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Form and history say we should win this in a canter. Essendon are our bunnies. We are even coming off a game last week that we should have won against far better opposition than Essendon. The boys should be fired up. Our injury list is short. So why am I nervous? I guess it's just part of...

Get ready for Pieman Season 13! Welcome to Pieman 13. Or welcome back if you've been here before. For seasoned veterans there is good news - there are no rule changes for 2024! For those who have never played before it's pretty simple: You pick 5 Western Bulldogs players each week. You get...

Well, we were hopeless prognosticators in 2023. Or maybe we got our tips right but the club just let us down. Anyway here's your chance to restore your reputation as a Footy Nostradamus. Just copy the table and post your predictions here. Or simply reply to the OP. This thread will be...

Here, with the help of Sentinel is our 2024 Men's playing list. It's not really intended as a discussion thread (we have one of those already) just a ready reference for anyone wanting facts and figures relating to the playing list. If you want more information added to the spreadsheet...

National Draft starts at 7pm tonight. Get a full esky and get comfy. It's only the first round but it might take a few hours if the AFL has got anything to do with it. So we might as well have our own game day thread. For those who want to follow on the main board there's also the thread...

Here we go with the annual trade/draft fact file. I've pretty much copied the OP from last year so it's the same deal ... There's so much chat going on in the Trades and Draft 2023 threads that it's impossible to keep up. Hundreds of posts a day. So this is for the benefit of those like me who...

Round 23. This always used to be the final round but thanks to AFL marketing (Gather Round) we have another game to endure next week. And it's at Kat Park. Thanks, AFL. It's starting to feel like this mostly joyless season is already too long. So what is par today against the weakest West...

Game Day. Rd 22. York Park Launceston. Hawthorn are no pushover especially at York Park/UTAS where they have played 77 times for 56 wins and 1 draw. Only 20 losses. We've played them there six times and only won twice - in 2008 and in Rd 23 last year. Win this and we're almost guaranteed...

Is anyone interested in a quick Ashes comp - played along the lines of the Pieman? I know it's not footy but it'll probably dominate the sports headlines for the next 6 weeks as much as the footy will. So we might as well, eh? Rules: For each test, pick 4 players from the Australian team and...

It was a struggle but we got there. We're in the eight! (for tonight at least)

Walking home from watching the Port Adelaide game at the pub tonight, I had time to reflect. I felt our problem was our lack of depth and it wasn't the "bottom six" problem that we always talk about. It was the rank and file solid contributors who are picked every week. We should have more of...

All time record: Port 19 WB 16 12.4 mm rain so far this morning Never mind all that Gather Round BS, let’s win this for Libba’s 200th!

No, this is not a "sack Bevo" thread. His departure is surely a given. What I want to know is which aspiring coaches comprise the new breed? Who are our best options? We need someone to (a) restore belief among the players (b) restore a decent game plan (c) anticipate the way the game is...

Well let’s look on the bright side. Harley Reid will be a great addition to our squad.

Season 12 of the Pieman is upon us! There is only one rule change for 2023. Following a healthy off-season debate about champs and chumps the bonus for selecting five different players who all score at least one goal (a feat henceforth called a "chump") will increase from a flat 20 points to...

OK all you aspiring Nostradamusses, here we go with predictions for another season. Copy the table and make your predictions. You can edit your choices any number of times before the season starts. The thread will be locked just before the season kicks off, on 18 March. So you've got a...

Everybody's going with a pre-season thread so why not the Pieman? It's January so my thoughts have turned to setting up for season 12. As discussed last year the format and rules seem to be in pretty good shape so there's probably not much tweakage required. However I thought I'd let you know...

Here's a tidbit for those who can't get enough BF in the off-season. (Floridog ) Who is your most admired player at each club? It could be because of his playing style, flashes of watchable brilliance, fair conduct, the way he conducts himself away from footy ... or whatever. And who is the...

Might as well start this thread now. What prompted me to think about it was going to renew my membership online today and finding that the club (or ticketmaster) had already processed my payment, even without my authorisation. I certainly can't remember signing up for auto-renewal so I was...

Here we go with the annual trade/draft fact file. There's so much chat going on in the Trades and Draft 2022 threads that it's impossible to keep up. So this is for the benefit of those like me who only want the executive summary of what's actually been confirmed (no BF or media speculation...

Probably a snooze for Dogs fans this year. No real chances. But we might as well have a thread on it. Who’ll get the most votes for us? Bont again? I’m hoping Dunks does, so we can push for more in any trade deal (assuming he goes). Bleak prospect to be cheering for. And who’ll win it? Meh...

2023 starts now.

The AFL can't seem to help itself tinkering with the Laws of the game. Sometimes it's called for, often it's not. They have established a rules committee or rules officer and related functions that manage umpires. That's fine but when you established a position or a body to oversee the rules...

[Couldn't find a thread on this so I'm starting one. Mods please merge if one already exists.] Seems like a good idea to keep all our injury news and summaries in one place. Last night's injuries are yet to be officially classified (in orange) and with any luck Dunkley and Gardner may be OK...

A home game for us on Saturday 23rd April. Good chance for two on the trot. WHO'S NEWLY UNAVAILABLE? Waiting on news of Garcia's injury but it doesn't sound good. I'm not aware of any other new injuries. WHO'S RETURNING? Hannan perhaps? Not sure about Sweet. They'd be the only ones. WHO'S...

So where do we go from here? Nobody put their hand up in the VFL game today. Except maybe Crozier and Martin. Cordy should be available again. JJ, Bruce, McLean, Darcy, McComb, Hannan and maybe Sweet and Bedendo (?) are all injured. Maybe Vandermeer too. EDIT: Forgot Keath - he's injured...

We're back again for season 11 of the Pieman! There are no rule changes for 2022. I reckon it went pretty well in 2021. Multiple players could still win it going into the final game of the season and that's how you like it. In fact the eventual winner was back in third spot coming into the...

With the slightly earlier start to the season it's time to kick off the 2022 Time Capsule. Copy the table and make your predictions. You can edit your choices any number of times before the season starts. The thread will be locked just before the season kicks off with the Grand Final replay...

An ongoing discussion thread for AFLW. First question ... are all the girls back in action after the Covid/Iso episode last week?