Round 12 – Essendon v Hawthorn: It was a dark and stormy night … but mainly for Essendon

Did Snoopy ever finish that novel? Well, the Hawks certainly finished off the Bombers on a dark and stormy night

Haiku Bob – Round 12: Chasing shadows

Haiku Bob laments in seven verses another Pies loss.

Round 12 – St Kilda v Carlton: Saints Show Blues About Rebuilds

Failing to make it into the ground, John Butler took to his tranny, iPad and a nearby pub to watch/listen as his Blues lost to the Saints.

Round 12 – St Kilda v Carlton: And the sun shone on us

The Saints welcomed the spotlight created by the open roof, and both sun and son created a memorable day for Yvette Wroby.

Round 12 – Brisbane v Fremantle: Winner, winner…

With Brisbane staring at a big loss to Fremantle, Jamie Simmons finds the positives and comes out a winner.

Round 12 – St Kilda v Carlton: No Rooey No Paddy No Worries with Huge Crowd

St Kilda’s passionate No 1 Japanese supporter Yoshi enjoyed the win against Carlton, a game he almost attended.

Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life – Round 12 Review

Collingwood’s loss to Melbourne is testing the true believers, Cam Hooke’s review of Round 12 sums it up.

Round 12 Review: Seriously devaluing the worth and market value of Friday night footy by Fearless

Hawks on a Friday night, Kangas get front row seats to the Dangerfield show and the Sin City Stoush are all in Fearless’ round 12 review.

Round 12 – Melbourne v Collingwood: With friends like these…

Holly Fahey steps in to write for the Floreat Pica Society. She reckons “something is not right” after the Queen’s Birthday game.

Round 12 – Port Adelaide v Western Bulldogs: It’s a Fine Line Between Pleasure and Pain

The scores were close at the end of the Divinyl quarter. Chris Michaels and 40,000 others witnessed an entertaining battle.

Round 12 – Geelong v North Melbourne: Kick Up The Pants

Andrew Starkie likens the Kangas’ loss to a foot in the posterior.

Free to air your grievances

Matty Q’s superb view of footy over “Her Royal Richness’ ” weekend [includes best new verb for Dustin Martin’s style of play – Ed].

Round 12 – Greater Western Sydney v Sydney: A time to celebrate

steve duffy is celebrating game number 100 for Greater Western Sydney Football Club, with a story of many fine moments for club people – both on and off the playing field. [Especially well done to Paula and Steven Strother, Sam Reid and Paul Waterhouse – Ed].

Round 12 – Melbourne v Collingwood: MCC list cloggers

P Dimitriadis’ satire finds the MCC overrun as “Olivia, Reginald, Pru, Darcy, Octavia, Nathaniel, Genevieve, Oscar, Virginia, Gareth and Amelia along with their guests, have decided to have a day out to honour the MCC memberships bestowed on them by their forefathers Edward, Charles, Rupert, Cecil, Sebastian and Felix.” And it only gets worse.

Round 12 – Brisbane v Fremantle: Absolute despair

Andrew Weiss felt his psyche slipping back to that of the “bad news Bears” days as “fellow cellar-dweller Fremantle made the Lions look like glorified traffic cones.”

Round 12 – Greater Western Sydney v Sydney: Giant Swan Dicks

Old Dog is in a Melbourne pub with his girlfriend. He’s impressed with the Giants but less impressed with how self-absorbed footy fans are in the city. [Interesting life and footy observations – Ed]

Round 12 – Port Adelaide v Western Bulldogs: Not The Best 48 Hours

Alex Docherty has felt the full forces of life and death in the past week. [Our condolences – Ed].

Round 12 – Greater Western Sydney v Sydney: Raising the bat

Kath Presdee brings her grand story of GWS game #100. “It’s our 100th game and we are here to stay. We can play. We can win.” [Is there a better husband & wife reporting team in sport than steve duffy and Kath Presdee? – Ed]

Round 12 – Richmond v Gold Coast: You can’t argue with Dusty

In a season short of expectations for Richmond fan John Green, wins against Suns then Lions is enough but can Richmond deliver?

Round 12 – Greater Western Sydney v Sydney: Boos and Cheers either side of a $100,000 kick win the battle

Jan Courtin has been reminded in the Swans loss to GWS that any team can beat any other team on any given day.