As a former club president used to say regularly on a Thursday night, “A week is a long time in football”. And boy, this week has felt long. The obvious issue being the nature of the AFL season now that we here in Victoria have gone back into lockdown. At one point in the week it was looking like a bye-round had come early, but then it changed again back to the 22-man squad being counted. The rollercoaster finally settled on Friday morning and for some provided sweet relief for all those who care on what felt like a long weekend.
Midweek there was no inclination about what was to unfold across this weekend. Sure, the weather reports were telling us it’d be the coldest day of the year but no one warned us it would affect so many players this weekend.
Easter weekend. It’s all about death and resurrection. And this weekend we’ve seen both.
Did you know it was Earth Hour, the hour where we’re to switch off all the lights in our house to symbolically show we care for our planet, on Saturday night? No? Me either. My team North Melbourne seemed to know it was though, they were so into it they didn’t even switch on. What a disaster that was.
Round one reminds me of what a cruel mistress fantasy footy is for those of us who take it more seriously than we should. How good is it to be back!
Regular panelist Kane has bitten the bullet and dropped his SuperCoach side. What do you think of it?
Last season Rids won DreamTeam! He’s got his eyes on winning two competitions in two seasons. Will this be the team that helps him win SuperCoach?
It’s time to kick off our Team Reveals for the 2021 SuperCoach season. Up first is our podcast host MJ. What do you think of his side?
In 24 hours, the AAMI community series gets underway! So Rainman decided he’d provide for all Patreons an exclusive Team Reveal.
Think you’ve got what it takes to beat the Coaches Panel in DreamTeam, SuperCoach or AFL Fantasy? Below are the league codes where you can take on the panel members in a head to head combat.