The Hawks live on. The Swans are done. Tonight either the Blues or the Eagles will have gone the same way. Amid the furore over football ‘business’, there’s the actual football to consider. Any thoughts folks?
Wrap Wrath: Heave Ho, Way To Go Freo
September 17, 2011 by
Far be it for us to offer comment outside our normal allotment of your precious time, but the recent tsunami of pontification has drawn us early from our cave Wrappers. Last night, for the first time in the history of television broadcasting, the half time entertainment outrated the match. It even outrated Helen D’Amico’s famous run [Read more]
Re-Lyon on Technology
September 17, 2011 by 2 Comments
by Andrew Gigacz I have a feeling I’m going to end up talking about Lyon today. If there’s no cricket due to Sri Lanka’s dodgy weather, it might be Ross Lyon, after the Thursday night bombshell he and Fremantle dropped. It might be Garry Lyon. Is his team close to announcing the Demons’ [Read more]
WAFL finals cooling down
September 16, 2011 by 2 Comments
We were hoping for a close WAFL finals series but it’s looking very much like a comfortable Claremont flag right now. Last week’s semi finals were disappointing. A pair of 85-point thrashings. Then during the week came the news that Subiaco ruckman Michael Rix busted a knee in the first semi and won’t play [Read more]
Crio’s Racing: Underwood 2011
September 16, 2011 by 7 Comments
Though it is far from a vintage Underwood Stakes card, the MRC deserve a big crowd in response to their various initiatives – most prominently free admission – for the Spring Carnival Prelude day on Saturday. With no AFL games, hopefully balmy weather and a ripper Rosehill meeting on the TVs, we’re anticipating plenty of [Read more]
Adam Goodes
September 16, 2011 by 15 Comments
A test of a sporting moment is whether you remember it. By that I mean you don’t half-remember it, but really remember it. Moments which you don’t have to go into the record books to check; moments where the details of time and place are superfluous. Moments so powerful they form the basis for your [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – FINALS ROUND II
September 16, 2011 by 7 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. First we had the false alarm on Rossy Lyon. Nurelle’s truly sorry for the scare she put through all those LSJOF who saw themselves once more up Kananook Creek on a low tide. So much for those psyche-pop pieces in Dolly, eh [Read more]
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: or another day in the life of a Saints supporter…
September 16, 2011 by 4 Comments
Just when my next article this week was going to start with “I write with no pain and suffering”, in the way of the footy world, this has completely changed on Thursday night 15th September 2011. The GOOD was being with nine other Almanackers (or family members) and meeting at the Marngrook Footy Show, in [Read more]
Sal’s Tips: Finals Week 2
September 16, 2011 by 3 Comments
Happy Finals to All, However all the action looks like it is off the ground with tonight’s disposal of Mark Harvey by the Purple Haze putting fuel on the coaching frenzy fire. If reports are correct that Get Stuffed Lyon will be new Purple Wizard, then it should spark some frenzied activity with Melbourne, Footscray [Read more]
One Hundred Years Ago: 2nd Semi Final, 16th September, 1911
September 16, 2011 by Leave a Comment
All available evidence suggests that Jack Worrall was a man of practical methods. A plain-speaking disciplinarian who proved a model for most successful coaches who followed. His famous recommendation to his players that ‘football and booze don’t mix’ suggests a man of temperate habits and firm resolve. The teams he coached were renowned for [Read more]
Grand Final Scoreboards
September 16, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Scoreboard Pressure, the website dedicated to scoreboards, is featuring Grand Final scoreboards over the next few weeks. First up are scoreboards from the 1977 VFL, 1986 WAFL, 1990 TFL, 1998 VFL(VFA) Grand Finals. Part 2’s looking like: 1973 WAFL, 1999 AFL, 2002 WAFL, 2008 VFL and 2010 GSFL (WA). Then part 3 will be a [Read more]
BREAKDOWN OF A GF….DEFEAT
September 16, 2011 by 1 Comment
In the traditions of the TV Show 24 (for some reason I have ONE on the TV in the background)….The following takes place between 6:30AM and 11:00PM on Saurday 3 September 2011. 6:30AM: Wake up after short sleep, try to make sure footy gear is dry. 7:00: Warm shower, pleasantly surprised hot water is working. [Read more]
Looking for a win for the improving Australians
September 15, 2011 by 3 Comments
It may not be the Ashes, it’s September in the footy season and cricket certainly doesn’t seem to be at the forefront of many sports fans’ minds. But the Third Test against Sri Lanka starting in Colombo on Friday is very important for the rehabilitation of Australian cricket after the problems of recent times. Michael [Read more]
Go Harvey, go!
September 15, 2011 by 114 Comments
Mark Harvey has been sacked as Freo’s coach. Early rumours were that Ross Lyon might get the gig. Slightly less early rumours now suggest that Rocket Eade is in the frame. STOP PRESS!! Even less early news is that it IS Ross Lyon who will be announced as the new Freo coach. Gerard Whately [Read more]
DA’s Clue of the Round (26)
September 15, 2011 by 2 Comments
Catch up with the wonderful world of David Astle here. But before you do, see if you can find the answers to this week’s clue. This week we browse Brownlow winners over the last 20 years. Playing with the winners’ surnames only, you will find: 1. A colour; 2. A major novel by the [Read more]
GWS is a Menace
September 15, 2011 by 23 Comments
by Dave Nadel It seems to me that Greater Western Sydney has taken a different approach to its pre-draft recruiting than Gold Coast did last year. The two best players that Gold Coast took, Ablett and Harbrow, were taken from clubs who had played off in the Preliminary Finals last year. Two other players, [Read more]
Playing finals football: how to make your head hurt.
September 15, 2011 by 13 Comments
by Antony Ugoni From the outset I should declare my love of the format of the final 8. It has everything I could hope for in a finals system. That is Rewards for finishing close to the top of the eight. Teams in positions 1 to 4 earn either a week’s rest or [Read more]
Mark of the Year: Part I.
September 15, 2011 by 8 Comments
Never take a mark for granted. They are the sweetest thing. Never take The Mark of the Year for granted, either. People say it like it’s a fact. “That was the mark of the year!” Full stop. Odds are, Walker will win the telly one, but footy means many different things to many [Read more]
deeper into spring
September 14, 2011 by 5 Comments
spring sunset the difference a goal makes freshly cut fields Swan feeds on the MCG cloud then sun then cloud yet to hit our stride looking for the angle Krakouer turns his back to the goals a gap in the clouds Wellingham catches the [Read more]
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