WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. It was yet another Cakewalk for The Good Old Collingwoods on Friday night as TRP delivered the coup de grâce to The Gallant Tigers. The Bombers & The Blues gave us, arguably, the best draw of the season so far, in match chock-a-block [Read more]
The View From Shepparton- Rd 4
April 18, 2011 by 3 Comments
Friday night. In the unreal world of our household decide that a combination of the delayed telecast plus the certainty of a one sided match means that I spend the evening with my daughter and her triplet girls aged 12 watching the first half of a new Blu-ray recording of Les Miserable’s. Son in law [Read more]
FPS Report RD 4: Normal Service has been resumed; thank you for your patience.
April 18, 2011 by 14 Comments
I suppose I will reach a point where Magpie domination of one sided games becomes boring but it won’t be for a while. In sixty years of following Collingwood I don’t think we have ever looked this dominant. Both of our two previous premierships, 1958 and 1990, were followed by pretty ordinary seasons. The two [Read more]
Round 4 Sydney v Geelong SCG April 16 2011
April 18, 2011 by 9 Comments
Round 4 Sydney v Geelong SCG April 16 2011 Friday arvo. Chris SMS’s seeking counsel for her footy tips. “Cats or Swans?” reads her succinct question. Three wins from three has convinced me the Cats are the real deal still and not even the fact that the game is at the SCG dents my confidence. [Read more]
Crio’s Q: Horror Away Trips
April 18, 2011 by 26 Comments
North will limp, winless, back to Melbourne, their fans cussing a draw that has had them twice cross the Continent already this season. Geelong are unbeaten at Kardinia Park since August, 2007. Whilst “processes” and “structures” remain the catchcries amongst motivators, sometimes it is impossible to ignore the impact of a horror away trip. What [Read more]
AN EVENING WITH DOLLY GRAY
April 17, 2011 by 1 Comment
Dimmer says we’re “a fair chance” tonight against Collingwood. Humble supporters can be a tad more realistic. A Tiger victory over Collingwood is about as likely as Bob Brown receiving an invitation to the BHP Christmas picnic in December. At least I can do it in comfort tonight. I like my normal seat at ground [Read more]
Mum Shows Them How to Barrack
April 17, 2011 by 1 Comment
Yesterday, Mum and I went to the ‘G for our favourite winter outing: footy. Mum is 81, and I am the eldest of her 9 kids. I am 58 and still learning not to get sucked in by annoying oppostion footy barrackers. I use my radio earpiece to block out annoying comments. Is that what [Read more]
The Return of Football
April 17, 2011 by 6 Comments
My niece wants me to take her to the football. I’m not so sure. We’re Bulldogs supporters. The whole family is Bulldogs, apart from a couple of irritating Tigers fans who are always trying to rub something in. She comes over in a red-white-and-blue scarf even though it’s twenty-five degrees outside. It’s the first [Read more]
Saturday Afternoon Spectacular
April 17, 2011 by 2 Comments
You have to give it to the AFL for innovation, today they came up with the novel idea of footy at the G on a Saturday afternoon! You know what ,I think it could catch on, there was a very large crowd there to see the Dons play the old enemy Carlton on this sunny [Read more]
A Sherrin among the pucks
April 17, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Sallese Gibson Scores are tied. Less than two minutes of play remain. You can feel the tension in the air as the players jostle for best position. Play resumes and two opponents sprint towards each other. You can hear the thud, like a thunder clap, as their bodies collide and they fall to the [Read more]
Where old footballers go to die
April 17, 2011 by 2 Comments
The ball comes in on the bounce. I’ve been killing it in the air for ours. The bald No. 13 has been killing it on the ground for his. When I squint I can imagine Martin Pike. We reach for it at the same time, knocking it on, then, in heat of moment and snap [Read more]
Simpson’s Fine Line
April 17, 2011 by 1 Comment
A long drive home from Tungamah was on the cards. After a 67-point victory over the Bears, Waaia had one win and two losses, and I was feeling happy. Another reason to be happy? A massive blockbuster clash at the MCG. I don’t know why, and it is puzzling, because I dislike both teams, but [Read more]
Waaia v Tungamah
April 17, 2011 by 1 Comment
It has been well documented on the Almanac website that the Waaia Under Seventeens aren’t a good side. We’re a good team, but the quality of some of the players is questionable. So the feeling of walking into the changerooms, knowing that you’re a massive favourite to win comfortably, it was a nice change. The [Read more]
Friday night footy provides the only moment of normality in sad Numurkah
April 16, 2011 by 1 Comment
School holidays are meant to be fun. It gives us a break from the tedious and strenuous amount of work, a chance to sleep-in, a chance to hang with your mates and catch up on a lot of sillyness. Sadly, a group of Numurkah boys took that a bit too seriously last Saturday night. [Read more]
GIGSTUFF 51
April 15, 2011 by 21 Comments
by Andrew Gigacz MEATLOAF The bad news is we didn’t get the draw were hoping for last week and we are no longer on target for 24 drawn games in this year’s home-and-away rounds. The good news is that we are still on a “2 out of 3” schedule, meaning we will still get a [Read more]
My favourite drop kick, part 6
April 15, 2011 by 7 Comments
Vin Maskell continues his whimsical series. Moggs Creek, on the Great Ocean Road near Lorne, doesn’t have a footy oval. The creek doesn’t even have much water. But I’ve got an old football down there, in the three-generation family beach-house. Its scratches are not from backyard trees or goal posts or the streets of the [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND IV
April 15, 2011 by 9 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. Campbell Brown proves he’s a chip off the old block. I’ll do what I wanna do, when I wanna do it, any place, anywhere, any time. So stick that in your pipe and smoke Guy McKenna. But that’s the Metermaids’ problem. The [Read more]
Almanac Racing: MORE JOY(ous) AS GREAT RACING GRABS THE LIMELIGHT…
April 15, 2011 by 26 Comments
There’s a real buzz around racing at the moment, with Black Caviar proving that genuine Champions are the best marketing tool for the industry. A lacklustre atmosphere in the crowd at Docklands last Saturday, for a personal example, was transformed at the ground’s TAB venues in to which people crammed to watch, cheer and applaud [Read more]
Tiger Trouble
April 15, 2011 by 6 Comments
For Christmas of 2010 my younger sister Mia, who is 13, requested a Tiger suit to wear to footy games. She specified it was to be an American mascot type costume, not a skimpy Halloween tiger-striped miniskirt with midriff-baring top and tail ensemble so popular among teenage girls. This was a little surprising as Mia’s [Read more]
Christensendom
April 15, 2011 by 3 Comments
Christensendom noun – the worldwide body or society of Christensens. – the Christensen world : the greatest church in Christensendom. Damien was born, Marty rose, Allen has been dropped – but will come again! Ahhh, we all love a father-son combo, no less an uncle-nephew trinity. And what better way to celebrate the return of [Read more]
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