AFL Round 2: Form? Don’t write anyone off just yet!

Fearless takes us around the country with his Round 2 round-up.

AFL Round :1 Fearless’ Review – Vale Dean Bailey. Now the six month roller coaster begins….

A look back a very long round 1 (includes possibly the first reference to Simpson’s Donkeys – sure to appear on tabloid back pages in the weeks to come)

Fearless 2014 Pre-season: “I am your father,” says Darth Mick.

Fearless looks fearlessly at where we’re at – as a footy competition and as a society.

AFL Grand Final: Fearless – Like Highlander, there can be only one!

Finally, the football club once synonymous with flaky was now a force. The Dockers’ faithful started the migratory patterns east towards the code’s September mecca, the MCG. Would it be the start of a Purple Reign? (Spoiler: No.)

Gary, it’s not that simple

Gary Ablett said his dad was better. End of story. Or is it?

AFL Finals Week 2: Bula!

Paul Thomson watches the finals from Fiji.

AFL Finals Week 1: Grouseness starts here

Finals: A special occasion for the provincial port towns and those that finish ninth.

AFL Round 23 – Fearless: X Files Round…cos the truth is out there…

Fearless gives his usual summary of a round that sees his Roos just miss out on the finals.

AFL Round 22 – Review: AAMI Stadium…an era’s end pt 1. The Oval beckons!

Salute to AAMI Stadium – from that electric night when the Crows took on the Reigning Premier, Hawthorn and flogged them to last weekend for the Crows and this weekend for Port, the time has come for Adelaide Oval to take centre stage for footy in South Australia.

AFL Round 21 – Review: Port has reserves under its nose

Didn’t Port get an AFL licence off the back of Port Adelaide Magpies winning 35 SANFL Premierships. Why do they not use them?

AFL Round 20 – Review: Meanwhile, there’s footy being played

It is worth noting some feelgood achievements that drift into the background, whilst the journos and footy public ponder the other issue. Did anybody realise the Tigers will play finals footy this year?

AFL Round 18 – Melbourne v North Melbourne: A funny thing happened

The final siren couldn’t come quickly enough for the Demon faithful when they played North. Hopefully the light at the end of the tunnel is nearing visibility for their fans, writes Paul Thomson.

AFL Round 18 – Review: Drugs, Borat and Homer Simpson

Stuart O’Grady gets it wrong; GWS meets Borat; and the Dogs take a scalp. It’s the week in review with Paul Thomson.

Wordplay

The Washington Post’s MENSA Invitational invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting or changing one letter and supplying a new definition. (Well worth a look – thanks Fearless.)

Should Shane Crawford be next Australian of the Year?

Hands up if you are losing your faith in sport and what it’s supposed to mean? Thank heavens for Shane Crawford, writes Paul Thomson.

AFL Round 15 – Review: The plot thickens just a bit more

If you think the Essendon matter is clear cut then think again…reasons abound as to why the resolution is still a month away.

AFL Round 14 – Review: Booing – why?

The Pharmacology College Cup, Magpies v Magpies and Sheedy goes basic: Paul Thomson suggests that the AFL face reality as he wraps up the week in football.

AFL Round 13 – Review: Priority pick? Tanks, but no tanks

Melbourne doesn’t need a priority pick, they need to look at Port Adelaide and how it turned things around in 4 months.

AFL Round 12 – Review: Role models, Warner and Gallen

Paul Thomson warns Warner he is in danger of becoming the court jester of Australian cricket, the joke that no one quite got.

AFL Round 10 – North Melbourne v St.Kilda: Boomer’s 350th

Paul Thomson’s plans to join a monastery after recent North Melbourne close encounters were placed on hold once free tickets on the wing were offered. (Not sure if he’s rethought his plans after last weekend – Ed.)