Steve Alomes is looking for images of appropriately clad footy cats and dogs, or even better babies in their footy colours in the crib…. and there may also be a place for other images – footy houses, footy gnomes, even rooms dedicated as shrines to footy. I have some gnomes, a car shot or two, [Read more]
Richard Naco, The Chad! and Pamela Sherpa after the win over the Suns.
May 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment
WAFL Round 10: Feast of goals in Mandurah
May 21, 2012 by 2 Comments
I TOOK my first visit to Rushton Park since the redevelopment for Saturday’s encounter between the cold home team Peel and the hot Royals. They kicked six goals each in the first quarter, the Thunder led by a point and the frenetic scoring didn’t end there. But first let’s pause and acknowledge that Peel’s home [Read more]
Sanderson’s Monster
May 21, 2012 by 6 Comments
Okay folks, let’s put this on the table. Adelaide are unstoppable. They are irresistible. They are magic to watch. Sanderson has taken a squad of meek, skinny little boys and turn them into hulk-esk monsters in the space of 6 months. One pre-season, that’s it. In the past three weeks they have ground one premiership [Read more]
Round 8 Winners and Losers
May 21, 2012 by 1 Comment
This week’s round review gives credit where credit is due, enjoys the Patrick Dangerfield show, takes a look at the Richmond experience, and then attempts to put a finger on what ails Melbourne. Winners Adelaide It was a case of ‘No Walker, No Worries’ for Adelaide as they crushed Carlton at Etihad, ending their long [Read more]
Dreamtime
May 21, 2012 by 2 Comments
Dreamtime, Essendon and Richmond slug it out. The Indigenous round, is a special round for all Aboriginal players, their chance to shine and deliver. Recently, I have become involved in a student Reconciliation group. I have helped promote Reconciliation Week and learnt so much about a side of Australia I barely knew.
John Kingsmill’s Footy Diary
May 21, 2012 by 1 Comment
Round Eight Port is a Mess, Revisited Skip from Skipton was wrong when he wrote that Port versus North at AMMI was an Eight Tarpaulin Match. On the day, ten tarpaulins covered huge sections of the Outer, protecting the venue from its emptiness. And, with only 14,508 people there, all of us could have sat [Read more]
Starting to play like they want it
May 21, 2012 by 9 Comments
I took the night off work to go to Friday night footy at the G. Friday being our busiest day/night at the pub and Geelong playing an unfortunate number of Friday night matches this year I’m having to prioritise which games I go to. Grand Final replay was a no-brainer. Thriller. Guaranteed… the first half [Read more]
When too much Eagles is never enough
May 21, 2012 by 8 Comments
Subiaco Oval,2.40pm, Sunday 20 May I love Beau Waters. There, I’ve said it. The Avenging Eagle needn’t worry. Julia and Tony won’t let us marry. Beau played his 100th game in 9 seasons in last week’s loss to the Bombers. A series of elbow dislocations and fractures threatened to end his career, but he is [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – A forward explains rugby league
May 20, 2012 by 4 Comments
It is largely unknown to players and followers of the modern game that rugby league started off purely as a contest between opposition forwards, loosely divided between running into each other and taking no prisoners in set scrums. This pitted six men of statuesque physique, supreme fitness and superior intelligence in packs against one another. [Read more]
crio’s Q: All Stars? State of Origin? Am I missing something?
May 20, 2012 by 4 Comments
It is not unusual for me to miss the public’s “pulse”. But what a crock. Aussie Rules has a very successful, strong domestic comp. FULL STOP. Yawn. Predictably the Herald-Sun has pushed for State of Origin and then, amazingly, for an All-Stars v The Rest game. Interstate footy is irrelevant. The history of Origin’s purpose [Read more]
Dempsey shows shades of Norm McDonald in Bombers win
May 20, 2012 by 1 Comment
Dreamtime at the “G” has always been one of my favourite games of the year, so I was in a state of turmoil to realise that a few weeks ago the good wife and I had promised to have an overnighter with the grand kids on that particular night. Pretending it didn’t matter that much [Read more]
Why May is the other September
May 18, 2012 by 2 Comments
I’ll admit straight off the bat that I didn’t see Manchester City’s winning goal last Sunday night. Even as a neutral observer with a leaning towards blatantly wanting to see Sir Alex Ferguson suffer I couldn’t take the tension and changed the channel to ‘Cheers’ where Sam had again got himself in to hot water [Read more]
Making my Eithad Stadium debut
May 18, 2012 by 7 Comments
By Kadin Holloway It felt good to run on Etihad stadium with over one thousand people. And when I ran on to the field but it is only a quarter of the field not the whole field!!!! I could see my Mum and Dad with over one thousand people. I felt a little nervous when [Read more]
What has happened to the long sleeve jumper?
May 18, 2012 by 17 Comments
While shopping recently I tried to track down a long sleeve jumper but alas it appears they have dissapeared much in the same vein as black footy boots and 1/2 time oranges. It seems that all you can buy now are the sleeveless variety (at least via most retail outlets and the swans website). I [Read more]
The Footygods: Hebe
May 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Greeks had a god of youth called Hebe. She was the daughter of Zeus and carried the cup that the gods drank from. You could recognise her by her sleeveless dress. She even turned the old Iolaus into a young man. On Saturday, one bunch of sleeveless kids battled another bunch of sleeveless kids [Read more]
Number 56: Gerard Toohey, a triple premiership captain and Woof Woof
May 18, 2012 by 13 Comments
Number 56 – David Simpson and Gerard Toohey Recruited from Numurkah, not far from Shepparton, David “Harry” Simpson was a tall player (190 cm) who played three games for the Cats in the number 56 guernsey at the tail end of the 1984 season. Simpson arrived at Kardinia Park in 1981 and showed early promise [Read more]
What about a happy ending?
May 18, 2012 by 1 Comment
Greetings All, An extraordinary set of results in Round 7 of the AFL – but nothing compared to the drama of the final round of EPL games early on Monday morning. The great part of the drama was the ever changing positions of teams in their fight for the title and European league qualification or [Read more]
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