Which players do you notice always being referred to by both their given name and surname? Crio offers a couple. What about you?
Crio’s Question: If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em?
June 23, 2014 by 7 Comments
Cricket Australia, Murali, spin-coach, laws of cricket…? Your thoughts…?
Crio’s Question: Has life gotten in the way of a big sporting event?
June 16, 2014 by 5 Comments
The magnificent World Cup is clashing with magnificent Year 12 obligations in the Crio household. Timing; the importance of timing. How do you prioritise in these situations? Are you successful? Or are you not?
Crio’s Question: “What windsock?”
June 9, 2014 by 7 Comments
Air-conditioning? Windsocks? Watering/drying the pitch? Crio asks: what scams have been used to gain an edge?
Crio’s Question: Can a flutter become a disease?
June 5, 2014 by 33 Comments
Responsible Gambling Awareness Week challenged us to check ourselves and our mates for any signs of danger – Crio’s timely reminder
Crio’s Question: Unique actions – who did you mimic?
May 20, 2014 by 25 Comments
Ripper question from Crio this week. Who had a unique action that you couldn’t help mimicking in the backyard? The Kennedy stutter; McEnroe’s service action; Tangles chest on bowling action………
Crio’s Q?
May 6, 2014 by 8 Comments
Crio is on the lookout for your cross-code gurus. He’s happy for you to remember some. We think he’s happy for you to make some up as well.
Crio’s Question: The responsibility of coaches?
April 28, 2014 by 3 Comments
To win? To look after the game?
Crio’s Question: Forget the national anthem
April 22, 2014 by 6 Comments
There are concert halls for concerts and Moomba for parades. At footy, Crio expects footy.
Crio’s Question: Why bother?
April 14, 2014 by 7 Comments
Is there honestly any need to stick by your poor-performing team? A controversial poser from Crio.
Crio’s Question : Hanging Yourself by the Tongue?
April 7, 2014 by 6 Comments
Crio considers Mick’s capacity for hubris, bravado and overstatement. Hoist by his own petard? What other examples can you recall of big statements coming back to haunt?
Crio’s Q: Plucked unknowns who haven’t made it
March 31, 2014 by 10 Comments
Crio’s thoughts turned to the high pick, plucked from relative obscurity, who hasn’t made it. (Any sport – Ed)
Crio’s Q(uandary): Is the footy fish rotting – head down or tail up?
March 25, 2014 by 19 Comments
Crio the Elder asks the citizens of Rome “has the rot gone to far?” Is Caesar Minor spending too much of the wealth on distant provinces in Asia Minor? “Friends, footy fans, countrymen lend Crio your wise counsel.”
Crio’s Q: what does Green mean?
March 18, 2014 by 7 Comments
Crio observes the recent prominence of the Green and asks, for the rest of the year, is Green best avoided? And how?
Crio’s Q?
March 10, 2014 by 16 Comments
Crio sets the Almanacker community another challenge. Who will be a soothsayer? [Great question, Crio. Interested in the response – Ed]
Crio’s Q: checking the screen
March 3, 2014 by 4 Comments
Two part question this week. Crio is looking for examples of sportspeople checking themselves out on the big screen. And of moments when screenshots would have been instructive (think ’79 Grand Final).
Crio’s Question : The good old bad old days?
February 24, 2014 by 5 Comments
Crio is trying hard to shake his ‘grumpy old man’ perspective. Can we all convince ourselves that modern sport is a glass ‘half full’ and not ‘half empty’?
Crio’s Question : Hidden Gems?
February 17, 2014 by 6 Comments
Crio reviews the last week’s crowded sporting landscape, and in the words of many racecallers in a blanket finish “you don’t know where to look”. Let us know what hidden gems you enjoyed.
Crio’s Question : Is Defence the best form of Attack?
February 10, 2014 by 13 Comments
Crio reviews Seattle and Chelsea’s impressive wins of the last week and wonders if a top defence will always triumph over a top attack?
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