By Steve Healy Nine seconds had lapsed in this game between the Dees and the Cats and it was already apparent that Geelong had the game on a string. I watched in disgust as Gary Ablett, the Brownlow favourite, stormed through the middle without a Demon in sight. He sprinted up to the fifty and [Read more]
When all is lost, I alliterate
May 5, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Andrew Starkie North Melbourne versus Collingwood 7.40pm, Friday, 1May Etihad Stadium There are times when emotions are best expressed through alliteration. When feeling romantic, we’re amorously aroused. When our car is broken into in a Northcote carpark, we’re bloody bummed. When Barry Hall is angry, he is Big Bad Barry. And so on. Bewildered [Read more]
Thin white moon
May 4, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Haiku Bob Fraser’s stoop the long curve of the thin white moon crisp autumn night Pendlebury sticks his little gives leafless trees Lockyer finds himself loose rolling zone the crumb gatherer wheels right and bends [Read more]
Little devils fire up while Demons take another step
May 4, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Barry Levinson It’s only now, in my early thirties, that I’m beginning to think maybe one day I wouldn’t mind having kids. So far I can think of two good reasons. First, it would be handy having someone able to work out how to program the video recorder. Second, and most important, it would [Read more]
General Footy Writing: Ignoring the Derby
May 4, 2009 by 10 Comments
By LES EVERETT I don’t like derbies. It stems from a highly immature dislike for the Eagles that does not need to be explained in detail here. So my game plan for the big day – Fremantle v West Coast – was to set the recorder, ignore the game and watch it if the Dockers [Read more]
Don’t Cry For Me Argentina
May 4, 2009 by 1 Comment
By Josh Barnstable When the fixture comes out for the season, the team that is named first is the home team who will wear the home jumper and home shorts. Tonight it is North Melbourne vs. Collingwood. North Melbourne is the home team. They run out on the ground. White shorts, White socks. But worst [Read more]
Hawks Home In A Classic
May 4, 2009 by 3 Comments
by Sasha Lennon I was worried about the Hawks. Carlton had a confident buzz about them, as they have all year. I could almost feel it from my Brisbane lounge room as I made myself a coffee to aid the concentration and then took my place on the couch as the players took to the [Read more]
Purposeful Pies Pummel Puerile Poultry Portrayers
May 3, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Steve Fahey josh (slang) n. good natured joke v.t. indulge in ridicule The Pies continued their loss-win sequence (which now stands at L-W-L-W-L-W) with a comfortable win against very ordinary opposition. Other than a ten minute burst from the Kangas in the second-half of the opening stanza, we controlled this match [Read more]
Round 6 Preview
May 2, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Josh Barnstable North Melbourne vs. Collingwood (D) (N) An enthralling contest between these two sides. The Roos, with their backs against the wall, should come out firing against a disappointing Collingwood outfit that lost to Essendon last week after young David Zaharakis kicked the final goal of the game in the pouring rain to [Read more]
Oh for the days when the Tigers had the wood on the Swans
May 1, 2009 by 4 Comments
By Paul Daffey In my boyhood Richmond beat teams like Sydney as if we were having a kick in the park. Robbie McGhie would send his curling drop punts (they reflected the arc of his bandy legs) towards the forward line, where Royce Hart flew from the side before wheeling on to his left foot. [Read more]
Tell them Junior’s dreamin’
April 3, 2009 by 2 Comments
By Chris Riordan Like most footy fans, I tend to base judgements and opinions on an inconsistent range of often contradictory observations or even pig-headed bias. The gathering of evidence can come later! I’ve never embraced the DreamTeam concept. I vaguely recall once watching an awful quarter of Port possession and hearing someone behind me [Read more]
You have to love the genius of Blighty
By Adrian Vitez Around 30,000 attended this Round 6 match-up at the Gabba. Like most other interested parties, I received it via the channel 10 telecast led by Quarters, and featuring the great Blighty on special comments. Blighty fits the special comments job description perfectly as he never fails to offer comments which are unique [Read more]