AFL Round 14 – Geelong v Fremantle: Freo will never win the flag – ever (a considered review)

Stephen Cooke takes a swig of the scotch and assesses Fremantle’s premiership prospects.

Good name…Viv. For a debutant.

Richo likes his name: Viv. He comes from the Fitzroy juniors. He made his debut for Freo on Saturday night. Why do we like debutants and their debuts, asks Kyle Forward?

Fevvy and all the fun of the circus

Quarter time and the punters were everywhere, texting, tweeting, phoning, filming admiring. A kid about 6 years old, burrowed in close to Fevvy in the huddle, stared up at him like he was Santa Claus and said, “Have you got 7?” Fev goes to the home of the arts, and this is the story.

O Coach, My Leader

With much discussion about finding the “right” coach for Melbourne, David Wilson asks: What actually is the job of a coach?

AFL Round 14 – West Coast v Essendon: Déjà Vu

Jobe Watson’s display against West Coast reminded Sam of a brilliant Hird performance against the same team after a similar week in the spotlight.

Girl Power at the G

Footy has come a long way since Cheryl Critchley was in grade six and girls were banned from a school footy clinic. On Sunday she stood on the MCG as coach of the girls’ Auskick team playing at half time in the Richmond-St.Kilda game.

AFL Round 14 – North Melbourne v GWS Giants: An advertisement for rugby union

If there was ever an event to feed Andrew Demetriou’s pathological fear of the “other codes”, then the weekend’s Etihad Stadium double-header was it.

AFL Round 14 – The Wrap: The Steady As She Goes round

The Wrap believes some of the more cynical Students of The Game may have drawn the conclusion that there’s a fair amount of stage management in this whole Peptide Scandal. Still, it sells newspapers, and isn’t that the point?

Crio’s Question: Does size really matter?

Crowd attendances are down in the AFL and most other sports around the world, but does it matter?

AFL Round 14 – Port Adelaide v Collingwood: PORT (Pretender Or Real Threat?) answer smacks Pies in the face

Travelling to Adelaide to watch Port seemed like a pleasant idea at the start of the year. As Steve Fahey took his seat at Football Park, he wondered – is Collingwood a contender or pretender?

Fortune favours the braver Wallabies

Australia’s momentous victory on Saturday night was a triumph of ambition over execution.

AFL Round 14 – Richmond v St.Kilda: Season’s turn

“Ahh the ‘G. It’s good to see thee!” That statement is difficult to make without becoming a victim to its connotations. Immediately there’s a suspicion that I’m about to leap into an old-timers lament about suburban footy venues and two o’clock Saturday starts.

AFL Round 12 – Richmond v Adelaide: ‘One of them days’

Richo used to be Richmond’s identity. These days it’s more of a collective thing.

AFL Round 14 – North Melbourne v GWS Giants: Defence leads the way

Matthew Naqvi had no real cause for his Kanga-nerves.

AFL Round 14 – Port Adelaide v Collingwood: Staring into the fire

For the first time this season, Luke Reynolds thinks the Pies can’t win the flag.

AFL Round 14 – Richmond v St Kilda: Just Your Average 10-Goal Tiger Win

Tigers fans calmly watching their players perform well; Richmond winning the games they should; a style that seems sustainable – it seems footy as we had known it has changed forever.

When too many rule changes are never enough

Paul Bain has compiled a list of rule changes after great thought. (We wait to see them summarily dismissed by Kevin Bartlett on his radio show this morning.)

AFL Round 14 – Sydney v Carlton: Raining Premiers

There was a different kind of flooding in effect at the SCG on Friday night. Sydney and Kurt Tippett’s form made the sodden trip worthwhile for Tom Bally.

AFL Round 14 – Port Adelaide v Collingwood: See you in September

Last week’s win over Sydney wasn’t a fluke, writes Siobhan Calafiore, and their recent drafting means the future is even brighter.

AFL Round 14 – West Coast v Essendon: Maintaining the rage

It has been a naufragous week for Peter Baulderstone, and an Annus Naufragous for his West Coast Eagles.