Denis Pagan
‘It baffles me and is the biggest mystery in modern football’
Football can be a pretty simple game, and Adelaide and Richmond – both undefeated until they met on Sunday – are showing...
Denis Pagan: This is where your AFL team will finish in 2017
Footy is back and it is time to put my neck on the line with some predictions. I’m really excited for this...
‘You don’t trade legends’: Pagan on Mitchell call
I was flabbergasted to hear Sam Mitchell had been put up for trade and might end up at West Coast. He has...
Denis Pagan: What it is like 15 mins before an AFL Grand Final
Grand Finals don’t come around often. They are special occasions for players and coaches. Most of the messages you want to get...
Denis Pagan: What it’s like to win (and lose) a preliminary final
Losing a preliminary final is completely demoralising. I should know – I lost four as coach of North Melbourne. The Kangaroos also won three...
How Brent Harvey could have become a Carlton player
Brent Harvey could have broken the AFL’s all-time games record in a Carlton jumper. I coached Brent – who will play his 427th...
Denis Pagan: what it’s really like at a flag reunion
The former North Melbourne coach takes us behind the scenes at the club's 20-year celebration of their 1996 grand final success.
Denis Pagan: North Melbourne shouldn’t get carried away
ANALYSIS: The Kangaroos are flying. But tougher challenges lie in store for Brad Scott's men.
Denis Pagan: Essendon players can’t sue – and stay
It would be unthinkable, he writes. Plus, who's best placed in Friday night's Kangaroos–Western Bulldogs blockbuster and why he loathes public apologies...
Denis Pagan: there will be changes at Tigerland
Richmond’s problems are varied and significant as pressure builds on coach Damien Hardwick.