Gibson and Lake. DNA is a brilliant thing. Look at how many SODs, Sons of Dads are playing the game these days. Heaps! Only half of them from Footscray! How good is it to see a Liberatore running around? Keeping the mighty flame of his father’s name burning! A Raines! Even runs like Dad. [Read more]
Sleepy Hollow Faithful
July 4, 2012 by 2 Comments
The WrapI’m an Aussie Rules tragic who can remember, as a four year old, shaking the hand of Captain Blood in the rooms just before he ran out onto the ground after half time, as my Old Man slipped him a packet of under-the-counter Craven A cork tipped. Now it’s my turn to take my [Read more]
O Tempora, O Mores
July 4, 2012 by 20 Comments
O Tempora, O Mores Latin – the language of ancient Rome; for centuries, the language of the Christian church and the academic and cultural discourse of western civilisation. In 21st century Australia, Latin is a “dead” language, studied by few, understood well by fewer and spoken by virtually none. When I admit to having studied [Read more]
Club colours – how very multicultural
July 3, 2012 by 1 Comment
Tweeting has become the new booing almost in that you know that tweeters are probably subjecting people to inane utterings. Tweeting reminds me of a great Denis Thatcher quote (and there weren’t that many!) that: it’s better to remain silent and be thought a fool, rather than open your mouth and remove all doubt! Anyway it’s [Read more]
Standin’ on the Outside Lookin’ In
July 3, 2012 by 2 Comments
It s been some time since I’ve written a piece and some les than charitable people have suggested that I’m in hiding. Nothing could be further than the truth. Simply been a bit busy with work and family matters, that’s all. I mean who cares about other stuff like footy and how the Blues have [Read more]
Falcons and Lions live a bit
July 3, 2012 by 1 Comment
WAFL round 15 THE task for teams five to eight on the WAFL ladder entering round 15 was simple – beat teams one to four. In the Saturday games it happened but, while Perth gave East Fremantle a scare, the Sunday games consolidated top four spots. At Leederville Subiaco were the outsiders in the battle [Read more]
Head to head
July 3, 2012 by 7 Comments
“C’mon! Let’s go for percentage!” A cry often heard around the terraces or screamed at the television. Percentage is a means of improving your position on the ladder. Win big against the weaker teams and limit the damage if you are to lose against a better team. At the end of the season percentage is [Read more]
The Almanacker’s Lament (apologies to John O’Brien)
July 3, 2012 by 4 Comments
“We’ll all be rooned,” said Litza, In accents most forlorn, “This bloody Ratten shits ya, I wish he’d not been born.” Peter_B
I’m still standing
July 3, 2012 by 15 Comments
And so it came to pass, that Guy McKenna was all alone. Not just in the AFL ranks, as he’s been the only winless coach for a number of weeks, and it seems that they’ll again need the words to the song written up on cue cards should they break the drought in 2012. After [Read more]
Riverland Superdogs bite back
July 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
RIVERLAND SUPERDOGS V EASTS SOUTH AUSTRALIAN AFL MASTERS – ROUND SEVEN SUNDAY 1ST OF JULY 2012, LYRUP OVAL By Nick Kossatch The return of key players Ben Meuret, Peter Hoffmann, Sam Ingerson and Brenton Fenwick to the Riverland Superdogs’ outfit helped it to an impressive 54-point victory against quality side Easts at Lyrup on Sunday. [Read more]
The Pre Wrap – Round XIV: For the philosophical Marngrook fan
June 29, 2012 by 8 Comments
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND XIV FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN And what a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. It’s not Ian Meckiff this time. It’s not even Murilli who’s in the gun. No, it’s the whole West Coast Eagles Football team. Spare m’ days. After all these years they’ve noticed the amount of [Read more]
Just Kick It!
June 29, 2012 by 1 Comment
It’s becoming harder and harder to be Monday’s expert. Admit it- That annoys you doesn’t it? I know I find it exasperating. Not being able to pinpoint, with the insightful detail of a hardened footy follower, why it was we got done on the weekend frustrates us all. Of for the glory days of our [Read more]
Nic Nat Paddy Whack
June 29, 2012 by 2 Comments
Happy EOFY to all, After getting over watching Nic Nat take apart the Blues the previous week it has given me time and a couple of interviews to really appreciate what he brings to the game. Not being Victorian based we probably do not see as much of him as we should – but his [Read more]
Brock McLame
June 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
There’s no doubt that Jesse Stringer’s recent effort has rocked us off our moral high horse down at KP, but surely Carlton’s Brock McLean takes the AFL knob-jockey award for his social media antics this week. For the uninformed, McLean tweeted “Today can f*ck right off”, to which one of his followers responded (with great humour) [Read more]
A Saints sum-up (sort of)
June 29, 2012 by 5 Comments
Predictable: The Saints were always predictable. You knew how “Saints footy” would match up week to week – and how the chapters would inevitably build to a disappointing conclusion. Unpredictable: These Saints are impossible to fathom. Loss-win-win-loss-win-loss-win-loss-win-loss-win-loss. Glorious wins over Carlton and Sydney. Difficult losses to Port Adelaide and Fremantle. Breakneck clashes (albeit both losses) [Read more]
Come on Sainters
June 28, 2012 by 3 Comments
So, the last time the Saints played, (against Adelaide a fortnight ago – it seems like a lifetime), I was one grumpy Saints supporter. I was ready to have an uncontrollable rant about the way the boys were playing, the rules of the game, and what I saw to be obvious changes that need to [Read more]
My son hates footy
June 28, 2012 by 26 Comments
By Cheryl Critchley The love of our great game is not genetic. As a Richmond tragic I can prove it. My son hates AFL footy and is angling for a spot in the Guiness Book of Records as the person who has attended the most AFL games but NEVER watched one. Now nine, Ben [Read more]
Waving Money
June 28, 2012 by 14 Comments
Waving Money. Hold on to your storm in a teacups! Word is, some fans took the piss out of a young bloke who chased the money last weekend! Flashed fake dollars at him! Gasp! Booed, even. Strewth! What’s more, a few of them made a banner or two that were taken down. [Read more]
1980: A Personal Footy Almanac: Round 14, Saturday 28 June, v Collingwood, MCG
June 27, 2012 by 8 Comments
In the respectable household of my childhood, the ABC was our default TV channel. So when it came to footy, my weekly staple was “The Winners”, an hour-long highlights package of the best 2-3 games of the round. Buried late on a Saturday night, it wasn’t the ideal viewing time, but there was nothing quite [Read more]
Special weekend when all your teams get up
June 27, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Bit of a special weekend of footy for me, but without doubt the highlight was the win for community footy on Sunday, but more of that later. It’s not often that all your footy teams win on the weekend, but that’s what happened. Being a bit of a footy tragic, I have followed many teams [Read more]
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