by Arma Nasco Adelaide: Has recently launched “Super Seven” on Crows TV where they feature seven super moments from the previous round. It wasn’t hard for them to come up with a good set of seven from their opening round win. Looking forward to seeing if the “Super Seven” idea still has legs in the [Read more]
The Mighty Matadors
March 30, 2011 by 5 Comments
By Ged McMahon It has been a few years since my Fridays have been lazy enough to justify spending an hour fixing, pimping, bolstering and shuffling my Supercoach team. My debut season in 2007 was a steep learning curve. It wasn’t until about Round 7 that I discovered that you can actually substitute your players [Read more]
Pre season is over
March 30, 2011 by 5 Comments
Chasing the elusive bush premiership – Part III by Jared Newton Friday night at Johnstone Park saw the Imperials final trial match for the pre-season. Overall it’s been a successful pre-season, numbers have been good, players have been fresh and keen at the prospect of playing under a new coach, coaches are keen and ready [Read more]
Celebrating Pies occupy the Yorkshire Stingo
March 30, 2011 by 1 Comment
I remember Steve Fahey. Not him exactly, but do remember the 30 or so people sitting in the trees. I was 15, and my parents had the Yorkshire Stingo at the time and I’ll never forget that day. My family are all Essendon supporters, but I still remember that day as one of the greatest [Read more]
Pre-season in the Tassie mountains
March 29, 2011 by 10 Comments
Last night was a good one. Everything that’s great about Tasmania, the Wild West down South. I’d missed my team’s last practice match and needed a run, so drove up to the mountains of Scotsdale, where a bush league was having a pre-season lightning Comp, and whored myself to the first team who needed me. [Read more]
North Melbourne vs West Cost/Collingwood
March 28, 2011 by 7 Comments
By Corey McKernan The season is up and under way, and Round One saw yet another brilliant, tight clash between North Melbourne and the West Coast Eagles. Looking ahead to round two, North come up against my childhood side, Collingwood, and I thought it would be appropriate to share my experiences as a North player [Read more]
The View From Shepparton: Round 1
March 28, 2011 by 1 Comment
The View can await from its slumbers. Or nightmares as far as the cricket team is concerned. On the latter, despite all of the breast beating surely it is as simple as this. The team has slipped but this was as inevitable as day follows night. So at end of the day Tait, Lee, Johnson, [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND I
March 28, 2011 by 1 Comment
WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The round started with The Bluebaggers come from behind win against the dogged but ragged Tigers on the Thursday night. Friday night’s clash between two September contenders droned on until the time keeper could stand it no longer and rang the bell with [Read more]
NT Grand Final: a run and gun affair
March 27, 2011 by 1 Comment
By Peter Argent Uniquely Territorian and full of all the dynamic aspects of our national football code, the NT Football League Grand Final day, held at TIO Stadium, in Darwin, on March 19 was simply a festival of all things good about the game. Because of the big wet up north had been bigger and [Read more]
And the footy is back on…
March 27, 2011 by 6 Comments
Whilst I would like to preface with stating I am not usually a whingey person, at this point that just ain’t true. Though able to recognize the trials of Libya under Gaddafi, Queensland’s struggle after the terrible floods, New Zealand’s earthquake troubles and the mass of misfortune currently going on in Japan are far more [Read more]
I’m sick of footy
March 26, 2011 by 20 Comments
I’m sick of footy. I’m tired of 24 hour, 365 days a year media saturation. Hirdy on the front page in January. Fev playing the pokies in February. Ricky Nixon and a teenage girl. Sordid, seedy, eploitive, embarrassing, boring. I don’t need to hear and read about that stuff. I don’t frigging care about [Read more]
Middle East Grand Final Preview: the one day in March
March 26, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Today (Friday 25th) )is the biggest day of the year for AFL in the Middle East. The Abu Dhabi Falcons have made it through to the last Friday in March (LFIM, apologies Mr. Mosig!) with no defeats although have been put under pressure at times during the five round games. The Doha Kangaroos have earned [Read more]
Tragedy inspires comeback for an old stager
March 26, 2011 by Leave a Comment
OK, so I did lie a little, my retirement lasted slightly shorter than an Australian swimmer but I guess the bug hits some people earlier than it does to others. Don’t ask why I’m doing this (I’m about to tell you anyway!), but unfinished business actually has nothing to do with it. I am typing [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND I
March 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. Footballs perennial losers are in the news still – Old Chicken Lips and The Fev. But Our Great Game isn’t about scandal. Unless of course it’s about the shameful way Matty Knights was treated out at Whingy Hill. In a presentation to [Read more]
The Match Committee Episode 2
March 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Check out the second episode in the life of The Roosters FC. www.thematchcommittee.com
The Hawks Reviewed, Analysed, Grilled and Put on the Rack
March 25, 2011 by 6 Comments
Late last year Hawthorn looked like it was ripping itself a new one. For two years the Hawks had struggled to even seem like the team that won (not stole) the 2008 Premiership. At times they played like a premiership team. Interestingly, every time they played the Cats they brought their Vegas game. But by [Read more]
Seasonal Transitions
March 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The weather is changing .There’s a chill in the air. I’m still wearing sandals and skirts but need a scarf around my neck. Summer was long and glorious. Football didn’t enter my mind until the summer scandals blazed on to the news bulletins – and stayed there. I don’t have a clue who was traded [Read more]
Nature vs Nurture and the CFC
March 25, 2011 by 4 Comments
Ben Santamaria 24 March 2011 Our first born was due late December last year. During the pregnancy there was much talk of a Christmas baby and swaddling clothes and a manger. As it turned out, Henry arrived a month early and had to settle for a Kenny Hunter jumper and an incubator (actually a hot-bed, [Read more]
Prostate examinations and the mighty Tigers.
March 24, 2011 by 1 Comment
Sitting in the doc’s waiting room this morning as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rockin’ chairs waiting for my prostate check and PSA result. All good in the end, so to speak, so nerves should have dissipated, yes? But no, still nervous about the Tiges tonight. Nervous like I was [Read more]
The Wrap: Round 1 Pipe Opener
March 24, 2011 by 8 Comments
THE ROUND I PIPE OPENER For the Philosophical Marngrook Follower So it’s the Blues v The Tigers to set the season going again Wrappers. O’Brien’s have loaded up the pie warmers at The G and have promised the $10 pots of light ale will be icy cold for the Punters. The last two Pipe Openers [Read more]
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