - thanks very much you fertile Squinters heroes) and we will have all put this rather unfortunate day - when we fell out of love with the footy we'd waited so long for - a long way behind us and come back next week with a big W and a proper pod with an agenda and structure and less complacency. Giants are winning the flag this year - Mal Michael says you can put your friends' house on it.*

Leave your comments and questions and scintillating analysis for us to forget about here: neversurrenderpod@gmail.com.

PROJECT 20K. Inching closer. 16,500 and something downloads.

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Like a parrot on the verandah, footy came, delighted us, and left. We had something to hold onto in this (can I say unprecedented? Such a cliche. I'm gonna say unprecedented) unprecedented moment. Something to look forward to, ie; a premiership cup coloured sunset orange. And now we are left alone and grumpy. But you are not left without Never Surrender by The Squinters in this time of trial. The Squinters are old hands at social distancing, having practiced extreme, multi-continent podcast distancing since R12 last year (a different time ). Coco in Pennsylvanian Quarantine, Sparrow from a deserted Northern Beach, Dr Nangs from the reserve trenches a goodly distance behind the frontline and Needles the Rennaissance Man from a seat at the action in Canberra found a window between impressive, confidence-building Giants victory and season (mayaswellbe) cancellation to bring you the first episode of the only Giants AFL fan podcast. And despite the terrible sound quality, poor sound mixing and disgusting internet connection, the content is A1 like Petrol and the Cab Sav. This might be the only pod you get for months, so make the most of it.

If you want to know that everything is going to be fine and that footy will be played for more than two weeks if at all and Covid-19 will go away soon...this is not your listening pleasure. But if you want to know how the AFL will deal with the issue care of the Squinters AFL Rescue Committee, what team Growler has picked for Round 1 if it is played, and want to listen to a podcast still full of hope against all evidence about the flag-winning season coming up before it is all cancelled, Ready-GO because we Never Surrender.

Of course, if every Giants fan sent us an email we'd have gigabytes of content to discuss and pods to produce. We'll leave that thought there and you can hit us here: neversurrenderpod@gmail.com.

PROJECT 20K. Inching closer. 16,000 downloads barrier shattered.

REVIEW & RATE US. After subscribing, and getting your friends to subscribe, please rate and review us (fyi - 5 stars is lovely) on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a helluva lot to the show and makes it easier for more Giant Orange Rumbles to stomp in time with us to 2020 flag glory in 2020.

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WELCOME BACK(!) Giant Orange Rumble to 2020 and more importantly Never Surrender by the Squinters, the only therefore best GWS Giants fans' AFL podcast, with Needles, the Renaissance Man, Growler and two corona-savvy medics in Bartman and Dr Nangs. Full disclosure, this is not quite NS by TS but actually a little Giants Season 2020 hors d'oeuvre, an amuse bouche, a soupcon, an entree, an appetizer, a taster, a sample, a tidbit, an aperitif, a veritable canape before the main Never Surrendering smorgasbord which begins next week, if footy begins next week, because what the actual fuck was that summer? A fucjtastrophe, a catastophuck is what is was, made somewhat OK by the fact that the Cogs handover was perfect (or NOT! Thanks Caro) and we won all the pre-season games and that the dominant colours these past months were orange flames, white smoke and charcoal ash. So it was a Giants summer.

If you want to know that everything is going to be fine and that footy will be played for more than two weeks if at all and Covid-19 will go away soon...this is not your listening pleasure. But if you want to know how the AFL will deal with the issue care of the Squinters AFL Rescue Committee, what team Growler has picked for Round 1 if it is played, and want to listen to a podcast still full of hope against all evidence about the flag-winning season coming up before it is all cancelled, Ready-GO because we Never Surrender.

There is a week to go before the start of the season and perhaps three weeks to go before the end of it. This is the window to tell us where to get off at neversurrenderpod@gmail.com. All questions considered.

PROJECT 20K. Inching closer. 16,000 downloads barrier shattered.

REVIEW & RATE US. After subscribing, and getting your friends to subscribe, please rate and review us (fyi - 5 stars is lovely) on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a helluva lot to the show and makes it easier for more Giant Orange Rumbles to stomp in time with us to 2020 flag glory in 2020.

