Pointless
A pointless ramble through the world of Aussie Rules Football
Episodes
34 episodes
The Grand Furrball
In this episode, the hosts discuss the latest updates from the AFL, including team changes, player injuries, and reflections on the preliminary finals. They delve into the emotional aspects of player selection for the grand final and share insi...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:08:18
Stupid
In this engaging conversation, the hosts delve into various aspects of the AFL, including game scheduling, team performance, and the upcoming grand final. They discuss the peculiarities of match timings, express confidence in their teams, and c...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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48:21
Bruce And The Lasergoals Meet The Frockers
Just Martin and Dom this week, dissecting the big finals stories, like if Pendlebury is "unflappable", who is the AFL's most "flappable" player? And how good would it be if we replaced the goalposts with lasers? Not to mentio...
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54:33
Shying Away
No your eyes are not deceiving you - we are back! And we do not shy away from the big issues. Martin rants and raves again about the draw, Gemma is PUMPED for the finals and Dom does everything to shy away from talking ...
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51:46
Pointless On The Road: The Trip to Italy/Adelaide
When Martin and Dom had a weekend away in Adelaide we thought - why would we keep that to ourselves? Listen to Dom's heart breaking in 38 seconds as Adelaide kick three goals in the third quarter to absolutely ruin the game as a co...
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Old Blokes
After a little break, it's just the old blokes this week. Martin and Dom discuss their trip to Adelaide to see the Blues come back to earth with a THUD, as well as just how many umpires could we have and still do an awful job. ...
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The Carlton (Gummy) Sharks
Back with a full list this week, we realise that the two teams that changed logos this year - the Suns and the Crows - haven't lost a quarter so far. So a rebrand is the obvious move for the Blues. We do discuss other clubs (...
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1:00:27
Bonus Episode: An American (actually two) in AFL Heaven
Our friends Bhav and Mike join Alex and Dom at Marvel Stadium for a first-time look at AFL!
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15:16
Carlton’s Non-Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly
A late change this week saw Gemma out and a non-special guest join, Pointless's Number One Ticket Holder, Dom's brother Anth. He talks about Geelong a bit but mostly he, Martin and Dom try and find a description for Carlton's...
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49:48
Fur, Feathers and Cyclones
Despite all advice to the contrary, we are back! Gemma, Martin and Dom even have new equipment so there is some hope that you will be able to hear us! We talk opening round and whether you'd kick with the cyclone if you...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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52:29
Episode 21: The Stabbing Knife of Hope (or: The Nipple Theory)
Hello there. By popular demand we tried one more episode but nobody showed up and so Alex and Dom decided to show how little they know about pretty much anything, but especially the draft, new team logos and next year's draw. But af...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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39:13
Ep 20: Cock-a-hoop about Gemma's Hateful Eight
Well we're all depressed, but none more so than our Gemma after her beloved Giants had their hearts broken yet again. In a fit of rage straight after the game, Gemma made a list of seven things she HATES about AFL, adding one more in for ...
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Episode Nineteen: An Incomplete Disgrace
Late change: Gemma OUT; Alex IN.We discuss the important question of whether it is better to be in the Eight disgracefully or out of the Eight respectedly, review what we learnt from the ladders and how we did on our Finals predic...
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32:49
Episode Eighteen: Everybody loves Gemma!
We're excited to be on a different recording platform (Squadcast) today and beside ourselves with receiving listener feedback AND with the permutations and perambulations through the final three rounds of the season. I received zero comme...
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1:07:19
Episode Seventeen: Nine Hundred Years of Sewerage
The team keeps one eye on the Seine tonight watching for anything unsavoury to pop up in the triathlon while we talk up the Giants and try to ignore the Blues and Pies. Does anybody read this? I don't think so. I've never had ...
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Episode 16: Aura Awareness
In this week's episode, we have a guest! One of Martin's sons, Tim joins us again to report back on the worm population of the MCG and questions whether in fact a worm has ever been burned. Dom tries to avoid talking about last week...
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1:17:31
Episode Fifteen: Dishonourable
This week we again have our microphones, so you can actually understand, well hear us. Gemma is very sad, Martin is less sad but very unhappy with the umpires, but Dom loves football and can't see anything wrong with any of it (da da da d...
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1:00:12
Episode 14A: Back doors and square balls in a London Pub
Wimbledon Special: nothing to do with tennis but in June Dom caught up with a couple of English mates (who he used to play tennis with in Wimbledon - there you go) to talk jargon from the "other" football. Thanks to Paddy and Mark f...
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Episode Fourteen: It's late and I can't think of a good name
After a three (four?) week break we are back and getting over-excited about the range of thuds and contextual featherings from round 14 (or was it 15?) Gemma is trying to make sense of the low smileometer readings coming from the West and...
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1:05:49
Episode Thirteen: Plucked
Great news - no late changes and in fact we are all in person for only the second time! The sound is still sh-t despite all our best efforts but you would expect nothing less. We go deep into featherings and trolling flaps, with ano...
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1:07:35
Episode 12A: Bonus Track! Umpire DEpreciation
Ever wondered whether umpires like feedback? Get the 5-minute answer from three blokes in a boat
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4:24
Episode Twelve: Trolling Flaps
Another late change. Out: Martin. In: Gemma. Which was great news as neither of us felt like talking footy at all after last week, and especially not with a gloating Collingwood fan. So we talked fishing. Sadly the discu...
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Episode Eleven: Dire Straits
Late change this week with Gemma unwell forcing us to use the Medical Sub early and we were pretty pleased with ourselves we have to admit... Martin and I are joined by David Rowell, father of the Gold Coast Suns superstar Matt, liv...
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