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The Trade Off
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel are two of the biggest names in our Footy and they don’t hold back. Delivering the best insights in footy, they aren't afraid to debate the issues that need to be discussed.EDDIE AND JIMMY ON INSTRAGRAM
Episodes
The Trade Off'It was almost the PERFECT tackle' - Eddie McGuire on THAT Paul Curtis tackle
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel discuss the biggest issues from Round 14. The boys address their concerns surrounding the five mid-season bye rounds, Eddie has…
The Trade OffEddie shorts Sidebottom & Hird’s advice for Sicily
Eddie McGuire and James Hird look ahead to Round 14, although Eddie doesn’t really care as the Pies have the Bye. Hirdy has some Captaincy advice for…
The Trade OffHirdy on the “Northern Territory Bombers”
Eddie McGuire and James Hird answer your questions. Should the Bombers look to build a home in the Northern Territory, Hirdy has his say, and Eddie lashes out…
The Trade OffEddie and Hirdy on Mihocek tackle “Frampton did nothing wrong”
Eddie McGuire and James Hird discuss the biggest issues from Round 13. The Big Freeze 12, Hirdy is all for the AFL’s ‘rule of the week&rsquo…
The Trade OffIt’s not King’s Birthday anymore, it’s NEALE’S DAY
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel look ahead to Round 13 and the biggest game of the Round will come on Monday as the whole Footy world stops and pays tribute to…
The Trade OffThe AFL should look at opening up the MCC to General Public
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel answer your questions. A solution to holding players to their long term contracts, pushing the MCC to let fans in so fill the…
The Trade OffEddie confirms “The Essendon President is not a voter for James Hird”
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel discuss the biggest issues and stories after Round 12 of the AFL Season including Carlton's resurgence, the Lions demise and…
The Trade OffMid-season reviews on every club
Jimmy Bartel and James Hird look ahead to Round 12 of the AFL. Jimmy has a crack at starting a marketing campaign for Josh Fraser, but might need to start…
The Trade OffOpen the market for Merrett & Gawn, Grundy or Jackson to take Charlie home
Jimmy Bartel and James Hird answer your questions, including who Jimmy has as the current premiership favourites, the obvious international expansion, the…
The Trade OffJames Hird’s Essendon evaluation & release the Kinglsey video!
James Hird fills in for Eddie McGuire as he and Jimmy Bartel dissect the biggest issues from Round 11 of the AFL. Jimmy details his plan to clean up players…
The Trade OffPendlebury’s $1MILLION pay day!
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel look ahead to Round 11 of the AFL. And this week… we made him wait… it is ALL about Scott Pendlebury and his…
The Trade OffThe next CEO of the AFL
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel answer your questions on Instagram, YouTube and email - Eddieandjimmy@taptmedia.com.au The fan question that is being discussed…
The Trade OffSome honest advice for Brad Scott & Eddie "I don't make these things up"
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel react to the biggest issues and stories from Round 10 of the AFL. The Bombers have hit rock-bottom, how much concern should…
The Trade OffThe Carlton machine is to blame
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel look ahead to Round 10 with their predictions. Shorting, Holding or Buying the coaches in the market to lead the Tasmania…
The Trade OffEddie’s warning about the AFL having too much power over clubs
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel answer your questions - eddieandjimmy@taptmedia.com.au The biggest story in Footy this year has been around the Elijah Hollands…
The Trade OffThe 'play Pendles' crowd who are taking the fun out of Football
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel react to the biggest issues and stories from Round 9 of the AFL. How Eddie would have reacted to the GWS banner, reacting to the…
The Trade OffWhat the Bont needs, Geelong's regret & Ben King's new club?
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel look ahead to Round 9, discussions about The Bont and Jai Newcombe, Ben King's new role, the Victorian Clubs holding up the…
The Trade Off“If the thinking is we need 20, then let’s bring in 20 NOW”
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel answer your questions. The flow on effects from the changes to the draft are massive for all 18 clubs, and it provokes the…
The Trade OffJimmy’s insight on Blues next coach & The biggest beat up of all time
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel react to the biggest issues from Round 8 including what Eddie has described as “the biggest beat up”, what to do…
The Trade OffEddie’s Ginnivan clip & the team that’s already “gone”
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel look ahead to Round 8, including writing off a former premiership contender, whacking Jack Ginnivan and the first player that…
The Trade OffThe big plan for State of Origin 2027 “mark this down”
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel answer your questions, including some brilliant innovations around the sesquicentennial Test Match, Eddie’s big plan for…
The Trade OffThe SIMPLE solution to fixing The ARC "I built the ARC, I'm Noah!"
