From The Notebook: My favourite 10 games of the 2023 home and away season August 27, 2023 The end of the home and away season provides a perfect chance to reflect on the last 24 rounds.
From The Notebook, Round 21: Hawthorn’s centre clearances, Sydney’s scoring profile, the return match narrative August 9, 2023 This week’s Notebook is perhaps the most video heavy of the entire year.
From The Notebook, Round 19: The last quarter of Port Adelaide v Collingwood July 25, 2023 When Collingwood trail at three quarter time and hit the turbo button, it always makes for a fascinating final term.
From The Notebook, Round 18: GWS surging, Miers’ uniqueness, Expected Scores against July 17, 2023 A noteworthy weekend of football as the mid-table logjam showed few signs of abating.
From The Notebook, Round 16: The limits of Gold Coast’s ball use, pros and cons of Essendon’s shell, Expected Score leaders July 4, 2023 There are only two and a half games between fourth and 15th on the ladder, with eight rounds remaining. It makes nearly every game, every week, high stakes for at least one of the teams involved and it was no different over the weekend. Today’s Notebook covers three topics: the …
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From The Notebook, Round 14: A half complete plan, checking in on Brisbane’s back seven, standing down from a theory June 20, 2023 This week’s Notebook is a three-topic post, touching on Port Adelaide v Geelong, checking in on Brisbane, and aborting a pre-planned theory…
From The Notebook, Round 13: Hawthorn’s change on the fly, Collingwood and Melbourne’s contrasts June 12, 2023 A fun round produced a big upset, a high stakes match and several trends continuing.
From The Notebook, Round 12: Melbourne’s experiments, Carlton’s crisitunity, Geelong stronger for longer June 5, 2023 For a round with only seven games, there was plenty packed into it.
From The Notebook, Round 9: Revisiting predictions May 15, 2023 Approaching the halfway point of 2023, it feels like the right time to revisit some pre-season predictions and see what’s changed.
From The Notebook, Round 8: Josh Dunkley with ‘one of the great games’ May 8, 2023 “I’ve got to say, it’s one of the great games I’ve ever seen if you weigh it all up.”
From The Notebook, Round 7: Power ball movement, Fremantle’s shift, and a Giant comeback May 1, 2023 It was largely blowout city or thrilling finish in Round 7, with three topics picked out for this week’s Notebook.
From The Notebook, Round 6: Status updates April 25, 2023 At about this time of year there are a few teams I haven’t checked in on properly.
From The Notebook, Round 4: Trends from the first month April 10, 2023 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 April 2, 2023 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 March 26, 2023 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 March 20, 2023 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 March 6, 2023 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 February 28, 2023 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 August 15, 2022 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 July 28, 2022 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 July 25, 2022 It’s not often an entire Notebook is handed over to one solitary passage of play.
From The Notebook, Round 18: Possession games, stoppage defence, and quick hits July 18, 2022 Today’s Notebook touches on the possession game in Fremantle v Sydney, Richmond’s stoppage defence, and finishes with quick hits on Melbourne, Hawthorn, and Gold Coast.
From The Notebook, Round 17: Adelaide’s style, Richmond’s meltdown, and how much to take out of two games July 11, 2022 While Richmond’s collapse in a hail of errors took the headlines over the weekend, today’s Notebook also covers Adelaide’s style and wonders what to take out of Geelong v Melbourne and Brisbane v Essendon.
From The Notebook: Half forwards, contests, and different approaches July 4, 2022 There’s a reason half-forward is one of the most difficult positions to play.
From The Notebook: Round 15 June 27, 2022 It’s a bumper edition of the Notebook this week, featuring four topics to dig into.
From The Notebook: Round 14, Byes Part 3 June 19, 2022 The third and final part of the bye period Notebook has arrived.
From The Notebook: Round 13, Byes Part 2 June 13, 2022 It’s time for Part 2 of the bye period Notebook, where it’s turned over to the six teams who have just completed their weekend off.
From The Notebook: Round 12, Byes Part 1 June 6, 2022 The bye rounds provide a great chance to reset and refocus.
From The Notebook: How Fremantle beat Melbourne May 30, 2022 All year, the question was asked. Who can beat Melbourne?
From The Notebook: Round 10 May 23, 2022 A couple of weeks ago it looked as if the top three were clearing out and there’d be a pool of teams fighting for fourth.
From The Notebook: Round 9 May 16, 2022 Nine rounds down, and already Melbourne have a two-game break inside the top two.
From The Notebook: Round 8 May 9, 2022 Every so often there’ll be a single theme for the Notebook. Today is one of those days, focusing on key forwards.
From The Notebook: Round 7, 2022 May 2, 2022 It’s a three-topic Notebook this week: one individual, one team, and one speculative thought bubble…
From The Notebook: Round 5, 2022 April 18, 2022 We’re building to a period where there could be several breakout topics in quick succession. Until then though, it’s a trusty regulation format for the Notebook this week.
From The Notebook: Round 4, 2022 April 11, 2022 How are everyone’s tips? As mediocre as mine?
From The Notebook: Round 3, 2022 April 4, 2022 What a whirlwind weekend. There was actually too much happening to fit in one Notebook.
From The Notebook: Round 2, 2022 March 28, 2022 In (trying to) analyse games, a part I always enjoy is watching key passages of play twice.
From The Notebook: Round 1, 2022 March 21, 2022 The first in-season Notebook of the year is here, with plenty to talk about.
From The Notebook: 2022 Pre Season March 7, 2022 Before a look ahead to Round 1, there are plenty of takeaways from the pre season.
From The Notebook: A worrying Western Bulldogs slump August 16, 2021 Of all the times for a strength to turn in to a weakness, a fortnight out from finals is no-one’s choice and out of nowhere that’s where the Western Bulldogs find themselves.
From The Notebook: Round 17 July 12, 2021 A slightly different structure to today’s edition of the Notebook, with two main observations followed by a string of mini-thoughts…
From The Notebook: Round 16 July 5, 2021 Today’s Notebook covers Patrick Dangerfield, Melbourne’s continuing forward dilemmas and what to make of West Coast away from home.
From The Notebook: Round 15 June 28, 2021 A two-topic Notebook this week. First it’s all about Brisbane’s forward spacing, and then a dive into what’s changed at Richmond over the last month.
From The Notebook: Round 13 June 14, 2021 For how the round looked on paper leading in, it turned out to be quite entertaining in reality. A draw, two more games decided by a kick, Nathan Buckley’s Collingwood farewell and a ripper in Adelaide which kicked things all off.
From The Notebook: Round 12 June 7, 2021 Instead of the usual team focus in the Notebook, today’s edition will be all about some individual player analysis.
From The Notebook: Round 11 May 31, 2021 The halfway point of the season! It’s a large edition of the Notebook to mark the milestone, with a number of topics covered.
From The Notebook, Round 9 May 17, 2021 On the agenda this week: Gold Coast’s terrible third quarter, the Western Bulldogs’ maturity, and a starting point for Melbourne’s forward trio.
From The Notebook, Round 8: Geelong’s ‘stretching’ ball movement May 10, 2021 A slight detour from the script for this week’s Notebook, with a single-topic focus on Geelong’s method of moving the ball against Richmond.
From The Notebook: Round 7 May 3, 2021 As promised last week, it’s an all-positive edition of the Notebook, featuring Richmond and Liam Baker, the Suns and Izak Rankine, along with Brisbane’s favourable matchup against Port Adelaide.