Tim Lane
Buddy flaws hurt Hawks
Tim Lane Lance Franklin can light up the modern game, but his inaccuracy holds back Hawthorn.
AFL
New man must knock heads
Tim Lane With plenty of issues facing the game, having no football operations manager is yet another one.
Tim Lane
Winning now not so foreign
Tim Lane Once again a Swans premiership has been made possible by their inspired trading.
Life of Mick, Blue messiah?
Tim Lane Carlton has a long history of bringing in outsiders to produce instant results - it's not always worked.
Tim Lane
Dissed and forever divided
Tim Lane In Tasmania, the AFL has eschewed the opportunity to be a healer and force for good.
Keeping the lid on human frailty
Tim Lane Dealing with the psychological impact of winning is just as important as dealing with defeat.
A knockout, Buddy Ali
Tim Lane Hawthorn's Lance Franklin is developing into something truly unique.
Smaller clubs on the mooove
Tim Lane It's not just cattle on King Island, where three footy teams are going hell for leather for supremacy.
