With the finals die already significantly cast, this was the Round 22 encounter of most consequence to the combatants: home or away in Perth will always be vital to finals prospects. Eleven inclusions to the Dockers side indicated the extent to which they’d staked their hopes on this game. Carlton had an army of fans [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND XXII
August 27, 2010 by Leave a Comment
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. As the drama out t the John Pascoe Faulkner Reserve descends to farce, the basket weaving classes continue under The Caretaker, who assures all that Ian & David are right behind him. (He’d do better with Matthew, Mark, Luke & John – [Read more]
A Trip North to Remember
August 27, 2010 by 2 Comments
At school I often get asked why I barrack for the Sydney Swans. The reason is because my dad was a old South Melbourne supporter. So when they moved up north, naturally dad (and the rest of his family) become passionate supporters of Sydney instead. I try to go to every Sydney game they play [Read more]
Pleasant Sunday Evening Footy
August 26, 2010 by 1 Comment
West Coast Eagles versus North Melbourne 2.40pm, Sunday, August 22 Subiaco Oval, Perth It’s late Wednesday afternoon – three days since we played the Eagles – and I’m under the pump. Struggling for air halfway through a crazy working week, I’ve managed to steal an hour or so in which to write this piece. I [Read more]
Cousins no Strangers to a Goal
August 26, 2010 by 5 Comments
In simpler times, when humble TV sitcoms ruled the entertainment roost, the Chicago-based Perfect Strangers was a meat-and-three-veg staple in many a family lounge-room. It shared the tale of two long-lost cousins. The neurotic yank Cousin Larry; and the goat-herding Greek shepherd, Cousin Balki. As you’ll recall, a rather mincingly flamboyant Bronson Pinchot starred as [Read more]
Gigs’ Stats Round 21: Ignoring the obvious
August 25, 2010 by 9 Comments
Stats Entertainment – Round 21 by Andrew Gigacz IGNORING THE OBVIOUS – FINAL EIGHT NOT SO FINAL Well, the top 8 is settled, if not exactly in order, then at least in its composition. Or so the media would have you believe. But they seem to be ignoring one obvious point. It will only take [Read more]
The View from Shepparton – Round 21
August 25, 2010 by 1 Comment
by Peter Schumacher Liam Jurrah, that mark is what sets our game apart from all of the rest, long live AFL. By the way, nothing too much wrong with Goddard’s mark either. I happened to view a DVD of the 2001 Grand Final which Brisbane won against Essendon. This year my extended family and I [Read more]
Floreat Pica: Reality check
August 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment
by Mick Ramsdale Time : Thursday 08.49am, ( 19/08/2010 ) . Situation: Pies are 6 points clear on top of the ladder. A call from Floreat Pica HQ. I Click on SEND and I’m the report writer for the Crows Clash. Winning has become a habit lately, and the margins have been comfortable. Going backwards [Read more]
J-Pod crosses the line, V-Line crosses Susie
August 24, 2010 by 5 Comments
By Susie Giese Okay, so the plan was for me to catch the V-Line from South Geelong, buy a record, find our seats, and set up and get comfortable. It was a good plan. The actuality was that my V-Line was running late so mum and Katherine beat me to Southern Cross. The best laid [Read more]
Saturday Night Weird
August 24, 2010 by 7 Comments
Football on Saturday night was weird – on a number of levels. Let’s start with the game itself. I heard Adelaide’s coach at his post match press conference talk about what a good game of football had just taken place. I tried to work out which game he had been at. The one I had [Read more]
Geoff Sinclair’s Home and Away Games: Round 21
August 23, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Round 21 Essendon versus Brisbane Lions Sunday, August 22nd., Etihad Stadium Over cumquat toast and Sumatran coffee, me and Tommy put Essendon’s 98-point Friday night flogging by premiership favourites Collingwood into a context that might, just might, provide some sense of healing. Or closure. This is the shape of our dribbling, uninspired conversation. Geelong beat [Read more]
Roos win one for Boomer
August 23, 2010 by 3 Comments
I remember the last time these two played teams played earlier in the year. North, coming off a horror 104 point loss to St Kilda and with skipper Brent Harvey’s confidence extremely low after his worst ever game, responded in perfect fashion against the Eagles at Etihad Stadium, with Harvey blitzing the young West Coast [Read more]
Swans do it for Kirk and Roos
August 23, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The crowd are up for it at the SCG tonight. It’s not just a cold wind greeting The Enemy as they take to the field. Barry Hall, in his first appearance at his old stomping ground since defecting, is a clear target for our displeasure as he lopes around like a freakish white werewolf. Meanwhile [Read more]
Love is a strange thing
August 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment
I first fell in love on a wintry September’s night. It was cold and dark, and I was sitting in the third tier, second row from the front. Geelong was playing Collingwood, and something clicked. I’d never been to a footy match that I really cared about, but this one I did. It was against [Read more]
Magpies scrape win as Danni dominates dancefloor
August 22, 2010 by 3 Comments
Every Thursday I have that same after school routine. As soon as it hits 5:00pm I drop the newly started homework, get onto the Collingwood website to see the team selection and I hold my breath. *pages loads* I look up and the selection section of the website catches my eye and there he is…. [Read more]
Cats Crash Blues Party
August 22, 2010 by 2 Comments
Looking around, I started to get the shakes real bad. My legs were trembling, the wind was swaying me around, I held onto the hands of the two students helping me with my balance. The teacher quietly said to me “It’s alright, are you ok?” I replied with a simple “F*** it’s windy up here…” [Read more]
Gigs’ Stats Round 20 – Kissing Cousins goodbye
August 20, 2010 by 7 Comments
Stats Entertainment – Round 20 by Andrew Gigacz HOW TO BE A DOGS SUPPORTER 101: LESSON 20 – COPING WITH SPIFLICATION Stats lovers, my apologies for the late arrival of this week’s numerical and lexicological missive. As a Doggies’ fan my recovery from Saturday night’s debacle has been slow. History tells me that I should [Read more]
I Don’t Like Sunday (Evenings)
August 19, 2010 by 2 Comments
North Melbourne versus St. Kilda 4.40pm, Sunday, August 15 Etihad Stadium, Melbourne There’s something definitely wrong about Sunday night footy. Something dissatisfying. Footy should signal the end of the working week, not the start. The journey to the game should be accompanied by a Friday night or Saturday arvo tingle of relief. When spectators sit [Read more]
The View from Shepparton Round 20
August 18, 2010 by Leave a Comment
by Peter Schumacher Help, I am in a footy wilderness in South East Queensland surrounded by football atheists and infidels who do not follow the game. Worse, they do not support the game and are largely indifferent to the game, indeed they are largely indifferent to any sporting competition at all believing it to be [Read more]
Crio’s Q: Best and worst games of 2010
August 17, 2010 by 11 Comments
I went to two widely contrasting matches this weekend. Saturday night’s debacle at the Docklands was so disappointing because it provided no contest. It was as though the Dogs already had excuses for losing and, when it got hard, they went home. For all of Geelong’s clinical brilliance, this was a forgettable outing that I [Read more]
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