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I see where you're coming from but none of the northern clubs have actually won a premiership during the academy era (2013-) which is where the argument kind of breaks down for me. Brisbane as an example have only had one (late) first round pick come through their academy and make it at the...

We saw the massive influence Darcy Moore and the Daicos boys had on Collingwood winning the flag this year and one could make a strong argument that a healthy Will Ashcroft on Grand Final day would have flipped that premiership in Brisbane's favour. Is this going to be the trend moving forward...

Essendon - Premiership player (2000) & 150+ game player Port Adelaide - Inaugural AFL Premiership player (2004) Richmond - 3x Premiership coach (2017, 2019, 2020) & 300+ games coached Gold Coast - TBD Obviously a difficult question to answer because we don't know what he'll achieve with the...

So you're admitting your club is plastic? Geelong has gained massively from the father-son rule in recent decades and were even able to recruit star premiership players like Matthew Scarlett, Gary & Nathan Ablett and Tom Hawkins. The Cats did nothing to deserve access to those players if we're...

2016 Premiership EF: 7th Bulldogs 14.15 (99) def. 6th 7.10 (52) West Coast @ Subiaco SF: 7th Bulldogs 16.11 (107) def. 3rd Hawthorn 12.12 (84) @ MCG PF: 7th Bulldogs 13.11 (89) def. 4th GWS 12.11 (83) @ Sydney Showgrounds GF: 7th Bulldogs 13.11 (89) def. 1st Sydney 10.7 (67) @ MCG 2023...

What do you think? Is this a problem? https://thewest.com.au/sport/west-coast-eagles/predicted-top-draft-pick-harley-reid-reportedly-tells-west-coast-he-will-not-play-for-club-in-2024--c-11323902

In the same vein of the 2022 version, Carlton started the season well this year (with some wins over mostly bottom 6 teams) and are now about to embark on a run of some pretty tough games with Brisbane (4th) at Marvel, Bulldogs (10th) at Marvel, Collingwood (1st) at the MCG, Sydney (11th) at the...

Starting to deliver on their promise. If they can win their next two against the Dees & Eagles then we're having a very different conversation to the one people were having two weeks ago.

R1 def. by Port Adelaide by 54 points @ Adelaide Oval R2 v Melbourne @ Gabba R3 v Bulldogs @ Marvel R4 v Collingwood @ Gabba Four games that could legitimately all end in losses for the Lions. Is it curtains for Brisbane if they lose them all?

Simple question that should render some interesting responses. Fitzroy were in the VFL/AFL competition for exactly 100 seasons and we've now gone just over 25 years without them in the league. Is the league better or worse off for losing Fitzroy? Why/Why not?

You can't deny the players on Carlton's list right now. Three current All-Australians in Cripps, Curnow and Saad, reigning Brownlow Medallist Cripps, reigning Coleman Medallist Curnow, 2021 Coleman Medallist Harry McKay, Sam Walsh in the midfield, Weitering in the backline etc. It really seems...

Done. The Saints, Tigers, Bulldogs and Suns can all still finish 7th and that will remain a possibility next week should Carlton lose to Brisbane and Gold Coast beat Hawthorn.

Five rounds to go. Have a crack and predict 8th position for this season.

Gold Coast officially have the mathematical opportunity to enter the top 8 tomorrow if they win by enough against Essendon. Port Adelaide is in the same boat but face the Demons so I'm not holding my breath on that one.

The fixture was fairly kind to the Blues before tonight and their remaining nine games are against Fremantle (3rd) @ Marvel, St Kilda (6th) @ Marvel, West Coast (18th) @ Optus, Geelong (5th) @ MCG, GWS (13th) @ Marvel, Adelaide (15th) @ Adelaide Oval, Brisbane (1st) @ Gabba, Melbourne (2nd) @...

Seems like they're really rolling now. Beating the teams they should beat by 10+ goals.

That could be the most interesting aspect of this. The Suns have spent the last five years rebuilding their list while the Giants have spent the last five years trying to strike while their premiership window was open. Now it would appear the Suns may be about to enter a finals/premiership...

No need for concern. They won all four quarters and smashed the Hawks by 67 points.

Looking pretty good at the moment.

Probably underselling their performance a bit. Casboult/Chol combined for 39 goals in 2022 and only two other tall forward combinations have bettered them this season - Hawkins/Cameron (52) & Curnow/McKay (47). We know McKay is out for at least a few weeks so Gold Coast's tall forward...

Probably went too early on that one. Only one win behind 8th now after pulling off a massive upset against your Swans at the SCG yesterday. You should probably just focus on your own team who are on a two game losing streak instead of death riding another club. A solid performance against the...

Surprisingly, their forward line has been very productive this season. Chol has kicked 9 goals and Casboult has kicked 8 goals. Then their smalls have shown up like Rosas today with 3 goals and Rankine with 4 goals in round 1. It doesn't look like a forward line that should work on paper but...

Pretty good performance by the Suns to only go down by two kicks against the reigning Premiers tonight and that was without King or Rankine. Certainly a lot better than the last time they played Melbourne in round 20 last year and lost by 98 points. It'll be interesting to see how they go...

The Suns pass their first test of 2022. Up next is a home game against the defending premiers. Any opinions on what would be an acceptable result against the Demons next week?

Would I be correct in saying tomorrow will be the first time we've had a father-son pick play an AFL match for us? I know Brett Ebert was drafted as a father-son pick and played over 150 AFL games for us but Brett wasn't actually eligible to be taken as a father-son pick under the rules in place...

Because they won a single game against Richmond in round 1? Let's not forget this is the same Richmond that lost to West Coast, St Kilda, Gold Coast, Collingwood, Fremantle and drew with Hawthorn in the second half of last year. They're not exactly in the middle of a dynasty anymore... Essendon...

Witts, Miller, Rowell, Anderson, Swallow, Ellis, Fiorini and Sharp is a very formidable midfield.

Incredible to think that there could be as many as 11 drafted kids of 100+ AFL game Port Adelaide players in just a two-year cycle. Obviously we'd love it if we could draft all these guys but the realistic nature of footy is that the majority of these kids won't be good enough but it's still...

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl-2022-aami-series-scouting-report-all-the-latest-from-every-club/news-story/987a4c330a227e71338760421dcbd898 Just released by the Herald Sun. They've taken notice of the Suns' preseason performances as well.