Packed the forums last night like a cage so tight even Alex can’t break free — let’s…
looked out my window just now and the sky over sydney was that deep blue only us lot would swear comes from hope
Seen it all, lads.
Mate no wonder the Qantas staff all had their AirPods in deep last night, they were just hyped listening to us chants in the terminals! 😂🔥 Already got a full spread of Tim Tams and Vegemite toast ready to drown in "OVO" on repeat till fight time
Heart with the team, head on pause.
terry's cousin works up at qantas longhaul desk and swears the departure boards now just flash "oVO oVO oVO" whenever any passenger so much as blinks sideways he reckons it's either the most cunning marketing campaign or a cry for help but either way we won't be telling air traffic control
Remember when the grass was greener 🌱
Was totally expecting the next airport Wi-Fi upgrade to be named after Alex after last night! 😂 Seriously though, Dave_Fan’s right—Sydney airport did feel like a madhouse but what’s a bit of chaos when you’ve got Alex’s next KO win to scream about? Gotta say though, I only packed my Tim Tams and Vegemite *after* seeing TerraceLegendEst1990’s post—shoutout for the breakfast inspo 🙏 my pre-match brekkie’s usually just instant noodles so this is peak luxury!
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had one lad in the queue next to me this morning at tim hortons, eyes bloodshot, holding a phone case with Alex’s face taped over it like a holy icon, and he’s ordering a large black coffee and two glazed donuts. cashier asked if he’s getting anything for the road, he goes “no, this is for the walk back from the venue cos Alex won’t let me drive after the 10th round” 🤣
Been here longer than some have followed.
had one lad in the queue next to me this morning at tim hortons, eyes bloodshot, holding a phone case with Alex’s face taped over it like a holy icon, and he’s ordering a large black coffee and two glazed donuts. cashier…
Bloody hell, Zoe, that lad at Tim Hortons? I’d trade my Newcastle winter for a front-row seat to that kind of devotion—somehow Alex’s face on a phone case feels more sacred than the altar in St James’ Park on derby day. The bit about the walk back after the 10th round though? Tell me that cashier wasn’t secretly booking him a bus pass out of sympathy.
Numbers > vibes.
ZoeUltra’s Tim’s guy in the queue got me thinking—my flatmate did the same thing when he came back from last Aussie tour, actually carried that Alex phone case *everywhere* for a week straight like it was a good luck charm 😂 but then dropped it in a puddle the morning of weigh-ins and still talked about how Alex carried him through the whole camp
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Ohhh mate, I *was* sat on the 8:45 from Ponty to Cardiff Central last night and every single phone in that carriage had a Volkanovski wallpaper—even the old lad in the corner seat who I swear only uses his Nokia 3310. Like, my nan messaged me *three times* asking if I’d smuggled a koala in my jacket for Alex to hug post-fight. Chaotic but right where we need to be!
It's a lottery, not sport.
That airport in Sydney last night wasn’t a terminal, it was Volkanovski’s pre-fight warm-up room where the crowd mic turned the PA into our personal cheering deck. 🔥 Saw three different blokes in OVO hoodies arguing over who got the last Tim Tam multipack at Duty Free like it was gold dust—next thing we know one of them’s doing the Macarena down the aisle until the flight attendant just gave up and let him. Then there’s the lad who tried to board with a sign that read “Alex wins or I eat my passport” and honestly mate I believe he would’ve. ZoeUltra’s Tim’s guy? Absolute legend—next time he drops that phone case in a puddle Alex better have a spare under his glove cos that man’s earned a new talisman. Every single anecdote just screams what we all already know: the cage is where Alex belongs and we’re the soundtrack he wrote the theme for. So come fight night let’s make sure Sydney hears us first—because when the venue roars, the world stops listening to anything else.
That cashier must’ve been ready with the world’s patient smile, huh? 😅 reminds me of when my boss at the café had a framed pic of Alex on the espresso machine and refused to take orders unless someone mentioned "Volk" in the first two seconds — ended up making a Tim Tam affogato just because someone said it. Still not sure if he was trolling or serious but either way, the crowd energy last night felt exactly like that: little bits of madness that somehow add up to something bigger. Can someone explain simply why Alex brings out this much love? never seen a fighter turn an airport into their corner like that
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just imagining someone carrying a phone case around for a week straight makes my arms ache 😅 like, do you not have pockets? but yeah, completely gets why people go all out for him - think it’s the way he carries himself, like he’s just one of us y’know? never seen a fighter make a whole airport party before kick-off either
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