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Just a guy who likes watching games, thinking things, and writing stuff about it.
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The three biggest names left to go in #AFLTrade all lie somewhere on the Harden Scale. They all have to ask how ugly to make it?

Petracca = Brooklyn (mutual destruction)
Curnow = OKC (polite agreement)
Merrett = Philly (light the joint up)

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The Harden Scale - Neds Blog
As the AFL Trade Period winds down, there are three unresolved situations. So which James Harden exit strategy will these guys adopt?
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October 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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The Trade Value Column is back.

Yes, it’s a Bill Simmons rip-off. Yes, it’s AFL trade week. And yes, we’re ranking every player by how untouchable they’d be if the AFL worked like an actual open market.

Part 1: neds.com.au/blog/2025/10...

#AFL #AFLTrade
The 2025 Trade Value Column: Part 1 - Neds Blog
Would you rather this player or this player? That is the guiding principle of our entirely original trade value comparison column.
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October 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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The Trade Value Column is back.

Yes, it’s a Bill Simmons rip-off. Yes, it’s AFL trade week. And yes, we’re ranking every player by how untouchable they’d be if the AFL worked like an actual open market.

Part 1: neds.com.au/blog/2025/10...

#AFL #AFLTrade
The 2025 Trade Value Column: Part 1 - Neds Blog
Would you rather this player or this player? That is the guiding principle of our entirely original trade value comparison column.
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October 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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This Grand Final is a battle of Evolution v Revolution.

Who comes out on top?

My preview

#aflfinals #AFLCatsLions #AFLGrandFinal #AFLGF

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GuyWhoLikesSport's 2025 AFL Grand Final Preview - Neds Blog
Check out what our hard hitting columnist the GuyWhoLikesSport is thinking for this weekend's AFL Grand Final.
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September 24, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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Before looking forward, I looked back at the games the captains played last week.

Dangerfield bent the contest to his will.

Andrews erased Collingwood's forward line.

Superstar games played by superstars.

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#AFLFinals #AFLCatsLions
The Captains Who Changed Everything - Neds Blog
Modern footy is about the superstars that can change a game for your team, and the two Grand Final teams showed they are lead by captains that can do that when it matters most.
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September 23, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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Geelong doesn’t win just because of tweaks.

They win because they know what they're good at and nobody can keep up.

The tweaks are the icing not the cake.

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GWLS - Geelong Sept 2025 - Neds Blog
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September 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Nat Fyfe was the best contest player I have ever seen. That made him perfect for a game that no longer exists.

I’m glad I saw him at a time when he could be king.

#AFL #Fyfe

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Nat Fyfe: The Last Pure Bull - Neds Blog
Nat Fyfe is the single best contested ball player of the last 20 years, and his retirement is another sign the game is moving away from his style of play.
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August 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Cap space doesn’t wear a guernsey. Ideally, you use it to get players like Wanganeen-Milera, not watch them walk out the door.

And if he leaves St Kilda, it would be unprecedented.

Only at the Saints.

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#AFL #Nas #WanganeenMilera
This Could Only Happen to St Kilda
Every AFL club supporter says some version of “this only happens to us”. It’s a common phraseology across 17 of the AFL’s 18 clubs, outside of Hawthorn who nothing bad ever happens to, and if it does,...
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August 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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The “You Don’t Want to Play These Blokes” Rankings

Not all finals teams are created equal. Some in the lower tier just feel more dangerous.

I built a chaos stew of contenders using:
⭐ Star power
⚔️ Aggression
💥 Chaos factor

#AFL #AFLFinals

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The “You Don’t Want to Play These Blokes” Rankings - Neds Blog
Even though the top-8 is incredibly close this year, it feels like there’s a big divide between the real contenders and the teams that have made the finals but are probably making up the numbers. Ther...
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July 30, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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Ken Hinkley’s Power teams always had more will than skill, built on the power of uncertainty.

This year, Port made him certain.

And in doing so, they took away his superpower.

#aflcrowspower #AFL

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The Rod They Made For Ken - Neds Blog
Watching the whimper with which Port went down in The Showdown on Saturday night, I thought of Ken Hinkley and the rod that the club which he has faithfully (and mostly successfully) formed for his ba...
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July 28, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Ken Hinkley’s Power teams always had more will than skill, built on the power of uncertainty.

This year, Port made him certain.

And in doing so, they took away his superpower.

#aflcrowspower #AFL

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The Rod They Made For Ken - Neds Blog
Watching the whimper with which Port went down in The Showdown on Saturday night, I thought of Ken Hinkley and the rod that the club which he has faithfully (and mostly successfully) formed for his ba...
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July 28, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Tim Tszyu was born in silk sheets and spent his career trying to shed them. But on Sunday, they weighed him down as he failed to answer the bell. A war with himself may have already cost him everything. 🥊 #Boxing #TszyuFundora

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Tim Tszyu’s War with Himself - Neds Blog
Marvin Hagler said “it’s hard to wake up at 5am and do road work when you’re sleeping in silk pyjamas”. For the…
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July 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Two clubs. Same spot in their rebuild.

Only one can call a spade a spade.

Richmond and Essendon are living the same reality and it showed in the worst game of the year - it's just different packaging.

