The Wooden Finger

Melbourne has won its past five matches by an average of almost 70 points. Even if the Demons have played more ‘below average’ teams than ‘...

Geelong was ‘poor’ against Essendon on the weekend, but don’t count them out – they’ve generally been a good side once again in 2018. ...

The West Coast Eagles, second on the ladder, have been pretty good in 2018. However it’s not clear they are one of the two best teams just ...

The rise and rise of the Tigers – for 21 rounds last season Richmond looked like they were merely just above average again. They’ve torn th...

Fremantle, Hawthorn, and North Melbourne are rated as the biggest improvers so far in 2018. What are they doing better? This week I had...

Five rounds into the 2018 season the majority of teams have three or more wins. But which of them are really above average? If you w...

After four rounds of the 2018 season there is no undefeated side in the AFL, and so far no dominant one. For the first time since ...

Though they have taken things down a notch so far in 2018 St. Kilda’s performances have been heading in the wrong direction for some time no...