Review Round 5, 2025 - Western Bulldogs vs. Brisbane Lions

[ZoBlitz]

Adelaide Oval is nice going off last night. Be nice to play there some year in Gather Round.

 

[Hollow Knight]

 

[briztoon]

 

[Jivlain]

Any fan who doesn't vote for Hipwood is a bum

 

[Elixuh]

Please post your apologies in this thread, Eric the eel Hipwood haters. You disgust me.

 

[MSB ROYS]

Naughton's game came back to the mean in the second half. Payne and Andrews very good.

 

[ZoBlitz]

Smart strat, conserve your energy when it's hot and come out hard in the second half .

 

[Squizz89]

Whatever you did at halftime Eric just replicate that before every game. Please & thank you.

 

[blueiris]

Hipwood 5
Suitcase 4
WASHCROFT 3
Bailey 2
Andrews 1

 

[Lace Out]

Building the foundation for a top 2 finish and premiership defence

Frickin ace

 

[Mazza44]

Hipwood and Payne stood up at both ends, and what a difference it made along with a functioning midfield. What a game.

 

[Squizz89]

That makes 7 of the last 8 games we’ve come back from a big margin now. I repeat my comments from last week, as good as that is, could you do us all a favour and just play a complete game every now and then please?

 

[rye]

bailey and mccluggage have started the year on a heater. really good to see.

 

[MSB ROYS]

McLuggage, Hipwood, Payne, Ashcroft and a vote for Morris. Others stiff...

 

[Thedeftouch]

Hipwood - not much explanation needed. One of the best halves of football I can remember.

Neale and Dunkley were both excellent, Dunkley more in the first half and Neale was dominant in the second. Dunkley’s tackling and Neale’s ball use.

McCluggage was very good too, just keeps going.

The fifth vote I’m giving to Bailey, some absolutely top class moments when we needed him.

Other players who deserve recongition

Wilmot and Payne were great down back. Both Ashcrofts were good. Zorko, Ah Chee, Morris and Rayner good too.

 

[BrainOfMorbius]

3 votes: E... Hipwood.

I'm proud to announce that ERIC HIPWOOD

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Eric Hipwood

Age

28

Ht

204cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.0

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

2.6

2star

M

3.9

4star

T

1.3

3star

G

1.5

5star

D

11.1

3star

K

8.4

3star

HB

2.7

2star

M

4.1

4star

T

1.1

2star

G

1.1

5star

D

10.6

3star

K

8.4

4star

HB

2.2

2star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.6

4star

G

2.4

5star

is the winner of the 2025 Brownlow Medal

 

[lionsrules]

Ohhhh yeah that’s good. Another energy sapping game though with the heat.
But this team … ha ha woweee 39 points down. First time ever starting a season 5-0
Eel Hipwood 1 disposal first half and 5 goals second.

 

[haystark]

This team will send me to an early grave.

Fair play to Hipwood. Incredible second half. Just needs to shorten the gulf between his best and his worst.

 

[LongLion]

So, at half time I'm reading we need to drop Neale & Hipwood. I shook my head, rolled my eyes and went back to watch both of them win the game for us in the 2nd half LOL.

 

[haystark]

 

[MacMum]

That second half was poetry in motion....

 

[Morbidly_Obese]

Can we fire the guy who develops our gameplan and promote the guy who comes up with our plan B?

 

[Hollow Knight]

Please post your apologies in this thread, Eric the eel Hipwood haters. You disgust me.

 

[scoman]

I don't know what to say really. Thought tonight was going to be that wakeup call we needed. Turns out we didn't need one? I definitely think we are finding it hard to get ourselves motivated from the opening bounce. I don't think it's intentional, just half a dozen guys a little off and going through the motions, allowing themselves to work into the game. A few other things at play perhaps:

• Teams keen to give it a red hot crack against the premiers. Come out breathing fire.
• We don't panic (the coaching staff and players that is, not us fans )
• When we click and lift our energy it's very hard to stop, as well as demoralising for a side that has thrown everything at us.
• There is a bit of a Collingwood 2023 feel about our comebacks and sides just crack under the 'inevitability' of it all.

 

[LionsOrDieTrion]

Just like to state we were never actually 39 points down, Harris touched the Darcy kick. It was briefly 39 but was never technically 39.