We’re back from the bye with another win, and finals are suddenly coming into focus. We’ve just got to get there first, though, with three more wins needed to guarantee another September run. And with the Bulldogs, Suns, Collingwood, Swans, Dockers and Hawks still to come, it’s far from guaranteed - but a win over the struggling Blues this Thursday would go a long way to shoring up a spot.After taking a bit of a bye ourselves, the Roar Deal is back, fresh and reinvigorated for the second chapter of the 2025 season with an in-depth preview of Thursday's Carlton match and the countdown underway to our first watch party of the year. Also this week: -Is Zac an All Australian?-Dom’s most outlandish bet yet -A deep dive into the problems with the 2025 Gabba crowdsAnd much more!
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#117: The Hoodoos Are History
Just when things were starting to look a little bit bleak, the Lions have pulled out their best performance for 2025 to demolish the 22-year Kardinia Park hoodoo and send us into the bye safely in second place.This week on the podcast, we pause for a mid-season review, looking through all that has worked this year and what we'll need to do to make another run at September from here. Also this week:-Our thoughts on All Australian squad contenders-What’s going on with Cal Ah Chee’s contract situation?-Why Dom misses the days of Video Ezy & BlockbusterAnd much more!
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#116: No Payne, No Gain
We've suffered two losses in a row for the first time in 2025, and this week on the podcast, our concern levels are starting to grow. The general sentiment has been that accuracy was the culprit once again, but Mike has found a few other stats that have us a little alarmed. And we look ahead to our last stop before the mid-season bye - a trip to the one venue we haven’t conquered since 2003. Will this be the week that we start our run of form to another flag? Will the accuracy issues sort themselves out? And will this finally be the week that we leave Geelong with the four points?Also this week:-The crystal ball is officially on a streak-Dom’s idea to revolutionise stadium seating-More bizarre Lions-related music from the early 2000sAnd much more!
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#115: Crushed By The Crows
It was a final quarter of nightmares, with 10 shots at goal not enough to conjure just the single goal we needed. As a result, we find ourselves with our first loss away from the Gabba since last August, as a fired-up Adelaide outfit stamp themselves as contenders. Now, the Giants await, hoping to exact a little payback for last year's semi-final miracle and cash-in on our flat Gabba form. Also this week:-What's really going on with Oscar? -Dom pitches alternative bizarre hats to take on the wizard -A double barrel Mike DropAnd much more!
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#114: Swann Song
It's the end of an era, with Greg Swann announcing that his time in Brisbane will come to an end as he moves into a new role at AFL HQ. This week on the show, we reflect on Swanny's legacy at the Lions, while also reviewing a largely forgettable match against the Bombers. Now, a red-hot Adelaide await, with the fixture suddenly getting quite a lot harder. It's top-eight sides all the way through to the bye from here, with not much respite left between now and September. We talk through the possible team changes ahead of Friday night's Crows clash, and explore what the Lions will need to do to shut down the competition's most dangerous forward line. Also this week:-How do we get in on the Fages/Leigh dinners?-More wizard hat hate -Dom's idea for a new Noah Answerth merch lineAnd much more!
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