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel react to the biggest issues from Round 7 including how do we fix regular issues with the ARC and the stand rule? And Eddie blows…
The Trade OffThe unlikely Top 6 finishers & we need a new name for ‘centre bounce’
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel look ahead to Round 7, including a massive tip from Jimmy for an unlikely Top 6 finisher, what Eddie might do if Essendon beat…
The Trade OffThe AFL's double standard
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel answer your questions, cop some feedback from the Dan Gorringe episode and pick apart the hypocrisy of the AFL around some of…
The Trade OffThe AFL are as much to blame as Carlton for Elijah Hollands
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel react to the biggest issues from Round 7 and ask the question no one else has yet about the Elijah Hollands situation, why…
The Trade OffCan Collingwood attract big enough names to rise back up?
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel look ahead to Round 6, and it doesn’t get much bigger than Thursday Night at the G, Collingwood v Carlton. With Tassie on…
The Trade OffDan Gorringe “we won’t change”
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel sit down with Dan Gorringe from Dan Does Footy to chat about how he is changing the way Football media is consumed, and the…
The Trade OffZak Butters v Umpire Nick Foot & Gather Round hits and misses
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel react to another successful Gather Round, but it seems the AFL are still not learning from their own success and failings. Plus…
The Trade OffGather Round predictions & the Carlton-Essendon prayer!
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel look ahead to Round 5, with a full preview and predictions ahead of Gather Round. And the boys are praying that a scenario will…
The Trade OffFree kick Geelong
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel answer your questions and debate the age old question, why does Geelong always seem to get the rub of the green? And it has only…
The Trade OffThe game without rules & Eddie’s secret AFL deal
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel react to the biggest issues from Round 4. Thank god for the Easter Monday blockbuster, it has reminded us why we love footy! And…
The Trade OffThe BIG 4 are no longer, the BIG 4
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel look ahead to Round 4. Eddie and Jimmy play closest to the pin with what could be one of the ugliest losses in recent footy, and…
The Trade Off“I want to see people prepared to die for AFL”
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel answer your questions. Eddie has a very clear message to the AFL over their mishandling of recent decisions and they both have…
The Trade OffHow Carlton can turn it around & Eddie whacks the AFL decision makers
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel react to the biggest issues from Round 3. Can Carlton turn this around? And Eddie explains the AFL’s…
The Trade OffThe upset coming this weekend but don't mention the 'H' word & The Daicos' move
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel look ahead to Round 3. Why are there so many games at Marvel and not the G? Jimmy’s analysis on what is going wrong with…
The Trade OffJimmy’s kicking master-class, Eddie the hypocrite & the cheating cheer squad
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel answer your questions. Jimmy details a kicking master-class that needs to be listened to by anyone who has ever picked up a…
The Trade OffJimmy on Essendon “They stand for nothing” & Vic clubs are struggling
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel react to all the action from Round 2. Solutions to the injury crisis cruelling the league, Jimmy dissects Essendon’s…
The Trade OffThe Centurion & the AFL’s “illegal” Round 2 act
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel look ahead to Round 2 with their predictions. Jimmy expects a controversial call to decide a thriller and how the AFL has…
The Trade OffInside the “Carlton Revolution” & the radical membership change
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel answer your questions. Eddie delivers the inside word on the ‘Carlton Revolution’ and make way for a radical…
The Trade OffThe AFL owes Scott Pendlebury an apology
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel react to the biggest issues from Round 1. Eddie declares that the Scott Pendlebury suspension represents “everything that…
The Trade OffESSENDON’S line in the sand moment!
