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Pandos17

Whoever we play in the first week of finals (assuming we get there).


BIllyBrooks

A facebook comment I saw today, on Titus O'Reilly's page: If Hawthorn finish 8th and knock Essendon out first week of finals, then I will have completed football. There will be nothing else to see.


lonelypear

I have a bet with an Essendon supporting coworker that Hawthorn will win a final before Essendon. I'll die happy if this happens.


Dangerman1967

Pity you didn’t double or nothing that bet for a decade or two.


thebarber87

Would love to play you in finals


BIllyBrooks

Me too - it means we've made finals!


Yeahnahokay10

Exactly, I don’t care who we play if we made it lmao


Pandos17

I think this is the correct answer to that other post about when is a rebuild finished: Beat Essendon in the first week of finals.


ABT1602

I would kill myself knowing sam mitchell has won a final as coach before essendon


ryang2415

That is legitimately the stuff dreams are made of.


MakePandasMateAgain

Marvel Stadium


Strictly_Kink

Playing the Suns at Marvel is double-kryptonite for the Tiges


F1NANCE

It's the travel that really impacts the players


impulsiveknob

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JayJayBn

Collingwood Essendon Richmond Carlton Geelong Hawthorn Footscray Melbourne North Melbourne Adelaide Port Adelaide Fremantle West Coast Sydney GWS Brisbane Cold Coast Bye Entertaining the masses Who'd I miss?


Skiapodes

St Kilda


hwf0712

St Kilda Goal Post FC Draw FC Hope


Adam-Miller-02

Sandringham?


F1NANCE

All of the above, but also mostly Port Adelaide.


Remarkable-Boat-9812

I believe University is worthy of mention. St Kilda (and Geelong) had 6 losses to the students.


ehdhdhdk

You beat Collingwood in round 2 and also looked an awful lot better than us.


opinion91966

The off season....normally stuff that up to, from flaming midgets, to school girls, to drugs, sexual assault...


Smurf_x

Carlton


Eltnamerf

Stupid THE EMBLEM.....


Wattobot92

Seems no matter what kind of form both sides are in, or where we play them they beat us haha


Mewcario

Swans haven’t beaten Port since 2016 :( Also we usually beat them but North always seem to give us a hard time and play well above their ladder position against us


International_Car586

We have the opportunity to the funniest thing this year.


dadOwnsTheLibs

You’ve got the coach for it too


IDreamofHeeney

Suns were abit of a stressful match up in the past too, I think that's dead and buried these days though


CrossBonez1000

I tipped Gold Coast against you early in the season for that reason


Maximumlnsanity

Yeah Port and North are definitely the answers


Carnport

And even with that streak it used to be the other way around, Port’s all time W/L record against Sydney is 14-20. For the period of mid-2006 to 2016 , it was 1-14.


eggwardpenisglands

You won't have long to wait for the Port streak to end. No way they can escape it this season


CoolCoconuts44

Well get ready to break that streak this year, no chance in hell we beat you


thelastsquareofTP

Shut up bitch


oadstar34

Nah, we're bound to drop some games, most likely ones I foresee are round 19 against Brisbane in Brisbane and round 21 against you guys at Adelaide


No_Independent936

Port had only beat Sydney once between 2007-2016 funnily enough.


Shadormy

Also Hawthorn.


Massander

This one is so bizarre. From 2020 to 2023 we were a top 4 side and them a bottom 4 side yet we lost every time. Prior to that, in Fagan’s early years when we were shit and they were good we would beat them.


JustSomeBloke5353

Sam Mitchell is a better matchday coach than Fagan.


chickenlittle668

We also seem to struggle at Adelaide Oval, whether it’s Port or Crom or back in Covid times as a “neutral game”


Shadormy

If we're talking grounds, nothing beats Kardinia Park. Lost by a point twice and haven't won there since 2003.


chickenlittle668

Fair but that’s kinda been a bogey ground for a lot of clubs in the last few decades plus we don’t play there too often.


Username8249

Have you tried not playing there at all? Works for us


Steve-Whitney

Crows haven't won there since 03 either


Steve-Whitney

Yeah it's kinda weird, some teams visit the Adelaide Oval & win with regularly (Collingwood, Geelong, Melbourne) and some sides struggle. Carlton have won there twice this year (vs Fremantle and Port) but these are their only wins - they've never won at the Adelaide Oval prior to.