Further Reading: https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/football-feud-captaincy-clash-part-of-giant-fallout-20200313-p549qs.html

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And out of the blue comes this job interview, recorded live and unauthorised with Squinters' would-be Dr Nangs, desperate for a gig on the only AFL fan podcast focused only on the GWS Giants, Never Surrender by The Squinters. With just two crazy/brief weeks to go before Season 2020 kicks-off, Needles, the Renaissance Man explores what possessed this long-winded surgeon to write an interminable application email to The Squinters, what value he can add - as a confessed and unapologetic Brisbane Lions fan - with his less-biased second opinions on one of the most high-standarded, no-eyed podcasts on the interweb, all the feels he felt when he was punted from the ACT AFL u/14s development squad, and his pitch to present "Nangs' Naughty Bits" five times a week on Squinters Up-Late FM. Was it enough? Is he in?

If anyone has any thoughts or question or predictions or fears for Season 2020, we want to know because it would be great content! Find us like the good Dr Nangs did at neversurrenderpod@gmail.com.

PROJECT 20K. We're at 15, 883! 16,000 is just around the corner. Less than 5000 more and surely sponsors will be knocking down The Squinters' door!

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One day last year, Needles, the Renaissance Man hacked the interweb (or politely emailed West Coast HQ) and inveigled a conversation with Grand Final-winning diabetic hero Jaime Cripps. If you've ever wondered what it is like to win a flag and inject yourself with a growth hormone on the same day, this is the pod you've been frothing for. If you are on the edge of your earbuds waiting for the first proper episode of the season for 'Never Surrender by The Squinters - A GWS Giants AFL podcast', this is not that pod but it is well worth a listen as the last in the trio of the Squinter's Summer of Type-1 Diabetes and Professional Football.

[For the Needles groupies among us here is a bit more of the young man's dulcet tones on Giants Radio with Big L and SuperZelle: https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode?id=581611]

If anyone has any thoughts or question ore predictions of fears for Season 2020, we want to know bec ause it would be great content! Touch us up at neversurrenderpod@gmail.com.

PROJECT 20K. We're at 15, 741! 16,000 is just around the corner. Less than 5000 more and surely sponsors will be knocking down The Squinters' door!

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A few days/weeks/months/years/whatevers ago, over a brekky of multiple coffees, spinach and mushrooms, The Squinters' Needles, the Renaissance Man chatted-up GWS Giants hero and AFL footballer with diabetes Sam Reid about life (with diabetes), the (footy) universe (with diabetes) and everything (mostly diabetes). They discuss the effectiveness of dartboard gut tattoos as a way of deflecting stigma, what it is like to lose 16 kilos in two weeks, the utility of tumeric on everything and break a story that Dayne Zorko is a bit of a sook. You heard it here first.

If anyone has any thoughts or questions or their own insights (or Paddy McCartin's or Brandon Jack's contact details please), get in touch at neversurrenderpod@gmail.com.

PROJECT 20K. We're at 15, 230! Less than 5000 more and surely sponsors will be knocking down The Squinters' door!

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The Squinters (well A Squinter) rings up Nathan "Bassy" Bassett - ex-Norwood Redleg (1994-1996), ex-Melbourne Demon (1997), ex-Adelaide Crow (1998-2008), ex-Norwood Senior Coach (2010-2013, flags '12 & '13) , ex-Essendon Assistant Coach (2014-2015), current Port Adelaide Assistant Coach (2016-Present), All-Australian (2006) and Type 1 Diabetic (1997-present) - for a chat about what it's like for an elite AFL footy player to play footy and train footy while managing an auto-immune "eating disorder" like Type 1 Diabetes, and what insights about what he's learned he can share with Average Joes who have diabetes or a chronic condition so they can get the best out of themselves and look after themselves in the best way possible. And of course, if it's good for a diabetic, it's good for someone with a working pancreas.

This is hopefully the first of a couple of conversations with elite footy players living and playing with Type 1 Diabetes that we'll be able to post this summer. If anyone has any thoughts or questions or their own insights, get in touch at neversurrenderpod@gmail.com.

