Josh Barnes

Reporter @superfooty, @codeaflau. On @abcmelbourne weekday mornings around 7.40am. Opinions are definitely mine. [email protected]

[Josh Barnes @Josh__Barnes]

Hayes, Bartel, Selwood, Ball and of course Michael Gardiner on that tongue celebration, the mark, and the my pick for the best home-and-away game of all

[CODE AFL @codeaflau]

Joel Selwood, Jimmy Bartel and Lenny Hayes played nearly 1000 games – and 90 finals – between them. All of them, emphatically, say Round 14, 2009, was the best game they played in.

@Josh__Barnes retells the story, 15 years on.

▶ https://t.co/95T6A59uBA

[Daniel Cherny @DanielCherny]

- Melbourne Stars to change name
- Melbourne Renegades could be forced into a caretaker season
- Playing lists will not be impacted, this is an administrative and branding merger rather than an on-field one

Full details here:

https://t.co/gS5qHkubJm

[Josh Barnes @Josh__Barnes]

@RudiEdsall No doubt there is a middle ground but I haven’t seen much of it in really any sport. I just don’t think fixing the odd error here or there is worth the inevitable overuse of such a system that means we stop and go back more than we say we will at the outset

[Josh Barnes @Josh__Barnes]

I’ve said it before and some of you are making me say it again. Stopping play to watch a replay would be bad for footy, it’s not worth it.

[CODE AFL @codeaflau]

Calls to overhaul the ARC after last night's Ollie Dempsey non-review are overblown, writes Josh Barnes in the Early Tackle.

Human error is part of game — from players and umpires alike — and that’s not a bad thing ▶️ https://t.co/SqIlu50tYF

[Josh Barnes @Josh__Barnes]

Heart wrenchingly open from Mary-Anne Burdett on how her and Geoff’s life has been upended as his mind betrays him

[CODE AFL @codeaflau]

Former Bomber Geoff Burdett can’t speak or understand his wife of 47 years — and despite neurologists linking his dementia to the head knocks he picked up in 37 games of VFL footy, he’s not eligible for a payout.

READ ▶️ https://t.co/ukfz3tDAMQ

[Josh Barnes @Josh__Barnes]

@ChidgR Good on you Ron, go well!

[Josh Barnes @Josh__Barnes]

@ChidgR Absolutely 100% agree with your final point here. They should have used it when the ump was flat out on the ground. They didn’t but that’s a mistake I can live with

[Josh Barnes @Josh__Barnes]

@RudiEdsall The provisions of the umpires calling immediately for the review or not are fine by me. I’ll take an error a couple times a year over the inevitable 5-10 stoppages we would get and hate

[Simeon Thomas-Wilson @Simeon_TW]

Port footy boss opens up: Butters, list build and the master draft plan
https://t.co/iih9UHzP9w

[Ed Bourke @edbourkeHS]

Essendon development coach Michael Hurley will step up to fill Dean Solomon’s role as backline coach. Gary Rohan will take on more responsibility in the VFL program.

Solomon says May and Caldwell still in frame for Eagles clash: https://t.co/vqitI6SjZl

[SuperFooty (AFL) @superfooty]

James Hird wants to coach Essendon again.

MORE 👉 https://t.co/2O7AP0ORBQ

[Jay Clark @ClarkyHeraldSun]

James Hird has unfinished business, a superpower and influential support. But is he the right man? Essendon’s coaching crossroads and the huge hurdle Brad Scott faced day one.

https://t.co/of5daJTpsh

[Josh Barnes @Josh__Barnes]

Essendon and Brad Scott were already in dangerous territory and getting worse week by week. Only North, West Coast and teenage expansion teams have had worse 'one win streaks' in this century >>
https://t.co/AHlFskRtxo

[SuperFooty (AFL) @superfooty]

Scott Pendlebury has missed just 30 games due to injury, illness or being managed across his career. Conditioning bosses and other 400-gamers tell Josh Barnes how he did it — and how much further he can go.

READ 👉 https://t.co/5Vv7hA5jvW

[SuperFooty (AFL) @superfooty]

Des Bell had a wager with Fred Fanning each week in 1947 over who'd kick more goals — Des in the seconds or Fred in the firsts.

Now the oldest living former player at nearly 103, Des says he thought he had two shillings in the bag... until he didn't 👉 https://t.co/4SPFm06JGc

[Jay Clark @ClarkyHeraldSun]

Injury blow for Peter Wright.

[Lauren Wood @LaurenHeraldSun]

Jamarra Ugle-Hagan open & introspective on how the last 12 months has played out. His reluctance to go to rehab before ultimately buying in, & what he'd have done differently at the Dogs. https://t.co/ZkmCJTHuOq

[Tyler Lewis @tmlew_]

Melbourne forward Bayley Fritsch on contract talks, a moment he’d like back and the influence of new coach Steven King. https://t.co/H4R5m4ZVfk

[Eliza Reilly @ByElizaReilly]

An eye-opening trip to Liam Baker’s farm, dinner with Dusty, hiring a personal trainer and becoming a role model: the penny drop moments, changes and decisions that have inspired Harley Reid’s resurgence.

[SuperFooty (AFL) @superfooty]

It's the ‘Koz’ and ‘Trelly’ connection a decade in the making.

The pair open up about their relationship, getting Latrelle to the Dees and plenty more ahead of their first Sir Doug Nicholls Round as teammates.

✍️: @MaccaHeraldSun

STORY 👉https://t.co/8s3KNCgVbe

[SuperFooty (AFL) @superfooty]

Wharfie Time is real ⚓

THE UNTOLD STORY 👉 https://t.co/HMlDCVdebJ