Warning. Seems I might be tempted to “declare one”. What’s that TV disclaimer?…”LOOK AWAY NOW”! For weeks I’ve been clicking away on RVL’s site awaiting the resumption of Jim Conlen’s 2yo Rhandara and finally he is presenting….MR1 No8. Seems I’m not alone in my anticipation with a Wednesday fluc of 3.50 in to 3.10 indicating [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – A Year of Lowered Expectations
March 1, 2012 by 2 Comments
October 3, 2010 is a night that will stay with me for the duration. When Nathan Fien dived over the line with ten minutes to play in the NRL Grand Final, giving the St George Illawarra Dragons an unassailable 24 point lead, I was able to sit back in my seat for the remainder of [Read more]
Winners Are Grinners
March 1, 2012 by 3 Comments
Photos supplied by K Carroll Tim Lane at K. Carroll’s Test breakfast. “I’ve finally got one,” said Tim, wishing the Carlton reports had been written differently.
In search of a winning score
March 1, 2012 by 33 Comments
By Jeff Dowsing It’s fair to say the rocky relationship between sport and music is an obvious yet strangely elusive one. Venture into any changeroom and protagonists will be plugged in, psyching themselves for battle. What are they listening to? I dare say nothing that relevant to sport. Sure, rousing abstract tunes made for [Read more]
WHY ESSENDON WILL WIN THE PREMIERSHIP
March 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
THE OPTIMIST’S GUIDE TO SEASON 2012. PART FIVE. By Alex Wadelton WHY ESSENDON WILL WIN THE PREMIERSHIP Essendon were one of the big improvers last year. After a dismal, injury racked 2010 that saw the eventual sacking of Matthew Knights, the Bombers were able to rise back into the eight, ending a drought stretching back [Read more]
Ancient Myths – Local Heroes
February 29, 2012 by 16 Comments
by Phil Dimitriadis Where does Australian Rules football, derive its imperative ideologies? What disciplines or beliefs drive the allegory of the sport? It is here that Biblical comparisons and Greek mythology might come into play. Hero mythology is derived from these two ideologies because of their influence on the moral fabric of language in [Read more]
Leave your team and get to the track!
February 29, 2012 by 12 Comments
by Steve Fahey Don’t go to the footy or cricket this weekend !!! Yes, you read right. This lifelong sports nut is exhorting you to not attend the footy or cricket this weekend in Melbourne. Why ? Because I am suggesting that you insteadattend the Olympic track and field team trials at Lakeside Stadium [Read more]
What becomes a champion most?
February 29, 2012 by 29 Comments
by Sean Curtain A recent Litza article on the way some members of the Channel 7 commentary team were described and the debate about the irritating overuse of certain words in football such as ‘elite’ has led me to want to challenge a word that in my mind is thrown around far too easily [Read more]
Bring on your wrecking ball
February 29, 2012 by 10 Comments
by Rick Kane I received a text from my sister’s daughter’s husband or as I like to call him, Glenn. They live up in the dry dusty heat of Port Headland. This is what he said. “How’s life in the big V? Wish I was there right now. I bet Melbourne is getting that [Read more]
Why Collingwood will win the premiership
February 28, 2012 by 19 Comments
THE OPTIMIST’S GUIDE TO SEASON 2012. By Alex Wadelton WHY COLLINGWOOD WILL WIN THE PREMIERSHIP As Eddie McGuire is fond of saying, Collingwood were thirty minutes short of being the best team last year. If only captain Nick Maxwell could have figured how to play to play on the wing instead of third man up [Read more]
Almanackers take on the Big Issue
February 28, 2012 by 2 Comments
by Vin Maskell It looks like there are two Almanackers in the current edition of The Big Issue. Andrew Starkie has a story set in Warrnambool in the mid 1980s called Pick Your Battles, about school-bullying and boxing lessons from Dad. Not sure if it’s already been published on the Almanac site. Here’s how [Read more]
Premier Cricket – Round 15 Review
February 28, 2012 by 8 Comments
by Mic Rees The second last round of the 2011/12 Premier Cricket home & away season was completed at the weekend and included six centuries, a record breaking opening partnership, career best bowling figures for the young & not so young and the end of an era. On Saturday three time Ryder Medallist Graeme [Read more]
In A-League of its Own 14 (2011/12)
February 28, 2012 by 4 Comments
Tom’s weekly outlook on the A-League Melbourne Heart have moved a step closer to securing their finals position following a 1-0 win at home to ladder leaders Central Coast Mariners at the weekend. The second half was just 5 minutes old; when youngster Eli Babalj slid the ball past Matt Ryan after Fred’s shot [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – Nine? Nein
February 27, 2012 by 1 Comment
Rugby league’s broadcast right are up for grabs next year and it may be the case that Channel Nine’s 22-year hold on free-to-air league will come to an end. Now, what’s the word I’m searching for here? Schadenfreude? Close, but that’s not quite it. Um, let’s see. Ah yes, I’ve got it. Yippee! As a [Read more]
Crio’s Q: Partisan or Purist?
February 26, 2012 by 10 Comments
What’s your idea of a good game? A “we flogged ‘em” or a “quality contest? University of Nottingham philosopher, Stephen Mumford, considered the journey from anguished barracker to peaceful, still passionate, observer in his “Watching Sport: Aesthetics, Ethics and Emotion” (Routledge, 2011), as explained in an interview aired on newbooksinsport.com. He also pondered the complications [Read more]
No Footy
February 26, 2012 by 3 Comments
No footy please! It’s summer. I’m old fashioned. I like my seasons- without the mixing or mangling thank you. The weather may be beyond control but the dates on the calendar are not.
Hot and Hotter, and Everybody Wins.
February 25, 2012 by 7 Comments
Hot and Hotter and Everybody Wins: So it’s started for St.Kilda (and Geelong and Sydney Swans). It started in a night of 100% humidity and 36 degree weather, with a good NAB Cup crowd of 18,000+ at the Etihad Stadium. I make a bet (in my head) that the players felt worse in the heat [Read more]
There is something simmering at Tigerland
February 25, 2012 by 4 Comments
Lunch with the boys is always something to look forward to. As with most groups there is much good natured ribbing and laughter. The “ribbing” is usually started by Nuf, a Tigers man. “The Cats will struggle this year,” he might say. “Don’t care,” Diesel might reply with a smirk. “I can die happy.” “What [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – NRL Punter’s Guide
February 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Nick Tedeschi has produced an e-book for NRL punters. Click on the image for details.
Premier Cricket Preview: Round 15
February 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Round 15, the penultimate home & away round of Premier Cricket for season 2011/12 will be played over both days of the upcoming weekend Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th of February. A preview follows, but prior to that a shameless plug. Footscray Edgewater Cricket Club is holding its annual past players function at the [Read more]
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