Holding the Ball

Final episode of our season 2021 preview and its Fremantle, Gold Coast, Collingwood, Brisbane, Carlton and Adelaide

Part 2 of our season 2021 preview and this week we look at St Kilda, West Coast, Melbourne, Essendon, Western Bulldogs and Sydney.

It’s time for our annual season preview and this week we preview Richmond, Geelong, GWS, Port Adelaide, Hawthorn and North Melbourne.

This week Mike & Boma discuss the news in footy, the Brownlow Medal, we preview the AFL Grand Final and wrap it all up with some trade talk.

Mike & Boma cast their eye over the 2020 All-Australian team and preview what is set to be a compelling finals series.

Mike & Boma preview the start of Footy Frenzy #2 and both give their All-Australian team for 2020 up until Round 13!

We wrap up the festival of footy as its been a while between episodes and preview a relatively normal Round 13.

Join us as we review a bumper Round 8 and preview a difficult to tip Round 9 as we enter into the festival of footy. Boma names his top 10 players of the past decade!

A derby win for the Eagles has Boma up and about! Plenty of talking points heading into another fixture release and a massive Round 8!

We review all the talking points from Round 6 of the AFL season and look ahead to Round 7.

We take a look at the big talking points from Round 5, and there are plenty of them! We then cast our crystal ball ahead to a slightly different looking Round 6.

After a contentious Round 4 and a day of big fixturing news we dissect all the big stories and look forward to a new look Round 5.

We are back for round 2 of the AFL season after a 81 day break. It's great to have the footy back!

Today we discuss the big issue in footy, the Corona Virus. We will analyse where to too from here? As well as reviewing all the Round 1 action.

Season 2020 is imminent but will it actually happen? We preview round 1 and discuss our predictions for 2020 in a big pre season preview show. We touch on the impact of Corona Virus, State if Origin, AFLW and whats in store for Holding the Ball Podcast for 2020! Enjoy, rate, review and subscribe

In today's episode Silv Lombardi is back in the hot seat and we discuss the top WA draft talent, we do a top 20/mock draft and we also discuss some of the other topical draft issues. Like, Follow, Subscribe and Review!

This week we were lucky enough to chat to two WA draft prospects in Riley Garcia and Jake Pasini. We also have special guest recruitment guru Silv Lombardi who works in the WA recruitment space for some of the AFL clubs. Next week we have part two of our draft special and we will discuss the best of the WA draft talent as well as work our way through a top 20 mock draft.

Its been a few weeks but we have a chat about how each team went in the trade period. The good the bad and the ugly!

Its Grand Final week and we chat about the Tigers comeback win over the Cats and the Giants upset win over the Pies. We predict our Brownlow winner and look at if the Giants can win their first Grand Final!

A lot of news this week as Toby Greene and Tom Hawkins dominate the headlines. We have a chat about Willie Rioli and the results from week 2 of the finals. We also have a quick chat about the Brownlow and who we would like to see make the Grand Final.

The sad passing of AFL legend Danny Spud Frawley, Toby Greene, more trade news and some interesting results from week 1 of the finals. There are 6 teams left and 3 weeks to go for season 2019. Who will win the 2019 AFL Premiership..?

Its September and finals are upon us! We preview week 1 of the finals as well as looking at the latest trade rumours. It is the silly season and there is lots to talk about!

Another incredible week in football and the regular season is over! Some movement in the top 8 and a couple of interesting results. We also pick our All Australian Teams for the year and there are a couple of surprises! Finally we discuss the latest trade rumours with the bottom clubs kicking off the silly season immediately after the end of their seasons.

It has finally happened the Fremantle Football Club had sacked coach Ross Lyon and also CEO Steve Rosich. We look at what happened and who the possible replacements are. We also look into the Round 22 that brought us some massive games with the top 4 sides all having fantastic contests and some other blow out results for other teams. Join us and have a listen.

While round 21 threw up a few average games, round 22 is poised to be the biggest round of the season with the top 4 sides facing off against each other. In round 21 there were some big performances by the Lions and the Dogs and Port jumped into the eight at the expense of the Crows. Round 22 is huge with the Lions hosting the Cats and the Tigers hosting the Eagles. The result will have a massive impact on the outcome of the finals. Join us in this massive episode!

Another big week in football and the Dockers got back to winning ways!! The form teams of West Coast, Brisbane and Richmond continue their great form and Collingwood get a much needed win on the board against the Suns. In the preview there are some big games with the Bombers hosting the Dogs and Geelong hosting North Melbourne. All this as well as the usual predictions in a big episode number 45!

Big preview podcast this week with a good game to kick us off on Friday, the Kangaroos and the Hawks! The Battle of the bridge is on Saturday and the Lions and the Dogs round out what should be a good week for the top sides to cement their position in finals. As usual we finish the episode with out predictions for the week.

This week we have a special episode and we were lucky enough to speak with Nathan Broad from Tiger Land about his early footy days, getting drafted to Richmond, the early Grand Final success and the current form of the Tigers. Its a big episode, have a listen.

As we move ever closer to the finals the final 8 takes shape, could teams like Port, Hawthorn, Freo or the Bulldogs sneak into the 8? Can the Crows hold their spot. Round 19 shapes as a massive week to decide who plays finals. This week we review round 18 and dive into the Centre Bounce Attendances for Freo. Why isn't Cerra getting #midminutes? And the Eagles get the job done again to roll the Dees late in the red centre. All that and more on the holding the ball podcast

This week on the podcast we discuss Richo's departure from the Saints and the possible coaching merry-go-round it creates. There were some big injuries for GWS, the Eagles and the Bombers that could put a dent in their finals aspirations. Our stars and flogs from round 17 plus round 18 throws in some really interesting match ups. If you stick around long enough, you might hear Mike's Dockers rant as well our our round 18 predictions!

