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    The Greatest VFL/AFL Team Of All Time

    Hard to argue with this:
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    The Real AFL MVP - 2025 Edition

    I have been assessing this for the last couple of seasons, and believe there should be an award for the best player across a FULL season - Home and Away AND Finals. In 2023, there were two clear standouts - N. Daicos and M. Bontempelli. Daicos was leading all individual awards until missing...
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    Top 20 AFL Players 2025 - Consolidated List

    I've scoured the WWW for player rankings from various media sources heading into the 2025 season, and here is the consolidated list of the Top 20 players in the competition: If you have any other lists, please share and I will include and update the data. Discuss.
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    Kornes, Maclure and their 30 A Graders

    Kane Cornes had a few blunt observations about Sam Maclure's nominated A Graders of the competition this morning on SEN, going as far as to suggest Sam hadn't watched footy in two years. I'm not sure about some of Kane selections either... Here are their respective lists, with some added value...
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    Top 10 Captains since the Turn of the Century

    There has been a lot of discussion about the best players since the turn of the century over the off season, and many of us rate Leadership as a highly important attribute when ranking these players. Which led me to thinking... Who have been the best playing leaders since the turn of the...
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    Prediction AFLPA MVP 2024

    Who wins the Players MVP in 2024? Cripps the likely winner I reckon, and a deserving winner. Heeney very much in the mix, and is the only player who can knock off Cripps, with a big game next weekend and a loss to Carlton meaning they miss finals. Daicos a chance for a podium finish, with...
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    Player Watch Nick Daicos - Can he be the GOAT?

    Nick Daicos. The Daicos Effect - 'The phenomenon where the whole of a club's hopes and dreams of success dramatically increase upon the arrival of a supremely talented youngster who shows poise and composure beyond his years thereby leading to real success' - J. Brown, 4th March 2024. We...
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    Mega Thread Nick Daicos - Can he be the GTWEB? Part 2

    Nick Daicos. The Daicos Effect - 'The phenomenon where the whole of a club's hopes and dreams of success dramatically increase upon the arrival of a supremely talented youngster who shows poise and composure beyond his years thereby leading to real success' - J. Brown, 4th March 2024. We...
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    Mega Thread Nick Daicos - Can he be the GTWEB? Part 3

    Continued from part 2 https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/nick-daicos-can-he-be-the-gtweb-part-2.1393272/ Nick Daicos. The Daicos Effect - 'The phenomenon where the whole of a club's hopes and dreams of success dramatically increase upon the arrival of a supremely talented youngster who...
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    Fixture Whose fixture was the hardest?

    Whose fixture was hardest? Pies defy odds, Dockers miss chance - Whose fixture was hardest? Pies defy odds, Dockers miss chance So as I've always said, it is a waste of time assessing the relative difficulties of individual teams fixtures. If you're good enough and a genuine premiership...
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    Scott Pendlebury - Standing in the game?

    Though we're likely to see this fellow running around in the AFL for another couple of seasons, I'd like to know where he is rated amongst the best players of his generation (for argument's sake, let's use players who debuted post 2000). His CV so far: Approaching 400 games Collingwood Captain...
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    The Changing Face Of The Premiership Favourite

    We're two rounds into the season and we've already had three different premiership favourites. I'll use this thread to keep a record of the change in Premiership favourites week to week: Pre Round 1 - Geelong ($5) - won the Grand Final by 15 goals and entered the season as clearly the team to...
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    AFLPA MVP 2022

    This award is always a strange one for me as it seems the AFL players simply vote for who they think will win the Brownlow. Instead, it should be used to award who is in fact THE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER in the competition, whether it be a backman, midfielder or key forward. This year is very...
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    The (True) League MVP

    Now that we're getting to the pointy end of the season, it's time to start thinking about who would be worthy recipients of the league's individual awards. I have a bit of a different view as to the concept of 'MVP' in comparison to the public opinion, and indeed the anointed ones over the past...
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    AFLPA MVP

    We all know Lachie Neale will win the Brownlow, but who will take out the AFLPA MVP? My nomination is the Tomahawk. Will win the Coleman with a leg in the air and also has the most goal assists. He's been more 'valuable' than Neale for mine - what is more valuable than impacting the scoreboard?
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    Richmond success in 2020 is reliant on continued umpiring incompetence

