One Percenters
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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...
Footy fans, please help me with some research for an article I'm in the early stages of cooking up: tell me your team's five best inside-50 kicks.
The only restrictions are they had to be on the list in 2024 and are ideally best-22 when fit.
The only restrictions are they had to be on the list in 2024 and are ideally best-22 when fit.
March 20, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Footy fans, please help me with some research for an article I'm in the early stages of cooking up: tell me your team's five best inside-50 kicks.
The only restrictions are they had to be on the list in 2024 and are ideally best-22 when fit.
The only restrictions are they had to be on the list in 2024 and are ideally best-22 when fit.
In the early stages of something fairly audacious: a guide to identifying the main tactical themes in a game. Call it a tactics cheat sheet. Ball movement, attacking/defending transition, stoppages, you name it.
Keen to contribute? My DMs are open.
Keen to contribute? My DMs are open.
March 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
In the early stages of something fairly audacious: a guide to identifying the main tactical themes in a game. Call it a tactics cheat sheet. Ball movement, attacking/defending transition, stoppages, you name it.
Keen to contribute? My DMs are open.
Keen to contribute? My DMs are open.
Anth - one of the best in business, follow him even if you're not an Essendon fan - let me don my Mr Hyde nuff persona to be consider what the Crows need to do to win at the MCG on Saturday.
Essendon Rd2 preview now 🆙 on #thebombersblog & it’s a special one this wk
Mateo from @onepercentas.bsky.social puts on his Adelaide colours & gives an oppositions view on this matchup, Essendon, & what the Crows have to do for the 4 points #godons
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Mateo from @onepercentas.bsky.social puts on his Adelaide colours & gives an oppositions view on this matchup, Essendon, & what the Crows have to do for the 4 points #godons
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Bombers vs Crows Preview
If you’re anything like me, living and breathing football 365 days a year, you’re always on the lookout for great content beyond the mainstream media. If that’s the case, you’ve probably come across s...
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March 19, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Anth - one of the best in business, follow him even if you're not an Essendon fan - let me don my Mr Hyde nuff persona to be consider what the Crows need to do to win at the MCG on Saturday.
On Saturday, Fremantle and Port Adelaide showed how you can fail the old, boring way – or the new, exciting way. Their insistence on elaboration was at the heart of their shocking results.
In my first Roundabout of the new season, I dig into how it happened: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-round...
In my first Roundabout of the new season, I dig into how it happened: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-round...
2025 Roundabout, #1
Fremantle and Port show how familiarity – and novelty – can both breed contempt.
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March 18, 2025 at 9:31 AM
On Saturday, Fremantle and Port Adelaide showed how you can fail the old, boring way – or the new, exciting way. Their insistence on elaboration was at the heart of their shocking results.
In my first Roundabout of the new season, I dig into how it happened: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-round...
In my first Roundabout of the new season, I dig into how it happened: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-round...
To celebrate the return of footy, I'm offering 25% off annual subscriptions until the end of March.
Just $45 to support a different kind of footy media for a whole year.
Redeem your offer here: www.onepercenters.net.au/orsale
Just $45 to support a different kind of footy media for a whole year.
Redeem your offer here: www.onepercenters.net.au/orsale
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March 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
To celebrate the return of footy, I'm offering 25% off annual subscriptions until the end of March.
Just $45 to support a different kind of footy media for a whole year.
Redeem your offer here: www.onepercenters.net.au/orsale
Just $45 to support a different kind of footy media for a whole year.
Redeem your offer here: www.onepercenters.net.au/orsale
The Bulldogs are one of the most mercurial sides in footy, led by one of its most eccentric coaches.
Underneath it all, they're a good – very good – team.
But, this year, they face some difficult challenges.
My 2025 Western Bulldogs season preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-afl-s...
Underneath it all, they're a good – very good – team.
But, this year, they face some difficult challenges.
My 2025 Western Bulldogs season preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-afl-s...
2025 AFL Season Previews: Western Bulldogs
One normal year of Bevo. That is all I ask for.
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March 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The Bulldogs are one of the most mercurial sides in footy, led by one of its most eccentric coaches.
Underneath it all, they're a good – very good – team.
But, this year, they face some difficult challenges.
My 2025 Western Bulldogs season preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-afl-s...
Underneath it all, they're a good – very good – team.
But, this year, they face some difficult challenges.
My 2025 Western Bulldogs season preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-afl-s...
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Here's a sneaky lil season preview with some pretty charts and (I think) good reasonable opinions
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
Unpredictable AFL season 2025 set to be most open in years
The 2025 AFL season looks set to be desperately hard to separate the cream from the crop, with no side flawless, and almost every team harbouring hopes of playing footy in September.
www.abc.net.au
March 6, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Here's a sneaky lil season preview with some pretty charts and (I think) good reasonable opinions
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
The Eagles are entering an exciting new era.
New coach. New game plan. Lots of new players.
But many of the same questions are still waiting for an answer.
My 2025 West Coast preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-afl-s...
New coach. New game plan. Lots of new players.
But many of the same questions are still waiting for an answer.
My 2025 West Coast preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-afl-s...
2025 AFL Season Previews: West Coast
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single don't argue.
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March 5, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The Eagles are entering an exciting new era.
New coach. New game plan. Lots of new players.
But many of the same questions are still waiting for an answer.
My 2025 West Coast preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-afl-s...
New coach. New game plan. Lots of new players.
But many of the same questions are still waiting for an answer.
My 2025 West Coast preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-afl-s...
Had a great time chatting with former Freo champion Paul Hasleby on SEN WA about the newsletter, the new stats Champion Data will be collecting from this season, and what Freo need to do in order to improve: open.spotify.com/episode/6mPq...
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The Run Home with Paul Hasleby · Episode
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March 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Had a great time chatting with former Freo champion Paul Hasleby on SEN WA about the newsletter, the new stats Champion Data will be collecting from this season, and what Freo need to do in order to improve: open.spotify.com/episode/6mPq...
Sydney were the best team in it, or very close, until the day it mattered most.
They will need to rebound from another chastening Grand Final defeat and adjust to a new head coach.
But their talent is beyond question.
My 2025 Sydney season preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-afl-s...
They will need to rebound from another chastening Grand Final defeat and adjust to a new head coach.
But their talent is beyond question.
My 2025 Sydney season preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-afl-s...
2025 AFL Season Previews: Sydney
Fool me once, shame on – shame on you. Fool me – you can't get fooled again.
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March 4, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Sydney were the best team in it, or very close, until the day it mattered most.
They will need to rebound from another chastening Grand Final defeat and adjust to a new head coach.
But their talent is beyond question.
My 2025 Sydney season preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-afl-s...
They will need to rebound from another chastening Grand Final defeat and adjust to a new head coach.
But their talent is beyond question.
My 2025 Sydney season preview: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-afl-s...