Hindsight is a wonderful thing. If Stuart Dew could go back and change things at the Gold Coast eight years ago, what strings would he pull?

The Mongrel takes a look at the options he’d have, and what the Suns could now look like.

Shane Mumford’s recent video exploits have been dealt with by the Giants, but the 12 Swans who self-reported in 2012 may have gotten away with it.

Tom Basso looks back at a premiership side with over half the players self-reporting after the Grand Final.

Time Magazine has their Person of the Year Award. The Mongrel goes one better.

Tom Basso presents the Football Person of the Year award

Like it or not, Donald Trump has shaken the US political system to its core.

And in Australia, could Gil McLachlan be doing a little of the same in the AFL?

We’re still months and months away. The Grand Final and the Eagles’ win are still quite fresh, but the 2019 season looms large on the horizon.

And the Mongrel is already thinking about what he’d like to see next season.

As much improvement comes from within the club’s ranks as it does from drafting, trading and recruiting.

The Mongrel takes a look at the players from your club who should take the next step in 2019.

It’s difficult to believe that Daniel Menzel is not in the top 800 players in the land, but he finds himself without an AFL home.

Does he fit with your club? Matt Oman explores the possibilities.

With the Northern Territory dipping its toe in the AFL-license waters, could this be both a threat and and an opportunity for a Tasmanian team?

Tom Basso explores the likelihood of a NT team in the big league.

2018 was a disaster for the Adelaide Football Club, but if you choose to write this team off…

… you do so at your own peril.

The recent recruiting from the Essendon Football Club indicates that any troubles the club experienced are well and truly gone.

As much as it pains me to say it, the Bombers are powerful AFL force one again.

Whilst many look at the rise of the Collingwood Football Club in 2018 as a miraculous recovery, there are reasons they were able to turn it all around.

And as Robert Abrahams explains, many of them begin with their previously maligned coach.

Trade week is done, and trade week has been won.

Jared Smith takes a look at the best and worst performers of the 2018 trade/free agency period.

As everyone buzzes with excitement over trade week, it is the improvement from within that will shape the Western Bulldogs’ 2019 season.

And that improvement begins with Marcus Bontempelli.

Without a top 18 pick in ten years, the Hawks should be a spent force.

But here they are again, up to their eyeballs in trade week.

Carlton have endured years of mediocrity and ridicule, but the worm appears to be turning.

Midway through the 2018 trade period, the Blues up and about. Robert Abrahams believes there is a few very good reasons for this.

With the game getting faster and more attacking, is it time Ross Lyon left his ultra-defensive gameplan behind.

Or is it time for the Dockers to leave Ross behind?

They missed their deadline, they scared the hell out of supporters, but in the end… they didn’t do a bad job.

Tom Basso has a look at the nine rule changes for 2019.

With a new Mongrel leaning towards letting Kelly go home, this old Mongrel is leaning the other way.

The West Coast Eagles should pay a fair price. There’s no free hit in the footy business.

As West Coast and Geelong publicly bicker about the potential move of Tim Kelly, Rob Abrahams reminds us that there is a person involved in all this. And a family.

It’s been less than two weeks since the season wound up, but Gab Rossi is having withdrawals already. Aren’t we all?

Here’s the ten things the 2018 season taught him.

After a perfectly acceptable mixed response to his first five changes to the AFL in 2019, Paul Farina returns with his second bunch.

With Tom Lynch set to wear the yellow and black in 2019, there will be several who aren’t.

Is the addition of Lynch enough to counter the departure of several role players?

There were 22 players on the field as the West Coast Eagles defeated the Magpies to claim their fourth premiership.

But as with all flags, it is the sacrifice of many that makes it all possible.

The Kangaroos have opened the famous “warchest”.

As the money flows out, The Mongrel wonders whether they’re investing wisely, or whether this box more resembles Pandora’s Box?

With sporting codes fighting for your viewership, every last person counts.

With that in mind, isn’t it about time the AFL and NRL put their heads together instead of sticking them in the sand?

If there was ever a tale of two halves, it was the performance of Mason Cox in the 2018 Grand Final.

With news outlets in the USA taking notice of the big man down under, what is next for the Collingwood giant?

Ever wondered what our game looks like to someone who has never watched it?

Forget the stupid reaction videos on youtube, Mrs Mongrel watched the Eagles beat the Pies, and recorded her thoughts.

With the 2018 Grand Final being hailed as a classic, our minds drift to 2019 and what might be.

Tom Basso has a look at the game as it is, and if change is at all warranted?

Jeremy McGovern is an intercept marking beast, and in the Grand Final, he was at his best again.

The Mongrel takes a look at one of the best defenders of the modern age, and what’s next for him.