AFL Game Day - Round 2, 2025

[GVGjr]

Lets keep all the non Bulldog discussions for the round to this thread.
A couple of important games.

Thursday
Carlton vs Hawthorn

Saturday
Essendon vs Adelaide
Port Adelaide vs Richmond
St Kilda vs Geelong

Sunday
Brisbane vs West Coast
North Melbourne vs Melbourne
Fremantle vs Sydney

Bye
GWS and Gold Coast

[BornInDroopSt'54]

Luckily for the Blues and Hawks, it's at Marvel.
Sheet rain now.
Blues won't like losing the first two.

[chef]

Luckily for the Blues and Hawks, it's at Marvel.
Sheet rain now.
Blues won't like losing the first two.

It's at the G.

[azabob]

Lewis Young hasn’t change out bodied and muscled by Chol.

[doggies ftw]

Man I hate watching Dekoning play, he’s basically everything English should have been - all the around the ground run and spread but actually turned himself into a bit of a beast in the ruck contest, his follow up and aggression at ground level is unreal. Hes a stud of a ruckman and quickly becoming Blues most impactful player

[jazzadogs]

Lewis Young hasn’t change out bodied and muscled by Chol.

I think he'd be a horrible teammate. I've seen Weitering and TDK both get frustrated with him tonight. Can't trust him.

Going for the toepoke there at the start of the last quarter instead of getting over the ball! Infuriating.

[Hotdog60]

A lot of people were upset when he went but in hindsight, I don't think we lost much.

[Bornadog]

Man I hate watching Dekoning play, he’s basically everything English should have been - all the around the ground run and spread but actually turned himself into a bit of a beast in the ruck contest, his follow up and aggression at ground level is unreal. Hes a stud of a ruckman and quickly becoming Blues most impactful player

Dekoning was good around the ground. Meek got on top in the second half in the ruck duels, but ended up pretty even overall.

[Sedat]

Hawthorn kicking skills the difference tonight, same as last week against Essendon. Carlton had a crack but they were so sloppy moving the ball all night.

[Grantysghost]

Hawthorn kicking skills the difference tonight, same as last week against Essendon. Carlton had a crack but they were so sloppy moving the ball all night.

What were Essendon smoking when they let D'ambrosio go.

[BornInDroopSt'54]

What were Essendon smoking when they let D'ambrosio go.

Ambrosia.

[jazzadogs]

Hawthorn kicking skills the difference tonight, same as last week against Essendon. Carlton had a crack but they were so sloppy moving the ball all night.

Main reason I felt that we got past Norf last week was that they couldn't hit a target.

I'll be fairly confident against the blues next week, although need to wait and see what happens tomorrow night.

[ledge]

Carlton’s problem was Curnow did nothing and every forward they had couldn’t take a one grab mark , Silvagni being the main culprit. He was one of their triers but just can’t take a solid mark.

[doggies ftw]

Dekoning was good around the ground. Meek got on top in the second half in the ruck duels, but ended up pretty even overall.

Yeah Meek definitely evened it up a bit in the 2nd half, TDK still the dominant ruckman on the ground across the game though. We’ve been absolutely pantsed by Meek in recent games.

Carlton need to get him some proper support, I guess McKay would help - but he was out on his feet big time at the end of the game last night with just a small nothing chop out from Cripps.

[azabob]

What were Essendon smoking when they let D'ambrosio go.

Honestly, D'ambrosio would not be playing this well for Essendon.

Hawks have the best development program in the league by some margin. Makes me sick.