So it all comes down to this. We must beat last year’s premiers to make the eight. Them or us. Desperation is the name of today’s game. The Bombers have made hard work of trying to make the finals. Winning thrillers against top teams but failing to consolidate against lower placed teams has placed us [Read more]
Footy lunch: Roll up, roll up for Lighthouse Foundation function at the MCG
September 2, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Crio’s Question: Got any sports book recommendations? Maybe feature doubles ideas?
August 24, 2009 by 24 Comments
By Chris Riordan The success of England and Collingwood require some diversions to happier times. Father’s Day looms and it is time for Dads to be proactive and thus avoid the cursed socks and bad after-shave. When I was young Dad would get the new Miller’s Guide, but it comes out too late these days. [Read more]
General Footy Writing: My AFL pretty list
August 23, 2009 by 10 Comments
The following players should be commended on being born pretty yet sacrificing their good looks on the footy field for their fans. How ugly would footy be without them?
Fourth Test, Day 1: Australia dominates as Marto has eyes for only victory
August 8, 2009 by 12 Comments
By Andrew Gigacz With Australia 1-0 down, and two Tests to play, in preparation for Day 1 at Headingley I asked myself what are the important issues confronting us? I came up with four. Will it rain? Will Freddy Flintoff be fit enough to play? Will the Aussie selectors finally see the light and give [Read more]
The Pre-Wrap: A quarter at a time
July 18, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By John Mosig What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. The invertebrates around at the Star Chamber have been busy counting the angels dancing on the head of a pin again. Jordan Lewis’s swift jab to Mr Potato Head’s solar plexus earned a severe ‘don’t do it again’ from the adjudicators at the highest [Read more]
Gigs’ stats: Round 8: Unbeaten pair in line for record
May 18, 2009 by 2 Comments
Andrew Gigacz’s Round 8 Stat. Declaration It appears that these are days of Dual Dominance. Last year, for the first time since 1936 and only the second time in history, we had two teams undefeated after eight rounds (Hawthorn and Geelong). It’s happened again in 2009, with St Kilda and Geelong both on eight wins. [Read more]
Round 2 Stat Declaration
April 26, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Andrew Gigacz It took 83 years before it happened for the first time and now it’s happened twice in a row. After the Bulldogs joined the League in 1925, there were no occurrences of St Kilda and the Western Bulldogs/Footscray both winning the first two games of the season until last year. Now [Read more]
The HCFU Stat
April 14, 2009 by 3 Comments
Fremantle v Adelaide, Subiaco, Sun 12 April 2009 Richard Arrowsmith When it happened twice in the first two minutes, and with memories of last week’s St Kilda debacle still fresh, I decided to keep count of the key Crows stat: The HCFU – the Handball Chain that – er, doesn’t work out. It [Read more]
Canadian Pyke mounts his challenge
April 13, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Merryn Sherwood I have to say, I’m already a little bit in love with Mike Pyke. Not just because his name rolls off the tongue so lightly, although that’s part of it, and not just because he is a Canadian international rugby fullback that just through he would give Australian Rules football a go, [Read more]
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