Not Like This

Muzz and Richie Buckets are back to break down all the events of April in the AFL, including best games and best upsets of the month, the mood down on the surf coast with the kitty cats undefeated, Pies back to parity, ex-umpires going full scorched earth on the socials, is Isacc Heeney a unicorn? Is Harley Reid a God, a Freak, or a God-damn Alien? Are there any businesses to close? is the answer yes to all these questions?!

The boys are back and are immediately confused about round zero- what is this?! why did they do this?! Is the new Commish trying to stamp his vision on the league?

We then discuss whether at 0-3, is the dream over? Can the Pies find their Apollo Creed and bounce back? Are the Saints legit? Who is legit?!

Finnaly we bounce around the league a bit and get to some main talking points from the first few rounds, which teams/players have started well, give Travis boak some love for his 350th, Richie vs the field is back and we finish with a big announcement from Muzz

The boys are back for the annual Happiness Ladder ratings and continue on their philosophical search for the true meaning of fan enjoyment- is it delusion? bitterness? belief in flat earths?!  And a bonus spontaneous question- how happy is it living under a fascist regime?!

In their annual retirement episode, Richie, Muzz and T-Bone assess the careers of the class of 2023, using their strict rubric of onfield performances, retirement speeches and tattoo allocations to grade the likes of Lance Franklin, Trent Cotchin, Shannon Hurn and Isaac Smith out of 100. Will Buddy get 100 out of 100? Does Ruck Jesus have four-club love? Who is Nic Nat's legendary uncle? All of the AFL's burning questions will (probably not) be answered in this hour of power!

Muzz is joined by childhood friends and Collingwood fanatics, T-Bone and Richie Buckets, for the deepest of Grand Final deep dives, as the boys describe their vastly different experiences of making it through the Gates of Valhalla. Richie delivers a biased Bam Bam Watch, Bone wonders whether Scott Pendlebury is now the greatest Pie of the AFL era and the boys finally put the dreaded Collywobbles to bed. The most euphoric/delirious/delusional episode in the history of podcasts! 

The Bone and Richie Buckets are in the studio to break down all things finals including a heart stopping Pies GWS thriller (01:00) and a huge Bam Bam watch, then they jumnp into the Lions Blues (16:45) and the fightback from Brisbane after being punked in the first qtr, and give some love to Captain Courageous Cripps who can now take that mattress off his torso and get some rest.

Also we celebrate Adem Yze finally getting a shot in the big chair and the joys of Grand Final week.

The Bone and Richie Buckets kick off the pod by honoring a couple of legends of our game who sadly passed away this weekend- Ronald Dale Barassi and Kevin "Cowboy" Neale.

Then they jump into all the week 2 finals action, the ramifications of a team going out in straight sets, some huge performances by a couple of young guns Sam Walsh and Tom Greene, and we kinda wade into prelim-preview territory, mainly discussing the trauma for pies fans with every remaining team.

After a bumper opening week of finals action, Bone and Buckets disagree about the flavour of Collingwood's victory over Melbourne and on the actions of one line-stepping Magpie (0:50). Was Carlton's victory over the 'ghost team' Swans really one of the great elimination finals (14:12)? Muzz's beloved Saints succumb to Adam Kingsley's cringeworthy, but successful finals mantra (26:00). And, after the 'terrifying' (and sexy) Lions struck fear into Richie, will King Kenny's critics ever forgive him if the Power go out in straight sets (37:19)?

With no football this weekend the full NLT squad take some victory laps on their hits and lawyer away their misses on the annual Nightmares on Wax episode!

Then later on the lads pick their Liam Picken All-Stars for 2023, with plenty of rules and even more breaking of said rules (32:15).

The AFL regular season is finally done as the gang returns to the studio to discuss the final round, starting with Blues v GWS and give some nuffie love to Tom Greene and is Weitering in trouble for eye gouging the grub? (01:00), Cats v Dogs is it time to scorch earth down at Kardinia Park? (06:45), Pies v Bombers has the fast few weeks destroyed any progress for Essendon this year? (11:45), North v Suns Larkey dominating, Norths young guys showing a bit and some Dimma to Gold Coast chat (17:45) Lions v Saints Joseph JoJo ready to meet the moment (25:00), and a get well King Melk message (29:15).

We also reveal our All-Australian teams (36:00), all the tedious rules, dubious ommisions and disgraceful additions as we lavish praise on the best players from the 2023 season.