“Today I don’t feel like anything I just wanna lay in my bed” Those lyrics taken from The Lazy Song by Bruno Mars was the perfect way to start the day for me. Hearing the song as my radio alarm switched on at 7:05am, I agreed with the chorus as the lure of spending [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND I
March 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. Footballs perennial losers are in the news still – Old Chicken Lips and The Fev. But Our Great Game isn’t about scandal. Unless of course it’s about the shameful way Matty Knights was treated out at Whingy Hill. In a presentation to [Read more]
The Match Committee Episode 2
March 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Check out the second episode in the life of The Roosters FC. www.thematchcommittee.com
Daff’s Plea
March 25, 2011 by 1 Comment
You may not have noticed Paul Daffy’s letter to the Tigers over at AFL.com. Decide for yourself whether they heard it. http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/109872/default.aspx
Burning Down the House (or ways fans celebrate sporting success)
March 25, 2011 by 6 Comments
One of my favourite stories of fans celebrating a premiership is what Parramatta fans did in 1981 after the team won its first premiership in the old Sydney Rugby League comp: they burnt the old home ground down! Parramatta’s rickety, old, ‘country showground’ home, Cumerland Oval, was slated to be replaced by a new ‘stadium’…that night, the jubilant fans decided [Read more]
The Hawks Reviewed, Analysed, Grilled and Put on the Rack
March 25, 2011 by 6 Comments
Late last year Hawthorn looked like it was ripping itself a new one. For two years the Hawks had struggled to even seem like the team that won (not stole) the 2008 Premiership. At times they played like a premiership team. Interestingly, every time they played the Cats they brought their Vegas game. But by [Read more]
Seasonal Transitions
March 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The weather is changing .There’s a chill in the air. I’m still wearing sandals and skirts but need a scarf around my neck. Summer was long and glorious. Football didn’t enter my mind until the summer scandals blazed on to the news bulletins – and stayed there. I don’t have a clue who was traded [Read more]
Almanac Racing: Summer Nights Finale
March 25, 2011 by 19 Comments
It is testament to the allure of a great horse that Black Caviar’s running at the final “Summer Nights” has managed to grab some attention amongst the excitement of a new AFL season and, to a lesser extent, the Cricket World Cup and the GP. Again, poor weather is forecast, hitting hard at the lawn [Read more]
Tigers Answer Daffey’s Plea
March 25, 2011 by 3 Comments
Double maths, first thing in the morning, is never easy. Especially when you’re in Year 11 and the first bounce of the 2011 AFL Footy Season is still 10 hours away. But, I managed to struggle through it (as always), but didn’t escape the wrath of the fiery maths teacher (as always). My mood was [Read more]
Nature vs Nurture and the CFC
March 25, 2011 by 4 Comments
Ben Santamaria 24 March 2011 Our first born was due late December last year. During the pregnancy there was much talk of a Christmas baby and swaddling clothes and a manger. As it turned out, Henry arrived a month early and had to settle for a Kenny Hunter jumper and an incubator (actually a hot-bed, [Read more]
Prostate examinations and the mighty Tigers.
March 24, 2011 by 1 Comment
Sitting in the doc’s waiting room this morning as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rockin’ chairs waiting for my prostate check and PSA result. All good in the end, so to speak, so nerves should have dissipated, yes? But no, still nervous about the Tiges tonight. Nervous like I was [Read more]
The Wrap: Round 1 Pipe Opener
March 24, 2011 by 8 Comments
THE ROUND I PIPE OPENER For the Philosophical Marngrook Follower So it’s the Blues v The Tigers to set the season going again Wrappers. O’Brien’s have loaded up the pie warmers at The G and have promised the $10 pots of light ale will be icy cold for the Punters. The last two Pipe Openers [Read more]
Round One Blog
March 23, 2011 by 31 Comments
With the first bounce just hours away, hopes, dreams and delusions are still alive. Will the Magpies enjoy a cakewalk? Can the Saints and Cats hold on? Who will be this season’s bolter? Tell us what you’re thinking Knackers. Does hope spring eternal? Or has resignation claimed you already? Fire away!
The next ‘Big Thing’
March 23, 2011 by 3 Comments
By Domenic Favata As we all await the season opener, we continue to speculate our club’s talent and search for the next ‘big thing’ who will emerge from a box of talent and evolve into superstars like Gary Ablett and Dane Swan did. Often earmarked the ‘breakout year’, a year that often establishes a successful [Read more]
A Painful Debut
March 23, 2011 by Leave a Comment
On Thursday night, the new AFL season begins. Many fans are having trouble containing their anticipation. Sure, I’ll be at the MCG to see the “traditional” opening game between Richmond and Carlton, but the overt passion that I should be displaying will be masked by an aura of stoic resignation. Forty years of barracking for [Read more]
No country for old men
March 23, 2011 by 5 Comments
With the ‘Great Review of Australian Cricket’ just around the corner, I think it is important to address an issue that I’m sure will be at the bottom of the review panel’s ‘to-do’ list – cricketers in their thirties. Cricket Australia have made it quite clear in recent years that there is no place for [Read more]
Footy exPIEriment
March 23, 2011 by 33 Comments
Being a student in the faculty of psychological science, i couldn’t help but try and conduct a small experiment to do with footy. We all know how people react to Collingwood supporters, so i took note of the reactions of my new classmates and lab buddies to see if it effects how they act to [Read more]
My favourite drop kick, part five
March 23, 2011 by 16 Comments
The latest in Vin Maskell’s occasional, indulgent series The new edition of The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers once again records the careers of thousands of players, listing their vital statistics and describing their skills and style of play. Of all those players, going back to 1897, only 57 are noted for their talent for the [Read more]
The Language of Football: A Barthesian Perspective
March 23, 2011 by 15 Comments
by Phil Dimitriadis At this time of year conversation turns to footy in earnest and in jest. We take it for granted in Melbourne, reasoning that it has always been part of our cultural communication. It really is a language spawned by the game that intends to be a portal of inclusion and connection. Generally, [Read more]
Harms on footy commentators
John Harms measures the current crop of footy commentators according to the Sid Waddell scale. Check out his article from the Age, and return to leave your comment. Footy talk: too good to be scripted www.theage.com.au