The Fearless pre-season wrap: Huey Lewis and the News said it best – I want a new drug!

March 18, 2013 by 1 Comment

Paul Thomson unveils his Fearless pre-season wrap.

NAB Cup Final: Browny

March 16, 2013 by 11 Comments

John Harms thinks Jonathan Brown and his Lions will be motivated by the big man’s last chance at silverware.

NAB Cup – Richmond v Hawthorn: 21 candles

March 13, 2013 by 3 Comments

John Green provides yet another example of what Richmond fans must go through to support their team.

Crio’s Question: How would you improve the pre-season comp?

March 12, 2013 by 3 Comments

It’s easy to bag the AFL’s pre-season process but do you have a better system?

Standin’ on the Outside Lookin’ in

March 12, 2013 by 1 Comment

Some may say that Canberra lacks a heart. Rubbish! Canberra is all ventricles and aorta. You just had to be amongst the throngs on Friday night at Manuka Oval to feel a pulse like a Brazilian rumba.

NAB Cup – GWS v Essendon: Brushing off the cobwebs

March 10, 2013 by 4 Comments

After a lazy summer, Pam Sherpa gets back into it with a match at Manuka Oval in Canberra which, serendipitously features who two footy teams.

Conditions steamy but Pies stone cold

March 10, 2013 by 2 Comments

One sentence can sum up Collingwood’s games against Brisbane: First half scrappy but competitive, second half crappy and uncompetitive.

Ignorance not quite bliss, the NAB Cup is a good guide

March 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Mick Jeffrey has analysed the pre-season grand finals back to 1995 and concludes the competition actually provides a good guide for the season proper.

Robertson Oval – where Terry Daniher was king

February 25, 2013 by 16 Comments

The AFL grounds onslaught into NSW continues with the unveiling of a revamped Robertson Oval in Wagga on March 2 when the Giants play the Brisbane Lions in a NAB Cup game under lights. Rod Gillett says the oval has a rich history.

An illustrated view of the NAB Cup

February 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment

What exactly does the NAB Cup count for? And does it give an accurate reflection into the performances of the players and teams’ season ahead?

A few Floreat Pica Society observations on the Pies’ opener

February 17, 2013 by 5 Comments

Just as NAB Cup Round 1 is not really footy as we know it, this is not really a match report, but a series of dot-point observations as the Pies build into a new season.

2013 Geelong’s to lose

February 16, 2013 by 21 Comments

Geelong showed plenty against the Eagles to suggest they will go all the way this year.