Hawthorn register a reasonable win as the bumbling Cats miss early opportunities.
We can win this.
AFL Finals – Week 1 Review: Good footy
September 9, 2014 by 4 Comments
JTH enjoyed a weekend where footy was the winner and Port Adelaide took over as the team who play the game as it should be played.
The Tigers are good for football: discuss.
September 2, 2014 by 15 Comments
JTH has spent a life-time in footy (like many of us).
He once despised the Tigers. He now believes they are good for football. He explains why.
AFL Round 22 – Saturday night
August 27, 2014 by Leave a Comment
JTH on an evening at the Waterside Hotel watching the Bledisloe Cup, and the night working out what happened at the MCG. [Contains traces of P. Flynn analysis – Ed]
AFL Round 21 – Review: Choose a plot-line
August 19, 2014 by 3 Comments
JTH on the movie that is the 2014 season.
AFL Round 20 – GWS v North Melbourne: Community footy in Canberra
August 15, 2014 by 3 Comments
John Harms travels to the nation’s capital for a few days of footy culture, and watches Kevin Sheedy’s reaction to the Giants’ (brief) stirring.
Footy Almanac Canberra event with Geoff Pryor
August 9, 2014 by 4 Comments
Thanks to everyone for turning up to Manning Clark House to hear Geoff Pryor at his story-telling best. Really interesting night. And then on to Eastlake FC to see that crazy game between Richmond and Essendon. [With thanks to Manning Clark House and Bas Clark too…and an added treat when Donny Dwyer lobbed at Eastlake!]
AFL Round 19 – Review: Eight weeks of finals
August 5, 2014 by Leave a Comment
JTH with some thoughts on Geelong-NM, Round 19 generally, and the line-up of top-of-the-table matches throughout August
Glove-wearing in primary school Queenslanders: a study in weather new and old
August 4, 2014 by 13 Comments
JTH wore gloves for the first time in a long while on the weekend. He remembers the frosty mornings of his primary school years.
Essay: What is Queensland?
August 1, 2014 by 16 Comments
In 2005, Christian Ryan, in my view a brilliant editor, was in the seat at The Monthly. Indeed he was the first editor there. He sent me on a trip around Queensland and this is what I found. Can anyone add to the observation and contemplation? [15 minute-read]
AFL Round 18 – Review: A bloke walked into a Sydney bar…
July 22, 2014 by 9 Comments
Ever seen the bar stopped. JTH has seen beauty do it. And while at the Royal Exhibition Hotel in Sydney on Saturday he was part of a textbook example of it.
Tell us where and when you have seen it happen.
“I’d be backin’ da Derm’t Weld horse, m’self”
July 17, 2014 by 6 Comments
JTH’s association with the great Vintage Crop began in a pub in Dingle in 1993.
AFL Round 17 – Review: The demise of Collingwood and other Antarctic joys
July 14, 2014 by Leave a Comment
JTH on greasy poles, the state of the football nation, and how Eddie McGuire can fix all things with a cup of coffee.
AFL Round 16 – Gold Coast v Collingwood: When footy really is the winner
July 7, 2014 by 12 Comments
JTH loved the Suns-Pies clash from Carrara. The Gold Coast’s interchange-free last quarter was highly illustrative. It returned the game to its traditional form.
AFL Round 14 – Review: World Cup, Wimbledon, and Weariness
June 23, 2014 by 1 Comment
JTH looks at the changing orthodoxy in World Cup matches, unknown Wimbledon seeds and free-spirited footy.
AFL Round 14 – Gold Coast v Geelong: Who (possibly plural) plays on G. Ablett this Saturday evening?
June 18, 2014 by 13 Comments
JTH wishes he were going to Broadbeach this weekend, although he will be having fun at the St Monica’s Tennis Club Trivia Night in Moonee Ponds instead.
Who wins this important fixture?
AFL Round 13 – Review: We’ve got the close ones
June 16, 2014 by 5 Comments
Four tight finishes in a round of exciting footy. JTH enjoys the idea of the pillars of society dropping their guard in the evening cold in the MCC Members, and reckons Port have nothing to fear.
AFL Round 12 – Review: The game takes many forms
June 11, 2014 by 5 Comments
JTH thanks Her Majesty for the celebrations.
AFL Round 11: Review
June 3, 2014 by 1 Comment
In yesterday’s review JTH looks at the big presence of Tex Walker, and argues you write Geelong off at your wallet’s peril.
Almanac Rugby League – State of Origin: Brilliant
May 29, 2014 by 11 Comments
“For minutes Loz Daley and crew had been pacing the coaches’ box drawn into the contest with a deeply satisfying un-professionalism. This was raw emotion. And tension will change us all.” writes JTH on another classic Origin.
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