Buddy Predicts SHOCK Upset For Reigning Premiers | AFL Prelim Final Preview
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What is the opening preview for the Pre‑lim Finals week?
Larry Franklin joins the 100. People power has spoken for us and hear it!
Welcome to the Buddy and Shane Show. Hello, welcome to the Buddy and Shane Show. Oh, this is all about the prelim. Uh we gotta preview what's gonna happen this weekend. We've got Hawthorne taking on the Brisbane Lions and also Sydney taking on Fremantle. Good luck to all four teams and good luck to all their supporters because prelims, I feel, are the best games because you get all the supporters there in amongst it, real supporters, unlike grand finals, where it's all corporates. And you just get just a a wonderful game of football.
How do the Swans and Dockers match‑up look at the SCG on Friday?
Normally fairly close games, but The supporters are what makes the game. So vibrant and up and about, and that's why we love prelims. Let's go, bud. Sydney Freemanle, SCG, Friday night, 740. Last time they met round eighteen. Twenty twenty-six, not too long ago. Yep. Fremantle, fifteen twenty-one, one eleven, defeated Sydney, ten thirteen seventy-three, thirty-eight points. However, Fremantle were kept goalless to half time. They had zip eleven. That's not gonna happen again. Are you going along, bud? You heading off to Sydney?
No, I'm not. I'll be flying home from Melbourne that day. So unfortunately I'll be
I think I would have started my run two days earlier. So uh I don't think I'll be there in time. Uh what It was a hundred point turnaround. Yes. Uh with Fremantle. In the second half. It was mind blowing to see. Is that gonna scare Sydney at all? Or is this a different city? This is a different lineup and set up. Their confidence is there, they're at home. It's a big gap. Fundamental started well last week. Yep. Gee, Sydney need to start well here. They need a little pap up and about, getting that crowd out of their seats. Sydney needs to come alive.
We've spoken about Grundy a fair bit, Croft, haven't we? I think he is the key to them winning this game. And I think the fact that him and Jackson will be going head to head. Now Jackson's the informed ruckman of the competition and coming up against a really good Ruckman. I think whoever wins that will and gives their midfield first look. We'll win the game. So I think that that that's gonna be a massive, massive part of this game. And
on the Monday show, I said
What are the key factors in the Hawks vs Lions clash at the MCG on Saturday?
Grundy needs to he needs to belt Jackson up, but you were saying no, Grundy doesn't want that. So Yeah, it's intriguing 'cause there's no one hotter than Jackson. He he virtually he got Fremantle across the line. He got Melbourne across the line when they won the flag. Three quarter in that third quarter, went into the middle. And uh you always say he's cat like. He just charges after the footy. He doesn't just become a ruckman to hit it and allow the midfielders to do the work. He wants to do the work after he hits it to certain parts of the ground. So Yeah, it that is such a vital ingredient and that's a scary ingredient for Sydney.
I think and that's what I spoke about earlier in the week. I th I think that's what Freeman will be saying. Okay, I think Grundy is the key to them for sure. And I think if Jackson brings his physicality against Grundy, I don't think he loves it overly. I think if you look at the history of the of Ruckman that have played against him and have been physical to him from the start, I don't think he loves it. So um, you know, this that's going to be huge. And I also think um there's a lot of pressure on Sydney backs. You know, these three tours are in form, they're playing really good. Does Sydney have the backline to? I'm uncertain. I'm uncertain just at the moment. I think there's a lot of pressure that goes on these guys.
But it it is, can you talk about 'cause it is an unusual ground. Like you you win the middle of the ground, you can get the ball deep into a forward line. And for forwards that aren't and especially key forwards that haven't played a lot there. And it used to be uh it used to be troubling for um a lot of our forwards back in the day and we'd have to really get our heads around it because The fifty arc doesn't feel like a fifty arc. The square you feel like you can kick goals from the square.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the opening preview for the Pre‑lim Finals week?
0:00–0:41
2
How do the Swans and Dockers match‑up look at the SCG on Friday?
0:41–2:26
3
What are the key factors in the Hawks vs Lions clash at the MCG on Saturday?
2:26–5:19
4
What is Bud’s ‘Big Call’ for the weekend’s games?
5:19–7:03
5
How might the ruck battle between Grundy and Luke Jackson decide the Sydney‑Fremantle game?
7:03–9:31
6
What are the hosts’ predictions for a possible Sydney‑Hawks Grand Final?
9:31–13:50
7
Which Hawthorn forward could be the difference‑maker according to Bud?
13:50–17:56
8
How will the duo celebrate if both Sydney and the Hawks reach the Grand Final?
17:56–21:04
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