Haiku Bob on Round 17.
AFL Round 17 – GWS Giants v Essendon: British Invasion
July 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Manchester United fans helped push the Skoda Stadium attendance past 10,000 for only the second time. Neil Jackson is sure they would have liked what they saw.
AFL Round 17 – Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs: Bring on September
July 24, 2013 by 1 Comment
The Hawks should have won at least one more flag since 2008, writes Tim Adam. Based on the weekend’s performance, this should be their year.
AFL Round 17 – North Melbourne v Carlton: Too many demons
July 24, 2013 by 5 Comments
North’s 2013 fade-outs have usually come late in games. They didn’t wait that long this time. When Carlton challenged halfway through the first term, North sighed and meekly retreated, carrying the look of a team with too many demons.
AFL Round 17 – Richmond v Fremantle: The Importance of Being Dawson
July 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Zac Dawson is a footballing enigma – ‘….Like a mule with a spinning wheel. Nobody knows how he got it and danged if he knows how to use it!’ Point being, there is no way of accurately defining why Dawson is effective, its easier to just admit that he somehow is.
AFL Round 17 – Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs: Little wins
July 24, 2013 by 11 Comments
Once you accept that your team is crap, you need to look at its games in a different way in order to sustain yourself and your sanity through the long, winless periods. Dogs fans need to find little wins within losses, even within big losses.
AFL Round 17 – Adelaide v Geelong: Jibbed again
July 24, 2013 by 8 Comments
Games against Adelaide give me the creeps. It’s not the win/loss record that creeps me out; Geelong holds a 2 game edge after all this time. It’s more to do with the sordid Crows past, which has left a sour taste in my mouth. (Warning: contains references to Leigh Colbert’s mark in 1997 final.)
AFL Round 17 – Melbourne v Brisbane: Oh, to be in Darwin
July 24, 2013 by 1 Comment
A strain of Cat flu has left Edwin Cowlishaw unable to make the trip north to see his Demons but a spirited team performance and another ripping game by Jack Fitzpatrick left him feeling a little better.
AFL Round 17 – Gold Coast v Collingwood: Saturday Matineé
July 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
What has happened to the Pies, asks David Enticott. Two years ago they were a quarter away from back-to-back flags, now they look like they would struggle against a bunch of 40-year-old veterans.
AFL Round 17 – Gold Coast v Collingwood: Getting it done, Gary style
July 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Tipping against the Suns used to guarantee a winner. Not any more, writes Beth Newman, who has fallen further behind in her local competition as a result.
AFL Round 17 – Adelaide v Geelong: I want to have Matthew Wright’s baby
July 23, 2013 by 3 Comments
Crows fan Adam Ritchie loses control as Football Park reaches fever pitch in the final quarter against the Cats.
AFL Round 17 – St.Kilda v Port Adelaide: We won the toss
July 23, 2013 by 1 Comment
Port mugged Yvette Wroby’s Saints early but she was thrilled with the character and effort shown to fight back and hit the lead briefly in the final quarter. The future looks a little brighter.
AFL Round 17 – GWS Giants v Essendon: Dons do enough in enemy territory
July 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Rod Oaten enjoys the traditional time slot despite the unfamiliar territory in western Sydney.
AFL Round 17 – Richmond v Fremantle: Babbaganoosh, Pioneer Park and Tigers.
July 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Richmond’s victory and a trip to his home town inspire mighty dreams in Haje Halabi of past glory with the Bright Under 16s. These Tigers really are intoxicating.
AFL Round 17 – West Coast v Sydney: Sunday carve up
July 22, 2013 by 1 Comment
Tom Bally prepares the dinner as the Swans make the gravy taste all the better,
AFL Round 17 – West Coast v Sydney: Don’t Dream – It’s Over
July 22, 2013 by 4 Comments
Peter Baulderstone was trying to put the Australian cricket team out of his mind, but they turned up in blue and gold guernseys at Subiaco Oval on Sunday afternoon.
AFL Round 17 – Gold Coast v Collingwood: Suns set on Pies’ season
July 22, 2013 by 2 Comments
Collingwood’s season has resembled some of the rollercoaster rides on the Gold Coast, says Ramon Dobb. Those who think a top four position and shot at the flag are still achievable are living in a Dreamworld.
AFL Round 17 – West Coast vs Sydney: A father’s anguish
July 22, 2013 by 7 Comments
Craig Dodson has come through the longest week of his life.
AFL Round 17 – Melbourne v Brisbane Lions: Brisbane Mid Strength v Melbourne Light
July 21, 2013 by 1 Comment
Going to the Footy in Melbourne involves certain rituals: putting on beanies, jumpers and scarves. It’s different in Darwin where the crowd wears thongs and t-shirts. You can tell the locals from the Mexicans quite easily. The locals have brown arms and the Mexicans are white.
AFL Round 17 – GWS Giants v Essendon: Four Quarter footy
July 21, 2013 by 1 Comment
Manchester United. One of the biggest and most storied football clubs in the world are in town to play all the stars (minus most of the actual stars) of the national competition – and I don’t care. I’m going next door earlier in the day.
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