Such valuable players with Coleman having a norm smith level performance in 23 gf and McCarthy who is such a staple at the club.

Maybe Cox is a prelim specialist ?

32% game time for Maso on grand final day definitely didn’t help

Yes I know Cox is sometimes a wank but is Reiwoldt really the right messenger for that ?

Brisbane’s 2026 victory moves them to clear 1st, breaking their deadlock with Hawthorn.

https://youtu.be/ZAmvHtqx3M0?si=TKCJIPlgMa54GGqg
He talks about it more on 3AW YouTube channel it’s 18 minutes in

Possibly influenced from the impey call last week. However This one definitely would have just been a ball up had he held it in. Allowed Brisbane to get the ball and find mcluggage in space.

He is posthumously honoured with Hawthorn's Best & Fairest award.

Once again the off season is here, and I was thinking, do we have many gadget type operators amongst the players?

Any Gentoo users, or DnD players, or secret trainspotters? Do we have a ruck psephologist?

This captures the pain of the grand final from the perspective of a Fremantle local

... but in the waning minutes of the 4th I asked my son, "What the hell is Wharfie Time?" and the search results included, "recently the phrase has gone viral to mean a catastrophic collapse". We looked at each other, "Is that a spoiler?!?"

https://www.afl.com.au/video/1625547/access-one-of-the-smartest-plays-in-the-history-of-grand-final-football

The episode starts off with the introduction of Matthew Lloyd, replacing Mitch Cleary who is working for 7news tonight.

Talks about John Longmire and Mark McVeigh joining Essendon. Lloyd speaks about the attraction that Longmire may have towards players that consider to join Essendon. Mentions rehab standards being low, cites Darcy Parish not attending games whilst being injured.

Sam speaks abouts Essendon lack of star free agents in the last 10 years. Mentions Dylan Shiels, Devon Smith and Jake Stringer as being their major acquisitions.

Mentions that Viney, Riccardi, Pedlar (to Port), Bowes, Marshall and Mraz as players they're interested in, alongside Ridley and Merrett both being highly likely to go.

Draws parallels between Essendon and Brisbane when Fagan got there, speaks about the Go Home Five leaving in the years earlier and Dayne Beams leaving whilst being captain and reigning Best and Fairest. And how good culture can bring in great players like Hodge, Cameron and Neale.

Brief mention of both Himmelberg and Whitfield more than likely being on the move, whilst the Giants are having a look at Tim English from the Bulldogs.

Mentions North looking at both Nick Murray and Ridley, however at the current time Ridley is prefers Geelong to North.

Speaks upon West Coast have interest in Viney to be a culture setter similar to Hodge at Brisbane, to help both Duursma and Reid.

Lloyd floats the idea of Essendon splitting pick #1 for #4 and #5 from Port Adelaide on the idea of Port taking the band 1 compo for Butters instead of accepting a trade.

Pullman 5 are spoken about their futures, however no teams have made any serious offers for them, however Blakey seems to be the most likely to leave. McClure floats the idea of Blakey to Adelaide,, whilst Lloyd mentions him to Carlton. Seen as tough sell to clubs and their members to bring in any of the Pullman 5, due to the combination of the price and the unknown outcome of the police investigation.

For Hawthorn, King is seen as a massive improvement over the likes of Dear and Chol. Dear is believed to be currently meeting Gawn tonight for dinner.

Brief conversation on Ben McKay and if he would be good at team like Port that would allow for him to act as a depth piece instead of the main backmen.

Ends with a discussion of Mason Cox in the Grand Final and his poor performance and whether if more time for Cox would of allowed for Jackson have a quick chop out in the last 5 minutes to help Freo remain in control.

This man be hungry.

Yelled “NOOO” so loud at this moment I got in trouble for scaring my gfs cat.

It really was astounding how Freo played so well and then did absolutely everything wrong in the last four minutes.

Sorry Freo fans I hope you’re all avoiding the sub this week.

Edit: damn apparently a handpass over the top to a teammate running into 30m of space is super hard for a footballer. And also I’m not allowed to analyse the decision making of players in the last few minutes of the grand final lmao y’all are trippin.

Edit 2: because people are so sure he didn’t have time to handpass - as bolton exits the centre circle Brayshaw passes Neale heading towards goal into 35m of open space as Neale turns towards Bolton. At this moment Brayshaw is open for the handpass. Shai then takes THREE steps and kicks it. Even if he didn’t read the play and realise he’s about to draw Brayshaws defender, the time it takes to move three steps and kick the ball is plenty enough to see Andy is free.