PROJECT 20K. We're at 14, 900-and something. 6000 and a bit more downloads and we might be able to get a sponsor to help us.

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(RECORDED BEFORE WHITFIELD DELIGHT DAY...just sayin')

The Spadge suggests a date to discuss the GWS Giants AFL draft haul, and only Needles, the Renaissance Man makes himself available. So the Spadge suggests another date - same again ... BUT the footy gods smile upon the delightful duo and lob in the content of the week that Cogs is now Captain. A bit of grist for the podcast mill that our heroes spend sometime thoughtfully chewing over, before coming up with an excellent theory as to why (it was probs us) as well some unauthorised, unevidenced and unreliable draft week insights. And then a few words about Sparrow's footy debut with the Narrabeen Pigeons. This is PEAK Never Surrender by the Squinters.

If anyone has any thoughts or questions or unfounded opinions or outright libel on draft week, Christmas or pre-season or anything at all, correspond with us at neversurrenderpod@gmail.com.

PROJECT 20K. We went past 13,900 and something. Just over 7000 to go and it is sponsors galore - surely.

REVIEW & RATE US. Go on then. Do it. After subscribing, and getting your friends to subscribe, please rate and review us (fyi - 5 stars or bugger off) on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a helluva lot to the show and makes it easier for more Giants freaks to feed their appetite for AFL flag glory (in 2020).

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This it it! This is the final coughed syllable on all she wrote on AFL in 2019. In what what might be the year's final episode of Never Surrender by the SquintersCoco and Bartman cast, with Needles, a few critical eyes across the GWS Giants' 2019. The most comprehensive set of post-season footy awards ever awarded are awarded via Coco's grand spreadsheet, the lads play Needle's game 'Play the Game', podcast stats are pondered and no actual review of the year good and the year bad is undertaken in any remotely structured way. It's basically the perfect podcast. Welcome.

Never Surrender by The Squinters #20 is for Cinque

If anyone has any thoughts or questions or unfounded opinions or outright libel on draft week, Christmas or pre-season or anything at all, correspond with us at neversurrenderpod@gmail.com.

PROJECT 20K. We went past 12,000 downloads on last week. Only 8000 to go! We are waiting for the sponsors (how many listeners does Dyl Buckly get?) to bang down our email we are now driving for 20,000 because we Never Surrender.

REVIEW & RATE US. Go on then. Do it. 100 more than the 15 reviews to date would be GREAT!. After subscribing, and getting your friends to subscribe, please rate and review us (fyi - 5 stars or bugger off) on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a helluva lot to the show and makes it easier for more Giants freaks to feed their appetite for AFL flag glory (in 2020).

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The Squinters take Never Surrender inside the club's inner sanctum with on-the-spot reportage and eyewitness testimony from the AFL's Giant Night of Orange Nights - the Kevin Sheedy Medal knees-up. Listening to this pod with Growler, Sparrow, Bubs and Needles gets you there - walking the Orange Carpet, sipping the Orange Gin and as a result dancing on the Orange Tablecloths. Ready? Go.

Our Grand 2019 Wrap Spectacular is this week! Get in touch with us quicksmart so we can speculate on your speculations at neversurrenderpod@gmail.com.

PROJECT 20K. We went past 10,000 downloads on Grand Final day, so you know, every cloud...while we wait for the sponsors to bang down our email we are now driving for 20,00o because we Never Surrender.

REVIEW & RATE US. Go on then. Do it. 100 more than the 15 reviews to date would be GREAT!. After subscribing, and getting your friends to subscribe, please rate and review us (fyi - 5 stars or bugger off) on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a helluva lot to the show and makes it easier for more Giants freaks to feed their appetite for AFL flag glory (in 2020).

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It's been too long, and yet, not long enough. Regardless, saddle-up and ride-again with your Orange Punditry Heroes as they bring you Never Surrender by the Squinters' AFL Trade Week explainer (tm). Bubs, Needles, Growler and Sparrow tell you what was good for the GWS Giants, what was bad, why and what might happen next. There is slander, libel, brash opinion and fascinating (no jokes) explanations of the machinations of trade week and draft week, points and all. Again, it's our pleasure.

