Autopsy AFL 2025 Round 6 - Dogs v Saints Sun April 20th 7:20pm AEST (Marvel)

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AFL 2025 PREMIERSHIP SEASON ROUND 6
WESTERN BULLDOGS V ST KILDA
SUNDAY APRIL 20TH 7:20PM AEST (MARVEL)

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Teams:
BULLDOGS
B: B.Khamis, L.Jones, L.Bramble
HB: J.Johannisen, R.Lobb, B.Dale
C: B.Williams, E.Richards, J.Freijah
HF: L.McNeil, A.Naughton, T.Liberatore
F: J.O’Donnell, S.Darcy, R.West
FOLL: T.English, M.Bontempelli - C, M.Kennedy

I/C (FROM): O.Baker, J.Busslinger, L.Cleary, S.Davidson, J.Dolan, H.Gallagher, C.Hynes, R.Sanders
In: M.Bontempelli, O.Baker, J.Busslinger, H.Gallagher
Out: J.Harmes (Injured)

SAINTS
B: R.Byrnes, C.Wilkie, J.Webster
HB: A.Schoenmaker, N.Wanganeen-Milera, M.Windhager
C: B.Hill, J.Sinclair, M.Wood
HF: M.Hall, D.Wilson, M.Owens
F: C.Sharman, A.Caminiti, J.Higgins
FOLL: R.Marshall, J.Macrae, J.Steele - C

I/C (FROM): Z.Jones, L.Collard, T.Travaglia, L.Stocker, L.Henry, A.Hastie, H.Boyd, H.Garcia
In: A.Schoenmaker, L.Henry, H.Boyd
Out: Nil



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[JackFlash]

Last chance for The Dogs. I was going to tip them, but the Rugby team by 15 points

 

[Doggy]

Last chance for The Dogs. They should beat the Rugby team by 20 points

Yeah... last chance for the team who has been playing without 4 of its best players including the best player in the competition

 

[JackFlash]

Yeah... last chance for the team who has been playing without 4 of its best players including the best player in the competition

Never use injuries as an excuse, all teams are missing players. The Dogs were disappointing against Brisbane and should win, but they are an enigma....

 

[Doggy]

Never use injuries as an excuse, all teams are missing players. The Dogs were disappointing against Brisbane and should win, but they are an enigma....

If Geelong were actually missing anyone decent you would be. Geelong were disappointing against Brisbane.

 

[TheScriptorWL]

If Bontempelli rises on Easter Sunday like he should. Then It's game over! Not really, but I'm definitely confident. All we needed against Freo/Lions was a little more defensive class through the middle because we leaked like a sieve. No one could stick a tackle to save their lives

Predicting Bont will start the game as a high forward and roam up every now and then.

Dogs By 8

 

[Zevon]

Zero confidence picking a winner in this one. Two fairly evenly matched sides.

Doggies by 91 points with Darcy kicking 10 goals

 

[JackFlash]

If Geelong were actually missing anyone decent you would be. Geelong were disappointing against Brisbane.

Well, they only lost by 9 points up at the Gabba! They beat Adelaide in Adelaide with half their backline missing. Look, i like the Dogs, but they never appear to be a real threat to the top 4 or 5 teams consistently. They should beat the Saints, but you never know ?

 

[Doggy]

Well, they only lost by 9 points up at the Gabba! They beat Adelaide in Adelaide with half their backline missing. Look, i like the Dogs, but they never appear to be a real threat to the top 4 or 5 teams consistently. They should beat the Saints, but you never know ?

Geelong had a 4 or 5 goal lead against Brisbane. Not too dissimilar, except they didnt lose an important midfielder during the game whilsf missing 4 of their best players.

Half the backline is a stretch when referring to Henry.

Geelong have a fair number of injuries, most of which wouldn't make a decent VFL side. They have all but a couple of their most important players available.

Wonder how they'd go missing their 2 best midfielders (let's say Smith and Dangerfield) and 2 best forwards (Cameron and Stengle). Let's pretend they are missing the best player in the competition too.

Not too well I wouldn't have thought.

 

[aussierulesrules]

Interesting odds for the game (WB $1.58 to St K $2.40) considering St Kilda have won one more game than WB and have a better percentage.

WB two wins were narrow ones over current bottom 5 teams, North Melbourne and Carlton, while St Kilda’s win over a bottom 5 team (Richmond, who beat Carlton two weeks earlier) was by 82 points, and their other two wins were against two of last year’s preliminary finalists.

