Ricky Mangidis
@rickymangidis.bsky.social
• Senior Social Lead 7Cricket/7AFL/7Sport
• AFL words theshinboner.com
• Ex-NMFC, Renegades, MVFC
• Sports and reposting articles. And some wrestling too.
• AFL words theshinboner.com
• Ex-NMFC, Renegades, MVFC
• Sports and reposting articles. And some wrestling too.
This post is probably going to break all sorts of earnestness records, but just very grateful to have AEW to watch each week. Here's to the next six years #AEWDynamite
October 2, 2025 at 3:01 AM
This post is probably going to break all sorts of earnestness records, but just very grateful to have AEW to watch each week. Here's to the next six years #AEWDynamite
I was ... uhh ... not expecting India to lose 4/4 in two overs 😳
Hopefully a sign of more World Cup chaos to come (said as someone planning to spend most of his three weeks leave watching it)
#CWC25
Hopefully a sign of more World Cup chaos to come (said as someone planning to spend most of his three weeks leave watching it)
#CWC25
September 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I was ... uhh ... not expecting India to lose 4/4 in two overs 😳
Hopefully a sign of more World Cup chaos to come (said as someone planning to spend most of his three weeks leave watching it)
#CWC25
Hopefully a sign of more World Cup chaos to come (said as someone planning to spend most of his three weeks leave watching it)
#CWC25
🚨🆕 on The Shinboner 🚨
How Brisbane flipped the script: The lessons they learned from the Qualifying Final loss, what they changed for the Grand Final, and how they executed it all to win the ultimate prize.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/09/29/h...
How Brisbane flipped the script: The lessons they learned from the Qualifying Final loss, what they changed for the Grand Final, and how they executed it all to win the ultimate prize.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/09/29/h...
September 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
🚨🆕 on The Shinboner 🚨
How Brisbane flipped the script: The lessons they learned from the Qualifying Final loss, what they changed for the Grand Final, and how they executed it all to win the ultimate prize.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/09/29/h...
How Brisbane flipped the script: The lessons they learned from the Qualifying Final loss, what they changed for the Grand Final, and how they executed it all to win the ultimate prize.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/09/29/h...
🚨 New on The Shinboner 🚨
Lessons from the Qualifying Final: A 2025 Grand Final preview.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/09/27/l...
Lessons from the Qualifying Final: A 2025 Grand Final preview.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/09/27/l...
September 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
🚨 New on The Shinboner 🚨
Lessons from the Qualifying Final: A 2025 Grand Final preview.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/09/27/l...
Lessons from the Qualifying Final: A 2025 Grand Final preview.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/09/27/l...
🆕 on The Shinboner: A look into Adelaide's finals campaign.
What caused each of their losses, the lessons to be learned, and why the fixes should be relatively straight forward to implement, with one wildcard.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/09/14/a...
What caused each of their losses, the lessons to be learned, and why the fixes should be relatively straight forward to implement, with one wildcard.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/09/14/a...
September 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
🆕 on The Shinboner: A look into Adelaide's finals campaign.
What caused each of their losses, the lessons to be learned, and why the fixes should be relatively straight forward to implement, with one wildcard.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/09/14/a...
What caused each of their losses, the lessons to be learned, and why the fixes should be relatively straight forward to implement, with one wildcard.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/09/14/a...
🆕 on The Shinboner: The last Finals Dossier, focusing on everything Collingwood.
Reasons for their start to the year, reasons for their finish, everything in between, and what it all means heading into September...
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/29/2...
(see pinned post for full access dates)
Reasons for their start to the year, reasons for their finish, everything in between, and what it all means heading into September...
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/29/2...
(see pinned post for full access dates)
August 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
🆕 on The Shinboner: The last Finals Dossier, focusing on everything Collingwood.
Reasons for their start to the year, reasons for their finish, everything in between, and what it all means heading into September...
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/29/2...
(see pinned post for full access dates)
Reasons for their start to the year, reasons for their finish, everything in between, and what it all means heading into September...
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/29/2...
(see pinned post for full access dates)
🆕 on The Shinboner: Today's Finals Dossier is all about the reigning premiers.
