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The footy newsletter. Especially biased against your team. All words, and the thoughts occasionally attached to them, by Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo.
Unhappy Essendon seasons tend to each be unhappy in their own way.
2025 was wrecked by injuries and the captain trying to leave.
But destruction can be the beginning of creation.
My 2026 Essendon season preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2026-afl-s...
2025 was wrecked by injuries and the captain trying to leave.
But destruction can be the beginning of creation.
My 2026 Essendon season preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2026-afl-s...
2026 AFL Season Previews: Essendon
Lots of pain – how much gain?
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February 17, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Unhappy Essendon seasons tend to each be unhappy in their own way.
2025 was wrecked by injuries and the captain trying to leave.
But destruction can be the beginning of creation.
My 2026 Essendon season preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2026-afl-s...
2025 was wrecked by injuries and the captain trying to leave.
But destruction can be the beginning of creation.
My 2026 Essendon season preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2026-afl-s...
The Pies were top of the ladder for longer than any other side in 2025.
Ultimately, they weren't the best team – but it took the best team to beat them.
What does 2026 have in store?
My 2026 Collingwood season preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2026-afl-s...
Ultimately, they weren't the best team – but it took the best team to beat them.
What does 2026 have in store?
My 2026 Collingwood season preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2026-afl-s...
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February 16, 2026 at 12:31 AM
The Pies were top of the ladder for longer than any other side in 2025.
Ultimately, they weren't the best team – but it took the best team to beat them.
What does 2026 have in store?
My 2026 Collingwood season preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2026-afl-s...
Ultimately, they weren't the best team – but it took the best team to beat them.
What does 2026 have in store?
My 2026 Collingwood season preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2026-afl-s...
The Blues thought they were climbing to the mountaintop.
Instead, they lost their grip.
How far did they fall, and how do they start the climb back up?
My 2026 Carlton season preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2026-afl-s...
Instead, they lost their grip.
How far did they fall, and how do they start the climb back up?
My 2026 Carlton season preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2026-afl-s...
2026 AFL Season Previews: Carlton
The Blues lived up to their name.
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February 15, 2026 at 12:01 AM
The Blues thought they were climbing to the mountaintop.
Instead, they lost their grip.
How far did they fall, and how do they start the climb back up?
My 2026 Carlton season preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2026-afl-s...
Instead, they lost their grip.
How far did they fall, and how do they start the climb back up?
My 2026 Carlton season preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2026-afl-s...
2000s revivalism is everywhere right now: low-rise jeans, mall culture aesthetics, pop-punk, and Brisbane Lions dynasties.
My 2026 Brisbane season preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2026-afl-s...
My 2026 Brisbane season preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2026-afl-s...
2026 AFL Season Previews: Brisbane
The kings of the jungle roar again.
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February 14, 2026 at 12:03 AM
2000s revivalism is everywhere right now: low-rise jeans, mall culture aesthetics, pop-punk, and Brisbane Lions dynasties.
My 2026 Brisbane season preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2026-afl-s...
My 2026 Brisbane season preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2026-afl-s...
In 2025, the Crows found a genuine physical and tactical advantage that allayed concerns that their list under Matthew Nicks couldn't compete.
And then it all went spectacularly, catastrophically wrong at the worst time.
My Adelaide 2026 season preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2026-afl-s...
And then it all went spectacularly, catastrophically wrong at the worst time.
My Adelaide 2026 season preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2026-afl-s...
2026 AFL Season Previews: Adelaide
Very good – until it went very bad.
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February 13, 2026 at 12:03 AM
In 2025, the Crows found a genuine physical and tactical advantage that allayed concerns that their list under Matthew Nicks couldn't compete.
And then it all went spectacularly, catastrophically wrong at the worst time.
My Adelaide 2026 season preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2026-afl-s...
And then it all went spectacularly, catastrophically wrong at the worst time.
My Adelaide 2026 season preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2026-afl-s...
Real footy starts in three weeks.
For the third season in a row, I'll be publishing deep previews of all 18 teams: how they play, how they've built their list, causes for optimism/pessimism, and more.
I think they're worth reading!
The first one, on the Crows, drops tomorrow.
For the third season in a row, I'll be publishing deep previews of all 18 teams: how they play, how they've built their list, causes for optimism/pessimism, and more.
I think they're worth reading!
