{"id":256331,"date":"2025-11-01T22:46:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T22:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/256331\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T22:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T22:46:10","slug":"the-2025-captains-ladder-the-mongrel-punt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/256331\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2025 Captains Ladder – The Mongrel Punt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, it\u2019s been a month since another season of AFL football passed us by, and another very-deserving team reigns as premiers.<\/p>\n

Or the same team as last year, to be exact.<\/p>\n

And, as is always the case when it comes to success, much of the praise for the way the team went about their winning ways falls to the leadership. It is on that aspect that we focus today.<\/p>\n

This post-season, we\u2019ve seen a fair bit of movement. That\u2019s normally the case, but there has been a stark difference this year, inasmuch as plenty of the movement, or attempted movement, has involved club captains.<\/p>\n

How does this impact our 2025 Captains Ladder?<\/p>\n

Well, time to find out.<\/p>\n

I am old enough to remember when kids were assessed via the A-B-C-D-E-F system instead of this stupid system they use now, so I am going with what I know. Actually, if I went with what I knew, they\u2019d all be rated in the C-D section, which wwasaboit where I sat \u2013 just enough to get by\u2026 the story of my life.<\/p>\n

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The remainder of this article is for our members. They support me, and I provide for them. It\u2019s a good deal.<\/p>\n

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Oh\u2026 a Mongrel paywall\u2026 the worst of all paywalls. Why? Because HB believes work such as this is worth a mere pittance per day. Whilst you could stick with Caro\u2019s Arrow or Kane\u2019s Vol-Kane-O, you\u2019ll get your 500 words in the newspaper and be happy\u2026 when they\u2019re not on holiday. The Mongrel NEVER stops. Trades, Free Agency, Draft, Pre-Season, Practice Games\u2026 we\u2019re all in. You could dump the mainstream and dive articles like this. If you don\u2019t want to, that\u2019s fine. You\u2019re welcome to join and keep reading if you do.<\/p>\n

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