At about this time of year there are a few teams I haven’t checked in on properly.
Category: From The Notebook
From The Notebook, Round 4: Trends from the first month
A month into the season feels like enough time for some trends to be established.
From The Notebook, Round 3: Brisbane’s alarm bells, Adelaide releasing the handbrake, and Mason Wood
Heading into the season, what would have been more unexpected at the end of Round 3...
From The Notebook, Round 2: Uncharacteristic Cats, replacing Gawn, and what’s up next
Two rounds in, and my tips are officially a complete nightmare. This week I got, ‘I don’t talk about it anymore’ tips correct.
From The Notebook, Round 1: Power movement, Bulldogs’ Groundhog Day, and Rossball in effect
Round 1 had some surprising results, standout performances, and arguably confirmation the league is indeed trending towards a more offensive-based product.
From The Notebook: 2023 Practice Matches
Today’s topics: Fremantle’s marking forwards, Port Adelaide’s disconnect, taking time to learn about Essendon and the improvement of GWS and Adelaide.
From The Notebook: 2023 Match Simulation
Today’s topics: competence from North Melbourne, Tom Mitchell at Collingwood, figuring out Brisbane’s back seven, and a handful of mini points.
From The Notebook, Round 22: Max King Part 2, And The Final Two Minutes At The G
For the last edition of 2022's Notebook before shifting to finals mode, a look at Max King's goalkicking (again), and the final two minutes of a MCG thriller.
From The Notebook, Bonus Edition: Stats & Trends
Every so often over the course of a season, it gets to the point where I have a bunch of stats and trends which don’t fit into a piece.
From The Notebook, Round 19: Dissecting *that* kick-in
It’s not often an entire Notebook is handed over to one solitary passage of play.