AFL 2025

[wenchbarwer]

I reckon we've seen enough to put some rankings on clubs.

Contenders - Collingwood, Brisbane, GWS, Geelong

In it at their best - Adelaide, Hawthorn

Fighting for two finals spots - Bulldogs, Port, Suns, Saints, Dockers, Sydney

No mans land and stuck - Essendon, Carlton

Top end pick in coming - Richmond, North, Eagles, Melbourne

We have Melbourne's first rounder

[Brodlach]

Settle on Adelaide, nothing to see here as yet.

[Booney]

Settle on Adelaide, nothing to see here as yet.

One* loss to a team that's right in it and beating the teams they should.

*The Suns game doesn't count

[The Bedge]

Adelaide's squad looks good on paper- winners on each line and a very potent front half.

The additions in particular of Neal-Bullen and Cumming have been huge.

[Brodlach]

Beat a Hogan-less GWS in one of the worst quality games in history

[Spargo]

Beat a Hogan-less GWS in one of the worst quality games in history

And so you should best Greater Eastern Sydney…

[The Bedge]

I giggled on the weekend - Jnr Bedge (8) came into the living room, asked who "GWS" were - mum told him "Greater Western Sydney".

His reply "Oh so they're just Sydney but better?"

[Lightning McQueen]

I want to see the team selections each game
OUT: Balta - Curfew

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[Lightning McQueen]

I reckon we've seen enough to put some rankings on clubs.

Contenders - Collingwood, Brisbane, GWS, Geelong

In it at their best - Adelaide, Hawthorn

Fighting for two finals spots - Bulldogs, Port, Suns, Saints, Dockers, Sydney

No mans land and stuck - Essendon, Carlton

Top end pick in coming - Richmond, North, Eagles, Melbourne

I still rate Hawthorn up with the leading pack, Wubsy’s Bulldogs are beginning to stake a claim for themselves to join that group too, especially now the Rolls Royce is out of the garage.

[Jimmy_041]

Contenders - Collingwood, Brisbane, Geelong, GWS

In it at their best - Hawthorn

Fighting for rest of finals spots - Adelaide, Bulldogs, Suns, Saints

No mans land and stuck - Sydney, Port, Freo, Essendon, Carlton

Top end pick in coming - Richmond, North, Eagles, Melbourne

[mighty_tiger_79]

I'd swap Cats and Hawks for Contenders

[Booney]

Course you would.

[daysofourlives]

Contenders - Collingwood, Brisbane, Geelong, GWS

In it at their best - Hawthorn

Fighting for rest of finals spots - Adelaide, Bulldogs, Suns, Saints

No mans land and stuck - Sydney, Port, Freo, Essendon, Carlton

Top end pick in coming - Richmond, North, Eagles, Melbourne

I think Collingwood only remain contenders while they have a short injury list, chances of that happening arent great with such an old list
They have 3 they cant afford to lose, Mihocek, McStay and Cameron, any of them get wiped for an extended period, its season over

Bulldogs the hardest to get a read on, even more so now with Darcy out, you suspect Naughton wont be able to carry them on his own, does Bont play above 50% fwd from here on

[daysofourlives]

Contenders - Collingwood, Brisbane, Geelong, GWS

In it at their best - Hawthorn

Fighting for rest of finals spots - Adelaide, Bulldogs, Suns, Saints

No mans land and stuck - Sydney, Port, Freo, Essendon, Carlton

Top end pick in coming - Richmond, North, Eagles, Melbourne

I think Collingwood only remain contenders while they have a short injury list, chances of that happening arent great with such an old list
They have 3 they cant afford to lose, Mihocek, McStay and Cameron, any of them get wiped for an extended period, its season over

Bulldogs the hardest to get a read on, even more so now with Darcy out, you suspect Naughton wont be able to carry them on his own, does Bont play above 50% fwd from here on? Given he maybe lacking some fitness it might be the right move.

Brisbane look like a team just waiting for finals and only doing the bare minimum. The team to beat.

Port will make the 8 if Butters stays fit

[Jimmy_041]

Contenders - Collingwood, Brisbane, Geelong, GWS

In it at their best - Hawthorn

Fighting for rest of finals spots - Adelaide, Bulldogs, Suns, Saints

No mans land and stuck - Sydney, Port, Freo, Essendon, Carlton

Top end pick in coming - Richmond, North, Eagles, Melbourne

I think Collingwood only remain contenders while they have a short injury list, chances of that happening arent great with such an old list
They have 3 they cant afford to lose, Mihocek, McStay and Cameron, any of them get wiped for an extended period, its season over

Bulldogs the hardest to get a read on, even more so now with Darcy out, you suspect Naughton wont be able to carry them on his own, does Bont play above 50% fwd from here on

Same with every club.

[wenchbarwer]

Darcy Moore out of the Anzac Day game.

How he passed concussion protocols was beyond me, but he's now suffering from vertigo & an inner ear issue.

Would I be cynical to think it's really, really inner ear, like his brain?

[mighty_tiger_79]

Course you would.

Hawks has been out only win of note
We lost to St Kilda

[stan]

Course you would. [emoji38]

Hawks has been out only win of note
We lost to St Kilda

You beat Adelaide in Adelaide. They aren't going badly, they just beat the GWS. I would suggest your nowhere near under the radar as you would like.

[Brodlach]

Geelong beat Adelaide after playing midday in 34 degree heat with 90% humidity on the GC with a 5 day break, Mick Malthouse thinks it’s impossible to win the next week after playing in those conditions. Well, he was talking about Victorian teams after Gather Round, no mention of it ever happening before

[mighty_tiger_79]

Course you would. [emoji38]

Hawks has been out only win of note
We lost to St Kilda

You beat Adelaide in Adelaide. They aren't going badly, they just beat the GWS. I would suggest your nowhere near under the radar as you would like.

Adelaide just scraping through at moment
We were lucky to beat Melbourne at home... we lose to any other team... Melbourne are rubbish