Unofficial Preview Qualifying Final 2025 v Cats @MCG.

[briztoon]

Random thought for the day:

Seven consecutive final series now, after one in the previous fourteen years.

Lot's of hope and optimism in these couple of weeks, and every year it's exciting. We're very lucky to be supporters of such a great team right now.

We are the “new” Geelong.

Sooner or later the rest of the league is going to start talking about those Brighton Homes apprenticeships our players have over the offseason.

 

[StevoJenkins]

We are the “new” Geelong.

Sooner or later the rest of the league is going to start talking about those Brighton Homes apprenticeships our players have over the offseason.

At least we'd be contributing to combating the housing crisis, as opposed to giving people farms just cause.

 

[M Malice]

Random thought for the day:

Seven consecutive final series now, after one in the previous fourteen years.

Lot's of hope and optimism in these couple of weeks, and every year it's exciting. We're very lucky to be supporters of such a great team right now.

Yes sitting through the Leppa years at the Gabba with half the crowds we are getting these days were strangely masochistically melancholy.

Under Leppa we got progressively worse every season from 7 to 4 to 3 wins from 2014>16.

At least with Vossy while we were not successful we did win in progression 13 + 1 Final in his first year followed by 7, 4, 10 and 10 wins over the ensuing seasons.

 

[Section 5]

BRISBANE

PLAYER	INJURY	ESTIMATED RETURN
Noah Answerth	Achilles	Season
Keidean Coleman	Quad	Season
Tom Doedee	Wrist	Season
Eric Hipwood	Calf	1-2 weeks
Lincoln McCarthy	Knee	Season
Jack Payne	Knee	Season
Updated: September 2, 2025

In the mix​

The Lions will be bolstered by the return of Lachie Neale (quad) and Jarrod Berry (shoulder) to face Geelong in Friday night’s qualifying final. Aside from who they leave out to accommodate the two regulars, the only other selection question remains over whether they stick with two-game forward Ty Gallop while Hipwood continues rehab from his injury. Gallop played in the final round against Hawthorn and should have done enough to keep his spot alongside Sam Day and Logan Morris. Oscar McInerney was excellent in the VFL at the weekend and would be on standby should there be any late hiccups with the talls. – Michael Whiting


GEELONG

PLAYER	INJURY	ESTIMATED RETURN
Toby Conway	Foot	TBC
Updated: September 2, 2025

In the mix​

The Cats are perfectly placed to field their strongest side against the Lions on Friday night. Mark O’Connor, who missed round 24 through a leg injury, will be available for selection after completing a solid block of training. The Cats’ VFL team’s season is over, so there are no more chances at state-league level for players to impress. - Michael Rogers

 

[McIvor]

Lohmann the Showmann's 50th this weekend too.

Also goes to show good Wilmot's been as they were both drafted together and Darcy is notching up his 80th this week.

 

[Section 5]

Not quite MEGA as the headline suggests. Lions by 8 they settled on

FOLLOW IT LIVE: Cats, Lions lock in final teams for huge qualifying final

A qualifying final between two modern-day heavyweights shapes as being a classic

www.afl.com.au

 

[BuntonRules]

Not quite MEGA as the headline suggests. Lions by 8 they settled on

FOLLOW IT LIVE: Cats, Lions lock in final teams for huge qualifying final

A qualifying final between two modern-day heavyweights shapes as being a classic

www.afl.com.au

To paraphrase Breaker Morant "Just kick straight. you barstards".

 

[M Malice]

Hippy listed as 1-2 weeks away, should be fine for the Prelim .

Such bad luck Answerth and Payne didn't make it through to finals, we'd be nigh on unbeatable with them 2 in.

Kiddy, Linc and Doedee were never a chance this season.

 

[McIvor]

Hippy listed as 1-2 weeks away, should be fine for the Prelim .

Such bad luck Answerth and Payne didn't make it through to finals, we'd be nigh on unbeatable with them 2 in.

Kiddy, Linc and Doedee were never a chance this season.

It’s a darn the shame the misfortune Kidsy has had. Obviously we were all expecting him to be a key component of our back six and like Doedee, to have only had them for one game each and them repeatedly breaking down is such a shame, especially Kiddy.

Here’s hoping they each have significantly better luck in 26, otherwise if they can’t consistently get on the park and play at least three quarters of the seasons their careers I think are pretty much done.

 

[McIvor]

 

[Nathan Barley]

Interesting that Stanley could miss. Not sure if that’s a good or a bad thing for us

 

[Elixuh]

Interesting that Stanley could miss. Not sure if that’s a good or a bad thing for us

Who is their ruck without Stanley?

 

[thedigger]

Here is a interesting bit on Sam Day

14

Sam Day

Age

33

Ht

196cm

Wt

106kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.8

2star

K

5.2

2star

HB

4.6

3star

M

3.5

4star

T

1.8

4star

G

0.7

4star

D

8.0

2star

K

3.6

1star

HB

4.4

3star

M

1.9

2star

T

1.5

2star

G

0.9

4star

D

8.6

3star

K

3.2

2star

HB

5.4

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

0.8

3star

G

0.2

3star

Numbers don't tell the full story of new Lion's influence

The small things Sam Day does are making a big difference to Brisbane's attack

www.afl.com.au

I thought some of the things he did in the ruck against Hawthorn were quite good.

 

[McIvor]

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1409439

Nice words from Harris about Dizzy

 

[braddsey]

Here is a interesting bit on Sam Day

Numbers don't tell the full story of new Lion's influence

The small things Sam Day does are making a big difference to Brisbane's attack

www.afl.com.au

I thought some of the things he did in the ruck against Hawthorn were quite good.

Nice that we're able to give him a taste of finals. He and David Swallow can compare notes next week.

 

[flat_eric]

It’s a darn the shame the misfortune Kidsy has had. Obviously we were all expecting him to be a key component of our back six and like Doedee, to have only had them for one game each and them repeatedly breaking down is such a shame, especially Kiddy.

Here’s hoping they each have significantly better luck in 26, otherwise if they can’t consistently get on the park and play at least three quarters of the seasons their careers I think are pretty much done.

Kiddy is only 25. Even if he did have another miserable season with injury next year his career would be far from done.

 

[Grasshopper17]

Definitely the Pies. They're cooked

Not so sure about this. Getting a lot of Lions 2019 vibes from the Crows (especially in recent weeks - North's Round 24 scoring chart in particular is very ugly viewing for Crows fans), and also getting lots of Collingwood 2002 vibes from the current Collingwood team.

History may not repeat but it often rhymes.

I think after Hawthorn beat Collingwood I'd have agreed with you but I just have a funny feeling about what we might see on Thursday night.

 

[McIvor]

The theme this finals series is definietly around 'goldfish' as I said weeks back.

Not as sexy as last years mantra, but apt all the same.

The Showmann is going to light up this serirs.

 

[mpal6]

Who is their ruck without Stanley?

Blicavs has to play in the middle if Stanley goes.
Or they rob SDK or Neale from either end to play ruck.

 

[DevRoboGun]

If we lose this game, I'm going to say we have done it on purpose to avoid a Gabba prelim against GWS. We would rather feast on the inexperienced Crows in front of their home crowd or embarrass Collingwood at the MCG...

 

[MSB ROYS]

 

[McIvor]

The game is in all sorts of trouble if Rosebury is in the best 16 umps - he was diabolcal when he last officiated us; just terrible. At least we didn't get Foot or Stevic or that #12 fool.

 

[Gadzorks]

Yes sitting through the Leppa years at the Gabba with half the crowds we are getting these days were strangely masochistically melancholy.

Under Leppa we got progressively worse every season from 7 to 4 to 3 wins from 2014>16.

At least with Vossy while we were not successful we did win in progression 13 + 1 Final in his first year followed by 7, 4, 10 and 10 wins over the ensuing seasons.

Half? There were years where they announced a crowd of 10k and it was clearly a lie.

Our kids still have a collection of balls the players hand out after games cause they were the only kids in our section. When there was an actual win they would hand out heaps at a time.

Remember when we used to get a copy of the courier mail for free a we left the game?

And when we won you could read reports from multiple online news media (who had clearly been at the game) on the way home?

They were not the good old days, just have to remember the few positive things

 

[moncon]

There's a lot of interesting analysis about this game on the Cats board, it seems they're mostly concerned about our mids, Andrews, and Zorko. Three players they haven't mentioned at all are Lohmann, Wilmot, and Ah Chee - which suits me fine .

 

[lions2010]

There's a lot of interesting analysis about this game on the Cats board, it seems they're mostly concerned about our mids, Andrews, and Zorko. Three players they haven't mentioned at all are Lohmann, Wilmot, and Ah Chee - which suits me fine .

Thats because Cats are only used to shutting down 1 or 2 players in the bottom 9