Peeps don’t seem to rate our win over Port, in Adelaide, but in their other two home games there this year they’ve blown their opponents out of the water, leading one by 65 points at half time, and the other by 49, so they’re still extremely formidable there. As Hawthorn found on the weekend.

Yet we blew them out of the water early there, and got out to as much a 30 point lead, before eventually winning by more than the Dogs beat either North or Carlton by.

So while the Dogs could obviously win this- especially if they get Bont back- it certainly doesn’t look any harder for us than either Port or Geelong were.

And we dominated both those teams for a big chunk of those games.

The Dogs height looks a concern for us though. They’ll be way taller than us all over the ground.

 

[BallaratBulldog]

Interesting odds for the game (WB $1.58 to St K $2.40) considering St Kilda have won one more game than WB and have a better percentage.

WB two wins were narrow ones over current bottom 5 teams, North Melbourne and Carlton, while St Kilda’s win over a bottom 5 team (Richmond, who beat Carlton two weeks earlier) was by 82 points, and their other two wins were against two of last year’s preliminary finalists.

Peeps don’t seem to rate our win over Port, in Adelaide, but in their other two home games there this year they’ve blown their opponents out of the water, leading one by 65 points at half time, and the other by 49, so they’re still extremely formidable there. As Hawthorn found on the weekend.

Yet we blew them out of the water early there, and got out to as much a 30 point lead, before eventually winning by more than the Dogs beat either North or Carlton by.

So while the Dogs could obviously win this- especially if they get Bont back- it certainly doesn’t look any harder for us than either Port or Geelong were.

And we dominated both those teams for a big chunk of those games.

The Dogs height looks a concern for us though. They’ll be way taller than us all over the ground.

I will only say we were very unlucky vs Pies and vs Freo away and Brisbane we controlled a large portion of the game that should have been enough to convert.

It is good to see the Saints a bit more attacking though. Can be dangerous if they keep that up for the season.

 

[Doggy]

I will only say we were very unlucky vs Pies and vs Freo away and Brisbane we controlled a large portion of the game that should have been enough to convert.

It is good to see the Saints a bit more attacking though. Can be dangerous if they keep that up for the season.

We were Bont away from potentially being 5 - 0

 

[aussierulesrules]

I will only say we were very unlucky vs Pies and vs Freo away and Brisbane we controlled a large portion of the game that should have been enough to convert.

I don’t remember much about the first two, but re the Brisbane one, this is their MO lately. They don’t do first halves, and then blow the other team off the park in the second half.

They said last night that the weekend was the 6th time in their last 8 games where they’ve trailed by I think it was 4 goals or more, and then run over the top of the other team to win.

It sounds like they just didn’t come to play in the first half on the weekend, and then you would have gotten windburn as they flew past you, with an 89 point second half.

You have been consistent though. No games with a greater winning margin of more than 21 points either way, whether against a good team or a bottom 5 team.

While we’ve played 3 terrific games, one stinker and a ho-hum one.

It is good to see the Saints a bit more attacking though. Can be dangerous if they keep that up for the season.

Indeed, but it’s not just this year. We kicked 99 points or more in 5 of our last 10 games last year, and were apparently the highest scoring team in the comp in the latter part of that season, and were 3rd this year, prior to the weekend (where we still managed 62 inside-50’s, but struggled to convert them into goals like we have been), so it’s been over a 15 game stretch now.

 

[Cam Payne]

Saints are round about but the Dogs have to win to stay in the hunt. Dogs by 16.

 

[JackFlash]

Geelong had a 4 or 5 goal lead against Brisbane. Not too dissimilar, except they didnt lose an important midfielder during the game whilsf missing 4 of their best players.

Half the backline is a stretch when referring to Henry.

Geelong have a fair number of injuries, most of which wouldn't make a decent VFL side. They have all but a couple of their most important players available.

Wonder how they'd go missing their 2 best midfielders (let's say Smith and Dangerfield) and 2 best forwards (Cameron and Stengle). Let's pretend they are missing the best player in the competition too.

Not too well I wouldn't have thought.

Stewart, Henry and Kolodjashnij would all be in the best Cats team selected. The Dogs have failed in recent years when they have had a full list available, perhaps they need to trade a few outta there? Tthey have disappointed their fans for the past decade..Geelong's Brisbane game holds up well as was proven in Adelaide last week, i doubt their too concerned about a 9 point loss with the winning team just kicking 10! The Dogs are on notice this week, they should beat the Saints easily, but...

