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Blame Pietersen
January 17, 2014 by 5 Comments
Matt Watson thinks that Kevin Pietersen is being made a whipping boy for all that is wrong inside the England test team.
The Tractor Boys roll into town
January 16, 2014 by 5 Comments
John Green’s trip gets better and better as he takes in a classic against the tractor boys of Ipswich Town.
#BigBash03 – Are we there yet?
January 16, 2014 by 8 Comments
Jeff Dowling says there is actually much to like about #BigBash03, despite the lame brained celebrity circus exhibits as likely to catch the ball for their home viewer as Jesus coming on and bowling a maiden over (left arm orthodox). It’s his new guilty pleasure.
Crio’s Racing : Camperdown Cup Day
January 15, 2014 by 13 Comments
The city summer race fields are still pretty thin and low key. Crio recommends a trip to the ‘time honoured’ Camperdown Cup. Alternately wait for the good oil from the Goolwa Guru or the King of the Cowshed.
Australian Open: Oh Bernie
January 15, 2014 by 10 Comments
MIddle Australia speaks on behalf of Middle Australia regarding the disappointing end to Bernie’s Open.
Australian Open : Frank Dancevic v Bernard Tomic
January 15, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Our Australian Open Tennis correspondent braved his heated imagination to bring you this pictorial report on yesterday’s epic Centre Court battle between Frank Dancevic and Bernard Tomic (or Snoopy as he is affectionately known around the Almanac locker room).
Running with the Wolves
January 15, 2014 by 6 Comments
John Green gets the supporters’ bus from Preston to Wolverhampton to see an away fixture. [Contains references to Slade and Johnny Farnham – Ed]
Who do I send the invoice to?
January 15, 2014 by 4 Comments
Saint66 has REALLY had it with the cross-promotional advertising on televised sport. Who knew that My Restaurant Rules is now an Olympic sport?
The Only Team Old Carlton Knows
January 15, 2014 by 4 Comments
Franc de Borges celebrates 150 glorious years of the Carlton Football Club. For richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health.
Australian Open: Taking no prisoners
January 14, 2014 by 5 Comments
Rod Oaten braved the heat so that you didn’t have to. Here’s his report from day 1 of the Australian Open. Some old-fashioned women’s tennis, and an injury for Hass – or was it?
Leap Year
January 14, 2014 by 4 Comments
Who will leap into the finals after finishing in the lower portion of the ladder last season? Will it be resilient Essendon; much-hyped North Melbourne; unlucky Adelaide; talented Gold Coast?
Ashes Diary 2013-14, entry no.4: The passion of Chris Rogers
January 14, 2014 by 11 Comments
School reports read: ‘Chris is a lovely, polite boy, but the rest of the class doesn’t always need to know pitch conditions in Wellington’. Andrew Starkie evokes beautifully the world of Chris Rogers.
Test win for England
January 14, 2014 by 4 Comments
Perry shines, Australia fades and England grabs the upper hand…there was plenty of interest and spice in the Ashes Test at the WACA that ended on Monday.
Crio’s Question : What causes the mighty to fall?
January 13, 2014 by 3 Comments
Crio ponders what causes the elite performer to unexpectedly turn it up on the turn, and stagger home like a crippled crab? Unexpected ‘Barry Crockers’ and their causes? Dr Freud or Dr Turf?
Ashes Review: Over no. 78 and the Seinfeld moment – how an over of nothing told us everything about the series.
January 13, 2014 by 13 Comments
Perceptive analysis from Sean Curtain who analyses the over in which England did less than nothing, thereby symbolising their five test ‘effort’.
Northern Territory Football League Round 13 Wrap-Up
January 13, 2014 by 4 Comments
Jackson Clark offers a comprehensive summary of the weekend’s action in the Northern Territory Football League. Some familiar names and some that will surely become familiar.
Football is a funny game (on missing Before the Game)
January 13, 2014 by 9 Comments
Footy is as much about what happens around it. Aussie80s will miss the crew at Before the Game who found the wavelength of so many footy fans.
Passion Killers
January 12, 2014 by 8 Comments
Peter Baulderstone swelters in Perth’s heat and ruminates on why we watch sport and what we take from it. He thinks that 50/50 Internationals show the ICC believes “too much cricket is never enough”.
Lazy media days of Summer
January 12, 2014 by 12 Comments
Tony Robb reckons media coverage of summer sport is as predictable as “night follows day”. Let us know your favourite media beat-up staple: “best ever pre-season”??
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