The Back Pocket

Who Defends the Defenders? The Back Pocket does.
Formerly a podcast. Now just words about footy. Frequently found at @TWIFNewsletter

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Wrote about Brad Scott and his insistence that Essendon were in a rebuild just over a year ago.

This week I wrote about what has changed that caused his tenure to be cut short.

Read about that and some great stats based articles for the best guys in the busieness below:

[This Week in Football @TWIFNewsletter]

Round 12 2026 edition is up!

Jack Turner: The Tragedy of Brad Scott
Sean Lawson: The Ewing Theory in Footy
Lincoln Tracy: Is Pressure a Mindset or Number for Carlton?
Emlyn Breese: A Brief Study in Coaching Tenures

Read now: https://t.co/m3TNgSQ40g

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Definitely one they were expected to lose, but also not a great start to a difficult run home.

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Suns with 3x Top 4, 5x Top 6, 6x Top 8 and 8x Top 10 teams to come in their remaining 11 fixtures.

0 games against the Bottom 5 sides. Coming off losses against North and Brisbane.

Probably need minimum five wins from here. Probably seven to be Top 6.

Concerning?

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"What are we doing?"

Couldn't have said it any better Chief

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@onepercentas Doesn't help that Garry doesn't know the rules either

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Huddo xScore mention on the broadcast?!

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@PollyPorridge @jesseSPANNER Swanda Sykes
Cosmo & Swanda
Willy Swonka

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@PollyPorridge @jesseSPANNER I know she sucks but Sydney Swanney is pretty good

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@merryhellwce Welcome to the club, king

[man seeking merry hell @merryhellwce]

When Rhett Bazzo plays, the Eagles defence ranks #1 in metres gained.

When he doesn’t, they’re last in the league.

I wrote my first piece for This Week In Football ⬇️⬇️⬇️

https://t.co/Ku3HJUoeLk

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@EmlynBreese King shit

[Emlyn Breese @EmlynBreese]

Looking for non-clickbait writing on the sport of australian football league? It's the Round 14 edition of @TWIFNewsletter

- Me on firing the last shot
- Debutant @merryhellwce with the novel idea of what if sliding doors was actually good
- @JCordy37 on why hitouts do suck

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Read it here: https://t.co/OHXKy8ej6D

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Me not having an article for @TWIFNewsletter this week but writing Before The Bounce:

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@jesseSPANNER Rumours only started circulating in February 2025, give the man some time

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@lukesssssssss33 It's not a meaningless stat, but it also doesn't change the result. Two things can be true.

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That's a genuinely extraordinary result, far out

[AFLxScore @AFLxScore]

#AFLDogsCrows Q4 27:49 xScore update:
WB 63 from expected 80.7
ADEL 118 from expected 82.5

Pregame: ADEL Win 41.8% -7.5pts

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@BenryintheBooth What is this, cricket?

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@roseadelaney Poor fucking Razor having to gentle parent that old dinosaur

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@nathandg12 That's fine, but it doesn't really change what the numbers say man haha

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@nathandg12 Third quarter xScore had Dogs in front