Episodes
In the first episode of the ESPN Footy Podcast for season 2024, the team discusses what is new at Champion Data with Christian Joly, including some new and revised stats, while Jake gets needled after releasing his 50 best players article on Monday. Plus, we put our reputations on the line with our BIG calls of the year. Join Matt Walsh, Jake Michaels, and Champion Data's Christian Joly on the ESPN Footy Podcast. (Thanks to the Seven Network and Fox Footy for the audio in the intro) Learn...
Published 02/26/24
In an offseason, three-part special, Matt and Jake are joined by Rohan Connolly to discuss an interesting question: who is on each club's 'Mount Rushmore'? That is, who are the four 'faces of the club', the most iconic names to pull on the guernsey? The rules? Players only (sorry, Kevin Sheedy at Essendon), stats aren't everything, and current players are definitely eligible. Agree? Disagree? Well, the beauty is, there's no right or wrong answers! This episode covers Port Adelaide,...
Published 01/11/24
In an offseason, three-part special, Matt and Jake are joined by Rohan Connolly to discuss an interesting question: who is on each club's 'Mount Rushmore'? That is, who are the four 'faces of the club', the most iconic names to pull on the guernsey? The rules? Players only (sorry, Kevin Sheedy at Essendon), stats aren't everything, and current players are definitely eligible. Agree? Disagree? Well, the beauty is, there's no right or wrong answers! This episode covers Geelong Cats, Gold...
Published 01/07/24
In an offseason, three-part special, Matt and Jake are joined by Rohan Connolly to discuss an interesting question: who is on each club's 'Mount Rushmore'? That is, who are the four 'faces of the club', the most iconic names to pull on the guernsey? The rules? Players only (sorry, Kevin Sheedy at Essendon), stats aren't everything, and current players are definitely eligible. Agree? Disagree? Well, the beauty is, there's no right or wrong answers! This episode covers Adelaide, Brisbane...
Published 01/04/24
The AFLW edition of the ESPN Footy Podcast is back for Season 8! The team talks about Brisbane's Grand Final victory over North Melbourne, the Lion's unbelievable pressure, Jenna Bruton's untimely injury, Bre Koenen's complete best on ground performance, and plenty more. Join Marissa Lordanic and Imogen Evans on the ESPN Footy Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 12/05/23
The AFLW edition of the ESPN Footy Podcast is back for Season 8! The team talks about Geelong and Brisbane's spicy prelim final and the nail biter between North Melbourne and the Adelaide Crows. We look ahead to this weekend's Grand Final `between the Kangaroos and Lions and dissect the winners from the W Awards! Join Marissa Lordanic and Imogen Evans on the ESPN Footy Podcast.
Published 11/28/23
The AFLW edition of the ESPN Footy Podcast is back for Season 8! The team talks about The Crows dismantling of the Swans, what's next for Sydney, Melbourne's straight sets exit, and how Geelong held on. Plus a preview of the preliminary finals and some chat about two coaching departures. Join Marissa Lordanic, Sarah Burt, Isadora McLeay, and Imogen Evans on the ESPN Footy Podcast.
Published 11/22/23
ESPN's draft expert Japser Chellappah joins Matt Walsh and Jake Michaels in a massive draft preview special in the new ESPN studio, but, as with all new adventures, it doesn't happen without a couple of teething issues! Check out the broadcast on the ESPN Australia socials! Join Matt Walsh, Jake Michaels and Jasper Chellappah on this week's ep on the ESPN Footy Podcast.
Published 11/17/23
The AFLW edition of the ESPN Footy Podcast is back for Season 8! The team talks about Brisbane's close win over Adelaide, Sydney's history-making victory, how Geelong will go without Chloe Scheer, and ask whether or not the Kangaroos win over Melbourne was their greatest ever. Plus a preview of all the semifinals. Join Marissa Lordanic, Sarah Burt, Isadora Mcleay, and Imogen Evans on the ESPN Footy Podcast.
Published 11/15/23
The AFLW edition of the ESPN Footy Podcast is back for Season 8! Join Marissa Lordanic and Imogen Evans to dissect everything from Round 10. The team talks about Brisbane's massive win over Melbourne, the Top 8 coming down to the final game of the season, and preview all four of the finals coming up. Join Marissa Lordanic and Imogen Evans on the ESPN Footy Podcast.
Published 11/09/23
The AFLW edition of the ESPN Footy Podcast is back for Season 8! Join Sarah Burt and Isadora Mcleay to dissect everything from Round . The team talks about St Kilda's surprising win over the Lions, the thriller between the Crows and Roos, and what this all means heading into Round 10 and the finals. Join Sarah Burt and Isadora Mcleay on the ESPN Footy Podcast.
Published 10/31/23
The AFLW edition of the ESPN Footy Podcast is back for Season 8! Join Marissa Lordanic, Sarah Burt and Isadora Mcleay to dissect everything from Round 7. The team talks about Michael Prior's comments about the fairness of the AFLW fixture, how attendance could lengthen the season, the ACLs on the weekend, and preview two enormous clashes in Round 8. Join Marissa Lordanic, Sarah Burt, and Isadora Mcleay on the ESPN Footy Podcast.
