When Gary Ablett Jr returned to Geelong after the 2017 season, the theory was that he would play forward mostly and pinch hit in the middle. I remember plenty being made of him being the second coming of Leigh Matthews – the ultimate midfield star who is so good that he will just go forward…
The biggest and best club football competition in the world has delivered yet again with an all time classic Champions League Semi Final between Inter and Barcelona Going in locked-up at 3-3 on aggregate, Barca were down 2-0 in the second. Inter looked in control but a stunning comeback of three unanswered goals put the…
In one of the strangest, sudden collapses in recent football history, four-peat Premier League Champions Manchester City fell off the face of the earth in a disastrous end to 2024. After clinching their fourth successive Premier League title, and their sixth in seven years, Manchester City entered the new season as favourites once again. Pep…
Get ready folks, Neds AFL Unpopular Opinions is back for season 2025 on all your favourite podcast platforms. Neds own Dylan Leach returns to the host chair as he asks the tough questions to three-time Premiership player Alistair Lynch and former Lions and Power main man Tom Rockliff, and how could we forget about Ryan…
Daly Cherry-Evans, Lachlan Galvin and Jamal Fogarty have really shone a light on how flawed the current NRL transfer system is. Every year, fans are left scratching their heads when star players announce mid-season that they’re leaving but not for another 12 months. It’s awkward, sparks questions about how much player’s want to show up…
We’re about two months into the season and the ladder has started to crystallise and equalise, with everyone playing seven games other than Gold Coast and Essendon because of the Opening Round hurricane. Given that we’re all pretty much equal, it’s a good time to have a look at the ladder and check on three…
Numbers don’t lie, and as much as you may want to bury your head in the sand to avoid reality, you can’t. Liverpool has won the English Premier League again. 🏆 LIVERPOOL ARE CHAMPIONS! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/FLi2MqaWJD — Premier League (@premierleague) April 27, 2025 When Jürgen Klopp’s star-studded Reds broke their thirty-year drought to lift the…
Every offseason two of my mates and I do a ladder bet. The stakes of the bet aren’t huge, third buys first a parma. This year we made the bet after Jamarra Ugle Hagan’s shooting star offseason, the Bontempelli, Weightman, Jones and Treloar injuries, and Luke Beveridge coaching into the last year of his deal….
Green Bay, Wisconsin is the centre of the NFL world this weekend with the 2025 NFL Draft set to take place. 256 guys will have their names called out and they will learn the location of their first NFL homes actually it’ll be just under 256 because a few will have to go play for…
I am nearly 30, which means my days of playing Would You Rather are over. Or so I thought! Instead of being asked whether I’d rather fight one Shane Mumford sized duck or a thousand duck sized Shane Mumfords (one duck obviously, someone else bring the pancakes and plum sauce), I thought I’d ask you,…