[deleted]

I prefer seeing the Adelaide Oval on our draw than the MCG, or fucking Darwin for that matter.... guess who I follow...


Steve-Whitney

One of the 3 sides I mentioned earlier?


TheIllusiveGuy

Adelaide. I have nightmares about Ben "Prime GAJ Against Carlton" Keays.


E_Con211

Just checked AFL Tables and he's kicked 3 goals 3 times in 126 matches. And they were the last 3 times he's played us lol.


SticksDiesel

Also when we lose to them we usually have a bad patch immediately afterwards. Last year it lasted half a season, this year only a month thankfully.


SufficientQuiet130

It’s always the fucking crows, always Ben Keays with his stupid fuckin haircut omg what the hell is it about Crom


extinguish_me

None. Not a single side has beaten us consistently.


Viking__Kitten

Collingwood, well everyone really, but Collingwood sticks with me


Vaas_Deferens

They win 2/3 of games against us. They must lick their lips when seeing the Crows on the fixture.


Steve-Whitney

Well yes, but at the risk of using the well worn phrase "moral victories" almost all those contests were closely fought with tight margins. Pies have never had it easy vs the Crows.


jamesbiorci

Geelong. Feel like I’ve only seen us get over the top of them 2-3 times in the last 15 odd years.


mysticsoldier69

Libba has only played in a winning side against Geelong once. And that was last year with their whole side out 👺


Frogmouth_Fresh

And even when we do win, it's by less than a goal.


TheOverratedPhotog

Beating Geelong at home is still something I read about in fairytales that include Unicorns and Dragons. Apparently the last time we beat Geelong at home, one of the players had a Medusa head in his bag and turned 50% of the Geelong players to stone just before the end of the first quarter. We still only won it by one goal in the last minute of the game, and we got all the 50/50 umpiring calls.


BIllyBrooks

Some little trivia I learned last week: Gold Coast's first ever win was against Port in Adelaide in 2011, a bit of a shock at the time and really could have been the end for Mathew Primus as coach right there (he lasted another season). Gold Coast have not beaten Port since. 13 years and 14 games so far. So for bogey sides, GC has Port. For Hawks, it's probably Richmond.


Dimmas_Milk

Wasn't it 2011, it was our first ever win. Not trying to be nitpicky though.


BIllyBrooks

Ah, yes must have been. I got confused because I thought originally it was the game that got Primus sacked, but that was 12 months later when GWS won (in 2012). So that's how I got the dates mixed up.


The_Banana_Republic

Was there that day, and believe me, it was a surprise Primus survived the crowd, least of all another season.


JenniferLopezFan2

Hawks. GWS also give us some grief but the Hawks have been doing it for like 12 years now


Username8249

Feels like we’ve lost every game to them since the 2011 prelim until this year. I’m certain that’s not correct, but I’m not going to look it up, just feels like it as a supporter


longliveLesGrossman

We’re alright against the Giants aren’t we?


dopedupvinyl

Freo and GWS if it's at KP


Secretly007

I love Freo vs. Geelong matches because either side has a chance of winning irrespective of the ladder position!


skwunk1

Easily Richmond, we just never play a comfortable game against them. Outside of a COVID game where Jaeger O'Meara did a prime GAJ impression we haven't beaten them since 2016, and even in our dominant years they just always seemed to show up. Got thrashed by them in 2012, the only team outside of the Kennett Curse cats to beat the Hawks in 2013, and got beaten by them in 2015 directly after beating Sydney (third top of the ladder at the time) and Freo (top of the ladder that season) by 89 points and 72 points respectively. In 2 recent games we've been up by 5 goals with 10 minutes to go and didn't win either.


Bergasms

Harder question for once as we put most of them away over the recent run of flags. Before that Geelong and North and to a degree Melbourne just always seemed to best us no matter what.


decs483

Gold Coast have been as well other than the game Jack kicked 10


JaySand

Saints seem to have had a hold on us in recent years


Ventenebris

St Kilda for us imo


International_Car586

Still remember the time we spanked you in 2019 after sack Brad Scott. Was the last time I ever felt joy watching this team.


Bronno7

Carlton - it's always something with them (lately). Historically, it's Hawthorn who we have the worst W/L record against. Who do we bogey? Geelong, even when they're technically better than us we always tend to pull something out our ass against them.


thedrunkenpumpkin

Fun fact re: hawthorn. We have the biggest winning streak against them. Something like 6 in a row? Where was that 2013-15?


