North Melbourne versus Western Bulldogs 2.10pm, Saturday, May 22 Etihad Stadium I shouldn’t be here. I’m crook; lethargic and headachy. I should be home, resting, listening to the radio. But I can’t help myself. Missing a North game is like piking on a family gathering. I’m sitting alone in the top tier, southern end. My [Read more]
Round 9: Essendon v Richmond – Four quarters of football still too much to ask
May 27, 2010 by 3 Comments
Last week, the Richmond faithful saw something they hadn’t seen all year. Their team played four good quarters of football. No, Richmond didn”t get the win but we could see potential for the future. Going to this game that’s all we were hoping for. It’s not guaranteed but it is expected. The bar was set [Read more]
Geoff Sinclair’s Home and Away Games- Rd 8
May 27, 2010 by Leave a Comment
ROUND EIGHT St. Kilda versus Essendon Sunday, May 16th., Etihad Stadium The Contest Scheduled to take place during the Twilight Hours It’s Sunday, Mother’s Day, bleak at seven o’clock in the morning. Not cold, but not exactly motherly warm either, and overcast as only Melbourne can be overcast. It’s a lounging-about, coffee and Sunday papers [Read more]
Dees triumph in NT thriller
May 27, 2010 by 1 Comment
I love my footy. Always have; always will. That’s probably the main instigation in my relocation to Elcho Island, a remote aboriginal community located 500km east of Darwin. And even though my role as a Development Manager for AFL NT involves running footy programs 24/7, I couldn’t help but be excited as I travelled to [Read more]
Camels on the beach, at sunset, in Broome.
May 27, 2010 by 5 Comments
Tis’ an iconic Australian visual image that has me proclaiming every off-season: “yep, Subi trip this year, via the Cape, make a week of it”. It never eventuates. And yes I’m pretty sure Broome is not located on or ever referred to as “the Cape”, but still, it sounds an attractive description for such an [Read more]
How the Pies keep bookies in European cars
May 27, 2010 by 12 Comments
Friday night on a crisp Canberra evening. Greeting-card sunset. Chill in the air. The High Court and the National Library looking US-grand behind the autumn reds and yellows of the trees across the Burley-Griffin’s lake. In Melbourne, people bustle. A sense of happy urgency prevails. They are invoking their footy plans (which I’ve been cc-ed [Read more]
The ‘Sore Head Loss’
May 26, 2010 by 3 Comments
Collingwood went into the Friday night blockbuster against Geelong brimming with all the confidence of Bindi Irwin. This was to be a marquee night for Mick’s maturing Pies, this was their big dance. Alas, they copped a lesson. And not just any run-of-the-mill primary school period between recess and lunch when everyone sits cross-legged in [Read more]
Cats bring cheer to a hoarse throat
May 26, 2010 by 11 Comments
By Susie Giese This game will probably never be used in a promotional package for the AFL. There were no standout performers, no exceptional displays of skill. What this game was, though, was something quintessential to the game we all love. It was a contest. Tackle after tackle, pressure to match a game being played [Read more]
Geoff Sinclair’s Home and Away Games- Rd 7
May 26, 2010 by Leave a Comment
ROUND SEVEN Essendon versus Port Adelaide Etihad Stadium, Saturday, May 8th. Labrini stretches voluptuously, Greek-style, which includes a playful slap on my stomach and some tugging of the thatch on my chest. She’s combative, I have to admit, but in a loving kind of way. “Peter, that was wonderful.” “Good. It was wonderful for me, [Read more]
Haiku Bob: Round 9- the cat’s purr
May 25, 2010 by 4 Comments
after the sky bleeds cats from every nook and cranny no moon Beams the light inside the arc the dark rises – I wait for the moon and Leon one star – the pack releases Ablett ravaged trees – the flimsiest of hopes on Caff’s boot the cold begins its creep shots drift wide footprints [Read more]
WAITING FOR GODDARD
May 25, 2010 by 2 Comments
“Waiting For Godot” is a legendary play where nothing happens. “Waiting For Goddard” is a sublime pastime whereby every time Goddard gets the ball something happens and it’s panic time for the opposition. Those wealthy West Aussies at the WACA forgot all about the new mining tax and started really crapping in their bulldozers every [Read more]
Geoff Sinclair’s Home and Away Games: Rd 6
May 25, 2010 by Leave a Comment
ROUND SIX Essendon versus Hawthorn Saturday, May 1st., M.C.G. (Night) At one and five, our season is in tatters. Avoidance of the issue is no longer an option. Last week Tommy and me had our heads in the sand so long, we ended up with gravel rash. This time, we have to come out and [Read more]
DRESSING UP FOR THE RE-ENACTMENT
May 25, 2010 by Leave a Comment
I have always found those American Civil War enthusiasts a curious bunch. The fanatics who dress in the blue of the Union or the grey of the Confederacy and re-enact the battle of Gettysburg in some Pennsylvania field. It is as if they yearn for a time in history which they never lived through; some [Read more]
Gigs’ Stats Entertainment Round 9
May 25, 2010 by 6 Comments
by Andrew Gigacz TWO-TWO BOO-BOO A tutu on a Sunday might be fine if you have ballet practice, or even if you are South African bishop. But if there’s one thing the weekend taught us it’s that a score of 2.2 is NOT ok on a Sunday, especially in the first quarter. In Round 9’s [Read more]
Banter and blue cheese in front of the telly
May 24, 2010 by 1 Comment
I can’t remember a home and away game ever having so much riding on it. It was indeed a battle of the titans. Collingwood, terrifyingly, were on top of the ladder and, with St Kilda hampered by the loss of Nick Riewoldt and the Bulldogs struggling to find consistency, seemingly a real chance for a [Read more]
The Proff is in the Tasting
May 24, 2010 by 3 Comments
I’m always one to give credit when credit is due but it pains me when that credit is being forwarded to the account of the Hawthorn FC. The Blues and Hawks faced off in what appeared to be a straight forward game of one team in form against a team very much out of form. [Read more]
The View From Shepparton: Round 9
May 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Well, the Collingwood team should collectively purchase a bridesmaid’s outfit because it obvious after last Friday’s game that is what they will be again this year. They promise so much but in the really big games they are found wanting. I was looking at the Geelong Footy Club web site and noticed a piece recalling [Read more]
Geoff Sinclair’s Home and Away Games: Rd 5
May 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment
ROUND FIVE COLLINGWOOD versus ESSENDON Sunday, April 25th., M.C.G. Which leaves the Dons at one and three. One of the weekend papers suggested it was going to be a long, cold winter at Windy Hill. What idiots. The week following our woeful showing against the West Coast Eagles turns into an Indian Summer with the [Read more]
No Dreamtime for the Tigers
May 24, 2010 by 7 Comments
Essendon v Richmond Dreamtime at the ‘G. One of the major events of the AFL fixture, but somewhat shadowed by the two teams playing. Essendon and Richmond, hardly a mouthwatering game. But, I looked forward to seeing Richmond play for the first time since the season begun. After all the pre-game festivities, the match finally [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND IX
May 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment
What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. Geelong emphatically announced that they are TTTBFTF as they sat The Cakewalking Collingwoods on their backsides in front of the 88,115 Faithful, Punters & SOTG at The G, not to mention the Whole Football World catching the action on Channel Kerry. The Kennel Coughs exposed The NMFC [Read more]
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