We come to an interesting proposition: Have sides that call Etihad Stadium their home ground forgotten how to play in the wet.
AFL Round 10: Dear AFL, this is where we should be heading
June 4, 2013 by 2 Comments
Paul Thomson hopes Boomer and Gaz both pass Michael Tuck’s games record, saying it’s not beyond them.
AFL Round 9 – Indigenous Round: See the Marngrook fly!
May 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Some sides are going to struggle each year – it’s the cyclical nature of the game – so Paul Thomson asks is if it’s really necessary to privately and publicly speculate about someone’s tenure as a coach?
AFL Round 7: Nicky Winmar a revolutionary figure?
May 14, 2013 by 2 Comments
Paul Thomson wonders if Nicky Winmar likes the term ‘revolutionary’?
AFL Round 5: It’s a fine line between pleasure and pain
April 30, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Paul Thomson calls for the AFL to take their head out of the sand when it comes to the goal review system in another fearless report.
AFL Round 4 – Fearless: Demons must stay the course
April 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Demons have just got to stay the course. They are in good hands with Mark Neeld.
AFL Round 2: Now for nine games per weekend until further notice
April 11, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Paul Thomson casts a fearless eye over Round 2 and breaks it to the Kangaroos fans – it wasn’t the open roof, or the last minute free kick to Bartel that did you in, it was your team’s lack of composure.
The Fearless pre-season wrap: Huey Lewis and the News said it best – I want a new drug!
March 18, 2013 by 1 Comment
Paul Thomson unveils his Fearless pre-season wrap.
AFL Grand Final: Like Otto the autopilot, Swans head into sunset
October 4, 2012 by 2 Comments
In another Fearless report, Paul Thomson hails the Swans and the Storm and suggests the AFL fix the free agency system quickly.
The Brownlow, finals and Matthew Knights
September 25, 2012 by 5 Comments
As we approach season’s end, it is good to see that Jobe Watson, Trent Cotchin and Sam Mitchell finished in that order in the Brownlow – humble champions all.
AFL Finals – Week 2: Start with guns ablazing and then fire blanks..
September 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
1st Semi Final: Adelaide v Fremantle – AAMI Stadium Friday Night With the fear of going out in straight sets resonating through the smaller than expected AAMI Stadium crowd of 31,000, Adelaide took to Footy Park to play Fremantle for the right to progress. The silence was deafening as Fremantle, led by Docker look-a-like Chris [Read more]
AFL Finals Week 1: TV Ringside? Just Buddy and Taz
September 11, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Nightclub veterans Tarrant and Franklin kicked off proceedings as the Hawks and Pies squared off on Friday Night. In moves reminiscent of TV Ringside, the AFL might look to this boxing as a form of pre-game entertainment.
AFL Round 23: Fearless – Drama, theatre and ultimate joy of September
September 5, 2012 by 2 Comments
That’s great – the face of the AFL’s This is Greatness ad campaign for the finals gets to ply his proper trade at the G on the big day. Hope it sounds ok for all to hear as do the Temper trap and Paul Kelly.
AFL Round 22: Freo, give song heave ho before finals
August 28, 2012 by 6 Comments
And Greatness Is upon us…the 8 teams are now left to jockey for positions in the last round and history is made when for the first time ever when 10 teams miss out. Make the most of the finals opportunity or waste it at your peril… Speaking of Timmy Rogers and greatness how about Zeus [Read more]
Tom Waterhouse and the AFL make an unpleasant combination
August 22, 2012 by 11 Comments
Geez, I never thought the presence of someone on the TV would give me the jimmy grits so much. 4 generations of betting knowledge in my blood…give me a break! It’s more than Tom though…everywhere I go, everything I listen to, every time I put my tips in, every footy game I go to – [Read more]
Rd20 2012 FEARLESS: Adios Olympics! After much ado, see you in Rio 2016!
August 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
It’s fair to say that MADNESS played well at the start of the Olympics closing ceremony. The ska/reggae/pop champions of the 80s haven’t been live on TV since an episode of The Young Ones when they played at the pub frequented rarely by the unruly 4 students. In keeping with the MADNESS theme…when a bloke [Read more]
Rd19 2012 FEARLESS: and the gold goes to that tubby guy from the iselect ads!
August 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Olympics and the footy – toss a coin in the air…it doesn’t really matter. It’s just a great time to be in couch potato heaven with your remote control in hand. Watching my eldest son learn about countries and events/sports that he’d never heard of prior to the opening ceremony. It’s great stuff….even have [Read more]
Fearless – Round 18: Faster, higher, stronger, “cleaner”: AFL vs Olympics…
July 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I’m in the process of assessing my son using MRP (Match Review Panel) rationale. Head high contact to the head of dad – – no video of the incident – provocation earlier in the day from unrelated incident and different person – goes to state of mind – no notable signs of concussion, just a shocking [Read more]
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