March 15, 2010

Could the Blues already have a replacement for Fev in the wings?

Was listening to the new breakfast show on MMM (radio station) via there podcast from last week. It was a show just after the Fev brownlow incident but before Carlton announced they were willing to trade Fev. Although they had a couple of interviews with Fev, the interview that made me think wasn’t with Fev, [...]

AFL NAB Draft 2009 – Round 5

64. Melbourne – Rohan Bail
65. Carlton – Rhys O’Keefe
66. Port Adelaide – Glenn Dawson
67. Essendon – Tyson Slattery
68. Fremantle – Tim Ruffles
69. Brisbane – Bart McCulloch
70. Richmond -  PASS
71. North Melbourne -  Warren Benjamin
72. Adelaide – William Young
73. Collingwood – Leigh Brown
74. St Kilda – Paul Cahill
75. Hawthorn – Shane Savage

AFL NAB Draft 2009 – Round 4

51. Melbourne – Neville Jetta
52. West Coast – Jordan Jones
53. Fremantle – Michael Walters
54. Port Adelaide – Jarrad Redden
55. Essendon – Michael Still
56. Fremantle – Benjamin Bucovaz
57. Brisbane – Aaron Cornelius
58. Richmond – Thomas Hislop
59. Noth Melbourne – Nathan O’Keefe
60. Adelaide – Thomas Lee
61. Sydney – Campbell Heath
62. Saints – Alistair Smith
63. Hawthorn – Luke [...]

AFL NAB Draft 2009 – Round 3

(2009/2010 Draft picks available here)
35. Melbourne – Jamie Bennell
36. West Coast – Ashley Smith
37. Fremantle – Zachary Clarke
38. Port Adelaide – Matthew Broadbent
39. Geelong – Steven Motlop
40. Carlton – Mitch Robinson
41. Brisbane – Todd Banfield
42. Port Adelaide – Mitchell Banner
43. North Melbourne – Liam Anthony
44. Adelaide – Rory Sloane
45. Collingwood – Jarrad Blight
46. Collingwood – [...]

AFL NAB Draft 2009 – Round 2

(2009/2010 Draft picks available here)
19. Melbourne – James Strauss
20. West Coast – Tom Swift
21. Fremantle – Hayden Ballantyne
22. Port Adelaide – Jackson Trengove
23. Essendon – David Zaharakis
24. Fremantle – Nicholas Suban
25. Brisbane – Jack Redden
26. Tigers – Jaydyn Post
27. North Melbourne – Samuel Wright
28. Adelaide – Shaun McKernan
29. Collingwood – Dayne Beams
30. Sydney – Daniel [...]

AFL Draft 2009 – Priorit Picks

(IF you are after the list of current Draft Picks for the upcoming 2009/10 National Draft, you can find it here)
(2009/2010 Draft picks available here)
17. Melbourne – Sam Blease
18. West Coast – Luke Shuey

AFL Draft 2009 – First Round

Melbourne – Jack Watts
West Coast – Nicholas Naitanui
Fremantle – Stephen Hill
Port Adelaide – Hamish Hartlett
Essendon – Michael Hurley
Cartlon – Christopher Yarran
Brisbane – Daniel Rich
Richmond – Tyrone Vickery
North Melbourne – Jack Ziebell
Adelaide – Phil Davis
Collingwood – Steele Sidebottom
Sydney – Lewis Johnston
Saints – Tom Lynch
Western Bulldogs – Ayce Cordy
Geelong – Mitchell Brown
Hawthorn – Ryan Schoenmakers

Since when do we trust Jurno’s before Jeff.

Jeff Kennett has found himself in the middle of a dispute relating to comments he made on the Duty of Care of a country footy club. He was asked to mediate and issue between a club and a trainer that they sacked after it got out in public that the trainer was bi-sexual. Instead [...]

Buddy getting no love from the umps?

Mark Stevens has written an interest piece in the Herald Sun paper today about the discrepency of Frees For and Frees Against for the Coleman Medal leading, Lance “Buddy” Franklin but he doesn’t look at the reasons. This article tries to look at that and see if it is fair or foul

Sherman or Water – What is Tanking in the AFL?

Which is Tanking?

We are just over half way through the year and that means the new favorite sport of the AFL footy media and its fans turns from the game on the ground to the talk of tanking! Everyone loves to talk about tanking but what is tanking?