As I start off in the video, I tipped the Blues to win but not quite like that but the Hawks almost seemed like a bottom 8 team just waiting for the season to end except they won 12 games and were in a preliminary final. The Blues on the other hand are manufacturing momentum...
Month: November 2025
AFLW FINALS GAME ANALYSIS – MELBOURNE v ADELAIDE
This was probably a top 5 all-time game in AFLW history. The Adelaide 2nd quarter was immense and was only topped by the leader of forward craft in AFLW – Kate Hore. I have to mention Tahlia Gillard who has been a mainstay top defender in the last few years but this year has gone...
AFLW FINALS GAME ANALYSIS – MELBOURNE/BRISBANE + ADELAIDE/ST KILDA
Again no major upsets here with the Lions and Crows both getting up to advance. Brisbane’s back line stood up keeping the trio of Hore, Harris and Zanker to just 2 goals although the loss of Zanker really let them get the ascendancy there. The Dees have always been a midfielder short after Purcell went...
AFLW FINALS GAME ANALYSIS – NORTH MELBOURNE/HAWTHORN + CARLTON/WEST COAST
It’s fair to say there wasn’t any real surprises at the results from the weekend except for maybe how teams won. North weren’t at their best but the Hawks were playing VERY defensive and thus scored a measly 3 behinds and will take a huge turnaround for them to not go out in straight sets...
THE COACHES BLUEPRINT FOR 2026 – SAMPLE SESSION
Last week I challenged all coaches to sit down and find ways to turn their training drills (boring/zero learning) into training activities (high player engagement and involvement/high learning) in this post. STEP #1 – SESSION THEME Without a theme you’re not really going to nail any real sustainable outcomes that carry into game day so...
PLAYING STYLES OF AFL TEAMS IN 2025
Before the commencement of the 2o25 AFL season, a bunch of Twitter football stats accounts posted reviews of each team based-on the season previous which I did link to in this particular post back in February. After the shit show that was AFL-media in 2025 and the just-passed trade period, if it’s real game analysis...
AFLW ROUND 12 GAME ANALYSIS
North are North and the Hawks are in very weird position having played them last week (for a loss), this week in a 1st final and then even potentially in the Grand Final. I’ll start with the answer in that you can only beat North Melbourne once so then the question is do the Hawks...
WEST COAST v CARLTON AFLW GAME ANALYSIS
We’ve got some finals silliness going on where 2 games from round 12 will be ran back in week 1 of the finals – of which West Coast and Carlton is one (North/Hawks the other). West Coast are young as a whole but also have adequate experience in the form of Swanston 76 games, Smith...