Our Grand 2019 Wrap Spectacular is this week! Get in touch with us quicksmart so we can speculate on your speculations at neversurrenderpod@gmail.com.

PROJECT 20K. We went past 10,000 downloads on Grand Final day, so you know, every cloud...while we wait for the sponsors to bang down our email we are now driving for 20,00o because we Never Surrender.

REVIEW & RATE US. Go on. 100 more than the 15 reviews to date would be GREAT!. After subscribing, and getting your friends to subscribe, please rate and review us (fyi - 5 stars or bugger off) on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a helluva lot to the show and makes it easier for more Giants freaks to feed their appetite for AFL flag glory (in 2020).

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It's the reluctant Grand Final edition of Never Surrender by the Squinters, a GWS Giants AFL Podcast. Sparrow went to the game and gets up off the canvas to review it with Needles. Live reports from Dallas, Copenhagen, Friday night at the Coopers Inn and Coco's astonishing post match hot take - you'll never guess (like, literally) who's head he's calling for now. Unfiltered, unauthorised, uninformed and unvictorious (this time), the Giant appetite for flag glory in 2020 starts here and starts now.

Speculate with us or against us here: neversurrenderpod@gmail.com.

PROJECT 20K. We went past 10,000 downloads on Grand Final day, so you know, every cloud...while we wait for the sponsors to bang down our email we are now driving for 20,00o because we Never Surrender.

REVIEW & RATE US. Yeah, tah. After subscribing, and getting your friends to subscribe, please rate and review us (fyi - 5 stars or bugger off) on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a helluva lot to the show and makes it easier for more Giants freaks to feed their appetite for AFL flag glory.

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Giant Appetite for Flag Glory! Assemble! This is not a drill! It's Grand Final week! It's party time!

If you are on a bus in the Orange Convoy rolling down to the MCG, this pod is for you. Make a recording on your phone of the Giant Banter on the bus and email it to us at neversurrenderpod@gmail.com. We'll stick it in the Grand Final review - win, lose or draw.

Recorded on a Tuesday night because it was the only night Needles (who'll be in Canberra), Coco (who'll be in Dallas), Cheese (who'll be in San Francisco), Sparrow (who'll be at the MCG) and Bubs (who'll be at the MCG but calls in from Invercargill) could get together to get excited and prognosticate, dropped on a Thursday morning to add some orange, charcoal and white bounce and sizzle to this Giant Grand Final week, we do spend time chatting about who to drop for Cogs who'll play. He won't, so that bit is a bit moot (Bubs) but the rest is classic Squinters - speculation, punting recommendations (Stormin' Norman or Tommo* both $81...easy money), tangents, literature, babies howling and dogs growling - there's something for everyone. WE ALL are the Big, Big Sound. And ain't it lovely?

Speculate with us or against us about how good the Giants are here: neversurrenderpod@gmail.com.

PROJECT TEN THOUSAND. We are at 9200+ downloads. 10,000 must mean a sponsor, surely. Just one sponsor would make this so much easier, so -

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Oh. My. God. (in a secular way, which is more meaningful we think). Your Giant Appetite for 2019 Flag Glory is one weekend afternoon from satiation. Needles, Bartman and Growler drag themselves away from booking flights and bumming Grand Final tickets off mates to present Never Surrender by The Squinters, the GWS Giants AFL podcast about one of the teams playing in the 2019 AFL Grand Final(!) after the boys went to the well again and again and again on Saturday Night and stuffed Collingwood in the Preliminary Final to create something remarkable. But as yet unfinished. The injustice, the injuries, the feelz, the goals, the terror, the joy, the glory. Who plays on Saturday? Who misses? Raw, unauthorized, unfiltered, uninformed and happy as bastards - if you only listen to one Giants fancast this week it'll have to be this one, because it's the only one. Have a great week y'all. Make the most of it. Never Surrender.

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PROJECT TEN THOUSAND. We are at 8240 downloads. 10,000 must mean a sponsor, surely. Just one sponsor would make this so much easier, so -

REVIEW & RATE US. Yeah, tah. After subscribing, and getting your friends to subscribe, please rate and review us (fyi - 5 stars or bugger off) on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a helluva lot to the show and makes it easier for more Giants freaks to feed their appetite for AFL flag glory.