The first one, on the Crows, drops tomorrow.
February 12, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Real footy starts in three weeks.
For the third season in a row, I'll be publishing deep previews of all 18 teams: how they play, how they've built their list, causes for optimism/pessimism, and more.
I think they're worth reading!
The first one, on the Crows, drops tomorrow.
For the third season in a row, I'll be publishing deep previews of all 18 teams: how they play, how they've built their list, causes for optimism/pessimism, and more.
I think they're worth reading!
The first one, on the Crows, drops tomorrow.
Deep dives into set pieces, Japanese noir detective stories, a hardcore punk gig, some unorganised thoughts on the State Of Tennis Today, a book about leaving it all behind to join a convent, and some more.
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Culture Corner: January 2026
Reading, Watching, Listening, Playing, Doing.
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February 1, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Deep dives into set pieces, Japanese noir detective stories, a hardcore punk gig, some unorganised thoughts on the State Of Tennis Today, a book about leaving it all behind to join a convent, and some more.
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/culture-co...
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/culture-co...
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Appreciation of North Melbourne's incredible achievement, reflection on how they did it, and rumination on what it might mean for the AFLW.
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Greatness is a Loop
Appreciating North Melbourne’s dynasty, and asking what it might mean for the future of the AFLW.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Appreciation of North Melbourne's incredible achievement, reflection on how they did it, and rumination on what it might mean for the AFLW.
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/greatness-...
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/greatness-...
Appreciation of North Melbourne's incredible achievement, reflection on how they did it, and rumination on what it might mean for the AFLW.
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/greatness-...
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/greatness-...
Greatness is a Loop
Appreciating North Melbourne’s dynasty, and asking what it might mean for the future of the AFLW.
www.onepercenters.net.au
December 3, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Appreciation of North Melbourne's incredible achievement, reflection on how they did it, and rumination on what it might mean for the AFLW.
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/greatness-...
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/greatness-...
The AFL draft is a parallel universe where things are always either good or about to be good.
To understand that world, I spoke with the man behind FootyStuff, whose channel has become the draft’s accidental memory bank.
New on One Percenters: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/the-archiv...
To understand that world, I spoke with the man behind FootyStuff, whose channel has become the draft’s accidental memory bank.
New on One Percenters: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/the-archiv...
The Archivist of What-Might-Be
The AFL draft’s parallel universe, and the curious amateur who helps hold it together.
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November 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The AFL draft is a parallel universe where things are always either good or about to be good.
To understand that world, I spoke with the man behind FootyStuff, whose channel has become the draft’s accidental memory bank.
New on One Percenters: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/the-archiv...
To understand that world, I spoke with the man behind FootyStuff, whose channel has become the draft’s accidental memory bank.
New on One Percenters: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/the-archiv...
Still searching for folks to assist with AFLW previews for the following clubs: Collingwood, Fremantle, Gold Coast, GWS, Richmond, St Kilda, and West Coast.
Is that you? Someone who follows you? Please get in touch or share this post. My DMs are open.
Is that you? Someone who follows you? Please get in touch or share this post. My DMs are open.
July 22, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Still searching for folks to assist with AFLW previews for the following clubs: Collingwood, Fremantle, Gold Coast, GWS, Richmond, St Kilda, and West Coast.
Is that you? Someone who follows you? Please get in touch or share this post. My DMs are open.
Is that you? Someone who follows you? Please get in touch or share this post. My DMs are open.
Gideon Haigh books about not-cricket, essays about the joy of discovering Proust, maddeningly addictive poker roguelikes, and more low-stakes maintenance – this is some of what I got up to in June.
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Culture Corner: June 2025
Reading, Watching, Listening, Playing, Doing.
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July 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Gideon Haigh books about not-cricket, essays about the joy of discovering Proust, maddeningly addictive poker roguelikes, and more low-stakes maintenance – this is some of what I got up to in June.
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/culture-co...
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/culture-co...
I want to write previews for every club ahead of the AFLW season – as I did for the AFLM.
Only problem: I'm not super well-informed.
So I'm looking for people who can help me. Is that you, or someone you know? Then please get in touch – and share this post. My DMs are open.
Only problem: I'm not super well-informed.
So I'm looking for people who can help me. Is that you, or someone you know? Then please get in touch – and share this post. My DMs are open.
June 23, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I want to write previews for every club ahead of the AFLW season – as I did for the AFLM.
