The Lockout Podcast
After the Lockout Podcast's first season in 2024 we are back to preview the 2025 season with Josh, Hawko, Ryan and Croxy for all your AFL Fantasy needs.
We review all the teams in ladder order in reverse for 2025 in the lead up to the start of the 2025 AFL season.
The boys talk about players from a fantasy standpoint who excited them from 2024, and also who they are looking to turn to in 2025.
After we make our way through the whole league, we will run through our Defence, Midfield, Forwards and Rucks and give you insights into who we are finalising in our own teams for 2025.
The Lockout Podcast
AFL Fantasy 2026 - Sydney Swans Preview
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Episode 10 and the Sydney Swans, The boys fly up to Moore Park for our Sydney Swans 2026 breakdown, a side that fell hard off the 2024-25 cliff after getting shell-shocked in the finals.
Losing key players for months and struggling to find any forward connection. Gulden and Mills missed huge chunks of the year, the ball movement fell apart, and what should’ve been a finals list sputtered to 10th.
We cover their 2025 campaign, Brodie Grundy’s ridiculous Fantasy heater (12 straight tons), Chad Warner’s stagnation, and the reintroduction of Callum Mills after a lost season.
List movement was substantial, with Sydney adding Harry Kyle, Jevan Philippou, Malcolm Rosas, Jai Serong and the blockbuster signing of Carlton spearhead Charlie Curnow. The swans farewelled Jack Bulter, Ollie Florent and Will Hayward to rival clubs as well as a few delistings.
From 2025 top players, and who BOOMed, to breakout candidates for 2026, and ultimate-premium debates over Gulden vs. Curnow, we break down who’s Fantasy relevant, how Sydney’s game style may shift now if they have all their guns fit this season.
We close with ladder predictions, three of us push the Swans back into the top 8 mix, while one stunningly plants them at 10th again.
