In a weekend marked by high drama and some unexpected results, Richmond v Carlton provided a return to normalcy. The Tigers emerged as expected with a comfortable victory, and had the match in their control for most of the proceedings. When I suggested just prior to ¾ time that they could don Joffa’s [Read more]
Round 9 – Fremantle v Carlton: Luck has deserted us
May 30, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Peter Fuller’s sense of optimism disappeared during the second half as Fremantle got the better of Carlton at Subiaco.
Round 7 – Collingwood v Carlton: There were two teams playing you know
May 13, 2017 by 5 Comments
Peter Fuller has waited patiently for the Collingwood cacophony to quieten before posting a Blues perspective of last week’s game. [Very classy PJF – JTH]
Round 3 – Carlton v Essendon: Marching past March
April 12, 2017 by 1 Comment
Peter Fuller – Carlton man – reflects on a grinding win in tough conditions. And, remembering a Parkin dictum, takes heart that the future might be better than March suggested.
AFLW Grand Final – Brisbane v Adelaide: Worthy Of The Name
March 30, 2017 by 2 Comments
Peter Fuller reflects on the season that’s been and speculates on the strategies used in women’s footy while commentating the conclusion of the season.
Finals Week 3: Preliminary Finals – A Neutral Perspective
September 26, 2016 by 3 Comments
Taking the position of neutral observer, Peter Fuller provides an insightful analysis of the weekend’s Preliminary Finals.
Finals Weeks 1 and 2: From the wilds of Wyoming and beyond
September 16, 2016 by 1 Comment
Peter Fuller is on tour in North America where he is trying to follow what has been an fascinating AFL September. Here he writes about what’s kept him informed.
Round 17 – Carlton v West Coast: On a peculiar match
July 19, 2016 by 1 Comment
Peter Fuller provides his view on “a peculiar match.” The Navy Blues may have been flattered by the final score, but there were “glimpses of ability, pregnant with possibility.”
Round 15 – Carlton v Collingwood: Dark Blues kept b&w party closer than polls predicted
July 6, 2016 by 9 Comments
Peter Fuller scrutinises Saturday night’s game, on the eve of an impending #ausexit of his own.
Round 11 – Carlton v Brisbane: Unsung Heroes
June 13, 2016 by 2 Comments
Better late than never, Peter Fuller’s match report of Carlton’s win against Brisbane in Rd 11, a treat for Carlton fans not wanting to read about the loss to St Kilda.
Round 9 – North Melbourne v Carlton: Murphy’s law
May 25, 2016 by 7 Comments
With a dearth of marking forwards, and a neophyte ruckman, Peter Fuller writes Carlton were always going to struggle against North.
Injustice: Port was done over
September 11, 2015 by 6 Comments
Port supporter Peter Fuller on reviewing Port’s season has come to the conclusion that the fixture influenced the ladder order.
Round 21 – Carlton v Melbourne: Consolation
August 26, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Peter Fuller nails the ‘match-day experience’ for the rank and file Carlton supporter in 2015, while wondering how much his grandkids will be able to extract from Rick Milne’s descendants for Peter’s complete set of Carlton Wooden Spoon Year Membership cards?
Round 20 – Brisbane v Carlton: Words Fail
August 20, 2015 by 1 Comment
Sometimes not saying anything can say so much more than a 1,000 word rant might, as Blues fan Peter Fuller demonstrates. [Clubhouse leader for post of the month, for mine. – Ed]
Round 19 – Collingwood v Carlton: Correspondent Sidelined, Magpies Muddle Through
August 11, 2015 by 5 Comments
A late scratching from the MCG, Peter Fuller nevertheless cast his navy blue eyes over proceedings from his lounge room. [Resilience, flexibility, craft; as well as the football. Get well Peter – Ed].
Round 18 – Carlton v North Melbourne: North easily
August 6, 2015 by 3 Comments
This rather pedestrian match was a romp for the Roos, writes Peter Fuller.
Round 17 – Carlton v Hawthorn: In a Hole still Digging
July 30, 2015 by 2 Comments
While watching his Blues get thrashed by the Hawks last Friday night, Blues supporter Peter Fuller describes it as the last chapter in the decline and fall of the once impregnable Princes Park Empire.
Round 16 – Fremantle v Carlton: Live (well, sort of)
July 23, 2015 by 2 Comments
Peter Fuller maintained a media blackout for long enough to watch his recorded Freo-Carlton fixture “live”.
Round 13 – Carlton v Gold Coast: Referring to my notes
July 2, 2015 by 1 Comment
Noticing an absence of Carlton (and Gold Coast) Knackers, Peter Fuller puts up his hand – and his notebook – to provide a report from Etihad Stadium.
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