ADELAIDE had a horror season on and off the field in 2018 and while many expect them to bounce back next year, is it that simple? Gary Buckenara has some concerns about the Crows’ list and explains why.
FOR all his shortcomings in the tackling and pressure stakes — and there are many — delisted Geelong forward Daniel Menzel is still far too good a player, surely, not to be on an AFL list in 2019. Which clubs would he suit?
WEST Coast are 2018 premiers. There’s a sentence no one predicted they’d be saying entering into this year. So how did they do it and are they headed for a period of sustained success? Gary Buckenara analyses the state of the Eagles’ list.
RICHMOND found out this year how hard it is to win back-to-back premierships and 2018 will go down as an opportunity lost. But expect them to be playing deep in September next year with new star Tom Lynch. Gary Buckenara analyses the Tigers’ list.
THE AFL will have tipped more than $100 million into Gold Coast by the time the footy financial year ends, and has pumped nearly as much into Brisbane during the same period.
DAMIEN Hardwick and Nathan Buckley earn their break from the headlines but it all goes wrong for St Kilda and Lions. Re-play Mark Robinson’s blog
THE next massive signing for Melbourne doesn’t need to be in-demand key forward Jesse Hogan; it must be Paul Roos, writes Shane Crawford.
THERE always comes a game where the result could be a coach killer. For Collingwood and Nathan Buckley, it could be this week, writes Mark Robinson.
EVERY great team has a game they can look back on as a catalyst. Geelong’s was the 2004 preliminary final. For GWS, it can be the Round 1 loss to Melbourne, writes Paul Chapman.
THE issue isn’t why Nathan Buckley had to rejuvenate Collingwood’s list, it is why the team hasn’t come good by now, writes Jon Ralph.
SELWOOD and Dangerfield. The newly-formed Geelong dynamic duo is having a hugely positive flow-on effect, writes Dermott Brereton.
WHEN Jarrad Waite crossed to North Melbourne as a free agent soon to turn 32, the critics roundly scoffed at the Kangaroos’ perceived act of desperation. But no one is scoffing now.
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