A patch of brilliance, Haiku Bob at a loss!
Round 16 – St Kilda v Carlton: Bodies on the Line Part 1
July 19, 2018 by 1 Comment
Yvette Wroby and family enjoy a good win for the Saints, and the Blues become the topic of all media forums. Whew, say the Saints fans, it could have been us.
Round 17 – GWS v Richmond: But what is the goal? Or even a goal? How a visit to Spotless inspired a post-modern observation of Australian Football.
July 19, 2018 by 15 Comments
I think Ben Fenton-Smith has unleashed a new Almanac genre: the spoof academic essay. But is it spoofed? [If you’ve had anything to do with the life of the mind since the rise of post-modernism and Cultural Studies this will be much more than a match report. The challenge to the primacy of the goal is brilliant – JTH]
Round 17- North Melbourne vs Sydney Swans: The Interstate Trip
July 19, 2018 by 1 Comment
After only ever seeing his beloved Swans play in Sydney, Daniel Saunders ventures South to see his team play North at the Docklands. Aliir Aliir, YEAH YEEEEEAAAAH!!!!
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood life – Round 17: The Year of the Pie
July 18, 2018 by 1 Comment
Okay, a Loss; and a fairly comprehensive one at that. Have the wheels fallen off our season? Should we be dusting off our ‘Buck’s criticism and rhetoric’ or what? Maybe this was “the Loss that we had to have” to take our season all the way?Cam would like to think so.
Fearless 2018 Round 17 – Nic Nat Noo knee – can an injury derail a season?
July 18, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Fearless takes on Round 17.
Round 17 – North Melbourne v Sydney: A Little Bit of Hope
July 18, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Tom Bally’s Swans were on the right side of hope on Sunday.
Round 17 – GWS v Richmond: My mother bats better than you
July 17, 2018 by 13 Comments
Joe De Petro planned the perfect family trip up to Sydney to see friends, play some golf and fit in a little work too – but most importantly, see Richmond take on the Giants. If only the Tiges could have added a win to Joe’s weekend away…
Round 17 Double Bill – GWS Giants v Richmond in Sydney & North Melbourne v Sydney at Docklands: Two Jacks, Two Young Giants and a couple of Beanstalks
July 17, 2018 by 3 Comments
Mark O’Sullivan ‘due more to accident than outstanding planning’, saw both Sydney based AFL teams play their Round 17 games in the one weekend and he couldn’t have asked for two more exciting victories to get along to. Check out his dual match report.
Round 17 – North Melbourne v Sydney: Talk about a win!
July 17, 2018 by 8 Comments
‘Talk about a game of footy! Talk about a win! Talk about those young first year Bloods! Talk about those young second year Bloods! Talk about those young third year bloods! Talk about, well, simply, the MIGHTY BLOODS!’
Jan Courtin certainly had a lot to cheer the red and the white about on Sunday at Etihad Stadium.
Round 17 – Collingwood v West Coast: It was always going to be tough
July 16, 2018 by 6 Comments
George Habib, watching his Magpies outgunned at the MCG, makes several insightful observations for the Floreat Pica Society. Plenty of upside, but 2018 is tough from here.
Round 17 – St Kilda v Carlton: Great Win Beating Others
July 15, 2018 by 2 Comments
Yoshi is excited by the Saints victory over the Blues even though he missed the live broadcast!
Round 17 – GWS v Richmond: The Giants’ last laugh
July 15, 2018 by 3 Comments
John Green watches his Tigers take on GWS in Sydney from his lounge room chair. It’s a game of pulses. And the Tiges can’t quite get enough out of their final quarter surge. [Quality match – Ed]
24 Horrible Hours
July 15, 2018 by 1 Comment
A trifecta of the worst kind! Tennis, footy and World Cup matches all dissected in this report by Marcus Holt.
Round 16 – Richmond v Adelaide: The Edge of Chaos
July 11, 2018 by 4 Comments
Joe De Petro channels mathematical concepts, chaos theory and even Evil Roy Slade to explain the success of his Tigers. Whatever it is, it sure as hell works!
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