Everything about a fascinating Brisbane campaign, what to take out of the highs, and how much of the lows are relevant in a finals setting...
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/28/2...
(see pinned post for full access dates)
Everything about a fascinating Brisbane campaign, what to take out of the highs, and how much of the lows are relevant in a finals setting...
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/28/2...
(see pinned post for full access dates)
August 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
🆕 on The Shinboner: Today's Finals Dossier is all about the reigning premiers.
Everything about a fascinating Brisbane campaign, what to take out of the highs, and how much of the lows are relevant in a finals setting...
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/28/2...
(see pinned post for full access dates)
Everything about a fascinating Brisbane campaign, what to take out of the highs, and how much of the lows are relevant in a finals setting...
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/28/2...
(see pinned post for full access dates)
🆕 on The Shinboner: The ever-present in these Finals Dossiers, Geelong.
This is the sixth edition, Geelong have featured five (!) times, and yet there's always plenty of new things to write about.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/27/2...
(see pinned post for full access dates and Patreon levels)
This is the sixth edition, Geelong have featured five (!) times, and yet there's always plenty of new things to write about.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/27/2...
(see pinned post for full access dates and Patreon levels)
August 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
🆕 on The Shinboner: The ever-present in these Finals Dossiers, Geelong.
This is the sixth edition, Geelong have featured five (!) times, and yet there's always plenty of new things to write about.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/27/2...
(see pinned post for full access dates and Patreon levels)
This is the sixth edition, Geelong have featured five (!) times, and yet there's always plenty of new things to write about.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/27/2...
(see pinned post for full access dates and Patreon levels)
🆕 on The Shinboner: 2025's first Finals Dossier is here, and naturally we start with the minor premiers.
Everything Adelaide - and it feels like literally everything - in a large, large piece.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/26/2...
(see pinned post for full access dates and levels)
Everything Adelaide - and it feels like literally everything - in a large, large piece.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/26/2...
(see pinned post for full access dates and levels)
August 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
🆕 on The Shinboner: 2025's first Finals Dossier is here, and naturally we start with the minor premiers.
Everything Adelaide - and it feels like literally everything - in a large, large piece.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/26/2...
(see pinned post for full access dates and levels)
Everything Adelaide - and it feels like literally everything - in a large, large piece.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/26/2...
(see pinned post for full access dates and levels)
The schedule for this year's Finals Dossier are locked in now, with a large thank you to Gold Coast for not making it too complicated.
Tuesday: Adelaide
Wednesday: Geelong
Thursday: Brisbane
Friday: Collingwood
With the different levels of access based on the date here ⬇️
Tuesday: Adelaide
Wednesday: Geelong
Thursday: Brisbane
Friday: Collingwood
With the different levels of access based on the date here ⬇️
August 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The schedule for this year's Finals Dossier are locked in now, with a large thank you to Gold Coast for not making it too complicated.
Tuesday: Adelaide
Wednesday: Geelong
Thursday: Brisbane
Friday: Collingwood
With the different levels of access based on the date here ⬇️
Tuesday: Adelaide
Wednesday: Geelong
Thursday: Brisbane
Friday: Collingwood
With the different levels of access based on the date here ⬇️
Expected Score v Actual Score for Round 24, via the Herald Sun (except for Wednesday night's game).
A full season summary is featured in this week's Notebook: theshinboner.com/2025/08/25/e...
A full season summary is featured in this week's Notebook: theshinboner.com/2025/08/25/e...
August 25, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Expected Score v Actual Score for Round 24, via the Herald Sun (except for Wednesday night's game).
A full season summary is featured in this week's Notebook: theshinboner.com/2025/08/25/e...
A full season summary is featured in this week's Notebook: theshinboner.com/2025/08/25/e...
🆕 on The Shinboner: A final home and away season Notebook, summarising...
1) Expected Score rankings
2) Minutes Played By Age for each team
3) A personal top-five favourite games of the year
(all except Wednesday night's game)
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/25/e...
1) Expected Score rankings
2) Minutes Played By Age for each team
3) A personal top-five favourite games of the year
(all except Wednesday night's game)
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/25/e...
August 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
🆕 on The Shinboner: A final home and away season Notebook, summarising...
