Final plug for Round 8 edition of This Week in Football.
Two pieces looking at the hunt for success from the top and bottom of the ladder, a view of off-field governance, and more musings on community footy mascots.
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Swans finish with 1023 metres gained by hand, for 15.6% of their totally territory gain - league average is currently 319 and 5.6%.
Match stats from @andrew_whelan:
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Swans closing in on 500 handball metres gained before halftime - their 2026 average is 665 👀
You know where you can read more about that?
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This week in football:
@lincolntracy on The Bad Teams
@JCordy37 on evolution
@EmlynBreese two-fer on journalism and the appeals board
@seanHPN on even more mascots
open.substack.com/pub/thisweekin…
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One last plug for this week's post.
An impassioned diatribe about the absolute state of the Appeals Board, a deeply personal reflection on following the league as a queer fan, and one of us even managed to talk about football.
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Some great reads from @JCordy37 and @TheBackPocketAU about a challenging week in football.
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We've moved home, and joined every other football writer on substack. This week in football: @JCordy37 on the Appeals Board @TheBackPocketAU on queerness in football @EmlynBreese on untangling the results of the season so far …weekinaustralianfootball.substack.com/publish/post/1…
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Ignore that link, it's been a long week.
…weekinaustralianfootball.substack.com/p/round-7-2026
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We've moved home, and joined every other football writer on substack.
This week in football:
@JCordy37 on the Appeals Board
@TheBackPocketAU on queerness in football
@EmlynBreese on untangling the results of the season so far
…weekinaustralianfootball.substack.com/publish/post/1…
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It's a very late post this week as unfortunately every single member of the team was Overtaken by Circumstances.
This Week in Football:
- @EmlynBreese on handball play-ons
- @CapitalCityCody on Daicos
- @JeremiahTBrown on retaining possession
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Sounds familiar!
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"Clearly Freo just handled the late-game moments better than us." Nick Daicos on the Pies' six-point loss to the Dockers. #AFLPiesFreo
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This week in football we have:
- @JCordy37 on goalkicking accuracy
- @lincolntracy untangling the fixture
- @EmlynBreese thinks football is good, actually
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No Leek Aleer derby in the early afternoon time slot today because they both have a bye in Round 4. Why not fill the void with reading about why using a fifth bench spot on Reilly O'Brien was a terrible idea?
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We've got a debutant! This Week in Football: @JCordy37 on whether a bad ruck's better than none @EmlynBreese showing age isn't a number @changingangles7 debuts exploring the effects of opening round @TheBackPocketAU shows we need a better clash policy thisweekinfootball.com/twif/round-4-2…
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really should've done something with this account before now hey
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Forgot to include Around the Grounds this week because I ran out of time to source links but as always read @onepercentas,
@mimibirch, as well as @seanHPN & @CapitalCityCody's latest ABC piece.
also check out @leigheustace and @changingangles7 substacks if you haven't already.
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We've got a debutant!
This Week in Football:
@JCordy37 on whether a bad ruck's better than none
@EmlynBreese showing age isn't a number
@changingangles7 debuts exploring the effects of opening round
@TheBackPocketAU shows we need a better clash policy
thisweekinfootball.com/twif/round-4-2…
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You're hearing it more and more!
One Percenters@onepercentas
[Dentist waiting room] Me: [chanting] twif, twif- Other patients: twif, TWIF Secretary: [pounding her clipboard] TWIF, TWIF, TWIF!
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