Essendon has redefined mediocrity for over two decades now - forever middle-of-the-road, seducing themselves into thinking they are better than they are.
Essendon has redefined mediocrity for over two decades now - forever middle-of-the-road, seducing themselves into thinking they are better than they are.
If Tasmanian MPs don’t end up voting to go ahead with the stadium, it is not right for the AFL to spit the dummy and remove the licence.
We had a pitch invader, fights galore, Tribunal drama and a couple of remarkable comebacks - footy is well and truly back! It's weirder…
For the last 20 years, it's been pretty easy to work out how Essendon fans will react to a loss. Barring the closest, most…
In my Six Points column last week, I loudly and whatever is the opposite of proudly proclaimed that the Western Bulldogs were the AFL's…
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhereThe ceremony of innocence is drowned;The best lack…
After one full nine-round weekend of AFL action, we're into the annoying month and a bit where all eight Opening Round teams get their…
It’s good to have the footy back, of course, but why does the AFL have to make it so hard for us to love…
It’s not often that I disagree with the great Leigh Matthews, but on this occasion, I am going to bravely take a step into…
Nicks has received an extension as a show of faith, but by and large, the pass mark for Adelaide this season is a finals appearance.
Nicks has received an extension as a show of faith, but by and large, the pass mark for Adelaide this season is a finals appearance.
Nicks has received an extension as a show of faith, but by and large, the pass mark for Adelaide this season is a finals appearance.
Round 1 is run, won and done - and while it's going to take the ladder a few more weeks to work out what…
Round 1 is run, won and done - and while it's going to take the ladder a few more weeks to work out what…
Round 1 is run, won and done - and while it's going to take the ladder a few more weeks to work out what…
There's something deeply compelling about a bad team that doesn't seem to realise it is one. You'd be hard pressed to be a North…
Carlton's astonishing victory over Brisbane was remarkable not only for the Blues' extraordinary comeback but also because of an intriguing link to the past. …
There are three explanations for what happened at the MCG on Friday night. One - Collingwood had a shocker. It happens, even to reigning…
As bitter as a pill as it may be to swallow, Brad Scott preaching patience is exactly what will lead to Essendon’s sustained finals…
And lo! the footy world did rejoice, for the nine-game weekend did return unto them, and order was restored. After having to deal with…
AFL didn't need to try and rob the NRL's house, or copy what it is doing, with a specially designed Opening Round - the game needs to forge its own path on its own strengths.
Since taking over at Collingwood at the end of 2021, Craig McRae has been, by almost every quantifiable measure and some of the unquantifiables…
Final quarter, two minutes and 18 seconds on the clock. Josh Dunkley picks up a scrappy kick inside Carlton's attacking 50 from Ollie Hollands,…
If you want this game distilled into a two-minute stretch - and this is one well worth watching all the way through - it…
If you want this game distilled into a two-minute stretch - and this is one well worth watching all the way through - it…
If you want this game distilled into a two-minute stretch - and this is one well worth watching all the way through - it…
Essendon has redefined mediocrity for over two decades now - forever middle-of-the-road, seducing themselves into thinking they are better than they are.
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Yeah I think things are improving but intervention needs to start earlier that. Every club that wants to have Indigenous…(more)