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Reckon this needs to be a big percentage banger, and hope we don't do the usual and cruise once getting to five or six goals in front. Nightmare 9 week stretch coming after before a reasonable run home. Win this one and win big, go 4-5 at worst in the middle, and come home strong.

Don't bring Jack Flash into this, they're never happy. Worst example of the average Geelong BigFooty fan.

The Back Pocket has been back up and about in 2024. Three episodes for your listening pleasure (or displeasure, I won't begrudge a hate listen), with a new one to come tonight/tomorrow. Get around it. Spotify 🎙: Apple 🍎:‎ YouTube 📺: https://www.youtube.com/@thebackpocket7851

Thanks to the update from Will Day, we'd probably swap out youngster Josh Draper for Blake Hardwick. Borderline: Ivan Soldo > Mark Pittonet/Todd Golstein Griffin Logue > Josh Weddle Chad Wingard > Matt Phillipou/Alex Davies Rory Lobb > Tom Fullarton/Taylor Goad

Bit of silly season stuff, as it's too early for me to decide if players or teams are good or bad yet; The Back Pocket Presents: The "Basketball Background" 22. This took some backbreaking googling and archived article searching, but we finally arrived at a full 22 of players who had a serious...

Was stoked with Parfitt as a long time fan of his, and really loved that we really got to see the future of the midfield in the final term with Conway, De Koning, Bruhn, Bowes, Clark and Parfitt. All three games have tried to give me heart attacks, but I would have taken 3-0 at 130% in a...

This was my highlight of the game. Nick Watson is my new least favourite player, has such a mouth on him for a kid with 0 wins and 2 goals 7 from 12 shots.

Expect Adelaide to be far too strong at home. With the exception of the heat-stroke-induced loss to Richmond, I think the only home game they lost last year was to Collingwood by a point? Geelong's defence is good and they have a surprisingly good record at Adelaide Oval, but the Crows midfield...

Late to the thread, but feel that I'm happy enough with that performance whilst also being very frustrated. Won the centre clearances with Bruhn, Clark, Atkins and Holmes (+ Danger) against a Steele + Crouch midfield that should have been much stronger. If Bruhn plays 100% game time he probably...

This is a big part of what skews the "incredibly good at Kardinia Park" stat in Geelong's favour. More games against Victorian teams when they're strong rather than just "Weak Victorian Teams + Interstate Away Teams" would paint a clearer picture. That said they've also been quite good at...

Heavily loaded question, but what are the top three stats for a defender to be marked on? Comparing it to something like goals, score involvements and marks for a forward or disposals, contested possessions and tackles for a midfielder.

Try telling that to Cats fans between 2016 and 2021. There weren't many of us left defending him, and let me tell you we were in the absolute trenches. But in principal you're right. Strong advocate for the club, sticks to his guns (even if those guns are loving Dahlhaus and Ratugolea too...

What about if they're a boozy sex pest? Do you not hate Hitler just because you never met him, or are you willing to accept that you can hate someone based on their character?

He's uncontracted but he's not a free agent. If he goes to the draft there is no guarantee he is available at pick 25 (probably a significantly later pick at this point), and if he goes to the pre-season draft, Geelong have a far earlier pick than Port.

Is 24 probably overs for Esava? Sure. The problem is that trade week(s) is so long, that when you're Geelong and you have no other deals to negotiate, you can play hard to get when you have the listed player and hold all the power. Can't see why Mackie would be in a rush to finalise the Sav...

Point they were making is that if you add Parish to a side that lost to Collingwood by 8 and Brisbane by 11, while maintaining a top six percentage and only losing by 30+ twice; they probably make finals. Maybe worry about Essendon not even managing a 100+ percentage despite playing both West...

Going to be very funny next week when, despite adding Close and Sav to the injury list, a decimated Geelong side still manages to beat the Dogs and keep them out of finals. All things aside, definitely a year where injuries can be looked at as a fair reason why the year played out the way it...

If you want to use stats as your metric, stats had Holmes as the second best wingman in the game after Round 10...

Episode Forty One - Brought to you by Mate Colina Welcome back to the real AFL season, with a full nine games being played in Round Sixteen, and we still have no idea what the ladder is going to look like. Last years grand finalists played out a painful draw, Port bombed one after the siren, and...

Episode Forty - A Win off the Bye The bye-rounds are over and thank goodness for that. Collingwood are good and free kicks are funny, Joel Selwood is at the cricket and that makes us feel safe, West Coast are so bad we talked about them when we didn't even mean to and the ladder is still super...

Was working the Peel v Perth WAFL game last week and was reminded that Travis Colyer was still on an AFL list.

People were panicking when the 18-20 disposal a game players were getting 18-20 disposals becuase the big boys were missing. Bruhn has some serious go. Gonna be a jet.

Episode Thirty Seven - Girls go Crazy for a Little Nugget Man On this week's round twelve episode of The Back Pocket, Jack and Alastair agree on almost everything brought up from MRO to votes to coaching decisions, and a short week of football is joined by a short episode. The Hawks...

Episode Thirty Six - No More Mr Woke Koch Welcome back to The Back Pocket after Round Eleven as we discuss our deep and dark sadness at the state of our football teams. Can you be the president of a football club while being anti-woke? Has this week had some of the unluckiest defenders yet to...

Episode Thirty Five - The Damian Drum Method The Back Pocket returns for Round Ten of the AFL Season. This week we talk coach sackings, losing streaks, club culture and as always the best defenders in the competition. We spend a moment on the best defender, leader and maybe player in the...

Episode Thirty Four - The AFL's Lamb Bastard Another week, another episode of The Back Pocket. A surprise ten-voter in the Scarlett-Silvagni Medal, and a few new faces in the votes. Collinwood are good, but maybe Port and Brisbane are too? Are Richmond back, or was this week a blip, and did St...

AFL: Anyone making vilifying comments, racist or otherwise, toward AFL players will be banned for life. Most normal people: That makes sense, yeah. (some) BigFooty Posters: But what if I am only a little racist? Or simply racist to Muslims? Am I allowed to be homophobic instead?

Episode Thirty Three - Rossball Ugly, Vossball Bad This week we talk about how Collingwood are becoming annoyingly likeable, St Kilda are awful to watch, and where to now for West Coast? The Round Eight votes in the Scarlett Silvagni Medal feature some familiar faces coupled with some new ones...

Episode Thirty One - Tassie Time There's a new AFL CEO, there's going to be a team in Tasmania, and we prepare for a weekly bye. Rory Lobb enjoyed a beer named after him, Freo fans are bloody weird, and Darcy Moore might be the best captain in the comp. Make sure you clean your undies, as Jack...

A level of Father/Son luck involved in drafting Scarlett, Hawkins, Ablett (not to mention Harley and Mooney being two club players) but you're right. They've also gotten smarter around the marketing as a destination club. Looking for players either from the Geelong area, or simply from the...