ROUND TWO Sunday, April 4th, Etihad Stadium Essendon versus Fremantle I roll onto my back, drugged with sleep. Somewhere away in the distance there is a complaining creak such as a fold-down bed would make. I extend my arm and let it drop across a hump of sheets and blankets, accumulated during a restless night, [Read more]
The Albatross Rules, Chapter 11 – Round 4, Mt Desperate Desperados (away): On a Hiding to Nothing
May 18, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The climb up Mt Desperate was the first major obstacle the pioneering miners had encountered after two hundred miles of flat land as they headed into the gold bearing hills. Not so much a mountain as a steep rise to an elevated plateau it claimed numerous diggers who failed to heed the need for caution. [Read more]
The more things change…
May 18, 2010 by 12 Comments
It’s obviously Blockbuster Season again in the AFL. Although, I wouldn’t the only one who suspects Blockbusters aren’t quite what they used to be? The moment a couple of teams string 3 or 4 wins together, we got ourselves a blockbuster folks! Yeehaaa! Roll out the marketing guys. If Collingwood, perchance, happens to be one [Read more]
The priceless value of perseverance
May 18, 2010 by 18 Comments
by Damian O’Donnell I had a great week end. It wasn’t great because of some extraordinary event, a fabulous party or even because the Cats had another thumping win. No, it was great because I went to the nursery with my 15 year old daughter and learned a wonderful lesson in perseverance.
Footy at Manuka: a preview
May 17, 2010 by 12 Comments
It’s a big weekend for Canberra footy fans. Yes, the Brumbies have the toughest possible opponent, away, in Christchurch. Yes, the Raiders will probably lead the Storm at half-time. And, yes they will sing ‘Abide With Me’ at Wembley on Saturday night before the FA Cup final. But when all is said and done, and [Read more]
Blues win ugly, while Port remain enigmas.
May 17, 2010 by 2 Comments
Port Power have been a thorough enigma since they joined the AFL. Hell, they should just be called The Enigmas; it’s an improvement on Power. They might get a new theme song out of the change. What rhymes with enigma. Errr… stigma? Maybe not. It took them a relatively short time to become serious on [Read more]
Hawks Hang on as Burgoyne Does the Number 9 (and the Helmet) Proud
May 17, 2010 by 5 Comments
By Sasha Lennon Hawthorn has kept its season alive after holding on against a gallant Richmond in what was certainly not a clash of the titans. Who would have thought at the beginning of the season that the Round 8 match between Hawthorn and Richmond would be a battle of the cellar-dwellers?
Port Adelaide v Carlton: Blues Claim Huge Scalp as I Claim a Frustrating Cold
May 17, 2010 by 1 Comment
By Damian Watson Throughout my short life there is one question that has left me pondering about Port Adelaide. How can a suburb with a less than adequate reputation produce one of the most successful clubs in Australian Sport? This is by no means a scathing attack on this Adelaide suburb after all the club [Read more]
The View From Shepparton: Round 8
May 17, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Geelong and Collingwood are light years ahead of the rest of the competition and next Friday night we will find out which team is the best at the moment. In respect of last Friday night’s game I really thought that Freo would get up. I felt that the Magpies would be useless away in that [Read more]
Fev-less Blues continue to prosper
May 17, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Round 8- Port v Carlton This was one of the games of the round. Carlton, a much-better side without Brendan Fevola, taking on Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium, a team that is working and working their way up the ladder. Both teams have serious potential, but who is better? The match began with plenty of [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND VIII
May 17, 2010 by 1 Comment
What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. On Friday night The Pies sent The Barry Crockers an unequivocal message about playing at The Elite Level. Those Crazy Cats from Sleepy Hollow did the same for Vossy’s Lions. North drew deep on the Shinboner Spirit to hang on against The Fast Finishing Chardonnays and West [Read more]
AFL Round 8 – Fremantle v Collingwood: What if?
May 17, 2010 by Leave a Comment
by Andrea McNamara Haven’t felt this nervous before a game in ages, maybe since that final in 2007 against West Coast, the one that went into extra time. I was there, I flew over to see what could have been Bucks’ last game, if we’d lost. What a win at the House of Pain – [Read more]
Geoff Sinclair’s “Home and Away Games”: Round 1
May 17, 2010 by 1 Comment
by Geoff Sinclair I’m out of here. I slide across the seat, side-step the kid asleep in the pusher and skip down the steps a split second before the doors jam me rigid. I stand on the footpath and consider the situation. I don’t know what piece of Melbourne I am standing in, but I’m [Read more]
Calling all Almanackers
May 17, 2010 by 44 Comments
It’s a beautiful day in Melbourne and, in a particular quirk that seems to only occur here, the crowd is turning out in force to watch Hawthorn and Richmond — 14th play 16th on the ladder. As I take advantage of the free wireless afforded to me at the ground, I ponder all the other [Read more]
Crio’s Question: Talent spotting
May 17, 2010 by 32 Comments
We all love to claim being first to spot a talent – it’s part of being a sporting genius! It is why people take feature doubles and is, I am told, a key component in Dreamteam success. My old man backed Galilee when it won its maiden at Gawler. He then stayed “on board” throughout [Read more]
Local Footy: Eagles lose fourth in a row by 100 points
May 17, 2010 by 3 Comments
VAFA Premier Section club Marcellin has matched University Blacks’ unenviable record in the B-section in 1991 by suffering its fourth consecutive loss by 100 points. After losses to Premier Section rivals Old Xaverians (122 points), Collegians (122) and De La Salle (139) in recent weeks, Marcellin went down to Old Scotch by 111 points at [Read more]
Roos limp home at the Dome
May 16, 2010 by 1 Comment
This was a big day for me. Attending the AFL for the first time this season. But first things first, I had a game to play against Katamatite, Sam Wright’s home town. Playing against his brothers, they stitched Waaia up by a very disappointing 109 points, with two players taken to hospital with badly broken [Read more]
URGENT HELP SOS
May 15, 2010 by 16 Comments
Okay so I need your help! I’m getting myself a new pretty Collingwood jumper but I have no idea what number to go for. I don’t like big numbers like 34 or 38. I don’t like low numbers like 1-6. I can’t get Medders because he’s like twenty-eight years old which means he won’t be [Read more]
When the world went slightly wacko for a little minute
May 15, 2010 by 8 Comments
Reported in the Argus, Saturday 13 May 1933 FOOTBALL COALITION. ASSOCIATION’S POSITION. ‘Might Adopt Soccer or Rugby.” A possibility that the Victorian Football Association might abandon the Australian game and take up soccer or Rugby unless it can make satisfactory arrangements with the Victorian Football League for some form of amalgamation was discussed yesterday by [Read more]
My take on the Hamstring Injuries and Game Speed…
May 15, 2010 by 2 Comments
Now I’ll keep this short because this is all it needs to be to explain what I think is happening in the game of football with these injuries. As the speed of the game increases, the physical stress on the player increases. Now this increase in stress and exertion requires more time to recover from [Read more]
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