A Battle Within The Battle
Whilst the focus remains on the war for the flag, the battle for the Gary Ayres Medal is an intriguing little subplot, even if the Coaches Association did all they could to make as plain as could be.
HB Meyers
The Mongrel’s Brownlow Teaser
It’s Brownlow night, and whilst Tom Mitchell is the raging favourite, there is another, with history, who finished the season like a rocket.
PF West Coast v Melbourne – The Good, Bad and Ugly
The Melbourne dream is over, and the West Coast nightmare commenced at the first bounce. The Eagles smashed the Demons in the Prelim and moved into the Grand Final.
Here’s the Mongrel’s good, bad and ugly
PF Collingwood v Richmond – The Good, Bad and Ugly
The Kings are dead! Long live the would-be Kings. The Pies knocked over the Tigers to blow the premiership race wiiiiiide open.
Here’s The Mongrel’s good, bad and ugly
PF Richmond v Collingwood Talking Points
Oh man… time is ticking down and The Mongrel is getting excited. It’s Prelim Time!
Here’s the Talking Points of Richmond v Collingwood in the lead up.
End of an Era – Sam Newman Retires from the Footy Show?
Love him or hate him, Sam Newman is a powerful voice in football. His retirement from The Footy Show will have a lot of his detractors smiling, but this won’t be the end of him.
The Mongrel takes a look at this polarizing figure and how, even without the Footy Show, he remains relevant.
Back to Back, or a Footy Footnote?
The Tigers are rampaging favourites to beat the Pies, and win the flag the following week.
But there’s been other teams who’ve been highly fancied and fell over when it counted.
West Coast Reality Check – End of the “Fairy Tale”
There are four teams left in the premiership race, but in Melbourne, you may not know it.
Rich Anderson looks at the West Coast Eagles, and their bid to end the Demon Fairy Tale.
SF Collingwood v GWS – The Good, Bad and Ugly
The Magpies ended the Giant resurgence and moved into a Prelim Final against the reigning premiers.
Here’s The Mongrel’s good, bad and ugly.
SF Melbourne v Hawthorn – The Good, Bad and Ugly
The Dees claimed their third top eight scalp in three games, knocking over Hawthorn and ending their year. Now they’re in the Final Four.
Here’s The Mongrel’s good, bad and ugly