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AFL Tribunal who art in Melbourne, forgive Toby his trespasses, as he forgives those who trespass against him. Apart from that self-inflicted black cloud we in our GWS Giants guernseys are still in a stormzy of joy as the boot and glutes of the Little Giant Man checkside us one step closer to 2019 Flag Glory. Hard, gutsy, against the odds, season-defining victories like what was won on the weekend don't come around every year, especially not clad in the perfection of Sparrow's multiple narratives. Needles evocatively summarises the three minutes he watched peeking from behind the laundry door, Lawso takes a break from painting Copenhagen orange to go controversial, Sparrow drinks whiskey and weaves dreams, RoMac was at the match, the Doc was at the Ashes and Bartman was blind. Tommo is going, Sauce is coming, the Magpies are waiting. It's time to get serious. Our season starts NOW.

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FREE TOBY GREENE! So we don't talk about Tobes being sent to the big house because we done the pod on Saturday night and all we saw was Easton Wood grinding his elbow into Toby's mush, but WABOBS. The fix is in. Anyway, plug in and come back with Never Surrender by The Squinters to the chirpier AFL times of Saturday night. Indulge yourselves in the GWS Giants' glorious victory with Growler, Sparrow and Needles over whiskey and wine while Sparrow weaves his finals narrative of Giant Retribution and Growler froths about what it is like behind the glass at the Beanstalk. There is a live at the match halftime review from our Squinters at the match, Growler's Lidspiracy theory and find out Sparrow's big, BIG issue with Leon Cameron. Look, there's no doubt you'll be shocked and stunned. Winning. Footy. Finals. Giants. Love it.

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THE SQUINTERS' MEDIA STATEMENT ON COGS' RE-SIGNING.

'Look at the list Look how they’ll grow with you And win flags with you Yeah they were all orange

U came along U signed your name for us I wrote a song for you And it was called "Orange"

So then U took your pen Oh what a thing to have done And it was all orange

Your foot Oh yeah, your foot and leg Don’t miss going inside fifty I know, you love to snag a goal You know I love you so

U’d sprint across The ground to lay a tackle Oh what a thing to do 'Cause you were all orange

U cross the line 30 touches, 3 goals On a weekly basis And it was all orange

Your work Oh yeah your community work Turns the club into something beautiful And I know For us U’ll be a premiership captain For us U’ll grow the game in Western Sydney It's true Look how they shine for you Look how Jezza leads for you Look how Mummy taps for you Look how Zaccy kicks to you Look how Stormy dishes off for you Look how they shine Look at the list Look how they win flags for you And all the things that you do.'

Otherwise, its Never Surrender straight from the heart. Coco names his team for the elim final, Needles decides the new club slogan until the end of recorded time, some birds chirp and the neighbour's little dog barks (a lot) to hear such fun.

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A win's a win's a win's a win! Amwerite? Specially when Jezza jags 9! The last home and away episode of Never Surrender by The Squinters' first season drops with a controversial clang! Bubs, Bartman and Needles dissect Growler's online 8chan-worthy manifesto justifying his Leon-out campaign, Bubs brings some shocking GWS Giants goal-kicking accuracy stats to the table, we listen to RoMac's clip from the game and don't discuss what its like to kick 9 goals in a game (because only Needles knows) but agree it was fun to watch. And we also proclaim an AFL fatwa against the Bont. Because someone has to!

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What can we say? Our erstwhile Orange, White and Charcoal champions, the GWS Giants, might have given-up two-goalless second halves in a row (wait till you hear RoMac's stat on that!), but The Squinters will Never Surrender! (see what we did there?). RoMac, Cheese and Needles take this pod right back to its roots with 50 fabulous minutes of unfiltered, uninformed and unauthorised AFL speculation about Cogs (probs gone), about future ruckmen, about future Squintlets, about Lid's and Big Dawso's futures, about Growler's recommendation as to Leon Cameron's future job security and about the Royal Squinting Commission into all the Giants injuries - which will happen in the future. And all of that hard-hitting, evidence-absent AFL conjecture is dished out puce and hot with fury and grim despair. Perfect Monday fare, non?