    It is clear to anyone who wants to see it that Richmond have come back to the pack this season, and 2020 is up for grabs for a handful of teams. I have noticed a trend all year with Richmond that they are taking advantage of umpiring incompetence by playing behind their opponents in both the...
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    First club to 20 Flags

    Unashamedly inspired by the multiple threads asking who will be the first club to 17 Premierships, I have a bigger test for you: Who will be the first club to 20 flags? And when? And will BigFooty even be a thing when it happens? Consider than in the past 25 seasons, Hawthorn have won the most...
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    Has Neil Balme been the most successful person in football this century?

    2000 (though started in '98) to 2006 - Collingwood - Football Operations Manager - Two Grand Finals 2007 to 2013 - Geelong - Football Operations Manager - Three Premierships, one other Grand Final 2014 to 2016 - Collingwood - Director of Coaching 2017 to Current - Richmond - General Manager of...
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    Setterfield and his dangerous tackle

    Now I dislike Carlton as much if not more than the next guy, but can someone please explain to me how Setterfield gets suspended for two weeks when the incident wasn't even deemed worthy of a free kick?
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    Swing Tackle

    There was a lot of talk about Steele Sidebottom's tackle on Friday night and thoughts from some quarters were that he was lucky to get away with a $2000 fine. So it has been with interest that I have watched some other games this weekend and without fail there are 10 to 15 similar tackles each...
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    GWS 2017 Premiers, Jonathon Patton Mr September

    I've just driven home listening to 20 minutes of drivel from the numbercrunchers on SEN (King and Luff) talking down GWS. What a load of codswallop. Starting tonight, GWS will show everyone what they've been waiting for, and couldn't have a better start against a Sloaneless Crows. We've seen...
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    RIP Brownlow Medal

    Things change over time. I get that. There have been years when two field umpires have lodged separate votes for the Brownlow Medal; There used to be a count back in the event of ties, with the award going to the player with the most best on grounds. But never before have we had such a...
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    Coaching Footy Junior Footy - Better Structure - Spine v. On Ball division

    I was having an interesting philosophical discussion with another junior coach the other day in relation to how best to use a junior team's 'better' players when a game is on the line. Notwithstanding the fact that the key focus needs to be around fun, fairness and development of each and every...
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    Further proof that umpires do not know the rules

    Watching AFL 360 and there was a segment on the finish to the Melbourne v. North game. The behind was kicked by Stretch and both the goal umpire and the officiating umpire gave the all clear, until a non-officiating umpire overturned the decisions on the basis 'he reckoned the siren went before...
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    Final Round - Time to learn from Supercoach

    Let me preface this post by saying I hate Supercoach. I played it for one year and couldn't stand it. I like to know how my players are going real time; I like the thrill of watching a game and knowing that Player A only needs to get 6 more points for a league match win. However, one thing...
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    Memo to the AFL: As fans, all we want is consistency

    I was watching the Carlton v. Collingwood game yesterday an my emotions ebbed between angst, frustration and disbelief at some of the 'interpretations' made by the umpires, particularly during the third quarter. If a 40/60 deliberate out of bounds is paid up one end of the ground, surely two...
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    Who has been the best Watson?

    One of the greatest sporting journalists of our time, Caroline Wilson, once famously stated that Jobe Watson would go down as a better player than his father by the time he ended his career. With Father Time now catching up on Jobe (he turned 30 this year) - I suggest it's safe to say that his...
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    Angus Monfries - Mark of the Year

    22 points down half way through the third quarter of a Preliminary Final and he pulls that out. There have been none better, and at no more critical time. Well done Angus, mark of the year without a doubt!
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    Semi Finals come six weeks early

    My favourite betting weekend of the year - AFL Semi-Finals. We all get seduced by the Elimination Finals winners, who are making a late charge and showing great form in beating another quality finals contender. Conversely, we underrate the Qualifying Final loser, who seem to be faultering at...
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    Collingwood and their defensive woes

    All year we have been exposed to endless articles from the 'learned' commentators waxing lyrical about Collingwood and their defensive woes. Only last week we read that we're averaging 101 points against us per match, there are clearly issues down there at the Westpac Centre. After round 10...

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