'A sweet victory, but at what cost?': Talking points from the Bulldogs-Lions epic
After one of the all-time classic semi-finals, the Bulldogs have come out one-point victors and are through to the preliminary final, while Brisbane have…
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After one of the all-time classic semi-finals, the Bulldogs have come out one-point victors and are through to the preliminary final, while Brisbane have…
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Thanks elixir, all the best.
Carlton did beat Essendon but were mostly nowhere near it in other top eight contests.
Revisiting my AFL predictions for 2021 - and a farewell to The Roar
Thanks Dingo, take it easy.
Revisiting my AFL predictions for 2021 - and a farewell to The Roar
Thanks Peter, all the best.
Revisiting my AFL predictions for 2021 - and a farewell to The Roar
Cam Rose has been writing heaps lately in horse racing. I presume he’ll be back on the AFL pages once the season gets closer.
We’ve also added Dem Panopoulos to the roster since then, who is doing a mighty fine job, and I’m confident there’ll be some more exciting news ahead of 2022.
Revisiting my AFL predictions for 2021 - and a farewell to The Roar
Not quite Macca, although I can appreciate how it looks. There’s a lot of good stuff happening behind the scenes and I’m confident I’m leaving the site in a good place.
Revisiting my AFL predictions for 2021 - and a farewell to The Roar
Thank you Sanctorum, and I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed the Saints can break their drought very soon. I’m a long-suffering Toronto Maple Leafs fan in the NHL and I know painful those gaps are.
Revisiting my AFL predictions for 2021 - and a farewell to The Roar
Thank you pablo, although I think I’m as guilty at times for being just as unreasonable!
Revisiting my AFL predictions for 2021 - and a farewell to The Roar
Thanks Obsessed and thank you for finally making that pun. Very disappointed it took until midday for someone to make it 😁
Revisiting my AFL predictions for 2021 - and a farewell to The Roar
Thank you Voice, much appreciated.
Revisiting my AFL predictions for 2021 - and a farewell to The Roar
Cheers Jonboy. Not sure I’ve always been that good at judging Freo but I got it okay this year.
Revisiting my AFL predictions for 2021 - and a farewell to The Roar
Thank you XI, all the best.
Revisiting my AFL predictions for 2021 - and a farewell to The Roar
Thanks Paul. I’ve enjoyed our conversations over the years and wish you all the best.
Revisiting my AFL predictions for 2021 - and a farewell to The Roar
Thanks GoSwans for generously calling my writing quality 😁
Revisiting my AFL predictions for 2021 - and a farewell to The Roar
Thanks Bangkok,
You’re right about Tom Stewart and you’re also right about some lacklustre efforts against weaker teams. They’ll be a hard team to pick next year.
Revisiting my AFL predictions for 2021 - and a farewell to The Roar
Thanks Disnick,
I’m happy with how I went this year!
Revisiting my AFL predictions for 2021 - and a farewell to The Roar
Thanks Windrince,
I certainly did a lot better predicting the ladder than I did the actual games this season!
Revisiting my AFL predictions for 2021 - and a farewell to The Roar
Thanks .kraM – up the Bloods!
Revisiting my AFL predictions for 2021 - and a farewell to The Roar
There are some very, very good AFL writers still hanging around Marty and I’m confident the section will continue to go from strength to strength without me!
Revisiting my AFL predictions for 2021 - and a farewell to The Roar
Thanks Charlie, keep up the good work.
Revisiting my AFL predictions for 2021 - and a farewell to The Roar
Thanks Brendon. All the best.
Revisiting my AFL predictions for 2021 - and a farewell to The Roar
Thanks Sports Lover, got a couple very right but, in fairness, a handful extremely wrong.
That’s the nature of the game!
Revisiting my AFL predictions for 2021 - and a farewell to The Roar
Thanks Puntroad, I was pretty pleased with most of them.
Revisiting my AFL predictions for 2021 - and a farewell to The Roar
Thanks Ace.
Revisiting my AFL predictions for 2021 - and a farewell to The Roar