Crio’s Question: Softly, softly

Some players prefer the softer option on the field. Crio says every team has them. Who are they at your club?

Crio’s Question: Best Foxtel pubs

Nominations please for the best Foxtel pub in Australia and Western Australia.

Crio’s question: We’re really missing a player like…

St.Kilda could have done with Robert Harvey on the weekend; Carlton with Mark Maclure. What “like-type” would make a difference to your side?

Crio’s Question: Relevance Deprivation Syndrome

Shane Warne; Jeff Kennett; who else might be diagnosed with Relevance Deprivation Syndrome?

Crio’s Question: Good Friday entertainment

Crio would like suggestions for live sports entertainment on Good Friday. There’s no racing, footy or cricket, so what can you do?

Crio’s Question: New sporting interests

Who has taken the Road to Damascus thanks to outside intervention and now has a new sporting interest?

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

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

Crio’s Question: Are fans losing touch as AFL expands?

Is the continued expansion of the AFL good for fans?

Crio’s Question: Darkest before dawn

I’m certainly not casting Moises Henriques as the savior of Australian cricket but it is true that sometimes it takes a tough situation to unveil the sort of character needed to succeed. Who else has emerged from the mire? And who is the next one to watch?

Crio’s Question: Sporting legends

Blokes can be sporting legends even when you don’t know about their “back story” or individual achievements.
I thought of this last week upon hearing of the passing of Jack Rennie. Any others?

Crio’s Question: Star Power

Think Black Caviar. Think Alessandro Del Pierro. What star or contest has lured you from your “normal” habits and preferences?

Crio’s Question: Teacher’s pet (or photos with a goat)

Crio asks in one particular case: Which is it?

Crio’s Question: Sexuality nobody’s business

Crio believes it’s nobody’s business if an AFL player has a boyfriend. Or is this too simplistic?

crio’s Q?

Crio has come up with a cracker here: are the new coaching techniques here to stay, or merely fads. He draws on some thought-provoking examples from tennis and cricket.

Crio’s Question: Sweat

Pat Rafter’s sweating was a big Australian Open story during his “meltdown” at Melbourne Park against Andre Agassi. What are some other memorable “sweaters” and “cleanskins”?

Crio’s Question: Ya big (tennis) sook!

Which tennis players justify the tag: You sook!

Crio’s Cricket Question: Where is our next generation?

It is really hard to speculate on emerging cricketers when there is such a long hiatus in the Shield calendar. Surely we aren’t looking at Dave Hussey’s generation?

Crio’s Question: I heard it on the radio

What sporting moments were brought to you on the radio?

Crio’s Q: chuckers and all who (don’t) sail with them?

A rare Sri Lankan visit to the MCG revives memories of Darrel Hair’s bravery and its implications. I’m in the “Murali chucks and is a blight on the game” camp. I refuse to ever watch him throw. A gutless ICC created a monster. Now Boof Lehmann has tagged Marlon Samuels as a chucker. Johan Botha, [Read more]

Crio’s Question: Christmas sports moments

What sporting gifts and moments can you equate with December 25?