Handy Point

A casually in-depth discussion of the week in AFL.

Deez Studz 07/01/2025

Deez Studz Tom Lynch's 5 game ban, continued issues at carlton, North and Melbourne, and a look ahead to next week's games. /episode/index/show/handypoint/id/37238710

Love's Labour's Voss 06/24/2025

Love's Labour's Voss This week some frustration with all the byes, the limping return of State of Origin before exploring this week's results with a focus on Carlton and tagging, before looking around to next week's games. /episode/index/show/handypoint/id/37134460

You Can't Put Genie In The Bottle 06/16/2025

You Can't Put Genie In The Bottle This week starts off with some Brownlow chat (6:04), before moving onto the state of St Kilda (21:25) and the Western Buldogs (27:08). Then onto DAZN's take over of Kayo (42:30) before a wrap up of the round and a view of this weekend's games. /episode/index/show/handypoint/id/37026245

Segments 06/10/2025

Segments This week we talk bumps, contracts, narratives and segments. /episode/index/show/handypoint/id/36938225

Snob Adjacent 06/03/2025

Snob Adjacent Changes at AFL House (4:50), Umpiring issues (7:08), North selling games to the West (15:55) and a quick look at the new draft bidding system (48:50), before looking back at the previous round and ahead to the next. /episode/index/show/handypoint/id/36833845

The Franchise Doeth Protest Too Much 05/27/2025

The Franchise Doeth Protest Too Much Big show this week that starts off with some talk about concussion (5:30) and Alex Pearce's appeal (18:45). The boys then share their mid-season AA teams (39:18), discuss Fraudthorn (53:30), Carlton (59:05), St Kilda (65:40) and the rest of Round 11 (70:20). /episode/index/show/handypoint/id/36730015

Rennasonse Molk 05/20/2025

Rennasonse Molk Lots to get to this week including Jeremy McGovern's future (14:30), James Hird's possible return to Essendon (19:10) and rumblings over Tasmania's first coach (21:50). The boys then turn to round 10 (31:25) and then round 11 (80:45). /episode/index/show/handypoint/id/36642845

Retraction Jackson 05/13/2025

Retraction Jackson All the latest on the Luke Jackson trade story and what it might mean for Freo, all the latest concussion talk, the wrap up of round 9 and what to look forward to in round 10. /episode/index/show/handypoint/id/36548930

Ladder Predictor Showcase 05/06/2025

Ladder Predictor Showcase First order of business this week is general business before a discussion of Harley Reid's future and trade value (8:25), then the boys discuss their super accurate ladder predictions (18:50). The Adelaide v Carlton games gets a look (27:00) as does the Freo v Sint Kilda game (33:05). Then follows the rest of Round 8 (51:05) and a look ahead to Round 9 (68:14). /episode/index/show/handypoint/id/36455010

Reverse Mozz Off 04/29/2025

Reverse Mozz Off Henry returns and joins Brendawg and James to discuss the developments with Jamarra Ugle-Hagan, Paul Curtis at the tribunal (7:55), coaching skuttlebut (20:15), and then all the takes from Round 7 (25:48) before looking at the round ahead. /episode/index/show/handypoint/id/36357430

Boyish 04/22/2025

Boyish Hot Tom returns to fill in for Henry (illness), with James and Brendan they reflect on the Bolta verdict (4:25), MRO news (14:10) Sam Darcy's injury (25:37) and looking back at the previous round (38:00). /episode/index/show/handypoint/id/36263820

Dereliction of Duty of Care 04/15/2025

Dereliction of Duty of Care So...Melbourne suck (3:38), as do West Coast (19:57). Voss got sustepended at Freo (29:29) and we review Gather Round before looking forward to Round 6 (57:30) /episode/index/show/handypoint/id/36152320

It's A Flippin' Race Track 04/08/2025

It's A Flippin' Race Track This week's episode starts off with a discussion of the Noah Bolta situation, and then onto the mess at West Coast with Oscar Allen (9:58). Free agency news with Tom De Koning (17:05) and Bont's contract and Bevo's position (23:40). There's a discussion of the Freo Bulldogs game (26:00), who we think is a finals lock (33:50) and some insipid reactions to free kick gate (38:10). From there the boys look at the games in this week's gather round (49:35). /episode/index/show/handypoint/id/36052610

Letting the Fox Into The Hen House 04/01/2025

Letting the Fox Into The Hen House This week kicks off with a discussion of the return of State of Origin football, before turning to the emerging issue with Oscar Allen (12:17). It's then onto the disaster at Melbourne (22:00), the emergence of Gold Coast (32:00) before looking back at Round 3 (35:48) and forward to Round 4 (63:48). /episode/index/show/handypoint/id/35959735

Round 2, or 3, or Whatever 03/25/2025

Round 2, or 3, or Whatever This week the boys start with a dissection of the Simon Goodwin post game presser and players flipping the bird. Before Henry's deep dive on WC drafting over the years (15:36), you can skip to the when the point kicks in here (24:15), and relax (31:10). We then review the previous round (53:00) before looking ahead (89:45). /episode/index/show/handypoint/id/35854470

