Earl O’Neill casts an eye across the finals prospects and finds that culture and organisational depth is the difference between the haves and have nots.
Overheard at Essendon again: A post Cronulla deal chat between a worried player and EFC official
August 27, 2014 by 5 Comments
Sean Curtain has been hanging around Melrose Drive again, which is nothing like Cronulla.
VFL & AFL footballers from Aoteaora
August 27, 2014 by 7 Comments
Aoteaora is home to many fine musicians and actors. What about Australian Rules footballers? Glen picks a side from The Land of The Long White Cloud.
How’s that equalisation working out for you?
August 27, 2014 by 17 Comments
E.Regnans charts the performance of clubs over the last 16 years to gauge the effectiveness of the AFL’s equalisation policy. There are a couple of outliers on the high side, and then there are the Tigers and Demons. Why is it so?
AFL Round 22, SANFL Round 18: The Crows – starting the autopsy while the heart still beats
August 26, 2014 by 2 Comments
Dave Brown saw the Crows twice on the weekend. He was disappointed but not surprised at the AFL team’s loss to the Kangaroos. He was overjoyed when the SANFL Crows showed similar heart and skill to grant his Norwood Redlegs 2nd place for the finals.
The Post Wrap – Round 22: Where Life Imitates Football
August 25, 2014 by 2 Comments
Mr Wrap reviews the Round 22 action and the prospects for the final round. He has been crunching the numbers for a new premiership points system (surprisingly the Tigers finish 8th).
WAFL Round 22: Put away the slide rule the four is set
August 25, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Les Everett gives us another set of results for footy in WA as their finals teams have now been decided.
Tucker’s wooden spoon
August 25, 2014 by 4 Comments
There’s a gem at every footy club. For the Wandal Bulls, it’s masseuse Tuck.
Footy, Drugs and the David Hicks Dilemma
August 25, 2014 by 4 Comments
The Unknown Sports Lover responds to the Cronulla deal and does not sugar-coat the situation. Your thoughts? On the concept of the deal? On the terms of the deal? On what should ave happened?
A tribute to my dad: a Bulldog – not quite through and through – but a Bulldog nonetheless
August 23, 2014 by 24 Comments
Andrew Gigs Gigacz’ father passed away at 5am this morning. Here is Gigs’ tribute. [Gigs has been a dedicated contributor to the Almanac community over many years. Our thoughts are with you Gigs – JTH]
The Pre Wrap for Round XXII: The Penultimate Round of the Home & Away Series for 2014
August 22, 2014 by 13 Comments
The Wrap comes up with a new angle on improving the Great Game and offers his insights into the crucially finals-shaping Round XXII.
AFL Round 22: Sal’s Penultimate Preview
August 22, 2014 by 1 Comment
Sal chases a dollar at the footy and the races and prays for the good fortune of the Friars in their fight to stay in Div 1.
The 2014 ‘Mopsy’ Fraser Cup – Round Twenty One
August 21, 2014 by 4 Comments
Earl O’Neill celebrates his Monaros big win over the hapless Demons, and muses on the future of Mark Thompson and the endlessly recycled trivia of the footy media (Almanac excepted).
The Jerk’s games record tops Tuck and Hungry
August 21, 2014 by 48 Comments
Adelaide Uni legend Darren “the Jerk” Graetz plays his 500th game for the Bob Neil Blacks. Malcolm ‘Rulebook’ Ashwood was here, there and everywhere (as only he can be) to record the day.
“I was saying ‘Boourns’…”
August 20, 2014 by 9 Comments
Susie Giese pays tribute to her favourite footballer, two time Cat premiership player Shannon Byrnes. If only he played in the 2008 Grand Final…
PNG in International Cup Grand Final
August 20, 2014 by 5 Comments
Out (visa problems) is something you don’t usually see when the teams are announced on a Thursday Night. Murray Bird keeps us up to date with the PNG Mosquitoes’ sometime rocky path into the Grand Final of the 2014 International Cup.
Charles Brooking Hannah – God’s footballer
August 19, 2014 by 1 Comment
Carlton’s Charles Brooking Hannah abandoned football for the perilous life of a Christian missionary in China at the turn of the 20th century. Tony De Bolfo reports.
Victorian bias in free kicks – who’d have thought!
August 19, 2014 by 21 Comments
Is there home-team bias in umpiring? Dave Warner, armed with stats and capital letters, blows the whistle on this contentious issue.
AFL Round 21 Post Wrap: The Birth of the Blues Round
August 18, 2014 by 5 Comments
Mr Wrap run the ruler over Round 21 and finds the Tigers win in Adelaide the highlight of the weekend (surprise, surprise). He’s still got his teeth into the Essendon drugs scandal/farce/yawnfest.
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