By Dips O’Donnell I could do no more. I’d planned it for weeks. The rest was up to the boys. First the socks. Not so much lucky socks, but unassuming socks; socks that have a hint of navy blue around the heel and toe. Yes, they would do just fine. I buried them deep down [Read more]
STAND UP AND FIGHT LIKE HELL!
October 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Primarily a rugby league follower from Queensland, a stint in Adelaide in the 70s and 80s educated me in the attractions of footy, southern style. I became a Bombers supporter. Today, I watch the GF in my Scarborough lounge, 1600kms from the G. The final scoreboard shows that Geelong defeated Collingwood by 38 points in [Read more]
Happy Cats
October 2, 2011 by 1 Comment
By Yvette Wroby In the tradition of Weg. If you’re interested, Yvette can provide more originals for $150 or coloured photocopies for $30. 25% of proceeds to the Royal Children’s Hospital.
And there they were
October 2, 2011 by 2 Comments
The head defies the heart. It was the second quarter of an Afl Grand Final against the archetypal foe, the Magpies. It was clear that The Pod’s arm was shot, and a crestfallen Harry Taylor was being taken to the bench. The heart, mine own, was beating with less and less vigor. This fabled swarm [Read more]
Happy Cats and Cheshire Grins:
October 2, 2011 by 4 Comments
Prelude How can I, as a mad Sainter, not begin this piece with reference to the last two years. It’s not just me, blasted Channel 10 kept showing the highlights of this years contenders last premiership battles, and the Saints happen to be the patsies that were beaten in their path to glory. The [Read more]
Old Unwelcome Memories
October 2, 2011 by 13 Comments
Collingwood v Geelong Grand Final 2011 By Phil Dimitriadis Nothing ends well that starts with a Meat Loaf ‘Kiss’. The omens were there from the beginning and I chose to ignore them. Even as a seven year old the lyrics of ‘Hot Summer Night’: “You took the words right out of my mouth” had [Read more]
Grand Final Discussion
October 1, 2011 by 36 Comments
The contest that was expected and deserved has come to be. The best two sides of the season will fight it out for the flag. Will the weather be a factor favouring one or the other? Will either team fall for the trap of the unfit player? The afternoon will tell. Your thoughts?
The Emptiest Bandwagon(s) in History
October 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Disclaimer: I am a big Cats fan. For this post, I am donning my Analyst cap. I am quite stunned at how rapid the sift in sentiment for the Flag has been. Throughout the year the Pies have been wild favorites, as the Cats rolled relatively umimpeeded on, finishing second by one game. I was [Read more]
Grand Final preview – position by position
October 1, 2011 by 1 Comment
In the midst of the footy card mania of my youth, there was a game that was played between my brothers and I. The simple premise of the game was that you picked a team and put them into their positions. Then each position would be judged. The coach with the most number of winning [Read more]
The Great Black and White Schadenfreude
October 1, 2011 by 3 Comments
They’ve been worming out of the woodwork for weeks; Disenchanted Dees, Beaten Dogs and, more recently, Hard-done-by Hawks. Everyone’s lining up to have a crack. Like spectators watching a stranger withdrawing the fateful skewer in a game of Kerplunk, or misplacing a block in Jenga. They know the price of failure. It’s written all over [Read more]
THE GRAND FINAL PRE WRAP
October 1, 2011 by 7 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. Congratulations Dane Swan. You have been granted The Brownlow Medal you should have been given last year. And does this suggest to anyone that there’s just the teeny weeniest possibility that the voting can be subjective? (You still think Keith Greig’s 1973 [Read more]
Sal’s Tips: Grand Final
September 30, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Merry Grand Final to All! The end is nigh – I have spent this Grand Final build up in the fine capital of Van Diemen’s Land and have been able to get a feel of Grand Final Hysteria in this footy deprived part of the country. As I have alluded to before and in my [Read more]
Can the Cats win without Stevie J?
September 30, 2011 by 2 Comments
Everything points to this Grand Final being a cracker. Even the weather. As the Friday dawn is breaking over the People’s Republic of Northcote I can see small patches of blue sky. The morning paper tells me that Beams is out for Collingwood and young Fasolo is in, and that there is no change in [Read more]
Crio’s Racing: GF Weekend 2011
September 29, 2011 by 12 Comments
Punters prepared to weave through a fixturing maze will be rewarded with a festival of G1 races. Footy, The Show and now wild weather have wrought havoc on this great racing weekend- but there’s a dazzling meeting to kick off Friday Nights at the Valley, Randwick’s classic Epsom Day follows and then HQ’s Turnbull “brunch” [Read more]
Grand Final Eve Races
September 29, 2011 by 4 Comments
Courtesy of John Dunne – Geelong Racing Club If you happen to be at the Geelong races tomorrow, you may detect a theme. Top weight in each race will wear the specially designed Cat silks you see below.
Out: Cohen. In: Katrina
September 29, 2011 by 18 Comments
One lazy afternoon, in a marquee on the banks of the Brisbane River, in a spot which would have been three metres under water last January, I sat with the battered and the downtrodden at the feet of Michael Leunig. We had been drawn to him in our individual and collective downtrodden-ness because his topic [Read more]
Review of “The Club” New Paintings by Peter Ferrier
September 29, 2011 by 1 Comment
Love of Football is in the Air – its final time and time for art and I popped in to an exhibition a few weeks ago to get to see Peters work again. He used to be in a Gallery onSt.Kilda Roadand I used to drive back on my way home from work, and check [Read more]
Inside the Brownlow – Floreat Pica Society style
September 28, 2011 by 4 Comments
by Ramon Dobb Last night, the Floreat Pica Society continued its tradition of having its global network of members in all of the footy hot spots of the world. I was an extremely fortunate recipient of a corporate invitation to the Brownlow Medal and thought I’d share a few snippets of the experience [Read more]
The Cats team for the Grand Final, as explained to a West Australian
September 28, 2011 by 7 Comments
A friend who barracks for West Coast emailed me to say she and her mates have decided to support the Cats in the Grand Final.Good choice. Professing not to know much about them she asked for a rundown of who’s who at the cattery. I ended up spending longer on the reply than expected and [Read more]
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