We tear open the fixture and rip North a new one for gifting their Western opponents home games. Note a couple particularly easy schedules for Victorian clubs, as well as the new bye structure.

Footy doesn't stop, so why should we? Between the women's season, men's list news, and various other talking points, we aren't just filling the air here.

Our favorite word from this time last year was nowhere to be seen, but plenty of trade action still transpired — eventually. Find out how much Ethan was able to hide from it all in his second annual footy darkness retreat!

With no fewer than 23 simple tricks, Chris Fagan transformed his Lions from 0–3 to premiers! We had very different Grand Final viewing experiences, so that helped feed into our game breakdowns. We also send off the 2024 men's season with postmortems of the last two clubs.

Sections

00:00 Intro

01:43 GF: SYD v BRI

27:49 Postmortem: SYD

37:31 Postmortem: BRI

48:26 News / Conclusion

It's state v state and chaos v control as the grand final approaches. Victorians may see it's 125 years in the making, but it's honestly got a much longer story than that. Plus, we look back on the prelim losers and hash out some Brownlow discourse.

Sections

00:00 Intro

14:51 Postmortem: PA

27:37 Postmortem: GEE

37:04 GF: SYD v BRI

55:12 Main Characters / Conclusion

In which two California brothers rank the top 3 players of each and every AFL game in 2024. Yes, we really did this — and it's much faster and better paced than whatever the "real" Brownlow was the night before.

Watch on YouTube:

Full voting data: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZNJKIEZW70Uqi1AwgVmvJNVpDPQeY-mxL7Gr25iy8qs/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Maybe it'll take a voyage to outer space for the Power to fix the problems that are right under their nose. Or maybe they just need a fresh set of eyes on things, because it seems obvious to us — and the Swans. Saturday's prelim delivered much more on the drama, setting up a Grand Final matchup some people say coming… just taking a more twisting path to get there.

Sections

00:00 Intro

07:36 PF1: SYD v PA

24:21 PF2: GEE v BRI

47:29 Awards / Conclusion

Trust us, this title doesn't make as much sense as you think. It's final four time, but first we send off those vanquished in the semis. Then we get down to this weekend's two-game bill, bridging the gaps between earlier 2024 meetings and finals trends.

Sections

00:00 Intro

04:39 Postmortem: GWS

17:41 Postmortem: HAW

31:25 PF1: SYD v PA

41:36 PF2: GEE v BRI

50:02 Main Characters / Conclusion