Were Carlton over-rated? This was supposed to be a season-defining game. Clearly, Carlton’s season is gone. “We are coming!”… they might need some nasal spray to reload if they’re going to finish in the finals. Waite’s loss is significant and maybe it is time to get rid of Fev. Big Jack, as usual, made it [Read more]
General Footy Writing: I love tipping on radio but I want to beat Crackers
June 28, 2009 by 3 Comments
By Josh Barnstable Friday is one of the most enjoyable days of the week, perhaps the best day to many people. This may be because work or school has finished and they get a whole two days off to do whatever they want. The reason I like Fridays are because it’s the end of the [Read more]
The Wrap: Looking at Round 13
June 26, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By John Mosig What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. That Coaches Carousel is a 24/7 ride and the fairy floss is free. The latest to climb aboard is Shinboner of The Century. He’s invited The Greatest Player to Ever Pull on The Black&White Verticals to change the colour of his stripes. Actually nothing [Read more]
Crio’s Question: Why do we have the split round?
June 26, 2009 by 10 Comments
I can’t remember. But I do know that it disturbs the momentum of my season. I’ll probably forget to put in my footy tips! I acknowledge that going to the game is no longer the rotating Saturdays of black and white shorts and that the main audience, TV, is not troubled with their fixture unaffected. [Read more]
Middle East Correspondent: What’s in a name for footy clubs? Plenty
June 25, 2009 by 1 Comment
By Rod Gillett When the Ardlethan and Ariah Park-Mirrool football clubs in southern NSW agreed to amalgamate for the 2004 season they could have combined their names in the fashion of another (quite famous) Riverina club, Ganmain-Grong Grong-Matong. Instead they came up with the moniker Northern Power, as they had decided to adopt a Port [Read more]
View From Shepparton: Round 12: Geelong win reminds me of barracking for the Croweaters
June 24, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Peter Schumacher It seems eons ago when Dean Laidley resigned as coach of the Shinboners. Indeed I can scarcely remember the name of his replacement. Barry Crocker wasn’t it? No that’s right it’s Darren Crocker. Anyway it’s hard to believe that the guy has yet to coach his first North Melbourne game. Such is [Read more]
General Footy Writing: A life of a Pie
June 24, 2009 by 2 Comments
By Danielle Eid I was recently asked by Paul Daffey why I barrack for Collingwood. So I was inspired to write up a piece on why I am one of those Collingwood supporters you love to hate. When my Dad came to Australia he lived with his uncle (my Godfather) and together they started the [Read more]
Middle East Correspondent: Koroit pair almost steal premiership cup from Dubai Heat’s grasp
June 23, 2009 by 5 Comments
By Rod Gillett It was more than a truly international clash on football’s latest frontier; it was a classic Bush Boys versus City Slickers encounter. The inaugural Middle East AFL grand final pitted the unbeaten Dubai Heat, who are based in the United Arab Emirates, against the Muscat Magpies from neighbouring Oman. Dubai is an [Read more]
State-level Footy: Clarence player flashes into Tassie footy folklore
June 23, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Bill Walker With the current Ute Gate affair taking national headlines away from Tasmania, where a Labor minister recently fell on her sword simply for employing her mother and two sisters without considering due process, a southern Tasmanian footballer has taken the initiative to steal the headlines back where they belong — and flash [Read more]
Local Footy: University of New England footballers spread the word
June 22, 2009 by 5 Comments
By Rod Gillett Most uni footy clubs are renowned for getting up to some hi-jinx. The Bushpigs based at Charles Sturt University’s Wagga campus claim to be “Australia’s most socially innovative football club” while the University of Queensland’s Red Lions took the their nickname from the Glencoe pub – an historic hotel on the New [Read more]
General Footy Writing: The ultimate Cats man has an inexplicable flaw
June 22, 2009 by 2 Comments
By Damian O’Donnell I’ve got a mate who barracks for Geelong. I hadn’t seen him for a few months, but bumped into him at a house-warming function on Saturday afternoon. Describing Bunter as a barracker is completely inadequate. Words like “supporter” or “member” or even “Cats man” also fall a long way short. These describe [Read more]
AFL Round 12: The Wrap
June 22, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By John Mosig What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. A short one, true, but full of drama. Firstly The Bombers risk a fine for bringing THE GAME into disrepute with a thorough spanking of The Wretched Redlegs. The Pies run hot for Coach Brewery’s 600th and put a bit off pressure on the [Read more]
General Footy Writing: How teenage girls choose a footy team
June 22, 2009 by 1 Comment
By Danielle Eid My friends can never understand, and will never understand, my attachment to footy. They don’t see a reason to fuss over a key player getting reported, or to cry over a rivalry thrashing. At school I’m known for two things: 1. My obsession with the Jonas Brothers (my favorite boy band, especially [Read more]
Middle East Correspondent: Riverina review puts Farrer clubs in danger
June 21, 2009 by 1 Comment
By Rod Gillett There will be no forced mergers of club, according to the Review of Australian Football & Netball in Southern NSW released in Wagga on Friday. It’s a review that proposes a blending of the current Riverina and Farrer football leagues into a new competition to be known as AFL Riverina. In a [Read more]
The Wrap: Part 2 of Round 12
June 19, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By John Mosig What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. The big question is out there in The Burbs, at The Family Club. Is the Football Department about to be Jeffed? They’re certainly playing as though they already have been. The news came in the form of an apology from The Prez, to the [Read more]
Jones Files: The day Moresby fight fans heckled Smokin’ Joe
June 19, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Richard Jones SMOKIN’ Joe Frazier, one-time world heavyweight boxing champion, landed in Port Moresby in late March 1975. Joe and his entourage flew in from Melbourne where Joe had beaten a top rated opponent in Jimmy Ellis in a scheduled 12-rounder. In fact Frazier won on a ninth round TKO with Ellis unable to [Read more]
AFL Fans: Curse You Harms, You’re Right (about Crows fans)
June 18, 2009 by 8 Comments
I could tell from the opening words of John Harm’s article on Patrick Dangerfield that there was trouble ahead.
AFL fans: A Crows fan is a Crows fan is a Crows fan
June 18, 2009 by 13 Comments
by John Harms I am worried about Patrick Dangerfield. He seems like such a nice boy. He’s from the Geelong area. Innocent. He knows the country air, the surf and the sea of Moggs Creek, the smell of freshly mown fairways, and the sound of new-born lambs feebly bleating. He was born under the reign [Read more]
The Wrap: Round 12 and a bit
June 18, 2009 by Leave a Comment
THE WRAP – ROUND XI THE LADDER ST KILDA 12 0 173.62 48 GEELONG 11 0 153.00 44 FOOTSCRAY 8 4 125.89 32 BRISBANE 7 5 101.40 28 ADELAIDE 7 5 100.19 28 CARLTON 6 6 114.52 24 CARRINGBUSH 6 5 107.79 24 [Read more]
General Footy Writing: Footy soul train needs a little direction
June 18, 2009 by 11 Comments
By David Mapleston It’s Sunday afternoon and I am watching the Cats and the Bombers on telly. My girlfriend Sonja’s favourite player has just became Jimmy Bartel due to a close up before a centre bounce. Cameron Ling was No.1 because, as Sonja said, he is the “Susan Boyle of the AFL”. It’s the mothering [Read more]
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