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“I’m all in”: Hutchison makes 2025 AFL premiership and Coleman prediction​

By Lachlan Geleit
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SEN’s Craig Hutchison is picking Fremantle to win the 2025 AFL premiership.
The Dockers finished 10th in the 2024 season but were third as late as Round 20 before losing the last four games of the campaign.

Hutchison expects the Dockers to again be featuring near the pointy end of the home and away season before finishing strong and carrying that all the way through the finals come September.
He’s also picking Josh Treacy to win the Coleman after the 22-year-old kicked an impressed 45 goals across 20 games last season.
“I have a firm view on this, Fremantle is my tip for the flag. I'm all in, they'll finally get the flag they need,” Hutchison said on SEN WA The Run Home.
“They’ve got to get ruthless and relentless on winning this thing - get a little bit less pleasant and a little more hard-nosed with a bit of swagger I reckon.
“This is what I would point to, the last four games that they lost we're only by about 40-odd points in collective and they didn't have Josh Treacy, who is my tip for the Coleman medal next year.
“They also didn't have Alex Pearce (late in the season) - I spent some time with him recently in Melbourne and you can see the hunger they have in the camp … they also didn’t have Sean Darcy come back (in the last three games), so there were three talls missing.
“They add a couple of pieces including Shai Bolton, so I like them a lot.”

Fremantle begin their 2025 season with a Round 1 clash against Geelong at GMHBA Stadium on Saturday, March 15.


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Sully90 said:
The only thing that worries me is that Young has had an interrupted pre season so far. It's all fine, even teams with good injury runs still have at least one. But I won't expect him to improve on last season initially.
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I think experience in the role will mean improvement. Is he expected to be in full training once they are back from the Christmas break? If he can do that I don't think he will be too far off the pace. I hope...
 
Geelong are seen as serious contenders again and their home ground is a fortress. But it is also a ground etched in our own history.

On the list of things we must do in the new season, early season form must be up there.

I want a reprise of anywhere, anytime. No excuses.

Darcy in piledriver mode would set the scene. He's really getting himself prepped for a big year.

Lets write some more history.
 
theGav56 said:
Geelong are seen as serious contenders again and their home ground is a fortress. But it is also a ground etched in our own history.

On the list of things we must do in the new season, early season form must be up there.

I want a reprise of anywhere, anytime. No excuses.

Darcy in piledriver mode would set the scene. He's really getting himself prepped for a big year.

Lets write some more history.
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I definitely prefer a tough match round one, feel like the team relax playing poor opposition in the first game or two.

Coaches will be able to travel and scout any game plan changes the cats have in opening round too, hopefully offsets the cats being a touch more match ready.
 
I keep getting bullish on next year thinking about Youngs natural development in the midfield added to Brayshaw and Serong one year older and NOD getting his body right. Treacy and Amiss taking another step and Sturt finally fulfilling his potential.

Then I remember about Shai Bolton
 

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Spirit Level said:
I keep getting bullish on next year thinking about Youngs natural development in the midfield added to Brayshaw and Serong one year older and NOD getting his body right. Treacy and Amiss taking another step and Sturt finally fulfilling his potential.

Then I remember about Shai Bolton
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Then you think about the improvement from Chappy, Walker and Jackson…
 
Jezzitizle said:
I definitely prefer a tough match round one, feel like the team relax playing poor opposition in the first game or two.

Coaches will be able to travel and scout any game plan changes the cats have in opening round too, hopefully offsets the cats being a touch more match ready.
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I have a feeling the way last year ended left a very bad taste in the players' mouths and the club overall. All professional athletes have an ego and sense of pride. They've listened to the media talk about how disappointing they were. Personally, I think they're gonna be f-in' hungry next year after what happened. We didn't see a lot of turnover in the list, which means most of our B22 experienced the four straight losses.

They know their time is now.

We will see them plant their foot in the grass round one and come out swinging.

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CapitalA said:
And then you think about the improvement of Amiss, Treacy and Frederick...
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Add Young, Serong, Darcy, Sharp, Brayshaw, and O’Driscoll best footy is ahead of them.

That’s 11 players highly likely to take another step forward in performance this coming season.

Then add Bolton the missing spark to the fire.

Last season we were 2 games off top four with majority of the year with our best tall players out. When Darcy played we had a record of 70%.

Sure Cox and Pearce are injury prone but Draper last part of the season was impressive.

2025 Fremantle will be premiers.
 
eastfreo75 said:
Add Young, Serong, Darcy, Sharp, Brayshaw, and O’Driscoll best footy is ahead of them.

That’s 11 players highly likely to take another step forward in performance this coming season.

Then add Bolton the missing spark to the fire.

Last season we were 2 games off top four with majority of the year with our best tall players out. When Darcy played we had a record of 70%.

Sure Cox and Pearce are injury prone but Draper last part of the season was impressive.

2025 Fremantle will be premiers.
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You're all making me giddy!
I need to have a little lie down.
Wake me for the pudding please!
 

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