FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. Little Gazza has come clean with his burning ambition – he just wants to toss the coin. Now we just have to wait and see who’s going to give him the most coins to toss. We’ve heard that the bitterness won’t last [Read more]
Phantom Apologises to Magpies
September 17, 2010 by 16 Comments
As I have travelled the long and winding road that is life I have become hardened and have learned that life will always throw something unexpected that will jolt you out of your comfort zone. I am also now fully cognisant of the fact that ‘footy is life’ and considering through that transposition it is [Read more]
‘Shenanigans’ on you Bomber
September 16, 2010 by 9 Comments
There’s something about Mark Thompson’s last few press conferences that has me a little worried. As a bloke who has been the football version of Bill Lawry (the corpse with pads), he’s suddenly stopped playing the straight bat and started flirting with cheeky dabs behind square and now full-blooded heaves to Cow Corner. “Collingwood are [Read more]
Barbarians at the door
September 16, 2010 by 14 Comments
There is nothing surer than the fall of empires, but what is never clear within the historical moment is how near the end is. What is certain though is that once an impervious border is repeatedly breached, the day of reckoning cannot be far away. The demise of empire shifts from a question of ‘how’ [Read more]
Saints from afar
September 16, 2010 by 8 Comments
By Yvette Wroby Friday August 20th Melbourne time: setting: USA I am in San Francisco at the Acqua Hotel, on Election day, listening on my computer to the St.Kilda vs Richmond match and it’s a ripper. Neck and neck since ¼ time, mostly Richmond to begin with. Everyone is playing to win this, the commentators [Read more]
The View from Shepparton – second week of major round
September 15, 2010 by Leave a Comment
by Peter Schumacher Even though I had fervently hoped that the interstate sides would get up I have to admit that in the first game at least justice was done. Geelong were simply far too good. I actually watched the first half on repeat early Saturday and gave up viewing at half time, the match [Read more]
How footy beat the flood
September 15, 2010 by Leave a Comment
by Pete Miers We were 20 kms from Marong when the phone rang, Rex telling me the road ahead was closed between Bridgewater and Serpentine. We had already heard that the SES had shut down the Boort road to Quambatook, so our options were rapidly diminishing. There was nothing for it but to divert right at [Read more]
In A League Of Its Own – Issue 8
September 15, 2010 by 7 Comments
Tom’s weekly outlook on the A-League As a Victorian, it is always nice to see any New South Wales team fail. In the A-League, NSW have three teams: Newcastle Jets, Sydney FC and Central Coast Mariners. Newcastle are most likely going to fold by the season’s end or before next season because of a lack [Read more]
Why barracking for Collingwood is hopeless
September 14, 2010 by 27 Comments
by Chris Taylor This situation is hopeless. No matter what happens over the course of the next two weeks, if you barrack for Collingwood you might as well go and hide under the bed. It’s going to be nothing but pain. Painful pain. Yes, the kind that hurts. If you know a Collingwood supporter, help [Read more]
I guess thats why they call them the Blues
September 13, 2010 by 1 Comment
The Blues had a season that promised so much initially, faltered hopelessly midyear only to lift once more in the last few weeks before toppling into the season’s abyss in the first week of the finals in a gut wrenching loss to the Swans. Season highlights There was a lot to like in the first [Read more]
THE FINALS WRAP – WEEK II
September 13, 2010 by 4 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. 45,056 fans spread themselves around the MCG to watch The Pivotonians give The Anchormen the deep six for Season 2010 on the Friday Night. And on the Saturday Night, Sydney, in a repeat of their 2nd Half fade out again The Miseries, went [Read more]
Absolutely Gutted
September 13, 2010 by 9 Comments
A sombre mood flooding this cool, clear Sunday. Nothing left to do but to hunker down and silently curse whatever gods or karmic shift caused The Enemy to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Saturday night was significant in many ways. Brett Kirk’s 200th consecutive game, possibly his last. Potentially Paul Roos’ final as [Read more]
Crio’s Question: 2010 Highlight Reel
September 13, 2010 by 38 Comments
DVD producers are preparing to launch “That was the year that was…AFL 2010”. What should be on it?
Cats trust themselves in September spotlight
September 11, 2010 by 3 Comments
Trust. A very important thing in life, and also a very important thing in football. I’ve trusted a lot of people, and trusted North Melbourne a bit too much sometimes, and its been thrown back in my face. This week, many of my friends and I faced a difficult task of trusting a wayward mate, [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – 2nd WEEK OF SEPTEMBER
September 10, 2010 by 14 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Fev turned on one of his infamous numbers to hold the September Spotlight. Not to be outdone, that darling of the pool, Stephanie Rice, let it all hang out on her social networking website when she slagged off The Springboks with [Read more]
2010 for the West Coast Eagles
September 9, 2010 by 5 Comments
Season highlights Beating Essendon. Twice. Actually, starting a review of West Coast’s 2010 season with highlights feels bit like putting air in the tyre after a car wreck – technically it’s possible, but you know it doesn’t make any sense. There were some isolated moments to savour, but the fact that they became season highlights [Read more]
Damn those Ducks
September 9, 2010 by 1 Comment
The Swans have beaten the Blues tumbling them unmercifully out of the 2010 finals series. Just as the second week appearance had been so tantalisingly close against Brisbane in 1009, the Paddington Ducks have again denied the mighty Carlton Football Club at a crack at premiership glory. In truth, the Blues march towards the finals [Read more]
2010 for the West Coast Eagles
September 8, 2010 by Leave a Comment
by David Bruce Season highlights Beating Essendon. Twice. Actually, starting a review of West Coast’s 2010 season with highlights feels bit like putting air in the tyre after a car wreck – technically it’s possible, but you know it doesn’t make any sense. There were some isolated moments to savour, but the fact that they [Read more]
North Melbourne season review
September 8, 2010 by 8 Comments
by Josh Barnstable Season highlights: The highlight of the 2010 season for North Melbourne was the period in the middle of the season where they won three games in a row against Brisbane, Carlton and Port Adelaide, all at Etihad Stadium. The win against Brisbane was a heart stopper, with the Lions fighting back from [Read more]
That Sinking Feeling
September 8, 2010 by 7 Comments
by Damian Watson Many subscribe to the theory that every heart-filled sports fan occasionally undergoes a feeling which resembles one of it’s favourite team. As the weekend winds down to it’s eventual conclusion on a wet soggy Sunday afternoon in Melbourne, I certainly experienced that feeling. It appeared as if every element surrounding me represented my dull solemn [Read more]
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