NON-MFC: Opening Round 2025

[Little Goffy 14,970]

Feel like Hawthorn got a reprieve there with the change of weather.

If a team works hard defensively and earns a turnover, Hawthorn can be exposed on the rebound if you go hard right away.

Nick Blakey telling the story with 6 intercepts and almost 700m gained at 3/4 time, and a lot of both those stats were built after the Swans began to get their harassment act together.

 

[DubDee 26,682]

  On 07/03/2025 at 10:54, Demonstone said:

A recruiter (might have been ours) saw him play and reported that "This kid is a wizard".  The name stuck.

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good to know

I might be getting old (true) but I can’t remember him referred as such in his first AFL season

If he was, I would think that is premature and I would not have been a fan of that. Let kids establish themselves first i reckon

[Demonstone 23,588]

So we've got a Wizard and a Lizard playing tonight and more than one King running around. 

All we need now is a Gizzard to get the band back together again.

[jaydenh10 89]

  On 07/03/2025 at 10:50, DubDee said:

There’ll only be one Wiz mate

I hate how Watson got this nickname before he played a game 

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exactly does my head in, you cant reuse nicknames like that

[GS_1905 354]

This is why opening round  should be in Melbourne. No rain. 

[Little Goffy 14,970]

  On 07/03/2025 at 11:01, GS_1905 said:

This is why opening round  should be in Melbourne. No rain. 

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Or they could hold it in Geelong. No Collingwood.

[Willmoy1947 4,261]

Have to be the maggots worst performance of the year.

[DeelightfulPlay 2,725]

  On 07/03/2025 at 11:01, GS_1905 said:

This is why opening round  should be in Melbourne. No rain. 

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You're telling me!  Was watching the game and enjoying the new dimension of rain before it fi ally clicked that I live down the road from the SCG and I rushed off to collect my newly wet washing 😅

[Ghostwriter 5,479]

Ugh I just remembered why I don’t like the NON-MFC threads. I mean, I do like them, I very much like them, but I can’t stand the “I hope the MFC are watching/learning from this!” finger-wagging type of comments. What part of NON do folks not understand? Personally I like watching matches that don’t involve us coz it’s nice to breathe during a game 😅

Anyways, end of rant. Thanks for listening (even though you had no choice 🤭)

[Maldonboy38 6,435]

It has always been so difficult to get a clear read on the quality of football at the postage stamp that is the SCG. The Swans v Hawks game has been quick and intense with lots of pressure plays, but little of the game style transfers to most other grounds. Both teams look OK, and it looks like the old fashioned "utility" player has had a field day.

Edited Friday at 11:17 by Maldonboy38

[dees189227 12,516]

Barrass will be a good pick up for the hawks

[GS_1905 354]

Geez the hawks have got some cheap frees tonight. 
 

Having said that Swans will struggle this year.

Edited Friday at 11:18 by GS_1905

[jaydenh10 89]

free kick hawks geez

[DubDee 26,682]

  On 07/03/2025 at 11:14, Ghostwriter said:

Ugh I just remembered why I don’t like the NON-MFC threads. I mean, I do like them, I very much like them, but I can’t stand the “I hope the MFC are watching/learning from this!” finger-wagging type of comments. What part of NON do folks not understand? Personally I like watching matches that don’t involve us coz it’s nice to breathe during a game 😅

Anyways, end of rant. Thanks for listening (even though you had no choice 🤭)

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Hey GW, I haven’t noticed many finger wagging type posts. I personally think it’s been ok. 

[DubDee 26,682]

There was a crazy stat on AFL360 that every team that has been beaten by more than 6 goals in a GF has done poorly the next year. Not one had won a final the next year and about half had missed finals completely! 

crazy!

[dees189227 12,516]

Gee Tom barrass wouldn't know the feeling winning in r1 coming from west coast. 

Well at least the season has finally started 

[Diamond_Jim 12,775]

Must say I've been happy with the non colour clash of jumpers on TV but that chocolate hawthorn jumper...

Even an orange V might have helped save it fashion wise

[Demon_spurs 1,984]

  On 07/03/2025 at 11:09, Willmoy1947 said:

Have to be the maggots worst performance of the year.

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I obviously have no bias either way, but i thought the umps were pretty good tonight, after a jumpy first quarter

[Ghostwriter 5,479]

  On 07/03/2025 at 11:21, DubDee said:

Hey GW, I haven’t noticed many finger wagging type posts. I personally think it’s been ok. 

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They’re there. I didn’t wanna quote anyone coz I’m so not up for a bunfight (whatever that is). Granted, there’s not as many as usual but they’ll come as the weeks go by. As sure as the sun rises in the east etc. they’ll come. ☹️

edit: I just dictionary.com-ed Bunfight. I prefer its synonyms: free-for-all and rough-and-tumble. They almost sound like fun 🤩 

Edited Friday at 11:36 by Ghostwriter

[bing181 9,474]

  On 07/03/2025 at 11:16, dees189227 said:

Barrass will be a good pick up for the hawks

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Very good. It enables Sicily to go forward, and that should have alarm bells ringing across the AFL.

[Ghostwriter 5,479]

Saddest chairing-off ever. EVER. 

[layzie 34,528]

Never had a good feeling about Sydney tonight 

[GS_1905 354]

  On 07/03/2025 at 11:16, dees189227 said:

Barrass will be a good pick up for the hawks

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He’ll be AA FB if he plays every game. Solid player. That Hawthorn backline reminds me when we picked up May and Lever. 

[bing181 9,474]

  On 07/03/2025 at 09:47, GS_1905 said:

Neither of these forward lines are drastically better or worse than ours. Just goes to show it’s not as  important to have superstars in your forward line.

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Disagree. Both teams have some pretty handy players in their forward lines.

[Ghostwriter 5,479]

PUCE

That’s the other colour!

poos and puce.