Heading into this one, the Blues were a mathematical chance of making the eight. You know you’re in trouble when that phrase starts being trotted out,...
There were a lot of storylines coming into the game between Carlton and Adelaide. The Blues had been under significant scrutiny in recent times. Losing their la...
The team can’t travel.
The team has too many injuries.
The team can’t finish teams off and don’t score in the last quarter.
We had them all trotted out...
It’s getting tighter at the top, as the big defenders start to make their moves and reel the leaders in.
The Mongrel’s 2021 Defensive Player of the Year Awar...
This was the first game circled on my Round Nine calendar. Despite the disparity in ladder positions, there were so many storylines to unfold in this contest.
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A big round for the contest killers sees a bit of a shuffle in the top ten, and an old favourite return to form.
The Mongrel’s Round Seven Defensive Player o...
With Essendon coming off a big Anzac day game and the Blues coming into some decent, whole-team contribution, the lead up to the game promised that th...
Another week of action-packed football has come and gone. Some players shone, whereas others failed to fire. Let's take a look at last week then get i...
Some wrote the Pies off. Others prophesised that the arrival of the Blues was imminent. People have been doing both for years, and people have been let down, ti...
