AFL Round 14 – Preview: More footy and less circular discussion about media and PR strategy at Essendon please

Is anyone finding the discussion on Essendon mind-numbing? Let them just get over there and get whipped by the locals. John Harms with some thoughts on a round of matches that look very difficult to pick.

AFL Round 13 – Brisbane v Geelong: Unchosen. How the footy gods tired of a bunch of half forward flankers

Sparkling footy from the Lions lifted the hearts of almost everyone as the Cats were left to contemplate the role of decadence in the crumbling of empires. What a memorable game of footy! The day the footy gods abandoned Geelong?

AFL Round 13 – Preview: Yawn

JTH with some thoughts on the final stanza in the dirge that is the bye period. And he can’t find an upset – unless, of course, the gods really are toying with North.

AFL Round 12 – Preview: Are Carlton becoming good for football the way Richmond have been for years, and other speculations

John Harms looks at Round 12 and decides that Collingwood are getting back on track now that Heath is skinny again, Dwayne’s had another tatt coloured in and is back in the guts, and D. Didak is back in the side.

Almanac Drinks in Brisbane on Wednesday (tomorrow night) – come along.

Come along.

AFL Round 11: Preview

John Harms with a few thoughts on Round 11.

AFL Round 10 – Geelong v Gold Coast: Schick Hydro 5 and other inspiration

It’s quiet on the terrace. The day after the launch of Footy Town John Harms travels to Geelong to be part of history.

AFL Round 10 Preview

JTH has a look at Round 10.

AFL Round 9 – North Melbourne v Adelaide: Brad Scott and the God of the Old Testament

What has Brad Scott done to have such wrath visited upon him?

One small step for footballkind: a morning at Brunswick Street Oval Auskick

Is there anything purer than a five year old’s fluked drop kick?

AFL Round 9 – Preview

John Harms tries to find a bit of tipping form.

AFL Round 8 Preview

JTH with some thoughts on what might eventuate during Round 8.

AFL Round 7 – Geelong v Essendon: I went to the footy with George Foreman and saw a great Geelong victory

JTH has a day out, as do his Cats.

AFL Round 7 Preview

JTH with some early thoughts on Round 7 – and what a brilliant round it is.

AFL Round 6 – Preview

John Harms is mozzing all tipsters by suggesting it’s a very pickable Round 6 card.

AFL Round 6 – North v Port (preview): Embrace the Chaos

North Melbourne are not in form. But look out once they are. John Harms looks at the mindsets of Port and North in the lead-up to this week’s game and, on the evidence available, tries to understand their coaches.

AFL Round 5 – Preview

JTH with some thoughts on this week’s matches.

AFL Round 4 – Sydney v Geelong: An Occasion

The ordinary life of Family Harms intersects with the life of an extraordinary football team, its skipper, and a rising star.

AFL Round 4 – Preview: Some (early) thoughts

JTH has an early look at Round 4 and bangs on about rams, ewes and lambs.

Balanced news values or parochialism?

JTH has landed in Adelaide.