Litza found another good priced winner for Oaks Day to prove that a fevered mind is as good as a form guide during the Spring Carnival. Gear changes for Emirates Day include Dolly Vardon winkers on our filly.
Pop! Goes the Punt: Emirates Stakes Day – Islands in the Stream (or, mapping the downfalls of Janine Turner and Beven Addinsall)
November 7, 2013 by 10 Comments
Pop! Goes the Punt: Oaks Day – Chim Chim Cheree, Chim Chim Chilli Burger with Bacon and Cheese
November 6, 2013 by 13 Comments
Litza is not giving Cup disappointments a Side Glance. Its onwards and upwards (in flying cars) to Thursday’s Oaks. Losing feels better with a bit of Cash in the pocket.
Pop! Goes the Punt: Cup Day – I don’t think you ready for this jelly, I don’t think you ready for this jelly
November 3, 2013 by 6 Comments
Litza is all ready for the big day, with his latest inspirations including belated Beyoncé, Caddyshack, and the big question – is Captain Carlton the worst mascot of all time?
Pop! Goes the Punt: Derby Day – Ecumenical Titanium Butt Betting
October 31, 2013 by 9 Comments
It’s time to send the children out of the room. Litza offers his Derby Day selections. You know you only read it for the post-modernist analysis, not the pictures. Last time I checked he was doing a better job than Crio’s Crew at keeping you out of the poor house.
Pop! Goes the Punt: Back-to-Back at Moonee Valley – The Sweet Science Meets the Sport of Kings
October 23, 2013 by 22 Comments
Litza shares his top-three all-time hardest losses to take in sport. Sure, one is fictional, but no less devastating. What light can it shed on race 2 on Saturday?
Pop! Goes the Punt: Caulfield Cup Day, Cranbourne and the Vic Derby – Reality Bites, the Generation X Guide to Tipping (aka ‘meh’, no collects last week)
October 17, 2013 by 29 Comments
There’s gold in Litza’s weekly racing thread. Perhaps not the financial kind like Crio’s 15/1 winner. Litza has pictures of Michelle Pfeiffer in that dress. Desperates of all kinds should read on.
Pop! Goes the Punt: Managatang Cup Day (aka Caulfield Guineas Day) – On a Winner with Sandra Bullock’s Yoga Shorts or Losing Your Shirt Entirely
October 12, 2013 by 11 Comments
Litza’s tips for Caulfield, brought to you by girls who don’t wear very much. (Warning: contains nudity. And Miley Cyrus.)
Pop! Goes the Punt: Turnbull Stakes Day / Epsom Handicap Day – The Wisdom of Saul
October 2, 2013 by 3 Comments
Pop culture goes to the races: Litza brings you the Breaking Bad guide to the weekend at Royal Randwick and Flemington.
AFL Finals Week 1 – Richmond v Carlton: The People’s (Reverse) Elbow – A message for the AFL Finals Series, written and authorised by C. Judd, Carlton
September 9, 2013 by 27 Comments
BA BA DA BA DA!! sings an unhinged Litza.
The People’s Elbow: [REDACTED] (doubling as a report on Carlton’s brave [REDACTED] loss to noble Essendon)
August 25, 2013 by 16 Comments
Litza redacts. Fill in the blanks.
AFL Round 21 – Richmond v Carlton: Fear and Loathing at the bottom of the Dr Geoffrey Edelsten Pool
August 20, 2013 by 28 Comments
Litza on drugs.
The Dangerous Games of Altar Boys: A Short Introduction to Matball, the Greatest Game Never Known
August 9, 2013 by 31 Comments
Matball was a game that deserved a bigger stage, but lamentably never found it. Litza, one of its founding fathers, reveals all.
First Test – Day 3: Agar enters the pop-culture zeitgeist as Australia’s chances just, well… pop
July 13, 2013 by 8 Comments
Of all Ashton Agar’s achievements on Thursday night, one that has gone largely unreported is Agar’s ascendency into the pop-culture zeitgeist.
AFL Round 15 – Carlton v Collingwood: The People’s Elbow – Some questions for Mick
July 8, 2013 by 20 Comments
When Jarrad Waite was subbed out early in the first quarter, was he taken to live with a nice family on a big farm? After his premature departure from the ground, Litza has quite a few questions for Mick Malthouse.
Essendon, Don Draper and the Divine Comedy: The truth will set you free (or suspend you for at least six months)
June 27, 2013 by 12 Comments
Jobe Watson and Don Draper – Craig Little examines two very different men with a similar need to unburden. It’s not ending well for either.
A People’s Elbow to the shit-heeled charlatans at the Nine Network
June 20, 2013 by 25 Comments
Litza takes the elbow to Channel 9′s interference in selection policy.
In Sharkdom Gloriae est.: Stories from the Sacristy of the Sharks; or ‘my sincere apologies for the death of that cow’
June 13, 2013 by 6 Comments
The list of folk legends at the Deakin Uni Sharks is as lengthy as it is renowned. Yet few of their deeds have anything to do with football prowess. Saturday’s fund-raising clash (and Litza’s report) is a classic case in point.
AFL Round 11 – Essendon v Carlton: Game of Throwns “The Rains of Carlisle” (The Black and Red Wedding)
June 12, 2013 by 17 Comments
Like the death of Robb Stark in season three of Game of Thrones, Carlton’s demise in Round 11 was one I unfortunately knew was coming as I had read the book – that book being a predictable Robert Walls article in the morning’s Fairfax papers.
A Big Red Heart: How a Football Club Found its Soul in the Most Unlikely of Places
June 7, 2013 by 1 Comment
The Big Red featuring the Deakin Uni Sharks v Russell’s Creek Legends Match is on this Sunday, June 9 at ‘The Pond’ down Warrnambool way with all proceeds to go to ‘Peter’s Project’. Litza (who is pulling on the boots for the Sharks) conveys the significance of the event.
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