AFL Final Series 2025 - Week 1

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  • angelopetraglia
    Bulldog Team of the Century
    • Nov 2008
    • 6895

    David Swallow. What a story. Wow.

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    • Bornadog
      WOOF Clubhouse Leader
      • Jan 2007
      • 67203

      Swallow - what a fitting end for him to win their first final.
      FFC: Established 1883

      Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.

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      • Bornadog
        WOOF Clubhouse Leader
        • Jan 2007
        • 67203

        That is a big win away from home and in front of 57,000 mostly Freo supporters.

        You can have all the game plans you want, but you must have talent on every line and Suns have that
        FFC: Established 1883

        Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.

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        • Sedat
          Hall of Fame
          • Sep 2007
          • 11416

          Insane match. That was absolutely brilliant.
          "Look at me mate. Look at me. I'm flyin'"

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          • whythelongface
            Coaching Staff
            • Jan 2007
            • 4545

            Great stuff Gold Coast. What a great finish.

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            • jeemak
              Bulldog Legend
              • Oct 2010
              • 21970

              That's absolutely nuts.

              Feel for the Freo guy who kept hold of Swallow because he didn't know for sure the ball was free and Swallow would have milked it anyway, genuine no win situation.

              Great outcome for Swallow. Disappointed Hardwick got the win, he's the pits.
              TF is this?.........Obviously you're not a golfer.

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              • Bornadog
                WOOF Clubhouse Leader
                • Jan 2007
                • 67203

                Originally posted by jeemak
                Disappointed Hardwick got the win, he's the pits.
                Yes the only downside
                FFC: Established 1883

                Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.

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                • Sedat
                  Hall of Fame
                  • Sep 2007
                  • 11416

                  Originally posted by angelopetraglia
                  David Swallow. What a story. Wow.
                  He's lucky he got a chance at redemption because he absolutely stuffed that inside 50 kick (when he was totally clear) to Humphrey a few minutes earlier
                  "Look at me mate. Look at me. I'm flyin'"

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                  • angelopetraglia
                    Bulldog Team of the Century
                    • Nov 2008
                    • 6895

                    Happy for the Suns. Not for Dimma.

                    But Dimma is a hard man. Plenty of those types have had a lot of success as coaches.

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                    • The Bulldogs Bite
                      Hall of Fame
                      • Dec 2006
                      • 11322

                      Farewell to an absolute champ in Nat Fyfe.
                      W00F!

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                      • jeemak
                        Bulldog Legend
                        • Oct 2010
                        • 21970

                        Imagine having a Pearce like player patrolling our backline, able to step up and dominate the air like he did in the second half if not keeping someone quiet.

                        Thought Jackson should have pulled in a few more marks around the ground to make things a bit easier for Fremantle (albeit he was a bit stiff on one in the pocket in the last) when they were putting huge pressure on GCS's ball use. A bit like Timmy English, his effectiveness is drastically reduced when he's not clean above his head.

                        What a difference players willing to pressure when without the footy make. We're a good contested side but tend to get found out when the whips are cracking because we're see ball get ball first, and tend to go bees to a honey pot without a thought of what might happen if we don't get our hands on it. When we were at our best last year we were awesome in winning second possession after a contest, not sure how we went with that this year but it just seemed that if we didn't win it first go we weren't likely to win it back or keep up on the spread. The good sides burn us here.

                        I had to go out to an early dinner during the second half of the GWS vs. Hawks game. I thought it was only us capable of having so many goals kicked in a row against us in big games! Just shows that a Plan B takes a while to kick in, even if it's really obvious what's going wrong with GWS clearly needing to change ball movement after the first quarter but not being able to get it right for a while, with the Hawks then taking a while to adjust on field to the executed change.

                        TF is this?.........Obviously you're not a golfer.

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                        • jeemak
                          Bulldog Legend
                          • Oct 2010
                          • 21970

                          Originally posted by The Bulldogs Bite
                          Farewell to an absolute champ in Nat Fyfe.
                          Yep. Absolute star.

                          A bit like Pavlich, if that guy was Melbourne based and playing for a big club that had some genuine success, he'd be talked about in the same breath as the likes of Hird and Dangerfield (let's not think about how the Bont would be talked about if he played at a big Melbourne club.....or Chris Grant......I can feel a rant coming!).
                          TF is this?.........Obviously you're not a golfer.

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                          • Sedat
                            Hall of Fame
                            • Sep 2007
                            • 11416

                            It's actually a really poor loss by Freo. They were way too conservative with their ball movement in the first 3 qtrs. Pearce, Brayshaw and Young nearly saved their arse in the last qtr but they had too many non-contributors. Dimma smashed Longmuir in tbe box tonight.

                            They badly missed Switkowski tonight as well.
                            "Look at me mate. Look at me. I'm flyin'"

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                            • jeemak
                              Bulldog Legend
                              • Oct 2010
                              • 21970

                              Originally posted by Sedat
                              It's actually a really poor loss by Freo. They were way too conservative with their ball movement in the first 3 qtrs. Pearce, Brayshaw and Young nearly saved their arse in the last qtr but they had too many non-contributors. Dimma smashed Longmuir in tbe box tonight.

                              They badly missed Switkowski tonight as well.
                              I hear the commentary about Chris Scott being an amazing coach and untouchable (I personally think he's been blessed with the best balance of quality across all lines and outside players during his tenure - not to mention his genuine home ground advantage), but to me Hardwick is probably the leading coach of the competition as much as I hate to say it.

                              Having said that, I'm so far out of touch with what coaches actually do........so it's just spit balling.

                              As for Fremantle, after their performance against us I thought they had something huge to deliver this week and beyond. They'll be filthy about tonight.
                              TF is this?.........Obviously you're not a golfer.

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                              • whythelongface
                                Coaching Staff
                                • Jan 2007
                                • 4545

                                Originally posted by The Bulldogs Bite
                                Farewell to an absolute champ in Nat Fyfe.
                                wonderful player. He was so good back around the 2014 to 2016 years. A genuine really likeable bloke.

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