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel look ahead to Round 1 Footy. What can the Bombers offer? Richmond to do it again and the Saints are just fine.EDDIE AND JIMMY ON…
The Trade OffFooty and the Ashes & “limp” players
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel answer your questions. Should the AFL head to the ASHES? Punish players who go limp and is it time to punish time wasters?EDDIE…
The Trade OffLove for Gorringe & Docherty and the “half arsed” AFL
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel react to the AFL’s “half assed” Opening Round and their massive missed opportunity. They both go in to bat for…
The Trade OffThe final 10 is really a final 6 & Eddie, a fan of the Blues
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel look ahead to Opening Round. The team Eddie thinks are travelling alright, an open market on when the AFL will announce the…
The Trade OffThe lie we're all being told & Eddie responds to a "Goose"
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel answer your questions. Why the Freo hype? Why don't clubs know about the drug takers in their team? And is there anything the…
The Trade OffJimmy slams Brownlow changes, “Free Newcombe” & Eddie’s will
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel debate the biggest issues and changes heading into the 2026 AFL Season, the MRO, the Brownlow, improving Opening Round and can…
The Trade OffThe player that WON'T win the Brownlow
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel return with a full preview of the 2026 AFL Season.EDDIE AND JIMMY ON INSTRAGRAMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
The Trade OffBACK FOR SEASON 2026
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel are back for another season to deliver the best insights in Footy!EDDIE AND JIMMY ON INSTRAGRAMSee omnystudio.com/listener for…
The Trade OffTRADE OFF: Essendon need to “take a good look at themselves” & all the Winners and Losers
Matthew Lloyd and Laura Spurway wrap all the moves of the AFL's 2025 Trade Period and discuss all the winners and losers and what happens now with Hawthorn…
The Trade OffTRADE OFF DAY 7: Curnow, De Goey, disappointing clubs & an EPIC final day coming
Jimmy Bartel and Matthew Lloyd go through the news of Day 7 of the AFL's Trade Period and discuss how much the Hawks need to pay, Curnow and the Swans, advice…
The Trade OffTRADE OFF DAY 6: Sam Mitchell’s “brutal call” on a star & Lloydy’s “mail”
Jimmy Bartel and Matthew Lloyd go through the news of Day 6 of the AFL's Trade Period and discuss every name left on the board and where they go, Lloydy…
The Trade OffTRADE OFF DAY 5: Why aren’t North active? Cox and Mitchell & A career over
Jimmy Bartel and Laura Spurway go through the news of Day 5 of the AFL's Trade Period and discuss why exactly North Melbourne are not active, when they have 1…
The Trade OffTRADE OFF DAY 4: Curnow needs to get tougher, Rowan Marshall & Suns culture
Jimmy Bartel and Matthew Lloyd go through the news of Day 4 of the AFL's Trade Period and discuss what needs to happen for Rowan Marshall to get out of the…
The Trade OffTRADE OFF DAY 3: Greedy Hawks, Clayton Oliver & Jimmy's take on Craig McRae
Jimmy Bartel and Matthew Lloyd go through the news of Day 3 of the AFL's Trade Period and discuss how many mids Hawthorn can fit in, the latest on Clayton…
The Trade OffTRADE OFF DAY 2: Jamarra’s luck, Give Nick a call & Humphrey over Petracca
Jimmy Bartel and Matthew Lloyd go through the news of Day 2 of the AFL's Trade Period and discuss exactly what the Pies need, how Melbourne move on from losing…
The Trade OffTRADE OFF DAY 1: “It’s up to Hawthorn to satisfy Essendon” & Curnow to stay
Jimmy Bartel and Matthew Lloyd go through the news of Day 1 of the AFL's Trade Period and try to decipher the noise coming out of a lot of the clubs. And will…
The Trade OffBrisbane Lions "could dominate for 10 years" & Eddie "I know the bounce is gone"
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel recap the 2025 AFL Grand Final, how Brisbane did it, Chris Scott's "sour grapes", the death of the bounce & 2026 Predictions.GET…
The Trade Off2025 AFL Grand Final Preview & Snoop Dogg and Caro
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel preview the 2025 AFL Grand Final. What will Snoop have to offer? What cheeky tricks will Baz get up to? And who wins?GET IN…
The Trade OffMark/Goal of the ENTIRE year and “In a dire? Call McGuire!”
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel answer your questions. Including why isn't GOTY and MOTY for the whole year? Changing the ruck rules and Eddie's new career.GET…
The Trade OffPre-GF Bye coming, “Zorko attacked him” & Essendon’s THREE challenges
Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel react to the Prelim finals, the LATEST on Essendon's implosion, and go head to head over the Zorko and Cox incident.GET IN…