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Here it is! The Squinters have delivered Never Surrender's ground-breaking, much-promised, long-awaited real-time podcast from the Hawks game at the Golden Egg in Canberra. GASP! with Needles as snow begins to fall in the first quarter, SYMPATHISE! with Sparrow (the Squinter formerly known as Dunsy) as he slumps from chirpy but concerned at half-time to despair and disgusted by the final siren, AGREE! with Cinque as he finally, reluctantly, gives up on a Giants original. There's also a contribution or two from Junior Squinter Big H, Sparrow's revolutionary Giants billeting idea in Issues of the Week and Cinque's dad gets in an argument during Play on at All Costs. It's all live, it's all here, and it's all yours. But the Hawks won, dammit.

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Relax, Giants freaks! Like Barto, we're back! The Squinters have flown this week's pod all the way back to Canberra after pathetic pre-Brexit British wifi made uploading impossible. Recorded live with London atmos, Needles, Mal Michael and special guest Squinter wannabe The Doc deliver very vague post-curry speculation about Saturday's lovely two-point three-in-a-row win over the Swans from the front stoop of the Good Samaritan pub in the East End's mean streets. Apart from Dunsy's at-the-match updates, timezones and beer-drinking made live viewing arguably impossible, so a lot of at-the-match Ashes pontification is included as a content assist. Alright guvnor, it's LONDON baby, yeah!

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Deep within the political bowels of Parliament House, the Squinters take Chris Bowen through a second Question Time in Chat-Up's second episode. In another exclusive interview, and his first Giants-focused media appearance since the election, C-Bo (not C-Bomb!) paints a word picture of the orange merch in his office, his Road to Damascus conversion to AFL and GWS, what it's like to be pantsed by Harry Kewell in the street, how he'll cure* diabetes for Sam Reid and Needles as well as peeling off a pretty strong Tony Abbott-impression.

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TWO IN A ROW! Guest IX (the Squinter otherwise known as Mal Michael) makes a second appearance on the back of a second GWS Giants gut-slogging, Jezza-tackling-in-the-backline one-point big W over the 'Power without 2019 Flag Glory'. Bartman returns from the Riviera via the operating table and Growler emerges from the nursery to talk up that win and our now Giant top-four chances, sadly salute Adam Goodes, gladly salute Heath Shaw, froth over an email from Jon Patton himself* and tease our exclusive chat-up with Chris "C-Bow" Bowen dropping Thursday.

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*Not guaranteed...

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EASY! Podcasting is fun again! The Squinters turn Never Surrender into an industrial-strength passion session for the Orange Boyz after their Captain Green-led pantsing of the 'Pies! Needles and Coco guide Cinque and Mal Michael (the last members of the Squinters Squad to make their appearance on Never Surrender and cough up their origin stories), through the mysteries of AFL/GWS Giants punditry as they wax orchestral about Collingwood Magpie bird-stuffing at the Beanstalk, huffily dispute Mal's outrageous theory that the umpires aren't out to get us, discuss Sam's email that needed to talk about Adam, contemplate a smorgasbord of Giants' captaincy options (and implications) but mostly generally just revel in sweet victory.

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At the time just six weeks ago the only and best GWS Giants official unauthorised AFL podcast seemed like such a good idea! But the Giants Never Surrender (even if they aren't quite winning right now) and neither do the Squinters. This week Coco and Bubs go on a deep dive with Needles and foundation Squinter RoMac who brings us yet more squad freshness with a sparkling Bobby Hill debut. We throw pickles at the wall looking for reasons how the team can be losing while the players are in form, discuss the one MAMMOTH Giant issue of the week (it's exactly who you think), gird each others' loins for the Collingwood 8-pointer before Coco gives Needles a genius game-watching mechanism to trick the Universe and we play a game at the end to cheer everyone up. You're welcome.