1) Expected Score rankings
2) Minutes Played By Age for each team
3) A personal top-five favourite games of the year
(all except Wednesday night's game)
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/25/e...
1) Expected Score rankings
2) Minutes Played By Age for each team
3) A personal top-five favourite games of the year
(all except Wednesday night's game)
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/25/e...
🆕 on The Shinboner: 23 up, 23 down. The last North Melbourne match review of the season.
It's a long piece to mark the occasion, juggling between individual match analysis, placing it into a larger season context, and a look at the year as a whole.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/24/o...
It's a long piece to mark the occasion, juggling between individual match analysis, placing it into a larger season context, and a look at the year as a whole.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/24/o...
August 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
🆕 on The Shinboner: 23 up, 23 down. The last North Melbourne match review of the season.
It's a long piece to mark the occasion, juggling between individual match analysis, placing it into a larger season context, and a look at the year as a whole.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/24/o...
It's a long piece to mark the occasion, juggling between individual match analysis, placing it into a larger season context, and a look at the year as a whole.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/24/o...
🆕 on The Shinboner: Had a lot of fun putting this week's Notebook together.
The different ways to use uncontested marks, using Brisbane's method against Fremantle and St Kilda's method against Richmond as the examples.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/20/t...
The different ways to use uncontested marks, using Brisbane's method against Fremantle and St Kilda's method against Richmond as the examples.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/20/t...
August 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
🆕 on The Shinboner: Had a lot of fun putting this week's Notebook together.
The different ways to use uncontested marks, using Brisbane's method against Fremantle and St Kilda's method against Richmond as the examples.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/20/t...
The different ways to use uncontested marks, using Brisbane's method against Fremantle and St Kilda's method against Richmond as the examples.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/20/t...
🆕 on The Shinboner: A 48-point North Melbourne win and a 54-disposal game means today's post is about two things:
1) How North were able to dictate the game
2) How Harry Sheezel was able to get 54 disposals
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/17/r...
1) How North were able to dictate the game
2) How Harry Sheezel was able to get 54 disposals
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/17/r...
August 17, 2025 at 11:31 PM
🆕 on The Shinboner: A 48-point North Melbourne win and a 54-disposal game means today's post is about two things:
1) How North were able to dictate the game
2) How Harry Sheezel was able to get 54 disposals
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/17/r...
1) How North were able to dictate the game
2) How Harry Sheezel was able to get 54 disposals
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/17/r...
🆕 on The Shinboner: It's a large Notebook this week.
Three topics, lots of words, and also a bit of scene setting for a couple of finals topics...
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/13/d...
Three topics, lots of words, and also a bit of scene setting for a couple of finals topics...
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/13/d...
August 13, 2025 at 7:01 AM
🆕 on The Shinboner: It's a large Notebook this week.
Three topics, lots of words, and also a bit of scene setting for a couple of finals topics...
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/13/d...
Three topics, lots of words, and also a bit of scene setting for a couple of finals topics...
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/13/d...
🆕 on The Shinboner: Today's post about North Melbourne's loss to GWS zooms out a bit.
There's a focus on domino effects, where the key part of a chain happens early, but focus is drawn to what happens at the end.
And also a superb bit of leadership.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/11/d...
There's a focus on domino effects, where the key part of a chain happens early, but focus is drawn to what happens at the end.
And also a superb bit of leadership.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/11/d...
August 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
🆕 on The Shinboner: Today's post about North Melbourne's loss to GWS zooms out a bit.
There's a focus on domino effects, where the key part of a chain happens early, but focus is drawn to what happens at the end.
And also a superb bit of leadership.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/11/d...
There's a focus on domino effects, where the key part of a chain happens early, but focus is drawn to what happens at the end.
And also a superb bit of leadership.
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/11/d...
🆕 on The Shinboner: A hastily put together Notebook this week has a sole focus on Melbourne:
1️⃣ Half-assessment of their on-field prospects, style, and list structure
2️⃣ Half-providing the info for people to make up their own assessments as well
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/06/a...
1️⃣ Half-assessment of their on-field prospects, style, and list structure
2️⃣ Half-providing the info for people to make up their own assessments as well
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/06/a...
