Who will be better in 2025? Hawthorn or Collingwood?

[Taper]

Two mid table sides last year with very different age profiles, with the younger side expected to rise in 2025 while the older side is expected to decline. Too old too slow, and all that.

Both should be top 8 contenders again in 2025 but who will be better?

 

[Mr Meow]

The exciting thing is, there's still 15 other "Who will be better in 2025? Hawthorn or _____" threads that can be made.

 

[Osho]

Hawks in their sophomore year will be more worked out. If coach and skipper can grow up, they could go okay.

Pies in their post senior year may be in a searching season.

Line ball.

 

[powerrrrrrrrrrrr]

Both will miss the 8 so don’t think it really matters.

 

[timokane]

Collingwood easy beat hawks this year.

 

[Taper]

Hawks in their sophomore year will be more worked out. If coach and skipper can grow up, they could go okay.

Pies in their post senior year may be in a searching season.

Line ball.

I've said elsewhere that I think Hawthorn will regress slightly this year, taking one step back before going on to take two steps forward like many young sides do.
Fremantle are the most recent example when you look at their 2022 and their 2023 seasons.

 

[peetoo]

Two mid table sides last year with very different age profiles, with the younger side expected to rise in 2025 while the older side is expected to decline. Too old too slow, and all that.

Both should be top 8 contenders again in 2025 but who will be better?

We’ll have our work cut out being better than carlton, this just makes it too hard

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

I've said elsewhere that I think Hawthorn will regress slightly this year, taking one step back before going on to take two steps forward like many young sides do.
Fremantle are the most recent example when you look at their 2022 and their 2023 seasons.

Hawthorn is not Fremantle.

 

[Tall poppy Syndrome]

Hawks in their sophomore year will be more worked out. If coach and skipper can grow up, they could go okay.

Pies in their post senior year may be in a searching season.

Line ball.

I love a good American high school/college analogy like this.

Maybe the thread should be ‘Can Hawthorn become the Prom Queen or will Collingwood return as the Homecoming Queen after a gap year?’

Could have interesting sub-plots like ‘Is Jack Ginnivan the chief mean girl who changed sides’, ‘Who’s Brayden Maynard gonna rumble with at lunch’ and ‘what’s with Darcy Moore’s fashion sense this semester’?

 

[Osho]

I'm thinkin', did Vinnie "Ginnie" Barbarino graduate from high school? Did he ever amount to anything? Can he turn a nice dance move into a career?

Fck yeah, he can.

 

[Gavin Excell]

Fast Times at Princes Park

 

[Gavin Excell]

I'm thinkin', did Vinnie "Ginnie" Barbarino graduate from high school? Did he ever amount to anything? Can he turn a nice dance move into a career?

Fck yeah, he can.

Didn't he work at the paint shop?
Or is that Travolta in S N Fever?

 

[Gavin Excell]

Collingwood easy beat hawks this year.

Relevance?

 

[Millsie69]

Collingwood easy beat hawks this year.

Not the second (and most recent) time they played each other?

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Hawks in their sophomore year will be more worked out.

Hawthorn FC est 2024.

Who knew.

 

[Chronz]

Doesn't matter how good or bad either team is. Hawks have had the wood over us for time immemorial.

 

[JustaBattler]

Both Clubs sport totally fugly jumpers - I call it a draw.

 

[HairyO]

Doesn't matter how good or bad either team is. Hawks have had the wood over us for time immemorial.

2011 PF is on Fox Footy right now.

 

[timokane]

its the hawks final everytime that pies and hawks play but long term they blow it hawks and just can not come good.
i think collingwood are far an away a better run club but as with tradition hawks have the wood over the woods.
all steams back to the 60s they took over from the pies as kind bird in town.
alot of first hawks fans of the 60s fathers were pies supporters as a kid.
pies were the basis of the kennedys fathers and they had sometinhg to go with jock mchale.
enter the modern times and they are the king bird but the pies are the biggest in the land

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

 

[Gavin Excell]

its the hawks final everytime that pies and hawks play but long term they blow it hawks and just can not come good.
i think collingwood are far an away a better run club but as with tradition hawks have the wood over the woods.
all steams back to the 60s they took over from the pies as kind bird in town.
alot of first hawks fans of the 60s fathers were pies supporters as a kid.
pies were the basis of the kennedys fathers and they had sometinhg to go with jock mchale.
enter the modern times and they are the king bird but the pies are the biggest in the land

On what basis exactly are Collingwood are "far and away better" run.club than Hawthorn?

 

[Taper]

The exciting thing is, there's still 15 other "Who will be better in 2025? Hawthorn or _____" threads that can be made.

I'm surprised there is no thread about who will be better this year out of Port and Hawthorn, especially after last year's semi final and James Sicily calling Port a nowhere club.

 

[timokane]

Collingwood 2023 premiers
Collingwood 2025 premiers

 

[Obeanie1]

Whichever team has a better injury run will be better.

If the assumption is every player is fit and in form then Collingwood.

 

[hawkman]

The exciting thing is, there's still 15 other "Who will be better in 2025? Hawthorn or _____" threads that can be made.

14 AFL level clubs. I don't think we need to include Richmond