Essendon’s ‘pathetic’ performance puts the heat on everyone at the club, from coach John Worsfold down. Mark Robinson writes after the players put up the white flag, fans are ‘dripping with anger’. LIKES AND DISLIKES
Patrick Dangerfield might joke that he hates Shaun Burgoyne — with one memorable on-field moment still a thorn in his side — but he’s straight-faced when talking about Luke Hodge.
Some players are in the right place at the right time. But then there’s the greats of the game who fail to taste the ultimate success. Mark Robinson asks them: Does not winning a premiership affect your legacy?
People power got Paul Roos over the line when Terry Wallace seemed destined for the Sydney job in 2002. As the groundswell of support for David Teague grows, will Carlton listen to its fans and players?
ANDREW Demetriou leaves the AFL wounded by events in recent years, but they will not define him.
ANALYSIS: IT was February 7, 2013, the blackest day in Australian sport. Or so it was said. Twelve months on, it’s virtually amounted to sweet FA.
CAMPBELL Brown was an angel and the devil, and it’s not unreasonable to suggest the devil will be remembered most.
DAVID Evans has some explaining to do as new claims emerge in the Essendon drug saga, says Mark Robinson.
REVELATIONS James Hird is being paid a wage further undermine the credibility of the AFL process, says Mark Robinson.
MARK ROBINSON: SCOTT Watters was delusional. Maybe he was made to be delusional, but in the end he was delusional about his power at the club.
THE AFL continues to follow in the footsteps of American sports with the start of Sunday Night Football, writes Mark Robinson.
THE momentum which enveloped Melbourne has come to a screaming halt.
JAMES Brayshaw wouldn’t be so bold to brag, but the movement at Arden St this off-season conjures memories of the mid 1970s.
ST KILDA president Peter Summers knows there are issues at his football club.
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