The thought of his last football jumper hurts like a purple bruise.
Some Unsolicited Advice to the Essendon Football Club: Shut Up!
July 7, 2014 by 105 Comments
The People’s Elbow offers some strong advice (and STRONG LANGUAGE) to the Essendon Football Club and its PR advisers. Why are you so outraged by allegedly inappropriate “process” when you negligently put young men’s health at risk?
AFL Round 15 – Collingwood v Carlton: I Turned Up – Fear? No, Just Loathing on a Sunday Night at the MCG
June 30, 2014 by 18 Comments
The People’s Elbow was part of the ‘crowd’ at the MCG on Sunday night. He is searching for explanations of why he turned up. [INCLUDES STRONG LANGUAGE]
Herald Sun journalist Jon Ralph is a given, but which are the other ripper blokes you would want to have a beer with: A work of unashamed worship
June 26, 2014 by 20 Comments
When it comes to men of letters, Litza knows he is but a minnow when compared to Jon Ralph. But that does not mean he cannot also come up with a list of ripper blokes he’d love to have a beer with.
Statement from The People’s Elbow on the re-signing of Bryce Gibbs.
June 24, 2014 by 3 Comments
A statement from The People’s Elbow.
AFL Round 14 — GWS v Carlton: The People’s Elbow… I’m just dialing this one in
June 23, 2014 by 3 Comments
GWS have defeated Carlton. Words have defeated Litza. But the People’s Elbow still comes up with some acronyms to express his disgust.
Carlton’s 150th Celebration: “Ease his pain… ease his pain” — The People’s Elbow on the redemptive power of the Blues’ Field of Dreams
June 16, 2014 by 27 Comments
Craig Little catalogues Carlton Football Club’s celebration of its 150th anniversary. The pissoir “Field of Streams” Best XVIII is a unique concept.
Has anyone heard from Stephen Dank?
June 14, 2014 by 29 Comments
This is an extract from Litza’s foreword in The Footy Almanac 2013. [Great to have The People's Elbow flying in this year's Almanac - ed]
AFL Round 12 — Geelong v Carlton: The People’s Elbow Puzzle Page
June 10, 2014 by 17 Comments
The People’s Elbow: fast becoming a master at recording Carlton disappointments. Here is a genre you will never have seen before. [Promise - Ed]
The Pre-Season Elbow: A Look at Carlton’s List for 2014 (Part I)
June 4, 2014 by 11 Comments
Litza has something of a rule – he’ll only emotionally invest in five players on Carlton’s list. Sometimes, it’s about the courage. Sometimes, it’s about the hair. And sometimes, he just has to let them go.
AFL Round 11 – Brisbane v Carlton: The People’s Elbow — Time to Pull the Plug
June 2, 2014 by 7 Comments
Litza finally consigns Carlton’s 2014 season to the dustbin of history. He is now free to concentrate on the bright side of rejuvenating the team; the club and ……..(hoping that your neighbour gets shafted).
AFL Round 10 — Carlton v Adelaide: Press Yellow for the Elbow
May 28, 2014 by 10 Comments
A cultural masterpiece from Litza as the People’s Elbowcast goes viral, digital and feral. Join the Almanac’s own Graham Norton on the couch with Brynne, Bruce, Olivia, Tony and Dani at Etihad on Sunday.
My Brother was a Bulldog
May 21, 2014 by 21 Comments
An unusually sensitive and touching family memoir from Litza, detailing how his brother Damien converted from the footy ‘dark side’ of the Western Oval to become a Princes Park loyalist.
AFL Round 8 – St Kilda v Carlton (The People’s Elbow): The Preposterousness of Monday Night Football and the Immorality of Starting Troy Menzel as the Sub
May 13, 2014 by 7 Comments
Litza with an honest appraisal of the place of Monday night football and some clear and balanced thinking on the Carlton Football Club and the moral fibre of its helmsman. [Strong piece. Strong footnotes. Can't ask for more than that - Ed]
AFL Round 7: Carlton v Collingwood — The People’s Elbow: Binge-watching the complete five seasons of ‘Carlton: The Pagan Years’
May 3, 2014 by 12 Comments
“A very little thief of occasion will rob you of a great deal of patience.” – William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act II, sc. 1 LAST SATURDAY NIGHT WAS a perfect example of why I love being a fan. For an admittedly brief ten minutes, I lost myself completely, lived a full-hearted, out-of-body experience, and absolutely [Read more]
Any Questions for Harry? | The Fitzroy Football Club introduces ‘Half-Backbenchers’
April 30, 2014 by 1 Comment
What is tougher: Football, or a life in politics? The Reds Foundation will attempt to answer that question this Saturday, as the People’s Elbow grills two of Fitzroy’s local parliamentarians in Federal Greens MP Adam Bandt and state Labor MP Richard Wynne, alongside a former footballer turned politician Justin Madden, and Victorian Minister for Higher [Read more]
AFL Round 6 — Carlton v West Coast: The People’s (Reverse) Elbow — Jesus H Menzel, Dylan, the Daisy smother and ten minutes of sheer happiness.
April 28, 2014 by 13 Comments
The People’s Elbow has been scuffing the season waiting for it to go reverse. And it has. And with the reverse comes language as floral as toilet freshener. [Smells like Lilies of the (Laguna) Field - Ed].
AFL Round 5 – Western Bulldogs v Carlton: The People’s Elbow — Hashtag United (aka “Anger Is More Influential Than Joy”)
April 22, 2014 by 10 Comments
The People’s Elbow is flying again in the direction of perspective-less commentators, unsubstantiated campaigns (which grow some substance) and the old-fashioned hard-ball get, thus commenting on the relative worth of anger and joy.
AFL Round 4 – Carlton v Melbourne: The People’s Elbow – Blow it up and start again!
April 13, 2014 by 38 Comments
The People’s Elbow deserves a spot on the Carlton Board. We should launch a campaign. He seems to see things for what they are. [Put him in a room with The Wrap and they may solve the Middle East crisis]
The People’s Elbow: Buzz Cut – How “The Champions of Carlton” Missed the Mark
April 11, 2014 by 30 Comments
The Buzz cut? Say it ain’t so. Litza reviews the surprising inclusions and a staggering exclusion from the list of Carlton’s 150 greatest players.
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