Carlton President Stephen Kernahan has jumped to the lead of The KRudd Award for delusional excellence over the weekend for the camouflage he’s draped over the yawning cracks at Visy Park. Sir Wrapster is not sure it’s going to buoy the spirits of those at Princes Park sheltering from the bitter chills of reality.
AFL Round 16 – Carlton v St.Kilda: Small wonders
July 15, 2013 by 2 Comments
The conjecture surrounding Stephen Milne’s return dulled Yvette Wroby’s usual enthusiasm pre-match. As the Knacker fraternity knows, it’s hard to keep her down for long.
AFL Round 16 – Carlton v St.Kilda: Judd shines in the gloom
July 15, 2013 by 7 Comments
Saints fans may feel this season i s a return to normal services, but such forbearance sits uneasily with the Carlton worldview. If ambition remains thwarted, John Butler suspects an interesting summer lies ahead.
AFL Round 16 – Western Bulldogs v Essendon: Another honourable loss (sigh)
July 15, 2013 by 3 Comments
Every week Bulldogs fan Brenton Shaughnessy asks himself whether it is worth going to the footy. He always convinces himself. The recurring fear of not knowing which Doggies side will turn up – the fighters or the layabouts – is the most difficult thought to navigate.
AFL Round 16 – Richmond v Gold Coast: Lost in the torrid zone
July 14, 2013 by 1 Comment
The travel agents can’t fool John Green. He will always associate Cairns with the experience of watching Richmond flailing around in extreme conditions trying to win games of footy. He’ll just stay in Melbourne instead.
AFL Round 16 – Sydney v GWS Giants: Still Green
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Unfortunately for the Giants, it was a very familiar story. They were too slow, too inaccurate, too short, and the Swans were too good.
AFL Round 15 – North Melbourne v Richmond: Roos make a tough day a little easier
July 14, 2013 by 1 Comment
Josh Barnstable went to watch his Kangaroos against Richmond on a very tough day for him. It was the perfect day for the Roos to turn it on.
AFL Round 16 – Richmond v Gold Coast: Melting snow in sunny Cairns
July 14, 2013 by 1 Comment
Watching from Baw Baw, Haje Halabi does what he has to to do to stay in touch with the Tigers.
AFL Round 16 – Collingwood v Adelaide: Through the looking glass
July 14, 2013 by 6 Comments
The Porpoise, the Lyon and Tom Lynch sounds like a Lewis Carroll poem but was almost Collingwood’s undoing.
Orbost or bust – celebrating a triple treat
July 14, 2013 by 5 Comments
The Orbost Football Club is holding a reunion on August 3. Cheryl Critchley highlights the rich and successful history of the East Gippsland club.
VAFA Premier B – Old Trinity v Fitzroy: Light a candle Fitzroy against Trinity
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Phil Hill returned from a US holiday to watch the Fitzroy forward line malfunction. He should have lit an extra candle in St Pats Cathedral while in New York.
First Test – Day 4: Almost
July 14, 2013 by 6 Comments
It’s looking like Edgbaston all over again – hopefully, writes Luke Reynolds, with a better result.
AFL Round 16 – Brisbane v North Melbourne: Be The Man
July 14, 2013 by 1 Comment
Bill Ellis says P. Hanley is happy to Be The Man
WAFL – Round 17: Demons alive, Tigers go down
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Swans took control at Claremont Oval in the second quarter and didn’t look back against the top team. Swan Districts are beginning to look very dangerous while the Tigers have a long injury list.
Oi Magpie Army, it’s us against them not us against ourselves…
July 14, 2013 by 4 Comments
Siobhan Calafiore is not a “real” Collingwood supporter when she questions Buckley or his players, according to “true” supporters on certain websites. This isn’t a glass half full attitude, it’s a glass continually overflowing attitude.
AFL Winners and Losers: Rounds 13 through 15
July 13, 2013 by 2 Comments
Facing Sydney, Collingwood and Essendon in three successive weeks and coming away with two wins means Port Adelaide are, by far, the biggest winners of this three round period.
First Test – Day 2: Transcendence in Nottingham
July 13, 2013 by 3 Comments
Ben Santamaria will remember his day in Nottingham, as will every single person who was there; a day he saw the best of British, and the best of Australia.
First Test: As good as 2005?
July 13, 2013 by 1 Comment
Brendan McArdle reckons the way this series has started it could be up there with 2005.
Ashes coverage: Trent Bridge – who will don the whites tonight?
July 13, 2013 by 3 Comments
The Ashes continues at Trent Bridge tonight and The Footy Almanac is looking for a likely type to cover the day’s events.
VFL and the Vietnam War
July 13, 2013 by 20 Comments
A drink at the Star of the West in Port Fairy led Glen to ponder VFL stars that served in Vietnam. He is asking the Knacker fraternity for their memories of star players that served, and whether Essendon’s contingent of six was the largest from any club.
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