 

[Doggy]

Stewart, Henry and Kolodjashnij would all be in the best Cats team selected. The Dogs have failed in recent years when they have had a full list available, perhaps they need to trade a few outta there? Tthey have disappointed their fans for the past decade..Geelong's Brisbane game holds up well as was proven in Adelaide last week, i doubt their too concerned about a 9 point loss with the winning team just kicking 10! The Dogs are on notice this week, they should beat the Saints easily, but...

Oh no, the dogs are on notice as stated by JackFlash on BigFooty

 

[JackFlash]

Oh no, the dogs are on notice as stated by JackFlash on BigFooty

I suppose we could all clam up and not have an opinion at all ? What's the point of the Forum if everyone agrees on everything? I know footy fans are very narrow minded and completely oblivious to anything that goes on outside of the club they support, but it once again makes me think the only thing footy fans like more than watching footy is complaining about footy. So the Dogs have a few injuries, what a unique occurrence! I might change my tip for this week seeing as the Dogs have no depth to replace all of those horrendous injuries?

 

[Doggy]

I suppose we could all clam up and not have an opinion at all ? What's the point of the Forum if everyone agrees on everything? I know footy fans are very narrow minded and completely oblivious to anything that goes on outside of the club they support, but it once again makes me think the only thing footy fans like more than watching footy is complaining about footy. So the Dogs have a few injuries, what a unique occurrence! I might change my tip for this week seeing as the Dogs have no depth to replace all of those horrendous injuries?

About the only thing you have said correct so far.

 

[JackFlash]

About the only thing you have said correct so far.

By supporting one team for life, football fans foolishly subject themselves to a lifetime of pain, misery and angst, with perhaps a little too much Jack Daniels on the way. Footy fans are a strange lot, but the AFL is all about entertainment these days and we all fall for it. When we actually go to a game it's a means to blow off steam, become one-eyed unobjective lunatics every weekend, have some beers, eat overly expensive salty food, and scream at the person next to you that your favourite player's poo is pure white! Saints by 15 points!

 

[Doggy]

By supporting one team for life, football fans foolishly subject themselves to a lifetime of pain, misery and angst, with perhaps a little too much Jack Daniels on the way. Footy fans are a strange lot, but the AFL is all about entertainment these days and we all fall for it. When we actually go to a game it's a means to blow off steam, become one-eyed unobjective lunatics every weekend, have some beers, eat overly expensive salty food, and scream at the person next to you that your favourite player's poo is pure white! Saints by 15 points!

As usual, a bunch of absolute drivel

 

[voorhees]

Dogs have that up and down thing going again.
saints will be happy to be back in Vic after 2 weeks in S.A.
picking a close one

 

[Mofra]

Our problem has been losing runners in the side which means we can't go with teams that really put the foot down. Losing VDM and Harmes makes it worse.
Hopefully Bontempelli is back this week to stem the tide a bit.

 

[NWM]

Its upto the dogs who wins.
We had a shocker last week, not being able to handle the pressure of GWS who were amazing.
I think this game is all about the dogs.
We will play upto our standard with pressure and ball movement given its at Marvel and we had a loss last week.

but the dogs will have the final say in who wins. They control the 2 important things.
1. Pressure
2. Marking the ball in their forward 50. Camaniti v Darcy? omg nightmare for us. He may kick 12.

If dogs keep pressure gauge 190-225 - they win
If dogs mark 80% of inside 50s - they win.
That simple. Midfield, Speed will be even.
Drop that pressure and/or marks doggies and our run from half back and spread will destroy you.
Who knows.
Hopefully Macraes inside knowledge gets us across the line.

 

[Diehard Saint]

Last chance for The Dogs. I was going to tip them, but the Rugby team by 15 points

Rugby team?
You clearly haven’t any watched Saints games since midway through last season.
Did you miss the one we played against you just a couple of weeks back?

 

[Tall poppy Syndrome]

Coming from interstate with my 2 boys for the Hawks Cats on Monday. But also keen to go to Dogs Saints Sunday night - both are really fun to watch at their best.

Was planning on just rocking up at Marvel about 30 minutes before the bounce and getting 3 tickets then?

Grateful thoughts on whether that should be OK or should I be buying tickets online now? What crowd are we expecting- 35-40k?

Thanks.