Does anyone else see the irony in Oscar Pistorius claim that the 200m race at the Paralympics was unfair because the bloke who beat him, Brazilian Alain Oliveira, had different prosthetics to him? What would have happened if Pistorius had won the 400m at the Olympics and an ablebodied athlete had complained? I dare say there would have been an outrage from the PC community.
AFL Round 23 – Geelong v Sydney: Cats for breakfast
September 4, 2012 by 16 Comments
Fathers’ Day. Despite the kids wanting to bring me breakfast in bed, I’m not really a breakfast in bed kind of bloke. Besides, I wanted to get the paper and read about the footy; to immerse myself in the Cats’ victory over the Swans on Saturday afternoon. I was pleased to see that Greg Baum had written the piece. He understands a game of footy. His article would be a wonderful tool in the process of immersion.
AFL Round 23 – Essendon v Collingwood (Floreat Pica): An ugly win
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By Paul Fahey To put a positive spin on it, we finished the Home and Away season of 2012 better than we finished 2011. We did what we had to do and if we kicked straight we possibly would have won by 60+ points BUT that may have hidden a few things that we have [Read more]
AFL Round 23 – Geelong v Sydney: In the balance
September 4, 2012 by 17 Comments
It is Saturday afternoon. I am driving down the Geelong Road. Peter J. Flynn is in the passenger’s seat. As we look to the south and the west P. Flynn claims he hasn’t seen skies like this since being in Western Australia. Big sky and a warm afternoon. Good for footy. We are running late, [Read more]
crio’s Q: It’s luncheon season
September 4, 2012 by 9 Comments
It’s lunching season and Crio wants recommendations for the best lunches ahead.
Were they this good in 1944?
September 4, 2012 by 2 Comments
“It was just an ordinary shellacking of a bottom side … then the dam wall burst!”
Now for the WAFL finals
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There was an upset in the Perth derby but the final round of WAFL fixtures predictably made no difference to the ladder order of the top four.
The View from Shepparton: Revisiting early predictions
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Peter Schumacher revisits his ladder predictions from the start of the year – Hawthorn on top, but the Bulldogs and St Kilda in the eight?
Tomic the Tank Engine
September 4, 2012 by 15 Comments
Tomic There are modest champions like Sam Stosur and Pat Rafter, and then there is Bernard Tomic who has done nothing and is a prat. In his second round US Open match Tomic lost to the soon to retire Andy Roddick in straight sets losing the third set 6-0. During the last set John McEnroe [Read more]
A glimpse into North Melbourne’s future
September 4, 2012 by 5 Comments
Some games of footy are a drama in 3 acts, complete with unlikely heroes, plot twists, and a thrilling denouement. We’ve had our share of those this year: getting the St Kilda monkey off our backs with Sam Wright standing up to Brendan Goddard, and Wells’s sublime last quarter; Boomer’s inspired 5 minutes stealing the [Read more]
Finals fever: Making a mark – Billy was my hero
September 4, 2012 by 7 Comments
The autographs are faded, but they’re still a vivid and enduring reminder of the heroes of my youth. They appear on a white Yakka branded Tommy Sherrin that I “marked” in the maddening MCG crowd at the 1978 Collingwood v Hawthorn Qualifying Final. On the eve of another high-stakes Collingwood-Hawthorn final, my memory bypasses last [Read more]
Look what they’ve done to my club, ma!
September 4, 2012 by 2 Comments
Open letter to the Western Bulldogs hierarchy…if there’s anyone still running the asylum. Bulldogs you’ve finally broken me. After 60years as a supporter and twenty years as a member, I saw the Bulldogs play one of the worst games ever at the Gabba on the weekend. No wonder David Smorgon has gone missing. About the [Read more]
AFL Round 23: The Wrap
September 3, 2012 by 16 Comments
What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. On Friday night, the much awaited clash between Ladder Leaders Hawthorn and The West Coast Eagles was over by the 1st Huddle. The Weagles fought their way back into the contest, but couldn’t put any real scoreboard pressure on The Flag Favourites.
What’s that smell in the air? Must be finals
September 3, 2012 by 7 Comments
It’s finals time and fans of at least four teams are soaking up the fever in case they are eliminated in the first week. Any idea how North Melbourne can pull off what would be a remarkable victory in the west? Are Collingwood any chance of knocking off Hawthorn? And what would that do to [Read more]
Tanking is no way to the top
September 3, 2012 by 1 Comment
Tanking – the term given to suspected ‘game throwing’ by teams looking to improve their position in end of season drafts – has been a staple topic of conversation towards the end of recent home and away seasons. The general consensus is that tanking does happen, and the premise as to why it happens is [Read more]
Carlton, you bastard
September 3, 2012 by 27 Comments
I don’t know how I feel, heading off soon to the last game of Carlton’s season, and the last game with Brett Ratten as coach. A lot of people have condemned the club for their treatment of him, and I think the media needs to take a fair bit of blame for his demise. It [Read more]
People and Memories: John Raleigh
September 3, 2012 by 1 Comment
For John Raleigh, lifelong North Melbourne supporter, the mid-1990s were strange times. He developed an attitude he’d rarely shown in his football life. An attitude usually associated with followers of larger, more successful clubs. Arrogance. ‘The ’90s were great,’ he says in the front room of his St. Helena home. ‘From ’94 onwards, for the [Read more]
AFL Round 23 – GWS Giants v North Melbourne: A result most unexpected
September 3, 2012 by 2 Comments
A beautiful day begins with a trip to the library and the grower’s markets. My wife has to work so will miss the last game of the year. Wayne is moving house, I should be helping, but the footy, gotta take the little fella to the footy (and besides – I hate moving house), so [Read more]
AFL Round 23 – Essendon v Collingwood: This is it
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This is it, my last report for the year and what a match to finish the season. Essendon and Collingwood at the MCG Saturday night BLOCKBUSTER! Unfortunately we have had contrasting seasons. Essendon were ten wins and three losses until we versed St Kilda and we have only won one match since. Collingwood on the [Read more]
Flying in to play country footy with Thommo and Simmo
September 3, 2012 by 1 Comment
This year I played five games as a fly-in, fly-out player for Kyneton Football Club in the Bendigo Football League. It definitely got a bit tedious due to spending over 10 hours of my weekend either on a plane or at the airport but generally it was an awesome experience and I got to meet [Read more]
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