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How good is footy? Welcome to season 2024 everyone. The launch of the new season means one thing…power rankings. Thanks to the marketing chicanery…
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How good is footy? Welcome to season 2024 everyone. The launch of the new season means one thing…power rankings. Thanks to the marketing chicanery…
Round 17 was the second round after the completion of that weird 'bye month' and I didn't do power rankings last week because to…
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This round was dominated by two beltings, and two matches ending by the slimmest of margins.
This round provided innumerable highlights for all fans of all clubs.
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Welcome back to my weekly column, the Power Rankings. In all honest this was an extremely difficult week to write, teams that were good…
After the first round of the AFL, there are a few surprises.
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Providing power rankings for the AFL player movement period is difficult - it is a reach to write off clubs that did poorly when…
The Bombers failed to land the outspoken Alastair Clarkson and it speaks volumes to the malaise that Essendon have found themselves in for over…
The machinations surrounding the contract status of Alastair Clarkson have been thrown for a loop this week as the Bombers have finally thrown their…
Welcome back to my weekly column where I rank your side relative to every other side on the basis of their performance that week.…
The ladder appears to be sorting itself out as the front pack coalesces around the dominant Melbourne and Brisbane sides, while the lower reaches…
Welcome back to my weekly column on the power rankings of each side. In this piece I will go through every side and rank…
This week we had a resurgent North Melbourne fall agonisingly short against flag fancy Sydney, the Bulldogs couldn’t hit the side of a barn…
I dunno about that Saints at least have some
Forwards. Freo are relying on Patrick Voss and Jye Amiss
Footy Fix: Ross Lyon is the AFL's most boring coach once again - and it's suffocating the Saints' season
I hear Ross will be making the surprising move to drag Zac Dawson out of retirement
Footy Fix: Ross Lyon is the AFL's most boring coach once again - and it's suffocating the Saints' season
I like draws and let’s be real it advantages both Collingwood and Essendon to take the draw here because it means their low percentage become irrelevant
AFL News: North OF Melbourne? McGuire's bold idea to rejuvenate Roos, Scott slams sub rule after Anzac Day drama
He is improving though it’s been slow and steady. The big KPI I want him to improve is disposal efficiency and probably contested marking
Footy Fix: The best Anzac Day classic since the first one confirms the Pies are back... and the Bombers are for real
Nah we played the reigning premiers missing our best defender, a first string forward midfielder and our best defensive forward
Footy Fix: The best Anzac Day classic since the first one confirms the Pies are back... and the Bombers are for real
Yeah I’ve always said the bombers have played to the quality of their opposition and that makes for a game style that relies on miracles
Footy Fix: The best Anzac Day classic since the first one confirms the Pies are back... and the Bombers are for real
Yeah we are at that precarious point where we need to start being really discerning with our recruitment and we haven’t been
Footy Fix: The best Anzac Day classic since the first one confirms the Pies are back... and the Bombers are for real
I don’t wanna jinx it but I sneakily reckon we are gonna drop a game against west coast or north
Footy Fix: The best Anzac Day classic since the first one confirms the Pies are back... and the Bombers are for real
Haha if we try to recruit any of them Brad Scott will be sacked and he will deserve it. I saw Patty Voss is gonna debut I might tune into Freo this week
Footy Fix: The best Anzac Day classic since the first one confirms the Pies are back... and the Bombers are for real
As much as it pains to admit I don’t think we are there yet but I think with a couple shrewd acquisitions this trade period we will surprise some teams
Footy Fix: The best Anzac Day classic since the first one confirms the Pies are back... and the Bombers are for real
I think the fact of the matter is we are showing we can tough it out with the best of them.
Footy Fix: The best Anzac Day classic since the first one confirms the Pies are back... and the Bombers are for real
I think a few things: it’s not just that it was a draw, like a low scoring torrid affair that’s become the specialty of Ross Lyon, but a high scoring free flowing affair that used the expanses of the G to the best effect. I think we can’t say the bombers are legitimate contenders yet because they’ve beaten the sides they weren’t supposed to beat and they’ve only started as favourites in one match which shows the disconnect externally and internally. I think if they smash west coast next week the lid is off and I will become insufferable.
Footy Fix: The best Anzac Day classic since the first one confirms the Pies are back... and the Bombers are for real
I just gonna say full credit to the bloke who took the photo that leads this article
Footy Fix: Tigers try to drag Dees down to their level and beat them with experience - and it nearly works
West Coast are being sensible unlike every other club that has run first overall picks to an early career end. The next two weeks will be interesting for West Coast as they’re playing two sides that expected to be on the lower end of the middle six, and we will see how much they’ve learned from this year
AFL News: Eagle learns fate from Tribunal, Reid on track to be $1 million teenager, Cats star makes contract call
Because mason Redman was suspended Jesse Hogan needs to be suspended. The tribunal needs to focus on consistently upholding precedent more than anything else because right now they’ve been woeful and the afl as a whole is gonna pay the price
Mixed news for Giants as Greene, Hogan Tribunal verdicts revealed
Honestly? The tribunal should possess the ability to increase punishments as well as levy the ten thousand dollar soft cap fine
AFL News: 'Shame for our game' - legend unloads on Greene ban, 'world's gone mad' as skinfold tests punted
The other thing they need to fix is rather than levying static fines based on the offence the amount of the fine needs to be based on the match payments and overall salary of the player themselves.
The AFL's Tribunal system is an overcomplicated mess designed to create drama - it needs a radical overhaul, fast
Pick 40* I think that’s at least partially explained by the fact that the Suns and Giants are entirely new franchises without an adequate history of father son picks to equalise the competition. Personally think bring back the academies for the Melbourne clubs but remove the discount and one of the picks used needs to be within 18 picks of the matched bid (I’d even lower that to 5 picks as a method of equalisation).
'Murky decision-making, novice administration and unaccountable governance' - how the AFL has fallen
Les is back!? Pretty hard to find topics to write about now that you can’t eviscerate Nathan Buckley (which I actually found extremely entertaining).
'Murky decision-making, novice administration and unaccountable governance' - how the AFL has fallen
I have a simple solution, prohibit lawyers involvement in tribunal proceedings at all. Lawyers so frequently misunderstand the potential to cause harms, and as a result they use minor technicalities to get players off
The AFL's Tribunal system is an overcomplicated mess designed to create drama - it needs a radical overhaul, fast
Merely instituting a false sense of security in their rivals, an Essendon premiership is inevitable
Six Points: Greene lucky to only get a week, 2024's two best wins, and the moment that sums up woeful Roos
Then Freo need to invest aggressively in development and scouting because there are afl standard players in the WAFL look at Nic Martin for example
Six Points: Greene lucky to only get a week, 2024's two best wins, and the moment that sums up woeful Roos
Yeah I remember Fremantle picking up Johnson, Erasmus and Amiss in the draft was pretty good I think they have too many midfielders that do the same thing. Brayshaw, Serong and Fyfe they are good but they’re one paced and unable to make differences in the middle
Six Points: Greene lucky to only get a week, 2024's two best wins, and the moment that sums up woeful Roos
Took him long enough two years wiped out from injury
Six Points: Greene lucky to only get a week, 2024's two best wins, and the moment that sums up woeful Roos
King, and Higgins are the best but they also have phillipou and Owens. I don’t rate Caminiti, or Sharman (aside from his set shot).
Footy Fix: Ross Lyon is the AFL's most boring coach once again - and it's suffocating the Saints' season