Round 1 - Western Bulldogs V North Melbourne - Sat 15/3/25 Marvel Stadium 7:35PM AEDT

[mjp]

They can have a Sheezel,
eat some cheezels;
Have a Larkey,
Eat a souvlaki;
Dogs by 40

Naughts - 6
BOG - Lobby Lobster ð¦

If Naughts kicks 6 he's BOG.

[Raels_d]

Margin: 25 points
Our top goalscorer: Darcy - 4 goals
Our best on ground: Bailey Dale
Crowd: 27K

[soupman]

That's what number 3 picks are for right

Phillips was a weird selection, but by my count there's maybe 6-7 players in the entire draft after him that are probably in every best 22 which seems super low, especially when the best 3 in the remaining top ten are Perkins and Campbell.

[FrediKanoute]

Margin: - Dogs by 2 points (I think this will be close. A lot closer than we think)
Our top goalscorer (the player and how many they will score): West 2 goals (one in the dying minutes to pinch it)
Our best on ground: Lobb
Crowd: 30000

[BornInDroopSt'54]

Predictions:

Margin: Dogs by 26 points
Our top goalscorer (the player and how many they will score): Naughton with 4
Our best on ground: Libba
Crowd: not enough.

[Pleather Sole]

Margin: 2-38 Either really tight or a boilover.
Our top goalscorer: Shared bags of 3, Darcy, Davidson, Kennedy, Naughton
Our best on ground: Freijah and Ed
Crowd: Average numbers but vocal

I think the heat and humidity (please lid off) will be a significant challenge, especially in the second half.

[Hot Dogs]

Margin: Dogs by 31
Our top goalscorer: Darcy with 5
Our best on ground: Darcy
Crowd: 32,387

[jDogs]

Margin: Dogs by 64 points
Our top goalscorer: Darcy, 5
Our best on ground: Darcy
Crowd: 24,000

[Axe Man]

Roos gun in doubt for season opener against Dogs

NORTH Melbourne star forward Nick Larkey could face a match-day fitness test to determine if he plays against the Western Bulldogs.

Larkey, a four-time leading goalkicker at the Kangaroos, missed Thursday training because of a corked thigh.

North coach Alastair Clarkson is "pretty confident" the 26-year-old will pass a fitness test, which could be delayed until Saturday morning ahead of that night's Marvel Stadium encounter against the Bulldogs.

"We didn't want to train him today, just to allow that (injury) to settle down a little bit," Clarkson told reporters.

"We're hoping he is going to be as good as gold by the weekend.

"Not ideal, but he has had a great summer and that is why I will give him every chance to be able to play.

"We just need to determine if it (the fitness test) is tomorrow or Saturday, but we're pretty confident, and so is he, that he's going to be able to play.

"We just want to see him at full stretch and see that he's okay to get through a game of footy."

[SonofScray]

NM by 12 points
Darcy first goal
Darcy BOG

[GVGjr]

FB [18] James O'Donnell,[27] Joel Freijah,[15] Taylor Duryea
HB [29] Lachlan Bramble,[7] Rory Lobb,[31] Bailey Dale
C [34] Bailey Williams,[21] Tom Liberatore,[42] Sam Davidson
HF [26] Josh Dolan,[33] Aaron Naughton,[8] Matthew Kennedy
F [23] Laitham Vandermeer,[10] Sam Darcy,[22] James Harmes
R [44] Tim English,[9] Ryley Sanders,[20] Ed Richards
Int [36] Luke Cleary,[12] Harvey Gallagher,[32] Arthur Jones,[30] Lachlan McNeil,[14] Rhylee West

8 defenders means Freijah is doing something else as well.

[Aidan7557]

FB [18] James O'Donnell,[27] Joel Freijah,[15] Taylor Duryea
HB [29] Lachlan Bramble,[7] Rory Lobb,[31] Bailey Dale
C [34] Bailey Williams,[21] Tom Liberatore,[42] Sam Davidson
HF [26] Josh Dolan,[33] Aaron Naughton,[8] Matthew Kennedy
F [23] Laitham Vandermeer,[10] Sam Darcy,[22] James Harmes
R [44] Tim English,[9] Ryley Sanders,[20] Ed Richards
Int [36] Luke Cleary,[12] Harvey Gallagher,[32] Arthur Jones,[30] Lachlan McNeil,[14] Rhylee West

WIth Cleary and Gallgher named I think Freijah will play on ball. Very excited for that and excited to see Cleary possibly get a run at it! Can't figure out who the third winger will be, Jones looks like sub, so maybe Harmes?

[Pleather Sole]

I think the line-up is a tad vague. I reckon Arty will be the third winger and West due to being a test will be sub. But, who knows. McNeil is an unlikely sub atm which is something I feel weird saying but he starts the beginning of seasons well. West's confidence won't be effected by being the sub. I'd prefer Harmes wasn't wing.

[GVGjr]

WIth Cleary and Gallgher named I think Freijah will play on ball. Very excited for that and excited to see Cleary possibly get a run at it!

Yep, 8 defenders named so Freijah is doing something else on the night.
Garcia very unlucky and we are going in with a small ball line-up.

[Critter]

Unless Gallagher is the sub, in which case Freijah could play down back. Were Larkey not to play, you would definitely play Freijah on the ball.

[Scraggers]

Caleb Daniel has been named as centre-half back ... to play on Naughton

[Garbs_7]

Was hoping Garcia was named for the midfield depth, but wasn't great in the pre-season game to be fair. Going to struggle getting a run there if he can't without Bont, Treloar etc...