An Ode to Tom Mitchell, Ovoid Understander Matt Parnell·October 20, 2025 Something that’s always felt sacred to the AFL is its acceptance of randomness. The centre bounce (RIP)...AFL Season 2026·1 Comment·0
R7 – Hawthorn v West Coast – The Mongrel Review Matt Parnell·April 27, 2025 It’s difficult to watch this West Coast Eagles team and come up with cool and insightful things...AFL Season 2025·0 Comments·0
R3 – Hawthorn v GWS – The Mongrel Review Matt Parnell·March 30, 2025A Moment For The Wind For better or for worse, the wind was the protagonist of last night’s...AFL Season 2025·0 Comments·0
R22 – St Kilda v Richmond – The Mongrel Review Matt Parnell·August 12, 2024There’s a certain air around games like these. Late in the season, dead rubbers between teams who were...AFL Season 2024·0 Comments·0
R17 – Port Adelaide v Western Bulldogs – The Mongrel Review Matt Parnell·July 7, 2024 Although this is all happening after the fact, it’s worth thinking about who these teams have been...AFL Season 2024·0 Comments·0
R7 – Sydney v Hawthorn – The Mongrel Review Matt Parnell·April 29, 2024How do you fix this? I don’t want to spend much time actually summarising the match, because I’m...AFL Season 2024·5 Comments·0
West Coast v Western Bulldogs – The Mongrel Review Matt Parnell·August 21, 2023Sometimes you’ve gotta sleep on a game and come back to it cold to reflect on exactly why...Uncategorized·1 Comment·0
The Non-West Coast Coleman Matt Parnell·July 24, 2023Trying this again after a small error with numbers last time… oops. 😀 The Coleman Medal’s top...AFL Season 2023·1 Comment·0
GWS v Gold Coast – The Mongrel Review Matt Parnell·July 24, 2023Beyond The Headlines It feels like this is a pretty straightforward game to review. GWS played largely the...AFL Season 2023·0 Comments·0
St Kilda v GWS – The Mongrel Review Matt Parnell·May 22, 2023The Saints had not been Road Warriors to this point of the 2023 season. Not due to dire...AFL Season 2023·6 Comments·0
