THE WRAP – ROUND XV WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL And what a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. On Friday night it was a famous Victory for truth & justice as Captain Carlton drove the Carringbush Interlopers from the field. By Saturday night The Ladder had undergone a major reshuffle as The Gliders crash landed [Read more]
The Wrap – Round XV
July 6, 2012 by 10 Comments
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND XV FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN And what week it’s been in Footy Eddie. Around at Punt Road The Tiges did what had to be done. Sadly they parted company with Daniel Connors. SOTG and TLSPRF will agree, a promising career at the crossroads, in tatters possibly. However, as any [Read more]
Sleepy Hollow Faithful
July 4, 2012 by 2 Comments
The Wrap – Round XIV
July 2, 2012 by 15 Comments
THE WRAP – ROUND XIV- WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL And what a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. On Friday night The Paid Up Proud & Passionate read the last rights over The Royal Parade Miseries. Come Saturday and it was The Maggies who similarly sent the Dockers Down Below. The Tigers of Old coughed [Read more]
The Pre Wrap – Round XIV: For the philosophical Marngrook fan
June 29, 2012 by 8 Comments
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND XIV FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN And what a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. It’s not Ian Meckiff this time. It’s not even Murilli who’s in the gun. No, it’s the whole West Coast Eagles Football team. Spare m’ days. After all these years they’ve noticed the amount of [Read more]
The Wrap – Round XIII
June 25, 2012 by 12 Comments
THE WRAP – ROUND XIII: WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL And what a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Bangkok Pradas dropped another close one after letting The Sin City Rollers get the jump on them in the Opening Stanza. The Distemper continues out West at The Kennel The Boys From Old Fitzroy turn it [Read more]
The Wrap – Round XII: Where lift imitates football
June 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
And what a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Eagles saw off a spirited Bluebagger Challenge to return to the Top of The Ladder, and The Feeling Faints fall just short of a famous Victory in The City of Churches. The Tiges had to win in torrid conditions up in Sin City, and The [Read more]
The Wrap (11) – Where lift imitates football
June 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment
And what a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Rattzbaggers made it tough for themselves by going down to Geelong after looking to be in command. The Tiges made it even tougher for themselves by going down to the Dockers. The Bombers made it even tougher again for themselves by kicking 1-11 in half [Read more]
The Wrap – Round X
June 4, 2012 by 9 Comments
THE WRAP – ROUND X WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL And what a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. Competition Leaders and Flag Favourites humbled and humiliated. Yes Bomberland Faithful, a loss by one straight kick is an humiliation when it’s delivered by a winless team with a scoring percentage lower than Julia Gilliard’s approval rating. [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND V
April 27, 2012 by 5 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What mixed week it’s been in Footy Eddie. We’ve already had The Anzac Day Blockbuster. It’s history now how an overweight Dane Swan steamrolled the opposition and The Mighty Maggies snatched back the lead they’d held since the 1st quarter to win an absolute spellbinder of a match. Once again [Read more]
The midweek Wrap – Round V
April 24, 2012 by 4 Comments
by John Mosig FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What short week it’s been in Footy Eddie. We’ve hardly had time to get the duffle coat back from the dry cleaners and sow on the new badges before we’re out on the terraces again. This time it’s The Anzac Day Blockbuster. And while we’re talking [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND IV
April 23, 2012 by 18 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. On the Friday night The Barry Crockers out fumbled The Feeling Faints to slip in by 13 points. On the Saturday it was The Team Who Never Let You Down’s turn to suffer the bitter ignominy of being beaten by Essendon. Carringbush took [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND IV
April 20, 2012 by 9 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. Bury my heart at Victoria Park. Talk about The Club That Ate Itself. You could write a play about it. (It’s been done Wrap – Ed) But surely we’ve all seen this coming? The stabled ox looks longingly at the fallow field. [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND III
April 16, 2012 by 5 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. On the Friday night The Rattzbaggers did to Collingwood what the butcher did to the lamb: carved it up. On Saturday it was The Tigers of Old who did the carving, this time of the moribund Redlegs. The Bloods withstood The Power challenge [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND III
April 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Fix is in the news again. (Don’t you mean fixture Wrap – Ed) Everyone’s onto it. You can’t pick up a rag or tune into the electronic medjah without copping an eye or ear full of it. You know – about [Read more]
The Wrap – Round II
April 10, 2012 by 11 Comments
THE WRAP – ROUND II WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL by John Mosig What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. With an emphatic win over a brave but ill equipped Brissy on Thursday night, The Rattzbaggers announced that after all this coming, they’ve finally arrived. On Saturday we witnessed more demoralizing destruction of Melbourne’s [Read more]
The Pre Wrap – Round 2
April 5, 2012 by 4 Comments
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND II FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. Scarlett’s equation to achieve the 3-match ban reads something like Harmsie’s calculations for the winner of the Top Eight call at the Almanac GF Lunch. All that was missing was divide by the number [Read more]
The Wrap – Round 1
April 2, 2012 by 21 Comments
THE WRAP – ROUND I WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The round started with the same old, same old déjà vu all over again as Bluebaggers pricked The Tiger Bubble in the Traditional Season Opener. A few days before there was a promotional friendly between Sheedy’s Scallywags & [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND I
March 30, 2012 by 6 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. We’ve seen the launch of Sheedy’s Sydney Shenanigans up in the shadow of the Sandstone Curtain. (No Nurelle – I know he mumbles, but you’re thinking of Sandy Stone) That didn’t go too badly. Sydney blew Their Crosstown Rivals off the [Read more]
The Welcome Back Wrap
March 26, 2012 by 11 Comments
THE WELCOME BACK WRAP For the Philosophical Marngrook Follower Ciad Mile Failte. And what an off-season it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Bagginess has replaced the Sagginess in the grass coloured cloth beanie of The National Team. Although it must be said The Opposition appeared to have come out just for the left over pudding [Read more]
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