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Transition trouble: The numbers that place the Bombers below North and the Eagles
Essendon ranks below even North Melbourne and West Coast for defending teams transitioning the ball out of the Bombers’ forward line to the other end of the ground.
- by Michael Gleeson
Insight & Analysis
Violence of the lambs: Why placid men do brutal things on the football field
Neil Balme, Leigh Matthews and Shane Mumford, otherwise gentle people, explain why they did brutal things for their teams.
Jake Niall
Chief football writer, The Age
‘Everyone will be looked at’: Is big change coming at Essendon?
This week on the Real Footy podcast, Michael Gleeson, Caroline Wilson and Jake Niall discuss the Bombers and their loss to the Swans - their worst defeat of the season.
Four Points: Ryder, Martin among awesome foursome firing up teams, finals
Four players who returned to their team or to form have changed the look of the finals. These four players have recast the look of their teams and of the opponents they played.
Michael Gleeson
Sports columnist
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AFL round 9 briefing: Key takeouts and MRO news
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AFL 2022
Blues crash Cameron party as spirited Giants farewell coach, but Williams injury sours win
It shaped as a fairytale ending to Leon Cameron’s tenure at the Giants, but the Blues upset the party on Sunday to maintain their spot in the top four.
- by Damien Ractliffe
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