By Timothy O’Leary Unity 1. the state of being one; oneness. 2. a whole or totality as combining all its parts into one. Preface The game began for me, unexpectedly, at 4.00 PM on the Saturday afternoon as I entered the Bikram Yoga Studio in Fitzroy. This is yoga is done in a room at [Read more]
Shopping spree for me, Goal spree for the Blues
August 8, 2010 by 4 Comments
With $110 in my wallet, I made my way from the schoolyard to the car, where Mum and Dad picked me up and we were off to Shepparton. I planned on spending some, if not all of my money that I received from relatives for my upcoming birthday. I was feeling good; school was out, [Read more]
Video replay dismay- Cats lose but I’m ok
August 8, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The AFL should bring in video replays for umpires, the Cats lose, and Cam Mooney needs to learn how to kick.
Pies Dominate: Civilisation Teeters on the Brink
August 8, 2010 by 64 Comments
Forget Global Warming. Forget Nuclear Disarmament. Forget Peak Oil. Collingwood have beaten the Cats to become red hot flag favourites. This is getting really serious. Forget Malthusian concerns over population, it’s the potential impact of Malthousian theory that should be occupying minds on the campaign trail.
Pies psychology barrier broken by high pitched squealing
August 8, 2010 by 33 Comments
When the Pies face the Cats, you always know it’s going to be a ripper. There are a few similarities between there two great teams. They both have stripes, they are both playing very well at the moment, they have the superstar ‘untagables’ in Gazza and Swanny and according to Tom Harley; Collingwood is ‘ominously [Read more]
Not a good day for the AFL in Canberra
August 8, 2010 by Leave a Comment
It’s been a bad day for the AFL in Canberra. First, I don’t know if the Geelong-Collingwood was any good. One assumes that at least the first bit will be. Unfortunately it won’t be on at 10.45pm, and then (conveniently) a bit later than that on pay-TV. Luckily the game between the 15th and 16th [Read more]
Swans ignore the script
August 8, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Waking up, I looked out the window and saw white. That was enough to put me off playing footy for the morning, as well as the pain in my side from lingering pleurisy. But, Dad told me to get dressed and said that I was playing. No point arguing with the old man. The game [Read more]
Geoff Sinclair’s Home and Away Games- Rd 19
August 7, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Round 19 Carlton versus Essendon M.C.G. (N) Friday, August 6th. Eddie fixes doors. He is a superbly effective door-fixer, a prompt, no-nonsense operator who doesn’t try to screw body corporates. I’d like to watch him work but, after I’ve pointed out the problem door, he nods, mutters something like “piece of piss,” and tells me [Read more]
All over for the Bombers
August 7, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The “refugee” from the Isle of Jersey rang me up earlier in the week suggesting we go to the G on Friday night for the Dons v Blues game. I was a little pessimistic as the last time we went to watch the Dons, they were thrashed by the hapless Eagles, surely this result will [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND IXX
August 6, 2010 by 4 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. And what a round we have in store for us. Two top sides slug it out for the Minor Premiership. The two up and comers decide which Flag flies high over their co-tenanted ground. Two Born To Rule Swaggerers slug it out [Read more]
Did the Aker sackers make the right decision?
August 4, 2010 by 17 Comments
by Josh Barnstable If you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, you wouldn’t have heard what has happened in the world of AFL. On May 20, Western Bulldogs star Jason Akermanis wrote an outlandish article in the Herald Sun about homosexual footballers coming out of the closet. Akermanis claimed that two [Read more]
Bomber form irrelevant as Saints succumb again
August 4, 2010 by 5 Comments
by David Downer As pre-match curtain raisers go, you could do worse than spending a lazy seven hours at the All Nations Hotel in Richmond. Amongst the now familiar joie-de-vivre of the “afternoon session”, the impending federal election ensured any non-footy banter turned political in nature – the turn a touch more left than right [Read more]
“We’ll be right”
August 4, 2010 by 1 Comment
by Andrew Starkie Western Bulldogs versus North Melbourne 2.10pm, Sunday, August 1 Etihad Stadium, Melbourne During half-time, a craggy old Northerner wobbles up beside me and rests on the railing. He’s wearing a Kangaroo beanie and needs a walking stick to stay upright. We get to talking and his voice is like a firecracker as [Read more]
Cloke and swagger
August 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment
by Sue Currie Anticipation was buzzing on Saturday as I climbed aboard the Collingwood Special at Clifton Hill station. This week was ‘rivalry round’ between my Pies and our historic arch-enemy, Carlton, which is a misnomer in our case, since every Melbourne-based team sees us as their greatest rival. Just look at Sheeds’ new joke [Read more]
Just another flogging at the hands of the Pies
August 3, 2010 by 10 Comments
by Steve Healy Collingwood v Carlton games are normally a pleasure to watch. It is undoubtedly the greatest rivalry in footy. This match was a pleasure to watch, but not the sort of pleasure you get from a hard fought contest, where both teams go hard at the ball and the ball bounces from one [Read more]
Why oh why?
August 3, 2010 by Leave a Comment
By Ged McMahon Last Thursday I did something that I really shouldn’t have. I betrayed a long term intimate relationship. I broke the trust and went against everything I’ve ever believed in … I tipped against my beloved Bombers. I agonised over my decision for some time. I felt sick in the stomach and was [Read more]
The View from Shepparton – Round 18
August 3, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The question is, will the Bulldogs move forward after their win against North Melbourne or it all come to a ghastly end if not on 21 August then some time in September? Will the Bulldogs fortunes be in sync with those of their number one ticket holder? I think that it is fair to say [Read more]
Sydney Smackdown at the hands of Geelong
August 3, 2010 by 12 Comments
By Susie Giese I am a great little sister. Along with mum, I went all the way to Sydney, just to visit brother Darren. Oh, what’s this? Geelong is playing in NSW this weekend? What a pleasant coincidence! At first, I thought the dreaded Kardinia Park weather had followed us up north. Rain, the weatherman [Read more]
Gigs’ Stats – Round 18: North falls just short of target
August 2, 2010 by 10 Comments
STATS ENTERTAINMENT – ROUND 18 by Andrew Gigacz GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY SLIPS THROUGH KANGAROOS’ FINGERS North Melbourne will be lamenting missing a golden opportunity that slipped through their fingers on Sunday afternoon. A win over the Bulldogs by 257 points (depending on the scoreline) would have been enough for the Kangas to grab a spot in [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND XVIII
August 2, 2010 by 5 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Feeling Faints slip dramatically in the polls as Tony Abbott becomes the Number 1 ticket holder at John Pascoe Fawkner Reserve. The Miseries can expect some comings and goings around at Visy Park after The Magpies, with the Whole Football World looking [Read more]
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