Fun with names goes across cultures and codes. Round 14's crop of byes leaves three buzz-worthy Victorian clubs and the ladder leaders out of the action. We set the table for their coming clashes and highlight the good, the bad, and the awkward for each. Also, go Maroons.

Is it a bit? Who even knows at this point with that guy? Either way, Port and Sydney have had some fun clashes in recent years, and we can add another to that list. That helped us forget about some of the disappointment of Thursday's hyped-up clash, as well as Waterman pissing away another game in front of goal for the Eagles. Plus, we touch on the World Cup and what Australians should look for on our Pacific coast.

Ribbit. Ribbit. One Lion was prepared for Carlton terries in what we soon found out was Voss' last as coach. Good riddance. Also in this episode: a return to form for Geelong, a near-miss for Draw FC, and a couple Bay Area high school tangents that may or may not relate to the footy.

We've got our NPR voices ready for one of our absolute favorite bits… but that's just a snippet of a marathon episode about a round that started off as well as any in recent memory, included a lot of personal disappointment for both hosts, and ended… better than lukewarm.

Around the league we go again in a week that saw utter disappointment from our two teams, mind-boggling decisions from officials in more ways than one, and a few sterling performances that deserve 3 or 10 votes depending on what award you're thinking of.

Alternate Title: "Kindly Deeds Done for Free." Both come from Ethan.

We continue our discussion of Round 6 with the final two games of Behind Saturday. Sunday was like a sandwich with high-quality meat on bread that was not up to the task. Heck, maybe even the bread was a little off, because it was an xScore pisser. Enjoy!

Round 6 was so full that we decided to split up our recap, instead of having a marathon episode of even greater length than our earlier ones this season. The Blues are the Blues and of course Collingwood got involved in another after-siren finish, but that isn’t even the main story from Thursday. Friday’s rivalries took on very different tones in Geelong and Sydney, while Single-Digit Saturday began to take shape on the Gold Coast. There are plenty of youngsters’ performances to celebrate throughout… and then we suddenly got the funniest Tribunal / Appeals Board news possible right as we thought we’d wrap up.

Gather Round 4.0 is in the books, and we hope it (mostly) sticks in SA. The result of the Saturday night "main event" wasn't surprising, but it leaves us with lots of questions about how dire the Bulldogs' situation really is. Plus, Alex Pearce did it again, the Blues can't get out of their own way, and the Kassel Cup had another predictable outcome.