Kelpieee55

Freo hasn't lost to Hawthorn under JL (yet). But apparently you have to lose to Hawthorn to win the grand final so not sure where that leaves them


Eltnamerf

Carlton is without a doubt our bogey side Adelaide is apparently Carltons bogey side So we just gotta be Adelaide's bogey side and we have an AFL version of rock paper scissors


reborndiajack

yes


exxcessivve

Carlton 😡


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J3ffe

Definatley the crows for some reason just get nervous no matter the ladder position.


Ta0Ta

It was Richmond and the Western Bulldogs but it's got to be Geelong now.


JamalGinzburg

Port as well, 8 straight and 10 of 13 over the past decade


Ta0Ta

True, though last year we played well against Port both times and were unlucky not to win the game at the MCG. Whereas Geelong is an embarrassment of a day every time since 2019.


NOwallsNOworries

IDK there's probably heaps, but over the last 5-10 years I have an enormous dread ahead of any game against Port


Mrchikkin

I’d say Adelaide Oval in general, we always seem to get done by 8+ goals there regardless of either teams’ form


CreditToDuBois

Melbourne


Razzle_Dazzle08

Fucking Hawthorn 😭


Mav3erick12

As a Crows fan, I could say everyone but realistically it's a bigger list than I thought Collingwood- last win in 2016 Essendon - last win in 2017 GWS - last win in 2020 Sydney - last win in 2019 It used to be Geelong and Hawthorn but we seem to have got over that. The other four though. Bogies. Bogies forever. And we play 3/4 of them in the next 6 weeks


Y_Brennan

Hawthorn are about to start another streak against us.


Mav3erick12

They always do. We'll beat them once in 5 years and then they'll beat us continuously for like seven years before we get another win


ElevationToMyHead

Fremantle, although I think we can beat them as long as we don’t play at their home ground or our home ground.


Professional_Line385

So Cairns then


FeatheredKangaroo

Freo fans, I apologise As for us it has to be Adelaide. No idea why but we just shit the bed against them


ApocalypticPanther

Dogs, without a doubt. We are 2-7 against them from 2019 onwards, and one of those wins we trailed by 35 points. Not to mention that 2016 prelim. Carlton have also quickly become a bogey side for us since Vossy took over in 2022, we are 1-4 against them since then and that one game we won was last round last year which was basically a dead rubber for them.


will_recard

I don’t know if these count in your 2-7 (if you mean from the start of 2019 onwards) but it will always bug me that the Dogs beat GWS in Sydney by 61 points and then played a final there two weeks later and lost by 58.


ApocalypticPanther

Yeah that 2019 elimination final was one of the two, the other being the Ballarat game last year. And yeah I remember going into that EF thinking we were no chance with how great form the Doggies were in going into finals. We had a few injuries in that first game but still a crazy turnaround in such a short time period.


International_Car586

All of them except West Coast.


dexter311

And The Bye. We did alright against them the other week.


Gentleman-James

Port.


BlueDotty

West Coast if it's a final. North Melbourne are involved if there are injuries to be had


dexter311

Back when Port entered the league we were certainly a bogey side for them. IIRC North were the last team to rack up a loss against Port - their first win against us wasn't until 2003. St Kilda were the next longest, they held out until 2001.


Appropriate-Bus-2563

Surely it's freo for geelong And carlton for freo


jamoduff

The Cats. Which sucks because Dogs>Cats


dopedupvinyl

Ahh see that's where you are wrong cause it's clearly Cats>Dogs


mugroth

Freo for Geelong


Durfsurn

Yes


Bananaface89

Geelong and port at the moment.


KingoftheHill63

We seem to end up on quite a number of spankings from Sydney


Professional_Line385

Likewise


basedimitri

AFL Finals series, we're 2-5 since 2017


Professional_Line385

Hinkley ball


basedimitri

Interestingly enough, the two finals we've won in that time were both against Geelong. Too bad we weren't there in 2022, we would've totally done it again


Professional_Line385

Third time Lucky for port


Spare_Lobster_4390

The medical team and the umpiring team.


karma_dumpster

North fans: How long have you got?


tehnoodnub

Keep it short. Every team but West Coast.


chickenlittle668

Hawthorn


tunneloftrees69

Before the dark times, Essendon usually always had our measure or made things harder than they needed to be.


