by Andrew Fithall The Colliwobbles. I thought I would get that word in early because it has already come up in football finals discussions. The other common statement I have heard/read recently is that for the past eight (?) seasons, the premier team has been defeated by the runner up in their previous meeting. I [Read more]
The status of AFL umpiring
August 11, 2010 by 3 Comments
by Domenic Favata The nationwide reputation of our great game is under threat. Not due to financial insecurity, poor performances or sponsorship difficulties, but to the alarming rate of the downfall in standard of AFL umpiring. It is not the umpires themselves most of the time, the Laws of the Game committee and head of [Read more]
Goal Umpiring: Technology vs Tradition
August 10, 2010 by 10 Comments
by Damian Watson It is an issue which continues to accelerate debate in the world of sport: Do we adopt new forms of technology and implement it to combat mistakes within our respective sports? Or do we agree with a traditionalists view and maintain the current regime which allows human error? The use of technology regarding the interpretation of calls [Read more]
Why the Cats will win the flag
August 10, 2010 by 5 Comments
For Sam Marcolin, there’s only one team for the flag
Heading in the right direction
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by Josh Barnstable When these two sides met late in the season in 2009, there was much speculation about which team would lose, not win. Melbourne needed to lose, that’s right, lose, to gain the priority pick. They did lose, thanks to a kick after the siren from Jordy McMahon (who?) and Melbourne, from that [Read more]
Crio’s Question- Team Depth
August 9, 2010 by 20 Comments
Depth, and how it is exposed, is looming as a major shaper of this year’s finals. Injuries before and during matches are having enormous implications as coaches seek not only to exert their own strengths, but to expose perceived weaknesses in others’. All fans know the feeling…as Josh Hill was announced as a late replacement [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND IXX
August 9, 2010 by 7 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES FOOTBALL What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Fred Hesse Annihilation Scoreboard lit up early as The Bluebaggers shot down The Caretaker’s Bombers on Friday Night. On Saturday Arvo, South Melbourne put The Hawks’ season in perspective while North Melbourne did the same favour for Fremantle. On Saturday night it [Read more]
FPS Report- Round 19 Collingwood v Geelong.
August 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment
By Timothy O’Leary Unity 1. the state of being one; oneness. 2. a whole or totality as combining all its parts into one. Preface The game began for me, unexpectedly, at 4.00 PM on the Saturday afternoon as I entered the Bikram Yoga Studio in Fitzroy. This is yoga is done in a room at [Read more]
Shannon Leatch a Future Star?
August 8, 2010 by 2 Comments
By Martin Marpol It was by a chance throw away comment during a lunch in February, that the name Shannon Leatch entered my mind. However, this name would very soon be at the forefront of much of my thoughts as I began to watch what I believe could, if given the chance, be a future [Read more]
Scarfin it up
August 8, 2010 by 8 Comments
In the recovery institution I am currently residing in, fashion is not a priority. From the adolescents to the aged, clients walk around in hospital issue dressing gowns, pajama quality t-shirts (Australian Open ’03, Smashing Pumpkins tour 2008) and the ubiquitous black leggings. Admittedly, I am among those who have worn leggings for 48 hour [Read more]
Book Review: Tom Wills
August 8, 2010 by 5 Comments
Title: Tom Wills: His Spectacular Rise and Tragic Fall Author: Greg de Moore Publisher: Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2008 $32.95 (pb) At the Adelaide Writers’ Week in 2006, an event internationally famous as part of Australia’s oldest Festival of Arts, I attended a literary dinner with around a dozen people of mixed sexes. The Modern [Read more]
Northern hemisphere internationals under the summer sun
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It was a big weekend in Aussie rules internationals played under sunny skies while Melbourne froze. The 2010 European Championship in Australian Football opened on Sunday with the first round of pool matches at Stefan Boldklub in Copenhagen, Denmark. Under clear skies and the summer sun the teams assembled in front of a crowd of [Read more]
Shopping spree for me, Goal spree for the Blues
August 8, 2010 by 4 Comments
With $110 in my wallet, I made my way from the schoolyard to the car, where Mum and Dad picked me up and we were off to Shepparton. I planned on spending some, if not all of my money that I received from relatives for my upcoming birthday. I was feeling good; school was out, [Read more]
Video replay dismay- Cats lose but I’m ok
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The AFL should bring in video replays for umpires, the Cats lose, and Cam Mooney needs to learn how to kick.
Pies Dominate: Civilisation Teeters on the Brink
August 8, 2010 by 64 Comments
Forget Global Warming. Forget Nuclear Disarmament. Forget Peak Oil. Collingwood have beaten the Cats to become red hot flag favourites. This is getting really serious. Forget Malthusian concerns over population, it’s the potential impact of Malthousian theory that should be occupying minds on the campaign trail.
Pies psychology barrier broken by high pitched squealing
August 8, 2010 by 33 Comments
When the Pies face the Cats, you always know it’s going to be a ripper. There are a few similarities between there two great teams. They both have stripes, they are both playing very well at the moment, they have the superstar ‘untagables’ in Gazza and Swanny and according to Tom Harley; Collingwood is ‘ominously [Read more]
Not a good day for the AFL in Canberra
August 8, 2010 by Leave a Comment
It’s been a bad day for the AFL in Canberra. First, I don’t know if the Geelong-Collingwood was any good. One assumes that at least the first bit will be. Unfortunately it won’t be on at 10.45pm, and then (conveniently) a bit later than that on pay-TV. Luckily the game between the 15th and 16th [Read more]
Swans ignore the script
August 8, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Waking up, I looked out the window and saw white. That was enough to put me off playing footy for the morning, as well as the pain in my side from lingering pleurisy. But, Dad told me to get dressed and said that I was playing. No point arguing with the old man. The game [Read more]
Geoff Sinclair’s Home and Away Games- Rd 19
August 7, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Round 19 Carlton versus Essendon M.C.G. (N) Friday, August 6th. Eddie fixes doors. He is a superbly effective door-fixer, a prompt, no-nonsense operator who doesn’t try to screw body corporates. I’d like to watch him work but, after I’ve pointed out the problem door, he nods, mutters something like “piece of piss,” and tells me [Read more]
All over for the Bombers
August 7, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The “refugee” from the Isle of Jersey rang me up earlier in the week suggesting we go to the G on Friday night for the Dons v Blues game. I was a little pessimistic as the last time we went to watch the Dons, they were thrashed by the hapless Eagles, surely this result will [Read more]
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