I was not a fan of the AFL rule change prohibiting the deliberate rushed behind. Not a fan at all. If I was in the front bar of Cramers in Preston I’d go so far as to exclaim to no-one in particular that it’s akin to social engineering as far as I’m concerned. It’s a [Read more]
IS BEING CRAZY/BRAVE A THING OF THE PAST?
July 21, 2011 by 36 Comments
When we talk about footy, what is courage? What is bravery? Jonathon Brown is courageous. He is brave. These conclusions are magnified as we flinch slightly when watching replays of the clash which caused his latest facial injury. But what I have found fascinating in the wake of this incident is the commentary suggesting that [Read more]
Football Intelligence
July 20, 2011 by 1 Comment
by Peter Edwards Hold the press Melbourne and Richmond supporters. There may be a ne’er previously considered reason for why your teams have not performed to expectations, and which at the same time, may explain why the Cats have defied the popular opinion of most AFL pundits. Go home tonight and pen a letter [Read more]
Airports and Grunt
July 20, 2011 by 4 Comments
The road must have been in a safe seat. It was shit, but in a good way. Thin, with narrow shoulders, ebbing and flowing through a bumpy patchwork of tar repairs, but, suddenly, it bent and rose across a railway track and smoothed out into a town that was more like a village. [Read more]
Umpiring as a (sort of ) therapy.
July 19, 2011 by 3 Comments
Last Saturday on University Oval, I took to the field and was, for the first time in almost 13 years, was part of a match involving the Adelaide University Football Club. As an umpire. As an aside, there are three things that the uninitiated must know about the Adelaide Uni Football Club. · The [Read more]
Ben Speight, Super Sub
July 19, 2011 by 6 Comments
At this stage of the season, every club seems to have worked out the best player suited to the tricky substitute role introduced in season 2011. That player is usually a quick speedy type who can have immediate impact, get on the scoreboard and have a real influence on the result of the game in [Read more]
Football Memories
July 19, 2011 by 5 Comments
We were engaged. Work wise, her heart was tough, leather. I loved her for that. The way she had dreams. In life it was porcelain. I was in love with that, too. With keeping her safe. I had only ever taken her to one match, when I was still in the bush. [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND XVII
July 18, 2011 by 12 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES SPORT What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Not The Brisbane Bombers came from behind to keep Coach Craig at the top of the leader board over in the City of Churches. The Sainters honoured Yabby’s memory with a solid win against The Coasters. Collingwood Upheld The Magpies’ Name to [Read more]
The Good Oil
July 18, 2011 by 4 Comments
Friday – In the Office George: (rings dad) “Are you coming to the game on Saturday?” Phantom: “Yes, I always do.” George: “Any mail at home for me?” Phantom: “Yes.” George: “Can you bring it to the game?” Phantom: “Yes.” George: “Thanks.” (End of conversation – tries to hang up)
Why is it the AFL cannot sort out the advantage rule?
July 17, 2011 by 7 Comments
by Jim Young Yet another episode late in the first quarter to remind everyone of the incompetent folly of the advantage rule as presently administered – a clear free in a marking contest to Geelong, umpire blew the whistle, by which time the ball had spilled to another Geelong player only about a yard [Read more]
Tiger Suit Revisited
July 17, 2011 by 4 Comments
My beautiful sister Mia Harrison valiantly wearing the Tiger suit to Richmond’s 103 point loss to Carlton on Saturday afternoon at the MCG. It is important to note it is nothing short of a miracle Mia allowed me to send this in. Notoriously possessive, having steadfastly ignored the ‘Sharing is Caring’ concept emphasized in kindergarten, [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND XVII
July 15, 2011 by Leave a Comment
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. We farewell An Ornament To The Game as Yabby Jeans moves on to Eternal Rest. What’s to be said of him that hasn’t already been said by those closest to him? My Dear Sainted Mother used to say Royce & The Boys [Read more]
Peter Daicos: The Top 35 (in chronological order)
July 14, 2011 by 35 Comments
1. 1981 Round 10 vs. Richmond, Victoria Park After showing promise as a centreman, Tom Hafey swung Daicos forward in 1981. The results were phenomenal: 76 goals, including a bag of 9 against the reigning premiers on this occasion at Victoria Park. In this memorable passage of play, he utterly embarrasses two charging Richmond [Read more]
Marketing the death of state of origin
July 14, 2011 by 8 Comments
by Luke Morris. Remember watching Paul Salmon tap to team-mate Robert Harvey? Or Brad Johnson kicking long to Glen Archer? How about Chris Grant handballing to the run of Anthony Stevens? This was State of Origin football and it gave us the best players on the same field. Champions of the game united in [Read more]
I loved beating Geelong on Friday night but one thing kept bugging me
July 14, 2011 by 8 Comments
By Mark Simms I wish they wouldn’t call Subiaco Oval ‘Patterson’s Stadium’. It hurts. At the beginning of the season, I thought I might be able to ignore it, and concentrate on the money for ‘grass roots footy’- an evocative phrase- but I’m struggling. I’ve been thinking about why it hurts. Why do I feel [Read more]
Is disliking Collingwood bad?
July 14, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Every major league in the world has them. The team that is literally black and white (sic). You love or hate them. Manchester United and New York Yankees spring to mind. But I have a notion that all we do is provide the fuel that fans the flames to drive the boilers of these great [Read more]
One Hundred Years Ago: Round 11, 1st July, 1911
July 14, 2011 by 12 Comments
A long time after 1911, a young Bob Dylan sang “when you got nothin’ you got nothin’ to lose”, as a young man would. There’s no evidence Bob had ever heard of Collingwood when he wrote that line, but it pretty well explains much of the motivation behind the founding of the Collingwood Football Club, [Read more]
Allan Jeans: he frightened, he inspired
July 13, 2011 by 8 Comments
By Sasha Lennon This morning, I was saddened to hear of the passing of Allan Jeans. There are lots of ‘Yabby’ stories, one of the best being the time he made a rather arrogant Robert DiPierdomenico cry during a half-time address. The Hawks were down but not out and apparently a boisterous ‘Dipper’ was [Read more]
Remembering Allan Jeans
July 13, 2011 by 14 Comments
Allan Jeans was a terrific character. He had some great lines not the least of which was that Gary Ayres was “a good driver in heavy traffic”. A natural leader, he influenced many lives, young and old, footballers and others. Tell us your Yabby story:
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