The Lions, as I predicted from the outset are four zip at this stage. What legends they are. Somehow Collingwood are three one. How the hell did that happen? And it is surprising that the Bulldogs are now two and two. I thought that they were better than that. South Australian football is in total [Read more]
Nic, anyone else in Fiji?
April 20, 2010 by Leave a Comment
West Coast Eagles VS Essendon Subiaco Oval 8:40 16th April By Steven Ingham Friday Night Footy interstate means many things – Home made Pizza Beers Couch A weekend without any structure. No going to the footy, no watching the Bombers on Saturday or Sunday… Probably have to go shopping and do work around the house… [Read more]
LOCAL FOOTY: Some false starts but it’s GO GO GO for the Roos
April 20, 2010 by 3 Comments
by Mick Jeffrey So another season has begun in the tropical climate of Central Queensland. For those who don’t know I play in the reserves for Brothers Roos AFC, part of the six team competition in the AFL Capricornia competition. The Roos are one of three teams based in Rockhampton, along with Panthers and Glenmore Bulls with teams [Read more]
Crio’s Q: How do the awful sides of the past stack up to today’s Tigers
April 19, 2010 by 18 Comments
by Chris Riordan Sunday’s MCG shellacking seems to have confirmed pundits’ suspicions that Richmand are easily the worst team in the comp and, with expansion concessions in place, their future is dire. This is the Club, remember, that Oracle Sheeds suggested was ready for a Flag last year! But they are crap. Let’s celebrate this [Read more]
Round 4: The taming of Adelaide
April 19, 2010 by 2 Comments
“The taming of Adelaide” What’s happened to Adelaide? The town and the supporters? When I booked our trip to Adelaide as a January birthday present for my husband (who doesn’t really follow the footy as keenly as I do), I expected to feel some heat. Seasoned supporters told me I was brave, their supporters were [Read more]
FANTASY: Tell him he’s dreaming
April 19, 2010 by 1 Comment
by Ged McMahon I had a dream last night. A sporting dream. I guess that’s nothing special for the average Australian male but this was a little different to my usual sporting dreams. You see, normally they become nightmares. They are tales of woe, so close yet so far, tales of embarrassment and complete humiliation. I [Read more]
AFL Round 4 – Collingwood v Hawthorn: Positive signs out of ordinary game
April 19, 2010 by 1 Comment
By Suzy Lewis I approached the MCG for the game versus Hawthorn on a balmy April evening, full of questions to be answered: Are Hawthorn still our bogey team? Does no Buddy equal no Hawthorn? Will I need to take out a loan to buy a copy of the Footy Record? Will a quarter time [Read more]
AFL late breaking headline: Michael Barlow
April 19, 2010 by 7 Comments
by Andrew Fithall The Footy Record this weekend had an article on the number of VFL players who were drafted and are currently playing in the AFL. While the article highlighted 28 year-old James Podsiadly, one of the others who has started their AFL career in 2010, and who has also attracted a fair bit [Read more]
AFL Round 3 – North Melbourne v West Coast: Naitanui and Harvey make the day
April 19, 2010 by 2 Comments
by John Warhurst 2.10pm, Saturday, 10 May Etihad Stadium, Melbourne It is always easy to get a seat when one of the non-Victorian teams play in Melbourne; especially when one of the weaker Victorian clubs is involved. Only 18,394 turned up at Etihad Stadium to watch the Roos play West Coast. Neither club had had a [Read more]
AFL Round 4 – Adelaide v Carlton: Ticking boxes
April 19, 2010 by 2 Comments
Round 4, AAMI Stadium, Adelaide v Carlton, 17 April 2010 by Bernard Whimpress ‘Jesus ticks all the boxes.’ The message from the newish medium – illuminated rotating and revolving AAMI Stadium fence signage – occurred half way through the game and put me in mind of the story told of the early 1970s sign outside [Read more]
Chapter 7: Off the Interchange
April 18, 2010 by 1 Comment
The Albatross Rules (a football chronicle) (The story so far) Last week’s first up win came at a cost. The team arrive back in Albertville suffering from the effects of the stink of dead fish in the team bus. 7. Off the Interchange A sorry bunch of footballers arrived back in town that night in [Read more]
Eagles open their account, and save on phone bills.
April 18, 2010 by 2 Comments
Last time West Coast and Essendon were gearing up to run out on Subiaco Oval, I, along with millions of other people around Australia, was giddy with joy as the 2010 NAB Cup was commencing. Now, with all of that silly stuff behind us and three rounds of the real action completed, these two sides [Read more]
Crows circling the gurgler
April 18, 2010 by Leave a Comment
It’s a question that I have been wondering since the start of the season. Why was this match being broadcast on Channel 10? Surely North Melbourne v Sydney should have been on free-to-air television, but the Carlton supporters at 10 (Robert Walls, Tim Lane, Sam Lane, Andrew Maher) must have requested this match. After a [Read more]
Carlton unravel the zone, while Adelaide just unravels.
April 18, 2010 by 2 Comments
The modern AFL environment seems perpetually hyped, with blowtorches primed for target on a weekly basis. Even by these standards, Round 4 seems pretty early for a make-or-break game. But it couldn’t be denied that the competing sides in this match were badly in need of a win, with pressure mounting on both camps.
Blues Conquer the Underachieving Crows in a Vital Victory
April 18, 2010 by 2 Comments
By Damian Watson Over the past seven days the football press have dubbed this match as a “D-day” for both of these proud and talented clubs in 2010. The Crows who at one stage throughout the summer were predicted to be Top 4 finalists this season have somewhat been disappointing in the eyes of the [Read more]
Racing: Doncaster Day at Randwick
April 16, 2010 by 13 Comments
by Chris Riordan Correspondent “Carringbush” joined our forum last week with some salient observations from his visit to Randwick’s Derby Day. The small crowd figure was a point of obvious concern and we can only hope that more people recognize the quality of tomorrow’s Doncaster Day and that the AJC starts to regain kudos for [Read more]
AFL: The Answer Lies With Sly
April 16, 2010 by 1 Comment
By Daniel O’Sullivan If the first five minutes of last Friday night’s game didn’t set the pulses racing it is clear evidence that you were either stone-cold dead or simply just stoned. And if it was the latter, you’ve probably spent the last week at IMAX 3-D screenings of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ so you can [Read more]
Local Footy: Great recruiting coups of the bush
April 15, 2010 by 2 Comments
Rarely have there ever been any secrets in football and when the recruiters from the Big Smoke came to town, it was always big news. Brendan Edwards, best afield in Hawthorn’s first-ever premiership in 1961, was creating a stir in Sandhurst in the mid-50s, North Melbourne and Hawthorn among his many suitors. In those days [Read more]
JOHN HARMS: Daff’s thoroughly modern buck’s night
April 15, 2010 by 25 Comments
A buck’s day can be a very good thing. A very good thing. I’ve been to a few – all pretty tame affairs, by yobbo Australian standards. Thankfully. (Like the night I had a rest from the card table to find many of the other lads watching Sound of Music on TV.) My own started [Read more]
haiku bob Round 2 – the pack’s hollow
April 14, 2010 by 1 Comment
Autumn night – all kinds of noises from the packed stadium arch rivals – it takes six men to eject the drunk another point pointless complaining leaves crackle and pop goes Reiwoldt’s hamstring slipping away the first leaves and our early lead crickets – Ball’s pulse fills the pack’s hollow bloke on a stretcher ball [Read more]
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