Only problem: I'm not super well-informed.
So I'm looking for people who can help me. Is that you, or someone you know? Then please get in touch – and share this post. My DMs are open.
Only problem: I'm not super well-informed.
So I'm looking for people who can help me. Is that you, or someone you know? Then please get in touch – and share this post. My DMs are open.
Last call for this piece, wherein I try to explain my feelings whenever a player goes down with concussion.
I wrote about Jeremy McGovern, and Paul Seedsman, and the Selwood twins, and grappling with the burden of what footy can do to its players.
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/the-ethics...
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/the-ethics...
The ethics of being a footy fan
On Jeremy McGovern, Paul Seedsman, the Selwood twins, and the costs of supporting the game we love.
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June 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Last call for this piece, wherein I try to explain my feelings whenever a player goes down with concussion.
I wrote about Jeremy McGovern, and Paul Seedsman, and the Selwood twins, and grappling with the burden of what footy can do to its players.
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/the-ethics...
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/the-ethics...
The ethics of being a footy fan
On Jeremy McGovern, Paul Seedsman, the Selwood twins, and the costs of supporting the game we love.
www.onepercenters.net.au
June 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I wrote about Jeremy McGovern, and Paul Seedsman, and the Selwood twins, and grappling with the burden of what footy can do to its players.
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/the-ethics...
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/the-ethics...
There's no better way to follow the excitement of #AFLSunsFreo than by reading the latest Culture Corner.
Read if you like: proto-existential Jewish philosophy, songs written by forests, and figuring out where the hell I've been for the last month.
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Read if you like: proto-existential Jewish philosophy, songs written by forests, and figuring out where the hell I've been for the last month.
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/culture-co...
Culture Corner: May 2025
Reading, Watching, Listening, Playing, Doing.
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May 31, 2025 at 6:04 AM
There's no better way to follow the excitement of #AFLSunsFreo than by reading the latest Culture Corner.
Read if you like: proto-existential Jewish philosophy, songs written by forests, and figuring out where the hell I've been for the last month.
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/culture-co...
Read if you like: proto-existential Jewish philosophy, songs written by forests, and figuring out where the hell I've been for the last month.
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/culture-co...
Books about right-wing cranks! Russian emigre writers! That exoplanet that might be harbouring life! Vapourware-inspired puzzle games!
Read about all this and other things I enjoyed in the last month, in the latest edition of Culture Corner.
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/culture-co...
Read about all this and other things I enjoyed in the last month, in the latest edition of Culture Corner.
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/culture-co...
Culture Corner: April 2025
Reading, Watching, Listening, Playing, Doing.
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May 1, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Books about right-wing cranks! Russian emigre writers! That exoplanet that might be harbouring life! Vapourware-inspired puzzle games!
Read about all this and other things I enjoyed in the last month, in the latest edition of Culture Corner.
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/culture-co...
Read about all this and other things I enjoyed in the last month, in the latest edition of Culture Corner.
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/culture-co...
With 25.6% of the Home & Away season already completed, I thought I'd do something very original* for this week's newsletter and write down my thoughts on how every single team is doing so far.
The good, the bad, the key stats, even... a grade out of 10.
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-round...
The good, the bad, the key stats, even... a grade out of 10.
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-round...
2025 Roundabout, #6
The quarter-time huddle.
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April 23, 2025 at 10:50 AM
With 25.6% of the Home & Away season already completed, I thought I'd do something very original* for this week's newsletter and write down my thoughts on how every single team is doing so far.
The good, the bad, the key stats, even... a grade out of 10.
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-round...
The good, the bad, the key stats, even... a grade out of 10.
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-round...
Port find the right balance between the old and the new! The Crows can't defend! And Collingwood very much can. All that, and a bit more (including the now apparently regular Wanganeen-Milera role update), in this week's Roundabout: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-round...
2025 Roundabout, #5
Port enter the Goldilocks Zone, Collingwood are back, and the Crows can't just do the fun stuff.
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April 16, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Port find the right balance between the old and the new! The Crows can't defend! And Collingwood very much can. All that, and a bit more (including the now apparently regular Wanganeen-Milera role update), in this week's Roundabout: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-round...
Tonight, I'll be looking for:
- How Carl improve scoring inside 50. Mid-fwd connection needs to be better.