#afltigersdons #AFL

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Richmond, Essendon, and Calling a Spade a Spade - Neds Blog
Watching Richmond beat Essendon on Saturday night, I thought of the end of Fight Club.   And that isn’t some comment on…
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July 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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Ilia Topuria has it all: power, presence, personality.

He's not just the UFC’s next superstar — he's could be the next global face of fighting.

Sip the tea. Smell the rose. Watch the reign begin.

#UFC317 #Topuria #TopuriaOliveira

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Ilia Topuria: The Anatomy of a Superstar - Neds Blog
Fighting runs on superstars. From Jack Johnson turning boxing into front-page news in the 1910s, to Sugar Ray Robinson in the 50s,…
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June 30, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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North has more wins than any of the last 4 years, but the way the Roos have rebuilt feels like it's from another era.

It's strange, and it could work, but there's no doubt it's different

#AFLBluesNorth #AFL

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The North Melbourne Conundrum - Neds Blog
North Melbourne already has four wins this season, including two in a row heading into another Tasmanian civil war, this time with…
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June 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Who has tremendous moxie for their size?

Who is threatening to stick their beak in?

Who has seriously considered salads?

Who needs satanic black magic to win it?

It's #TheSopranos guide to the 2025 #AFL Premiership race.

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The Sopranos Guide to the 2025 AFL Premiership Race - Neds Blog
As I see it, 10 teams could conceivably win the premiership this year and I wouldn’t vomit on the spot out of…
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June 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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Ross Lyon teased evolution. For 10 games, his Saints
showed it.

Now? They’re last in front-half scoring, last in forward-half time, and leaking points.

Like Don Draper and Tony Soprano, Ross can’t change — not for long.

#AFL

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Ross Lyon and the Illusion of Change - Neds Blog
Guys like Tony Soprano and Don Draper live in worlds that shift constantly, but they themselves remain mostly static. When they do…
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June 16, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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Hawthorn are like Jerry Seinfeld's two face girlfriend — dazzling one week, dreadful the next.

Sam Mitchell can keep them competitive, but how good are they really? Can they seriously contend?

#AFL #AFLHawksDogs

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How Good is Hawthorn Really? - Neds Blog
Watching Hawthorn this year has been like that Seinfeld episode where Jerry dates a woman who looks stunning in one light and…
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June 11, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Tom Lynch quietly played his 100th game for Richmond on Saturday.

But his 2018 free agency decision might’ve swung five premierships for Richmond, Collingwood and Melbourne.

Sliding doors don’t get bigger

#AFL #gotiges #afltigersswans

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One Free Agent, Five Premierships: Tom Lynch’s Decision Seven Years Later - Neds Blog
Tom Lynch played his 100th game for Richmond after leaving Gold Coast after the 2018 season. He played an anonymous role for…
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June 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Tom Lynch quietly played his 100th game for Richmond on Saturday.

But his 2018 free agency decision might’ve swung five premierships for Richmond, Collingwood and Melbourne.

Sliding doors don’t get bigger

#AFL #gotiges #afltigersswans

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One Free Agent, Five Premierships: Tom Lynch’s Decision Seven Years Later - Neds Blog
Tom Lynch played his 100th game for Richmond after leaving Gold Coast after the 2018 season. He played an anonymous role for…
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June 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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After demolishing Hawthorn, Collingwood is by far and away the AFL's bench mark so far for 2025.

But no team is perfect.

Let's nitpick the Pies.

#AFL #AFLPiesHawks #collingwood

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Nitpicking Collingwood - Neds Blog
I wrote this column about Sydney in Round 16 last year, when they were 13-2. The fault I identified for Sydney was…
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June 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Footy is having a Reservoir Dogs season in 2025— fast, chaotic, and aggressive.

The game’s changed. Goals matter more than ever.

Here’s my ranking of the AFL’s 5 best forward lines this season.

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Scoring is Back, Baby: Ranking Footy's Best Forward Lines - Neds Blog
This year, footy demands scoring, it’s like in the 90s when, after Reservoir Dogs, movies suddenly had to be funny and faster…
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June 4, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Footy is having a Reservoir Dogs season in 2025— fast, chaotic, and aggressive.

The game’s changed. Goals matter more than ever.

Here’s my ranking of the AFL’s 5 best forward lines this season.

www.neds.com.au/blog/2025/06...
Scoring is Back, Baby: Ranking Footy's Best Forward Lines - Neds Blog
This year, footy demands scoring, it’s like in the 90s when, after Reservoir Dogs, movies suddenly had to be funny and faster…
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June 4, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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After demolishing Hawthorn, Collingwood is by far and away the AFL's bench mark so far for 2025.

But no team is perfect.

Let's nitpick the Pies.

#AFL #AFLPiesHawks #collingwood

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Nitpicking Collingwood - Neds Blog
I wrote this column about Sydney in Round 16 last year, when they were 13-2. The fault I identified for Sydney was…
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June 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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The
@ufc
started as "best fight the best." Then came the superfight era. Now? No stars, no meritocracy, just content.

It's Marvel without Iron Man—endless cards, soulless corporatisation

It's a game of fill the calendar, line the pockets.

#UFC

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The UFC’s Marvel Turn
After the UFC exited the freak show era that sold the first few events – UFC 2 did not drug test, had no weight classes, and had an unlimited clock (UFC 1 had unlimited 5 minute rounds) – and consolid...
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May 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM