I used to love Craiglee Stakes Day, though that was a double-edged sword. We’d jokingly say that it suited Doggies fans perfectly coming one Saturday after our season finished and allowing us to get to Flemington and see the freshly-weighted Spring stars step out over a mile and, in the Ascot Vale, watch the former [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND XXIII
September 3, 2010 by 24 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. Drugs have been the revolving door this week. Benny going out & Travis coming in. The dirge from Coaches’ Carousel swells towards a crescendo as the AFL’s two basket cases try to lure unsuspecting suckers to take them on next season. And [Read more]
They couldn’t get James Hird
September 3, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Last week I stepped up to the podium at an Almanackers lunch to address the topic ‘Tony Wilson, A Life in Football’. At the age of 37 (Marianne Faithful’s ‘The Ballad of Lucy Jordan’ anyone?) I did wonder if I was too young for anything containing the words, ‘A Life’, but then pushed ahead regardless. [Read more]
The Albatross Rules: Chapter 25, Good and Evil
September 3, 2010 by Leave a Comment
25. Round 13, Mt Logan Cobras (home): Good and Evil On Tuesday morning Con went down to collect the papers as soon as the delivery came in, hoping there’d be something about Potter’s family connection. Thanks to the churlish behaviour of Sir Lawrence Turner-Brown the story was front page. ‘Lawrence of Cry-Babia’, you had to [Read more]
To Boo or Not to Boo?
September 2, 2010 by 26 Comments
My name is Arma and I boo. I have booed for many years now; only ever between the months of March and September. My booing is an insidious activity that I have been able to cleverly conceal from my family, friends and work colleagues. But now is the time for me to announce to the [Read more]
Floreat Pica Report: Round 22- Collingwood v Hawthorn
September 2, 2010 by Leave a Comment
‘Patience’ is the word Patience to get to the business end Patience to watch two pretty ordinary weeks of Pies performance Patience to watch your team get caught time after time Patience with a lack of intensity Patience of a coach to give a dud an even break Patience to see if ANYONE CAN KICK [Read more]
The Tyranny of Football Distance
September 2, 2010 by 6 Comments
There was an interesting article in The Weekend Australian on Saturday by Mick Malthouse, in which he looked at the procession of retiring players that can occur at this time of year, the impact on clubs when they lose a core of experience simultaneously, and how different clubs have managed the process. Significantly, he compared [Read more]
Double trouble for Saints on Friday
September 2, 2010 by 4 Comments
If the pattern established by recent Saints-Cats clashes continue, Roscoe and company have a confidence-sapping eight-goal walloping to contemplate on Friday night. Middle of last year, St K beat Ceelong by six points oal in the classic Round 15 encounter. Then in the Grand Final Geelong turned the tables by 12 points, or two goals. [Read more]
The Feudal Minor Premiers
September 2, 2010 by 2 Comments
In sport there is always a temptation for us fans to take a “Feudal” perspective and say that if you beat the current Number 1, then you assume the status yourself. It rarely actually works that way – transitive logic (if A > B and B > C, then A > C) and team sports [Read more]
The good oil on the Tigers
September 1, 2010 by 2 Comments
by John Green Sometimes tourists return from third world destinations and marvel that the locals “look so happy!” It’s like observing Richmond fans. One wag recently labelled the Tigers as the “happiest bottom four team in history”. Supporters are convinced that the glory days are about to return on the strength of an exciting young [Read more]
Tribute to Roosy
September 1, 2010 by 6 Comments
by Steve Fahey I know it’s an un-Collingwood and un-Floreat Pican thing to do, but I want to pay tribute to one of the greats of our game, who is fast approaching his swansong (pun intended). I first came across Paul Roos in 1979. He was wearing number 19 for the fashionably named Beverly [Read more]
In A League Of Its Own – Issue 6
September 1, 2010 by 10 Comments
Tom’s weekly outlook on the A-League Crowds in the A-league are a worry. I’ll probably go on about this for most of the season, but they are getting to a near serious level. Last week, I went to AAMI Park, to see a popular, successful and attractive-to-watch team in Melbourne Victory, take on a team [Read more]
The View from Shepparton – Round 22
September 1, 2010 by 1 Comment
by Peter Schumacher Don’t like the notion that some teams might have been playing dead in this round, notably St Kilda and Geelong. If that proves to be true, (and outside observers like myself would never know) then I hope that they both go out in straight sets. Meanwhile in the real or unreal world, [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND XXII
August 30, 2010 by 1 Comment
WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The round started with The Stevedores sending The Miseries Down Below over where the Leeuwin Current warmly brushes the south-western corner of the Fatal Shore. Saturday saw the outbreak of a deeper and more worrying malaise – The Dreaded Collywobbles as The Mayblooms [Read more]
Crio’s Question: Finals Performers
August 30, 2010 by 45 Comments
Brent “Tiger” Crosswell, finals champion, is alleged once to have said, “Give me 80,000 people at the MCG and I was Hercules. Give me a grey day at the Western Oval and I wasn’t worth a cracker.” Reputations are made and broken over the next month of footy. Davis and Milne are under the microscope. Stevie [Read more]
Italian Team of the Century- Alec Epis
August 30, 2010 by 2 Comments
Click on the link. You will be taken to another page, with a small image link. Click on that link, and the full story, with pictures, will load. tony de boldo Alessandro _Alec_ Epis doc
Geoff Sinclair’s Home and Away Games: The Finale, Rd 22
August 30, 2010 by 2 Comments
Round 22 Western Bulldogs versus Essendon Saturday, August 28th., Etihad Stadium We’re out of coffee beans. I’ve scrounged and found a bottle of gold-label instant, carefully avoiding a confrontation with the ‘best-by’ date. And because I have gifted the remaining few jars of cumquat jam to the deserving poor, we’re into Cottees’ marmalade. As a [Read more]
Veterans go out on a high
August 30, 2010 by 2 Comments
“Corey Jones can he win it, or at least make it a tie. JONES! JONES’ GOAL!!” That was the proudest, most exciting moment in the AFL career of Corey Jones, a stalwart of the North Melbourne footy club. A great goalkicker for the club, he ran out onto the MCG for just his second game [Read more]
THE FACELESS MEN STRIKE AGAIN
August 30, 2010 by 8 Comments
So the Bomber “faithful” have got their man, eh? Well, good on you guys – love your style. I heard about Matty Knights’ knifing half way through the third quarter at Etihad Stadium today. The shabby decision came as no surprise. But its rapidity certainly did, considering the bungling ineptitude with which Essendon has handled [Read more]
Not happy Mick!!!
August 29, 2010 by 7 Comments
Danni Eid apologizes to her fans for not providing a match report for the Hawks vs. Pies game. While she took notes and was intending on writing one up, her mood took a swing for the worse and her feelings of disgust towards Malthouse’s selection heightened which caused this decision. She had taken to venting [Read more]
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