Judd: Let players talk about depression without it defining them
For the vast majority of AFL footballers, their identity is inextricably linked to their performance. When things aren't going well on-field, players can feel the effects off-field.
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Chris Judd
Columnist for The Age
Life (and football) wasn't meant to be fair
Fairness might demand that a team can sub in a player if it loses a teammate to concussion, but fairness is overrated.
Chris Judd: For Bulldogs, unpredictability is predictably risky
There can be benefits as well as costs in trying to keep the opposition guessing. Just ask Luke Beveridge.
Finals ultimatum won't finish Buckley, but bad trades might
Should Collingwood miss playing finals this year as appears likely, what they can't afford to have done is bring in players in the twilight of their career on big money.