What Could Have Been… Goodes as a Hawk?
Adam Goodes at Hawthorn? If one club legend had his way, it could have been the case.
Player spotlight
Credit Where It’s Due – Fyfe’s Second Brownlow Commands Respect
Do the majority of the football public just not like Nat Fyfe? It kind of seems that way...
Not Lovin’ Mitch McGovern
The Blues are paying top dollar for Mitch McGovern, but he is delivering bargain basement performances.
The Mongrel takes a look at the Blues forward and where to next for him.
The Secret, Sinister Side of the Stephenson Saga
With the AFL hitting Jaidyn Stephenson with a ten week (and 12 weeks suspended) sentence, one has to wonder if the penalty should have been larger?
Tom Basso believes it should, particularly given the nature of one bet in particular.
North Farewells Brad Scott With A Win – The Mongrel Wrap
In one of the most bizarre afternoons of football in terms of build up, North Melbourne knocked over the Western Bulldogs to give Brad Scott a nice segue out of coaching.
Cam Read has your Mongrel Wrap right here
Patrick Cripps v Matt De Boer – The Battle Within The Battle
The Mongrel is a big fan of the battle within a battle, and this week is a ripper.
Patrick Cripps will have the attention of Matt de Boer, and it should be a belter!
Pearce de Résistance
The Mongrel team may have left Alex Pearce out of their rolling All-Australian team, but his stellar 2019 has not been missed by Matthew Passmore.
In his debut Mongrel article, Matthew looks at the Freo full back’s journey to 50 AFL games.
Time For Brad Scott To Deliver – Or Else!
Brad Scott is celebrating his tenth year as North Melbourne coach.
That’s a long time without genuine success
No Rance – No Tigers? Or Is It Something Else?
Many cried “season over” for the Tigers when Alex Rance went down injured.
But there were other factors that contributed heavily to their Round Two loss to the Pies. Paddy Grindlay lays them out.
Concussion – McCartin’s battle belongs to the game
As Paddy McCartin sits on the sidelines, recovering from yet another concussion, Tom Basso looks at the issue about to become even bigger.
A class action is set to launch, and it’s going to cost plenty, as if it hasn’t cost enough already.