by Peter Zitterschlager The presentation of Aussie rules players stats has come a long way since the days when they simply tallied up kicks, marks and handballs. From this rudimentary approach, it has evolved to a level of sophistication – one which it is fair to say is nothing short of a science. Possessions are [Read more]
GIGA BITES 2 – Director’s Cut
February 14, 2011 by 6 Comments
Below is a significantly extended version of Giga Bites, which appeared in the Saturday Age on 12th February, 2011. by Andrew Gigacz DRAWING A LONG (SUPER) BOW(L) Super Bowl XLV was played this week and the Green Bay Packers’ winning score of 31 should have come as no surprise, especially given the fact [Read more]
Giga Bites 1 – Director’s Cut
February 14, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Below is a slightly extended version of Giga Bites, which appeared in The Saturday Age on 5th February, 2011 by Andrew Gigacz THE LAST WORD (OR LETTER) ON THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN. They may have been the number one and two seeds, but Caroline Wozniacki and Vera Zvonereva were always going to be up against [Read more]
Nab Cup- The good, bad and ugly.
February 13, 2011 by 7 Comments
Don’t we all just love the start of a new footy season? We get new players, new teams, new jumpers, new scandals, new game plans and in my case a stunner of a new beau. While I love a new footy season, I don’t exactly have any love for the NAB cup.
NAB Cup: Carlton v Richmond v Collingwood
February 13, 2011 by 3 Comments
Signing out of the OneFM log sheet, I neatly scribbled by signature and wrote down 6:00pm next to ‘exit time’. Another two hour, Saturday shift was over and done, but today was different. I was going home to watch the footy, something I haven’t enjoyed since September, 2010. But, there was a catch. It was [Read more]
NAB CUP: Melbourne, Adelaide, Port Adelaide
February 13, 2011 by 2 Comments
By Steve Healy It was imminent that the return of footy in 2011 would be a completely different experience from previous seasons. I really couldn’t, and still can’t, get my head around the round-robin planning of the first round of the NAB cup. It just isn’t footy. Our game is meant to be a sacred [Read more]
Time for a new AFL Draw
February 12, 2011 by 8 Comments
By Robert Dalton With the expansion of the AFL to embrace even more interstate teams, it is high time to re-think the draw and extend the football season, perhaps by eliminating the NAB Cup for starters. In the days of the old VFL it was a fair draw as all teams played each other twice [Read more]
Almanac Racing: The Late Mail
February 12, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Computer malfunctions, no formguide and a late night at the Valley mean tonight’s bulletin will be in abbreviated form, which is unfortunate as there is so much to report… Cracking Sandown midweeker deserves notice.
I can’t figure out the NAB Cup!!!
February 11, 2011 by 4 Comments
I’ve heard it a few times over the last few weeks; bring back the footy. The cricket this summer was disappointing, both because we lost badly, and because the decisions of the cricket selectors were completely baffling for the punters on the street. There is a distinct feeling that we lost the Ashes partly because [Read more]
Dis a Bill ity
February 11, 2011 by 5 Comments
I am bitterly disappointed at not being considered for the inaugural Knacker Cricket team. I have sought an opinion from a leading Tasmanian human rights lawyer and I must inform the organisers that an injunction will be placed on the game if I do not receive satisfaction.
SILVERWARE AT LAST: THE T20 BIG BASH FINAL 2010-11
February 11, 2011 by 3 Comments
Adelaide Oval, 5 February Finally, the silverware. Fifteen long years. I was there. I hadn’t intended to be but a mate who’d been having his ups and downs asked if we could catch up at the Oval, have a beer or two. Agreed. ‘See you there.’ We’d have a beer or two. The Redbacks didn’t [Read more]
Cricket Australia gets it wrong….again.
February 10, 2011 by 12 Comments
Cricket Australia has announced its chosen eight teams for next year’s Big Bash. Now I don’t really care about the success of the competition anyhow, I agree with John Harms’ comments that T20 is undermining traditional cricket. Nevertheless, if you were going to base a competition on “city” teams rather than the traditional State teams [Read more]
The Footy Almanac XI selected
February 9, 2011 by 16 Comments
The selectors are pleased to announce The Footy Almanac XI for the match against Overland on Feb 20. The team is: C.W.J. Little J.R. Butler A.T. Gigacz David Bridie T.C. Riordan T. Ivins D.A.C. Dawson P.J. Flynn C.D. Down Dave Goodwin G.C.J.D. Haigh Neil Belford (??) J.T. Harms (subject to a fitness test – and [Read more]
Details of the Footy Almanac XI’s inaugural match.
February 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Footy Almanac XI v Overland To be played for the Jack Clancy Cup, currently sitting on the bar at the North Fitzroy Arms. 20 February, 2011 from midday At the historically significant Gillon Oval, Brunswick (corner Victoria and Pearson Sts) All welcome. The bar will be open to purchase drinks and nibbles. Or you [Read more]
Chasing the elusive bush premiership
February 8, 2011 by 14 Comments
I am a 28 year old weekend warrior. I have played out my entire footy career in the MPNFL south of Melbourne as a struggling ruckman for the Crib Point Football Club. My career at Crib Point has been quite a journey, many pre-seasons, followed by many games of football, many sub-par games, some [Read more]
Tony Kelly: An icon of the Kyneton Football Club
February 8, 2011 by 2 Comments
by Richard Jones TO SAY that Tony Kelly is one of the enduring characters of the Kyneton and Bendigo football communities is to state the obvious. He is one of the BFNL’s genuine larger-than-life personalities and richly deserved his elevation to BFNL Hall of Fame status last October. Kelly was a fearless ball-getter on the [Read more]
Review: Mr. Cleansheets
February 8, 2011 by 9 Comments
Mr. Cleansheets Author: Adrian Deans Publisher: Vulgar Press Published 2010 Reviewed by Adam Muyt This is a lads book, a ‘Boys Own’ adventure through the footballing landscape that is England. Seriously, I can see this book doing well in the UK amongst a large slab of the football-loving populace. Not bad for an aussie author [Read more]
In A League of Its Own 28
February 7, 2011 by 9 Comments
Tom’s weekly outlook on the A-League Thanks to another exciting round of A-League action, the top six is now decided, and teams that have made the finals can now start planning ahead for a successful campaign. One of the teams that have just made it into the finals, are Wellington Phoenix, who, not as I [Read more]
Another Big Day Out
February 7, 2011 by 5 Comments
The Chaplain, the Archivist and myself are veterans of many music festivals, but have rather fallen out of the Big Day Out habit lately. However, with Iggy on the bill, we were at least guaranteed not to be the oldest guys in attendance, so interest was rekindled. As if to prove ourselves out of the [Read more]
Bring on the footy. PLEASE
by Tony Robb Now that the summer sports caravans have packed up and moved north I felt it was time to reflect on a few of the not so published happenings of recent months. While CA and FA have been suitably chastened for their collective ineptitude I believe that a few other individuals and teams [Read more]