Football’s Night of Nights is with us again. A night for the WAG’s to shine, and the blokes to look out of place in a tux. Expect the grog to flowing less freely (courtesy of Fev). Andy D has been polishing up his best gags (be warned), and practising his pronunciation (won’t help). As is the custom, [Read more]
Floreat Pica Report: Ghosts of Preliminary Finals past
September 19, 2010 by 2 Comments
By John Ramsdale What a strange week leading up the preliminary final. Collingwood having four players in an all-Australian team; Collingwood going into a game like this as favourite and most Collingwood supporters I spoke to, including me, being extremely nervous. St Kilda and Footscray supporters must have been a bit bemused and annoyed this [Read more]
The Forgotten Prelim- St Kilda v Western Bulldogs
September 18, 2010 by 9 Comments
Has a side ever come from 5 goals down to win a final and earned less plaudits? And when has a runner-up ever knocked off the reigning premier, survived all manner of off field distraction, and set itself for a crack at another GF, but still not been given its dues. The irony is that [Read more]
Collingwood v Geelong Preliminary Final
September 17, 2010 by 18 Comments
Collingwood- 18.12.120 Geelong- 11.13.79 After all the hype, it seems inevitable there was an anti-climax. The Magpies exorcise some demons with this win. But the biggest historical demon of all now faces them- another Grand Final. For the Cats, they await Gazza’s decision. After that, they probably have some other tough decisions to make. Tell [Read more]
How footy beat the flood
September 15, 2010 by Leave a Comment
by Pete Miers We were 20 kms from Marong when the phone rang, Rex telling me the road ahead was closed between Bridgewater and Serpentine. We had already heard that the SES had shut down the Boort road to Quambatook, so our options were rapidly diminishing. There was nothing for it but to divert right at [Read more]
Why barracking for Collingwood is hopeless
September 14, 2010 by 27 Comments
by Chris Taylor This situation is hopeless. No matter what happens over the course of the next two weeks, if you barrack for Collingwood you might as well go and hide under the bed. It’s going to be nothing but pain. Painful pain. Yes, the kind that hurts. If you know a Collingwood supporter, help [Read more]
Dom’s 2010 All-Australian Team
September 4, 2010 by 10 Comments
Below is the All Australian team I picked out of the squad of 40 that was announced earlier this week. B: Malceski Lake Rawlings HB: Goddard Taylor Enright C: Selwood Hodge(c) Montagna HF: Didak Hall Chapman FF: Le Cras Riewoldt Harvey (vc) R: Sandilands Ablett Swan I/C: S. Johnson Boyd Pavlich Judd Almanac Admin
Floreat Pica Report: Round 22- Collingwood v Hawthorn
September 2, 2010 by Leave a Comment
‘Patience’ is the word Patience to get to the business end Patience to watch two pretty ordinary weeks of Pies performance Patience to watch your team get caught time after time Patience with a lack of intensity Patience of a coach to give a dud an even break Patience to see if ANYONE CAN KICK [Read more]
Ben Cousins: Such Is Life
August 26, 2010 by 21 Comments
The sizzle feels like it’s been around forever, but now we’re finally getting the steak. What did you all make of the product delivered? And what to make of the whole Cousins drama? What does it tell us about the modern football scene? Fire away folks. Almanac Admin
Floreat Pica: Reality check
August 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment
by Mick Ramsdale Time : Thursday 08.49am, ( 19/08/2010 ) . Situation: Pies are 6 points clear on top of the ladder. A call from Floreat Pica HQ. I Click on SEND and I’m the report writer for the Crows Clash. Winning has become a habit lately, and the margins have been comfortable. Going backwards [Read more]
FLOREAT PICA Match Report: Round 20- Essendon v Collingwood
August 16, 2010 by Leave a Comment
legend (le¦gend) Pronunciation:/?l?d?(?)nd/ noun 1 a traditional story 2 an extremely famous or notorious person, especially in a particular field: the man was a living legend 3 an inscription, especially on a coin or medal a caption: Go ahead make my day [predic.] very well known: his speed and ferocity in attack were legend Almanac [Read more]
Yass Roos Under 10- 14/8/10
August 15, 2010 by 3 Comments
The Under 10s Yass Roos courageously took to the field against tough opposition on a cold and bleak morning in Canberra, cheered on by their faithful supporters. Gage Stinson was great with his communication, calling for the ball and chasing extremely hard. Jordon Hudson continuously got the ball out of the ruck, dodging and weaving to [Read more]
YASS UNDER 10s MATCH REPORT – 7TH AUGUST 2010
August 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Once the fog lifted, players and punters were afforded a beautiful day when the Yass Under 10s Junior Roos took on Ainslie Red in an awesome game of football. Ryan Payne and Jordan Hudson opened up the game with some beautiful clearing kicks, whilst George Elliot and Kobi-Dean Price took some spectacular marks which resulted [Read more]
The status of AFL umpiring
August 11, 2010 by 3 Comments
by Domenic Favata The nationwide reputation of our great game is under threat. Not due to financial insecurity, poor performances or sponsorship difficulties, but to the alarming rate of the downfall in standard of AFL umpiring. It is not the umpires themselves most of the time, the Laws of the Game committee and head of [Read more]
FPS Report- Round 19 Collingwood v Geelong.
August 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment
By Timothy O’Leary Unity 1. the state of being one; oneness. 2. a whole or totality as combining all its parts into one. Preface The game began for me, unexpectedly, at 4.00 PM on the Saturday afternoon as I entered the Bikram Yoga Studio in Fitzroy. This is yoga is done in a room at [Read more]
Shannon Leatch a Future Star?
August 8, 2010 by 2 Comments
By Martin Marpol It was by a chance throw away comment during a lunch in February, that the name Shannon Leatch entered my mind. However, this name would very soon be at the forefront of much of my thoughts as I began to watch what I believe could, if given the chance, be a future [Read more]
Northern hemisphere internationals under the summer sun
August 8, 2010 by Leave a Comment
It was a big weekend in Aussie rules internationals played under sunny skies while Melbourne froze. The 2010 European Championship in Australian Football opened on Sunday with the first round of pool matches at Stefan Boldklub in Copenhagen, Denmark. Under clear skies and the summer sun the teams assembled in front of a crowd of [Read more]
Aker: Individual Good vs Common Good
August 6, 2010 by Leave a Comment
From the response to Josh’s piece, it seems too much Aker is barely enough (for the next 10 minutes anyway). This piece from Andrew Hamilton of Eureka Street draws parallels between Aker’s sacking and the election campaign; a case of individual and collective goods in tension with each other. http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=22523 Almanac Admin
The Scourge of ICPS
July 29, 2010 by 4 Comments
Eric Ellis, Bangkok I NOW KNOW that I first developed symptoms during the 1994 World Cup, waiting for a plane at Chengdu airport in central China. What I didn’t know is that I was catching ICPS, International Couch Potato Syndrome, an exotic lurgy that has infected so many road warriors – usually blokes – in [Read more]
Floreat Pica Report- Collingwood Vs Richmond – Round 17 2010
July 26, 2010 by 2 Comments
By Paul Fahey Scene from The Castle (1997) Darryl Kerrigan: Dale dug a hole. Tell ’em Dale. Dale Kerrigan: I dug a hole. When a top team plays a bottom team in any sport I reckon it’s a bit like digging a hole – it just has to get done! Sometimes you dig it deep, [Read more]
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