R1 – Melbourne v GWS – The Mongrel Review
It’s been a bit unclear what we can expect from Melbourne this year. Some have predicted them to bounce back ...
Opening Round – GWS v Collingwood – The Big Questions
There are so many questions leaping out of the GWS win over Collingwood to commence their 2025 AFL seasons. Questions ...
Hitting Snooze on Nick Daicos – Can A Giant Tagger Do The Job?
Whilst the Magpies have one of the oldest teams on record to start the 2025 AFL Season, there is a ...
AAMI Series – Carlton v GWS. Positives and Negatives
A meeting between two potential contenders in the 2025 AAMI Series managed to capture my attention in the lad up ...
Best 23 and List Analysis – The Big Big Sound
PART NINE: THE NUMBER ONE CONTENDER We have finally arrived at what I believe are the two best teams. We’ve ...
Sydney v GWS Match Sim Talking Points
The lightrail running past in the background, kids on a school excursion along the fence… it was a nice setting ...
The Big Questions – 2025 GWS Season Preview
There is no other team in the league that has a sense of inevitability quite like GWS. I just always ...
The Stringer Gamble
When I started working on this article, Mrs Mongrel asked me what I was writing about. "Your mate," I responded ...
Playing Both Sides – Stringer, Baker, Graham, Daniel
There are always big issues in footy, even in the off-season. After a pretty average trade period until the last ...
2025 Trade Period Losers
Let’s be honest - no one really wins Trade Period. Not right away, anyway. You can lose it, though - ...