This episode Stephen Coniglio from the GWS Giants chats to Mike and Boma about everything football! We also discuss the early days and the choice to play AFL over cricket, the under 18 competition, a WAFL grand final and how GWS are tracking this year. We also look at the big game at the MCG this week against the Tigers.

This week was a massive week in football. We saw the contenders start to rise and the pretenders start to fall. The Showdown and the Western Derby were massive blow outs while the Dogs upset the Cats and GWS fall to the impressive Lions. This week we also reveal Boma's All Australian Team to this point in the season. All that and more on this weeks episode.

This week throws up some interesting fixtures with the Western Derby at Optus Stadium and the Showdown at Adelaide Oval. There aren't many clear favorites this week with a number of game of the week contenders. We also go through our certainty, bet of the week and look at the clubs that are performing below expectations.

We have a really special episode this week with Marcus Adams from the Brisbane Lions joining us for a chat about the life at Brisbane, a sneak peak into the trade period that brought him to Brisbane, how well the Lions are going and much more. We also discuss the week that was round 15!

This week we dissect all that was Round 14. The Eagles start to pick up some pace and the top four looks pretty solid for now. The Pies get the win without lighting the world on fire and Freo drop points against the Demons. If your into your cricket, stay tuned as we have a crack at commentary for the last couple of minutes of the pod.

Its a big episode today. Some interesting and strange results in round 13 and we dig a little deeper into some of them. We also preview a big round 14 starting with West Coast against Essendon on Thursday night.

What a week in football! A couple of the big teams take a tumble, Carlton wins from 37 points down and Patrick Cripps has one of the best midfield games you will ever see. Huge! Can Carlton win again? Maybe... all that and more. Have a listen!

One big episode this week and we cover all the issues from the fallout of round 11 and the BIG little round 12. Brendan Bolton and Carlton, Freo's massive win at the G and Rhyce Shaw getting off to a fantastic start.

This week we discuss the new North Melbourne Coach, the Adam Goodes Documentary, Ross Lyon and the coaching round robin that might happen as well as an in depth look at the round 11 games.

What a week in football, Brad Scott calls it quits, a mid-season draft and Harley Bennel plays a game of football. Have a listen as we discuss the week in football and go through our votes for the weekend.

Its round 10 preview time and the heat is on the Dockers! After a good start to the season some old habits have crept back in. Low scoring and basic skill problems. It's also a massive week for GWS who travel to the MCG where they have a horrible winning record. They face a Melbourne team that had the better of West Coast for 3 quarters but accuracy let them down. Have a listen, much much more to discuss!

Today we review round 9 of the AFL and the highlight of the week was flying Liam Ryan over big Max Gawn. Big grins for Tom Stewart and the Torp is back!!

Round 9 and some blockbuster games. The Eagles take on the Demons at Optus Stadium on Friday night. Adelaide heads up to Brisbane, the Dogs head to GMHBA to take on the in the form Cats. The Dockers will be looking for a win against Essendon at Marvel Stadium on Saturday night and the Hawks take on the in form Richmond. We also have our usual Bet of the Week and discuss how our preseason predictions have turned out so far.

This week we talk Rampe's brain fade, the footy show is no more and some of the other big issues from a big round 8 of football. The Eagles get the job done again, the Dockers fall to the Tigers pressure, Sydney win at the death and Melbourne kick a point to win again.

Its round 8 and we pick some absolute certainties this week (Hint: Collingwood will win) Boma is up and about after his bet came off, while Mike continues to go back to the drawing board. Will the Saints pose a threat to the Eagles? Can the Dockers continue with some good form and get a big result over Richmond?

Today we discuss the hot topics from a great weekend of football. There was a disgusting act by a Melbourne supporter but also some great moments from James Harmes and the Collingwood football club. We discuss the umpiring and some awful decisions. Melbourne got over the line against the Hawks and the Blues got pumped by North. The Eagles got back on the winners list and the Dockers lost a tough finals like game to the Crows. Have a listen to our new and improved format!

Today we preview round 7 of the AFL season 2019. The games of the round this week are Collingwood v Port Adelaide and the Cats v the Bombers. Mike hopes the Dockers can continue their good form and Boma is looking forward to the Eagles getting their back to back hashtag up and running again. Also some big bets this week!

It was a marathon round 6 that went for 6 days over ANZAC day. The first round of the season where most of the teams that were expected to win, won. Seven teams locked on 4 wins and 2 losses in what is shaping up to be a very even competition this year. Congratulations to David Mundy the second WA based player to play 300 games behind Fremantle legend Matthew Pavlich.

This week we only have a short turnaround so just one episode with a preview and review in one show and its a big one! Boma pinpoints an Eagles player that is under the pump and we pick our Stars and Flogs for the week. Bet you can't guess who Boma has selected this week..? He really likes this bloke.

Today we preview round 5 of AFL season 2019 and the games start on Thursday night with Brisbane v Collingwood and end with the game of the round Hawthorn v Geelong on Easter Monday. We also discuss some interesting picks for the All Australian Team to date.

Today we review round 4 and if our tipping is anything to go by, lots more surprises! Its been a good week for the Gold Coast Suns and GWS had their first win at GMHBA stadium while Carlton are still without a win and the two South Australian teams struggle