While everyone is making ladder predictions, I’m taking the easy way out and grouping teams into tiers.
Category: Melbourne
Predicting over/unders for every AFL team’s 2023 win total
Unlock with PatreonThe 2023 AFL Continuity Rankings
Welcome to the second annual AFL continuity rankings; figuring out which teams carry over the most (and least) minutes from their 2022 side into 2023.
2022 Trade Period Analysis: Lachie Hunter & Josh Schache, Melbourne
Two deadline day deals for Melbourne – one to improve their best 22 and another to fill key position depth.
2022 Trade Period Analysis: Brodie Grundy, Melbourne
This … this is the post most likely to leave me wide open for derision.
Look Back/Look Ahead: Melbourne
10-0 in the first 10 matches morphed into 6-8 over the last 14, and what looked like every chance of back-to-back Grand Finals instead became back-to-back finals losses.
2022 Semi Final, Melbourne v Brisbane: A tale of two halves
After a first half which could charitably be described as ‘tame’, things exploded into life after the main break.
2022 Qualifying Final, Melbourne v Sydney: A second half special
There’s a fine line between Melbourne losing due to their flaws and Sydney winning because of their strengths.
2022 Finals Dossier: Melbourne Demons
At 10-0 and two games clear on top, it felt like ‘how far Melbourne?’ in 2022.
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.