The Wrap gives his pre-season appraisal, as well as his usual infallible tipping guide to Round 12.
AFL Round 11 – Melbourne v Collingwood (Haiku Bob): swanning around
June 14, 2013 by 2 Comments
Haiku Bob on Round 11.
Middle Australia comments
June 14, 2013 by 2 Comments
Come on, we’re all thinking it, Middle Australia has the guts to say it: Franklin doing a Le Bron; the silence at Subiaco; men playing netball; Mick Malthouse. You know it makes sense.
Halfway: where to from here, North?
June 14, 2013 by 12 Comments
The easy answer to ‘what’s gone wrong with the Kangaroos?’ is to point at the four narrow losses and claim bad luck. To do so is to ignore the truth.
AFL Round 12 Preview: Just a Suburban Boy
June 14, 2013 by 1 Comment
Sal Ciardulli produces report cards for those on holiday this week (including Dave Warner).
Crio’s Racing: Wet track sires
June 14, 2013 by 6 Comments
Time to dig up that old list of wet track sires!
ICC Champions Trophy – Australia v New Zealand: Voges stands up
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This game was washed out but Luke Reynolds examines the form of the Australian team with The Ashes looming.
On Lekkas, grooming and Fletch
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The signs are all there – Glenn Cummings is staring down the barrel of age as he turns Angelo Lekkas. But while there’s Fletch, there’s hope.
Local footy: The sad story so far
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Brothers AFC in the Queensland Capricornia competition may be 0 for 7 this season, but it isn’t for lack of application. Loyal club servant Mick Jeffrey rues missed opportunities and reflects on life in the local league with all its many responsibilities.
AFL Round 11: Wet weather footy
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We come to an interesting proposition: Have sides that call Etihad Stadium their home ground forgotten how to play in the wet.
DA Puzzle of the Round (11)
June 13, 2013 by 2 Comments
This week’s puzzle from the best in the business, David Astle.
Players who leave and come home
June 13, 2013 by 35 Comments
It seems the Dockers have a relatively high incidence of players who return to the club, as players, after leaving – Peter Bell, Brad Wira, Heath Black, and Adam McPhee to name some. John Barnes did it with Essendon and Geelong. Can anyone think of other incidences, particularly in the past 20 years?
AFL Round 11: Winners and Losers
June 13, 2013 by 2 Comments
Sydney are just showing off now. Watching Tom Mitchell slot into the side is like watching the richest kid in the playground get a shiny new toy. Thank God Daniher picked Essendon, otherwise they’d be rubbing that in our faces too.
Almanac Rugby League – NRL Round 13: Storm v Sharks – Back to Earth
June 12, 2013 by 1 Comment
Jetlagged and homesick, Andy Frame finds watching his Sharks outclassed to be all too reminiscent of his painful flight from Australia to Heathrow.
AFL Round 11 – St.Kilda v West Coast: To Be…..Is that really the question?
June 12, 2013 by 4 Comments
The truth is sadly unpalatable for Saints fans like Tom Greenaway. Applying the lion-share of the blame upon the umpires is the last refuge of the broken-hearted. This season has passed into memory already.
AFL Round 11 – St. Kilda v West Coast: Saints preserve us!
June 12, 2013 by 4 Comments
Sometimes barracking for the Saints seems a lot like expecting Charlie Brown to finally kick the football Lucy always pulls away, writes Glenn Brownstein.
Remembering Robert Rose
June 12, 2013 by 28 Comments
This weekend, Collingwood and Western Bulldogs will play for the Robert Rose Cup. What does this contest represent? Mic Rees looks back at a time when it was still possible to play two sports at the highest level simultaneously and Rose’s extraordinary, all too short career.
Football’s helicopter parent syndrome
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Despite numerous studies which report the negative consequences of helicopter parenting, the AFL is cosseting its clubs more than ever. Lop-sided fixturing, extra salary cap space, priority picks – is the AFL a professional competition or a form of welfare for clubs?
AFL Round 11: The 2013 ‘Mopsy’ Fraser Cup
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Earl O’Neill sent the work experience girl out to Stooges Stadium to report on the Giants-Geelong match.
AFL Round 11 – The Wrap: Mickey and The Chokers
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The Wrap casts his eye over the potential also-rans in his mid-season review and dissects the six games of Round 11.
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