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A lot is being written about the Tigers and the end of an era. But is it really true? Certainly, they are not the…
In the 2018 finals campaign, Nathan Buckley came up with a subtle defensive tactic. It suited Collingwood’s high flying Darcy Moore and Jeremy Howe.…
I read with interest the comments from Alastair Clarkson about his criticism of the state of the game. However, even now I am still…
The stories have been bubbling along over the AFL shutdown period. It appears that everyone just concedes that it has to happen. I’m taking…
What Tigers undefeated streak in the rain? They lost last week in the rain
A rare Bulldogs win at the 'G ends the Tigers’ undefeated streak in the rain

I would love to see the actual reviews that these clubs used to justify everything the board does. Here are some generalisations that are worth looking for in the St Kilda report.
1. Never hire someone who will blame you. Notice the most damming criticism of the board is that “they” did not provide enough support to Ratten. Considering that this is half the purpose of the board, I would have thought a bit more detail was required. At least name who “they” are.
2. Try and make the reviewers at least look credible. This a big fail on this review. Why did they include David Noble? He’s just got sacked from North. Clearly his coaching knowledge and skills are not that good. If he gave a good review of the coach, I would be worried
3. Always know the answer before you do the review. Clearly the board knew that the recommendation would be sack the coach. If the review had recommended substantial player list change then doing the review after the trade period would be a bit silly. Similarly recommending new assistant coaches so late would have been a problem
4. Tell everyone that change was forced on you then go back to more of the same ie Ross Lyon.
5. Hide the report
When sacking the coach is the easy option, but history shows fortune often favours the brave
Don’t disagree with your sentiment but forcing a player who does not want to be there is restraint of trade at best and toxic at worst. However, the idea that a club can get a player for less points than that player cost as an unproven draftee is just unfair. Why not at least insist that a trade out of a lower club is fair. For example, Jason Horn Frances cost North a first-round pick or 3000 points; if Port want him, they should be forced to hand over the original points value plus a factor based on development say 3000 points x say a factor of 1.2 which would equal 3,600 points. Port would still get him but at a cost that reflected his real value.
Time for AFL to get serious about equal opportunity
This whole salary dump creates an integrity issue for the AFL. What if someone in the AFL leaks information on players with massive back-ended contracts or leaks information on club salary caps. A club that got that information would have a big advantage in making early contact with players and negotiating hard with clubs under pressure. The AFL needs to show it has the systems in place to manage this.
Salary dumps, Jackson's WA choice, and will the Roos crack on JHF? Six burning questions ahead of the AFL Trade Period
The thing I do not understand is why Collingwood don’t try Grundy as a key back. He is a good mark, good below his knees and pretty mobile for his size. Also lets face it Jeremy Howe is getting older and Collingwood will need to replacement him soon. It will cost $700k for a good key back from another club and it will cost $300k per year to move Grundy to another club. Those two costs together would equal Grundy’s reported salary. Just keep Grundy and the bonus is you have the best backup ruck man in the competition
The history Collingwood risks repeating in pursuit of Daniel McStay
Is this part of Clarko’s plan to get a team in Tassie?
'A real watershed moment for our club': Roos rejoice as Clarko signs on, Hird to Bombers rumours grow stronger
I think the camp demonstrated that Adelaide lacked real leadership from the top down. What team leader would stand back and watch some stranger abuse and try and hurt a team mate. How does that bond a team. What coach would think that destroying a players confidence would make them a better player. How could any club official not see this as work place bullying.
Perhaps if some of their so called team leaders were actually leaders they might have won the 2017 GF. Instead they leadership was like the “power stance” before the GF; all show and no substance
Why farcical camps to build mental toughness are a blight on modern sport
Anyone who ever played football at any level would not blame Noah Cumberland for wanting to play on. Cumberland would have had to kick the ball from 5 metres behind his mark, over the man on the mark and clear of any player on the goal or behind line. That would be well over 60 metres after he has just ran himself ragged to actually create the opportunity. The richmond players cannot punch it through either. In all probability a set shoot would have been stopped at the goal line
AFL Friday Footy Fix: A draw was fitting, because no one deserved to win 2022's ugliest game
I agree with you HFF. How many young payers were lost at the Suns and the Giants while those clubs did not have the development programs necessary to use their talent. From the outside looking in; it appears that Stuart Dew and the Suns administration are building the club from the top down and now the players are wanting to stay and develop. The thing that appears to have helped the Suns the most was the additional list spots. The additional spots allowed them to keep young players on the list and give them time to develop and also to retain a few older players to provide some maturity to the group. The risk with more picks is that North will just become a feeder club channelling players to the top clubs just like the Suns and the Giants did for years.
BRETT GEEVES: 'Begging for freebies is not leadership' - When the going got tough North chose the coward's way out
What was Chris Scott’s defense of Tom Stuart all about. A mistake is a conscious choice gone wrong. Scott was clearly trying to control the addenda but maybe was more honest than he intended
AFL NEWS: Noble defends youngster's shocker after 'family bereavement', Stewart to face Tribunal over bump
I don’t get it, isn’t McGuire’s show filmed in a studio. How is a studio in Perth different from a studio in Melbourne? What is the benefit to WA from this? This is like when Eddie got caught in the Pink Flamingo club in Queensland and tried to claim “it was a reconnaissance mission to find out how similar venues in Victoria can re-open in a Covid-safe way”, If his lips are moving he lying.