Everything's Fine 03/19/2025

Everything's Fine Packed show this week where the boys discuss the soft launch of the Tasmania Devils (and their draft concessions), before turning to the tribunal and Jackson Archer (15:30), the worst performances of round 1 and any silver linings (28:00), the rough start by Port Adelaide (38:48), the take locker (45:00) and some moppage before looking at the round 2 match ups (64:10). /episode/index/show/handypoint/id/35776230

Realhandypoint 03/11/2025

Realhandypoint This week James, Brendaqg and Henry dip into the week's AFL news, look back at Round 0 and look forward to Round 1. /episode/index/show/handypoint/id/35636375

Hanging Chads and a Draft 03/05/2025

Hanging Chads and a Draft On the eve of the season the boys run through a few scraps of news before looking at this season's new footy shows (19:42) before indulging in their traditional pre-season draft (39:20). /episode/index/show/handypoint/id/35543945

Fizzy Liquorice 02/24/2025

Fizzy Liquorice This week we talk about Port (8:10), Richmond (18:31), Sint Kilda (32:58), Sydney (45:38), West Coast (60:30) and Western (71:45) /episode/index/show/handypoint/id/35406880

We Drink Sodie Pops 02/18/2025

We Drink Sodie Pops This week we look at the prospects of 6 more teams. Geelong (14:00), Gold Coast (36:40), GWS (49:15), Hawthorn, Melbourne (78:00) and North (89:55) /episode/index/show/handypoint/id/35334010

Gettin' Bizzy with the Fizzy 02/11/2025

Gettin' Bizzy with the Fizzy Welcome back to Handy Point for a 10th year. In this first episode back the boy cover some general business before discussing the proespects of Adelaide (15:50), Brisbane (25:30), Carlton (42:25), Collingwood (56:12), Essendon (74:50) and Fremantle (83:25). /episode/index/show/handypoint/id/35238340

No Alarms and No Surprises 10/16/2024

No Alarms and No Surprises In the final podcast for the year James, Brendawg and Henry gloss over the trade period and discuss some of the bigger moves. Catch you next year probably. /episode/index/show/handypoint/id/33484022

Water Hammers Under The Bridge 10/08/2024

Water Hammers Under The Bridge This week we take a swim in the murky waters of Free Agency compensation (3:40) before discussing the early trade news (30:28). /episode/index/show/handypoint/id/33377132

You Don't Have To Be The Queen To Murder A Swan 10/01/2024

You Don't Have To Be The Queen To Murder A Swan This week the boys discuss the fall out of the Swans performance in the Grand Final (3:08), including the furute of Chad Warner (20:55). They then turn their attention to the real matters of Robbo's sacking from AFL 360 (34:41), Andrew Bassat's draft comments (50:05) and the emerging trade talks (68:43). /episode/index/show/handypoint/id/33281242

Get After It 09/23/2024

Get After It In this week's pod we discuss Patrick Cripp's historic Brownlow Medal win, last week's prelims and next week's AFL Grand Final. /episode/index/show/handypoint/id/33168927

Enough Already 09/17/2024

Enough Already This week the boys discuss the fallout from the semi final losses for GWS (3:40) and Hawthorn (15:10), befre looking at trade whispers (33:38) and previewing Syd v Port (65:50), Geelong v Bris (74:49) and next week's Brownlow Medal count (83:17). /episode/index/show/handypoint/id/33091827

Cottoning On 09/10/2024

Cottoning On This week the boys start off with Bailey Smith's trade request (2:25), before discussing this week's finals; WB v Haw (24:30), Port v Geel (33:35), Syd v GWS (50:55) and Bris v Carl (57:36). /episode/index/show/handypoint/id/32992562

Everyone's a Fraud 09/02/2024

Everyone's a Fraud With the bye week past the boys look back and discuss the way the Petracca saga unfolded before turning their attention to the controversial All Australian team selections (20:10). They then preview this week's finals starting with Sydney and GWS (39:25), Port v Geelong (49:10), Brisbane v Carlton (54:52) and finally WB v Hawthorn (67:15). /episode/index/show/handypoint/id/32863287

Longest...Episode...Ever 08/27/2024

Longest...Episode...Ever This week the boys pick their AA teams, and look back at the seasons of Richmond (50:31), North Melbourne (59:36), West Coast (66:33), Adelaide (73:44), Melbourne (79:52), Gold Coast (90:11), Sint Kilda (93:00), Essendon (101:00), Fremantle (108:50) and Collingwood (126:00). /episode/index/show/handypoint/id/32760252

Round 24 Accurately Foreshadowed 08/20/2024

Round 24 Accurately Foreshadowed James, Brendan and Tom travel forward a few days to pre-emptively live through the final round of the 2024 AFL season. /episode/index/show/handypoint/id/32655277

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