A Very Mongrel Xmas – The Gifts Your Club Needs
After missing the Xmas boat in 2017, The Mongrel is going early in 2018.
Here’s the gifts he’s bestowing upon your team.
HB Meyers
Is it time for Lance Franklin to become a true Stay-At-Home Forward?
News of Lance Franklin missing the start of pre-season has Swans fans groaning.
But Franklin playing a different game-style could be just what the doctor ordered.
Fighting Father Time – The lure of one more year
The desire to play just one more year is a powerful one, and it is one that can lead to glory or disaster.
The Mongrel takes a look at some of the players who may have made a different decision if they had their time over again.
With the benefit of Hindsight – Redrafting the Suns.
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.
Ten things to look forward to in Season 2019
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.
The Next Step – Who takes it in 2019?
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.
Beware the Wounded Crow.
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.
On and Off-field… the Bombers are Back!
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.
As Goes Bont, So Go The Dogs in 2019
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.
Not Dead Yet – Hawthorn Emerges as a Trade Week Player… AGAIN
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.