Another blast from the past – Collingwood v Melbourne: Round 2, 2009

Collingwood supporters had a lot to smile about 10 years ago in Round 2, 2009. As for the Demons, not a good result as the reprised report by Steve Healy indicates.

AFL Round 11: Magpies fly through exams

by Danielle Eid With year 11 comes the stress of VCE exams and with that comes my chocolate obsession. (Im an emotional eater) The notion of locking myself up in my room with books became a reality. My head buzzing with endless facts about the Legal system, Kristallnacht, Literature quotes and God knows what else. [Read more]

Dees don’t deliver despite dominating early by Steve Healy

Before the game I checked up. Collingwood and Melbourne had played 221 times, 129 of those of those at the MCG. The Pies had taken the honours 138 times, the Dees 79, and there had been four draws. I wasn’t put off by this stat, I know that Melbourne play well against Collingwood. Collingwood are [Read more]

Pies Cruise

by Tim O’Leary Thankful: adv, act of being grateful for playing Melbourne round 2 and getting the four points.   The Collingwood banner exclaimed: “Dedication and Passion: The will to win”. What a pity the Melbourne players read that simple message and took it on board for the first quarter. They played a neat brand [Read more]

Four Quarters of Psychosis by David Enticott

First Quarter. Transference, n. “Unconscious transferring of one’s hopes, desires, fears etc. from one person to another” (The Chambers Dictionary). Thomas has been looking forward to the game all week. At five years of age he is making his AFL debut. Like all good Enticotts he barracks for Collingwood. The morning starts with Auskick where [Read more]