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Free agency is a part of the game that’s brought interesting dynamics and if it wasn’t for the compensation pick debacles, it would be a more celebrated part of the game.
Free agency is a part of the game that’s brought interesting dynamics and if it wasn’t for the compensation pick debacles, it would be a more celebrated part of the game.
While we might be three months removed from the 2020 trade period, Collingwood’s bewildering efforts still occupy my mind.
The Gold Coast and surrounding area has long been the promised land of VFL/AFL expansion, producing such players as Michael Voss* and Nick Riewoldt**.
The 2020 season brought about more challenges than bear thinking about, and when the announcement of list cuts came through the stratosphere more than a few players in the competition were nervous.
The 2020 AFL carnival of AFL was benighted by the lockdown and cancellation of junior and second-tier footy in the eastern states, robbing the footy-loving public of a large proportion of the ever-increasingly popular pre-draft speculation and analysis of potential AFL talent.
The Eagles made some harsh cuts to their list to bring it under the new salary cap and fit the list size reductions without having much draft capital to address the deficit.
The Gold Coast Suns have completed the restructuring of the club’s coaching department, appointing Rhyce Shaw as their new head of development.
Now that Eddie McGuire has announced that 2021 will be his last year as president of Collingwood, what does that mean for Nathan Buckley?
For the second trade period in a row St Kilda were big players in free agency and the draft, telegraphing from a fair way out who they were going out to get and holding their nerve to get the deals done.
Western Bulldogs boffins spent a long time after the devastating finals exit contemplating their next roster moves to get up the ladder four seasons after winning the club’s first flag of the AFL era.
Western Bulldogs boffins spent a long time after the devastating finals exit contemplating their next roster moves to get up the ladder four seasons after winning the club’s first flag of the AFL era.
Western Bulldogs boffins spent a long time after the devastating finals exit contemplating their next roster moves to get up the ladder four seasons after winning the club’s first flag of the AFL era.
This team has been formulated with players that need to up their game in 2021.
This team has been formulated with players that need to up their game in 2021.
This team has been formulated with players that need to up their game in 2021.
When the AFL introduced the concept of the northern academies it was the Sydney Swans that were the most enthusiastic, growing the game in New South Wales from its inception in 2010 to ten hubs up and down the coast from Coffs Harbour to Woollongong.
Richmond went into the post-season with a fresh premiership, no retirements and an already slim list that the list managers did not need to cull drastically.
While Tasmania continues to be overlooked for an AFL club, Canberra continues to be overlooked as the city seen to be overlooked.
The courage of Brad Ebert’s final act on an AFL field was synonymous with Port Adelaide’s season in 2020. Yet try as they might, their ageing warriors simply couldn’t outlast the seemingly ageless Tigers.
If North Melbourne’s season could be compared to its mascot, the big grey kangaroo on the side of the highway jumped directly into the path of a speeding truck. Of all directions, its instinct might have told it to jump and its random subconscious sent it to obliteration.
Melbourne finished the 2020 season with a nine win and eight loss record – plus a healthy percentage – to fall short of a finals berth in the last round.
The Greater Western Sydney Giants have been the envy of list managers since their entry into the AFL in the 2011 draft, also making enemies with their trading strategies that poached top talent, as the newest franchise set about becoming a top-performing team ahead of schedule in their formative years.
It was a happy team at Hawthorn in their final hitout of 2020 against the Suns, as they put on a clinic to send off several of their retiring stars and take the momentum of a win into the offseason.
With the calendar moving from 2020 to 2021, our attention now moves towards the 2021 AFL year.
With the calendar moving from 2020 to 2021, our attention now moves towards the 2021 AFL year.
With the calendar moving from 2020 to 2021, our attention now moves towards the 2021 AFL year.
Free agency is a part of the game that’s brought interesting dynamics and if it wasn’t for the compensation pick debacles, it would be a more celebrated part of the game.
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