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The Complete History of AFL Grand Final Entertainment

The Complete History of AFL Grand Final Entertainment

• Dylan Leach
Brace yourself for hours upon hours of flag-waving, people butchering Waltzing Matilda, failed Olympic bids, and of course Meatloaf plus Angry Anderson in the batmobile as we’ve gone deep into YouTube and the archives to bring you the complete history of VFL/AFL Grand Final entertainment. The selection of Snoop Dogg to grace the MCG this Saturday afternoon has generated more discussion than the actual game between Brisbane and Geelong as the iconic American rapper joins this illustrious list of performers. We can’t wait to see you either, @snoopdogg 🤩Music icon and entertainment powerhouse Snoop Dogg will headline the @Telstra Pre-Game…
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The Captains Who Changed Everything

The Captains Who Changed Everything

• GuyWhoLikesSport
Modern footy is about three central questions: In which parts of the ground do you give yourself a defined numbers advantage? How do you maximise that numbers advantage when and where you have it? Do you have enough players that can make an opposition’s numbers advantage into a weakness? That third question, asked more simply, is do you have enough superstars? Do you have blokes that turn a 50/50 into a 60/40? For Geelong and Brisbane on Friday and Saturday night, the answer was a defined yes. And those superstars were their captains, both of whom played blinders to guide…
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Have The Wheels Fallen Off At Aston Villa?

Have The Wheels Fallen Off At Aston Villa?

• Chandler Milligan
Four games into the 2026/26 Premier League season, and Aston Villa don’t have a goal to their name. Two points, zero goals, 19th place… Unai, what’s going on? While we’re only four games in, and they’re not doomed just yet, but this certainly is a harrowing start for the Villains. After qualifying for a place in Europe for the third consecutive season, only missing out on a place in the UEFA Champions League on goal difference last season, Aston Villa have a mountain to climb if they want to remain on that stage. 🚨🔻 Aston Villa have NOT won a…
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Two Questions for Each Preliminary Final

Two Questions for Each Preliminary Final

• GuyWhoLikesSport
Not sure if you’ve heard, but it’s the AFL Preliminary Final weekend of the century. Terrific. Is our 2025 prelim finalists the Big 4 of the 21st Century? pic.twitter.com/hJaWhtrC6P— Triple M Footy (@triplemfooty) September 14, 2025 Heading into the weekend, I used my time to look backwards. Not at the 2008 or 2023 Grand Finals, but instead at the last game that the preliminary finalists played against each other this season. Here’s one burning question I have for each game on the big picture, and one smaller personnel question that has to be answered. Geelong v Hawthorn Last time they…
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The Good, The Bad and The Fantasy Week 2

The Good, The Bad and The Fantasy Week 2

• Liam Fogarty
Joe Burrow out for the foreseeable future has absolutely ruined my week. What is the point of doing anything? Despite the massive amounts of bad that went down in Week 2, there was certainly a lot of good too and I’m here to recap it all. I do have a black armband on at work today. The Good The Green Bay Packers "Thank you Jerry! Thank you Jerry!" pic.twitter.com/GCjmUQEnKr— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 12, 2025 2-0 to start the year and a proper terrifying defence. Packers fans will be over the moon with the roster that they’ve assembled this year.…
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Could The USA Become The Worst Performing Host Nation In World Cup History?

Could The USA Become The Worst Performing Host Nation In World Cup History?

• Chandler Milligan
If you were to flick on a USA game these days, you wouldn’t find yourself watching a team brimming with confidence. Despite sitting 15th in the FIFA World Rankings, Mauricio Pochettino’s men have appeared to be in crisis mode since his appointment almost one year ago to the day. Not that the problems started with him, but his presence has done little to shift the mess that must be growing behind the scenes. This week’s 2-0 victory over Japan in a friendly ended a streak of defeats against top-25 opposition, but does little to paper over the cracks. With only…
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Geelong and the Power of Constancy

Geelong and the Power of Constancy

• GuyWhoLikesSport
What if you just put all the best shooters of the basketball on a team and let them shoot? You get the 2015-16 Golden State Warriors. What if you just put the best actors in a movie and tell them to act? You get The Godfather. What if you just get all the best runners in the AFL and get them to run? You get the 2025 Geelong Cats. Bailey Smith slots it on the run 🤩#AFLFinals pic.twitter.com/62xP8FjSlO— AFL (@AFL) September 5, 2025 Man for man, especially in contest and in the midfield, the Lions are clearly better than Geelong…
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The Good, The Bad and The Fantasy Week 1

The Good, The Bad and The Fantasy Week 1

• Liam Fogarty
Ejections for spitting, injury question marks over my fantasy team already, seven hours of “redzone” football. “We are so back” is the sentence I said the most yesterday as I pulled myself out of bed at 3am to watch as much NFL as possible while refreshing every fantasy app I owned. Season Two of The Good, The Bad and The Fantasy is here where each week I highlight some of the big moments and questions that stood out to me as I watched all the action unfold. The Good That primetime game… Lamar Jackson in the Ravens locker room after…
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No Time To Die: Are Football Managers Given Enough Time?

No Time To Die: Are Football Managers Given Enough Time?

• Chandler Milligan
Sometimes you mess up at work, sometimes you embarrass yourself in front of your colleagues, but have you ever been sacked inside your first few weeks? It’s no secret that modern-day football is cut-throat and bloody when it comes to managerial decisions, but now we’re entering dangerous territory. Erik Ten Hag has been dismissed from his role at Bayer Leverkusen after just three competitive games in charge. He was given just 63 days to fill Xabi Alonso’s shoes before the club ultimately decided he wasn’t the one. But what can anybody do with such a short window to succeed? Especially…
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The Premiership Metrics as told by Superbad

The Premiership Metrics as told by Superbad

• GuyWhoLikesSport
Well, the season is finally over. After one of the worst seasons in recent memory, where the AFL imitated life and was racked by debilitating inequality, we have the rich guys playing off against each other. It’s Elon v Sam Altman in this great southern land. “I wish he would just compete by building a better product,” Sam Altman says of Elon Musk.“Probably his whole life is from a position of insecurity, I feel for the guy… I don't think he's, like, a happy person.” pic.twitter.com/VrW26ZurKL— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) February 16, 2025 It should be pretty good. The nine teams that…
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