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He's become far better than he has any right to be. If that makes sense. A spare parts tall traded for pick 56 after only one game for the Swans is now a sneaky top 5 AFL ruck. Outrageously good business, and he's just kept improving every year he's been on our list. Long may it continue

Excellent competition in the air from both Cox and Cameron meant that our forward line absolutely feasted. The second Aliir and Esava fail to intercept they're liabilities, genuine league-worst stuff, so keeping them honest in the air was gonna be key. And we reaped the benefits by waltzing in...

The clean hands are back! First time he's really shown them post-injury, and he's a completely different player when he's handling it cleanly. He doesn't need to kick four goals, but if he one-grabs like that every week he's not just in the team, he's one of the more valuable pieces

Those contested plucks were game-changers. He made Aliir and Esava look like they were conceding 10cm and 30kg, when realistically it was the other way round. He opened up an avenue forward and we never looked back, just an exceptional performance from the Hyphen when we looked like...

He's the strongest bloke at the club and now he's playing like it on the field. Just oozing power and confidence at the moment. Would love if Murph could come back alongside him down back and free up Moore to win a brownlow from the ruck, because he's the one who's lost all semblance of...

The funniest thing about this game is that it's out best result against Hawthorn under Fly 😅 We just suck at playing the Hawks, and they always play their grand final against us. Yes we need to be better, but you could make the exact same argument after our games against them in 2022 and 2023...

Just dropping in from the Pies side of things to say I thought Mark Keane was exceptional (he was great last week too). I'm glad he's playing such good footy for you guys. The "free kick" he conceded to Petty was abysmal umpiring – but it showed how impressive he's become. He effortlessly...

That kick by Wilbur was pure filth

All in all, it's probably not the worst sign that GWS can play an absolute blinder (18.4 from 50 inside 50's is beyond elite) fuelled by the fire of a losing prelim... and we can play fumbly, structure-less football like it's a low-intensity practice match... ...and we can still have more shots...

Very reminiscent of the Brisbane loss at the Gabba last year. Fumbly, awful structure, awful intensity, but the real killer was the ability to lose every contested ball all night long. Mitchell, Crisp and De Goey were all very timid, and we're razor thin for ball-winning mids after those...

Ash Johnson is losing his position very very quickly tonight. It's a shame because I like him a lot. But he's very suspect in high intensity games

Good lord the broadcast is interminable. Mick Ablett says that "Adrian Dodoro is the undisputed genius. He's done it again." The only thing he's "done" is cemented Essendon to the bottom half of the ladder for the entirety of his two decade reign.

1. Rupert Betheras 2. R. Betheras 3. Rupe Betheras 4. Saverio Rocca 5. Rupert James Betheras Ruuuuuupe was emblematic of the club's rise from the complete irrelevancy in the late '90s to the sustained success we've had from 2002 onwards. It's hard to explain just how broken the club was in...

The number of times Wilbur bobs up at the death for the match-winning goal, mark, spoil, or tackle is just insane. Just in the last two years: Gold Coast, 2022 - kicks the winning goal. Pies by 5. Adelaide, 2022 - kicks off the ground to clear from deep in defense and somehow gets 50 metres on...

He cemented himself as an all-time great of the club with that finals series. And it wasn't just the legendary 60 metre goal to seal the premiership. In the passage of play where Howe gets his ribs broken, Sidey pulls out the most clutch trap and gather of a chaotic ball, on the last line of...

Simon Goodwin: cites "expected score", disrespects opposition, arrogantly thinks his team is better. Players: cite "expected score", disrespect opposition, go out in straight sets, STILL think they're the better team. Simon Goodwin: obsesses over Maynard incident, loses focus on football, gets...

Simon Goodwin is absolutely destroying whatever culture the Dees worked so hard to rebuild. I feel so sorry for their supporters. Goody, meanwhile, is a genuine POS. Long may he burn the best list in the comp.

And he's only two years younger than National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Wonder how Carlos is doing. If he was list manager we'd still be on 15 flags.

Three pieces of play that are getting nowhere near enough respect from the media, but literally won the game: (1) Just before the half-time siren, a stoppage on centre wing in what everyone assumes will be a run-down-the-clock type situation. Nick wins the clearance, buys space, assesses his...

This is such a glorious thread. Here are a few receipts I've kept over the last two very entertaining years on reddit, a rich mine of salty goodness. I think it's fair game to provide links, since they're all on reddit and not bigfooty, and most are archived posts that can no longer even be...

Oh I had forgotten that guy, deathriding coxy at every opportunity! Get in here seedsy, all is forgiven! You're gonna love it here on the Cox wagon. It's a big wagon. Plenty of seats for all. As for Big Mase himself - a few great contested clunks at crucial times, beat the ruckman who...

The fact that it's hurting Zorko SO much - coupled with the fact it was his 250th and he was soft, fumbly, had zero offensive impact, and roosted two crucial uncontested passes out on the full - is making this even more enjoyable. He also single-handedly cost them the final against the Bullies...

I think it's last quarter recency bias there, Pendles was huge after he kicked his goal late in the third. But you're right, Mitchell and Crisp were absolutely ******* enormous.

The Port game was absolutely the softest game all finals, the power were just totally cooked. And even then they hung with them for almost three quarters. And Ollie Lord, who is approximately 7 years old, imposed himself on the game and kicked four goals on Andrews. The Blues were brave, but...

He's a physical beast and great stopper but can be clumsy and panicked with ball in hand, especially if he's lacking touch coming back off an injury layoff. I think the Pies would love him to play, and for that reason I can't see Brisbane being crazy enough to select him.

Those midfields of Voss/Black/Akermanis/Scott and Bartel/Ling/Selwood/Corey were significantly more physical than Neale (gun, but a midget) / Zorko (midget, and a dog campaigner) / Dunkley (gun, but not a brute) / Berry (tough, but not massive). Meanwhile none of De Goey, Crisp, Mitchell, McCreery...

This is genuinely one of the best pieces of analysis I've seen which explains our late season form. Great work. You'd hope you wouldn't see that kind of differential in a Grand Final. Now we just have to pray that those low numbers were motivation-based or training-load-based, and not some sort...

The fact they're using the JDG "holding the ball" when he legally disposed of the ball as he was tackled, plus the Greene "high" when he dropped at the knees so much that his patellar was literally touching the ground, as the two shining examples of biased umpiring speaks volumes about how hard...

Interestingly, last year's game against Brisbane at the Gabba was probably Kreuger's best outing. In an absolutely makeshift forward setup (we were hilariously injured) he was the focal point and kicked 2.2, set up a couple more, clunked his marks against Andrews, tackled really hard, and even...