"Gold Coast's 2025 Golden Boys Have Become Spoiled Brats in 2026" Mark Duffield - Four Thoughts (15.07.2026)

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Let's move on to Four Thoughts on Sport to get us rolling this morning.
Thought one is this one. Where do you rate free-mantle powerhouse Josh Tracy in your best tall forwards in the AFL? And before you answer, consider these numbers. Now Tracy may have nine fewer goals than Coleman medal leader Charlie Kurnow's 50 He sits fourth behind Kurnow, Ben King and Logan Morris in the Coleman medal race. But he leads all of his rivals in every other statistical category. His 112 marks is 30 clear of nearest rival Kurnow. He and Kurnow's 36 contested marks easily lead Morrison King. His 74 handballs almost doubles the tally of any of the other three. His 42 tackles is almost double the tally of the next best Morris, who has 23 His 45 inside 50s puts him 9 clear of nearest rival Kurnow. His 121 contested possessions sit him clear of next best Kurnow. He has them covered in marks inside 50 and 1% as 2
The best forward in the comp at the moment, game over as far as I'm concerned. Thought 2 is on the Tribunal decision to downgrade Billy Frampton's dangerous tackle on Matt Whitlock to a fine. I'm going to say it's fair enough. It's marginal. I think I'm more interested in the question, should Jack Crisp have escaped sanction for the tackle that left Tom Blamiri's concussed? Maybe not so fair.
Thought 3 is on the WA16, who are now a win away from clinching the national title after absolutely spanking Vic Metro on the Gold Coast yesterday. So despite inaccuracy, they ran up 823 The Sandgrove has controlled the match to win by 27 points. Interestingly, the best player list again had Troy Warner, brother of Chad and Corey. He was very prominent, as was Fremantle NGA prospect Aidan Martignago, a teammate of Warner's at the East Fremantle Sharks. And finally, Thought Four, when you were going badly, things just get worse. On the back of Gold Coast, seven losses on the bounce, footage emerges of Jamari Uyghur-Hagan and Mack Andrew exiting a handicapped toilet at last weekend's state of origin game at Suncorp Stadium together. Witnesses claim the pair were seen behaving erratically before and after the toilet visit.
Ben King thinking about leaving, Ditto Bailey Humphrey, the golden children of 2025 have quickly become the spoiled brats of 2026 487 736 736 is the text line. Let's have your thoughts and questions. 13 12 55 is the Barrett and Doday open line. Barrett and Doday, because the little things are everything. We'll be talking footy generally, and AFLW specifically with Codesports Eliza Riley after the break. Don't forget, we've got Dr. Sean Gorman coming on in the second hour of the show today.
Made in WA, for WA. This is Mornings with Mark Duffield on SEMWA.