Norths 1st Round Pick - 2025 Hate Watch

[mightytiges]

Reality check today for the Roos  .

Anybody can beat Carlton  .

[Tiger Khosh]

They play the dees in 2 weeks. Big game for our pick.

[Tiger Khosh]

Looked good for 2.5 qtrs but another 10 goal loss to the kangas.

[Damo]

Looked good for 2.5 qtrs but another 10 goal loss to the kangas.

And LDU copped a concussion

[mightytiges]

Thanks Doggies!

Mind you Norf have improved despite their last two losses against top 8 sides. They have Melbourne, Sydney, St Kilda & us on the run home. They could arguably win at least three of those  .

[Damo]

Thanks Doggies!

Mind you Norf have improved despite their last two losses against top 8 sides. They have Melbourne, Sydney, St Kilda & us on the run home. They could arguably win at least three of those  .

Improved a lot
They probably expected this form all year when they traded us their first pick

Bad luck for them , fantastic for us

But you are correct , there is wins coming for them

[Andyy]

So really we just need to throw the damned sink at them ourselves

[mat073]

The danger for us is that they could get on a roll .

Teams above put the cue in the rack

And the kangas finish a meaningless 11th

[Damo]

Good work Dees
Now time to cheer on the Aints

[mightytiges]

A bonus for us. I thought Norf would beat the Dees today. And they've now got Sydney away & Geelong in the next two weeks. Lose both of those and it's hard to see them getting any more than 6 wins. They play St Kilda after Geelong which will decide if Norf finish in the bottom 3 or not.

[Damo]

A bonus for us. I thought Norf would beat the Dees today. And they've now got Sydney away & Geelong in the next two weeks. Lose both of those and it's hard to see them getting any more than 6 wins. They play St Kilda after Geelong which will decide if Norf finish in the bottom 3 or not.

Not if the Saints win today

And let’s not forget there is a slight chance they finish second last

Apparently the side below them still has to play the Eagles as well as North and the Aints

[Simonator]

I don’t think we will be taking two top 5 picks to the draft anyway. Would expect to see one traded for future 1st or similar.

[mightytiges]

A bonus for us. I thought Norf would beat the Dees today. And they've now got Sydney away & Geelong in the next two weeks. Lose both of those and it's hard to see them getting any more than 6 wins. They play St Kilda after Geelong which will decide if Norf finish in the bottom 3 or not.

Not if the Saints win today

And let’s not forget there is a slight chance they finish second last

Apparently the side below them still has to play the Eagles as well as North and the Aints

I was thinking worse case scenario for us (Norf beating us and Saints). The Saints, even if they knock over the Swans today, would still need to win another game if they lose to Norf to stay above them on the ladder.

Mind you things have got worse for Norf. I didn't see their match, but they'll likely lose Xerri for 3 weeks for this high whack. Knocked out Sparrow with a swinging arm. That would be a massive out for the Roos.

Vision of Xerri whacking Sparrow: https://x.com/FOXFOOTY/status/1944272486486438189

[Damo]

See Jy Simpkin in that footage
He’s the captain isn’t he?

Would really want him backing you up when the going got tough   

[mightytiges]

I don’t think we will be taking two top 5 picks to the draft anyway. Would expect to see one traded for future 1st or similar.

Why would we swap one (say pick 3) and with which club? I always presumed we would target ballwinning mids in this year's draft (two top 5 picks plus F/S Kellaway).