Football Person of the Year 2018
Time Magazine has their Person of the Year Award. The Mongrel goes one better.
Tom Basso presents the Football Person of the Year award
Andrew Gaff
War Chest or Pandora’s Box? North Melbourne make their moves.
The Kangaroos have opened the famous “warchest”.
As the money flows out, The Mongrel wonders whether they’re investing wisely, or whether this box more resembles Pandora’s Box?
Cat-astrophe? Are Geelong set to slide in 2019?
So much was expected of Geelong, and they delivered so little.
With the Cats bundled out of the finals and their midfield starting to age, will they still be a force in 2019, or will the rebuild finally happen?
Guilty of Intent – The AFL needs to get serious on punching
The AFL continues to punish the result and not the intent.
Paul Farina writes that if the AFL is serious, they need to start punishing the act, and not the outcome of punching.
More Questions than Answers – The Fallout of the Gaff Hit
With Andrew Gaff’s eight game suspension, a lot of questions were answered, but a few more were asked.
Matt Oman has a look at the fallout from the Gaff-Brayshaw incident, and tries to answer some of the emerging questions.
The next stage of Andrew Gaff
The tribunal hearing may be over and the suspension handed down, but the news concerning Andrew Gaff is just getting started.
Where will he be playing in 2019?
West Coast v Fremantle – The Good, Bad and Ugly
In a game overshadowed by a random act of violence, the Eagles were far too good for the Dockers, winning by 58 points.
Here’s the Mongrel’s good, bad and ugly
West Coast v Collingwood – The Good, Bad and Ugly
The West Coast Eagles staked their claim on a top two position with a convincing win on the road against Collingwood.
Here’s The Mongrel’s good, bad and ugly
The Mongrel’s Rolling All-Australian Team. After Round 15
The byes have been and gone and the Mongrel’s All-Australian team rolls on and on. That was poetry… hope you appreciated it.
Adelaide v West Coast – The Good, Bad and Ugly
It took until three quarter time, but a sleeping giant finally stirred at Adelaide Oval, as the Crows \ran over the top of the Eagles to win by 10 points.
Here’s the Mongrel’s good, bad and ugly