Bye time means midseason check-ins, because every team deserves discussion time each week. Both the teams who rested in Round 13 have clear trouble winning when their couple top guys are down. We fold our annual aesthetic rankings into this progress report too.

We largely took in this round together, and on Eastern Time while in Ohio. That meant we got to se each other react to our favorite clubs, for better (Ethan) or worse (Benjamin). Round 13’s action meant we had reason to bring back our Indian food comparisons in full.

Sections

0:00:00 Intro

0:03:14 WB v HAW

0:14:32 ADE v BRI

0:23:06 RIC v SYD

0:27:14 GEE v GC

0:38:10 GWS v PA

0:46:45 NM v WCE

0:56:05 CAR v ESS

1:04:47 MEL v COL

1:16:55 Awards

Short round, longer rabble… I think that’s how it goes? It was a weird week where the games we didn’t to expect to deliver did, and vice versa. Stick around for a lengthy breakdown of the Kassel Cup between our respective favorite clubs!

Sections

0:00:00 Intro

0:03:39 BRI v ESS

0:15:33 COL v HAW

0:25:47 GC v FRE

0:36:43 GWS v RIC

0:48:06 SYD v ADE

0:56:59 MEL v STK

1:06:53 WCE v GEE

1:28:10 Awards

We’re going through the bye rounds, which means we pause to talk about the teams on said byes in these Progress Report episodes. It’s nearly all blue this time, with a smattering of teal.

To call Round 11 front-loaded might be accurate… particularly if you're talking about its opening fixture. Benjamin rode the highs and lows of footy alongside some baseball.

Sir Doug Nicholls Round is one of our favorite parts of every season Ethan and Benjamin are playing catch-up after a busy weekend in San Diego, but both can rejoice in their own teams' victories… though both came at a cost.

Sections

0:00:00 Intro / Ethan’s Itinerary

0:07:40 GC v HAW

0:14:20 SYD v CAR

0:21:10 COL v ADE

0:26:39 PA v GEE

0:36:13 GWS v FRE

0:44:15 Aside…

0:47:52 WB v ESS

0:56:58 RIC v NM

1:05:44 BRI v MEL

1:14:08 WCE v STK

1:24:54 Awards

The round of our footy lives! Seriously, did Leo XIV bless this past weekend? Ethan argues not, since both our teams lost… but the compelling nature of the whole slate (sans one game's final quarter) still has Benjamin curious about divine intervention into Australia's game. Yet, amid all of the gripping action, our main character didn't play in the round at all.

In which Ethan bestows a new nickname, Benjamin laments the state of Western footy, and both engage in discussion on the round's biggest star: the construction worker behind the goal in Ballarat. (The Geelong one from 2022 was better).

In which Benjamin has his least favorite day of footy yet. No, really, Sunday was truly awful for him. We take solace in re-emergences of sorts and the strength of the traditional Anzac games, while lamenting authority in multiple manners.

Sections

0:00:00 Intro

0:02:13 MEL v RIC

0:09:19 COL v ESS

0:18:00 FRE v ADE

0:29:19 STK v BRI

0:38:57 PA v NM

0:49:48 GWS v WB

1:02:35 GC v SYD

1:11:11 CAR v GEE

1:27:19 HAW v WCE

1:36:57 Awards

10 PM has taken on a whole new meaning in the footy world… *sigh* But there’s also so much else to talk about from Easter Round! From a Good Friday massacre to the Bont rising (and healing the injured?) on Sunday, to the immense drama of Monday, we rode the rollercoaster like you all did this past week — and Ethan might have felt it more than others.

Sections

0:00:00 Intro

0:05:18 BRI v COL

0:14:13 NM v CAR

0:25:47 WCE v ESS

0:34:17 MEL v FRE

0:45:24 ADE v GWS

0:54:22 RIC v GC

1:08:04 SYD v PA

1:15:09 WB v STK

1:30:11 GEE v HAW

1:45:50 Awards