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The footy newsletter. Especially biased against your team. All words, and the thoughts occasionally attached to them, by Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo.
Cheers. Yeah, David is clearly a very switched-on guy.
November 18, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Cheers. Yeah, David is clearly a very switched-on guy.
Thank you! Yeah this one ended up being more of an exploration of the psyche of fandom than I'd anticipated when I first had the idea.
November 17, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Thank you! Yeah this one ended up being more of an exploration of the psyche of fandom than I'd anticipated when I first had the idea.
The AFL draft is a parallel universe where things are always either good or about to be good.
To understand that world, I spoke with the man behind FootyStuff, whose channel has become the draft’s accidental memory bank.
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To understand that world, I spoke with the man behind FootyStuff, whose channel has become the draft’s accidental memory bank.
New on One Percenters: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/the-archiv...
The Archivist of What-Might-Be
The AFL draft’s parallel universe, and the curious amateur who helps hold it together.
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November 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The AFL draft is a parallel universe where things are always either good or about to be good.
To understand that world, I spoke with the man behind FootyStuff, whose channel has become the draft’s accidental memory bank.
New on One Percenters: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/the-archiv...
To understand that world, I spoke with the man behind FootyStuff, whose channel has become the draft’s accidental memory bank.
New on One Percenters: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/the-archiv...
Still searching for folks to assist with AFLW previews for the following clubs: Collingwood, Fremantle, Gold Coast, GWS, Richmond, St Kilda, and West Coast.
Is that you? Someone who follows you? Please get in touch or share this post. My DMs are open.
Is that you? Someone who follows you? Please get in touch or share this post. My DMs are open.
July 22, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Still searching for folks to assist with AFLW previews for the following clubs: Collingwood, Fremantle, Gold Coast, GWS, Richmond, St Kilda, and West Coast.
Is that you? Someone who follows you? Please get in touch or share this post. My DMs are open.
Is that you? Someone who follows you? Please get in touch or share this post. My DMs are open.
Gideon Haigh books about not-cricket, essays about the joy of discovering Proust, maddeningly addictive poker roguelikes, and more low-stakes maintenance – this is some of what I got up to in June.
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Culture Corner: June 2025
Reading, Watching, Listening, Playing, Doing.
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July 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Gideon Haigh books about not-cricket, essays about the joy of discovering Proust, maddeningly addictive poker roguelikes, and more low-stakes maintenance – this is some of what I got up to in June.
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Hear, hear. Very well said. It's absolutely not just an issue confined to the elite level.
June 23, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Hear, hear. Very well said. It's absolutely not just an issue confined to the elite level.
Thanks very much Ben, too kind!
June 23, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Thanks very much Ben, too kind!
I want to write previews for every club ahead of the AFLW season – as I did for the AFLM.
Only problem: I'm not super well-informed.
So I'm looking for people who can help me. Is that you, or someone you know? Then please get in touch – and share this post. My DMs are open.
Only problem: I'm not super well-informed.
So I'm looking for people who can help me. Is that you, or someone you know? Then please get in touch – and share this post. My DMs are open.
June 23, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I want to write previews for every club ahead of the AFLW season – as I did for the AFLM.
Only problem: I'm not super well-informed.
So I'm looking for people who can help me. Is that you, or someone you know? Then please get in touch – and share this post. My DMs are open.
Only problem: I'm not super well-informed.
So I'm looking for people who can help me. Is that you, or someone you know? Then please get in touch – and share this post. My DMs are open.
Only questions, never answers. Thanks for reading and sharing!
June 23, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Only questions, never answers. Thanks for reading and sharing!
Thanks very much!
June 23, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Thanks very much!
So sorry for your loss.
June 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
So sorry for your loss.
Thanks very much for the share!
June 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Thanks very much for the share!
Last call for this piece, wherein I try to explain my feelings whenever a player goes down with concussion.
I wrote about Jeremy McGovern, and Paul Seedsman, and the Selwood twins, and grappling with the burden of what footy can do to its players.
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The ethics of being a footy fan
On Jeremy McGovern, Paul Seedsman, the Selwood twins, and the costs of supporting the game we love.
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June 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Last call for this piece, wherein I try to explain my feelings whenever a player goes down with concussion.
I wrote about Jeremy McGovern, and Paul Seedsman, and the Selwood twins, and grappling with the burden of what footy can do to its players.
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/the-ethics...
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/the-ethics...
The ethics of being a footy fan
On Jeremy McGovern, Paul Seedsman, the Selwood twins, and the costs of supporting the game we love.
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June 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I wrote about Jeremy McGovern, and Paul Seedsman, and the Selwood twins, and grappling with the burden of what footy can do to its players.
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/the-ethics...
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There's no better way to follow the excitement of #AFLSunsFreo than by reading the latest Culture Corner.
Read if you like: proto-existential Jewish philosophy, songs written by forests, and figuring out where the hell I've been for the last month.
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Read if you like: proto-existential Jewish philosophy, songs written by forests, and figuring out where the hell I've been for the last month.
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Culture Corner: May 2025
Reading, Watching, Listening, Playing, Doing.
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May 31, 2025 at 6:04 AM
There's no better way to follow the excitement of #AFLSunsFreo than by reading the latest Culture Corner.
