by Adam Bulman It’s funny how things can change in a matter of moments. In the space of a few seconds during the Eltham High Staff vs. Year 12 students footy match, I went from hoping to actually get a kick to celebrating a goal in total astonishment.
The Twilight Zone
September 21, 2010 by 5 Comments
by Bill Walker Strange things happen in the twilight zone and there are some signs that cosmic energy is again volatile, stars are aligning and the beneficiaries will be St Kilda, Richmond and the rest of the other half of the footy world in the near future. But what are the signs and how can [Read more]
The darkness commeth
September 20, 2010 by 40 Comments
It would now seem that the planets are aligning and the universe as we have known for the past twenty years may soon plummet into a dark and otherworldly abyss. We have become accustomed to the rogue asteroid that travels the skies occasionally presenting danger but never actually impacting. Similarly, we have feared magpies in [Read more]
Who’s watching the Grand Final? Home teams and foul-weather friends
September 20, 2010 by 1 Comment
Who’s watching the Grand Final? Home teams and foul-weather friends Tony Ward Who’d have thought the TV ratings sensation for 2010 would be a cooking show? Junior Masterchef attracted 2.2 million viewers on Sunday 12 September. Overshadowed by its big brother in July – the final of Masterchef attracted 4 million viewers, making it the [Read more]
THE FINALS WRAP – WEEK III
September 20, 2010 by 4 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Mighty Magpie Machine laid to waste The Collywobbles and torched The Little Town at the Bottom End of The Bay on Friday Night to Cakewalk into the 2010 Grand Final. Joining them is none other than their Nemesis from 1966. A Match [Read more]
Brownlow Blog
September 20, 2010 by 160 Comments
Football’s Night of Nights is with us again. A night for the WAG’s to shine, and the blokes to look out of place in a tux. Expect the grog to flowing less freely (courtesy of Fev). Andy D has been polishing up his best gags (be warned), and practising his pronunciation (won’t help). As is the custom, [Read more]
The (possible/probable) last 30 seconds of the Grand Final
September 20, 2010 by 13 Comments
It’s on. Swan’s been held to 15 touches by Clint Jones. Meanwhile Saint Nick has 6.1. The ball is held in at centre wing. The scores: Saints 17.11 (113) to Collingwood 15.22 (112). Ball up. Gardiner taps it to Montagna. He runs. One bounce. Two. He has a shot from the Forward Flank. It’s going, [Read more]
Prelim jinx claims Dogs again
September 19, 2010 by 1 Comment
I apologise to all Footscray supporters. I am truly sorry. Blame me for the loss, don’t blame the players, it is all on me. After a fairly taxing day sitting in the studio of One FM (yes, it can be tiring), I walked through the dying sunlight towards my sister Hayley’s house. It’s not a [Read more]
The View From Shepparton: Preliminary Final Round
September 19, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Headline in the Oz’s sporting section of Friday September 17, “We can beat anyone: Malthouse”. And there was bloody Joffa near the end of the match flaunting his gold jacket. How I hate that scene. I wish that he would push off into another universe. The reality though is that he could have put on [Read more]
Floreat Pica Report: Ghosts of Preliminary Finals past
September 19, 2010 by 2 Comments
By John Ramsdale What a strange week leading up the preliminary final. Collingwood having four players in an all-Australian team; Collingwood going into a game like this as favourite and most Collingwood supporters I spoke to, including me, being extremely nervous. St Kilda and Footscray supporters must have been a bit bemused and annoyed this [Read more]
Our 2010 Preliminary Final
September 19, 2010 by 1 Comment
We did it. The Saints passed “GO” with a brilliant display of 7 goals in the 3rd quarter. They were putting on a clinic themselves after a first half that I’d rather forget. The forgettable half we only kicked 3.6 to Bulldogs 4.6, the first quarter worse, 1.5 11 to 3.1. 19. The Doggies looked [Read more]
GEELONG VERSUS COLLINGWOOD: A MONOSYLLABIC REVIEW FOR COLLINGWOOD FERALS.
September 19, 2010 by 1 Comment
GEELONG: Handball, handball, handball, panic, handball, fumble, shake head. Handball, panic, handball, interception, head in hands. Handball, handball, tackle, spill, yell. Handball, handball, handball, panic, long bomb, spoil, wale. Handball, handball, slip over, clanger, mutter obscenities. Handball, handball, panic, shank, on the full, cry. Collingwood too bloody good. Next year.
It’s now a matter of faith
September 18, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Collingwood/Geelong Preliminary Final Friday 17th September If you were a Collingwood supporter, and apparently there are over 70,000 of you at the Game or at home, it was a great, truly superb win. They came out and skinned the Cats, each and every Cat was turned into a violin string and played to the tune [Read more]
Magpies set a new benchmark
September 18, 2010 by Leave a Comment
2010 Preliminary Final: Collingwood v Geelong High level professional sport is an unforgiving environment. As soon as you claw your way to the top, it becomes a battle to stay there. Enjoy the glory while it lasts, because the only way is down. Team sports multiply the variables many times over, making sustained success an [Read more]
Time to put the jumper away
September 18, 2010 by 1 Comment
Today was footy day. Footy day is the day at school when everyone was allowed to dump the school uniform and dress up in our favourite team’s colours. We kicked the footy’s on the oval at lunch as we munched on our cheaper-than-usual pies bought from the canteen. Of course, I wore my Sydney guernsey, [Read more]
A happy Blubbering mess
September 18, 2010 by 28 Comments
Maybe this will be the year; maybe, just maybe my boys might pull it off. The only problem is that first we have to get through Geelong. Thompson was right to say that we are jealous; I personally can admit I am. Geelong have everything going for them, they kick our derrieres every time in [Read more]
The Forgotten Prelim- St Kilda v Western Bulldogs
September 18, 2010 by 9 Comments
Has a side ever come from 5 goals down to win a final and earned less plaudits? And when has a runner-up ever knocked off the reigning premier, survived all manner of off field distraction, and set itself for a crack at another GF, but still not been given its dues. The irony is that [Read more]
The Empire doesn’t strike back
September 18, 2010 by 4 Comments
Sniffling and coughing, I woke to a bed that was completely burning me alive. I quickly got up, wrote a note on the table for Dad, saying I was staying home from school, and turned my electric blanket down, way down. Things finally started to cool off, and I drifted back off to sleep, enjoying [Read more]
Collingwood v Geelong Preliminary Final
September 17, 2010 by 18 Comments
Collingwood- 18.12.120 Geelong- 11.13.79 After all the hype, it seems inevitable there was an anti-climax. The Magpies exorcise some demons with this win. But the biggest historical demon of all now faces them- another Grand Final. For the Cats, they await Gazza’s decision. After that, they probably have some other tough decisions to make. Tell [Read more]
Maximum Power required for Cat victory
September 17, 2010 by 2 Comments
Geelong needs toughness. Geelong needs brute force. Geelong needs at least one player raised by Norwegian Vikings on a diet of the raw flesh of fallen foes. Geelong needs Max Rooke. Max Rooke, born in the frigid waters of the Berent Sea in the 6th century to parents Odin and Frigg Rooke, is world renowned [Read more]
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