August 6, 2025 at 7:16 AM
🆕 on The Shinboner: A hastily put together Notebook this week has a sole focus on Melbourne:
1️⃣ Half-assessment of their on-field prospects, style, and list structure
2️⃣ Half-providing the info for people to make up their own assessments as well
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/06/a...
1️⃣ Half-assessment of their on-field prospects, style, and list structure
2️⃣ Half-providing the info for people to make up their own assessments as well
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/06/a...
Expected Score v Actual Score for Round 21, via the Herald Sun ⬇️
August 4, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Expected Score v Actual Score for Round 21, via the Herald Sun ⬇️
🆕 on The Shinboner: Today's post on North Melbourne's loss to St Kilda jumps around from topic to topic, including:
- Colby McKercher's form + future role
- The team's tendency to retreat
- A mini checklist of things to see in the last three games
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/04/i...
- Colby McKercher's form + future role
- The team's tendency to retreat
- A mini checklist of things to see in the last three games
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/04/i...
August 3, 2025 at 11:31 PM
🆕 on The Shinboner: Today's post on North Melbourne's loss to St Kilda jumps around from topic to topic, including:
- Colby McKercher's form + future role
- The team's tendency to retreat
- A mini checklist of things to see in the last three games
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/04/i...
- Colby McKercher's form + future role
- The team's tendency to retreat
- A mini checklist of things to see in the last three games
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/08/04/i...
Expected Score v Actual Score for Round 20, via the Herald Sun. A pretty ho-hum round, right up until the end...
July 28, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Expected Score v Actual Score for Round 20, via the Herald Sun. A pretty ho-hum round, right up until the end...
A Shinboner programming note for the finals & September, mainly getting posted so I can pin it:
- The Finals Dossiers return for the sixth edition
- Notebooks will continue right through the finals
- Extra bits and bobs
Dates & details: theshinboner.com/2025/07/28/f...
- The Finals Dossiers return for the sixth edition
- Notebooks will continue right through the finals
- Extra bits and bobs
Dates & details: theshinboner.com/2025/07/28/f...
July 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
A Shinboner programming note for the finals & September, mainly getting posted so I can pin it:
- The Finals Dossiers return for the sixth edition
- Notebooks will continue right through the finals
- Extra bits and bobs
Dates & details: theshinboner.com/2025/07/28/f...
- The Finals Dossiers return for the sixth edition
- Notebooks will continue right through the finals
- Extra bits and bobs
Dates & details: theshinboner.com/2025/07/28/f...
🆕 on The Shinboner: North Melbourne's 101-point loss to Geelong was another example of the same cycle repeating itself this year.
Today's post explains what that cycle is, how it plays out, and pondering how it can be broken...
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/07/27/r...
Today's post explains what that cycle is, how it plays out, and pondering how it can be broken...
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/07/27/r...
July 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
🆕 on The Shinboner: North Melbourne's 101-point loss to Geelong was another example of the same cycle repeating itself this year.
Today's post explains what that cycle is, how it plays out, and pondering how it can be broken...
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/07/27/r...
Today's post explains what that cycle is, how it plays out, and pondering how it can be broken...
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/07/27/r...
🆕 on The Shinboner: North Melbourne's loss to Sydney basically boiled down to two things:
1) How they fared in the ruck, and its flow on effects
2) Their ball use, both by hand and foot
So today's post touches on those two things...
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/07/20/r...
1) How they fared in the ruck, and its flow on effects
2) Their ball use, both by hand and foot
So today's post touches on those two things...
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/07/20/r...
July 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
🆕 on The Shinboner: North Melbourne's loss to Sydney basically boiled down to two things:
1) How they fared in the ruck, and its flow on effects
2) Their ball use, both by hand and foot
So today's post touches on those two things...
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/07/20/r...
1) How they fared in the ruck, and its flow on effects
2) Their ball use, both by hand and foot
So today's post touches on those two things...
↪️ theshinboner.com/2025/07/20/r...
Cool piece by Atherton looking back on working on the 2005 Ashes. This anecdote sounds hilarious too: www.thetimes.com/article/9c8b...
July 19, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Cool piece by Atherton looking back on working on the 2005 Ashes. This anecdote sounds hilarious too: www.thetimes.com/article/9c8b...