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1 week ago | 
footyology.com.au | Ronny Lerner |Andrea Connolly |Andrew Eyers |Rohan Connolly
(L-R) Nick Daicos, Callum Ah Chee, Brayden Maynard, Dayne Zorko, Cam Rayner and Lachie Neale get involved in a scuffle in Round 3 last year. Photo: AFL MEDIABRISBANE v COLLINGWOOD (Gabba, Thursday 7:30pm)The Lions have made a perfect start to their premiership defence, winning all five of their games so far, which is something they haven’t achieved since they were Fitzroy all the way back in 1948.
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1 week ago | 
footyology.com.au | Rohan Connolly |Andrea Connolly |Andrew Eyers
On the Footyology Podcast, RoCo & Rocket give you the most incisive look at each game of every AFL round. The 2025 AFL season is here, and the Footyology Podcast, proudly brought to you by ESPN Australia, is back for a ninth year to keep you abreast of all the news and offer the most incisive previews of the games each week.
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1 week ago | 
footyology.com.au | Rohan Connolly |Andrea Connolly |Andrew Eyers
Simon Goodwin is the subject of much speculation, but Melbourne’s playing list is no longer good enough to contend. Picture: ESPN/GETTY IMAGESYou can write teams off too quickly in AFL football. You can also hang on to them too long. That’s what I did with Melbourne. Last year, I doubled down on the Demons when many had given them up. I thought the impact of those much-documented off-field issues may have been overstated.
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3 weeks ago | 
footyology.com.au | Ronny Lerner |Andrea Connolly |Andrew Eyers |Rohan Connolly
Collingwood superstar Nick Daicos is tackled during his team’s thrilling win over Carlton in Round 21 last year. Photo: AFL MEDIACOLLINGWOOD v CARLTON (MCG, Thursday 7:30pm)Touted by many pre-season as a top-four threat, and possibly set for even higher honours, Carlton has been smashed over the head by reality in the opening three weeks.
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3 weeks ago | 
footyology.com.au | Rohan Connolly |Andrea Connolly |Andrew Eyers
FOOTYOLOGY NEEDS YOU!We’re proud of what we’ve achieved since we began in mid-2017. Our brand of incisive football analysis, combined with coverage of social issues and entertainment, is fiercely independent and determined not to descend into clickbait. And yes, it’s FREE. But we can only exist with YOUR support. And the more we can raise, the more quality content we can create. Please become a FOOTYOLOGY PATRON today for just $8.50 per month and help keep the FOOTYOLOGY flag flying!
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3 weeks ago | 
footyology.com.au | Ronny Lerner |Andrea Connolly |Andrew Eyers |Rohan Connolly
Melbourne captain Max Gawn leads his team from the MCG on Saturday after its heavy loss to Gold Coast. Photo: AFL MEDIAIt might only be Round 3, but Melbourne already looks like a club at the crossroads. Having now suffered back-to-back 10-goal pummellings on the way to being 0-3 for the first time in six years, the Demons’ 2025 campaign appears to be teetering on the precipice after barely getting underway.
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4 weeks ago | 
footyology.com.au | Ronny Lerner |Andrea Connolly |Andrew Eyers |Rohan Connolly
Essendon will need another monster performance from captain Zach Merrett to be any chance of beating Port Adelaide. Photo: GETTY IMAGESESSENDON v PORT ADELAIDE (Marvel Stadium, Thursday 7:30pm)It hasn’t taken long for the alarm bells to ring loud and clear at Tullamarine. A week after a commendable season opener against Hawthorn, the Bombers crash landed last week to the Crows as their defensive frailties were laid bare in brutal fashion at the MCG.
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1 month ago | 
footyology.com.au | Rohan Connolly |Andrea Connolly |Andrew Eyers
FOOTYOLOGY NEEDS YOU!We’re proud of what we’ve achieved since we began in mid-2017. Our brand of incisive football analysis, combined with coverage of social issues and entertainment, is fiercely independent and determined not to descend into clickbait. And yes, it’s FREE. But we can only exist with YOUR support. And the more we can raise, the more quality content we can create. Please become a FOOTYOLOGY PATRON today for just $8.50 per month and help keep the FOOTYOLOGY flag flying!
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1 month ago | 
footyology.com.au | Rohan Connolly |Andrea Connolly |Andrew Eyers
Dejected Essendon players leave the MCG after last Saturday’s thrashing against Adelaide. Photo: GETTY IMAGESThe football world has often described Essendon being neither good enough to challenge for a flag nor bad enough to completely bottom out as a form of purgatory. But that may no longer be appropriate. Why not? Because Webster’s dictionary defines purgatory literally as “a place or state of temporary suffering or misery”.
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1 month ago | 
footyology.com.au | Ronny Lerner |Andrea Connolly |Andrew Eyers |Rohan Connolly
Nick Larkey celebrates another goal during North Melbourne’s last-quarter avalanche on Sunday. Photo: AFL MEDIAHas the time finally come? Can North Melbourne fans at long have confidence that the light at the end of the tunnel isn’t just a freight train coming their way? The Kangaroos have been here before, so forgive their supporters for being more trepidatious than a wildebeest entering crocodile-infested waters in the Serengeti.
