2021 Team Preview – Carlton Blues
How many is too many?
Brutal signs for plan to save club, speedy rebuild looms: AFL pre-season Report Card
A unique one-week pre-season gave fans just one chance to see their teams in action - and players just one chance to make their claims for Round 1 spots.
Matthew Lloyd names side who impressed him the most during pre-season games
Matthew Lloyd says reigning premiers Richmond were the most impressive side he saw play during the AAMI Community Series pre-season games. On the back of all 18 teams featuring in their one and only official pre-season match before the season begins on March 18, Lloyd said it was the Tigers who caught...
‘Still annoys me’: Ablett Sr on the legend Cats should have kept
Pre-season, 1984.
David King's left-field plan to reduce length of quarters
David King has proposed an alternative to reducing the lengths of quarters, following several pre-season matches that blew out beyond two hours. The game has returned to 20 minute quarters in 2021, after the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic saw terms shrink to 16 minutes plus time on in 2020. “The...
Wilson unsure whether "incredibly flat" McGuire will host Footy Classified next week
Caroline Wilson is still unsure whether Eddie McGuire will be in the hosting chair for next week’s return of Footy Classified. McGuire stepped away from the Collingwood presidency earlier this year on the back of a tumultuous period which saw him call a report detailing systemic racism at the Pies as...
Melbourne sign two players via SSP
SIGNING NEWS | The Demons have added two new names to their 2021 list. The post Melbourne sign two players via SSP appeared first on Zero Hanger.
Lyon's curiosity with Aliir Aliir's Power trade
Garry Lyon is curious as to why Port Adelaide was the only club interested in acquiring intercept defender Aliir Aliir. Aliir was traded to the Power from Sydney in exchange for a future second-round draft pick and has slotted in seamlessly at Alberton. The 26-year-old, who stands at 196cm, adds more...
AFL’s great comeback story resumes as Demons hand Majak Daw another chance
Former North Melbourne big man Majak Daw has officially been added to Melbourne‘s playing list.
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Melbourne signs Majak Daw on deadline day
Majak Daw will play for Melbourne in 2021, earning a second chance via the supplemental selection period. The deadline for signing players is today, with the Demons making the call after a meeting with the 29-year-old on Monday night, according to SEN Chief Reporter Sammy Edmund. Daw played 54 games...
FFC vs FFS
If last week went into the 'pretend it means something because we won' file, our only proper venue practice match of the 2021 pre-season can be slotted neatly into 'it didn't mean anything because we lost'. Or the nearest wood-chipper. Your choice.The good is that even though we lost comprehensively...
Blues throw lifeline to ex-Dee
Oscar McDonald in action for Carlton in last week’s AAMI Community Series loss to St Kilda. (Sports Media Image/Marcel Berens) CARLTON has thrown an AFL lifeline to Oscar McDonald, signing the former Melbourne utility on a rookie contract. McDonald was delisted after 81 games in six seasons for Melbourne...
Casualty Ward: Star recruit primed for Rd 1, Pie racing the clock after ‘calf nick’
Adam Treloar is well on the way to proving his fitness for the season-opener after a fine hitout in the Bulldogs’ reserve side.
Is Robert Walls Right to Question David Teague’s Future?
For David Teague, the 2021 AFL season represents an opportunity to end Carlton’s seven-year absence from the finals. Not only that, but he’s in control of the Blues’ short-term destiny, and the team’s fans will be longing to return to the Grand Final, having last appeared in the event back in 1999....
“It looks like a broken team already”: Cornes slams Crows’ pre-season loss
“It is the worst Crows team we’ve seen in 31 years,” The post “It looks like a broken team already”: Cornes slams Crows’ pre-season loss appeared first on Zero Hanger.
The inside word on Pies kids replacing Treloar, Stephenson
Collingwood went all in on a bunch of talented kids when it turfed Jaidyn Stephenson, Adam Treloar and Tom Phillips in a salary cap purge last year, snaring three consecutive picks in the late teens of the national draft.
How new role landed discarded Dee second chance
Oscar McDonald’s versatility in a Carlton side with only one fit ruckman has helped him finalise a one-year rookie spot on the Blues list.
Al Paton’s top 20 SuperCoach cash cows
We are on the verge of a KFC SuperCoach cash cow crisis.
Gerard Whateley's cheeky "wild observation" heading into the 2021 season
Gerard Whateley has made a self-admitted “wild observation” heading into the 2021 AFL season. While this isn’t an official prediction, Whateley believes it’s possible St Kilda takes full advantage of their favourable fixture across the first half of the year. “One observation to conclude, I’ll go first:...