Essendon ninth? Surely someone at AFL is in Gigs’s Ladder Ladder comp.
AFL Round 22 – Collingwood v West Coast (Haiku Bob): faces in the crowd
August 29, 2013 by 7 Comments
Haiku Bob on round 22.
Blokes who grew up on dairy farms Team of the Century – latest
August 29, 2013 by 11 Comments
The noms have come in and the self-appointed Match Committee has picked the latest team. [How did they leave out John Williams? – Ed] The debate continues as this may be getting closer.
Mercurial.
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Players that require a club’s extra attention off the field are either ‘mercurial’ and worth mollycoddling; or not. Richmond have two prime examples of wayward talents in Dustin Martin and Aaron Edwards.
AFL Round 22 – Adelaide v Melbourne: Crows depart with little pizzaz
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It was Adelaide’s last game at Football Park. Alas, it wasn’t one to write home about, says Bob Utber.
AFL Round 22 – Brisbane v Western Bulldogs: A strange beast
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Footy really is a strange beast at times, writes Scott Frame.
The Carey Effect: How Bombers fans can reconcile with Hirdy
August 28, 2013 by 8 Comments
The best course of action for Essendon fans is to come to terms with the fact that their saviour, their warrior, their seargant-at-arms may just in fact be a bit of a knob. Bombers fans, hear Dan O’Sullivan out – after all, he once defended Carey.
Footy used to be fun
August 28, 2013 by 6 Comments
James Hird used to epitomise everything that was great about Aussie Rules to Sam Duncan. Now, he needs to hear some honesty from Hird and Essendon.
Lest We Forget!
August 28, 2013 by 15 Comments
If, as accused, Essendon have brought shame on football, they must lose the ANZAC Day match.
Ashes Diary 2013, entry no.6
August 28, 2013 by 13 Comments
I may be getting ahead of myself – and not for the first time – but The Oval may have thrown together a batting line-up Australia can work with this summer.
AFL Round 22 – Review: AAMI Stadium…an era’s end pt 1. The Oval beckons!
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Salute to AAMI Stadium – from that electric night when the Crows took on the Reigning Premier, Hawthorn and flogged them to last weekend for the Crows and this weekend for Port, the time has come for Adelaide Oval to take centre stage for footy in South Australia.
AFL Round 22 – Brisbane v Western Bulldogs: Through a father and son’s eyes
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Bulldog Mick Jeffrey heads to the Gabba with his old man, a long-time Brisbane supporter. Much banter and many beers in some iconic Brisbane pubs makes for a great day.
My Old Man the Tiger
August 27, 2013 by 22 Comments
Matt Zurbo, his Dad and the Richmond footy club expunge the rubbish.
AFL Round 22 – North Melbourne v Hawthorn: Are the Hawks good enough?
August 27, 2013 by 6 Comments
In round 22 the thoughts of those whose team sits atop the ladder can stray to “premiership”. This, as 2012 taught Hawks fan Dave Goodwin, is hubris and folly. Those Hawks do look very good though…
AFL Round 22 – Review: The View from Shepparton
August 27, 2013 by 3 Comments
Peter Schumacher gets a few things off his chest.
AFL Round 22 – GWS Giant v Richmond: Sheedy’s next move
August 27, 2013 by 2 Comments
Kevin Sheedy has had many reincarnations throughout his career. The most recent of them concluded on Sunday, leaving the rest of us to ponder what he will do next.
Obituary: Carlton legend Jim Clark
August 27, 2013 by 9 Comments
Jim Clark, one of Carlton’s last surviving members of the infamous “Bloodbath” Grand Final of 1945, has died in his hometown of Echuca at the age of 88.
#WhatEveritTakes
August 27, 2013 by 2 Comments
Peter Creswell’s fellow Kiwis may wonder who this James Hird character is. He’s the fellow who employed the spin doctor to make sure he became the story, while the facts did/didn’t get out there, Peter says.
Redemption on the Big Stage
August 27, 2013 by Leave a Comment
There was a boilover at Skoda Stadium on Sunday as a tenacious young team triumphed. As for that other game that took place either side of the main event, well, the less said about that the better, writes Auskick dad Steve Duffy.
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