FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. We farewell An Ornament To The Game as Yabby Jeans moves on to Eternal Rest. What’s to be said of him that hasn’t already been said by those closest to him? My Dear Sainted Mother used to say Royce & The Boys [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND XVI
July 11, 2011 by 10 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES SPORT What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Sleepy Hollow Millionaires blew Top Spot when they let The Eagles jump them in the 1st Half on Friday night. The Hawks did what they had to do against The No Brown No Brisbane Bears, Sydney squandered many chances but still [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND XVI
July 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. In the Ayatollah’s absence Angry Adrian has grown another leg. (Or at least a foot – Ed) He’s flagged the banning of the Slam Dunk. And when you see Melbourne’s Trengove applying it you can see the merit in the move. [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND XV
July 4, 2011 by 5 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES SPORT What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Suffering continued in the Longroom as once more The High Flying Flag was lowered to halfmast as The Sons of Lazarus Came Out Snarling & Biting on Friday night. TLSPRF watched their season flash before their eyes as The Silvertails ran [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND XV
July 1, 2011 by 3 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Players v Sepp Demetriou saga rolls on with no end in sight. If the passion and turn out at Crown the other night is any indication, the Players are in for the long haul. Words such as fair & equitable, [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND XIII
June 27, 2011 by 7 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES SPORT What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Fred Hesse Annihilation scoreboard on Friday night told a grim story as The Box Hill Hawks drove yet another nail in the lid covering the Bambi’s Bombers Experiment. The Dees staked their claim to a Final Eight Place with a convincing win [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND XIV
June 24, 2011 by 2 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. Hands up those who thought the recidivist Franklin got off lightly with one week? Do you get the impression he would have been a handful of a kid? And what are we going to do about the sling tackle? You have [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND XIII
June 20, 2011 by 11 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES SPORT What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Team of The Mighty West drove another nail into The Coffin of South Australia as they overhauled and eventually ran away from them on Friday night. The Leafblowers were roaring in the Leafy East as their heroes demolished The Little Rays of [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND XIII
June 17, 2011 by 15 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a seven weeks it’s been in Footy Eddie. Barcelona took the Championship Trophy at Wembley, driving the Northern Scum into the turf. The Spanish dominance continued at Roland Garros when another Brit bit the dust as RRRRRaffallll dismembered Andy Murray. Red Bull went from strength to strength in spite [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND VI
May 2, 2011 by 2 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. Is The Competition a movable feast or what? First up – on the Thursday night over on the balmy Indian Ocean Shore – The Fuchsias fell in a screaming heap against The Weagles. For the Friday night we switch to the Harbour City [Read more]
The Pre Wrap – Round VI
April 29, 2011 by 4 Comments
by John Mosig FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Gnomes in the Bowels of Jellymont House have extracted $1.253 billion from the broadcasters for the Ayatollah’s next five-year plan. We haven’t heard from the Oval Office yet but Sydney’s Dual Brownlow Medallist has put his hand up [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND V
April 27, 2011 by 6 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL by John Mosig What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. Firstly The Saints fell in up in Brissy against The Lions. Then it was The Sunbeams’ historic 1st win against The Enigmatic Tealers and The Bluebaggers avoided the 4th draw in five rounds with a one straight kick win over [Read more]
The Pre-Wrap: Round V
April 21, 2011 by 4 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. Lots of hype around the place. The Dawes ruling was one that caught our eye. Down at the old BGS – and remember, so dogged in defeat, that’s where they learn to play the game – they call that one ‘the look [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND IV
April 18, 2011 by 4 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. It was yet another Cakewalk for The Good Old Collingwoods on Friday night as TRP delivered the coup de grâce to The Gallant Tigers. The Bombers & The Blues gave us, arguably, the best draw of the season so far, in match chock-a-block [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND IV
April 15, 2011 by 9 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. Campbell Brown proves he’s a chip off the old block. I’ll do what I wanna do, when I wanna do it, any place, anywhere, any time. So stick that in your pipe and smoke Guy McKenna. But that’s the Metermaids’ problem. The [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND III
April 11, 2011 by Leave a Comment
WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. It was another Cakewalk for The Good Old Collingwoods on Friday night as TRP delivered a reality check to The Bluebaggers in front of 88,181 fans to remain astride The Competition Table. The Bulldogs became the latest beneficiary of the Appalling Football Leagues [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND III
April 8, 2011 by 7 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN by John Mosig What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. Home bodies & gardeners are up in arms that their favourite show has had to make way for the Collingwood-Carlton Blockbuster. Handy for the kids of course, but what’s the problem? Doesn’t everyone tape the match, stay away from [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND II
April 4, 2011 by 7 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. On Friday night The Tigers showed The Culture Club and the rest of The Competition they are on the prowl again. On Saturday The Mighty Magpies showed North and the rest of The Competition exactly where the bench mark for Season 2011 lay. [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND II
April 1, 2011 by 13 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. We welcome the Gold Coast Chopping Blocks to Football at the Elite Level and The Saints’ Crap Riewoldt lines up against his cousin Jumping Jack Tiger. The Socceroos beat their nemesis Deutschland 2-1 in a friendly over there and India and Sri [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND I
March 28, 2011 by 1 Comment
WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The round started with The Bluebaggers come from behind win against the dogged but ragged Tigers on the Thursday night. Friday night’s clash between two September contenders droned on until the time keeper could stand it no longer and rang the bell with [Read more]
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