AFL Round 10 – West Coast v Richmond: Eagles go APE

Peter B sees no obvious sign of life in the Eagles coaching box and tries to work out who the Tiger no-names are.

AFL Round 10 – Brisbane v Collingwood (Floreat Pica): No Cloke but Pies stick dagger into Lions

Andrew McNamara saw glimpses of Buckley’s Brigade, his team of the future and his game plan on Friday night.

Thoughts from the Eagles-Tigers

Not much love for the Eagles here, but some guttural outpourings for the Tigers.

AFL Round 10 – Adelaide v Fremantle: Last drinks in the mangroves

Michael Sexton writes about his first hand experience of Adelaide v Fremantle’s drizzly affair and Brenton Sanderson’s struggle to reinvent his forward line without the always reliable Walker and Tippett. And reflects on the final days at Footy Park.

The Stand is dead, long live the Stand

Watching Kardinia Park take centre stage on Saturday night, Stephen Cooke’s thoughts turn to the past – and Kent Kingsley.

AFL Round 10 – Melbourne v Hawthorn: Hawks untroubled by the bald and the dutiful

Aussie80s went to the MCG concerned for Hawthorn’s form against bald players but on this sunny winter’s day he had nothing to worry about. Unlike Mark Neeld.

AFL Round 10 – Collingwood v Brisbane: Dr Seuss and the big storm

There was a game on Friday night but David Wilson (aka e.regnans) had bigger fish to fry: A thought-provoking week; a brilliant community book launch; a crackerjack storm. Dr Seuss was right.

AFL Round 10 – North Melbourne v St. Kilda: The very best things

The Saints were out of the game at the end of the first quarter. So there was no expectation or suspense. It just was, writes Yvette Wroby. (Being Yvette, there were plenty of positives to take out of the night.)

AFL Round 10 – Melbourne v Hawthorn: Neelding change – urgently

Exactly one year ago to the day, Melbourne pulled off a stirring victory against Essendon. It’s been a long, long year, writes Dees fan Michael Thompson.

AFL Round 10 – Sydney v Essendon: Delivering the Goodes

A nervous Tom Bally forecast a close game with The Enemy on a ground increasingly unsuited to Sydney’s style of play. He now predicts a coaching career isn’t on the cards for him anytime soon.

AFL Round 10 – Adelaide v Fremantle: Kensington Road runs straight for a while before turning

This game wasn’t about “the four points” for Fremantle fans like Neil Belford, it was about revenge, cold and simple.

AFL Round 10 – Sydney v Essendon: Sydney strong, Goodes good.

The upsetting week in footy prompts Rod Oaten to remember one of the VFL’s earliest Aboriginal players as he watches the Swans do battle with his Dons in rainy Tinsel Town.

AFL Round 10 – Carlton v GWS Giants: Bring on the thrashing

Damian Watson was asked whether he didn’t have anything better to do when entering Etihad to watch the Blues and Giants. He figures he endured enough 100+ point drubbings throughout his team’s ‘salary-cap punishment years’ to enjoy basking in a one-sided victory.

AFL Round 10 Preview

JTH has a look at Round 10.

AFL Round 10 Preview: Wilburrrrr

Sal Ciardulli took a look this week at which clubs (not including the new teams) are playing the most kids with 50 games or less. After Melbourne and the Dogs comes…Hawthorn. Worryingly for Richmond fans, they are fielding less new players than all but Sydney.