The ESPN Footy Podcast

FAGAN MAKES HIS CALL! 😮 The triple premiership coach will join Josh Fraser at Carlton in 2027!

THIS IS NOT A DRILL! Chris Fagan has a tattoo of the three flags! And his former charges love it! (Via @brisbanelions on IG) #AFL

From 17 points down with 22 minutes elapsed in the fourth quarter, to an ALL-TIME result! 😱🦁 @rohan_connolly on the Lions' WILD #AFLGF win. READ 📝: tinyurl.com/5482eh2p

Yeah well, they lost now. Gave up four goals in four minutes.

Finally got there lads! 🤣 #AFLGF Red Time with Coxy out tomorrow! 📺🎧

The newest Brownlow medallist approves 🏅 🤝 Nick Daicos has backed Lachie Neale to win at the tribunal and play in this year's #AFLGF MORE 📝 : bit.ly/4hF3lCD #AFL #NickDaicos #LachieNeale

Hope you like HIGH SCORES! 🤑 Hawthorn vs. Brisbane was the highest-scoring prelim since the Dees beat the Kangaroos in 2000 (total 262 points). MORE STATS 📺 : bit.ly/4yNgAqD #AFL #BrisbaneLions #HawthornHawks

Nick Daicos is the RAGING favourite to win tonight's Brownlow Medal But he'll have to buck some MASSIVE trends to take home Charlie... BROWNLOW PREDICTOR 📝: bit.ly/4h84KA4

FINALS SCORING IS UP 📈 The average score in semifinal weekend is the second highest since the turn of the millennium. PFs 2000 116.8 SFs 2026* 115.3 SFs 2000 107.5 GF 2003 105.0 #AFL

The AFL's score review system "is failing" the league, says @rohan_connolly. Was Ollie Dempsey's bicycle kick an "obvious" goal? 🧐 WHAT WE LEARNED 📝: tinyurl.com/yckx3634

There's good and bad news, Lions fans... 😬 Brisbane will have to overcome history to make it a threepeat after the 53-point loss to Sydney. MORE STATS 📺 : bit.ly/4xOaOoQ #AFL #BrisbaneLions

"[We're not buying] into all the bulls--- in the outside world!" 🗣️ The Dockers aren't catastrophising their qualifying final loss to the Hawks. MORE 📝 : bit.ly/4AgW9nN

"No shame in Carlton's curtain call!" The Blues' season is over, but the optimism for next season is already palpable, writes @rohan_connolly. WHAT WE LEARNED 📝: tinyurl.com/yf98xr94

⭐️ 26 disposals ⭐️ 12 intercepts ⭐️ 7 score involvements James Sicily is a big-game player, says @JMichaelsESPN. WHAT WE LEARNED 📝: tinyurl.com/4dhnvfsm

The Hawks' pressure was ELITE tonight 😤 They simply didn't give the Dockers room to breathe. #AFLFreoHawks

Was half time of the men's wildcard the right time to announce details of the AFLW Grand Final? 🤔 @burt_sarah thinks the decision didn't do the announcement justice. THE W FILES📝: tinyurl.com/5bmv9tj2

"We've almost become like the EPL ... it's not a nice place to live!" 🗣️ Following Alastair Clarkson's sacking, Luke Beveridge has spoken of the mental pressures coaches face in the AFL. MORE 📝: tinyurl.com/r3b3cey9

And in 2024! 🤯

Shame we did it last year too