Read if you like: proto-existential Jewish philosophy, songs written by forests, and figuring out where the hell I've been for the last month.
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/culture-co...
Read if you like: proto-existential Jewish philosophy, songs written by forests, and figuring out where the hell I've been for the last month.
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Books about right-wing cranks! Russian emigre writers! That exoplanet that might be harbouring life! Vapourware-inspired puzzle games!
Read about all this and other things I enjoyed in the last month, in the latest edition of Culture Corner.
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Read about all this and other things I enjoyed in the last month, in the latest edition of Culture Corner.
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Culture Corner: April 2025
Reading, Watching, Listening, Playing, Doing.
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May 1, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Books about right-wing cranks! Russian emigre writers! That exoplanet that might be harbouring life! Vapourware-inspired puzzle games!
Read about all this and other things I enjoyed in the last month, in the latest edition of Culture Corner.
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/culture-co...
Read about all this and other things I enjoyed in the last month, in the latest edition of Culture Corner.
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/culture-co...
With 25.6% of the Home & Away season already completed, I thought I'd do something very original* for this week's newsletter and write down my thoughts on how every single team is doing so far.
The good, the bad, the key stats, even... a grade out of 10.
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The good, the bad, the key stats, even... a grade out of 10.
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2025 Roundabout, #6
The quarter-time huddle.
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April 23, 2025 at 10:50 AM
With 25.6% of the Home & Away season already completed, I thought I'd do something very original* for this week's newsletter and write down my thoughts on how every single team is doing so far.
The good, the bad, the key stats, even... a grade out of 10.
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-round...
The good, the bad, the key stats, even... a grade out of 10.
www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-round...
Port find the right balance between the old and the new! The Crows can't defend! And Collingwood very much can. All that, and a bit more (including the now apparently regular Wanganeen-Milera role update), in this week's Roundabout: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-round...
2025 Roundabout, #5
Port enter the Goldilocks Zone, Collingwood are back, and the Crows can't just do the fun stuff.
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April 16, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Port find the right balance between the old and the new! The Crows can't defend! And Collingwood very much can. All that, and a bit more (including the now apparently regular Wanganeen-Milera role update), in this week's Roundabout: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-round...
Got a little birdy over on the bad place, huh?
April 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Got a little birdy over on the bad place, huh?
Tonight, I'll be looking for:
- How Carl improve scoring inside 50. Mid-fwd connection needs to be better.
- How Carl can lengthen poss'n chains. Too many dump kicks so far.
- Who wins fwd half T/O battle. These sides are #2 and #3 so far, all about execution.
#AFLPiesBlues
- How Carl improve scoring inside 50. Mid-fwd connection needs to be better.
- How Carl can lengthen poss'n chains. Too many dump kicks so far.
- Who wins fwd half T/O battle. These sides are #2 and #3 so far, all about execution.
#AFLPiesBlues
April 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Tonight, I'll be looking for:
- How Carl improve scoring inside 50. Mid-fwd connection needs to be better.
- How Carl can lengthen poss'n chains. Too many dump kicks so far.
- Who wins fwd half T/O battle. These sides are #2 and #3 so far, all about execution.
#AFLPiesBlues
- How Carl improve scoring inside 50. Mid-fwd connection needs to be better.
- How Carl can lengthen poss'n chains. Too many dump kicks so far.
- Who wins fwd half T/O battle. These sides are #2 and #3 so far, all about execution.
#AFLPiesBlues
Thanks very much, Daryl! Football/soccer will always be my first love, but I think moving to Melbourne has turned me into an AFL guy.
April 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Thanks very much, Daryl! Football/soccer will always be my first love, but I think moving to Melbourne has turned me into an AFL guy.
Cheers, Cam! It's an interesting trade-off. I think his defensive work is underrated and in many ways given the Saints' style and field position the kick out of D50 can be the hardest to execute. But as you say, the prospect of him kicking i50 is exciting. It's a watch, imo.
April 3, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Cheers, Cam! It's an interesting trade-off. I think his defensive work is underrated and in many ways given the Saints' style and field position the kick out of D50 can be the hardest to execute. But as you say, the prospect of him kicking i50 is exciting. It's a watch, imo.
Watching Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera on the weekend and getting the vague sense that he was playing higher up the ground sent me down a rabbit hole of unpacking St Kilda's unusual and effective ball movement scheme. That, and a bit on Brisbane's comeback: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-round...
2025 Roundabout, #3
St Kilda's ball movement and Brisbane's commitment to the bit.
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April 2, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Watching Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera on the weekend and getting the vague sense that he was playing higher up the ground sent me down a rabbit hole of unpacking St Kilda's unusual and effective ball movement scheme. That, and a bit on Brisbane's comeback: www.onepercenters.net.au/p/2025-round...
Wrote some words about the books and essays I read, shows I watched, albums I listened to, games I played, and heroic feats of practical masculinity I accomplished in March.
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Culture Corner: March 2025
Reading, Watching, Listening, Playing, Doing.
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March 31, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Wrote some words about the books and essays I read, shows I watched, albums I listened to, games I played, and heroic feats of practical masculinity I accomplished in March.
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They're not loving it.
March 29, 2025 at 4:11 AM
They're not loving it.