- How Carl can lengthen poss'n chains. Too many dump kicks so far.
- Who wins fwd half T/O battle. These sides are #2 and #3 so far, all about execution.
#AFLPiesBlues
- How Carl improve scoring inside 50. Mid-fwd connection needs to be better.
- How Carl can lengthen poss'n chains. Too many dump kicks so far.
- Who wins fwd half T/O battle. These sides are #2 and #3 so far, all about execution.
#AFLPiesBlues
April 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Tonight, I'll be looking for:
- How Carl improve scoring inside 50. Mid-fwd connection needs to be better.
- How Carl can lengthen poss'n chains. Too many dump kicks so far.
- Who wins fwd half T/O battle. These sides are #2 and #3 so far, all about execution.
#AFLPiesBlues
- How Carl improve scoring inside 50. Mid-fwd connection needs to be better.
- How Carl can lengthen poss'n chains. Too many dump kicks so far.
- Who wins fwd half T/O battle. These sides are #2 and #3 so far, all about execution.
#AFLPiesBlues
Watching Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera on the weekend and getting the vague sense that he was playing higher up the ground sent me down a rabbit hole of unpacking St Kilda's unusual and effective ball movement scheme. That, and a bit on Brisbane's comeback: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-round...
2025 Roundabout, #3
St Kilda's ball movement and Brisbane's commitment to the bit.
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April 2, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Watching Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera on the weekend and getting the vague sense that he was playing higher up the ground sent me down a rabbit hole of unpacking St Kilda's unusual and effective ball movement scheme. That, and a bit on Brisbane's comeback: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-round...
Wrote some words about the books and essays I read, shows I watched, albums I listened to, games I played, and heroic feats of practical masculinity I accomplished in March.
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Culture Corner: March 2025
Reading, Watching, Listening, Playing, Doing.
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March 31, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Wrote some words about the books and essays I read, shows I watched, albums I listened to, games I played, and heroic feats of practical masculinity I accomplished in March.
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/culture-co...
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/culture-co...
The main theme of tonight's game will be how Ess disrupt PA's ball mvmt. Ess are a decent intercept team (4th for intercept poss. in 2024) and PA are moving to a more handball-heavy scheme. Ess will get opportunities (Ridley in helps). All about how they capitalise.
#AFLDonsPort
#AFLDonsPort
March 27, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The main theme of tonight's game will be how Ess disrupt PA's ball mvmt. Ess are a decent intercept team (4th for intercept poss. in 2024) and PA are moving to a more handball-heavy scheme. Ess will get opportunities (Ridley in helps). All about how they capitalise.
#AFLDonsPort
#AFLDonsPort
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This Week in Football!
Here's a new project to try to bring together a curated grab bag of short pieces of analysis from the many great footy observers in online/social media/generally non-club non-broadcaster spaces.
thisweekinfootball.great-site.net?p=1
Here's a new project to try to bring together a curated grab bag of short pieces of analysis from the many great footy observers in online/social media/generally non-club non-broadcaster spaces.
thisweekinfootball.great-site.net?p=1
thisweekinfootball.great-site.net
March 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
This Week in Football!
Here's a new project to try to bring together a curated grab bag of short pieces of analysis from the many great footy observers in online/social media/generally non-club non-broadcaster spaces.
thisweekinfootball.great-site.net?p=1
Here's a new project to try to bring together a curated grab bag of short pieces of analysis from the many great footy observers in online/social media/generally non-club non-broadcaster spaces.
thisweekinfootball.great-site.net?p=1
Sorry the newsletter is late. I was watching the replay of the Bombers vs. Crows game.
There are many things wrong with Carlton's mid-fwd connection. An underrated one? They're not getting the ball into the hands of their best kicks enough. My deep dive: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-round...
There are many things wrong with Carlton's mid-fwd connection. An underrated one? They're not getting the ball into the hands of their best kicks enough. My deep dive: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-round...
2025 Roundabout, #2
Trying to make sense of Carlton’s flatlining offensive output.
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March 26, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Sorry the newsletter is late. I was watching the replay of the Bombers vs. Crows game.
There are many things wrong with Carlton's mid-fwd connection. An underrated one? They're not getting the ball into the hands of their best kicks enough. My deep dive: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-round...
There are many things wrong with Carlton's mid-fwd connection. An underrated one? They're not getting the ball into the hands of their best kicks enough. My deep dive: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-round...