What are you most worried about for your team in 2025?

[Seattle Mariners]

As a Melbourne supporter, where do you start?

 

[TwiggleyFanClub]

Sudden onset physiological impairments.

 

[Saints4ever]

That the seasons over by round 10.

Need to get off to a good start.

3 trips to Adelaide in the first 5 weeks isn’t ideal

 

[parsons nose]

My biggest worry is that we’ll be hated even more by the big footy community when we add to the silverware.

 

[Toump Ass]

Nerd someone to organize baggies now Joel Sniff has gone, Oliver was sober last year and he sucked arse.

 

[Toump Ass]

I probably already made that shitty gag so what I made it again

 

[Pistol Night]

I probably already made that shitty gag so what I made it again

I laughed again. Play on.

 

[Pistol Night]

My biggest worry is that we’ll be hated even more by the big footy community when we add to the silverware.

Not really. Carlton haven't even won a meat tray at the pub this century and they're more floggish already

 

[Shai]

Our ruck division. Has the potential to cost us a Premiership.

Really, is it because our options are young?

I do like Conway but he's still growing into himself, hopefully he gets a good run at it this season.

De Koning is good but I also really like his defence, a bigger hybrid than Blitz

My concern is that there will be several new faces to blend into the mix and how many seasons til the 'worst midfield' in the league will be there

 

[Freomaniac]

Not making finals in 2025. That means Justin Longmuir gets sacked.

That means 1 year of finals out of 6 from 2020 to 2025.

That also means the dockers made finals only 8 years out of 31 from 1995 to 2025. Only one period of dockers making back to back finals in that 30 year period too. That is from 2012 to 2015.

Couldn't even make finals in 2021 to back back to back finals in 2021-22. Couldn't make finals in 2004-5 to have a sustainable finals period from 2003 to 2006.

Horrible.

 

[Freomaniac]

That we'll waste a good development year and squander a potential finals appearance by persisting with proven dud Matthew Nicks as coach.

I don't think Matthew Nicks is a dud coach. He wasn't Handed a top 4 side in 2020.

Some blame is down to the recruiters for not nailing all the early picks from 2017-21.

Crows only weakness is the midfield. I like the crows back line and forward line

 

[Freomaniac]

Matthew Nicks proven he has no clue about coaching strategies... which is why we have brought in Davis to take this over.

Player wise, squad looks decent... except if O'Brien is injured, we are in big strife!

Again .... I don't think Matthew Nicks is a dud coach.

Back line and forward line are good.

Dawson and Soligo needs more help in the midfield. I was hoping Jackson Hateley was gonna be good as a solid 190 cm inside mid.

I gotta hope Sid Draper does well

 

[Freomaniac]

1. Injuries
2. Injuries
3. Injuries

The worry is RTB is overcooking the squad in preseason to hit the ground running but too many have broken down before r1. Hopefully they've learned from the last 2 years.

To be honest Saints getting injuries to some of those older players made Ross Lyon be forced to play some younger players. I don't think that's a bad thing to be fair.

 

[Mr Meow]

Not making finals in 2025. That means Justin Longmuir gets sacked.

That means 1 year of finals out of 6 from 2020 to 2025.

That also means the dockers made finals only 8 years out of 31 from 1995 to 2025. Only one period of dockers making back to back finals in that 30 year period too. That is from 2012 to 2015.

Couldn't even make finals in 2021 to back back to back finals in 2021-22. Couldn't make finals in 2004-5 to have a sustainable finals period from 2003 to 2006.

Horrible.

Exchanging a u for an e with the J.Longm coaches could be the best way for Freo to play in another grand final though - surely you'd take missing one more year of finals to get that. And J.Longmire always wins his first grand final with a new club.

 

[Freomaniac]

Exchanging a u for an e with the J.Longm coaches could be the best way for Freo to play in another grand final though - surely you'd take missing one more year of finals to get that. And J.Longmire always wins his first grand final with a new club.

Mate.... My expectations are low or moderate.

I am not expecting a flag with the dockers playing list. I want a solid finals run.

Make finals for 2 or 3 or 4 years in a row.

I don't care if we get Brad Scott and he gives us similar finals success like he did at North Melbourne of 2014-16.

Hell, I won't mind Ken Hinkley as dockers coach for 10 years of he yields similar finals success like he did at Port from 2013 to 2024

 

[Mr Meow]

Mate.... My expectations are low or moderate.

I am not expecting a flag with the dockers playing list. I want a solid finals run.

Make finals for 2 or 3 or 4 years in a row.

I don't care if we get Brad Scott and he gives us similar finals success like he did at North Melbourne of 2014-16.

Hell, I won't mind Ken Hinkley as dockers coach for 10 years of he yields similar finals success like he did at Port from 2013 to 2024

They have the universally recognised best 25 and unders in the comp.

I think handing the keys to one of the best coaches in the business could see a very successful era.

It could still happen with Muir but he hasn't shown much obvious acumen.

 

[ScrappyDo]

To be honest Saints getting injuries to some of those older players made Ross Lyon be forced to play some younger players. I don't think that's a bad thing to be fair.

To some degree l feel the same, but by volume and timing the last 2 years has been terrible for us. The extra time into the kids will pay off at some point but without those star players our mix of youth and injuries has been difficult to mask.