legend (le¦gend) Pronunciation:/?l?d?(?)nd/ noun 1 a traditional story 2 an extremely famous or notorious person, especially in a particular field: the man was a living legend 3 an inscription, especially on a coin or medal a caption: Go ahead make my day [predic.] very well known: his speed and ferocity in attack were legend
Great rivalry- Cats smash the Dogs
August 15, 2010 by 3 Comments
For Sam Marcolin, there’s two victories. The Cats won by a hundred and he doesn’t have to learn the Dogs song.
Hawks Answer the Pres
August 15, 2010 by 5 Comments
September had come early. Halfway through August, Hawthorn and Melbourne were playing off for potentially the last spot in the top eight. It was an Elimination Final in Round 20. A Hawthorn loss, a moderately heavy loss, would see Melbourne steal their position in the top eight, while the Hawks would fall out and more [Read more]
Not so quiet on the Western Front
August 15, 2010 by Leave a Comment
There’s a disturbing kink in my footy universe. Simply put every time I don’t drink beer the Swans win. Starting life as a ‘no time we’re late’ excuse some weeks ago it’s now morphed into a fully blown case for sobriety at every game. But what about all the beer you had earlier in the [Read more]
Blues Dominate Waning Tigers
August 15, 2010 by 2 Comments
For all the great history between Carlton and Richmond, supporters of either would be painfully aware that not much of it has been written recently. Since2001, when they last met in a final, both clubs have suffered more low points than they’d care to remember. Which is why the 2010 season found both these traditional [Read more]
Geoff Sinclair’s Home and Away Games- Rd 20
August 15, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Round 20 Essendon versus Collingwood M.C.G. Friday, August 13th. So far, we’re only half-way through our platter of dips ‘n’ bread at Dinos’ Cafe, and Labrini hasn’t stopped to draw breath. We’ve had a roll-call of the Magpies’ strengths as featured in their Saturday night victory over the Cats. We’ve done hardness at the contest/numbers [Read more]
A second term to remember
August 15, 2010 by 12 Comments
Finally, the football season was over. After 18 long rounds, Waaia’s season finished with a 25 goal thumping at the hands of Shepp East, undefeated and sitting on top of the ladder. It wasn’t the first time a team wearing black with a red sash was brutally thumped this weekend. Waaia didn’t collect the wooden [Read more]
Bets, Seatbelts and September rainbows.
August 15, 2010 by 4 Comments
I remember once making a bet in year 6 for the Collingwood v Essendon game. My mate Sam was a Bomber; he was also a left hander. I remember the nudge fights we’d have when our elbows would smack. You see, I was the right hander sitting on the left and he was the left [Read more]
SATURDAY NIGHT NOSTALGIA
August 15, 2010 by 19 Comments
I’ve always been one for nostalgia. As someone who can’t help but accumulate stuff, I basically collect my childhood: Little Golden Books, old footy cards, records and furniture from the 60s and 70s. Even old footy records. And as I walked along the concourse towards Etihad Stadium on Saturday night, the Record seller also seemed [Read more]
No Real Sign of a Contest
August 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment
It’s hard to know where to start when you try to write e report about such an incredibly one sided game as we witnessed on Friday night. At least it started off on a positive mood when I attended the Asylum Seekers rally at the State Library. An enthusiastic crowd supporting such a just cause [Read more]
Bombers well and truly belted
August 14, 2010 by 2 Comments
I wasn’t sure whether to go to school or not. Friday the 13th, who knows what could happen in the schoolyard on this black, spooky date. Something did happen, but not to me. Four year 12 students lost all the hair on their head’s in our yearly ‘Shave for a Cure’ fundraiser, while the teachers [Read more]
The View from Sheppaton- Round 19
August 13, 2010 by 2 Comments
More accurately this could be styled as “The View from Moree and Beenleigh en route to the Gold Coast” Samantha Lane on the ABC footy program titled “The Inquisition” (I think) which runs on Sunday afternoons mentioned recently that in the previous week on the Friday night she had found herself in overnight accommodation at [Read more]
Crows: Capable of Obstruction but not Government
August 13, 2010 by 2 Comments
I tipped Western Bulldogs to beat Adelaide yesterday and bet on them to get over the line. And they did, but, sitting in the rain in that lonely park I only wanted Adelaide to find a method, any method, to kick a couple of goals in the last quarter and to stay in front. In [Read more]
Round 19: Richmond v Melboune – Debt not the only thing the Dees demolish
August 12, 2010 by Leave a Comment
by Michael Allan Another week, another opponent, unfortunately for Richmond another Victorian opponent. Richmond have only beaten interstate teams this year but as I head off to the ‘G’ I feel that the drought will break. Today I’m particularly looking forward to the much anticipated match-up: Riewoldt v Frawley. Both emerging stars have had fantastic [Read more]
Gigs’ Stats Round 19: Statistic Fantastic
August 11, 2010 by 31 Comments
Stats Entertainment – Round 19 by Andrew Gigacz TOPIC I don’t claim it as my own stat; indeed, it seems that everyone is talking about it. But it’s one worthy of mention, particularly if you barrack against Collingwood. Which statistic is it? This one: for the past eight years, the team that has won the [Read more]
Raiders of the Lost Goal
August 11, 2010 by Leave a Comment
by Tom Bally Flicking through the new AFL photography book ‘Our Great Game’ I’ve been thinking a lot about actually being there at historical points in time. The tome, a 300 page hardback slab of glossy pics, serves both as a fantastic archive and as a tool to bludgeon Thugby League supporters with. However it [Read more]
Goal Umpiring: Technology vs Tradition
August 10, 2010 by 10 Comments
by Damian Watson It is an issue which continues to accelerate debate in the world of sport: Do we adopt new forms of technology and implement it to combat mistakes within our respective sports? Or do we agree with a traditionalists view and maintain the current regime which allows human error? The use of technology regarding the interpretation of calls [Read more]
Why the Cats will win the flag
August 10, 2010 by 5 Comments
For Sam Marcolin, there’s only one team for the flag
Heading in the right direction
August 10, 2010 by Leave a Comment
by Josh Barnstable When these two sides met late in the season in 2009, there was much speculation about which team would lose, not win. Melbourne needed to lose, that’s right, lose, to gain the priority pick. They did lose, thanks to a kick after the siren from Jordy McMahon (who?) and Melbourne, from that [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND IXX
August 9, 2010 by 7 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Fred Hesse Annihilation Scoreboard lit up early as The Bluebaggers shot down The Caretaker’s Bombers on Friday Night. On Saturday Arvo, South Melbourne put The Hawks’ season in perspective while North Melbourne did the same favour for Fremantle. On Saturday night it [Read more]
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