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Here they are! Ignoring frankly awful microphone distortion and the confusing loss of a key audio track 5/6ths of the way through the pod, The Squinters are launching our new GWS Giants AFL podcast spin-off with an exclusive interview. For the first time Katie and Murray talk publicly about every romance-drowned detail leading up to and away from (wink) their engagement in matching Giants fleeces. Two more Squinters Scoops (#mumford'schocolatechoices #himmelberg'snickname) are exposed as well as Muz's sordid tale of chucking in the Eagles to chase Giants glory and Katie's love. You want it, The Squinters get it.

The Squinters are chatting up Chris Bowen in a fortnight. If you have questions for him than speculate with us or at us here: neversurrenderpod@gmail.com.

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The week Never Surrender by The Squinters was proclaimed (by The Squinters) as the GWS Giants' official unauthorised AFL fancast, ends with The Squinters grumpily booting figurative cats around proverbial loungerooms as they come to terms with a terrible microphone set-up and an even worse Giants pantsing. Long-time (Bubs and Growler) and short-time (Dunsy) Squinters become first-time opinionated podcasters with Needles as they dismiss Adam Treloar, keep Delidio, beg Coniglio, mumble moodily in shock about why our Princes of Orange wore away shorts at home (any ideas, anyone? neversurrenderpod@gmail.com) and played so cod-ordinarily in an 8-point game, grudgingly acknowledge the Bears/Lions and announce the launch of our spin-off pod "The Squinters Chat-Up". Includes Dunsy's live 'at the match' reports. Big week. sad week. But there's always next week. Tell us what we want to read at neversurrenderpod@gmail.com.

(Happy Birthday DocK)

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The Squinters take Never Surrender LIVE to the boundary line of the epic GWS Giants Magoos vs Sydney University NEAFL clash under Henson Park's Friday Night Lights. Cheeeeeeeese, first-grade and first-class debutant Lawso and special comments merchant CTrizzle join Needles to swear poetically about our surrender to the Bombers the night before, consider some very juicy Squinters scoops, announce the Squinters 'GoFundMe' campaign getting us to the USA game, get crazy/brave about Brisbane at the Beanstalk Sunday arvo, give a little teaser for our VERY special guests next pod and respond to our FIRST LISTENER EMAIL sent to us (like you can too) via neversurrenderpod@gmail.com.

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Never Surrender to your first bonus episode - 100% conjecture, 0% facts! The podcast that The Squinters were never gonna make, got made with a show so far gone past post-facts and post truth it doesn't catch up to the zeitgeist, it is the zeitgest! Coco calls in from the Dallas Taranto Family Homestead to join Bartman, Cheeeeeeeeeese and Needles in swinging away with the big bats at a big bye week. The Squinters rule on the De Boer disaster, Coniglio's uninspiring godfather offers, give a to-the-bye-season review, prove why the Giants will have 8 All-Australians this year and consider whether LaMelo Ball is a chance to pull on the orange, white and charcoal in 2020. They also tip a win against Essendon. No quarters this week - its play on at all costs all the time. Speculate with us or at us at neversurrenderpod@gmail.com. [NB: The banter contains a few swears, but no slurs].

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Never Surrender by The Squinters is back with our difficult second episode. Bartman and Cheese come off the bench for their first times to join Needles on the interweb's best (because only) Giants fancast with some trademark uninformed and uncomplimentary Squinters conversation about Malcolm Blight, have a listen to how good Bartman's pen can click, review the victory over the Kangas, work out who the hell is Jack Stein-Stien, salute Nick Haynes for being brave about panicking and do a deep dive into Bartman’s drunken Sunday evening in rural Victoria. We are The Squinters and you're welcome to Never Surrender. Speculate with us or to us at neversurrenderpod@gmail.com.

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In the first cast of the first (and best) Giants fancast, the concept is proved by Spiritual Heart and Soul of The Squinters Coco - who patches in from Dallas, Texas, US of A, his morning before the Giants played and went down fighting hard to the Adelaide Crows in a R12 grind at the Adelaide Oval. He and Needles discuss their Squinters origin stories, give two hot takes on the loss and the upcoming match against North Melbourne Kangaroos in Hobart, politely acknowledge Bartman's drunken messages from country Victoria in lieu of him joining them and debate which nut Coco would offer for a Cogs re(-)sign. Speculate with or to The Squinters at neversurrenderpod@gmail.com

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