WHO WILL be this year's NAB AFL Trade Period 'stable pony'?
The recruiting theory has grown legs in recent years, as clubs use the 'friendship factor' to bring players to clubs.
After Brisbane's success in linking up close mates Lachie Neale and Lincoln McCarthy during the 2018 off-season, the AFL Exchange team wonder about which pair of mates should be in the minds of list managers this year.
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Join AFL.com.au reporters Callum Twomey, Mitch Cleary and Riley Beveridge for the latest whispers as the guys take you inside the AFL and delve into the big questions surrounding the game – and some of the not so big.
As well as the key issues to emerge out of round three, AFL Exchange will also delve into cultural elements of the game.
In this week's episode ...
We cast our minds to the upcoming trade period, look at the biggest news stories of the season, go inside Mitch's bizarre contacts book, find the footy Facebook pages worth following, and wonder if player promotions are going too far.
Episode guide
1:45 – We rank the luckiest players to make the Virgin Australian AFL All Australian squad and the most the most unlucky to miss.
4:35 – What was the biggest story of the home and away season?
6:25 – Name the greatest individual performance you've seen on the football field.
9:15 – Who's the most random person in your phone contacts?
17:35 – Is the 'stable pony' theory a real thing?
20:40 – Who won the Adelaide and Carlton trade?
22:55 – The guys look at their favourite online footy identities and viral figures.
28:25 – Why as an industry are we always sceptical of 50-disposal games?
30:15 – What's the strangest thing you've seen a player promote?
38:05 – How will you spend the footy-free weekend?
