{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Neds Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog","author_name":"GuyWhoLikesSport","author_url":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/author\/guywholikessport\/","title":"Three small things from Opening Round. - Neds Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"BbVYmDLYh9\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/2025\/03\/three-small-things-from-opening-round\/\">Three small things from Opening Round.<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/2025\/03\/three-small-things-from-opening-round\/embed\/#?secret=BbVYmDLYh9\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Three small things from Opening Round.&#8221; &#8212; Neds Blog\" data-secret=\"BbVYmDLYh9\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/footy-songs-1.jpg","thumbnail_width":1460,"thumbnail_height":1020,"description":"Footy is sort of back with Opening Round\u2122\ufe0f. 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\u2019t 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. &nbsp; The AFL thinks it can control everything. To an extent, at least in its own fiefdom, it can. But even the AFL couldn\u2019t give Cyclone Alfred the \u201cAFL ticks off on\u201d treatment&hellip;"}