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Can the first final of the final series be the “turning point in the finals series”?
'Should have smoked them': May claims Dees 'so much better than Pies', says qualifying final loss 'f--king hurts'
“Top AFL draft prospect Harley Reid confirms he has no issues in heading west” – Has a potential No.1 draft pick ever not said the same thing?
Top AFL draft prospect Harley Reid confirms he has no issues in heading west
A great game, but an disgustingly unpleasant result. Worst GF result in my time.
Pies claim thrilling 16th flag after CLASSIC grand final... but Lions rue 'ridiculous' late call that scuppered last chance
I miss Tim Lane’s commentary. In a field where horrible commentators are the norm, it’s refreshing to hear a commentator who’s a good communicator, and who has (and this really should be a commentator’s one wood) a good voice.
Every grand final of the 2000s, ranked first to 24th: Which classic is 'the most underrated decider in footy history'?
Woewodin had a brilliant 2000 and deserved his medal, although he should have shared it with Scott West because he got an undeserved 2 votes against WC in the last round.
COMMENT: Lachie Neale's baffling win proves it's time to take Brownlow voting off the umps
I’m a Melbourne supporter and agree with everything here. But my question is why the footy world is only recently catching on to Melbourne’s one dimensional front half. Everything we do we’ve been doing since Goodwin was appointed, the bulk I50s, the Einstein analogies, the head against the wall, the defence at the expense of offense, etc. It all became strongly apparent in 2017, and bar some spurts in 2018 and 2021, we keep doing it. Easy goals are a massive pressure relief, but we get very few, we are always trying to manufacture goals out of traffic, that’s the byproduct of playing a half-court press, and you need highly skilled forwards to pull it off, and we definitely don’t have them. We need to open it up a little so that the odd easy goal can unsettle the opposition’s defensive shape; at the moment they can sit on our bombs to 30 and hit us on the break. I don’t know exactly what the problem is, but the result of the problem is forward half failure, and until we fix it, we are kidding ourselves; every competent defence, like most finals defences, will be able to hold us to a losing score.
And yet, and yet, without a forward line we were able to win 16 games and should have won both finals. Something is wrong with our structure, but something is also right. (We also have a good draft hand.) I just hope we aren’t fooling ourselves that we are close, but not close enough. You can fool yourself into thinking you only need minimal changes to win a flag, but in fact you are a long way off and need wholesale changes. Obviously I hope that’s not the case.
Without some proper forward thinking, the Demons can't have a Goodwin
“Wobbled into his path” – you make it sound like a drunk wobbling onto a road and into the path of a bus. If Brayshaw hadn’t flinched, Maynard would have still hit him. And why did he flinch? Because he looked up and suddenly saw Maynard about to cannon into him.
'Wanted to hit, wanted to hurt': Brayden Maynard - the guilty man found innocent
Are you saying that if Brayshaw had not flinched, Maynard wouldn’t have launched into his smother/bump?
'Wanted to hit, wanted to hurt': Brayden Maynard - the guilty man found innocent
Yes, I agree with this… to an extent. I don’t think Maynard was trying to pole-axe Brayshaw per se, but I do think he was trying to ruffle his feathers (I can’t believe I used that 7 times on twitter) by charging at Brayshaw to unsettle him, but getting his actions badly wrong. I don’t know if the Dees will play the Pies again because of our pop gun attack, but it’s set up a tasty return bout.
'Wanted to hit, wanted to hurt': Brayden Maynard - the guilty man found innocent
I was halfway through a massive reply when I figured it was tl;dr. I’ll just ask this: don’t the indigenous already have equality before the law and in the right to vote? I’m merely assuming they do, but maybe there’s a constitutional quirk about which you can enlighten us.
The AFL shouldn’t sit in silence: why it should support the Voice at the Grand Final
Gee, it would be nice to go to the footy and not have to suffer through politics.
The Voice referendum is a bit like the Melbourne Hawthorn merger – the highers-ups who know better are pushing it, the we-know-what’s-good-for-yous, while the rank and file are seemingly against it. But will one side rig the votes, like the Melbourne committee did? Who will be the YES vote’s Bill Guest? Who will be the NO vote’s Don Scott? Which state will be the Hawthorn who sinks it? At least the Voice referendum will be less divisive that a referendum to steal your footy club.
The AFL shouldn’t sit in silence: why it should support the Voice at the Grand Final
Why are the Brighton Grammar kids playing in the local comp?
AFL News: Fury over junior league's 'bulls--t' all-team finals series, Daisy-less Dees to defend AFLW crown
You can’t base a player’s prospects on a good game against a poor side. That’s FTB areas. And the areas were even flatter against Essendon last night, who were barely on the park. In fact, they were barely breathing.
Footy Fix: Jack Ginnivan just sealed a finals spot - and he might be the Pies' September secret weapon
“Whether they threw the magnets around or rested key players, the Demons had nothing to gain by winning. The system put them in a lose-lose position.”
What annoyed me, a Melbourne supporter, about Melbourne’s 2009 is that far from being easy-beats all year, there were quite a few games we would have won were it not for the magnet moving. What would have been better? Winning four games an getting an extra pick, or winning, say, 10 games and having a reasonable year in which Dean Bailey’s game plan was starting to bear fruit. And then there’s the flow-on point – every thing that happened post-tank contributed to Melbourne’s 2021 premiership.
No more rewards for losers: The solution to the AFL's tanking problem
I wouldn’t employ someone named “Kane”. You can’t be too careful.
TOM MORRIS: The AFL's hierarchy is in shambles - and it's nothing less than a failure of governance
I used to think Ponting was an underwhelming captain who wouldn’t add much to his inevitable entry into commentary ranks, but right from the very first time I heard him doing the Big Bash it was obvious that he was far and away the best commentator in the business. Knowledgeable, easy going, sense of humour, respected by his peers and, this is a problem of to many so-called professional commentators, a good communicator with both clear diction and a measured delivery. I guess he would be a good coach, but it would be at the vast expense of the viewers.
The best coach for the Australian cricket team was at the Ashes but in the commentary box
It’s looking like Geelong do indeed have an issue with Freo in Geelong, but if Freo win today, and they are currently leading in the 3rd qtr, the Dockers will have extracted the cue from the closet and cursed the Cats.
Polish up your big screens, because a classic round of AFL footy is coming
You really dilike Melbourne, don’t you?
Polish up your big screens, because a classic round of AFL footy is coming
It’s nice of you to talk up Freo’s chances in Geelong (with reference to ten year old games), but haven’t the Dockers put the cue in the broom closet for 2023?
Polish up your big screens, because a classic round of AFL footy is coming
Play 5 v 8 and 6 v 7 a week early, and there’s your Wildcard Round.
More meaningful games, more eyes on screens and more fun: Why 'wildcard weekend' is an absolute no-brainer
It’s not “impossible” if it’s been done twice.
Are Geelong shaping to do the impossible and win the premiership from outside the top four?
Best ignore Oliver Holt.
UK View: 'Like a virus' - Poms hail 155kph 'Rocket Man' but float bizarre Steve Waugh theory for butterfinger blows
I was actually at the WACA that day.
Smashing his way through adversity and quelling the haters - the Mitch Marsh journey may have only just begun
I think you mean first ton in an Ashes Test in a session IN England (since McCabe).
Smashing his way through adversity and quelling the haters - the Mitch Marsh journey may have only just begun
Brisbane finished 4th and Melbourne 2nd. Not “biggest upsets” territory.
Dees denied: Lions roar to topple ladder-leading Melbourne as Adelaide claims AFLW minor premiership