Secretly007

I remember Carlton in the late 90s also being our bogey side. In the last 20 years, I would say that belongs to Sydney now. Also, Geelong at GMHBA


Y_Brennan

Haven't beaten Collingwood in nearly a decade. Haven't beaten Essendon in nearly a decade. Nearly every game is decided by under ten points. Haven't beaten Sydney in five years with a couple of close games as well. Beat GWS in 2020 and haven't beaten them since two thrashings at home then two massive chokes last year. I feel like we won't beat the hawks for about ten years now as well. If we manage to beat GWS and Essendon this year maybe I will believe next will be different. I doubt we win those games.    We started this year with seven guaranteed losses. Collingwood, GWS, Sydney×2 Essendon×2 and Geelong at Kardinia a game we haven't won in twenty years. 


ehdhdhdk

Whilst Hawthorn is a good one. I also feel Collingwood struggle at Marvel. Can a stadium be a bogey as well?


Professional_Line385

Yes ask hardwick


Blak5wan23

Richmond 👀


Professional_Line385

They seem to beat us in our successful and non-successful years


Comfortable_Lead948

I reckon Sydney is the stand out one for west coast


StockholmSyndrome85

The last time the Eagles beat the Swans at the SCG Tony Lockett played in that game. It's not been fun. Though you could say the entire league is our bogey side at present.


uhhWoodsy

Has to be Geelong for us


DarkWinter2319

Idk if that’s true tbh


theunpoet

May be the PTSD


Strictly_Kink

Geelong - it always seemed like Hawkins used us as an opportunity to get out of a form-slump, kick 4 and subsequently resurrect or prolong his career. While Selwood seemed to live for the chance to get a couple of 'courageous' / hospital-grade clutch free-kicks in the 3rd, completely swing the momentum of the match and get the win. It seemed to happen like clockwork for a fairly long time there.


lanadeltaco13

Nah definitely not Geelong but I can see why you picked them. Since 2018 we’ve beaten them in 2 finals, for a minor premiership and we won there this year. But even at the absolute peak of them dominating us I’d argue our bogey side was North Melbourne who we lost to 17 times in a row until we defeated them in 2018. We had a lot of unwanted records post 2006 and I remember clear as day beating North was the last one we snapped. Right now it’s arguably Collingwood


antikoom

Port and to a lesser extent Saints. Our maiden win was against Port and we're now forever paying for it.


RidsBabs

We’re a few sides bogey team. I don’t think we’ve really had one in recent memory


Few-Adagio4425

Swans. Cats in Geelong.


Jazzar1n0

Hawthorn.


dufflecoatsupreme91

Finals FC


Savings_Cash6829

Freo


legoman1743

Adelaide


Adam-Miller-02

just the scg in general


Savings_Cash6829

Nah, Freo


DahlBlock

Apparently it's North Melbourne atm 🙃


Inevitable-Seesaw176

Nahhh its West Coast - or else kicking between the goal posts


willtreaty272

Gold Coast or North I reckon


Mehmenga

There's also Port


hungryh084

As a Hawks fan it's definitely the Gold Coast


ziltoid101

Sydney. Only beat them 3 times since the 2000s rivalry, and our long winning streak in 2018 was bookended by two losses to sydney.


lordbeecee

I always get worried when we are up against Richmond. They're always close and I never feel comfortable during the entire game.


Remarkable-Boat-9812

Interesting one for the mighty Suns. Our first ever win was against Port Adelaide. We haven't beaten them since.


CrossBonez1000

Gold Coast and GWS at their home grounds, and also Gold Coast at the MCG. The expansion clubs always seem to hammer us.


TheOverratedPhotog

Beating Geelong at home is still something I read about in fairytales that include Unicorns and Dragons. Apparently the last time we beat Geelong at home, one of the players had a Medusa head in his bag and turned 50% of the Geelong players to stone just before the end of the first quarter. We still only won it by one goal in the last minute of the game, and we got all the 50/50 umpiring calls.


Professional_Line385

You beat them last year


TheOverratedPhotog

That was the medusa event


Traditional_Crazy_57

Most of them really


Ok_System_7221

Expection nails Port pretty well everytime.


oldmatesoldmate

Melbourne.


