It’s becoming harder and harder to be Monday’s expert. Admit it- That annoys you doesn’t it? I know I find it exasperating. Not being able to pinpoint, with the insightful detail of a hardened footy follower, why it was we got done on the weekend frustrates us all. Of for the glory days of our [Read more]
VAFA Div 1 – half-yearly report
June 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
V.A.F.A. DIVISION 1 “HALF-YEARLY REPORT” Something which has always stuck in my head was the approach an old coach of mine had toward the football season. He would divide it into four parts: pre-season, rounds 1 – 9, rounds 10 -18, and finals. I did not entirely agree with him because, more often than not, [Read more]
Nic Nat Paddy Whack
June 29, 2012 by 2 Comments
Happy EOFY to all, After getting over watching Nic Nat take apart the Blues the previous week it has given me time and a couple of interviews to really appreciate what he brings to the game. Not being Victorian based we probably do not see as much of him as we should – but his [Read more]
Brock McLame
June 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
There’s no doubt that Jesse Stringer’s recent effort has rocked us off our moral high horse down at KP, but surely Carlton’s Brock McLean takes the AFL knob-jockey award for his social media antics this week. For the uninformed, McLean tweeted “Today can f*ck right off”, to which one of his followers responded (with great humour) [Read more]
A Saints sum-up (sort of)
June 29, 2012 by 5 Comments
Predictable: The Saints were always predictable. You knew how “Saints footy” would match up week to week – and how the chapters would inevitably build to a disappointing conclusion. Unpredictable: These Saints are impossible to fathom. Loss-win-win-loss-win-loss-win-loss-win-loss-win-loss. Glorious wins over Carlton and Sydney. Difficult losses to Port Adelaide and Fremantle. Breakneck clashes (albeit both losses) [Read more]
Hell of the Northcote – Melburn Roobaix
June 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Jake ‘Cobba’ Stevens “It’s like the Paris Roubaix, but shorter and sillier.” My first ever Melburn Roobaix was one of my favourite rides I’ve ever done. Like its older, professional cousin, the Melburn Roobaix sends riders over tough terrain, including excruciating cobblestone alleyways. The aim of the day is to have fun. It is [Read more]
Crio’s racing
June 28, 2012 by 6 Comments
What an odd week! People at the coffee shop asking if you’d watched “The Race”. A remarkable level of interest in Black Caviar’s Ascot dramas. Luke Nolen returned to ride the first winner at a lowkey Caulfield on Wednesday and says he has moved on, but his ride last weekend has become the talking point. [Read more]
The Summer I Know
June 28, 2012 by 2 Comments
By Anna Shiel The long awaited season had come into reach. From the lazy holiday sleep-in, the family awake from their sweltered snooze. You throw on some shorts and a loose singlet to head towards the local corner shop. You stroll to the corner shop, well known to your childhood, with the paint dated, defeated [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – This Is Not The Way Home
June 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Fremantle. It’s a pleasant enough place to sit and watch the rest of the world spin by, but it is barely a city or is one in name only. For all of its industrial attachments, Fremantle’s charms are quite easily found in numerous other port cities; somewhere else. Everything that happens here from the marketplace [Read more]
Come on Sainters
June 28, 2012 by 3 Comments
So, the last time the Saints played, (against Adelaide a fortnight ago – it seems like a lifetime), I was one grumpy Saints supporter. I was ready to have an uncontrollable rant about the way the boys were playing, the rules of the game, and what I saw to be obvious changes that need to [Read more]
My son hates footy
June 28, 2012 by 26 Comments
By Cheryl Critchley The love of our great game is not genetic. As a Richmond tragic I can prove it. My son hates AFL footy and is angling for a spot in the Guiness Book of Records as the person who has attended the most AFL games but NEVER watched one. Now nine, Ben [Read more]
Waving Money
June 28, 2012 by 14 Comments
Waving Money. Hold on to your storm in a teacups! Word is, some fans took the piss out of a young bloke who chased the money last weekend! Flashed fake dollars at him! Gasp! Booed, even. Strewth! What’s more, a few of them made a banner or two that were taken down. [Read more]
Cures for insomniac supporters
June 28, 2012 by 2 Comments
Sleepy-headed coverage of Euros 2012 Semi-final 1 Spain 0 – 0 Portugal (Spain trudge forward on penalties 4-2) This very stalemate would’ve whittled the edges from the even the keenest footballing enthusiasm. We were right to expect a show. Portugal and Ronaldo were improving with each performance. They’ve played exciting, attractive, passing, attacking football; the [Read more]
A little more
June 28, 2012 by 5 Comments
deep in the last term – when little more can be done we do a little more my heart beats – the ball falls from his arms Elliot’s heroics – a reminder I’m not a child sky bereft of blue how difficult some goals are overcast Beams making something out of [Read more]
The summer I’d been waiting for…
June 27, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Eliza Karlson My earphones are in and my iPod is on full blast. The air-conditioner is on high and as I look out the window I can see the mountains forming and can feel the road slowly winding along. The car is packed so full that I can’t see anyone else, as my view [Read more]
When the Pies met the Hawks
June 27, 2012 by 3 Comments
By Jessica Landy I am leaving for America in two days and it’s probably the most important AFL game of the year. If Collingwood wins we are in the grand final for the second consecutive year. Collingwood haven’t defended a premiership since 1936. My dad had almost just broken my heart. He had forgotten that [Read more]
Drysa White Hot as Blacks Jump to Top Spot
June 27, 2012 by Leave a Comment
SKOBS RISE ABOVE THE BLACKS’ MOONLIGHT CLOUD Whenever the Blacks come up against St Kevins, there is a flurry of pre-match correspondence. Players from both teams receive messages from friends and family during the week that convey how deeply important a win would be to their respective club. In the lead-up to this week’s instalment, the [Read more]
1980: A Personal Footy Almanac: Round 14, Saturday 28 June, v Collingwood, MCG
June 27, 2012 by 8 Comments
In the respectable household of my childhood, the ABC was our default TV channel. So when it came to footy, my weekly staple was “The Winners”, an hour-long highlights package of the best 2-3 games of the round. Buried late on a Saturday night, it wasn’t the ideal viewing time, but there was nothing quite [Read more]
Special weekend when all your teams get up
June 27, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Bit of a special weekend of footy for me, but without doubt the highlight was the win for community footy on Sunday, but more of that later. It’s not often that all your footy teams win on the weekend, but that’s what happened. Being a bit of a footy tragic, I have followed many teams [Read more]
DA Puzzle of the Round (14)
June 27, 2012 by 4 Comments
Discover the world of David Astle here. But first, can you solve this week’s puzzle? Only new this year, this first-round draft pick has already impressed club selectors. (There’s now talk of a longer-term contract for the same left-footer.) But here’s the kicker: his first name is the character famously played by his surname in [Read more]
Recent Comments