Here’s one we couldn’t hold over till the days drew shorter and the rich aroma of briquette smoke and the thunk of leather on leather turned our minds to more serious matters than the captaincy of Pup and the longevity of Punter & Mr Cricket. Guy goes into a bar, there’s a robot bartender. The [Read more]
THE GRAND FINAL PRE WRAP
October 1, 2011 by 7 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. Congratulations Dane Swan. You have been granted The Brownlow Medal you should have been given last year. And does this suggest to anyone that there’s just the teeny weeniest possibility that the voting can be subjective? (You still think Keith Greig’s 1973 [Read more]
THE WRAP – FINALS ROUND III
September 26, 2011 by 14 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES SPORT What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Pies came back from the death to shatter the dreams of Little Hawkers all over the World and book themselves into The Granny for the 2nd successive year. The Moggies joined them with an equally impressive victory over a gallant but outgunned [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – FINALS ROUND III
September 23, 2011 by 3 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Coaches Carousel has nearly spun itself to Ayres Rock and back. The Charddies have gone for Brenton Sanderson. Or as The City of Churches’ Addy put it – The Sandman Cometh. (Ernie Siggley still on on Thursday nights over there Wrap? [Read more]
THE WRAP – FINALS ROUND II
September 19, 2011 by 5 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES SPORT What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. Rumours of the demise of the Hawthorn Football Team for 2011 have been greatly exaggerated. They weathered all The Thunder The Bloods could Pull Down From The Sky to move on to Carringbush next Friday. Meanwhile, over in Perth The Miseries, after coming [Read more]
Wrap Wrath: Heave Ho, Way To Go Freo
September 17, 2011 by
Far be it for us to offer comment outside our normal allotment of your precious time, but the recent tsunami of pontification has drawn us early from our cave Wrappers. Last night, for the first time in the history of television broadcasting, the half time entertainment outrated the match. It even outrated Helen D’Amico’s famous run [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – FINALS ROUND II
September 16, 2011 by 7 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. First we had the false alarm on Rossy Lyon. Nurelle’s truly sorry for the scare she put through all those LSJOF who saw themselves once more up Kananook Creek on a low tide. So much for those psyche-pop pieces in Dolly, eh [Read more]
THE WRAP – FINALS ROUND I
September 12, 2011 by 15 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES SPORT What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. And wasn’t it a cornucopia of what Our Great Game is all about Wrappers. Firstly, it was The Handbags who booked themselves a week off and a spot one out and one back. The Maggies also booked themselves a break when they overawed [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – FINALS ROUND I
September 9, 2011 by 5 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. Dean Wallis turned out to be the ratbag Hirdy remembered him as, and seeing as he is probably the only lowly paid coach out at Whingy Hill, his penalty has been relatively light. But Angry Adrian has said that the Appalling Football [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND XXIV
September 5, 2011 by 2 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES SPORT What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. Firstly, let’s find out if that runaway wheel that spun off the Carringbush Bandwagon hit anyone. They can build up a good deal of speed and do some severe damage. Especially to those riding up in the front of The Bandwagon. The Hawks [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND XXIII
August 29, 2011 by 1 Comment
WHERE LIFE IMITATES SPORT What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Pies, acting on instructions from the RSVPA’s Dr Hugh Wirth, helped euthanize The Long Suffering over at Fremantle. The Leafblowers were howling as Buddy piled on an unassailable lead in The Coleman while his team introduced Coach Williams to caretaking at the [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND XXIII
August 26, 2011 by 12 Comments
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND XXIII FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. The ghosts are stirring at the Yarra Falls End as the tension continues at Victoria Park. This time it’s Neon Leon who wants to jump ship. Is it to be free to go with Lovable Mick [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND XXII
August 22, 2011 by 6 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES SPORT What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Hawks led at every change and at the final siren to send the Flags along La Via Lygon to halfmast and consign The Miseries to the Bottom Half of The Eight. The Mighty Adelaide Scarecrows, unable to muster a 100 point demolition [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND XXII
August 19, 2011 by 22 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. The ghosts are stirring at the Yarra Falls End as the tension continues at Victoria Park. Mick wants the Black&White Army to give the opposition a Helluva time. Eddie wants it to be a more Ra! Ra! Ra! sort of thing. Are [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND XXI
August 15, 2011 by 2 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES SPORT What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Sainters tested themselves against the Mighty Magpie Machine and came up a bit short. (Maybe even a long way bit short – Ed) The Tullamarine Jetstars served up the Biff to The Dishlickers, and in the process, well and truly greased the [Read more]
Old School Sports Medicine
August 11, 2011 by 2 Comments
John Mosig noted the delicate way the injured player (on left) was carted off. Much less ceremony than today.
THE WRAP – ROUND XX
August 8, 2011 by 1 Comment
WHERE LIFE IMITATES SPORT What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Sainters shrugged off The Fremantle challenge in such an authoritative way that Students of The Game & Punters alike are rushing to reappraising their forward projections and budget sheets. Dwayne Swann had 37 possessions, nine of them contested, in Carringbush’s dismantling of [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND XX
August 5, 2011 by 17 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a fortnight it’s been in Footy Eddie. We’re not boastful by nature around here in The Wrapcave, but let us take you back to our pre-season call for the Coach most likely: This year the Deathly Dirge of the Coaches’ Carousel will be wafting down from Mt Lofty and [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND XVIII
July 22, 2011 by 9 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. Collingate has extended it’s creepy testicles tentacles to include the troubled denizens of The Culture Club. Leigh Montagna has been cited as sharing a betting account with his brother. Gee whiz. But it looks like the key to all this – as [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND XVII
July 18, 2011 by 12 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES SPORT What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Not The Brisbane Bombers came from behind to keep Coach Craig at the top of the leader board over in the City of Churches. The Sainters honoured Yabby’s memory with a solid win against The Coasters. Collingwood Upheld The Magpies’ Name to [Read more]
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