Down The Guts

Fair to say the AFL's Gather Round concept was a raging success, Adam gives the lowdown on why this festival of footy hit all the right notes after watching 6 out of the 9 games live. Plus there's movement amongst the tiers, a line is drawn with Richmond's season, the Gold Coast's development under the microscope and what is Essendon's ceiling? 0:45 - What it was like to be amongst it in Adelaide...

Round Four of the AFL 2023 season concludes with all teams now opening their winning accounts. The lid is struggling to stay on at Carlton, while the Bulldogs are up after a gritty win over the Tigers. But the alarm bells are ringing at Fremantle, while Sydney let one slip they shouldn't have let get away. Plus the boys reveal what they're looking for in their MVP and other awards to be revealed l...

A big Round 3 of the AFL season, with key rivals shaking the foundations of the boys revela of the their tiers for the first time during the season. Plus what will it take for people to believe in St Kilda's unbeaten start? And where does Port's showdown loss leave the club? Adam says they've got to take a step back to go two steps forward.

Do you believe in your team's start to the 2023 AFL season, or do you hold concerns? Adam and Joe cast their eye over the teams that have started 2-0 and those that are 0-2. Plus... has Adam cracked the Collingwood code? And what is the difference between a star of the competition... and a superstar? Do you believe in... Sydney's start - 2:39 St Kilda sitting second - 3:41 Essendon's undefeated op...

A brutal opening to the 2023 AFL Season, with horrific injuries, brutish bumps and teams exposed in round one. Adam and Joe look at just a few of the storylines that emerged from Round One including, Richmond can't win the close ones like they used too; Collingwood deserve more respect, Port WERE hiding something before the season started; the extraordinary leeway Adam Simpson has been given at We...

The AFL season is almost here, we can almost taste it. Adam and Joe get stuck into what the major storylines of the opening round of the AFL season are - who needs a win more between the Blues and the Tigers; why Geelong's unbeaten streak could break the all time record; and will the Crows walk the walk, after talking the talk?

The season premiere continues, as we fill up the time capsule with the predictions for the remaining AFL teams ahead of the 2023 Premiership season. Hawthorn (0:45), Melbourne (14:39), North Melbourne (26:35), Port Adelaide (40:34), Richmond (1:03:02), St Kilda (1:20:11), Sydney Swans (1:31:09), West Coast (1:41:56), Western Bulldogs (1:51:36)

We're back! With Season 2023 bearing down on us Adam and Joe get stuck into a lengthy preview and some leading theories about nine of the AFL teams. Adelaide (1:37), Brisbane (28:52), Carlton (43:40), Collinwood (1:00:25), Essendon (1:16:40), Fremantle (1:31:12), Geelong (1:47:25), Gold Coast (1:58:12), GWS (2:09:18). It's a time capsule podcast - how right were the boys in terms of ladder predict...

The 2022 seasons have been won, the premiership songs sung, the trading and drafting both can't be undone - but there's plenty left to ponder heading into 2023. Who got what they needed in the AFL National Draft? Is there a clear strategy for clubs like Hawthorn? Plus the AFL fixture for round one has been made public and it features some traditional and emerging rivalries. But what are the off-Br...

There's a clear top three in terms of players who emerged from the 2009 AFL Draft, but who would you have taken if you were Melbourne, and is Max Gawn one of them? It's one of many debates Adam and Joe have looking at this draft class. Who nailed it and who failed it?

Who's the greatest player to have emerged from the 2008 AFL Draft? Let's just say there's some alternative thinking as Adam and Joe sit down to redraft the first round of the 2008 AFL Draft. Who's nailed it and who should have their picks again?

It was always going to be a hard act to follow for the AFL Draft Class of 2007, given who ended their careers that season (Mark Ricciuto, Nathan Buckley, James Hird, Anthony Koutoufides, Glenn Archer, Chris Grant etc). That's not to say some haven't stamped themselves on the game from that draft year. Adam and Joe rearrange the first round of the draft as to who they think should have been drafted...

Who's the greatest player drafted in the Class of '06? Who could have made an even greater impact if they were selected at a different club? Very few players from the 2006 draft remain playing, but the achivement this group made as a collective has Adam calling it the 'Lost Superdraft'. So how do Adam and Joe rearrange the first round of the 2006 draft? Who's nailed it and who should have their pi...

Trade week is done! So why have the Saints decided to sack coach Brett Ratten and have they sacked the wrong person? Everyone wants to know who's won trade period... but it's more than that. Which clubs improved their current playing list and draft hand and who's regressed? And how has trade week affected the-way-to-early teirs for 2023? Adam and Joe go over every single club.

The clock is ticking - so will the AFL see a mega four-club trade that satisfies Port Adelaide, North Melbourne, GWS and West Coast? Adam says YES! And show how it can be done. Plus other dominoes to fall - will they fall the right way for Fremantle and Luke Jackson, and Brisbane and Josh Dunkley? Adam and Joe dissect the trade period which has some twists and turns to go.

They say a week is a long time in footy, a day is almost an eternity in trade week. In this mega-episode, recorded over two days, Adam and Joe look at what the bottom 10 teams in 2022 should be looking to do with their list and what stage they're in (complete rebuild, building, resetting or ready to launch) plus they dissect the TRADE BOMB dropped right on the eve of the Trade Period officially op...

Geelong has capped off one of the best single season runs ever seen in the AFL era. Adam and Joe breaks down why and where it sits. But while some enjoy the flowing beers and champagne bottles being popped, questions now loom over Geelong's list long-term, Sydney's ability to bounce back, all the while the trade winds are blowing.

It's finally here! We enter a most fitting Grand Final for an amazing season full of highlights and unpredictability. Adam and Joe take a look at what the Preliminary Final exits mean for Brisbane and Collingwood, plus make the cases for why Geelong and Sydney can win the ultimate prize.

Maybe the first week of the AFL finals series in 2022 was such a treat that anything that came after it was going to leave a slightly bitter taste, or maybe that's just for Melbourne fans after a straight sets exit. Adam and Joe go through it all and the key questions for the Demons and the Dockers. But what it also means is the penultimate weekend of the season, will bring two highly pressurized...

The first week of the AFL finals was a footy feast; Brisbane and Richmond brought the delicious cocktails which barely touched the sides; Melbourne and Sydney were the entree, with playful flavours dancing on the tongue; Geelong and Collingwood were the main course, a flame-licked steak with all the trimmings; and Fremantle and the Western Bulldogs were a sweet dessert paired with some cheese. How...

It's supposed to be a week off, right? No chance! In a monster Adam and Joe discuss the start of AFLW Season 7, as the men begin their ascent to the crescendo of the AFL finals, on the backdrop of Awards season. Plus the trade period hasn't officially begun yet, but does the speculated trades of Izak Rankine and Luke Jackson give us insight into how clubs are going to target players in the future?

Adam and Joe look at the turbulent, twisting and tumultuous final round of the home and away season. Do Carlton receive a pass mark for their season after missing out the finals by a solitary point? Where to for Brisbane on the eve of the finals? And what in the world to Essendon do now?

With finals just around the corner, this was the Round of Opportunity! Adam and Joe discuss who took theirs and reshaped the tiers. And with one round to go, there's is still plenty to play for in the final round - whether it be the top four, the top eight or parochial hometown pride.

Joe and Adam sit down to discuss the "Round of Truth" as the AFL's Round 21 comes to a conclusion. From movement in the final front-tiers, to a close look at where Melbourne and Collingwood sit ahead of their tilts at the finals. Plus what would some of the rumoured trades actually mean for the clubs involved.