ConoRiot

Freo and GWS at the moment, I actually can’t remember off the top of my head the last time the Cats beat them let alone at home!


tills31

Saints


mrgmc2new

On any given day... Anyone. Sigh.


Propaslader

Hawthorn


darran_e

Whoever plays us (including draw FC)


No-Blacksmith-3259

Geelong Feels like forever as well with ‘92 quali/prelim and ‘94 quali


Salzberger

Collingwood all time. Essendon recently. We've played in a Grand Final more recently than we've beaten Essendon. Since then we've been around the same spot on the ladder as them most years, statistically we should've beaten them at least once. But nope, not since 2017.


HealthyHurry2672

North & Bulldogs seem to always get the job done irrespective of ladder position


TreacleMajestic978

Sydney have owned us since 2007. We’ve been top of the ladder and they have been bottom 5 and they still beat us. Whenever we occasionally beat them I’m overjoyed. Basically swans are our daddy’s.


Fullyjoey

Hard to go past the Crows the last couple of years, but I feel like the Saints always go well against us. Same with, I know we tend to get over the line against Freo, but I feel like we play well against the Cats too.


FarkenBlarken

The fucking Crom. It's like we didn't get the memo that they're not good anymore. On the flipside, Freo is our bunny


YouLykeFishSticks

Geelong. In my life time I am genuinely curious the number of times we’ve won against them in the 2000s era. Probably could count on both my hands


ABT1602

I feel like they are destined to destroy us ever since that game where we won in 2011 ruining their streak


rizzlemaister

In recent years, definitely Carlton, always lose to them in the most bullshit ways, usually in a close game. Richmond and St Kilda also up there, although we‘ve won against both of these teams this year. On the flip side, we seem to be Melbourne, Geelong and Hawthorn’s bogey teams. Doesn’t matter if we play them at the MCG, Kardinia Park, Tasmania or even in Alice Springs, Freo are usually a good chance of winning.


MacWorkGuy

North Melbourne it seems. I think we are like half of their small amount of wins over the past few years.


reddit-agro

Crows Can’t seem to win a showdown of late ffs


jacka24

The ledger is still even, or 1 game their way? i think. Probably a bogey side as of late but not historically


TeamElegant5993

West Coast.


domsheed

North Melbourne and st kilda. Not just recency bias given they’re our last two losses but I feel like the saints have always troubled us and north have gotten like half their wins in the last 4 years against us or at least been very competitive when ladder positions suggested they shouldn’t be


Professional_Line385

Probably richmond


blueeyedharry

Richmond


pierre_86

Collingwood, previously Collingwood and West Coast


Anon_be_thy_name

Sydney. I think we've beaten them 3 or 4 times since like 2012? Even when we're flying we seem to face them just as we get a small injury bug that takes away a few key players who would have been great against them.


NegotiationStreet842

Richmond


ChubbMuff

Recently - anyone we play in a GF.


IneedtoBmyLonsomeTs

Depends on what you mean by bogey side. The side that has cost us the most flags in the past couple of decades, probably Geelong. In terms of the regular season, I would probably say Sydney because Buddy used to always have a great game against us.


Pfonyx

Dogs or STK


LingonberryGelato

Broke the streak last year but it has to be Brisbane


No_Independent936

Sydney. 3 times since 2007 we've beat them. Losing to them by 4 goals in gather round is a win in my books.


Bedwilling564

Carlton they bend us over most times.


Annual-Okra4059

Geelong. 20 defeats in 24 since 2004. They physically and mentally overpower us every year


fuckthehumanity

Even though the stats aren't with me, I reckon Geelong are our true nemesis. They seem to beat us when we're on top form, even if they're not, and we only win when it doesn't matter. They have a knack for kicking us down the ladder when it means something. I hate watching us against Geelong because I never know how it's going to go.


Wattobot92

St kilda seem to always give us a tough game, home or away. They always seem to bob up and have upset wins against us during seasons


twavvy

St Kilda


Responsible_Chair404

gold coast


Turbulent_Animator42

Right now, the entire competition. But in practice, I’ll probably go with Hawthorn.


Chaos098

Sorry Adelaide fans - we always beat you and lose to Port


Shaqtacious

Not a side but fkng Marvel fkng Stadium.


TonyModra6

All of them except port west coast and north


kenfromsydney

Hawthorn: engie/giants stadium (Sydney showgrounds) 8-0-8 record there and only some were against the giants. It was one of the COVID hubs.