Published 10/17/23
The AFLW edition of the ESPN Footy Podcast is back for Season 8! Join Marissa Lordanic and Sarah Burt to dissect everything from Round 6. The team talks about the Crows massive win over the Dees and how they did it, the Lions inaccuracy, and what happens to players who are just outside the 21. Join Marissa Lordanic and Sarah Burt on the ESPN Footy Podcast.
Published 10/12/23
In a special episode of the podcast, ESPN's draft expert Jasper Chellappah joins Matt and Jake to discuss the latest intel out of this year's draft crop following the combine this past weekend, plus we discuss the last couple of weeks of big footy news. Join Matt Walsh, Jake Michaels, and Jasper Chellappah on the ESPN Footy Podcast.
Published 10/10/23
The AFLW edition of the ESPN Footy Podcast is back for Season 8! Join Marissa Lordanic, Isadora Mcleay, and Imogen Evans to dissect everything from Round 5. The team talks about the halfway point of the season and what that means for players and teams, debate if the AFL or the players are more responsible for raising the competition's standards, and preview a huge clash between Melbourne and the Adelaide Crows. Join Marissa Lordanic, Isadora Mcleay, and Imogen Evans on the ESPN Footy Podcast.
Published 10/04/23
In a huge washup episode, we break down the ins and outs of Collingwood's thrilling Grand Final win over the Lions. Plus a close look at the Pies' culture, and Jake tees off at snubbing the Auskick kids. Join Matt Walsh, Jake Michaels, and Champion Data's Christian Joly on the ESPN Footy Podcast.
Published 10/01/23
Massive episode this week, as we break down the two prelims, look at what the losers need to do to take the next step, and preview a massive Grand Final with some interesting statistical quirks. Plus, we indulge Jake with eight or nine minutes of Brownlow chat. Plus, some listener questions, and another round of 'hype or hyperbole'. Join Matt Walsh, Jake Michaels, and Champion Data's Christian Joly on the ESPN Footy Podcast.
Published 09/26/23
On a special edition of the podcast, Jake Michaels and Champion Data's Christian Joly take us through their Brownlow predictors ahead of a massive count, while we also try and nail down the "Brownlow Standards" and what type of game (be it high disposals, high clearances, more goals) polls the best. Join Matt Walsh, Jake Michaels, and Christian Joly on the ESPN Footy Podcast.
Published 09/20/23
The AFLW edition of the ESPN Footy Podcast is back for Season 8! Join Marissa Lordanic, Sarah Burt, and Imogen Evans to dissect everything from Round 3. The team talks about the Suns impressive win over the Pies and what this means for Gold Coast, Izzy Huntington's return from her ACL injury, Jas Garner's big Friday night, the unstoppable Dees, and look ahead to Round 4. Join Marissa Lordanic, Sarah Burt, and Imogen Evans on the ESPN Footy Podcast.
Published 09/20/23
This week, we break down the two semifinals shocks, and look at where it went wrong for the Dees and Power, while we also preview the two prelims, and make the case for the Blues and the Giants to cause an upset. Plus, a rant on TV coverage of finals, Kane Cornes cops a whack, and a whole lot more! Join Matt Walsh, Jake Michaels, and Champion Data's Christian Joly on the ESPN Footy Podcast.
Published 09/19/23
The AFLW edition of the ESPN Footy Podcast is back for Season 8! Join Marissa Lordanic and Sarah Burt, as well our second debutant, GWS player Isadora Mcleay, to dissect everything from a huge Round 2 of the AFLW season. The team talks about Kate Hore, Chloe Scheer, Jamie Stanton and all the other standout individual performers from the round, the impact of the rule changes on scoring, and look ahead to Round 3. Join Marissa Lordanic, Sarah Burt, and Isadora Mcleay on the ESPN Footy Podcast.
Published 09/12/23
This week, Matt and Jake clash over whether Brayden Maynard should be suspended, but agree that the MRO and tribunal system need overhaul, while Christian looks at where it all went wrong for the qualifying final losers. Plus, two massive semis previews, and we get to more listener questions! Join Matt Walsh, Jake Michaels, and Champion Data's Christian Joly on the ESPN Footy Podcast.
Published 09/12/23
The AFLW edition of the ESPN Footy Podcast is back for Season 8! Join Marissa Lordanic and Sarah Burt, as well as newbie, Collingwood player, Imogen Evans, to dissect everything from a massive Round 1 of the AFLW season. The team talks about the Dees impressive showing, how to bounce back from a loss in such a short season, the drama Sydney coach Scott Gowans stoked, and look ahead to Round 2. Join Marissa Lordanic, Sarah Burt, and Imogen Evans on the ESPN Footy Podcast.
Published 09/07/23
This week, the team looks at how this week's finals will play out, while we name our X-factors for every team, and Jasper Chellappah joins the pod to chat all things draft now the offseason is upon us for 10 teams. Join Matt Walsh, Jake Michaels, and Champion Data's Christian Joly on the ESPN Footy Podcast.
Published 09/05/23
This week, the team judges which bottom 10 sides they're bullish on, while we also look at the updated "premiership standards" report, debate some of the inclusions (and snubs) of the All-Australian squad, and chat AFLW ahead of the season launch. Plus, Charlie Curnow praise, some wild 'world-first' stats, and a whole heap more! Join Matt Walsh, Jake Michaels, and Champion Data's Christian Joly on the ESPN Footy Podcast.
Published 08/29/23