Kosi hasn’t enjoyed footy in years. Andrew Agassi confessed to hating tennis. What has happened to the sport is fun mantra? And of current sportsmen and women, who does or doesn’t subscribe?
AFL Round 21 – West Coast v Geelong: Reflections of a Pessimist
August 18, 2013 by 10 Comments
Pessimist James Demetrie re-lives the upset of past Cats losses to the Eagles but manages to enjoy the win in the rain.
AFL Round 21 – Richmond v Carlton: All the fun of the fair
August 18, 2013 by 4 Comments
Richmond fan John Green was thinking of how victory over Carlton would leave the placed for their finals assault. Are all Tigers fans getting ahead of themselves now they’ve locked in their finals berth?
VAFA – Premier B: Radetzky and the Roys March over Ajax
August 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
How did Fitzroy run over Ajax? Phil Hill has a theory.
AFL Round 21 – Hawthorn v Collingwood (Floreat Pica Society): Deja vu for Pies as Hawks pluck us yet again
August 18, 2013 by 1 Comment
Paul Taylor sees some good signs, and some bad, for Collingwood, as he concedes that Hawthorn know how to get the job done against his Pies.
AFL Round 21 – Richmond v Carlton: If it doesn’t matter it doesn’t matter. Or does it?
August 18, 2013 by 16 Comments
Sigh! Says Cheryl Critchley, for lots of reasons.
AFL Round 21 – Hawthorn v Collingwood: Great Expectations and the human condition
August 17, 2013 by 16 Comments
E. Regnans leaves his Dickensian life to head to the MCG with two colourful Russian women, and finds the spirit of Dickens in the MCC as well. (Quality Regnans – again. Ed) [Good to see appearances from Miss Havisham and Fagan – JTH]
The day that they shot Bambi
August 16, 2013 by 4 Comments
Peter Baulderstone recalls the day they shot Bambi.
AFL Round 21 – Preview: The Pre-Wrap
August 16, 2013 by 4 Comments
If the appointment of Hird and Thompson (never mind the somewhat unorthodox “fitness” regime) hasn’t stopped Essendon’s traditional season fadeout as September looms, where to next for the Bombers? The Wrap thinks this should probably be addressed at some stage.
It all starts here
August 16, 2013 by 6 Comments
It all starts at Auskick. Proud mum Kath Presdee was there with her son.
AFL Round 21 – Preview: Hot Pies, Cats to stumble and here comes Freo.
August 16, 2013 by 11 Comments
John Harms reckons there will be some tight matches in what shapes as a top weekend of competitive footy. And he wonders what markets bookies should be offering on Essendon and its lot.
AFL Round 20 – Fremantle v GWS Giants: 100 game celebration, goal of the year and lunch with the Fremantle Mayor
August 16, 2013 by 5 Comments
Di Waddingham’s footy “weekend” was like no other, starting on a soggy Wednesday night flying to Perth and finishing with “fisty cuffs” between two taxi drivers in the wee hours of Monday morning back at Melbourne airport.
AFL Round 21 – Preview: Enough already
August 16, 2013 by 3 Comments
Sal Ciardulli wants the Bombers punished for their hubris (and for Malthouse to stop commenting and get on with fixing the Blues).
Brushes with fame (or Never meet your heroes)
August 16, 2013 by 10 Comments
Ever been disappointed when one of your heroes is found to be something other than the image that you have formed (or he/she has allowed to be cultivated) – even worse, when you find this out first hand? Or pleasantly surprised when they turn out better than you had imagined?
Coburg: An oval for old men
August 16, 2013 by 5 Comments
Matt Watson joins Coburg for their final game of the season. A familiar story to all that have played (and wish they still were).
Dog Day Afternoon
August 16, 2013 by 12 Comments
Dips thought things couldn’t get any worse, and then…
Crio’s Racing: J.J. Liston Stakes Day
August 15, 2013 by 13 Comments
It’s a great sign when you look forward to the weekend fields being released on a Wednesday. Sure, they are not yet “silk department”, but form from hereon must be scoured. Meetings over the next few weeks have 2 distinct components – the looking for a winner “right now” and the “black bookers” for the [Read more]
AFL Round 20 – Gold Coast v Melbourne: Onesie to Forget
August 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
When a kebab gets the three votes, and an adult wearing a Pikachu onesie (Google it) is among the highlights, you know it’s been a tough trip to the Gold Coast for Jamie Simmons.
Other examples of bringing the game into disrepute, sadly overlooked and ignored by the AFL
August 15, 2013 by 78 Comments
Sean Curtain has compiled a list of past events that have brought the game into disrepute and implores the AFL to investigate them Cold Case style.
AFL Round 20 – St.Kilda v Hawthorn: A game of little mo(ve)ment
August 15, 2013 by 4 Comments
This was a game of little moment. The Hawks had a 37 point lead at half time and at the final siren had stretched it to 46 points. A good solid win for sure but it left Rick Kane wondering why the real Hawks didn’t show.
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