No matter how much you wish you could, you can’t deny that my Magpies are looking smokin’ hot right now. Now I know all you non- Collingwood supporters hyperventilate or break a sweat when you see us on the top of the ladder but admit it, the way the boys are playing they deserve it. [Read more]
Mission Failed in Terms of a Contest
July 25, 2010 by 1 Comment
After sleeping-in until 10:30, I felt very refreshed as I woke up to start a brand new day. Collingwood v Richmond on a Saturday afternoon at the MCG, can you get any more traditional than that?
Orange flags the way to a draw
July 24, 2010 by 6 Comments
This was my ninth day off school for the term, sure I was feeling better but I just wasn’t up to going to school. I was quite behind in my work though, as you would think, and I answered a call from my Maths teacher at midday and she worked me through a process on [Read more]
racing stuff (or vice versa)
July 23, 2010 by 4 Comments
Looking at the Valley fields for tomorrow dejected me. This was – still is – the Hiskins meeting, traditionally the Club’s premier winter finale with the rich A. V Hisken’s Steeple promoted as the “Cox Plate of Jumps Racing”. Alas, we now have the Hiskens Cup, a 1514m modest open flat handicap from which no [Read more]
Italian Team of the Century- Frank Curcio
July 23, 2010 by 11 Comments
If you wish to see the whole Italian Team of the Century, it’s available at: http://www.italianteamofthecentury.com.au/final-team.php By Tony De Bolfo In an interview with a Melbourne sports journalist in 1995, the late Richmond ruckman Jack Dyer, known both infamously and endearingly as “Captain Blood”, declared Frank Curcio one of his greatest on-field adversaries.[1] “He was [Read more]
THE PRE WRAP – ROUND XVII
July 22, 2010 by 6 Comments
FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL MARNGROOK FAN What a week it’s been in Footy Eddie. The invertebrates at the Star Chamber are in the news again. Tigerland midfielder Cotchin gets four weeks for doing what Bomberland’s David Hille did three times for three reprieves earlier in the season. In the same round, Carlton’s Andrew Walker laid a [Read more]
What’s best served cold?
July 22, 2010 by 10 Comments
Warning: The following contains Collingwood stereotypes of the cheap low-hanging fruit variety and may offend/delight some readers. When flying to Europe on our honeymoon last year, the good wife decreed we organise a two day stopover in Dubai. The shimmering, glittering, juxtaposed jewel of the Middle East. The Vegas of Arabia. The route would require [Read more]
Haiku Bob: round 16 – fingers of sun
July 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Saints get the first – Magpies and seagulls form huddles blustery day – Swan’s first half dozen to collect his thoughts noon chill – players dropping marks I blow into my hands winter echoes – Heater’s mark again on the big screen stop start wind – forwards turn defenders turn forwards long winter – Leigh [Read more]
Frankenfailure
July 22, 2010 by 1 Comment
What do you get when you combine a 24 hour sports news cycle, a vociferous fan-base and a club with a sense of entitlement? A bloody great disaster is what – a modern-day Frankenstein.
Why ‘Gaz’ will be the ‘God-sun’
July 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The long lasting debate about whether Gary Ablett will head north to the Gold Coast rages on and will continue to rage on until the day he signs a contract, to which team is still unknown. We all know Gary Ablett is one of the best players of the modern era, there is no doubting [Read more]
Still in the hunt
July 22, 2010 by 3 Comments
Richmond versus North Melbourne 2.10pm, Sunday, July 18 MCG The Eureka Game Despite the fact the Tigers are aiming for five wins in a row for the first time since KB was running around, and we were put to sleep by the Swanzzzzz last week, and Petrie and Thomas re-join Anthony and Ziebell on the [Read more]
Gigs’ Stats: An in-depth look at the KKK (Knights, Kangaroos, Kennett)
July 21, 2010 by 5 Comments
STATS ENTERTAINMENT – ROUND 16 by Andrew Gigacz ROUGH AND REGULAR We begin this week’s report with an apology from me for the irregular appearance of Gigs’ Stats in recent times. Rest assured that I have altered my diet to include a far higher daily quantity of statistical roughage, which should result in a far [Read more]
Local Footy: Race for Eastern league flag is wide open
July 21, 2010 by 6 Comments
Eastern FL Division 1 club wins losses percentage points Scoresby 11 2 166.48 44 Noble Park 9 4 159.83 36 Balwyn 9 4 151.64 36 Norwood 8 5 109.85 32 Croydon 8 5 108.72 32 Blackburn 7 6 108.05 28 Vermont 7 6 91.17 28 East Burwood 6 7 86.60 24 South Croydon 4 9 [Read more]
Surviving as a modern-day Richmond supporter: a user’s guide
July 21, 2010 by 20 Comments
by Julia Harrison “If there’s a God he’s laughing at us and our football teams” As a 16 year old fan of Richmond, this Ben Folds lyric rings uncomfortably true. In the 10 years I have been aware of my family-bound allegiance to the club, the 8 I have attended matches and the 5 I [Read more]
A victory worth celebrating
July 21, 2010 by Leave a Comment
by Tom Being turfed out of a Fitzroy pub early Sunday morning for ‘excessive celebrations’ over a pool game win did not bode well for the long awaited matchup between Sydney and The Enemy that afternoon. How would Etihad’s ground staff respond to my antics when the Swans won? Would I be tarred and feathered [Read more]
The Albatross Rules – Chapter 20 – Round 9, Nambool Ravens (away): Old Habits and Die Hards
July 20, 2010 by Leave a Comment
by Richard Holt Nambool was an important match. The Ravens occupied the same middle rungs of the ladder as Albertville. Both teams still had a chance to force their way into the top two. There was also the likelihood of a meeting at some point during the finals, when having a bit of form over [Read more]
The View from Shepparton – Round 16
July 20, 2010 by 1 Comment
By Peter Schumacher Have been so traumatised by the ascent of Collingwood to the top the ladder that I have been unable to to sit down and think about footy at all. The only consolation I have is that every Magpie follower in the land will go through unbearable and long periods of insecurity as [Read more]
Sheldon, Diesel leaders of 1997 BFL All Stars
July 20, 2010 by 3 Comments
by Richard Jones NOW that the 2010 BFL Hall of Fame and Team of the Decade concepts are up and running, it’s perhaps timely to look back at an All Stars function held 13 years ago. In October, 1997, the VFL-aligned Bendigo Diggers Football Club hosted an evening in which 23 top players from Bendigo’s [Read more]
The Weight of Great Expectations
July 20, 2010 by 12 Comments
Like all the big Melbourne clubs, Essendon and Carlton maintain a fierce and abiding rivalry. As is often the case with great rivalries, there is much that is shared, as well as much that divides. With sixteen flags apiece they share a spot at the top of the premiership tally. Of the six Grand Finals [Read more]
Weather Poor, Roos Great
July 19, 2010 by 3 Comments
By Steve Healy Admittedly, this was an average game of footy. I was hoping for a good, close game, something akin to the last time these two teams played, which was also Round 16 last year. But it was much of a one-sided affair from quarter time onwards. It wasn’t the fierce, contested game that [Read more]
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