'Thank god they've only got it for one year': Eddie keeps firing at WA after grand final snub
There must be a reason that the cats fight for home finals every year. If the ground didn’t matter then why not have ALL their members screaming support at the MCG rather than only half their members at GMHBA. I have no proof but I suspect that GMHBA suits bigger stronger players who can break a tackle but the extra 20m of width at the MCG suits the faster more elusive players, especially in finals in Spring under manic pressure. It cannot be just bad luck that over the last 10 years the cats have been so successful during the season yet have no grand final trophys. Clearly training at a big ground hasn’t helped
'Short rebuild or try to spring back immediately': Their reign over, Richmond stand at a fork in the road
Geelong developed sides that could win at GMHBA stadium and make the finals rather than develop sides that could win at the MCG and win grandfinals
'Short rebuild or try to spring back immediately': Their reign over, Richmond stand at a fork in the road
The only coach to win premierships then rebuild and win more premierships that I can recall was Kevin Sheedy. I suspect Hardwick, like all successful coaches, is probably too close to his players to make the hard rationale decisions that need to be made. Would the Tigers be smarter to let Harwick go to say Carlton or Collingwood while his value is high and chase Clarkson?
'Short rebuild or try to spring back immediately': Their reign over, Richmond stand at a fork in the road
Good on Jonathan, never lost a game during his afl coaching career
Don't take it personally: Hardwick to keep defending Tigers players
We know Clarckson and Hardwick are good mates maybe they will sit down and do a deal. Hardwick to Carlton leaving relationship conficts behind and he gets to freshen up. Clarkson to Richmond where he could just extract another premiership
CONFIRMED: Clarkson departing Hawks early
Apparently Ben Rutten was the man behind the impoved game plan that got the premierships. Look at the style he has essendon playing. Like I said its hard when you loose such good people
Why are the Tigers in decline?
I don’t think the stand the mark rule helped the Tigers style. Which rule change do you think hurt the tigers or helped others?
Why are the Tigers in decline?
Actually I had forgotten Carracella, he is certainly another good assistant thats gone.
Why are the Tigers in decline?
I suggest that McGuire is going to be coach in Collingwood and all you worry about is the “i” in optimist lol.
Buckley stepping down as Collingwood coach
Apparently this just the beginning. I talked to my clairvoyant and she says there is some good news and bad news for Collingwood. She says that Buckley has resigned so he can lead a takeover of the board at the AGM. He will win, then appoint Eddie McGuire as coach. Collingwood will finish near the bottom of the ladder for most of the 10 years McGuire coaches. Buckley will be even less successful as president and Collingwood will be force to merge with Port Adelaide. The good news is the arguement over the prison bar jumper will be resolved. The bad news is my clairvoyant is an optomist.
Buckley stepping down as Collingwood coach
Why not give Ben Miller a try. He is 198 cm and pretty quick. The tigers used him in the ruck in the reserves last year to improve his flexibility. Or he could fill-in in defense to give Balta a run in the ruck. He has been training against two of the best forwards in competition so I would love to see how he would go in a really good back line and supported by Grimes and Broad
Richmond need more options in the ruck
Thats what I said, Malthouse kept him there for 5 more years and got two grandfinals out of him. The two questions that this incident highlighted was, why did Eddie try to shift blame to “the passenger” for not stopping Heath Shaw stuffing up. It was Shaws stuff up and he should have worn the blame. Secondly what message did it send to the rest of the players when the passenger turned out to be Didak and that Eddie did not follow up on his big talk.
I think Malthouse’s record proved he could keep control the culture at Collingwood but it must have been hard when he had Eddie turning everthing into a circus.
A revolt ten black and white years in the making
Eddie has said various reasons but the one that I like best was; he appointed Buckley to fix the culture. But who had helped develop that culture? Just two years before when Heath Shaw crashed his car while drunk driving with an (then) unknown passenger. Eddies said on ABC radio at the time, “A so-called friend who let his mate, who was a high profile AFL footballer get into a car drunk. You know, there comes a time in your life when you’ve got to get rid of scaly mates let me tell you.” Later is emerged that Alan Didak was the passenger. Did Eddie get rid of hime? No Didak played for Collingwood for another five years. I think if they wanted to change the culture they should have kept the coach and got rid of the president
A revolt ten black and white years in the making
The reality is St Kilda beat Giants and Carlton early in season 23 when they were struggling then lost to both when they were up and running late in the season. Those two early season victories were the only wins S Kilda had against top eight opponents. Now based on the inclusion of a few rejects form other clubs and a few draft picks, you expect St Kilda to be able to win a grand final. Again, the reality is, they will now have a harder draw and other clubs have had more time to work them out. I suspect they will be doing well if they make the eight again.
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