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Four Signs of a Successful Richmond Season in 2025

Four Signs of a Successful Richmond Season in 2025

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None of the signs will be wins. The Tigers head into the 2025 season with the least experienced list in the AFL and virtually no established AFL talent. After criticism of him being a "cheerleader" and lacking aura, Adem Yze has hit back. STORY 👉https://t.co/CSVueuadjo@LaurenHeraldSun pic.twitter.com/cV7zf64UQT— SuperFooty (AFL) (@superfooty) March 11, 2025 This year, we’re just hoping for the first season of a soon-to-be successful TV show. They usually start with unknowns and make them stars. A trio of Tiger debutants 👀 pic.twitter.com/cj5xftJawE— Richmond FC 🐯 (@Richmond_FC) March 10, 2025 Kieran Culkin wasn’t famous before Succession, now he’s an Oscar…
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Three small things from Opening Round.

Three small things from Opening Round.

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Footy is sort of back with Opening Round™️. With just two games played over the four days that the AFL has marked as its territory every weekend between now and September, I didn’t have an opinion long enough to warrant a full column on one of the clubs or some other bigger thought. I did have three smaller thoughts, though. 1. Opening Round was like Madame Web.   The AFL thinks it can control everything. To an extent, at least in its own fiefdom, it can. But even the AFL couldn’t give Cyclone Alfred the “AFL ticks off on” treatment…
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Can GWS be a Big Big Deal in 2025?

Can GWS be a Big Big Deal in 2025?

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Mac from It’s Always Sunny said it best: Science is a liar sometimes. Science was a liar last year about GWS. I saw the most talent rich team playing the most interesting footy in the AFL. They defended like they had the best defenders stationing Sam Taylor, Connor Idun, and Jack Buckley on islands so everyone else could run in a way that would make Coach Carter proud. When they moved the ball, their tsunami was scary and when they got the ball inside 50 they were as dangerous as anyone with Hogan, Greene, and Daniels. The Orange Tsunami 🌊…
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Port Adelaide and How to Succeed in Succession Planning

Port Adelaide and How to Succeed in Succession Planning

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On February 13th – a month before Port Adelaide’s season opener – the Power announced that 2025 would be their final year with Ken Hinkley at the helm, and Josh Carr would take over thereafter. Ken Hinkley has informed the club he will step aside at season’s end and hand over to Josh Carr as senior coach in 2026.📝 https://t.co/2Ej5SMdUSs pic.twitter.com/ii6Y2V97ca— Port Adelaide FC (@PAFC) February 11, 2025 With that announcement, Port Adelaide successfully did what Logan Roy never could – they worked out who was next with more clarity than a piece of paper of dubious legal value around…
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Carlton (and Vossy) have gotta learn some lessons.

Carlton (and Vossy) have gotta learn some lessons.

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I don’t know what’s wrong with Jared Leto. He was good in Panic Room as a normal person. Now he’s a method actor making life miserable for everyone—with middling results. Michael Voss is similarly intent on taking the path of most resistance to kick scores, even though Carlton is talent rich and could make minor tweaks to major effect. Carlton is slow, but as good as anyone through the midfield forward line. They have A+ talent like Cripps and Curnow, as well as stars like Walsh, De Koning, McKay and the ascending Elijah Hollands. Your 2024 Brownlow Medallist, Patrick Cripps…
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North Melbourne: It's Time.

North Melbourne: It's Time.

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Before landing the role as Tony Stark in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Robert Downey Jr. was talented but troubled, facing rehab and legal issues. He reminded us of his brilliance with Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, then became Iron Man. I hear he has an island now. It’s time for Alastair Clarkson to have his Kiss Kiss Bang Bang season. He needs to remind us he can still do it. Alastair Clarkson is setting the bar high at Arden Street aiming for multiple premierships. The Roos boss sat down with @Rebecca7Maddern. https://t.co/5zYfOfGqUb @7AFL #7NEWS pic.twitter.com/cKMyMe4Bvq— 7NEWS Melbourne (@7NewsMelbourne) February 18, 2025…
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Ross Lyon is Ready to Change

Ross Lyon is Ready to Change

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Before this year, you understood life’s three certainties: death, taxes, and boring Ross Lyon football. What if one of those doesn’t apply anymore? Would that destabilise you, like you’re NATO after a Trump press conference? Would it render your whole life a lie? Don’t rule it out. St Kilda coach Ross Lyon has spoken passionately about his club’s bid to establish themselves as a power club in Victoria, rather than sell home games interstate.✍️ @ClarkyHeraldSun READ 👉 https://t.co/7gNkrFBfH1 pic.twitter.com/bK22ezQpvG— SuperFooty (AFL) (@superfooty) February 21, 2025 While you’re thinking about it how you might react to one of the most certain…
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What if Melbourne is Good?

What if Melbourne is Good?

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Conventional wisdom can go too far and be far wrong. From Galileo to Ben Affleck, history loves a comeback. In the early 2000s, Affleck was written off for flops like Gigli and tabloid drama with J.Lo. He stepped behind the camera for Gone Baby Gone, then made his full return as a leading man in The Town. Could this season be Melbourne’s The Town? Even though Simon Goodwin is inflexible, this is still a talented team who haven’t lost what made them good previously. Like Affleck, they also added some pieces in their fallow period that they can use to…
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Once Upon a Time In Geelong

Once Upon a Time In Geelong

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When Quentin Tarantino pitched Once Upon a Time in Hollywood to Brad Pitt, I wonder if he told him he wouldn’t be the main character. He must have—just not in those words. Tarantino likely said, “Brad, you’ll be on the poster, but you won’t be the lead. You’ll make the biggest impact, though.” Pitt, a character actor in a leading man’s body, thrived in that role. I bet Chris Scott had a similar chat with Patty Dangerfield heading into 2024—and he’s doing it again in 2025. "You'd want to run down the race following this bloke because of how brutally…
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New Swans Coach, Same Sydney Problems

New Swans Coach, Same Sydney Problems

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On the iconic series MadMen, Don Draper was married to Betty—on the surface, they looked like the perfect couple. But Don was never satisfied, always searching for something (or someone) new to fix his deeper issues. The link/pop culture reference I’m making is that the Sydney Swans have a new coach. "I reckon I might have Kizza covered. I can’t beat Don. We played a bit of golf together."Dean Cox on that Chad Warner round of golf in Perth, plus a lot more in a wide-ranging chat with the new Swans coach.FULL Q&A WITH DEAN COX 👉 https://t.co/D67lBajLTc#AFL pic.twitter.com/hZZdXRw3Pd— Lachlan…
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