Media Thread 2026: Insightful, Inciteful and Incomptent

[Tugga27]

Didn’t hurt Adelaide at all…. The super coach deflecting already

Regardless of what you think of the coach or Freo, it's a clear disadvantage.

 

[TY24]

Didn’t hurt Adelaide at all…. The super coach deflecting already

Being disadvantaged doesn't mean you can't win, it just makes winning harder.

 

[DorothyG]

If the AFL insist on keeping OR in its current format, the simple most obvious solution is to have the teams that didnt play in OR play each other in R1 and the teams that played in OR play each other.

The fix is just so bloody obvious.

Or scrap OR altogether

 

[Keys]

If the AFL insist on keeping OR in its current format, the simple most obvious solution is to have the teams that didnt play in OR play each other in R1 and the teams that played in OR play each other.

The fix is just so bloody obvious.

Or scrap OR altogether

It’s such an obvious fix to the problem, whether it be real or perceived.

Teams should go into matches with as close to similar lead ins as possible. It can never be exact but there’s times when the AFL doesn’t even seem to bother

Same goes for the bye rounds when you have a team coming off a bye playing a team that played the previous week. Why not have the teams who have a bye, play amongst each other the following week so their respective preparations are relatively equal

 

[Cuzz09]

yeah I think last year there was a game where it was 5 days v 15 days rest

 

[WCE777]

If the AFL insist on keeping OR in its current format, the simple most obvious solution is to have the teams that didnt play in OR play each other in R1 and the teams that played in OR play each other.

The fix is just so bloody obvious.

Or scrap OR altogether

OR is supposedly to promote AFL in the northern states while NRL goes to Vegas.
OR simply instead of this fkd up thing they have where all the inequalities of the fixtures just get worse, it should be all the 4 northern states host VIC teams, not WA teams as we already travel to excess.

To promote footy as it was intended and bring all teams into OR, the remaining 6 Vic teams play in WA & SA.

 

[Weshi]

'A rising tide': The academy shaping Eagles' rebuild

Under Jamie Maddocks, West Coast's revamped development program is stripping things back to fast-track the club’s young talent and shape its future

www.afl.com.au

 

[jdisc]

how about we have all the teams that don't play in OR play the week before OR

we can call it round negative one

 

[Keys]

'A rising tide': The academy shaping Eagles' rebuild

Under Jamie Maddocks, West Coast's revamped development program is stripping things back to fast-track the club’s young talent and shape its future

www.afl.com.au

Was going to post this but you’ve done it for me

EVERYONE should read this

Goes into great detail what we’re doing around player development and gives some background on the man we’ve entrusted to guide it

As it says in the article, the improvements won’t necessarily be immediate but will show in the years to come

Talks a bit of Hamish Davis and his drive to improve which is bringing other players along with him

It’s a really good read

 

[DorothyG]

"Beveridge wanted to implement a game style that included lightning-fast handballs"

Or as they are also known, throws

 

[Bender_]

Hamish Davis, he's the one for mine, he comes in and asks, 'who's going to help me today'?

 

[Keys]

Hamish Davis, he's the one for mine, he comes in and asks, 'who's going to help me today'?

I wish I was as certain of other things in my life as knowing you’d be in here posting this

 

[Farmer Lister]

'A rising tide': The academy shaping Eagles' rebuild

Under Jamie Maddocks, West Coast's revamped development program is stripping things back to fast-track the club’s young talent and shape its future

www.afl.com.au

That was a fantastic read thanks. Shout out to my boy Davis:

"He (Davis) is probably the number one player who's out on the shed floor. He comes in and asks, 'who's going to help me today', and he brings two players with him, so all of a sudden, the tide is rising and we're getting better as a group," Maddocks said."

 

[Lazzas]

"Beveridge wanted to implement a game style that included lightning-fast handballs"

Or as they are also known, throws

Geelong have been doing it for years aka fast hands

 

[amazingjoshy]

'A rising tide': The academy shaping Eagles' rebuild

Under Jamie Maddocks, West Coast's revamped development program is stripping things back to fast-track the club’s young talent and shape its future

www.afl.com.au

Pity the poor young fella who had Suma as his ex player to call

 

[WCE777]

Was going to post this but you’ve done it for me

EVERYONE should read this

Goes into great detail what we’re doing around player development and gives some background on the man we’ve entrusted to guide it

As it says in the article, the improvements won’t necessarily be immediate but will show in the years to come

Talks a bit of Hamish Davis and his drive to improve which is bringing other players along with him

It’s a really good read

It's actually a great insight and article about our development program, can see why WC went after Maddocks.
Nice the AFL have actually talked something positive about WC, I have always found Schmook a decent and fair writer.

Shame we have to listen/read to all the other talking heads that offer very little, hourly.

 

[UseR2006]

Pity the poor young fella who had Suma as his ex player to call

Why Call Suma when there is JK to call.

 

[whatis]

Not just their "handballing". The 2016 Dogs took the piss when it came to dropping the ball to advantage in a tackle.

 

[Shuestar13]

A great read, thanks so much for sharing Weshi.

Should be pinned to each thread

 

[amazingjoshy]

Why Call Suma when there is JK to call.

Suma would be funnier

 

[bzparkes]

"Beveridge wanted to implement a game style that included lightning-fast handballs"

Or as they are also known, throws

 

[bzparkes]

Pity the poor young fella who had Suma as his ex player to call

It was Harley.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

Certainly shocked me The Game 2026 AFL Season Guide I'm sure Brisbane are equally shocked.

 

[bzparkes]

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Certainly shocked me The Game 2026 AFL Season Guide I'm sure Brisbane are equally shocked.

Would probably explain why he hasn't been sighted at the 2 Brisbane games so far.

 

[Cuzz09]

He must be training at the Fitzroy half of The Lions den.

That's where he felt more at home with results